Past Avalanche Drafts (Round 4)

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jun 24, 2009 12:57 PM MDT in News Comment 1 comment

The draft history lesson continues, with a glance at the Avs' round 4 picks over the years. Based on the study I did last year, statistically it seems like everyone taken after the 3rd round has the same chance of making it to the NHL; whether you're a 4th round pick or a 7th round pick, you have about a 1 in 5 chance of making it to the NHL and if you get there, your career is going to be, on average, about 28 games long.

Year	Rnd	Ov	Player	Amateur Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	Notables (Overall)
2008	4	110	Kelsey Tessier	Quebec (QMJHL)							None
2007	4	105	Brad Malone	Sioux Falls (USHL)							None
2007	4	113	Kent Patterson	Cedar Rapids (USHL)							None
2006	4	110	Kevin Montgomery	USA U-18 (USDP)							None
2005	4	124	Raymond Macias	Kamloops	6	0	1	1	0	0	Darren Helm (132)
2003	4	131	David Svagrovsky	Seattle (WHL)							Kyle Quincey (132)
2002	4	107	Mikko Kalteva	Jokerit-Jr.							Cam Janssen (117)
2002	4	129	Tom Gilbert	Chicago (USHL)	176	19	65	84	-1	46	John Zeiler (132)
2001	4	130	Colt King	Guelph							Kyle Wellwood (134)
2000	4	119	Brian Fahey	U. of Wisconsin							Michel Ouellet (124)
1999	4	112	Sanny Lindstrom	Huddinge							Ryan Malone (115)
1999	4	122	Kristian Kovac	Kosice Jr.							Ryan Miller (138)
1997	4	87	Brad Larsen	Swift Current	294	19	29	48	-23	134	Shane Willis (88)
1996	4	98	Ben Storey	Harvard							Matt Bradley (102)
1996	4	107	Randy Petruk	Kamloops							Andreas Dackell (136)
1995	4	81	Tomi Kallio	Kiekko-67 Turku, FIN	140	24	31	55	-21	48	Sami Kapanen (87)

Kind of a ho-hum round to look at. One big hit (that we gave away for Tommy Salo) against a number of misses, but it's not like we missed out on any superstars (other than Ryan Miller). The Avalanche do not currently hold a 4th round pick in the 2009 draft.

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Eh, Brad Larsen has carved himself out a nice niche as a 4th liner…as long as he isn’t injured. Is it saying something that more Avs 3rd and 4th rounders have had decent (albeit short and non significant) NHL careers than some of their 1st and most of their 2nd rounders?

by chiavsfan on Jun 24, 2009 2:29 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs