Vote: Best first-round picks of NHL Draft

Ray Bourque, Bob Gainey and Darryl Sittler were all selected at No. 8 in the NHL Draft. (AP 3)

When general managers step up to the podium at the NHL Draft, every one of them hopes to be calling the name of a future franchise player.

Whether those players are drafted with the first overall pick or in later rounds, we won’t know until several years from now.

So, with the benefit of hindsight, we look back at some of the greatest NHL players selected in the first round of the draft, and ask you to vote on which pick is the best all-time at each position.


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