So the NHL Draft is this weekend.  Since I published a paper on the NFL Draft this past spring (NFL Draft Paper), I thought that I would take a look at the NHL Draft and put together a Value Pick Chart for the NHL.  I used a similar methodology to what was done for the NFL paper.  I used games played as a measure for value since that is a way to compare player value across positions.  

Chart and Link to the paper below

Here is the chart.  Value is the worth of the pick while the pick/selection number is

NHL Value Pick Chart

(I couldn't seem to paste the chart into this post so it opens in a separate window.)

The paper with full details is given here:

NHL Draft Value Pick Chart Paper