For the Montreal Canadiens, their franchise fortunes changed during the 2017 NHL draft when Vegas drafted their future captain with the 13th overall pick. Who Montreal acquired in a blockbuster trade featuring Max Pacioretty in 2018. But who were the 12 players drafted before him? And how did those teams pass on selecting a future NHL captain like Suzuki? In today’s video we’ll be going over all 12 players drafted before Suzuki, and how their careers have panned out thus far. Let’s dive in!
Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
0:57-3:02 — Picks 1 + 2
3:03-7:15 — Picks 3-6
7:16-9:59 — Picks 7-9
10:00-13:14 — Picks 10-12
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11 Comments
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In a redraft i would see suzuki 5th behind makar-peterson-heiskanen and hishier
Might be a very long video, but I'd love to see a look at all the players selected before Brayden Point in 2014. So many teams slept on him despite scoring 91 points with Moose Jaw, just because of his size.
7:33 🤔😅, good video anyway!!
I do believe that my Jets originally owned this pick but in order not wanting to lose Enstrom to Vegas expansion draft😒 So they made a deal for VGK to pick Thorburn instead and switch 1st rounders so Jets picked Vesalainen instead in which still has potential IG💁
Lias Andersson is a centerman. Did you do any research before? Kind of a crazy mistake not gonna lie
Besides that, good video
Necas’s breakout szn was 71 pts in 22-23 lol
Thank god McPhee fumbled and decided to keep Cody Glass over Suzuki because at the time Bergevin wanted Glass.
That's a powerhouse draft year
I still am boiled at TSN’s top 50 players doesn’t include Nick. They did put him on the 4 Nations Cup team. Swiss Army knife of centres
For me Suzuki definitely cracks the top 10
1. Cale Makar
2. Elias Pettersson
3. Miro Heiskanen
4. Jason Robertson
5. Jake Oettinger
6. Nico Hischier
7. Nick Suzuki
8. Jeremy Swayman
9. Robert Thomas
10. Martin Necas
11. Owen Tippett
12. Drake Batherson
13. Casey Middlestadt