The Tampa Bay Lightning are often lauded for their remarkable ability to find talent in later rounds of the draft. Nikita Kucherov is an obvious first-round talent that the Bolts picked up late in the second round. Ondrej Palat fell all the way to the seventh round before the Lightning claimed him. Brayden Point was a third-round steal. Tyler Johnson was undrafted. The list goes on and on.
However, in the Yzerman/Cooper era, the first round picks have truly floundered. Steve Yzerman took over at the helm of the Lightning in 2010, selecting Brett Connolly with the sixth overall pick.