Don't forgot his estrange father being in the arena.MePutPuckInNet said:Patrick O'Sullivan - Letting the kid sit in the chair for almost the full first 2 rounds. Insanity.
Don't forgot his estrange father being in the arena.MePutPuckInNet said:Patrick O'Sullivan - Letting the kid sit in the chair for almost the full first 2 rounds. Insanity.
The point is Wickenheiser was the consensus #1 pick. For anybody who knew hockey, he was considered the best prospect and there was no real controversy at the time of the draft. Not taking Wickenheiser, the major junior player of the year, would be akin to the Bruins not taking Thornton.Hasbro said:All of which would have been better choices. The fans sure had a favorite.
Upcomming: Sidney Crosby lottery
Le Golie said:How are either one of those controversal exactly? When I think 'most controversal draft picks ever' PM Bouchard and Brent Burns don't exactly come to mind.
_Flyers_ said:I got some nice Leaf draft controversy:
1999 - Luca Cereda (24th OA): could have had Martin Havlat
1998 - Nikolai Antropov (10th OA): could have had Alex Tanguay
1995 - Jeff Ware (15th OA): could have had Petr Sykora
1993 - Landon Wilson (19th OA): could have had Saku Koivu
1992 - Brandon Convery (8th OA): could have had Sergei Gonchar
1989 - Steve Bancroft (21st OA): could have had Adam Foote
1988 - Scott Pearson (6th OA): could have had Jeremy Roenick
1987 - Luke Richardson (7th OA): could have had Joe Sakic
1982 - Gary Nylund (3rd OA): could have had Scott Stevens
1977 - Trevor Johansen (12th OA): could have had Mike Bossy
there's more, but im to lazy to type the rest out
now, imagine if the leafs had good scouts....they'd have about 20 Stanley Cups in the past 30 years
nothing better then knocking the leafs in your 300th post!
http://www.sabres.com/pressbox/index.php?nID=255Story has it that Sabres general manager Punch Imlach was fed up with what he considered a tedious draft process and decided to have some fun at the NHL's expense by announcing the name of a fictional Japanese player, [Taro] Tsujimoto. Imlach claimed Tsujimoto was a star center for the Tokyo Katanas in the Japanese league. Not knowing any better, the league went ahead and made the pick official, and all major media, including The Hockey News, reported it as a legitimate pick.
It was not until weeks later that Imlach told the truth about this pick. He admitted that he had found the name Taro Tsujimoto in a Buffalo phone book, and the team name Tokyo Katanas translated into English as Tokyo Sabres. The NHL would eventually change the pick to an “invalid claim†for its official record-keeping purposes, but this was after Tsujimoto’s name had appeared in several of the NHL Guide and Record Books issued prior to the 1989-90 season.
Shane said:The Buffalo Sabres selecting Taro Tsujimoto in 1974.
http://www.sabres.com/pressbox/index.php?nID=255
Shane said:The Buffalo Sabres selecting Taro Tsujimoto in 1974.
http://www.sabres.com/pressbox/index.php?nID=255
Shane said:The Buffalo Sabres selecting Taro Tsujimoto in 1974.
http://www.sabres.com/pressbox/index.php?nID=255
_Flyers_ said:I got some nice Leaf draft controversy:
1999 - Luca Cereda (24th OA): could have had Martin Havlat
1998 - Nikolai Antropov (10th OA): could have had Alex Tanguay
1995 - Jeff Ware (15th OA): could have had Petr Sykora
1993 - Landon Wilson (19th OA): could have had Saku Koivu
1992 - Brandon Convery (8th OA): could have had Sergei Gonchar
1989 - Steve Bancroft (21st OA): could have had Adam Foote
1988 - Scott Pearson (6th OA): could have had Jeremy Roenick
1987 - Luke Richardson (7th OA): could have had Joe Sakic
1982 - Gary Nylund (3rd OA): could have had Scott Stevens
1977 - Trevor Johansen (12th OA): could have had Mike Bossy
there's more, but im to lazy to type the rest out
now, imagine if the leafs had good scouts....they'd have about 20 Stanley Cups in the past 30 years
Harper said:And because New Jersey and Pittsburgh were both tanking the season to get him. One example way there is a lottery now. There were others too, closer to when the lottery was initiated
arnie said:This is pure nonsense. There were 5 elite players that year who were head and shoulders above everyone else., Jagr was one and everyone knew he would go in the top 5. The only question was where. He fell to the "bottom" because of the possibility of military service, but he was sure to be picked where he was if not higher.
hockeyman28 said:I dont think NJ tanked on purpose, they were a very new team, I think it was like their 1st or 2nd year in NJ.
John Flyers Fan said:If Jagr was a Swede instead of a Czech there is no doubt he would have gone higher than 5th. At the time it wasn't easy to get eastern bloc players out early. I know the Flyers, picking 4th thought he was the best player in the draft.
hockeyman28 said:I dont think NJ tanked on purpose, they were a very new team, I think it was like their 1st or 2nd year in NJ.
Cry me a river. The Pens got Mario. People need to get over it already.Machoking2003-04 said:they started off the season 2-20. and in that stretch was a 13-4 loss to the edmonton oilers. The Devils beat the Penguins in a home at home in late January, and from then on the penguins tanked every game. They even traded thier best player Randy Carlyle to Winnipeg and they sat out players like Rick Kehoe. That was disgraceful!
Jay Bouwmeester - Taken 3rd overall despite being pimped to go 1st overall uncontested since the age of 15 - 16
The Sedins - Brothers taken top 3 in the same draft