By Alex Hobson
Welcome back to my "Road to the Draft" series. Yesterday, we took a look at the last ten players drafted 48th overall, highlighted by Xavier Ouellet. There are now 47 days until the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, so today we'll take a look at the last ten players drafted 47th overall.
2006 - Shawn Matthias, C (Detroit Red Wings)
Matthias has enjoyed a solid NHL career to date, splitting time as a third line checker type player between the Florida Panthers, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and now Colorado Avalanche. He never played for the Wings but has totaled 159 points in 479 NHL games.
2007 - Dana Tyrell, C (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Tyrell had a good junior career and a decent AHL career, but never panned out in the NHL. He played one full season in 2010-11 for the Lightning, but never played more than 25 games after that, and is now retired.
2008 - Maxime Sauve, C (Boston Bruins)
Sauve didn't pan out in the NHL for the Bruins, playing a couple of seasons for the Providence Bruins in the AHL. He left North America for the DEL, but recently returned and spent last season with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL.
2009 - Ethan Werek, RW (New York Rangers)
The hard working checking forward has jumped between many minor league teams, but is now playing in the Carolina Hurricanes system for the Florida Everblades of the ECHL.
2010 - Tyler Toffoli, RW (Los Angeles Kings)
Toffoli, has quickly become one of the Kings' most reliable offensive forwards. After a good performance last season, he absolutely broke out this year in a campaign that saw him put up 31 goals and 58 points in 82 games. There's still room for him to develop as well.
2011 - Matt Nieto, LW (San Jose Sharks)
Nieto has been a very reliable two way forward for the Sharks since being drafted. This season, he put up 17 points in 67 games while playing bottom six minutes. He will likely never wow anybody with offensive production, but he's a very solid defensive player.
2012 - Brock McGinn, LW (Carolina Hurricanes)
Brother of Tye and Jamie McGinn, Brock had a very successful OHL career with the Guelph Storm and has enjoyed a very successful sophomore AHL season this year, putting up 35 points in 48 games for the Charlotte Checkers.
2013 - Tommy Vannelli, D (St. Louis Blues)
Vannelli made the transition to the WHL in 2013-14, and after two successful seasons with the Medicine Hat Tigers, he joined the Chicago Wolves for the AHL season but missed almost the entire season due to injury. He could still become a solid defenseman for the Blues.
2014 - Ryan Collins, D (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Collins is a massive defensive defenseman who won't overwhelm you with offensive production, but rather play a very safe, stay at home game. He put up 4 points in 29 games for the University of Minnesota this season.
2015 - Jansen Harkins, C (Winnipeg Jets)
Harkins is one of those players that doesn't neccessarily excel in any aspect, but rather is good in every area of his game and will consistently be a reliable player for you. His offensive production dipped slightly this season, but he will head back to play for Prince George for one final season before playing in the AHL full time.
BEST PLAYER DRAFTED 47th: Tyler Toffoli
It's not hard to choose Tyler Toffoli as the best player on this list. He had his first 30 goal season at age 23 and could very well do it again given his age and the players around him. Overall a very good player.
RUNNER UPS: Shawn Matthias, Matt Nieto
POTENTIAL STEALS: Jansen Harkins, Tommy Vannelli
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