Douggy said:Damn pnep, you must have a huge database!
Going up to the 1999 Draft, Sittler is the highest drafted player to never play a game in the NHL.
The following players have the pottential to tie or beat him:
Lars Jonsson (7th overall, Boston, 2000)
Mikko Koivu (6th overall, Minnesota, 2001)
Ryan Whitney (5th overall, Pittsburgh, 2002)
Thomas Vanek (5th overall, Buffalo, 2003)
Ryan Suter (7th overall, Nashville, 2003)
Of course Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeny Malkin, Cam Barker, Andrew Ladd, Blake Wheeler, Al Montoya, and Rostislav Olesz haven't played any NHL games and still have a shot at the 'record'.
JayQ said:Whitney will play in the next game that the Penguins play. No way is he going to be a bust. The others are laughable too
Badger Bob said:Long-time Red Wings fans will recall all the hype surrounding Dale McCourt, who was selected first overall. He never lived up to it. They eventually sent him packing with Mike Foligno (definitely not a bust) to Buffalo for Danny Gare (former 50 goal scorer!) & another player (help me Sabres fans).
LOL I played in a softball tournament against him a couple weeks ago. He was pitching, and we scored 17 runs off him in the 2nd inning. I led off the inning, batted 3 times, and was on deck for the 4th time.GaryU said:Everett Sanipass.
That's a joke right? To me, you cannot consider a player to be a bust when the reason they never dominated was because of injury... Lindros, before the concussion issues, was possibly the most dominant player in the game... If I remember correctly, prior to his concussion history, Lindros' points per game was something like 3rd or 4th best of all time... Yeah, that's a real bust...Kafka said:Daigle is only 200 lbs! Lindros with is 230 lbs, is by far a biggest bust.... plus there where also many cards dedicated to him before he played in the NHL.
man i kept thinking bonsignore would turn it around.BMWM3owner said:How far are we going back?...outside of 10 yrs I'd have to say Greg Joly
Jason Bonsignore is a good one
Alexander Volchkov is definetly up there but its not exactly like it was a suprise that he was a bust...at the time he was drafted he was considered more bust then boom, a big gamble by the caps that didnt work out
yeah i was gonna say, it looks like edmonton has had more than its fair share in the last 10 yearsCerebral said:Bonsignore, Henrich, Riesen, Kelly (who should have been Doan )... bleh!
Yeah, check out the Toronto Maple leafs some time.guinness said:Most of the Wings 1st round picks in the 1990's have turned out to be busts. Probably next to the Oilers, the Wings had the worst seccess with first rounders that decade.
hotgoalie11565 said:First; how can you call Normand Leveille a bust? His career was cut short by a brain hemmorhage.
How about Patrik Stefan? He has never really hit his stride after five seasons.
guinness said:Most of the Wings 1st round picks in the 1990's have turned out to be busts. Probably next to the Oilers, the Wings had the worst seccess with first rounders that decade.