i will never forgive the team for drafting leblanc over kreider
FakeCrash
Hedman “projected to max out at 40 or 50 points” is interesting. He had 20G 65A in 21-22.
Huge-Resident8645
Paajarvi-Svensson was such a disappointment for Edmonton.
Calb210
Blues legend David Rundblad
PanicStation140
Tavares was one of the most heavily scouted players in modern times by virtue of how good he was at such a young age, but it’s still interesting to see how accurate that report (and the consensus) was.
bhayden22
Ohhh.. Cowen. Wasn’t a fan when he played for the Chiefs. Feel bad for Ottawa on that one. Not sure what they saw in him. :/
SouthpawStruggles
Glennie played Senior for Carlyle in provincials this year.
InternationalPain284
Reading these, it really hits home how many don’t make it to NHL, and the likelihood of having a lengthy NHL career is practically zero. Though this year seemed better than most 🙂
Sarcastic__
I was out for a group bike ride during the Draft and my phone didn’t have the ability to use the internet. I called home and asked my sister to tell me who the Canucks drafted. I was super hyped when she told me it was Jordan Schroeder, and that was probably the highlight of his tenure with us.
This is probably one of the best Top 3s I imagine. All 3 guys arguably lived up to their hype and then some.
murrbuck
Kane grew 3″ and put on 46 lbs since his draft year. Holy moly. So difficult to predict who will be an NHLer.
UniformRaspberry2
Benjamin Conz my boy 🙁
ijekster
Will you guys kill me for saying the thing that separates Tavares from crosby is the same thing that’s gonna separate bedard from McDavid? Bedard basically has to become kucherov level of offensive IQ to compete with mcdavids point totals and that’s absolutely not a guarantee right now.
longfacer
The most recent draft, and one of the only drafts the Avs totally nailed. Duchene, ROR, and Barrie all from the same class.
JuicyAnalAbscess
Heh, I’ve met Tommi Kivistö a couple times.
LocksTheFox
Olivier Roy. One of the early WJ goalies on Canadian goaltending’s still-continuing banter era.
Seriously let’s just work from 2008 up to 2019:
2008: Steve Mason/Jonathan Bernier (workable enough, not great but could be worse as we’ll see)
2009: Dustin Tokarski/Chet Pickard (Tokarski is an AHL lifer, Pickard peaked as a backup in the DEL
2010: Jake Allen/Martin Jones (mostly ok? though both definitely fell off hard)
2011: Roy/Mark Visentin (Visentin was out of hockey by 2018; Roy is still going but playing in the ICEHL)
2012: Visentin/Scott Wedgewood (Wedgewood is at least a pretty solid NHL backup/1B type)
2013: Malcolm Subban/Binnington (Binnington, while very hatable, is a decent keeper though he was lit up here. Subban is an AHL lifer)
2014: Zach Fucale/Jake Paterson (the Fucale hype was so obviously overblown at the time, dude racked up easy dubs playing behind the most loaded team in the country and wasn’t actually a ceiling raiser. Paterson….last played in Slovakia two years ago.)
2015: Fucale/Eric Comrie (Comrie is little more than a depth goalie that can do a job in the AHL)
2016: Mackenzie Blackwood/Mason McDonald (shoutout to the Flames fan that told me I was operating with “NCAA blinders” when I said they’d regret taking McDonald over Demko. I was right and I’m not sorry. Blackwood is good at stopping shots, just not the ones he’s paid to stop)
2017: Connor Ingram/Carter Hart (Ingram might be at least solid, Hart….well, I don’t think I need to say it do I?)
2018: Hart/Colton Point (Point retired like 5 years later)
2019: Mikey DiPietro/Ian Scott (Bruins AHL backup, and a guy with 7 pro games, almost all in the ECHL. EDIT thanks to a comment correction: Scott had injury woes)
Extreme-Leather7748
If you’re looking for an example of how the French media has ruined the Habs, look no further than Leblanc over Kreider.
genericusername319
The most interesting thing about all of these posts are how dismissive THN and Canadian publications were of the NCAA route! Look at Kreider’s blurb. No mention of Boston College, the university he was committed to and attended. He ended up doing quite well. Things have certainly changed.
suburban_paradise
Nothing about exotic reptiles in Lehner’s profile
kazin29
Hindsight sure is 20/20. Schroeder over ROR. Sigh.
TurboViking90
Ryan “Big Hockey Ass” O’Reilly.
Trunkins
Man fuck Scott Glennie, what a bust of a pick that was for Dallas.
Lorelaigilmore26
Seeing Jared Cowan sent a shiver down my spine.. being a Sens fan during that era was ROUGH. So dominant that one year though. Really thought we had a Volchekov 2.0 for a minute there.
7hoth
As good as Tavares is, honestly I’ll take Hedman here in a full redraft. The rarity of the size, offensive skill, and two way play is a no brainer. It’s why teams have been unsuccessfully looking for his clone for a long time, and to be fair, there’s been plenty of guys as good or better than Tavares in that span.
A really good pick was Kreider, he’s been one of the best players from this draft and still is performing at a high level. Tough to project from USHS though.
houndoom92
I still hate Tim Erixon.
Luckily karma bit him in the ass.
Hypnoraccoon
Louis Leblanc, the only first round bust in a 30 year streak of drafting almost nothing but busts that a section of the fan base remembers.
FallOutShelterBoy
Man finally, look at all these amazing players. The Sabres are getting someone good! Zach Kassian, huh? Ummmm…
inalasahl
Not a good draft for Team USA, whoa.
Normal_Tip7228
Now this is a stacked draft. It is crazy how some years you don’t recognize 90% of the names because most didn’t make it, but other years you recognize names all through the draft
Tampadarlyn
When someone asks about the best draft class, show them this.
ALinkToThePants
O’Reilly has the look from this era of high school flawless.
Dependent_Weight2274
Underrated draft year.
count_nuggula
So what is Lehner’s status right now? Semi-retired?
HerbalAndy
I remember watching Jordan Schroeder growing up because we grew up near each other.. that dude was one of the most talented people I ever saw in high school. I can’t believe it didn’t translate to NHL success.
TimeToSackUp
>[Brayden] Schenn is often likened by scouts to Mike Richards.
This is interesting, considering he, along with Wayne Simmonds, was later traded by the Kings for Mike.
buckyhermit
Ah, Louis Leblanc. He’s a piece of obscure Ducks history. Basically, the Ducks traded a conditional 5th round draft pick to Montreal to get Leblanc. The conditions weren’t met, so the draft pick was returned to Anaheim.
It turned into Troy Terry.
Complete-Emergency99
I wonder when the next top10 pick from Modo comes around. It’s been a while since we had true top tier talent.
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i will never forgive the team for drafting leblanc over kreider
Hedman “projected to max out at 40 or 50 points” is interesting. He had 20G 65A in 21-22.
Paajarvi-Svensson was such a disappointment for Edmonton.
Blues legend David Rundblad
Tavares was one of the most heavily scouted players in modern times by virtue of how good he was at such a young age, but it’s still interesting to see how accurate that report (and the consensus) was.
Ohhh.. Cowen. Wasn’t a fan when he played for the Chiefs. Feel bad for Ottawa on that one. Not sure what they saw in him. :/
Glennie played Senior for Carlyle in provincials this year.
Reading these, it really hits home how many don’t make it to NHL, and the likelihood of having a lengthy NHL career is practically zero. Though this year seemed better than most 🙂
I was out for a group bike ride during the Draft and my phone didn’t have the ability to use the internet. I called home and asked my sister to tell me who the Canucks drafted. I was super hyped when she told me it was Jordan Schroeder, and that was probably the highlight of his tenure with us.
This is probably one of the best Top 3s I imagine. All 3 guys arguably lived up to their hype and then some.
Kane grew 3″ and put on 46 lbs since his draft year. Holy moly. So difficult to predict who will be an NHLer.
Benjamin Conz my boy 🙁
Will you guys kill me for saying the thing that separates Tavares from crosby is the same thing that’s gonna separate bedard from McDavid? Bedard basically has to become kucherov level of offensive IQ to compete with mcdavids point totals and that’s absolutely not a guarantee right now.
The most recent draft, and one of the only drafts the Avs totally nailed. Duchene, ROR, and Barrie all from the same class.
Heh, I’ve met Tommi Kivistö a couple times.
Olivier Roy. One of the early WJ goalies on Canadian goaltending’s still-continuing banter era.
Seriously let’s just work from 2008 up to 2019:
2008: Steve Mason/Jonathan Bernier (workable enough, not great but could be worse as we’ll see)
2009: Dustin Tokarski/Chet Pickard (Tokarski is an AHL lifer, Pickard peaked as a backup in the DEL
2010: Jake Allen/Martin Jones (mostly ok? though both definitely fell off hard)
2011: Roy/Mark Visentin (Visentin was out of hockey by 2018; Roy is still going but playing in the ICEHL)
2012: Visentin/Scott Wedgewood (Wedgewood is at least a pretty solid NHL backup/1B type)
2013: Malcolm Subban/Binnington (Binnington, while very hatable, is a decent keeper though he was lit up here. Subban is an AHL lifer)
2014: Zach Fucale/Jake Paterson (the Fucale hype was so obviously overblown at the time, dude racked up easy dubs playing behind the most loaded team in the country and wasn’t actually a ceiling raiser. Paterson….last played in Slovakia two years ago.)
2015: Fucale/Eric Comrie (Comrie is little more than a depth goalie that can do a job in the AHL)
2016: Mackenzie Blackwood/Mason McDonald (shoutout to the Flames fan that told me I was operating with “NCAA blinders” when I said they’d regret taking McDonald over Demko. I was right and I’m not sorry. Blackwood is good at stopping shots, just not the ones he’s paid to stop)
2017: Connor Ingram/Carter Hart (Ingram might be at least solid, Hart….well, I don’t think I need to say it do I?)
2018: Hart/Colton Point (Point retired like 5 years later)
2019: Mikey DiPietro/Ian Scott (Bruins AHL backup, and a guy with 7 pro games, almost all in the ECHL. EDIT thanks to a comment correction: Scott had injury woes)
If you’re looking for an example of how the French media has ruined the Habs, look no further than Leblanc over Kreider.
The most interesting thing about all of these posts are how dismissive THN and Canadian publications were of the NCAA route! Look at Kreider’s blurb. No mention of Boston College, the university he was committed to and attended. He ended up doing quite well. Things have certainly changed.
Nothing about exotic reptiles in Lehner’s profile
Hindsight sure is 20/20. Schroeder over ROR. Sigh.
Ryan “Big Hockey Ass” O’Reilly.
Man fuck Scott Glennie, what a bust of a pick that was for Dallas.
Seeing Jared Cowan sent a shiver down my spine.. being a Sens fan during that era was ROUGH. So dominant that one year though. Really thought we had a Volchekov 2.0 for a minute there.
As good as Tavares is, honestly I’ll take Hedman here in a full redraft. The rarity of the size, offensive skill, and two way play is a no brainer. It’s why teams have been unsuccessfully looking for his clone for a long time, and to be fair, there’s been plenty of guys as good or better than Tavares in that span.
A really good pick was Kreider, he’s been one of the best players from this draft and still is performing at a high level. Tough to project from USHS though.
I still hate Tim Erixon.
Luckily karma bit him in the ass.
Louis Leblanc, the only first round bust in a 30 year streak of drafting almost nothing but busts that a section of the fan base remembers.
Man finally, look at all these amazing players. The Sabres are getting someone good! Zach Kassian, huh? Ummmm…
Not a good draft for Team USA, whoa.
Now this is a stacked draft. It is crazy how some years you don’t recognize 90% of the names because most didn’t make it, but other years you recognize names all through the draft
When someone asks about the best draft class, show them this.
O’Reilly has the look from this era of high school flawless.
Underrated draft year.
So what is Lehner’s status right now? Semi-retired?
I remember watching Jordan Schroeder growing up because we grew up near each other.. that dude was one of the most talented people I ever saw in high school. I can’t believe it didn’t translate to NHL success.
>[Brayden] Schenn is often likened by scouts to Mike Richards.
This is interesting, considering he, along with Wayne Simmonds, was later traded by the Kings for Mike.
Ah, Louis Leblanc. He’s a piece of obscure Ducks history. Basically, the Ducks traded a conditional 5th round draft pick to Montreal to get Leblanc. The conditions weren’t met, so the draft pick was returned to Anaheim.
It turned into Troy Terry.
I wonder when the next top10 pick from Modo comes around. It’s been a while since we had true top tier talent.