Prospects you were 100% sure about that busted.

[Canucks LB]

Nikita Filatov is a player who when he was drafted, his raw talent screamed top 20 player in the world.

Dynamic, fast, skilled. Yet somehow, some way, the guy never figured it out, and is now playing in the KHL somewhere.

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[Wood Stick]

Cody Hodgson. That back injury did him in though.
I liked Alexander Burmistrov a lot as a 18 year old rookie.
Nail Yakupov was a treat to watch in junior.

 

[ginner classic]

Patrick Poulin
Kris Beech.
Denis Shvidki
Jani Rita
Martin Samuelsson
Nikita Filitov
Lauri Tukonen
Rotislav Olesz
Gilbert Brule


The 99 draft was bad for me.

 

[Wallet Inspector]

Jared Cowen.

Was so sure that being a "regular" top-four defenseman would be his floor, and his ceiling was Chara-lite.

 

[AvsCOL]

Stefan Elliot.


Thought he was on pace to be the steal of the draft in 2009. Finished his final year of junior hockey with 31 goals and 81 points in 71 games as a defenseman, and never really developed past that.

 

[forsbergfan21]

Patrick Poulin
Kris Beech.
Denis Shvidki
Jani Rita
Martin Samuelsson
Nikita Filitov
Lauri Tukonen
Rotislav Olesz
Gilbert Brule


The 99 draft was bad for me.

the 99 draft was full of busts. besides the sedins, virtually the entire first round was horrendous. and back then, it was supposed to be a very strong draft. you mentioned kris beech (who btw ron Wilson mentioned the capitals had tanked that year and that's who they wound up with), shvidki and rita, but there's also patrik Stefan, pavel brendl, Jamie landmark, brian finley, plus many more who were expected to make a big impact.

someone above mentioned nail yakupov. I suppose that's the biggest bust since alexander daigle.

it's tough to bring up too many busts from older drafts, since it's not till much more recently (say the turn of the century at the earliest) that teams got drafting down to a T and you saw fewer bad first round picks. before that, take a look at the first rounds, very few star players taken, which was taken advantage of by teams like the red wings that were ahead of the curve with drafting.

one player that comes to mind that should have been much better is brett Connolly. I remember how much I paid in my fantasy league to acquire him after he was drafted. hasn't amounted to much, although recently I heard that steve yzerman never really wanted to pick him, and was convinced to do so by his scouting staff. should have trusted himself!!!

 

[Canucks LB]

Brule is a damn good choice, man what a wasted talent

 

[Stive Morgan]

Danny Kristo. Thought he'd be a good top 6 forward. Well, he is one, in the AHL at least.

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Daigle was before my time but I'm sure he'd be at the top of most people's list.

The guy was supposed to be a superstar.

In my eyes, I still can't believe Nail Yakupov became the dud he is now. He was so much fun to watch with Sarnia.

 

[Lays]

McIlrath convinced me he was going to be a solid top 4 D for a while. Hated the pick, thought he was going to bust, then last year he played really well with Yandle for a while and I started to love him and was sure he was going to be a top 4 D and I thought I was wrong about him.

 

[covfefe]

McIlrath convinced me he was going to be a solid top 4 D for a while. Hated the pick, thought he was going to bust, then last year he played really well with Yandle for a while and I started to love him and was sure he was going to be a top 4 D and I thought I was wrong about him.

He convinced a few other legendary posters of his brilliance as well; I will never forget the McIlrath > Fowler 'underlying numbers' angle that some professionals were throwing around on here

 

[Frk It]

Loved MPS in his draft year, thought he was going to be an elite winger.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Brandon Gormley, Stefan Elliott, Jarred Tinordi.

And also according to HF Drouin is a bust so him.

 

[Baemon Severson*]

Thought Alex Urbom would be a 3-5 dman for a long time. Whoops

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Here's some more for me.

Jared Cowen, Magnus Paajarvi, Cory Conacher, Oscar Dansk, Derrick Pouliot, Slater Koekkoek

Some still have time to redeem themselves

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Jack Campbell
Anthony Stewart
Shawn Belle

 

[gifted88]

Jarred Tinordi
Alexandr Svitov
Marek Zagrapan
Taylor Doherty
Sebastian Collberg
Louis Leblanc
Ben Maxwell

Thought these guys were can't miss prospects.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Stefan Eliiott

 

[torontosports10]

Cody Hodgson

 

[oooooooooohCanada]

This is sort of a random pick but I thought Benjamin Conz would be an elite goalie after seeing him live during the WJCs.

 

[zharkenby]

Mattias Tedenby

 

[Field of Dreams]

Luke schenn. Especially in d+1 when he was leading the league in hits. Only now I realize that means we rarely have posession when hes on the ice. Fun times.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

This is sort of a random pick but I thought Benjamin Conz would be an elite goalie after seeing him live during the WJCs.

Haha very true... Thought the same thing

 

[Morgs]

John Ferguson Jr. is still crying over Justin Pogge I'm sure.

 

[Morgs]

Luke schenn. Especially in d+1 when he was leading the league in hits. Only now I realize that means we rarely have posession when hes on the ice. Fun times.

Some people still don't get that