Draft Pick History
The Buffalo Sabres ended up losing the Austin Matthews sweepstakes but landed a solid consolation prize in Jack Eichel. However, they have gotten lucky in getting the first overall pick on other occasions. How many times in the draft lottery era have they lucked out, and who did they take?
What is two times for Owen Power and Rasmus Dahlin?
Simple question, did the Minnesota Wild ever have a player score 40 or more goals for them in a season before Kirill Karpizov?
What is yes? (Marian Gaborik 2007-08 & Eric Staal 2017-18 with 42)
When Midway started up the NHL Hitz franchise, they couldn’t have picked a better cover athlete. Which hard hitting defenseman donned the cover of the 2002 edition of the game?
Who is Scott Stevens?
Who is Henri Richard?
It’s not often someone picked in the latter half of the 7th round becomes a key contributor on a Stanley Cup-winning side, but Tampa got just that with the 208th overall pick in the 2011 NHL draft. Can you name this multiple time double-digit playoff goal scorer?
Who is Ondrej Palat?
Mike Sillinger and Lee Stempniak are two players known for their journeymen careers that saw each of them play for 10 or more teams. As such, it might be hard to imagine them ever being in one spot long enough to be teammates. Question is, were they?
What is yes? (STL 2005-06)
NHL 2K6 featured Dallas Stars goaltender Marty Turco on the cover, but only in the US. For Europe and Canada, the honor went to which Maple Leaf legend?
Who is Mats Sundin?
Not many can say they scored series clinching overtime goals, but fewer can say they did it to send their team to the Stanley Cup Finals. This player did it very recently in back-to-back seasons for two different teams. Who is it?
Who is Artturi Lehkonen?
The Vegas Golden Knights had three first round picks when starting their franchise up in the 2017 Draft, the highest of which being the 6th pick. Who was their first ever draft pick?
Who is Cody Glass?
Marc Bergevin has the honor of GM-ing his hometown team to a Stanley Cup Finals, that being of course the Montreal Canadiens. He also had a lengthy playing career as well, but did one of his many stops during his playing days include his hometown team?
What is No?
Similar to other sports titles, the EA NHL video games had regional covers for other countries and only recently did this practice end. Which game ended this practice?
What is NHL 21?
What is the most amount of times one draft pick has been traded?
What is six times (2019 104th overall)?
Dany Heatley infamously was replaced as NHL 2004 cover athlete, but what you might not know is that Heatley himself was a replacement pick for someone else. Who was supposed to be the original cover athlete of the game?
Who is Joe Thornton?
The 2006 Stanley Cup went all the way to a game seven, and the Hurricanes would go on to win at home. Considering the players on the team at that time, the two goal scorers who scored on Jussi Markkanen are a bit of a surprise, especially as they combined for six playoff goals that season. Who are they?
Who are Aaron Ward and Fransitek Kaberle?
The Blue Jackets have had a wide variety of top-drafted players in their history, from franchise legend Rick Nash to 1,000 game player Jakub Voracek. Just how many times have the Blue Jackets picked in the top ten of the 23 drafts they have participated in as of the making of this quiz?
What is 15 times?
The Vegas Golden Knights made out like bandits at their expansion draft, building a Western Conference-winning team with it. But can you name the goalie who the very first selection was from said expansion draft?
Who is Calvin Pickard?
What is the first licensed song to be featured in any capacity in an EA NHL video game?
What is 2 Unlimited - “Get Ready for This”?
It’s been three decades as of the making of this quiz since a Canadian team has won a Stanley Cup, but how many Stanley Cups have all of them combined for, starting from 1915? Points given if within three, double if exact.
(MTL 24, TOR 13, EDM 5, Original OTT 4, CGY 1, Vancouver Millionaires 1, Montreal Maroons 2, Victoria Cougars 1)