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Building a team of players from the same draft – 2003 Class



The concept is to choose a draft year and from that year, trying to assemble the best roster with the best players from that year.

Today, the year is 2003

Some draft year are especially good, so for this class, I’ve decided to make 2 teams.

*The best players are in the 1st team and the players that didn’t made the cut, are in the 2nd team, which in my opinion is still a pretty good team

Feel free to give your opinion on that roster!

by Izakei

41 Comments

  1. apogee308

    Legendary draft class. I’d put Getzlaf ahead of Staal on the depth chart though

  2. InternationalBrick76

    Imagine playing against that 4th line. Damn.

  3. Express_Helicopter93

    Eriksson the 5th best center, goddamnit this draft is insane.

    If I’m not mistaken, hasn’t everyone in the 1st team lineup also represented their country internationally? Maaaaybe except Dustin brown?

    This draft was absolutely nuts lol

  4. Azathoth_Dreaming

    Wait…….you mean Paul Bissonnette didn’t make the cut?

    I’m utterly flabbergasted 

  5. Jesus team one would be a nightmare to play against. Crazy skill and grit throughout.

  6. Imagine telling people after his rookie year that Phaneuf wouldn’t even be a top 5 Dman from his own draft class

  7. no_on_prop_305

    10 of the guys on the first team have worn a “C” at some point in their career

  8. Anti-SocialChange

    One of the best draft classes of all time

  9. NoPerfectWave

    Richards-Kesler-Brown would not be fun to play against.

  10. popculturetommy

    No way Getzlaf and Perry get split up. Pavelski up with the first line, Perry on two with Getzy as hit C

  11. HotSpicedChai

    Wow… this might be the best draft team of all of these lately.

  12. BeneficialSpeech365

    2003 draft was bonkers, that is an insane lineup.

  13. I’ve been waiting for this draft class since you started posting these. This is widely considered to be the great single drafts of all time. I mean look at this roster!!

  14. Schopenhauer1025

    Ryan Getzlaf as third line center? Maybe I appreciate his game more because the fucker was in our division for decades. Big boy, one of the best at threading the needle on passes ever, played with a mean streak, soft hands, proven leader. He’s got to be second line.

  15. Myron3_theblackorder

    Man imagine prime Weber and Suter playing together. That’d be nuts

  16. saucytopcheddar

    21 years later and six of these guys are still playing (Parise, Perry, Pavelski, Carter, Suter and Fleury).

  17. Weary_Ingenuity2963

    That fourth line would be absolutely terrifying in the late aughts.

  18. Old-News-3096

    I always wonder did the lockout in 2004-05 help this class developmentally? Or was this just an astonishingly talented year

  19. kesler should be a center, he’s your 2nd best faceoff guy after bergeron

  20. BaconScentedSoap

    Brent Seabrook plays on that 1st team over Entstrom you are underestimating his prime

  21. I’m just glad Kevin Klein got some recognition here. Dude was solid.

  22. No_Huckleberry_7410

    I think Carter should move down a line just so I can relive the glory days of 2012-2014

  23. MrBooombastic

    Basically a whole lineup of Hall of Very Good + Bergeron. Crazy good draft class

  24. Normal_Tip7228

    Pavelski not at at least #2 center is terrible. Eric staal?

  25. miles_taylor

    Getzlaf should be centering the second line

  26. No all Ducks line with Getlaf, Kesler and Scorey Perry?

    I miss when their old squad, they were fun to watch. They never had enough finesse to make it past the first or second round most of those years though

  27. How many future Hall of Famers do you think are on this team?

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