Prior to seeing who were the best steals from the last 4 seasons (13-17), let's get to know the draft. Seeing how this is the "best of the best" of the previous seasons, lets make it a good one! Firstly, let's see each seasons first overall draft picks.
Now, Let's take a look at each seasons TOP 3 TPE Leader.
S13's Top TPE leader:
1. Edmonton Blizzard (+8) - G Jakub Aittokallio - 777 TPE
2. Winnipeg Jets (+9) - G Lauris Prikulis - 706 TPE
3. Los Angeles Panthers (+17) - D OJ Simpson - 664 TPE
S14's Top TPE leader:
1. New England Wolfpack (+2) - C Carter O'Callahan - 823 TPE
2. Los Angeles Panthers (+0) - C Marian Potoczny - 703 TPE + 1B
3. Hamilton Steelhawks (+4) - LW Steven Jalopski - 679 TPE
S17's Top TPE leader:
1. Calgary Dragons (+2) - D Matej Stransky -- 331 TPE
2. Hamilton Steelhawks (+7) - LW Magnus Jakobsen -- 326 TPE
3. Minnesota Chiefs (-1) - D Walter White --294 TPE
And now, what I've been waiting for and hopefully some of you since I started writing these things, The TOP TPE leaders since the Season 13 SHL entry draft until the Season 17 entry draft. Seeing as there's clearly more active people at the top, that requires a higher amount to be included.
Top 75 TPE Leaders of Past 5 draft seasons (13-17)
1. S14 New England Wolfpack - C Carter O'Callahan - 823 TPE
2. S13 Edmonton Blizzard - G Jakub Aittokallio - 777 TPE
3. S13 Winnipeg Jets - G Lauris Prikulis - 706 TPE
4. S14 Los Angeles Panthers - C Marian Potoczny - 703 TPE + 1B
5. S14 Hamilton Steelhawks - LW Steven Jalopski - 679 TPE
8. S13 Los Angeles Panthers - D OJ Simpson - 664 TPE
9. 15 West Kendall Platoon - Jermaine Tennyson - 652 TPE
10 . S14 New England Wolfpack - D Chuck Winnfield - 647 TPE
11. S14 Texas Renegades - G Jordin FourFour - 645 TPE
12. S14 Los Angeles Panthers - C Brian Morley - 620 TPE
13. S14 West Kendall Platoon - LW Ammon Tutankamun - 603 TPE
14. S14 Edmonton Blizzard - LW Belial - 599 TPE
16. S13 West Kendall Platoon - C Rufus Reinhart - 574 TPE
17. S14 Hamilton Steelhawks - G Urijah Winnfield - 574 TPE + 4B
18. S15 Edmonton Blizzard - Riko Muerto - 558 TPE
19. S14 Manhattan Rage - D Ondrej Ravchitikov - 542 TPE
20. S14 Edmonton Blizzard - LW Emīls Vilmenietis - 499 TPE
21. S13 Seattle Riot - D Matthew Buchesner - 481 TPE
22. S15 Edmonton Blizzard - Mikhail Krivokrasov - 474 TPE
23. S16 Manhattan Rage - Azriel Stryfe - 473 TPE
24. S14 Seattle Riot - LW Daniel Merica - 472 TPE
25. S15 Texas Renegades - Lionel Byrde - 465 TPE
26. S14 New England Wolfpack - D Gabriel DuJardin - 453 TPE
27. S15 :kings: Las Vegas Kings - Jesse Jacek-Kix- 451 TPE
28. S16 Los Angeles Panthers - Niklas Stryker - 450 TPE
29. S14 West Kendall Platoon -Ryan Bolt - 445 TPE
30. S14 West Kendall Platoon - Sergei Zherdev- 445 TPE
31. S13 Toronto North Stars - G Miko Aalto - 443 TPE
32. S13 New England Wolfpack - RW Christian Bauer - 440 TPE
32. S15 West Kendall Platoon - Jim Lahey - 422 TPE
34. S14 West Kendall Platoon - G James Reimer - 415 TPE +4B
35. S14 Winnipeg Jets - LW Jason Smith - 415 TPE
35. S15 Calgary Dragons - Kriss Labsvards - 415 TPE
36. S13 Los Angeles Panthers - LW Tuomas Vitikka - 406 TPE
37. S16 Seattle Riot - Snowden Manning - 393 TPE
38. S14 Winnipeg Jets - LW Michael Barrett - 389 TPE RETIRED**
39/ S15 Los Angeles Panthers - Victor Helmstrom - 388 TPE
40. S13 Seattle Riot - LW Isabella Esparza-Osvaldson - 385 TPE
41. S13 Calgary Dragons - RW Ryan Haan - 378 TPE
42. S13 Toronto North Stars - C Jaden Button - 371 TPE + 1 banked
43. S15 Los Angeles Panthers - C.J. James - 368 TPE
44. S16 Minnesota Chiefs - Tom Sawyer - 365 TPE
45. S14 Manhattan Rage - G Sergei Bobrovsky - 365 TPE
46. S16 Winnipeg Jets - Maxim Horvat - 364 TPE
47. S14 Hamilton Steelhawks - RW Hans Schultz - 354 TPE
48. S15 West Kendal Platoon - Barnabas Hoff - 354 TPE
49. S16 Winnipeg Jets - Slava Boominen - 350 TPE
50. S16 Minnesota Chiefs - Bradley Wingels - 346 TPE
51. S15 Calgary Dragons - Krists Zomers - 343 TPE
52. S17 Calgary Dragons - D Matej Stransky -- 331 TPE
53. S15 Manhattan Rage - Arthur Grosberg - 327 TPE
54. S17 Hamilton Steelhawks - RW - Magnus Jakobsen - 326 TPE
55. S15 Toronto North Stars- Logan Court - 325 TPE
56. S16 Texas Renegades - Alexandre Daigle - 320 TPE
57: S14 Winnipeg Jets - LW Shawn Kelly - 317 TPE
58. S14 West Kendall Platoon - RW John Anderson - 311 TPE + 3B
59. S16 Calgary Dragons - Roberts Birkavs - 306 TPE
60. S14 Minnesota Chiefs - RW Daisuke Katsu - 305 TPE
61. S15 :kings: Las Vegas Kings - Mikhail Kladno -301 TPE
62. S17 Minnesota Chiefs - D Walter White --294 TPE
63. S17 Manhattan Rage - D Simeon Mars III -- 293 TPE
64. S13 Texas Renegades - LW Victor Ansev - 293 TPE
65. S17 Los Angeles Panthers - D Marlo Stanfield -- 291 TPE
66. S16 Winnipeg Jets - Issa Khan Jr. - 288 TPE
67. S17 Seattle Riot - D Vladimir Bodnar-- 286 TPE
68 S17 Minnesota Chiefs - LW Saoul Commeunebotte -- 283 TPE
69. S17 Texas Renegades - C Chico Salmon -- 277 TPE
70. S15 Manhattan Rage - Esekiel Cook - 277 TPE
71. S16 Seattle Riot - Peter Parker - 274 TPE
72. S13 Los Angeles Panthers - D Bohemund Hardrada -272 TPE
73. S17 Texas Renegades - D Slevin Kelevra -- 267 TPE
74. S14 Edmonton Blizzard - D Robert Paulson - 266 TPE
75. S17 Minnesota Chiefs - G Gustav Grimm -- 265 TPE
There you have it boys - Top 75 of the past 5 SHL entry drafts. Lots of looking and just placing for this task, eyes are sore. Sweet to see alot of players from more recent years ahead of those who were drafted before them. Maybe this can be used as motivation to get going?