Guys who never should have played a single game

[blood gin]

I can't believe Mitch Fritz managed to get 20 games with the Islanders. I saw him play a game once in the AHL for Bridgeport against Providence where little kids were aware of and laughing at him for his inability to skate.

I remember him. I mean Mitch Fritz made Colton Orr look pint sized. On skates he was a newborn foal.

 

[Fantomas]

Olivier Michaud. Emergency call-up at the age of 18 back in '02. Otherwise would never have made it.

 

[Doctor No]

Olivier Michaud. Emergency call-up at the age of 18 back in '02. Otherwise would never have made it.

Best #95-wearing goaltender in the history of the league, amirite?

 

[Puck Dogg]

True to the thread title, Rick Knickle was 33 years when he got called up as '92-93 Kings were battling with goaltender injuries. It's fair to say that Knickle, a career minor leaguer who played for 12 different pro teams prior his NHL stint, wasn't intended to play even a single NHL game.

 

[The Panther]

It's funny when a team calls a up a non-NHL back-up goalie to ride the bench. It happens now and again, as with the Canucks two years ago when they called up UBC Thunderbirds' goalie Matt Hewitt to dress for a game against St.Louis. He was a 4th-year sociology major.

Anyone know if this kind of thing has ever happened when the emergency goalie actually had to play?

 

[CaptBrannigan]

It's funny when a team calls a up a non-NHL back-up goalie to ride the bench. It happens now and again, as with the Canucks two years ago when they called up UBC Thunderbirds' goalie Matt Hewitt to dress for a game against St.Louis. He was a 4th-year sociology major.

Anyone know if this kind of thing has ever happened when the emergency goalie actually had to play?

That happened this year for the guy in Chicago. He played part of the third period and didn’t allow any goals.

 

[Captain Bowie]

It's funny when a team calls a up a non-NHL back-up goalie to ride the bench. It happens now and again, as with the Canucks two years ago when they called up UBC Thunderbirds' goalie Matt Hewitt to dress for a game against St.Louis. He was a 4th-year sociology major.

Anyone know if this kind of thing has ever happened when the emergency goalie actually had to play?

Same thing with Chris Levesque about a decade earlier too. He didn't get in the game either though.

 

[The Panther]

That happened this year for the guy in Chicago. He played part of the third period and didn’t allow any goals.

That's awesome!

 

[Iceman]

The two worst NHL-level players I've ever seen are probably:
- Neil Sheehy
- John Scott

John Scott is the only player who has managed to make the All-Star weekend enjoyable for the past decade and some. Not the most skillful player but it’s probably not easy to be the last true fighter of the NHL as that role has been fading away. At least he made small contributions to the health of the league and it’s products (clearly not the players health though, lol).

 

[MarkusKetterer]

That's awesome!

 

[Jets4Life]

I know Jonathan Toews brother David never came close to making it to the NHL, but the fact that he got taken 66th overall was a joke. I remember seeing him play in the WHL and thinking his skating was horrendous.

Same goes for Lukas Sutter. Had one good year in the WHL (pre-draft season), and the Jets grabbed him in the second round. If he was not a Sutter, he would have ended up a 5th or 6th round pick. Sutter ended up regressing, playing once season in the Islanders farm system, before giving up on his NHL aspirations. He has been playing in beer leagues in Saskatchewan for the past three years.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Has anyone here witnessed a less talented player regular/semi regular (esp relative to his peers during his time) than John Scott?

I legitimately believe I have better puck skills and skating than him