I wanted to put together an all time list of Raiders Draftees, and then potentially compare draft seasons to see the difference between seasons, top picks in x round, and best picks overall.
Some of these earlier picks I don't know about and as long as the bojo box is down I don't think I can compare points for the older members, so It's going to be a bit of an objective list (my favorites).
If you want to oblige me I'd love some discussion on some of the earlier players.
As Indexes on the site start at S43, I'm may do stats on the drafted players starting with that season of draft picks, we'll see if I have enough energy for that.

Let's dig into the Halifax Raiders draft history, starting at S25 because that was their innaugural season!
Season 25: 11
Round 1 - Conall MacLeon (3)
Round 2 - Brett Broadway (14)
Round 3 - Petr Kolesnikovs (19)
Round 4 - Ace McCardle (29), Bernard Federic (30)
Compensatory - Carter Rosston (34)
Round 5 - Sekkusu Gan (37)
Round 6 - Lars Dahlstrom (48)
Round 7 - Xavier Barkov (53)
Round 8 - Dean Pritchett (64)
Round 9 - Dizzy Cleghorn (69)

Season 26: 7
Round 2 - Alexander Sorensen (16)
Round 3 - Arik Mikita (17)
Round 4 - Benjamin Fraser (27)
Round 5 - Curtis Allison (33)
Round 6 - Reinis Aumeisters (48)
Round 7 - Troy Lizben (49)
Round 8 - Svein Sorensen (64)

Season 27: 2
Round 1 - Marc-André Moreau (6)
Round 2 - William Marner (11)

Season 28: 6
Round 1 - Felix Herzog (1), Jack Dabkowski (8)
Round 2 - Leif De Bruin (16)
Round 4 - Gorlab (25), Sergei Fedorin (26), Brandon Makarov (30)

Season 29: 4
Round 1 - COLIN BANNING (8)
Round 2 - Jean-Luc Reflieux (15)
Round 3 - Carter Fleury (20), TRISTAN SVAHN (23)

Season 30: 13
Round 1 - Pietra Volkova (4), Niklas Flower (6)
Round 2 - Greta Iversen (9), Joey Ryan (13)
Round 3 - Isaac Kaiser (19)
Round 4 - Alex Reed (28)
Round 5 - Toivo Kosonen (38)
Round 6 - Reed Laing (43)
Round 7 - Solaire Azarov (54)
Round 8 - Kip O'Callahan (59)
Round 9 - Fred Toucher (70)
Round 10 - Hogan Miller (75)
Round 11 - Blake Fenrir (86)

Season 31: 1
Round 2 - Sepp Reiter (10)

Season 32: 8
Round 1 - Lochrann O'Rourke (5)
Round 2 - Vinny Marino (12), Max Russakoff (13), Zanarkand Abes (16), Hans Sørensen (12)
Round 4 - Zander Rhys (32)
Round 6 - John Zoidberg (48)
Round 7 - Jack Grey (49)

Season 33: 1
Round 2 - Hans Sørensen (12)

Season 34: 3
Round 1 - Gord McKenzie (6)
Round 3 - Jordin FourFour Jr. (24)
Round 4 - Kevin St Lauren (32)

Season 35: 12
Round 1 - Lukas Müller (2)
Round 2 - Yuri Boyka Jr. (9)
Round 3 - Dwayne Wyder (17), Bar Downski (19)
Round 4 - Chuck Bernstein (25), Cody Fletcher (26)
Round 5 - Ted Glass (33)
Round 6 - Cloud McCarthy (41), Larry Enticer (43)
Round 7 - Oliviz Klozoff (49), Montek Ramrap (54)
Round 10 - Erik Nystrom (73)

Season 36: 4
Round 1 - Jordan Ryder (2), Hercules Rockefeller (3)
Round 4 - Angelo Williams (25)
Round 6 - Benjamin Blue (6)

Season 37: 3
Round 3 - Kevin Hamilton (18)
Round 4 - Tyler Oles (26)
Round 6 - Jaykwon Quincey (47)

Season 38: 8
Round 2 - Hans Gruber (12)
Round 4 - Jack Parker (26), Jon Toner (29)
Round 5 - Mikhail Petrov (40)
Round 6 - Yannick Berger (48)
Round 7 - James Johnson (56)
Round 8 - Owen Melanson (64)
Round 9 - James Jamason (72)

Season 39: 8
Round 1 - Conor McGregor (2), Ensio Kalju (3)
Round 2 - Iam Essellemm (9)
Round 3 - Paz Tappers (21), Quinn Cullen (23)
Round 4 - Asti-Tabarnak Fleur-De-Lys-LaPoutine III (25), Greg Connors (28)
Round 6 - Chad Butler (41)

Season 40: 4
Round 2 - Reginald MacIntyre (9), Aiden Elswick (12)
Round 4 - Steven Moore (25), Koda Reece (28)

Season 41: 5
Round 2 - Geezus Kryyst (13)
Round 3 - Roly Rollerson (22)
Round 4 - Andrew Sayle (30)
Round 5 - Trav Lizard (38)
Round 6 - Tim Murda (46)

Season 42: 10
Round 1 - Leshaun King (2), Crush Cile (4), Kristof Kovacs (7), Oliver Kovacs (8)
Round 2 - Pierre Laroche-Durocher (11), Maximilan Egger (12)
Round 3 - Mr. Faceoffs (21)
Round 7 - Thomas Speardane (49)
Round 8 - Snipperri Baardownen (57), Nathan Cosco (58)

Season 43: 5
Round 1 - Rainbow Dash (1), Ray Bork (7)
Round 2 - Mikael Choybuk (9)
Round 5 - Mister McCarty (33)
Round 6 - Kristers Dzelme (41)

Season 44: 3
Round 1 - Dominic Montgomery (5)
Round 2 - Desmond Carey (11)
Round 4 - Ivars Ozols (26)

Season 45: 13
Round 1 - Jimmy Slothface (8)
Round 2 - Perry Morgan (17)
Round 3 - Kristoffer Matsson (21)
Round 4 - Andrej Doskočil (32), Matt Kholin (35)
Round 5 - Mike McKorsy (47), Frank Mouette (48)
Round 6 - Oleg Scoreov (51), Troy Reynolds (53)
Round 10 - Pj Paradise (92)
Round 11 - Yung Javi (102)
Round 12 - Dylan Karlsson (112)
Round 13 - Nero Slater (122)

Season 46: 6
Round 1 - Esa Parmborg (1)
Round 2 - JOSEPH LARAQUE (12)
Round 3 - Ender Zavala (21)
Round 4 - Jaguar Johnson (32), Isaiah Reece (35)
Round 5 - Kobe Krisp (42)

Season 47: 5
Round 1 - Atlas Rush (9)
Round 2 - Bryan Lee (20)
Round 3 - Freddie Sweeney (24), Biz Nasty (28)
Round 5 - Melty Hotblood (44)


Season 48: 6
Round 1 - Cody (3)
Round 2 - Wyatt Ruschkoff (16), Ricky Spanish (18)
Round 3 - Jon Snow (24)
Round 5 - Jimmy Van Johns (42), Elijah Richardson (43)

Season 49: 6
Round 2 - Adam Barron (18)
Round 5 - Stacy Jefferson Jr. (43)
Round 6 - Karl Krashwagen (53), Suzuki Namokato (56)
Round 7 - Monty Montgomery (63), Viel Veelio (65)

Season 50: 9
Round 1 - Abel Skinner (1), Julien Villeneuve (7)
Round 2 - Bjornoson Bjornosonson (16), Al Kayhall (18)
Round 3 - Indigo Trevino (22), Thicc Cheezy (26), William Kelly (27), Biggus Lickus (30)
Round 4 - Sydney Mahoney (35)

Season 51: 8
Round 1 - Olli Saarinen, Jr. (7)
Round 4 - Simon Moreau (31), Matthew Brundt (40)
Round 5 - Jeffrey Santiago (41)
Round 6 - Stefan Alfonso (51)
Round 7 - Izzy Dudemiester (61)
Round 8 - Braedon Crowe (71)
Round 9 - Dank Jelly-Oüuh (81)

The season with the largest amount of picks is Season 30, and Season 45. Both with 13 prospects added to the team.
The season with the least amount of picks is Season 31 AND 33 - that is a rough 3 seasons, with only 1 prospect added to the team.
A total of 162 players have been drafted by the raiders
The average amount of picks per season is 6.48
Season 42 had 4! first round picks.
Players who have had the pleasure of being drafted 1oa by Halifax include: Able Skinner, Esa Parmborg, Rainbow Dash, Felix Herzog. I have no idea how Felix's career ended up, but because both Esa and Able are on the newer end I will give the best of the best, the top 1oa pick in Raiders history goes to Rainbow Dash. I expect Esa is going to be hot on the heels for this milestone however.

Now what I wanted to do originally was to figure out who the best player from each round was. Deeper drafts, and later rounds are going to have less competition, but that is part of what makes this fun, debating the best of the top!
Best Objective Player taken per round:
Round 13 - Nero Slater
Round 12 - Dylan Karlsson
Round 11 - Blake Fenrir, Yung Javi
Round 10 - Hogan Miller, Erik Nystrom, Pj Paradise
Round 9 - Dizzy Cleghorn, Fred Toucher, James Jamason, Dank Jelly-Oüuh
Round 8 - Dean Pritchett, Svein Sorensen, Kip O'Callahan, Owen Melanson, Snipperri Baardownen, Nathan Cosco, Braedon Crowe
Round 7 - Xavier Barkov, Troy Lizben, Solaire Azarov, Jack Grey, Oliviz Klozoff, Montek Ramrap, James Johnson, Thomas Speardane, Monty Montgomery, Viel Veelio, Izzy Dudemiester
Round 6 - Lars Dahlstrom, Reinis Aumeisters, Reed Laing, John Zoidberg, Cloud McCarthy, Larry Enticer, Benjamin Blue, Jaykwon Quincey, Yannick Berger, Chad Butler, Tim Murda, Kristers Dzelme, Oleg Scoreov, Troy Reynolds, Karl Krashwagen, Suzuki Namokato, Stefan Alfonso
Round 5 - Sekkusu Gan, Curtis Allison, Toivo Kosonen, Ted Glass, Mikhail Petrov, Trav Lizard, Mister McCarty, Mike McKorsy, Frank Mouette, Kobe Krisp, Melty Hotblood, Jimmy Van Johns, Elijah Richardson, Stacy Jefferson Jr., Jeffrey Santiago
Round 4 - Ace McCardle, Bernard Frederic, Benjamin Fraser, Gorlab, Sergei Fedorin, Brandon Makarov, Alex Reed, Zander Rhys, Kevin St Lauren, Chuck Bernstein, Cody Fletcher, Angelo Williams, Tyler Oles, Jack Parker, Jon Toner, Asti-Tabarnak Fleur-De-Lys-LaPoutine III, Greg Connors, Steven Moore, Koda Reece, Andrew Sayle, Ivars Ozols, Andrej Doskočil, Matt Kholin, Jaguar Johnson, Isaiah Reece, Sydney Mahoney, Simon Moreau, Matthew Brundt
Round 3 - Petr Kolesnikovs, Arik Mikita, Carter Fleury, TRISTAN SVAHN, Isaac Kaiser, Jordin FourFour Jr., Dwayne Wyder, Bar Downski, Kevin Hamilton, Paz Tappers, Quinn Cullen, Roly Rollerson, Mr. Faceoffs, Kristoffer Matsson, Ender Zavala, Freddie Sweeney, Biz Nasty, Jon Snow, Indigo Trevino, Thicc Cheezy, William Kelly, Biggus Lickus
Round 2 - Brett Broadway, Alexander Sorensen, William Marner, Leif De Bruin, Jean-Luc Reflieux, Greta Iversen, Joey Ryan, Sepp Reiter, Vinny Marino, Max Russakoff, Zanarkand Abes, Hans Sørensen, Yuri Boyka Jr., Hans Gruber, Iam Essellemm, Reginald MacIntyre, Aiden Elswick, Geezus Kryyst, Pierre Laroche-Durocher, Maximilan Egger, Mikael Choybuk, Desmond Carey, Perry Morgan, JOSEPH LARAQUE, Bryan Lee, Wyatt Ruschkoff, Ricky Spanish, Adam Barron, Bjornoson Bjornosonson, Al Kayhall
Round 1 - Conall MacLoed, Marc-André Moreau, Felix Herzog, Jack Dabkowski, COLIN BANNING, Pietra Volkova, Niklas Flower, Lochrann O'Rourke, Gord McKenzie, Lukas Müller, Jordan Ryder, Hercules Rockefeller, Conor McGregor, Ensio Kalju, Leshaun King, Crush Cile, Kristof Kovacs, Oliver Kovacs, Rainbow Dash, Ray Bork, Dominic Montgomery, Jimmy Slothface, Esa Parmborg, Atlas Rush, Cody, Abel Skinner, Julien Villeneuve, Olli Saarinen, Jr.


Round 13 - Nero Slater: With the only 13th round pick in Raider history, this is an easy choice
Round 12 - Dylan Karlsson: Same as above, the only 12 round pick in history. S45 was a very deep draft.
Round 11 - Blake Fenrir: We have 2in this round. Fenrir has a cooler name and was before a league expansion so his overall was quite a bit lower. These will be enough for that crown
Round 10 - Hogan Miller: I feel like I have heard of Hogan before, that might just be the hulkster though
Round 9 - James Jamason: Hopefully his middle name is Jonah and he hates Spiderman
Round 8 - Snipperri Baardownen: I'm going to be really dissapointed if this wonderful name went IA.
Round 7 - I'm going to assume Oliviz Klozoff is the before Oliver Klozoff, so I will happily give this one. Not too sure about any of these tbh.
Round 6 - Benjamin Blue has made a name for himself, and we're finally at a place where names start to register. Blue is Halifax's best 6th round pick @BoucherFan12
Round 5 - Mike McKorsy. I believe this name rings a bell, but the rest of the 5th rounds don't raise an eyebrow. He only lasted a few seasons.
Round 4 - This is a toughy, my top 2 are from the same draft. Between Doskocil and Kholin I'd give the edge to Matt Kohlin just on the TPE side of things @Kalakar
Round 3 - Mr. Thicc Cheezy is currently the Raiders best third round pick, and his future is bright. Only 2 seasons into his young career he has a very high ceiling. @sailingdrumstick
Round 2 - Geezus Kryyst is one of the best goalies in the league, has been for a while, and will be for another few seasons. He is Halifax's top 2nd round pick. (sincerely, congrats on the Challenge Cup) @Narconis
Round 1 - A lot of quality picks to chose from, as it should be for the first round. I think as things currently stand Hercules Rockefeller takes this. There are a bunch of folks nipping at the heels though @Leafs4ever

Now the final part I was interested in was to see players at a certain overall spot and give best of x position, so there are a few repeats I'll pull.
1 OA - Rainbow Dash. I think it's hard to argue against the commish for all the work they do in the league, and Essa is right behind, very well soon may be easily above, and Skinner is on pace for a very good career
7 OA - From the same draft as Eggy, Ray Bork takes this place. A solid contributor and high TPE player. He's going to be leading the pride for a few more seasons. There are a few 7th that are going to take a run at this in a few seasons though.
9 OA - Atlas Rush. There are players who do have more TPE, but I don't think there are many Raiders who have done more for the team. Atlas spent 4 years with the Raiders, and I believe he was captain for 3 of them. In fact he's the last raider to wear a C as it was not given out last season.
18 OA - Adam Barron - Halifax has had a few of these picks in the last few seasons, but it has to go to Adam Barron. Flipped his draft to 1oa SHL selection, and has not looked back since he joined the league.
53 OA - For now I have to stay with Troy Reynolds for contribution to Halifax. Karl is nipping right behind though and wants this spot! (And let's be serious, this curiosity is what peaked my interest to do this piece)

Let me know any other interesting Draft related Raiders history, or stats, or make an argument for different players! Since I wasn't able to look up the older stats I kept it easier on myself and just went off name recognition and familiarity.

As I mentioned earlier, I may crunch stats from what is available in a later post, but things get busy and I've been sitting on this for a little bit as it is already.

--2330 Words, hopefully the fact that S52 draft picks are included counts for the Double Draft media, but I'll leave that up to the graders extraordinaire--