15 Worst NHL Draft Busts Since 2005

[Tkachuky]

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[Satire]

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[MarkusKetterer]

2014 #23 overall : Conner Bleackley.. hated that pick the moment Joe Sakic drafted him.. He was the only 1st rd pick that year that never played in the NHL. Pains me to this day we could have had David Pastrnak

He was great for me in Be A GM! I sent him and Strome to Buffalo for O'Reilly and Buffalo's 1st round pick and snagged Matthews with that pick!!

 

[DualThreat23]

I only covered from 2005-2014 because I personally can't discard anyone who has been drafted since 2015, as I think it's too early. My top 15:

15 - Connolly
14 - Schenn
13 - Hickey
12 - Koekkoek
11 - Brule
10 -Ellerby
9 - Skille
8 - Lee
7 - Sheppard
6 - Glennie
5 - Dal Colle
4 - Hamill
3 - Reinhart
2 - Filatov
1 - Yakupov

 

[Swedish Gretzky]

Auston Matthews
Mitch Marner
William Nylander
Morgan Rielly

 

[hamzarocks]

Biggest "bust" takes into account things like draft position, hype, peers in the draft etc. so he might not be the biggest "bust" in that sense but I don't think there's a worse player taken in the 1st round than Tyler Biggs. Guy can't even stick in the American league. He went over to the British League (lol) and had 9 points in 24 games before going back to the East Coast league...I challenge you to find me a worse player taken in the 1st round than Tyler Biggs, hell even the 2nd or 3rd rounds....

There is a plausible chance that some posters on this board are better hockey players than Tyler biggs. Biggs was a 3rd line ECHL player. He is a 3rd/4th line British hockey league player. Any one who is playing division 2 hockey here or has played, will most likely have been a better player than him. He is very lucky to be making an earning from playing hockey.

 

[elwin316]

Biggest "bust" takes into account things like draft position, hype, peers in the draft etc. so he might not be the biggest "bust" in that sense but I don't think there's a worse player taken in the 1st round than Tyler Biggs. Guy can't even stick in the American league. He went over to the British League (lol) and had 9 points in 24 games before going back to the East Coast league...I challenge you to find me a worse player taken in the 1st round than Tyler Biggs, hell even the 2nd or 3rd rounds....

Patrick White was a pretty terrible 1st round pick too. 25th overall but ends up going straight to Germany after University and meddled over there for 8 years until retiring. From a Canucks perspective though he ended up being part of the deal that somehow netted Christian Erhoff and San Jose was left "holding the bag" so to speak.

Patrick White (b.1989) hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com

Sharks Acquire C Patrick White and D Daniel Rahimi from Canucks

 

[Kale Hulls]

Auston Matthews
Mitch Marner
William Nylander
Morgan Rielly

Just because they make you bust a nut doesn't make them busts.


Sorry in advance if this banter is to graphic, I condone its removal if one of the mods deems it to be. Just a jest in good fun.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

I remember Brule. Guy was supposed to be a good 1 coming out of the 2005 draft. That obviously didn't happen. Just goes to show you ca go high in the draft and still not have a good career.

He did pick up a hitchhiking Bono and got into a U2 concert along with a shoutout.

 

[Swedish Gretzky]

Just because they make you bust a nut doesn't make them busts.


Sorry in advance if this banter is to graphic, I condone its removal if one of the mods deems it to be. Just a jest in good fun.

I'm not sure what you mean. Can you explain?
I'm 11 and half years old.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Patrick White was a pretty terrible 1st round pick too. 25th overall but ends up going straight to Germany after University and meddled over there for 8 years until retiring. From a Canucks perspective though he ended up being part of the deal that somehow netted Christian Erhoff and San Jose was left "holding the bag" so to speak.

Patrick White (b.1989) hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com

Sharks Acquire C Patrick White and D Daniel Rahimi from Canucks

Sharks got a 2nd rounder who ended up being Chris Tierney, who along with other spare parts is now Erik Karlsson.

Iirc at the time the trade was made to clear space for Heatley.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

I don't necessarily like to deem Yakupov a bust. He's more of a case of ranked too high, rushed into the league and poorly developed. But he also never seemed comfortable in the NHL. I like to also say that's the same case for Patrik Stefan.

Alexandre Daigle is the prime definition of a bust.

By the way am aware of this being after 2005.

Gotta go with Gilbert Brule.

 

[vanarchy]

It’s a good list imo. Also shoutout to Cam Barker for not making the 2005 cut off but being absolutely useless outside of like 2 years.

 

[Critical13]

15. Ellerby
14. Siemens
13. McIlrath
12. Campbell
11. Gormley
10. Mueller
9. Dal Colle
8. Glennie
7. Brule
6. Hammil
5. D.Strome
4. Hickey
3. G.Reinhart
2. Filatov
1. Yakupov

I'd have R. Strome in there as well.

Philippe Paradis has to be in there somewhere. Granted he was picked late in the 1st round but he never played a single NHL game and his only utility was that he was flipped to the Leafs for Jiri Tlusty. Even in the AHL he wasn't great - 66 points over all or part of 7 seasons

lol how does a guy who was picked 27th belong on a list with guys picked 1-10? There are multiple guys drafted in the bottom 20's-early second round who never make it. What a bizarre choice.

 

[elwin316]

Sharks got a 2nd rounder who ended up being Chris Tierney, who along with other spare parts is now Erik Karlsson.

Iirc at the time the trade was made to clear space for Heatley.

Pretty sure it was just White and Rahimi that went the Sharks way, no second rounder. Either way, I guess what I'm trying to say is that the Canucks got some value out of White, despite him amounting to basically nothing.

 

[93LEAFS]

It should pretty much focus on top 10 picks. Because messing up one of those is huge. Past that, the odds aren't that great to get an impact NHLer.

Any list would have to include Yakupov, Filatov, Scott Glennie, G. Reinhart, Zach Hamil, and McIlrath. I'd probably add Kyle Beach and Duncan Siemens who were drafted at 11.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Oh boy you did NOT know your audience if you thought you could try to acquire a Youtube viewer base here with almost zero posts and a 16 minute video.

and he fails to understand some aspects of development

 

[Eple]

Biggest "bust" takes into account things like draft position, hype, peers in the draft etc. so he might not be the biggest "bust" in that sense but I don't think there's a worse player taken in the 1st round than Tyler Biggs. Guy can't even stick in the American league. He went over to the British League (lol) and had 9 points in 24 games before going back to the East Coast league...I challenge you to find me a worse player taken in the 1st round than Tyler Biggs, hell even the 2nd or 3rd rounds....

I was gonna nominate A.J Thelen, but he just misses the cut, being drafted in 2004.

 

[King'sPawn]

Not sure how Hickey's a bust. He was drafted high, no doubt, but he's played 400+ NHL games.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Pretty sure it was just White and Rahimi that went the Sharks way, no second rounder. Either way, I guess what I'm trying to say is that the Canucks got some value out of White, despite him amounting to basically nothing.

Kinda went to the Sharks. Sj never intended on signing either plauer and got the 2nd as compensation.

I don't know if Vancouver would have also gotten a 2nd if they weren't signed, but getting Ehrhoff was hige for their cup run team and SJ got a draft pick out of salary they needed to shed. Not a great trade for DW because it helped a rival, but at least the pick became an nhler with value.

 

[Martin Skoula]

There is a plausible chance that some posters on this board are better hockey players than Tyler biggs. Biggs was a 3rd line ECHL player. He is a 3rd/4th line British hockey league player. Any one who is playing division 2 hockey here or has played, will most likely have been a better player than him. He is very lucky to be making an earning from playing hockey.

My favorite part about the Biggs pick is that everyone kept saying that he had a really high floor even if his cieling was limited. All you heard was that his floor is an elite 3rd liner you could win with. I guess scouts forgot to mention that they forgot to add "in the EIHL".

 

[Dr Pepper]

Gotta be Glennie.

 

[tgo0]

Funny part is the fact that you’re talking about his video (good or bad) and taken time to reply to this thread is contributing to his ‘buzz’/views

Maybe the buzz but I've been able to skip the watching and just read the list.

 

[isles55]

15. Ellerby
14. Siemens
13. McIlrath
12. Campbell
11. Gormley
10. Mueller
9. Dal Colle
8. Glennie
7. Brule
6. Hammil
5. D.Strome
4. Hickey
3. G.Reinhart
2. Filatov
1. Yakupov

Why is the only NHL regular ranked 4th?

 

[NorwegianDevil]

#1 Mustapha Lemieux