Defenseman Kris Letang was one of the biggest steals of the draft on the blue line in the 2005 class, going in the third round to the Penguins. In this redraft, the Minnesota Wild get to pick Letang fourth overall, which would be 59 spots higher than he was originally picked by Pittsburgh over 20 years ago.
Letang was the only defenseman from this draft class who played over 1,000 career regular season games and has scored 800 total points.
The Wild originally picked winger Benoit Pouliot fourth overall in the first round of the 2005 draft. Pouliot was the only top five pick from this draft class who didn't score at least 300 career points in the regular season in the NHL.
Even though the Habs don't get to pick Price fifth overall in this redraft of the 2005 class, Montreal still gets a future Hall-of-Fame goaltender in the top five in Quick. The winningest goaltender in American history in the NHL, Quick won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2012 and was selected to the NHL All-Star Team multiple times throughout his career.
Not only was Quick the only goalie from this draft class who won multiple Stanley Cups with the same team, but he was also the only netminder to play over 800 career regular season games.
Continuing the run on goalies in the top 10 in this redraft from 2005 in the first round, netminder Tuukka Rask moves up 15 spots to be selected sixth overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Originally selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs 21st overall in the first round of the 2005 draft, before being traded to the Boston Bruins a year later, Rask helps to revitalize the Blue Jackets goaltending situation.
Rask is one of three goalies from this draft class who played over 500 career regular season games and won at least 300 games. The Blue Jackets originally selected center Gilbert Brule sixth overall in the first round in 2005. Brule was the only center picked in the top 10 in this draft class who didn't score 100 career points in the regular season.
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