The First Round in the Last Three Drafts

Pick	2007/2008	2008/2009	2009/2010
1	Sidney Crosby	Sidney Crosby	Alex Ovechkin
2	Joe Thornton	Alex Ovechkin	Evgeni Nabokov
3	Martin Brodeur	Evgeni Malkin	Evgeni Malkin
4	Dany Heatley	Carey Price	Roberto Luongo
5	Miikka Kiprusoff	Jarome Iginla	Sidney Crosby
6	Jason Spezza	Evgeni Nabokov	Ryan Getzlaf
7	Roberto Luongo	Nicklas Lidstrom	Joe Thornton
8	Jarome Iginla	Roberto Luongo	Miikka Kiprusoff
9	Patrick Kane	Martin Brodeur	Pavel Datsyuk
10	Marc-Andre Fleury	Dany Heatley	Henrik Lundqvist
11	Henrik Lundqivst	Vincent Lecavalier	Nicklas Backstrom
12	J-S Giguere	Joe Thornton	Ilya Kovalchuk
13	Marty Turco	Henrik Zetterberg	Martin Brodeur
14	Jaromir Jagr	Pavel Datsyuk	Cam Ward
15	Vincent Lecavalier	Jason Spezza	Jarome Iginla
16	Ryan Miller	Ilya Kovalchuk	Dany Heatley
17	Alex Ovechkin	Daniel Alfredsson	Steve Mason

If you are going to be new to the Opiated Sherpa's draft this year or you've been in the draft for the past three years, you may want to see some historical data on how the first round has played out in those years.  Personally, I wanted to see how many names are the same across the board and I also wanted to see how the times have changed, even if it is only three years difference.

Now, these three years have the exact same number of teams, which was way more of a coincidence more than anything, but it sure looks good when we're comparing the names on the list.  I really hope that the 2010 draft day has more people than 17, but I don't think I would be sad if that is the case in the end.

Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Joe Thornton, Martin Brodeur, Dany Heatley, Roberto Luongo and Jarome Iginla are the only players to be picked in the first round in all three years and I would say there is an excellent chance that all seven players will be picked in the first round again.

Miikka Kiprusoff, Jason Spezza, Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Lundqvist, Vincent Lecavalier and Ilya Kovalchuk have all been picked twice out of the three years in the first round, but how many of these guys will be picked in the first round again?

Now that you've seen three different sets of picks, are you less worried about not having the first pick overall in the pool this year?