Few pastimes are as much fun as reviewing past NHL entry drafts and the players that came out of them, particularly those later round picks that turned into stars. Today, we continue to look at the 2003 draft class, widely regarded as one of the best in NHL history. In the first half of this article, we redrafted the first five of the Vancouver Canucks’ first 10 picks in the 2003 draft. In hindsight, these would have been the best of the other five.
Before we begin, let me explain the parameters for this redraft.