Who is the best player to be drafted dead last at an NHL draft?

Question

Who is the best player to be drafted dead last at an NHL draft?

Answer 1

Jonathon Ericcson was drafted last by the Wings in '02 and he might make the starting roster for the Wings next year...

he got playing time this year when the Red Wings had there top 4 d'man out and he impressed me the most... he scored a goal, threw big hits and did good defensively...

Answer 2

Tony Hand, in 1986, was a poor Scottish player, which made it through training camp in Edmonton, but suffered from homesickness.  12th Round 252nd…he could have been good, but we never got to see his potential.  

Andy Brickley did pretty good being 10th round 210th overall.

I’ll pick Kim Johnson.  He is probably the best of the worst draft picks.  11th round, 286th.  As a defenseman, 243 points in 598 games, and a +20 in his career...not too shabby.

Edit:  Lity is a show-off.  lol.

Answer 3

Jonathan Ericsson.

Selected by Detroit 291st overall in 2002.

Answer 4

Not sure about dead last, but Igor Larionov was 214th overall, and Zetterberg was 210th.

Answer 5

Someguywhosename Idontrecall

Answer 6

Only 9 players taken last overall have ever played a game in the NHL

1963 Gerry Meehan 670 games, 423 pts

1979 Blair Barnes 1 game

1980 Andrew Brickey 385 games, 222 pts

1987 Igor Viazmykin 4 games 1 pt

1988 Sergei Priakhin 46 games 11 pts

1993 Hans Jonsson 242 games 48 pts

1994 Kim Johnsson 598 games 243 pts

1997 Jay Henderson 33 games 4 pts

2002 Jonathon Ericsson 8 games 1 pt

The best career of any of these people was Gerry Meehan, followed by Kim Johnsson, and Andy Brickley

In 1985, Philadelphia took the recently fired Paul Maurice as their last pick

Haley...............it's hard to be a show off when the draft was my life for 32 years!  Everything I did came down to this one day.  I miss that life sometimes.