The Saginaw Spirit, Ontario Hockey League and Canadian Hockey League serve as one of the major contributors to the NHL, with over 60% of active NHL'ers being drafted out of the Canadian Hockey League.  

These NHL draft classes have featured the following Spirit players (each of the below played at least one game with the Spirit):

2012 NHL Draft Class

Justin Kea- Buffalo Sabres 3rd round, 73rd overall
Jake Paterson- Detroit Red Wings 3rd round, 80th overall
Garret Ross- Chicago Blackhawks 5th round, 139th overall 

2011 NHL Draft Class

Jamie Oleksiak- Dallas Stars 1st round, 14th overall
Brandon Saad - Chicago Blackhawks 2nd round, 43rd overall
Vincent Trocheck - Florida Panthers 3rd round, 64th overall
Anthony Camara - Boston Bruins 3rd round, 81st overall
Josh Shalla - Nashville Predators 4th round, 94th overall

2010 NHL Draft Class

John McFarland - Florida Panthers 2nd round, 33rd overall
Brandon Archibald - Columbus Blue Jackets 4th round, 94th overall
Ivan Telegin - Atlanta Thrashers 4th round, 101st overall
Dalton Prout - Columbus Blue Jackets 6th round, 154th overall

2009 NHL Draft Class

Jordan Szwarz - Phoenix Coyotes 4th round, 97th overall
Edward Pasquale - Atlanta Thrashers 4th round, 117th overall
Ben Chiarot - Atlanta Thrashers 4th round, 120th overall
Cody Sol - Atlanta Thrashers 5th round, 125th overall

2008 NHL Draft Class

Adam Comrie - Florida Panthers 3rd round, 80th overall
T.J. Brodie - Calgary Flames 4th round, 114th overall*
Nick Crawford - Buffalo Sabres 6th round, 164th overall

2007 NHL Draft Class

Zack Torquato - Detroit Red Wings 6th round, 178th overall

2006 NHL Draft Class

Matt Corrente - New Jersey Devils 1st round, 30th overall
Nigel Williams - Colorado Avalanche 2nd round, 51st overall
Tomas Zaborsky - New York Rangers 5th round, 137th overall
Ryan Daniels - Ottawa Senators 5th round, 151st overall
Jan Mursak - Detroit Red Wings 6th round, 182nd overall

2005 NHL Draft Class

Ryan O'Marra - New York Islander 1st round, 15th overall
Cody Bass - Ottawa Senators 4th round, 95th overall
Tom Pyatt - New York Rangers 4th round,  107th overall
Patrick McNeill - Washington Capitals 4th round, 118th overall
Marek Kvapil - Tampa Bay Lightning 6th round, 163rd overall

2004 NHL Draft Class

Vaclav Meidl - Nashville Predators 3rd round, 81st overall
Michal Birner - St. Louis Blues 4th round, 116th overall
Mitch Maunu - Chicago Blackhawks 4th round, 120th overall
Tyler Haskins - Detroit Red Wings 5th round, 162nd overall
Jean-Michel Rizk - Minnesota Wild 7th round, 195th overall

2003 NHL Draft Class

Paul Bissonnette - Pittsburgh Penguins 4th round, 121st overall
Mike Brown - Boston Bruins 5th round, 153rd overall
Grigory Misharin - Minnesota Wild 7th round, 207th overall

2002 NHL Draft Class

Tyson Kellerman - Chicago Blackhawks 7th round, 219th overall

2001 NHL Draft Class

Colt King - Colorado Avalanche 4th round, 130th overall
Chris Thorburn - Buffalo Sabres 2nd round, 50th overall

2000 NHL Draft Class

Peter Flache - Chicago Blackhawks 9th round, 262nd overall

NHL Free Agents

Michael Sgarbossa - San Jose Sharks, signed September 2010
Chris Chappell - New York Rangers, signed July 2009
Geoff Platt - Columbus Blue Jackets, signed November 2005