The Columbus Blue Jackets have a poor drafting record, especially from the beginning of the franchise with the Doug MacLean years through the years of Scott Howson. After a recent NHL Network segment where they re-drafted the 1989 NHL draft, it made me wonder, how would the Blue Jackets draft history would have looked with what we know now?
In 2000, the New York Islanders start off the draft with a goalie, but not Rick DiPietro who they took first overall that year. Instead they would take Henrik Lundqvist and avoid almost two decades of having to stare down one of the best goalies in the uniform of their rivals, the New York Rangers.