NHL Draft History – 17th Pick Overall

Welcome to a brand new series here at The Hockey Writers called “Road to the Draft.” In this series, our draft contributors will count down from 32nd overall all the way to 1st overall and revisit each player taken with that pick between 2010 and 2020.

The goal of this series is to reflect on some of the biggest steals and some of the biggest busts taken in the first round over the past ten years, as well as to shine a light on some players who could potentially see themselves taken with the corresponding pick at the upcoming 2021 NHL Draft.

1964 – Mike Pelyk (D, Toronto Maple Leafs)

1965 – No Selection

1966 – Jude Drouin (C, Montreal Canadiens)

1967 – Al Karlander (C, Detroit Red Wings)

1968 – Herb Boxer (RW, Detroit Red Wings)

1969 – Bobby Clarke (C, Philadelphia Flyers)

1970 – Fred “Buster” Harvey (RW, Minnesota North Stars)

1971 – Bobby Lalonde (C, Vancouver Canucks)

1972 – Lorne Henning (C, New York Islanders)

1973 – Glenn Goldup (RW, Montreal Canadiens)

1974 – Ron Chipperfield (C, California Seals)

1975 – Bob Sauve (G, Buffalo Sabres)

1976 – Mark Suzor (D, Philadelphia Flyers)

1977 – Kevin McCarthy (D, Philadelphia Flyers)

1978 – Dave Hunter (LW, Montreal Canadiens)

1979 – Duane Sutter (RW, New York Islanders)

1980 – Brent Sutter (C, New York Islanders) 

1981 – Jiri Dudacek – (RW, Buffalo Sabres)

1982 – Murray Craven (C, Detroit Red Wings)

1983 – Alfie Turcotte (C, Montreal Canadiens)

1984 – Kevin Hatcher (D, Washington Capitals)

1985 – Chris Biotti (D, Calgary Flames)

1986 – Tom Fitzgerald (RW, New York Islanders)

1987 – Andrew Cassels (C, Montreal Canadiens)

1988 – Kory Kocur (RW, Detroit Red Wings)

1989 – Shayne Stevenson (C, Boston Bruins)

1990 – Scott Allison (LW, Edmonton Oilers)

1991 – Brent Bilodeau (D, Montreal Canadiens)

1992 – Sergei Bautin (D, Winnipeg Jets)

1993 – Jason Allison (C, Washington Capitals)

1994 – Wayne Primeau (C, Buffalo Sabres)

1995 – Brad Church (LW, Washington Capitals)

1996 – Jaroslav Svejkovsky (LW, Washington Capitals)

1997 – Robert Dome (RW, Pittsburgh Penguins)

1998 – Martin Skoula (D, Colorado Avalanche)

1999 – Barret Jackman (D, St. Louis Blues)

2000 – Alexei Mikhnov (LW, Edmonton Oilers) 

2001 – Carlo Colaiacovo (D, Toronto Maple Leafs)

2002 – Boyd Gordon (C, Washington Capitals)

2003 – Zach Parise (LW, New Jersey Devils)

2004 – Marek Schwarz (G, St. Louis Blues)

2005 – Martin Hanzal (C, Phoenix Coyotes)

2006 – Trevor Lewis (C, Los Angeles Kings)

2007 – Alexei Cherepanov (RW, New York Rangers)

2008 – Jake Gardiner (D, Anaheim Ducks)

2009 – David Rundblad (D, St. Louis Blues)