ITT: Name players who were HUGELY hyped on these boards who have done nothing.

[GudVibransons]

I'm not sure I'd put Patrik Stefan at the top of the list. I know he hasn't been the model #1 pick, but he wasn't projected to be. He didn't have nearly the hype of other #1 overall picks like Kovalchuk or Crosby. I don't remember hearing tons of "he'll be a top line franchise player" posts. I think he was thought to be a good player coming out of a relatively weak draft.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

I was talking to one of his friends 2 months ago and she (yes ) told me he doesn't like hockey and don't enjoy playing it. His parents are quite rich so he doesn't have to play for his future. She was talking something about him opening a restaurant or hotel in Prague.

Wow, thanks for the update on that. I always like hearing about players who dropped out of the NHL and really hockey in general. Interesting. At least he has enough money to live on.

 

[Doomsday Device]

He had brutal wheels .

That too.

I'm not sure I'd put Patrik Stefan at the top of the list. I know he hasn't been the model #1 pick, but he wasn't projected to be. He didn't have nearly the hype of other #1 overall picks like Kovalchuk or Crosby. I don't remember hearing tons of "he'll be a top line franchise player" posts. I think he was thought to be a good player coming out of a relatively weak draft.

The 1999 draft is obviously weak in retrospect, but it was thought to be quite strong at the time. Both the Sedins and Brendl had a lot of hype around them, and Stefan did get picked over them. I do agree that compared to most 1st picks he flew under the radar because he played in the IHL, but there was still a definite expectation from most fans of at least a top-line player.

 

[SpooKy]

Roman Vopat.

Or does he even apply to this topic?

 

[DownFromNJ]

Deslauriers and Chistov.


Not to mention Dustin Rose. He's selling used cars right now.

 

[Charge_Seven]

No, I'm pretty sure "Cola Wars" refers to a rather intense debate about prospect Adam Colagiacomo back in the early years of HF. He's actually a rather interesting case. He was a big strong kid who put up impressive stats as a 16 year old one of the worst OHL teams of all-time but then stagnated in his draft year and slipped all the way to the 4th round. A good example of both wasted potential and a player who peaked early.

Oh really? My apologies then.

I only started coming on the boards around the Carlo Colaiacovo draft year, so that's the only "Cola Wars" I'd know of .

 

[L4br3cqu3]

Not necessarily on these boards... cause it's been too long a time, but the hype was there:

Brad Isbister
Josef Beranek
Robert Dome
Pat Falloon
Rene Corbet
Sergei Krivokrasov
Alexandre Daigle
Jason Bonsignore
Jamie Storr
Aki Berg
Chad Kilger
Teemu Riihijarvi (size alone can lead you there...)
Andrei Zyuzin (injuries...)
Boyd Devereaux (concussions...)
Daniel Tkaczuk
Daniel Cleary (the hype was unbelievable)
Rico Fata
Eric Chouinard (habs fans)
Milan Kraft
Pavel Brendl
David Tanabe (was supposed to be the next Paul Coffey if I remember well)
Alexei Smirnov
Ron Hainsey
Vaclav Nedorost
Marcel Hossa
Alexander Svitov
Stanislav Chistov
Mike Komisarek (will become a good player, but damn Habs fans (again) hyped him like if he was the next Scott Stevens mixed with the next Chris Pronger..... )

2002 and on, I think it's too fast to judge...

 

[Oedi]

Not necessarily on these boards... cause
Daniel Cleary (the hype was unbelievable)


2002 and on, I think it's too fast to judge...

LOL I remember this guy when i was a freakin 6. Ah old times.

 

[Darth Milbury]

Not really a candidate for this as he was a super high draft pick. Neither are guys like Stefan.

But **** Brendl and Lundmark!

That entire draft was overhyped. It was supposed to be the strongest draft in years, with Lundmark, Connolly, Saprykn, Shvidki all projected top six forwards. It produced one bust after another.

 

[St.Louis sports fan]

Justin Mapletoft

 

[habsfan44]

This thread is incomplete without Igor Grigorenko.

in his defence , grigorenko was involved in a horrible car accident and sustained life threatening injuries so i don't think that he deserves mention in this thread . he is still a prospect for the wings i think , and still might make it to the NHL .

 

[Russian_fanatic]

never even heard that name

Never heard of the legendary Dustin Rose???

He was suppose to have the vision of Gretzky, the defense and Bobby Orr, and the skating of Pavel Bure.

 

[Draft Guru]

Duncan Milroy was a top 15 pick on almost every mock draft on here.

 

[AlienWorkShop]

Duncan Milroy was a top 15 pick on almost every mock draft on here.

He wasn't only a top 15 pick, he was a top 15 friend.

 

[Sturminator]

Oh really? My apologies then.

I only started coming on the boards around the Carlo Colaiacovo draft year, so that's the only "Cola Wars" I'd know of .

The infamous Cola Wars didn't actually happen here, but on the old HF Prospects board ages ago. It was really a case of one poster hyping the living **** out of a prospect and everyone else having a good laugh at the guy's expense. If I remember correctly, the poster in question (who's name escapes me - names were interchangeable back then, anyway) said that Colagiacomo would be "the greatest playmaking winger in NHL history", or something to that effect.

For a bit of background, Colagiacomo was drafted in the 4th round by San Jose in 1997 after a trade-up with the Rangers. Sadly, it was not one of Tim Burke's finer trade-ups. Mike York was subsequently drafted by New York with one of the peddled picks and Colagiacomo's greatest contribution to the world of hockey is probably the Cola Wars, themselves. Those were the days.

Since Colagiacomo's got me thinking about the Rangers' '97 draft, I'll throw in another couple of busted Rags prospects from that year who at one point received no small amount of hype: Burke Henry and Mike Mottau.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Wasn't Joensuu tabbed as a possible first overall pick early on?

 

[boredmale]

Wasn't Joensuu tabbed as a possible first overall pick early on?

I believe ISS had him as a potential #1 at some point but he slowly dropped.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

That entire draft was overhyped. It was supposed to be the strongest draft in years, with Lundmark, Connolly, Saprykn, Shvidki all projected top six forwards. It produced one bust after another.

I must've missed when Connolly busted, Darth. He certainly didn't. He's extremely talented but has major injury problems.

 

[boredmale]

I must've missed when Connolly busted, Darth. He certainly didn't. He's extremely talented but has major injury problems.

Like Darth said most the players were a bust one way or another from that draft, in Connolly's case he just busted alot of body parts

 

[Talent Analyst]

Gilbert Brule .

 

[boredmale]

Gilbert Brule .

I would give it a least 2-3 more years before we say that. All we can gather from this season is he probably would have been better off with 1 more year of junior or at least they should have allowed him to play at the WJCs.

 

[montreal]

Duncan Milroy was a top 15 pick on almost every mock draft on here.

Not a shocker though, he did have 92 pts in his draft year.

 

[Matsi]

Not a shocker though, he did have 92 pts in his draft year.

Well, he has about a point per game now in the AHL... I'm confident he'll make it to the NHL. Maybe as a top-six forward, if not as a good third-liner.

 

[Matsi]

Another former Penguin prospect for this list:

Michal Sivek.

Remember when he came over in the Jagr trade? He was supposed to be one of the most dynamic, offensive guys around not in the NHL. Heard a lot of great rumblings about how he could be a poor man's Jagr (had good size, skating, pretty strong on the puck) if he could put it all together.

Hmm I don't know where you got that thing about Sivek being a good skater. Actually, he's not a good skater. Rather slow withouth good balance. Really a thing that hindered him, along with his lazyness and moody attitude.

 

[Matsi]

First that comes to mind is...

Pavel Brendl


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