A quick look back at 2002's 1st round.
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Darth Milbury
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First of all, Sean Bergenheim is not done with the Islanders. Snow confirmed that he has every intention of bringing him back next season.
Second, having watched that kid play quite a bit, I don't see a hint of a 30 goal scorer. He has great wheels, and is eager and aggressive, but not much of a shot and no real offensive creativity.
Second, having watched that kid play quite a bit, I don't see a hint of a 30 goal scorer. He has great wheels, and is eager and aggressive, but not much of a shot and no real offensive creativity.
I seem to remember that Pierre-Marc Bouchard was the one player that the Penguins scouted the most from this draft so he's probably better known than you give credit. However, is just getting better and better from what I'm seeing..
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Im sure PM Bouchard is well known amongst GMs and such, but amongst fans, I think he often goes unmentioned.
Vagrant
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Anton Babchuk has settled into a more defensive role this season for Carolina and is among the league leaders in the blocked shots category. I'm not saying that the organization is giving up on his offensive potential, but he plays on the penalty kill now instead of the powerplay which is where he was at to start the year. He is logging a pretty impressive amount of minutes considering the injuries to the blueline of Carolina to the tune of about 20-25 per night. Depending on how you define contending team, as Carolina is currently the defending champions and if the season ended today would be in the Playoffs, then he's already a Top 3 defenseman on a team that is a contender. I'm not saying he's a top pairing defenseman, but I wouldn't have much trouble calling him a Top 4 defenseman at this point.
Cam Ward is still only 22 years old and is posting numbers comperable to those of Kari Lehtonen of Atlanta. Not to mention the great playoff run and Conn Smythe. He's already a starter in the league at this young of an age. Give him a little bit of time before we say he's not a potential vezina candidate. Look at what Ward has done in his career at this point and compare it to what our current Vezina candidates in Ryan Miller, Mikka Kiprusoff, and even Martin Broduer to an extent had done to this point in their career.
I think you were a little too kind.
Peca, I love his defensive game and miss him terribly, but he's an offensive black hole.
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Nash would not make my top 6 if I was picking over. He has scored a ton of goals in the past but he hogs the puck, and is very one sided. I would like to see more scoring from him too.
People must have lived under a rock if they didn't know PMB. He was the CHL player of the year in his draft year. Not many 17 year olds do that. He was pretty big in Quebec.
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Very excellent reading,that is a very good list Habsfan18,and I also enjoyed reading superroyain10s list.
I started reading this thread and thought,yeah this is really good.Then I got to Eminger,it hit a bit of a nerve.Eminger,who I read could thrive on the power play, playing with Ovechkin and crew.I got fired up and had to have him in my keeper pool.I contacted the GM of The BOG,I had an offer for him,I wanted Eminger.
So with not much thought about it, I threw out my offer.I will trade you Brian Campbell straight up for Eminger.DONE
Eminger is four years younger than Campbell,so hopefully he can show the offensive ability he has in the past.Meanwhile Campbells playing in the all star game.
I then continued to read the rest of the thread and enjoyed it very much.
Very insightful thread -thanks guys.
Very excellent reading,that is a very good list Habsfan18,and I also enjoyed reading superroyain10s list.
I started reading this thread and thought,yeah this is really good.Then I got to Eminger,it hit a bit of a nerve.Eminger,who I read could thrive on the power play, playing with Ovechkin and crew.I got fired up and had to have him in my keeper pool.I contacted the GM of The BOG,I had an offer for him,I wanted Eminger.
So with not much thought about it, I threw out my offer.I will trade you Brian Campbell straight up for Eminger.DONE
Eminger is four years younger than Campbell,so hopefully he can show the offensive ability he has in the past.Meanwhile Campbells playing in the all star game.
I then continued to read the rest of the thread and enjoyed it very much.
Very insightful thread -thanks guys.
I remember at that time the 02 draft was considered very weak while the 01 draft was considered very strong.
Right now it looks like the 02's draft is better than the 01 draft.
I guess you never know until a few years down the road.
Late getting into the discussion...but I'd say it was a steal considering how Columbus moved up for free to nab him.
