Raymond edged out Seider and ASP took home best future. Really sorry this one is shotty in vote counting and came so late, been swamped with school work
Are we doing it the same as yesterday, roster player and prospect? Or are we back to all time and current?
Roster player: Veleno
Prospect: Hanas
If we’re going all time/current:
All time: Svechnikov
Current: Veleno
It’s kind of tough to pick this one and decipher between wasted potential or it simply being a bad pick (like taking McCollum in the first round, debatably the Zadina pick since he fell hard in the draft)
xenonwarrior666
Mantha for recent.
Zandia always put in the work but couldn’t put it together at the pro level.
Mantha was a lazy bum.
Canadian_Samurai50
Zadina
MidnightNo1766
I’m still trying to figure out how Larkin is even on the list for “Best” when we’ve had Yzerman, Howe and Lindsay.
lionbacker54
Vrana
bestprocrastinator
This has got to be Mantha.
Yes, Zadina had more hype as a draft prospect, but he never, showed potential of a star player when he got close to/in the NHL.
Mantha is/was a physical freak that truly looked like he could dominate. In his 4 goal game, he looked like he could do anything he wanted. However his effort was never good enough, and he literally wasted all that potential. Dude literally got benched at times for half assed effort.
rogue3one3
Current: Jonatan Berggren, highly expecting him to be traded.
All time: Igor Grigorenko – he had a lot of hype as a steal draft pick in 2001, wasted potential due to his career derailment from the car accident in 2003.
While Mantha, Zadina, and Vrana are the likely leading choices of the group, Ville Leino, Tomas Jurco, Tom McCollum, Evgeniy Svechnikov, & Filip Larsson all come to mind as well.
unravleddonut
Mantha and Zadina
HauckEck
Mike Blaisdell for all time
International-One103
Current wasted potential: probably Veleno All time? Zadina, Pulkkinen, Brendan effing Smith, Jakub Vrana
justin34berg
Zadina….
BC2H
Hudler
goblu33
What about Konstantinov. Wasn’t at all his fault but wasted Norris trophy potential.
Funkshow
Pure junk
shock_me_awake
I’m gonna throw Damien Brunner out there, not sure if he qualifies or not, but that season he spent with us felt like he was gonna be a big deal. And then he chose not to sign here, he could probably see the era that the Wings were about to endure, so I can’t really say he made the wrong choice for himself. But he didn’t do well in Jersey and was out of the league after only two seasons.
omarmctrigger
Danny DeKeyeser.
onbiver9871
He won’t win this and he shouldn’t, but I always think about AA’s speed and finish and wonder what he could have been if he could have paired that with being a complete player.
Spinal_Orangutan
Konstantinov. Just hitting his prime and taken out by a tragedy. Could you have imagined him and Lidstrom playing together until 2012? We definitely would have had the cup in 09 with him on the D.
Caboose119z
Mantha all day every day.
Current maybe Veleno as he was exceptional status. Not deserved but nobody seems to currently be pissing it away.
Cyrus8284
Grigorinko, Zadina, Jurco, Cholo
ltroberts24
Past: Mantha Current: Veleno Prospect: Hanas
Ok-Economist5454
How can you put Larkin in the same category as Lidstrom they are not even in the same zip code my dude. Larkin is barely a top line center and Lidstrom is in a two person conversation as to who is the best at his position of all time ( I think he is better than Bobby Orr but it’s still a conversation). Do we need to run through the list greatest Redwing centers? He isn’t even in the top 5. I realize I’m late to the conversation on this but wtf.
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Zadina should be a slam dunk.
Are we doing it the same as yesterday, roster player and prospect? Or are we back to all time and current?
Roster player: Veleno
Prospect: Hanas
If we’re going all time/current:
All time: Svechnikov
Current: Veleno
It’s kind of tough to pick this one and decipher between wasted potential or it simply being a bad pick (like taking McCollum in the first round, debatably the Zadina pick since he fell hard in the draft)
Mantha for recent.
Zandia always put in the work but couldn’t put it together at the pro level.
Mantha was a lazy bum.
Zadina
I’m still trying to figure out how Larkin is even on the list for “Best” when we’ve had Yzerman, Howe and Lindsay.
Vrana
This has got to be Mantha.
Yes, Zadina had more hype as a draft prospect, but he never, showed potential of a star player when he got close to/in the NHL.
Mantha is/was a physical freak that truly looked like he could dominate. In his 4 goal game, he looked like he could do anything he wanted. However his effort was never good enough, and he literally wasted all that potential. Dude literally got benched at times for half assed effort.
Current: Jonatan Berggren, highly expecting him to be traded.
All time: Igor Grigorenko – he had a lot of hype as a steal draft pick in 2001, wasted potential due to his career derailment from the car accident in 2003.
While Mantha, Zadina, and Vrana are the likely leading choices of the group, Ville Leino, Tomas Jurco, Tom McCollum, Evgeniy Svechnikov, & Filip Larsson all come to mind as well.
Mantha and Zadina
Mike Blaisdell for all time
Current wasted potential: probably Veleno
All time? Zadina, Pulkkinen, Brendan effing Smith, Jakub Vrana
Zadina….
Hudler
What about Konstantinov. Wasn’t at all his fault but wasted Norris trophy potential.
Pure junk
I’m gonna throw Damien Brunner out there, not sure if he qualifies or not, but that season he spent with us felt like he was gonna be a big deal. And then he chose not to sign here, he could probably see the era that the Wings were about to endure, so I can’t really say he made the wrong choice for himself. But he didn’t do well in Jersey and was out of the league after only two seasons.
Danny DeKeyeser.
He won’t win this and he shouldn’t, but I always think about AA’s speed and finish and wonder what he could have been if he could have paired that with being a complete player.
Konstantinov. Just hitting his prime and taken out by a tragedy. Could you have imagined him and Lidstrom playing together until 2012? We definitely would have had the cup in 09 with him on the D.
Mantha all day every day.
Current maybe Veleno as he was exceptional status. Not deserved but nobody seems to currently be pissing it away.
Grigorinko, Zadina, Jurco, Cholo
Past: Mantha
Current: Veleno
Prospect: Hanas
How can you put Larkin in the same category as Lidstrom they are not even in the same zip code my dude. Larkin is barely a top line center and Lidstrom is in a two person conversation as to who is the best at his position of all time ( I think he is better than Bobby Orr but it’s still a conversation). Do we need to run through the list greatest Redwing centers? He isn’t even in the top 5. I realize I’m late to the conversation on this but wtf.