Winger Corey Perry is one of the best forwards in this draft class from 2003. Perry was originally selected 28th overall in the first round by the Ducks in the 2003 draft. He slides up 18 spots to go just in the top 10 in this reimagining of the 2003 lottery in the first round, at No. 10 overall to the Montreal Canadiens.
He ranks fifth in total points (935) and third in games played in the regular season (1,392) in his career from the '03 draft class.
Perry is technically one of the two players from the 2003 draft class who is still active in the NHL in the current season in the league. At 40 years old, Perry is playing his 20th season in the NHL for the Kings in the 2025-26 regular season.
Longtime New Jersey Devils and Wild forward Zach Parise had one of the best careers of all the wingers in this draft class in 2003 from the past couple of decades. Parise was originally picked 17th overall just outside of the lottery in the first round by the Devils in the 2003 draft.
Parise is one of over a half dozen forwards from this draft class who played over 1,000 career games in the regular season and he scored over 800 total points (889).
While the Flyers don't get Carter at No. 11 overall in this hypothetical reimagining of the 2003 draft lottery in the first round, Philly still comes away with a pretty solid forward in Parise in the lottery.
The New York Rangers originally picked winger Hugh Jessiman 12th overall in the first round of the 2003 draft lottery. Jessiman was the only player selected in the 2003 draft lottery in the first round who didn't play 100 career regular season games in the league in the NHL.
While Vanek doesn't get selected in the top five at fifth overall by the Sabers in the first round in this redraft from the 2003 class over two decades ago, he does stay in the top 15, going No. 12 overall to the Rangers.
Vanek continues the run of wingers picked in the first round of the 2003 draft lottery in this hypothetical redraft for the Rangers. He ranked seventh in goals scored (373), and he played over 1,000 career regular season games in a career that spanned nearly a decade and a half for the Sabres, Wild, and Detroit Red Wings mostly.