Prospects you were 100% sure about that busted.

[Treb]

sokolov and abramov. what a shame.

2 guys going almost 2 PPG in the CHL are bust before playing a single pro game. Ok...

 

[lifelonghockeyfan]

Luke Schenn for me. Not sure he's considered a bust but I don't think he ever lived up to what Brian Burke billed him to be.

Take a look at Brian Burke's history of selections with the Leafs, and Burke's UFA signings . It was Burke who was a bust. But I get your point about Schenn. Believe the Leafs traded up four spots to get him, giving up a second and third rounder.

 

[SML2]

The year is 1991... The NY Rangers are about to select and I have my guy in mind. The Rangers pick Alexei Kovalev. I wanted Brent Bilodeau. Scouting career over.

 

[OregonCanuck]

Shinkaruk

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

Was Cam Barker mentioned? I thought Barker was going to be excellent.

I liked John McFarland a lot at one point, but then he had a poor second half of the season


I was very happy when the Rangers took Bobby Sanguinetti and Michael Del Zotto. Sanguinetti over Claude Giroux...woof.

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

Shane McColgan. Great player with Kelowna. Projected to be a top-3 pick in the years leading up to the 2010 draft. Then he had injuries, dropped, Rangers picked him in the 4th round and as a Rangers fan I was happy. I thought we had the steal of the draft.

Never worked out for McC though unfortunately

I liked Michael St. Croix more, myself

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

Tim Erixon

Haha, everyone thought the Rangers trade for him was a major win. Turned out to essentially be a throw-in in the deal for Rick Nash.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Thought Magnus Paajarvi was gonna be so good. Still don't know what happened there.

 

[Killerjas]

Maybe too early but:

Dal Colle (amazing player in junior)
Honka (so much raw talent)
Zboril (loved his world performance)
Logan Stanley (thought he would Chara 2.0)
Morin (thought he would Chara 2.0)

 

[DatDude44]

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

MPS, conacher, Pouliot and koekkoek for me as well. Tho I didn’t get to see a ton of Slater at the time. I was in my beginning years of discovering this site and scouting prospects lol

 

[Soundgarden]

Reading back on this thread it's nice to see that Cambell has redeemed himself somewhat.

For me: Colin Wilson - Thought he'd be a 50 point guy minimum, thought he had all the tools to be a top 6er.

 

[LeProspector]

after that near PPG season in sweden, i was SURE Rundblad would be amazing for Ottawa.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

after that near PPG season in sweden, i was SURE Rundblad would be amazing for Ottawa.

I wasted some real high fantasy picks on him when he was tearing up Sweden right before he came to the NHL lol

 

[Kshahdoo]

Not sure about 100%, more like 90% - Gurianov.

 

[Neiler]

Oscar Moller. Just couldn't stick with the NHL for some reason. I seem to recall a huge hit from someone on Anaheim (Ryan maybe?) that he got destroyed by and always wondered if that had anything to do with it.

Went back overseas and has had a great career over there between the SHL and KHL.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

I thought Drouin would be much better than he is. I also thought Adam Larson was going to be a monster. They are still solid NHLers, but it just shows how much developing even the best prospects still have to do.

 

[wetcoast]

Jared Cowen.

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

He suffered a serious knee injury in junior though it didn't make him look that bad against WHL competition it really caught up to him in the NHL.

I'm not going to say that Ryan Murray busted as he is still a very good Dman when healthy but man he just never can stay healthy.

I also thought that Hunter Shinkaruk, despite his size and skillset would at least be an NHL player but again it's hard to know how much injury set him back or if it was just an optimistic evaluation on my part.

Another Canuck, Jiri Slegr had a disappointing NHL career IMO but part of that might have been his drive, same with Nedved from the same draft who looked like he would be a stud but never really grew up.

 

[wetcoast]

after that near PPG season in sweden, i was SURE Rundblad would be amazing for Ottawa.

Skating was always a red flag for him though right.

 

[MMC]

None. I've never been wrong about anything in my entire life.

 

[Samsquanch]

after that near PPG season in sweden, i was SURE Rundblad would be amazing for Ottawa.

Then he came over the pond and like in his 2nd game it was I think, he made what became known as "dat pass" over on the Sens board.

This was like a 160ft tape to tape saucer pass from his own end that can only be described as godly. And in one pass all of the hype was "confirmed" for a fanbase that had been eagerly awaiting his debut in the NHL.

Incredibly enough that was the high point of his NHL career, by far. Ottawa was extremely shrewd for having traded him after only 24 games (they knew he was likely going to bust) while he was still living off of the pre NHL hype and value that he generated for himself, and got Turris in return for him.

 

[CapSpace]

The day Montreal drafted a french local boy, when the draft was held in Montreal, I knew it was going to be a full bust move. Too much pressure to please the fans. That's why there is only one way to draft in the first rounds : BPA.

 

[Samsquanch]

Thought Magnus Paajarvi was gonna be so good. Still don't know what happened there.

I was super pissed when the Sens passed on him at #9.

Boy oh boy was I wrong...... Instead we got mr man bun Jared Cowen.

 

[Dr Awesome]

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.

He had no love for the game. Basically played for his dad. Left hockey for couple years. He still had 2-3 good years but for most part disappointing

 

[HanSolo]

I was 100% sure Peter Holland would be at least a 50p 2c. I mean he still had a career at the NHL level..sort of. But I was still very wrong.

 

[ZEBROA]

Robert Nilsson