PensBurgh · May 18, 2025
Past 11th overall picks in NHL history
Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe phrase “past performance is no guarantee of future results” is a CYA catch-all often associated with the stock market. It could apply just as easily to a subject like the NHL draft. You never know what could happen when it comes to trying to evaluate and rank 17 and 18 year old hockey players when it comes to projecting just what they might develop into in the years to come. There are always the exceptions that prove the rule — like a Sidney Crosby that everyone saw coming from his earliest days — but once teams get deeper in the draft they can be relying on luck, hope and favorable fortune that is no sure thing.