When people claim the Bruins are terrible at drafting, I challenge them on that, to back up their claims. They will often ask me to do the same and I point them here. So one person on Reddit, “NomahsBettah” asked what 21 and 22 drafts would look like, with the understanding that it’s way too early to get any meaningful info from the data. So I did, and here’s what we got.
2021
Yet again proving that the NHL draft can be a crapshoot, 22 picks went past the board until a team chose the current best player available. With the 23rd pick in the draft, the Dallas Stars selected Wyatt Johnson. And yes, those 22 picks include one by the Bruins, where they took Fabian Lysell. The next two picks were the next two best players, Power and Beniers, but then a bit of a gap where JJ Moser was picked 60th by Arizona. Some more chalk picks with McTavish, Luke Hughes, Dylan Guenther (9th) and Kent Johnson before the next best player on the board, Matt Knies went to Toronto at 57.
Keeping in mind that a lot will change in the coming years as players develop, here’s the current rankings as of March 31, 2025:
| Team | Total Missed Point Value | Missed Value Per Player | |
| 1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | -4 | -0.57 |
| 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | -5.6 | -1.87 |
| 3 | San Jose Sharks | -19.5 | -2.17 |
| 4 | Montreal Canadiens | -22.7 | -2.52 |
| 5 | Vancouver Canucks | -15.3 | -2.55 |
| 6 | New York Islanders | -16.2 | -2.70 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | -13.5 | -2.70 |
| 8 | Philadelphia Flyers | -16.3 | -2.72 |
| 9 | Chicago Blackhawks | -22.3 | -2.79 |
| 10 | Washington Capitals | -17.4 | -2.90 |
| 11 | Seattle Kraken | -20.5 | -2.93 |
| 12 | Dallas Stars | -29.8 | -2.98 |
| 13 | Anaheim Ducks | -26.2 | -3.28 |
| 14 | Boston Bruins | -23.5 | -3.36 |
| 15 | Carolina Hurricanes | -46.3 | -3.56 |
| 16 | Arizona Coyotes | -34.5 | -3.83 |
| 17 | Edmonton Oilers | -23.1 | -3.85 |
| 18 | New Jersey Devils | -27.1 | -3.87 |
| 19 | New York Rangers | -31 | -3.88 |
| 20 | Florida Panthers | -25.2 | -4.20 |
| 21 | Calgary Flames | -34.5 | -4.31 |
| 22 | St. Louis Blues | -17.5 | -4.38 |
| 23 | Colorado Avalanche | -18.6 | -4.65 |
| 24 | Columbus Blue Jackets | -44.1 | -4.90 |
| 25 | Vegas Golden Knights | -30.3 | -5.05 |
| 26 | Buffalo Sabres | -57.3 | -5.21 |
| 27 | Nashville Predators | -34.7 | -5.78 |
| 28 | Detroit Red Wings | -49.3 | -6.16 |
| 29 | Minnesota Wild | -49.2 | -7.03 |
| 30 | Ottawa Senators | -49.1 | -8.18 |
| 31 | Winnipeg Jets | -34.8 | -8.70 |
| 32 | Los Angeles Kings | -41.4 | -10.35 |
2022
The questions coming into this draft were whether Montreal would take the sure thing, Shane Wright or take someone else. It was a bit of a risk as they went we with Juraj Slavkofsky. So how’s that looking today? Well Montreal did not get the best player available, but he was not Shane Wright. As of this writing, Wright was the 5th best available player. First was Logan Cooley, taken 3rd by Arizona. Montreal did get the second best in Slavkovsky but in a steal for this draft, they also got the third best player, taken 62nd overall in Lane Hutson. Anaheim’s pick at 10, Mintyukov is the next best player, then Wright. The #2 pick, Simon Nemec by New Jersey is 7th best. Colorado only had two picks in the draft, at 193 and dead last, 225. As more players get to the NHL, the Colorado ranking will change. Here’s a look at these way too early rankings.
| Team | Total Missed Point Value | Missed Value Per Player | |
| 1 | Colorado Avalanche | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2 | Florida Panthers | -3 | -0.43 |
| 3 | New York Rangers | -3 | -0.50 |
| 4 | New York Islanders | -3.2 | -0.64 |
| 5 | Ottawa Senators | -7 | -0.78 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Flyers | -5.5 | -0.92 |
| 7 | Tampa Bay Lightning | -8.4 | -1.40 |
| 8 | Boston Bruins | -8.6 | -1.43 |
| 9 | Los Angeles Kings | -10.4 | -1.49 |
| 10 | Carolina Hurricanes | -11.4 | -1.63 |
| 11 | Vancouver Canucks | -10.2 | -1.70 |
| 12 | Vegas Golden Knights | -10.4 | -1.73 |
| 13 | Pittsburgh Penguins | -8.9 | -1.78 |
| 14 | Montreal Canadiens | -20.3 | -1.85 |
| 15 | Nashville Predators | -11.4 | -1.90 |
| 16 | St. Louis Blues | -11.4 | -1.90 |
| 17 | Toronto Maple Leafs | -10 | -2.00 |
| 18 | New Jersey Devils | -16.5 | -2.06 |
| 19 | Edmonton Oilers | -8.4 | -2.10 |
| 20 | Washington Capitals | -17.3 | -2.47 |
| 21 | Detroit Red Wings | -23.4 | -2.60 |
| 22 | Dallas Stars | -16.4 | -2.73 |
| 23 | San Jose Sharks | -24.9 | -2.77 |
| 24 | Buffalo Sabres | -30.7 | -2.79 |
| 25 | Calgary Flames | -8.4 | -2.80 |
| 26 | Columbus Blue Jackets | -21.5 | -3.07 |
| 27 | Arizona Coyotes | -31.1 | -3.11 |
| 28 | Seattle Kraken | -35.2 | -3.20 |
| 29 | Anaheim Ducks | -26.6 | -3.33 |
| 30 | Chicago Blackhawks | -37.8 | -3.44 |
| 31 | Winnipeg Jets | -24.2 | -3.46 |
| 32 | Minnesota Wild | -32.3 | -4.04 |