2010-2011-2012 drafts

[Nihiliste]

I wonder if we can add Conner bleackley to this list or whether that falls to someone else in the org.

 

[AVS1819]

I cannot remember a single pick I have hated more than the Heard pick.

Agreed, not since the Wade Belak/Jeff Kealty first round debacle(Nordiques) have I been more disgusted with our first pick(s) in the draft. Heard could have likely been had in about round 5

 

[The Kingslayer]

I wonder if we can add Conner bleackley to this list or whether that falls to someone else in the org.

Whats wrong with Conner?

 

[Nzap]

Whats wrong with Conner?

Some say he's a bust.

 

[AvsGuy]

Whats wrong with Conner?

Some say he's a bust.

I haven't heard as many bust quotes as it seems to soon to say, but everything I hear tells me that if we're lucky, he'll top out as a good 3rd-4th liner. What on earth are we drafting that in the 1st round for?

 

[The Kingslayer]

I haven't heard as many bust quotes as it seems to soon to say, but everything I hear tells me that if we're lucky, he'll top out as a good 3rd-4th liner. What on earth are we drafting that in the 1st round for?

Not for nothing but we can prolly use a really good 3rd line guy in the future and it wasnt like Conner was a Top 10 pick he was a late 1st rounder those dudes are usually hit or miss. I must say though that McCann looks good from the games I saw him in.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

I haven't heard as many bust quotes as it seems to soon to say, but everything I hear tells me that if we're lucky, he'll top out as a good 3rd-4th liner. What on earth are we drafting that in the 1st round for?

There's nothing wrong with getting a 3rd liner at the end of first round.

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

the bittersweet thing about Hishon is that if he never had that bad concussion, maybe he hits his potential as a poor man's Briere and averages ~50 points for Colorado. That could have pushed them higher up in the standings and the team ends up with, say, Schiefele instead of Landeskog and Horvat instead of MacKinnon, ensuring far more mediocrity without 2 of the 3 best players up front. So in a depressing fashion, the most beneficial part of the Hishon pick for the franchise was that he never actually produced anything.

 

[The Kingslayer]

the bittersweet thing about Hishon is that if he never had that bad concussion, maybe he hits his potential as a poor man's Briere and averages ~50 points for Colorado. That could have pushed them higher up in the standings and the team ends up with, say, Schiefele instead of Landeskog and Horvat instead of MacKinnon, ensuring far more mediocrity without 2 of the 3 best players up front. So in a depressing fashion, the most beneficial part of the Hishon pick for the franchise was that he never actually produced anything.

All part of the plan Gandhi.Hishon was the sacrificial lamb to the hockey gods.

 

[dahrougem2]

There's nothing wrong with getting a 3rd liner at the end of first round.

Especially if he can come in and contribute while on an ELC.

 

[bradrich99]

I don't really see it as anything truly abnormal. All teams seem to go through ups and downs with drafting. The 12' draft is (to me) too recent to form opinions on. The only true miss I would propose is Siemens. 2011 was a deep class and he went 11th. The half dozen or so D men who followed him have now established (recently for some) NHL careers.