2003 NHL Re-Draft

With the 2016 National Hockey League Entry-Level Draft taking place in Buffalo, New York in June 2016, there is no better time than now to take a look back.

As the often-used saying goes, “hindsight is 20-20”. With 12 years in the books since this draft took place, would different would franchises draft if they had known exactly how well (or poor) their new draft pick would perform?

We here at Better Live Than Dead Sports love to dive into the “what-ifs” of the sports world.

Below, the BLTD Extracast is the text breakdown of who Brayton and Ryan re-selected in the 2003 NHL Draft, along with the original pick in 2003.

The BLTD Extracast below tells us word-for-word why Brayton and Ryan made their selections, and the intrigue definitely is there.

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Pick #	Team	Brayton’s Pick	Ryan’s Pick	Original Pick
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Corey Perry, RW	Corey Perry, RW	Marc-Andre Fleury, G
2	Carolina Hurricanes	Zach Parise, LW	Eric Staal, C	Eric Staal, C
3	Florida Panthers	Shea Weber, D	Patrice Bergeron, C	Nathan Horton, RW
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	Ryan Getzlaf, C	Ryan Getzlaf, C	Nikolai Zherdev, RW
5	Buffalo Sabres	Ryan Suter, D	Shea Weber, D	Thomas Vanek, RW
6	San Jose Sharks	Patrice Bergeron, C	Ryan Suter, D	Milan Michalek, LW
7	Nashville Predators	Marc-Andre Fleury, G	Thomas Vanek, RW	Ryan Suter, D
8	Atlanta Thrashers	Joe Pavelski, C	Zach Parise, LW	Braydon Coburn, D
9	Calgary Flames	Brent Burns, D	Marc-Andre Fleury, G	Dion Phaneuf, D
10	Montreal Canadiens	Brent Seabrook, D	Jeff Carter, C	Andrei Kostitsyn, RW
11	Philadelphia Flyers	Jeff Carter, C	Joe Pavelski, C	Jeff Carter, C
12	New York Rangers	Dustin Byfuglien, D	Mike Richards, C	Hugh Jessiman, RW
13	Los Angeles Kings	Ryan Kesler, C	Ryan Kesler, C	Dustin Brown, RW
14	Chicago Blackhawks	Thomas Vanek, RW	Dion Phaneuf, D	Brent Seabrook, D
15	New York Islanders	Eric Staal, C	Corey Crawford, G	Robert Nilsson, C
16	San Jose Sharks	Nathan Horton, RW	Nathan Horton, RW	Steve Bernier, RW
17	New Jersey Devils	Dion Phaneuf, D	Loui Eriksson, RW	Zach Parise, LW
18	Washington Capitals	David Backes, C	David Backes, C	Eric Fehr, RW
19	Anaheim Ducks	Corey Crawford, G	Milan Michalek, LW	Ryan Getzlaf, C
20	Minnesota Wild	Jaroslav Halak, G	Brent Burns, D	Brent Burns, D
21	Boston Bruins	Loui Eriksson, RW	Dustin Byfuglien, D	Mark Stuart, D
22	Edmonton Oilers	Dustin Brown, RW	Dustin Brown, C	Marc-Antoine Pouliot, C
23	Vancouver Canucks	Mike Richards, C	Jimmy Howard, G	Ryan Kesler, C
24	Philadelphia Flyers	Milan Michalek, LW	Brent Seabrook, D	Mike Richards, C
25	Florida Panthers	Tobias Enström, D	Clarke MacArthur, LW	Anthony Stewart, RW
26	Los Angeles Kings	Eric Fehr, RW	Matt Moulson, LW	Brian Boyle, C
27	Los Angeles Kings	Braydon Coburn, D	Braydon Coburn, D	Jeff Tambellini, RW
28	Anaheim Ducks	Brian Boyle, C	Lee Stempniak, RW	Corey Perry, RW
29	Ottawa Senators	Matt Moulson, LW	Steve Bernier, RW	Patrick Eaves, RW
30	St. Louis Blues	Patrick Eaves, RW	Brian Elliott, G	Shawn Belle, D

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