number one draft picks in the NHL By wwong Jun 26, 2004 Alexander Ovechkin first overall draft pick Jul 22, 2005 Sidney Crosby first overall draft pick Jun 24, 2006 Erik Johnson first overall draft pick Jun 22, 2007 Patrick Kane first overall draft pick Jun 20, 2008 Steven Stamkos first overall draft pick Jun 26, 2009 John Tavares first overall draft pick Jun 25, 2010 Taylor Hall first overall draft pick Jun 25, 2011 Rayn Nugent Hopkins first overall draft pick Jun 22, 2012 Nail Yakupov first overall draft pick Jun 30, 2013 Nathan MacKinnon first overall draft pick Jun 28, 2014 Aaron Ekbald first overall draft pick Jun 26, 2015 Conner McDavid first overall draft pick