The yearly series continues as I do a deep dive on past BRHL drafts to see who made the best and worst picks. You can find previous history of these here.

2017 - https://new.brhl.net/article/view/941
2018 - https://new.brhl.net/article/view/1007
2019 - https://new.brhl.net/article/view/1093  (this was actually 2020 and was supposed to be done this year)

This Re-Draft is a year late, since I managed to skip ahead and incorrectly listed the 2020 draft as 2019. This version will give me an extra year of data now. With these lists every year, there is typically some change after I post. Some players are trending UP while others are trending DOWN. In past seasons, we've seen guys like Patrik Laine, P.L. Dubois and Trevor Zegras perhaps be ranked a bit too high, while guys like Tage Thompson, Jesper Bratt, Jordan Kyrou, Thomas Harley and Connor McMichael were ranked too low. A lot can change in one season as evident by Harley's and McMichael's performances this year.

At the top of my list, I have the 1st overall draft pick Rasmus Dahlin. Dahlin narrowly edges out Quinn Hughes. Both players play a different type of game, but I'd rather the defensemen with the elite shutdown ability. At #3, I have Brady Tkachuk as the top forward. Andrei Svechnikov was drafted ahead of Tkachuk in the NHL, but I believe Tkachuk has done enough to warrant a spot ahead of Svechnikov. Both players play a hard-nosed game, but Tkachuk does it more effectively.

Evan Bouchard rounds out the top 5. I believe he is the better overall defensemen then Noah Dobson, but Dobson is a bit better on the defensive side of the game. Either way, both defensemen are better puck movers then they are shut down defensemen. Kirill Marchenko probably benefitted the most from this Re-Draft being delayed a whole year. Marchenko finally broke out to the tune of 31 goals and 74 points last season. He is trending upwards. Another season like the one he just had and he could start closing the gap between he and Svechnikov.

Our top goalie comes in at #8 and that is Lukas Dostal. Dostal also had a breakout campaign last season and is a legitimate starting goaltender. Goaltending in this draft was not great, but Rex found the gem. He also drafted the next best goalie (no surprise) in Joel Hofer, who I've put at #17 overall. Only one other goaltender made the top 30, and he was an over-ager. Joey D'Accord came in at the #14 spot. A few more goaltenders show up in Honorable Mentions.

The list starts to waver a bit here now. At #9 I put Barrett Hayton, who quietly had a good season last year. Both Sean Durzi and K'Andre Miller could be deserving of a top 10 spot here, but only two will make the cut. Ultimately, I went with Durzi at #10 over Miller at #11. At this point, I feel the list starts to drop off a bit. A few names such as Yegor Sharangovich (#12) and Joel Farabee (#15) have had really good NHL seasons, but are lacking consistency. If either of these guys can find consistency, they can make a case for a top 10 spot. Ryan McLeod (#13) had benefitted a lot from being a year late. Prior to his breakout 53 point season this year, he probably would have ended up towards the bottom of this list, rather then the top half.

Rasmus Sandin came in at 16th overall. Sandin is another guy who has had some inconsistent seasons, but is a guy who I could have had higher on this list. Sandin had a great start to his Capitals career and was finally looking like he could be the guy, but then dropped off as the season went on. Last year he improved his offensive output and the team is relying on him more for the Power Play as John Carlson's career starts to come to an end. This could be a breakout season for Sandin.

Alexander Romanov is just your typical steady defensemen. The guy blocks and hits a ton and is positionally sound. He doesn't have a whole lot of offense, but Romanov is dependable and deserving of spot #18. Right below him is another former Montreal Canadiens draft pick and ultimate failure, Jesperi Kotkaniemi. Kotkaniemi comes in at #19 only because of his first few seasons in the year, since then he's been an over-paid bust and is trending downwards. Expect the next few guys on the list to overtake his position here.

Martin Fehervary and Michael Kesselring come in next at 20 and 21. Fehervary is in a similar mold to Romanov just with a meaner streak. Michael Kesselring has seen his stock rise recently. I wouldn't be surprised to see him hit close to 40 points next season. Kesselring could be a big jumper on this list if he can get some Power Play time in Buffalo.

A few off the board draft picks show up next on the list in Logan O'Connor (#22) and Kieffer Sherwood (#23). O'Connor has been a steady precense since he's joined the Avalanche and Sherwood had a breakout season for the Canucks last year. Both players are older, but fantastic picks where they were selected. 

The last players to show up on this list are Isac Lundestrom (#24), Jack McBain (#25), Martin Pospisil (#26), Philipp Kurashev (#27), Matt Roy (#28), Paul Cotter (#29) and Simon Benoit (#30). All of these guys are your bottom 6 players or 3rd pairing defensemen. Roy was an over-ager and at times has played in the top 4. Kurashev had a breakout season playing alongside Bedard but was M.I.A last season when he was off that line. McBain and Pospisil bring some grit to a lineup and can provide good secondary scoring, but are not gifted enough offensively to play in the top 6.

Some honorable mentions who failed to make the top 30 are Jonatan Berggren, Joe Veleno, Nikolai Kovalenko, Adam Boqvist, Samuel Ersson, Justus Annunen, Ivan Fedotov and Akira Schmid.

Overall, this draft was pretty weak after the top half. A lot of guys at the bottom half are ones you'd hope to draft with your 2nd round pick, not first. The best picks in terms of value ended up being Kiril Marchenko (Anthony - Flyers), Lukas Dostal (Kevin - Flames), Yegor Sharangovich (Rob - Canucks), Joey D'Accord (Kevin - Flames), Michael Kesselring (Rex - Kraken) and some over-agers in O'Connor (Kevin - Flames), Sherwood (Bryce - Avalanche) and Benoit (Larry - Capitals). The picks that hurt the most to make were Jesperi Kotkaniemi (Rob - Canucks), Vitali Kravtsov (Larry - Capitals), Filip Zadina (Garrett - Maple Leafs), and Adam Boqvist (Anthony - Flyers). All players were drafted in the top 10 in the BRHL draft and neither failed to make a splash.

Full list below.