Found a 1998 Mock Draft

[speeds]

might be of interest to some out there, some teams sure would have happier with these results than others

http://www.allsports.com/nhl/draft98/mock_draft98.htm

Click to read more...

 

[Jeff Goldblum]

Abid at 9, damn.

 

[Vic Rattlehead*]

PICK 20 -- COLORADO COMMENT
Name: YEVGENY LAZAREV
Pos.: LW

What fun is it to have four first round picks and not gamble with at least one of them. Lazarev has spent more time in court trying to get the right to play Junior B hockey in Canada than he has on the ice. Lazarev is the prototypical NHL power forward whose skating needs to improve to reach NHL caliber. Because of his legal battles, Yevgeny may not be in the best shape either. If Lazarev's desire matches his physical potential, then he will be the steal of the Draft.

hehehe


http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid[]=36995

 

[Fighter]

No Vishnevsky, Antropov, Gomez and Tanguay!

On the other hand, they had Malhotra at 3#, Abid at 9#, Peters as a first rounder (well Parker was...), Lazarev at 20# (???)...

Well done!!!

 

[Sebastien Centomo]

hehehe


http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid[]=36995

Well, at least they guessed right on the team.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Hehehe Choiunard both of them...ICK!

 

[littleHossa]

What can you do when a lot of the first rounders weren't that good, the whole mock draft becomes funny.

The Canucks would have loved to see Malhotra drop one more spot. Look for new GM Brian Burke to keep Mike Keenan happy by taking drafting Allen, a big and physical blueliner.

 

[X-SHARKIE]

I remember being a very very very angry Sharks fan when we first missed out on David Legwand. Now I would rather have Brad Stuart over him in a hearbeat, and on top of that we had Cheechoo

 

[Ralph]

Pick 21 - Los Angeles Kings Simon Gagne

So close it could have been

But then you think about him probably being delt in the Palffy trade anyways.

 

[Reign Nateo]

Man there was an inordinate amount of busts in that draft, it's like the guy knew the future and was just screwing around...

Steve Moore in the 1st round?! Andrew Peters 22nd?

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Like all of our mock drafts work out...I remember Aaron Rome being a first rounder when HF did a mock in 2002...

 

[Ruckus007]

PICK 22 -- PHILADELPHIA COMMENT
Name:ANDREW PETERS
Pos.: LW

In the 1998 Prospects Challenge Game, Peters showed scouts that he is more than just an enforcer. He exhibited the raw skills that make GM's dream of him as the ideal power forward (6-4/195). It worked before in Philadelphia with Rick Tocchet and it might work again in the City of Brotherly Love with Peters.

More than just an enforcer.

 

[X-SHARKIE]

No Vishnevsky, Antropov, Gomez and Tanguay!

On the other hand, they had Malhotra at 3#, Abid at 9#, Peters as a first rounder (well Parker was...), Lazarev at 20# (???)...

Well done!!!

Gomez was a interesting player at the time, I remember Tanguay was an obvios 1st round pick out of Halifax, but more of a late 1st round pick if I remember correctly, The avs sure knew what they were doing there!!! But it's weird he wasn't even on the top 30.

Parker in the 1st round is a bit baffling as well.

I won't say anything bad about Malhotra at 3 because I liked him alot

 

[NYRangers]

Fighter, I can't see how you can laugh and criticize a list like this. You didn't have Gomez, Tanguay, etc. Ranked in the top 5 of players during that draft year.

 

[speeds]

other mocks:

2003:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/news/2003/06/03/mock_draft/

and their 2nd mock:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/news/2003/06/13/mock_draft/

http://www.wildonice.net/archives/2003/06/17-mockdraft.html

http://www.wowhockey.com/article1260.html

2002:

http://members.shaw.ca/gitch16/mockdraftnhl02.html

2001:

http://www.puckjunkie.com/archive/2001_02/offseason/Mockdraft2001.htm

2000:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/draft00/picks.htm

 

[PK*]

Habs drafting Regehr... that would have been nice. Imagine the D-corps we would have had now if there would have been a season and for the future : Regehr, Komisarek, Markov, Souray, hopefully Hainsey and a bunch of other prospects to round it up : Korpikari, Korneev, Yemelin, O'Byrne, Flood, Shasby... Damn it would be great to have Regehr.

 

[MS]

Man there was an inordinate amount of busts in that draft, it's like the guy knew the future and was just screwing around...

Steve Moore in the 1st round?! Andrew Peters 22nd?

That first round was actually one of the most bust-free in recent memory. 22 of 27 guys taken were playing regularly in the NHL last year. Compare that with 15 of 26 in 1997 and 14 of 26 in 1995.

 

[Kritty]

I love how everyone can jump all over these mock drafts and laugh at the predictions. That's exactly why there are real drafts and why the players play the game, to see what happens. It's called predicting. If it was an exact science it wouldn't be a prediction. When was the last time any of you went 30 for 30 on your own mock draft? Don't think to hard because it's never happened and never will.

 

[Jeff Goldblum]

I did it. 30 for 30. No lie.

 

[fredez]

I did it. 30 for 30. No lie.

I'll take a proof and the caramilk secret please

 

[BuppY]

Leafs taking FATA

 

[PanthersRule96]

ha, Biron in the top 20 hahahahahahahahaha, not a chance at top 20000 in my books


I'd like to propose to HF that they rename the dunce smiley in honor of Biron:
= :Biron:

He's so bad.

VanRyn should have gone much higher. Malholtra at three is funny to me. That guy has always sucked, aside from that sick goal he scored last year.

 

[nomorekids]

I remember being a very very very angry Sharks fan when we first missed out on David Legwand. Now I would rather have Brad Stuart over him in a hearbeat, and on top of that we had Cheechoo

And if I had the number 2 pick in that draft, all over again, I'd still take Legwand

Funny that they guaranteed that Nashville would have to stay with number 3, when exactly the opposite happened.

 

[nomorekids]

ha, Biron in the top 20 hahahahahahahahaha, not a chance at top 20000 in my books


I'd like to propose to HF that they rename the dunce smiley in honor of Biron:
= :Biron:

He's so bad.

VanRyn should have gone much higher. Malholtra at three is funny to me. That guy has always sucked, aside from that sick goal he scored last year.

Malhotra doesn't suck, at all. He was grossly misused for most of his career, but now that he's on a team that can give him the playing time, he's starting to shine. I wouldn't take him at 3, but I can see him as a late first rounder.

 

[Ruckus007]

I love how everyone can jump all over these mock drafts and laugh at the predictions. That's exactly why there are real drafts and why the players play the game, to see what happens. It's called predicting. If it was an exact science it wouldn't be a prediction. When was the last time any of you went 30 for 30 on your own mock draft? Don't think to hard because it's never happened and never will.

Well for me the amusement is coming more from the comments than the predictions like the Andrew Peters one that I posted. Having watched Andrew for I guess four years now I'm well aware of what his skillz set is so I'm wondering either what did he do during this '98 Prospect Challenge Game that he hasn't done since or if the writer is just nuts.


Then again Peters did go in the second round. With the LaFontaine trade pick....