Metallian*
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1997: Luongo (4th overall)
Luongo is amazing but Thornton is an MVP
1997: Luongo (4th overall)
1979 Rob Ramage............... take your pick (Mike Gartner,
Ray Bourque, Mark Messier...)
im gonna add in some homerism here
93 - daigle is the biggest bust ever (maybe stefan?), but remember he was hyped like crosby that draft year.
94 - Alfredsson is easily better than jovo, elias, smyth, etc.
96 - After watching chris phillips for a long time, i still think he is the best player to come out of that draft. Good defenceman are much more valuable than good forwards, and a defenceman that can make his partners elite (see Chara, Z or Train, A) is definitely worth more than top 20 forwards (briere). The only other player i would consider here is Chara, but look how played before and after his time with phillips...
1999 - this one is a tossup between sedins and havlat. It could be decided in the next couple of years though, depending on weather havlat stays healthy. Either way, havlat at 26 was a steal
2000 - Heatley would probably be tops here, but id say its very close between him and dipietro, considering how much more valuable a star goalie is than a star winger.
2001 - kovalchuk is leading now, but barely. I would be tempted to argue that jason spezza would be a better pick in retrospect now, considering he will be in the top 3 in league assists for a while now. (after crosby and thornton).
I would still have taken Bryan Berard at #1 in '95. He was the best player in that draft. Some guys have had better careers, but marring an eye injury I still think Berard would have been one of the top 10 defensemen of all time. He's still a top 2 guy with only one eye.
Anyone who takes Comrie over Zetterberg or Miller needs their head examined. Yotes fans call him 'furniture Mike' I think.
1981: Chris Chelios, Ron Francis, Al MacInnis and Grant Fuhr all had better careers than Dale Hawerchuk
1992: I'd take Sergei Gonchar easily over Roman Hamrlik
1982 Should be Scott Stevens who was taken 5th.
This made m laugh. Gartner is nowhere near Bourque and Messier. Not even in the same stratusphere.
Lundqvist isn't consistent enough to be as good as Ricky D. Lundqvist is a great goaltender when he's on, but when he's off, he just isn't worth lick. I'd rather have Ricky D on my team if I didn't have to deal with his contract.2000 - Heatley would probably be tops here, but id say its very close between him and dipietro, considering how much more valuable a star goalie is than a star winger.
What!?! Where is the love for Lundqvist in 2000. he was drafted 205th overall. He's alot better than dipietro and could contend with heatley.
This made m laugh. Gartner is nowhere near Bourque and Messier. Not even in the same stratusphere.
That statement just shows how much you don't know about Gartner.
There's a reason all THREE are in the Hall of Fame.
<-- That guy over there, in '99.
1989 Bure
Bure - Sakic line OMG
1988 Selanne >> Modano
I think the Kings took Tom Glavine before Hull in that draft. No joke.1984 has an interesting "who should have gone #2". How about Brett Hull who went 117th.
DiPietro could do exactly the same, though. We'll have to wait and see.If Lundqvist can grab a Vezina or two while adding a Stanley Cup to his resume he will be the # player out of the 2000 draft.
And by contrast the 03 draft was awesome.That 99draft is just UGLY
Or you about Gartner...
I mean...the guy was an incredible player...but Gartnet ain't an all time great...
Yeah for sure.
Checked out the Leafs that year, what a brutal draft, 9 players drafted, only one picked 239 Pierre Hedin has played in the NHL and that was only 3 games.