I don't see Colborne as a bust (at least by my definition of a bust anyways). He did play 4 full seasons and 300 NHL games. Certainly didn't meet expectations of a mid-1st rounder, but to me "busts" are guys you pretty much never made it to the show as a full-time everyday player. I'd toss him in that category with guys like Spooner and Hilbert in that they never had long careers, but each played over 300 games which is no small feat either.
Reality is, the Bruin history of drafting and development from 2000 to 2013 really is horrendous when just looking at the 1st and 2nd rounds. By my count they completely whiffed on 17 out of 29 1st/2nd rounders during that time, and really only nailed 6 of those 29 picks, 3 of which were Top 10 selections and all traded before their second contracts.
Outstanding selections/long-term players
Bergeron
Krejci
Lucic
Top 10 selections but traded before 2nd contract
Seguin
Kessel
Hamilton
300+ NHL games for Skaters/ 3 full seasons for goaltenders
Hilbert
Colborne
Stuart
Spooner
Morrisonn
Subban
Busts
Jonsson
Samuelsson
Huml
Toivonen
Yevseyev
Marjamaki
Karsums
Lashoff
Kalus
Alexandrov
Hamill
Cross
Sauve
Caron
Knight
Khokhlachev
Arnesson
Reality is that isn't much to show for 14 drafts of 1st/2nd round choices.
