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...
i disagree about those 2,
Chouinard was hated by most habs fans since the beginning.
Actually habs fans (on this board) were shocked when we received a 2nd round pick for him !!
As for Komisarek, while i've seen some stevens comparison is wasn't as frequent as you might think.
Most habs fans beleived he was a more offensive Derian Hatcher.
I've never see anybody claimed he was the next pronger...
As for the stevens comparison it started from Eric Fichaud, hamilton goalie back in 2002-2003 which said he was like the scott stevens of the AHL (back in the days)..
While I agree that habs fans tend to overrate their players..
I would say that the fact that there are way more habs fans then any other fanbase on this board.
And drug, no seriously, habs fans also get enthousiastic easily!
Actually the current hype of our prospect is bigger than ever !!!
I mean, from what i've read, Price is a surefire all-star.
Maxwell is the steal of the draft.
Halak is the best goalie prospect not in the NHL...
Grabovski should be playing as our 2nd line center , and it continue...
but !!!
Latendresse hype is fair ! I swear and im dead serious on that one !