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Actual 2008 DraftPowered by CORE

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Current Team	Career Impact
21	Capitals	Anton Gustafsson	C	Inactive
27	Capitals	John Carlson	D	Capitals	552
57	Capitals	Eric Mestery	D	Inactive
58	Capitals	Dmitri Kugryshev	RW	Inactive
93	Capitals	Braden Holtby	G	Inactive	422
144	Capitals	Joel Broda	C	Inactive
174	Capitals	Greg Burke	LW	Inactive
204	Capitals	Stefan Della Rovere	LW	Inactive	0

211 players drafted

2008 RedraftPowered by CORE

A redraft of the 2008 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far:

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Current Team	Difference	Career Impact
21	Capitals	Tyler Ennis	RW	Inactive	5	129
27	Capitals	Zach Bogosian	D	Wild	24	86
57	Capitals	Brandon McMillan	LW	Inactive	28	9
58	Capitals	Zac Rinaldo	C	Inactive	120	9
93	Capitals	Andrew Campbell	D	Inactive	19	0
144	Capitals	Jordon Southorn	D	Inactive	40
174	Capitals	Grant Rollheiser	G	Inactive	16
204	Capitals	Harry Young	D	Inactive	2

Team Draft SuccessPowered by CORE

Most successful Teams in the 2008 Draft according to the players they drafted, versus the players they could have drafted instead:

Team	Career Impact	Draft Capital	Difference
Capitals	974	233	741
Senators	762	246	516
Islanders	637	405	232
Oilers	340	115	225
Panthers	304	95	209
Rangers	348	155	193
Red Wings	217	67	150
Sharks	150	8	142
Devils	243	129	114
Blues	771	661	110
Flames	212	121	91
Lightning	785	731	54
Predators	697	654	43
Stars	12	8	4
Penguins	0	0	0
	0	0	0
Canadiens	0	12	-12
Avalanche	11	24	-13
Ducks	300	319	-19
Sabres	328	360	-32
Wild	67	125	-58
Flyers	51	155	-104
Bruins	99	219	-120
Blue Jackets	298	486	-188
Hurricanes	16	247	-231
Blackhawks	16	270	-254
PHX	168	430	-262
Canucks	51	325	-274
Maple Leafs	114	458	-344
Kings	514	903	-389
ATL	105	629	-524

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CORE stands for Comprehensive On-Ice Rating Engine. It's our custom-built system for evaluating NHL players based on their total on-ice impact with a single Overall Rating. For skaters we also provide an Offensive and Defensive Rating.

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Player Match Finds players with comparable profiles based on CORE ratings, production, usage, and physical attributes.
Career Trajectory Identifies players with similar a Rating at the same age to help project future performance and career arcs.
Player Contract Value An innovative way to assess a player's current value and evaluate it against their contract. Important to note that this assessment does NOT consider player or contract projections.
Team Rating Aggregates player ratings for the top 12 forwards, 6 defensemen, and 2 goalies of each team.
Team Predictions Predicts point totals for every team based on aggregated ratings of their roster players. Point Projections forecast the point total at the end of the season.
Team Rosters Lists the projected forward lines and defense based on Player Ratings and recent ice time. Injured Players are excluded.
Draft & Redraft Tools Evaluates career impact of draft picks, simulates redrafts and evaluates draft success for each team and year.

From team pages to player pages to draft boards, everything on this site is built around CORE, a simple, modern and position-aware way to analyze hockey talent!

Data Sources

Player and Team Stats: NHL Edge API
Advanced Stats & Analytics: MoneyPuck
Injury Reports: PuckPedia Injuries