The Leafs chose Tyler Biggs and Stuart Percy in 2011 over players like Phillip Danault, Rickard Rakell, Boone Jenner, John Gibson and Nikita Kucherov
Cheeto-Beater
A lot of drafting and the players’ results in the NHL is player development. You don’t just draft good 18 year old players, and then magically, they perform.
So this is a better nod to the Avalanche noticing players that would fit into their development programs and getting ROI of their draft capital.
egorf38
the canucks chose Jake Virtanen over David Pastrnak
AdAny926
Habs fan living in Ottawa seeing Brady Tkachuk on billboards everyday
LittleGreenGhouls23
Hurricanes drafted Zack Boychuk in the first round and the very next pick was Erik Karlsson
LilHomie204DaBaG
Makar.
Was he the same draft as Nolan Patrick? Bc if so, man did the flyers fuck up that draft
jwalks0618
I don’t like this game 😂😂
Toiletboy4
Basically any other living breathing people in 2015
La-Spatule
Kotkaniemi over Brady Tkatchuk …
ShineDS
Well known for the most part but the Bruins taking Jakub Zboril, Jake DeBrusk and Zach Senyshyn with picks 13-15 when literally the next 3 picks were Mat Barzal, Kyle Connor and Thomas Chabot.
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Nevermind Eriksson Ek, Boeser, Konecny.. hell even Roslovic and Beauvillier would’ve been nice.
HanSolo5643
When Vancouver drafted Jake Virtanen in 2017 over guys like Nylander and Ehlers and Dylan Larkin.
Also in 2016 when the Canucks drafted Olli Juolevie over Matthew Tkachuk and Clayton Keller.
Clark828
“Kirill Kaprizov” -Everybody
Early-Apartment-7866
Zadina over Hughes.
BadaBingSecurity
NYR drafting Huge Specimen (Hugh Jessiman) #12 in the historic 2003 draft and missing out on…
Dustin Brown Brent Seabrook Zach Parise Ryan Getzlaf Brent Burns Ryan Kessler Corey Perry
And that was just in the 1st round. An all time draft…and we get well…nothing.
EmmyHomewrecker
Fun fact! We picked up Louis Leblanc in 2009 (total bust). The very next pick was Chris Kreider.
Carey ended up in the darkest timeline…
CampfireGuitars
How long do I have to look before I see 2015 Bruins?
We don’t need Chabot, Kyle Connor or Matt Barzal anyway
Funky_Cows
Lias Andersson over middlestadt, Suzuki, etc
TheLoomingMoon
Normally I’d say a lot. But you never know how a player will develop in another system.
TheFoundation_
All the good players
Friendly_Crew1226
Puljajarvi vs not Puljajarvi
R1CO95
Picked Filip Zadina over Quinn Hughes
Lightz29
Leafs took Liljegren over Stuart Skinner, Jake Oettinger and Jason Robertson
The_Comic_Collector
I regret having 2 first overall picks stolen and losing Crosby and bedard
fraxior
Filip Zadina over Quinn Hughes really hurts
xTomato72
Oilers chose Griffin Reinhart instead of Matthew Barzal
saladfatty
Brady tkachuk should be a hab
delirious-nomad
Flyers taking Nolan Patrick over Cale Makar, Miro Heiskanen and Elias Pettersson.
Hanging_Aboot
Flames traded up with the Devils to ensure they would get the best goalie in the draft, Trevor Kidd. Devils got the second best goalie that draft who went on to have a decent multi-team career, notably retiring as a Blues player.
PrarieDogma
Flames – Kucherov
Maximum_Hat_7266
Avs took Conner Bleakley over Pastrnak and Bleakley I don’t think ever did anything in the NHL. Even got re drafted and everything.
yupkime
Waiting for an AI program to be able to mess around with history and simulate these what ifs.
CaptainSaladbarGuy
Sydney Crosby and Connor Bedard
onefivefifteen
Flames picked Tyler Wotherspoon over Nikita Kucherov.
One-Management3649
Canucks fans saying Virtanen are nuts. That wasn’t even a reach. Choosing Joulevi over Tkachuk was franchise altering. Benning is possibly the worst GM in the history of the NHL.
jrhymezz
Habs taking Kotkaniemi over Brady Tkachuk
Mythalium
You guys are getting draft picks?
JimboD84
Habs taking kk over tkachuk 🤦🏼♂️
One-Adhesiveness-416
Nikita Alexeev 2000 Did not pick some scrub named Henrik Lundqvist.
Could have got that guy his cup
ShaunicusMaximus
Blues took Erik Johnson 1st overall in a draft that included Jonathan Toews, Phil Kessel, Nicklaus Backstrom, and Claude Giroux, to name a few. Eric Johnson was definitely a good NHL player, and he would have been an asset as a 2nd or 3rd rounder, or possibly even as a late 1st rounder, but hindsight is a bastard on this one.
2shack
Zadina over Hughes is kind of the obvious one. But also, in 2017 we took Gustav Lindstrom in the second round and Dallas took Jason Robertson with the very next pick. The team really didn’t draft well with Holland at the helm.
MrDrProfPatrickJrSr
Braden point
LiveHardLiveFast
Red Wings drafting Filip Zadina over Quinn Hughes still really bothers me.
beingsupereasy
Kotkanothing over Brady Tkachuk. Still remember my Mtl friends trying to convince me (and themselves) that it was a good choice at the time. Thank you Marc Bergevin
McMetal770
In 2014, the Avs picked Conner Bleackley with their first pick at #23. If you haven’t heard that name before, that’s because he never played an NHL game (the only member of the 2014 1st round not to do so). He arrived 10 pounds overweight to the Avs training camp a few months later, and Roy was so pissed at him that the Avs fired Rick Pracey, their director of amateur scouting, for pushing for that selection. Bleackley would go on to be traded to Arizona, who declined to sign him and opted for a 2nd round pick instead. Now he’s a decent ECHL player with a career .56 PPG in that league.
Two picks later, at #25? Boston drafted elite gamebreaking goal scorer David Pastrnak.
tyratoku
Pretty well known the Wild had two guys rated equally in the third round of the 2014 Draft. The Lightning heard, called up the Wild, and offered a late draft pick to move up a single slot. Wild accepted the trade, moved back one, and took Louie Belpedio, a guy who has played a grand total of four NHL games and looks to be a career AHLer.
The other guy they had rated equally, and passed up for a 7th rounder, is Brayden Point. Yes, that Brayden Point. Belpedio and a 7th for Brayden fucking Point. All time dumb decision.
darwhyte
With the third overall selection in 2018, the Habs chose Jesperi Kotkaneimi while Brady Tkachuk was still available
KohlWeld50
Wings could’ve drafted Quinn Hughs and instead we got Filip Zedina.
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The Leafs chose Tyler Biggs and Stuart Percy in 2011 over players like Phillip Danault, Rickard Rakell, Boone Jenner, John Gibson and Nikita Kucherov
A lot of drafting and the players’ results in the NHL is player development. You don’t just draft good 18 year old players, and then magically, they perform.
So this is a better nod to the Avalanche noticing players that would fit into their development programs and getting ROI of their draft capital.
the canucks chose Jake Virtanen over David Pastrnak
Habs fan living in Ottawa seeing Brady Tkachuk on billboards everyday
Hurricanes drafted Zack Boychuk in the first round and the very next pick was Erik Karlsson
Makar.
Was he the same draft as Nolan Patrick? Bc if so, man did the flyers fuck up that draft
I don’t like this game 😂😂
Basically any other living breathing people in 2015
Kotkaniemi over Brady Tkatchuk …
Well known for the most part but the Bruins taking Jakub Zboril, Jake DeBrusk and Zach Senyshyn with picks 13-15 when literally the next 3 picks were Mat Barzal, Kyle Connor and Thomas Chabot.
​
Nevermind Eriksson Ek, Boeser, Konecny.. hell even Roslovic and Beauvillier would’ve been nice.
When Vancouver drafted Jake Virtanen in 2017 over guys like Nylander and Ehlers and Dylan Larkin.
Also in 2016 when the Canucks drafted Olli Juolevie over Matthew Tkachuk and Clayton Keller.
“Kirill Kaprizov” -Everybody
Zadina over Hughes.
NYR drafting Huge Specimen (Hugh Jessiman) #12 in the historic 2003 draft and missing out on…
Dustin Brown
Brent Seabrook
Zach Parise
Ryan Getzlaf
Brent Burns
Ryan Kessler
Corey Perry
And that was just in the 1st round. An all time draft…and we get well…nothing.
Fun fact! We picked up Louis Leblanc in 2009 (total bust). The very next pick was Chris Kreider.
Carey ended up in the darkest timeline…
How long do I have to look before I see 2015 Bruins?
We don’t need Chabot, Kyle Connor or Matt Barzal anyway
Lias Andersson over middlestadt, Suzuki, etc
Normally I’d say a lot. But you never know how a player will develop in another system.
All the good players
Puljajarvi vs not Puljajarvi
Picked Filip Zadina over Quinn Hughes
Leafs took Liljegren over Stuart Skinner, Jake Oettinger and Jason Robertson
I regret having 2 first overall picks stolen and losing Crosby and bedard
Filip Zadina over Quinn Hughes really hurts
Oilers chose Griffin Reinhart instead of Matthew Barzal
Brady tkachuk should be a hab
Flyers taking Nolan Patrick over Cale Makar, Miro Heiskanen and Elias Pettersson.
Flames traded up with the Devils to ensure they would get the best goalie in the draft, Trevor Kidd. Devils got the second best goalie that draft who went on to have a decent multi-team career, notably retiring as a Blues player.
Flames – Kucherov
Avs took Conner Bleakley over Pastrnak and Bleakley I don’t think ever did anything in the NHL. Even got re drafted and everything.
Waiting for an AI program to be able to mess around with history and simulate these what ifs.
Sydney Crosby and Connor Bedard
Flames picked Tyler Wotherspoon over Nikita Kucherov.
Canucks fans saying Virtanen are nuts. That wasn’t even a reach. Choosing Joulevi over Tkachuk was franchise altering. Benning is possibly the worst GM in the history of the NHL.
Habs taking Kotkaniemi over Brady Tkachuk
You guys are getting draft picks?
Habs taking kk over tkachuk 🤦🏼♂️
Nikita Alexeev 2000
Did not pick some scrub named Henrik Lundqvist.
Could have got that guy his cup
Blues took Erik Johnson 1st overall in a draft that included Jonathan Toews, Phil Kessel, Nicklaus Backstrom, and Claude Giroux, to name a few. Eric Johnson was definitely a good NHL player, and he would have been an asset as a 2nd or 3rd rounder, or possibly even as a late 1st rounder, but hindsight is a bastard on this one.
Zadina over Hughes is kind of the obvious one. But also, in 2017 we took Gustav Lindstrom in the second round and Dallas took Jason Robertson with the very next pick. The team really didn’t draft well with Holland at the helm.
Braden point
Red Wings drafting Filip Zadina over Quinn Hughes still really bothers me.
Kotkanothing over Brady Tkachuk. Still remember my Mtl friends trying to convince me (and themselves) that it was a good choice at the time. Thank you Marc Bergevin
In 2014, the Avs picked Conner Bleackley with their first pick at #23. If you haven’t heard that name before, that’s because he never played an NHL game (the only member of the 2014 1st round not to do so). He arrived 10 pounds overweight to the Avs training camp a few months later, and Roy was so pissed at him that the Avs fired Rick Pracey, their director of amateur scouting, for pushing for that selection. Bleackley would go on to be traded to Arizona, who declined to sign him and opted for a 2nd round pick instead. Now he’s a decent ECHL player with a career .56 PPG in that league.
Two picks later, at #25? Boston drafted elite gamebreaking goal scorer David Pastrnak.
Pretty well known the Wild had two guys rated equally in the third round of the 2014 Draft. The Lightning heard, called up the Wild, and offered a late draft pick to move up a single slot. Wild accepted the trade, moved back one, and took Louie Belpedio, a guy who has played a grand total of four NHL games and looks to be a career AHLer.
The other guy they had rated equally, and passed up for a 7th rounder, is Brayden Point. Yes, that Brayden Point. Belpedio and a 7th for Brayden fucking Point. All time dumb decision.
With the third overall selection in 2018, the Habs chose Jesperi Kotkaneimi while Brady Tkachuk was still available
Wings could’ve drafted Quinn Hughs and instead we got Filip Zedina.