Worst draft(s) ever

[mack 44]

Checking on past drafts, I don't think there is a worse draft than the 1999 draft. The Sedins and Havlat are the only players who've performed like first round picks but the sheer amount of busts is amazing. It's painfully funny how bad the Rangers drafted back then too. You can't even find a bonafide great player till the 7th round in Zetterberg.

[zingbergeur 0]

You're right, but Connolly isn't half bad. He has played almost 100 fewer games than the Sedins but has just over 200 points. Well, maybe is isn't top 5 material. And Erat isn't too shabby for a 7th rounder.

[MattyBoy 1]

jamie lundmark is a horrible pick at #9... makes ya wonder tho, are there more 1st round busts or 7th round surprises

[mack 44]

Lundmark may be bad but he's better than Brendl. Where's he been?

Connolly's not bad when healthy, but he has a skull made of paper mache.

[MattyBoy 1]

still not as bad as the # of guys in the league who were great 1st round picks that theyve traded away... the late 90's were brutal to watch with that shit

[mack 44]

I don't think I'd call any of their first round picks in the 90s great, looking at their selections. Best player of the bunch would either be Kovalev or Cloutier and they're far from anything great.

[mattzilla 0]

mike comrie rnd 3 pick 91

ryan malone wont be a bad player either.

[Chadd 916]

I don't think I'd call any of their first round picks in the 90s great, looking at their selections. Best player of the bunch would either be Kovalev or Cloutier and they're far from anything great.

Before we hear from our friends in Quebec, Kovalev has put up some decent numbers over his career and had a good playoff run in their cup year.

[mack 44]

Yeah, but still he's as close to 'great' that they've picked and I wouldn't say he's great. My greats have consistency and heart and...well that's a dead horse cherry picking between the blue lines.

PS I don't want to hear about Comrie and Malone trying to justify a pretty brutal draft.

[Michael9 57]

99 was the worst, but the year before had lots of great players, probably one of the best drafts.

1998 draft:

1-Lecavalier, Legwand, Stuart, Allen, Vishnevsky, Antropov, Tanguay, Regehr, Biron, Gagne, Van Ryn, Gomez

2-Cheechoo, Fisher, Ribeiro

3-Richards, Cole, Beauchemin, Gionta

4-Ponikarovsky, Vasicek, Horcoff

5-Spacek, Raycroff, M. Samuelsson

6- Niittymaki, Datsyuk, Kapanen

7- Arnason

8- Ryder

[mattzilla 0]

Yeah, but still he's as close to 'great' that they've picked and I wouldn't say he's great. My greats have consistency and heart and...well that's a dead horse cherry picking between the blue lines.

PS I don't want to hear about Comrie and Malone trying to justify a pretty brutal draft.

Im not saying it wasnt a brutal draft, im just saying there is a few good players in it.

[mack 44]

If you stretch it out, there's a few good players in every draft. That first round alone is just...ugh.

As for solid drafts '91 and '03 are my top choices.

[Gongshow11 1]

in 99 was that the year of bonsignor?

[mack 44]

I think that's like '94 or '95. It had that one goalie...Jamie something. Storr, Jamie Storr.

Damn, '93 was another solid one as well.

[pantherfan 0]

Daigle wasn't much to write home about though.

[mack 44]

OMG THE FIRST PICK WASN'T CRAP, DRAFT FAILURE

[pantherfan 0]

Hey, easy on the caps buddy, I never mentioned the draft as a whole just that the first pick happend to be a dud.

(Considering what he was predicted to be anyway.)

[fastmiele 59]

what about 1989 ? Aside from Sundin, Guerin and Kolzig I don't see many good players in the first round.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1989e.html

[Eazy_b97 1]

Hahah, the Bellville Bulls draft (3 Leafs picks, all Bulls, all bums)

1999 was a terrible draft. I expect this draft to be along the same levels as well. Some good players are always produced in drafts, but some are obviously better. I think the Phillips draft was pretty weak too. I want to say it was the 96 draft.

[swede 49]

Lundmark may be bad but he's better than Brendl. Where's he been?

Brendl?

He plays for Brynas in the Swedish elite leauge. Last year he played for Mora (also in the SEL). He has won the scoring leauge 2 years in a row.

[Langenbrunner15 0]

what about 1989 ? Aside from Sundin, Guerin and Kolzig I don't see many good players in the first round.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1989e.html

You also forgot..Holik (1st), Foote(2nd), Sergi Fedorov(4th), Pavel Pure(6th) and kinda Malakhov (10th), Irbe (10th)

Woops, I forgot, first round only.

[hockey39 0]

Would pick the 1996 draft has having the worst 1st rd picks... The best pick in the draft was actually in the 8th rd # 204 Tomas Kaberle. Briere stood out only due to this past season and Washington had horrid 1st rd picks in # 4 Alexandre Volchkov and # 17 Jaroslav Svejkovsky .. yikes

hockey39

[mack 44]

Ol' Yogi Svejkovsky. He was pretty damn good in NHL 98 though. As for that draft, even first round alone, it's not as bare as the '99 to me. You have some solid, serviceable picks in the round like Dumont, Sturm and Briere.

[hockey39 0]

LOL, you're right.. Yogi was good in NHL 98 but that was it..

Yes, there were a few serviceable players in the 1st rd but no impact players. In the other 90s drafts, there were a few players per draft that were some impact players (even if they did not last long ..i.e. Yashin = lack of heart)..

hockey39

[BuffaloKing 0]

I know its been said probably a million times but i still cannot get over how the Wings consistently find gems in the bottom rounds. Its incredible.