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Late picks who became NHL stars

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Late picks who became NHL stars
Late picks who became NHL stars /
Mark Streit
Henrik Lundqvist
Ryan Miller
Henrik Zetterberg
Pavel Datsyuk
Tomas Kaberle
Miikka Kiprusoff
Marty Turco
Daniel Alfredsson
Evgeni Nabokov
Kimmo Timonen
Nikolai Khabibulin
Peter Bondra
Pavel Bure
Arturs Irbe
Theoren Fleury
Igor Larionov

Larionov was picked so late in the draft because the Canucks were unsure if the political situation (Communism) in the Soviet Union would allow him to play in the NHL.

Brett Hull
Luc Robitaille
Dominik Hasek

Hasek was picked so late in the draft because the Blackhawks were unsure if the political situation (Communism) in Czechoslovakia would allow him to play in the NHL.

Doug Gilmour
Steve Larmer
Dave Taylor
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