This whole thing is worse then the usual bust draft pick.
This is just a person who doesn't want to put in hard work to succeed in his career. What was even the point of him going to the draft.
You thought Schoenborn was a good pick?Goldobin and Bergman were defensible picks even though they haven't panned out. Rod never made any sense. You don't pick a guy who scores three points in 28 Swiss league games in his draft year in the second round. Honestly I think all the picks the Sharks made in 2014 except for Rod were good ones at the time. Can't really fault them for guys failing to develop. And, really, if Goldobin joins Labanc as an established NHLer that's a successful draft overall based on where they picked.
You thought Schoenborn was a good pick?
Noah Rod was one of the picks that we got from trading Douglas Murray to the Pens. The other pick was moved to move up to take Mirco Mueller. Great trade to get two 2nd round picks for Murray who was done by then. Terrible use of draft picks even at the time.
I think the main reason Rod was drafted was because of how he performed in International competitions during his draft year. He got drafted in 2014 and he had only 3 points in 28 games in the NLA. But his performance in international competitions was quite good.He may not want to put in the work but there was never any indication he had talent to begin with. He has 46 points in 162 career NLA games. That's horrendous.
I thought they traded one of the picks back to Pittsburgh for Tyler Kennedy? Or am I misremembering?
Still, that draft sucked.
I still don't really understand why Hennessy never got more of a look in the NHL. He tore up the Q and the AHL at a very young age. Was he just a terrible skater or something?
Praplan actually stands a better chance of working out in the NHL anyway.
So stupid, it makes me angry.
More upside? Totally. Better attitude? I don't know. He's not coming over to play AHL, I can promise you that. Praplan is loaded with talent and I don't think he outworked anybody to get to where his game is now. If you ask me, he's Damien Brunner 2,0. Brunner left Detroit after scoring 9 in 14 during the playoffs because Babcock was pushing him to improve his decision making and game against the puck. Crazy.
Praplan has better size and played in NA before so there's reason for optimism. Having said that, he's just as much of a one dimensional floater as Brunner and top of that he tends to disappear in important games. If you watched him over the years, he was 90% invisible/crap during postseason/international games.
It's nice to have an attractive/strong league but it's kinda sad that it leads to Swiss players not being willing to work on their game to eventually fulfill their potential. As a Finn or Swede, Rod would have given it a shot in the AHL and guys like Brunner or Praplan would be NHL stars now. We have tons of similar players wasting their talent in the NLA. It drives me crazy.
What a disaster the 2014 Draft was. Goldobin, Bergman, Rod, Schoenborn, Sadowy, and Vanier all total busts and no longer with the org. Thank goodness for the final two picks of that draft in Chartier and Labanc for not making it a total 0fer. I really liked the Goldobin pick at the time as his upside was what I wanted, but hated the entire 2nd and 3rd rounds. Looks like my suspicions were correct. The 2014 offseason as a whole was the biggest WTF moment in Sharks history. Mike Brown extension, sign John Scott, and the whole draft thing are a real black eye on DW's resume.
I always thought Rod looked great in the World Junior Championships which made me think he could develop into a middle 6 forward since he was generally playing against the best in his age group. He clearly though doesn't care about developing into an NHL pro since he refuses to play in the AHL. Wasted pick that was.
Why is Bergman a bust? He has been getting better every year.
He took a dramatic step backwards this past season. He will never be a regular NHLer which to me as a 2nd rounder (especially one that you traded up in the 2nd round to get) means bust.Why is Bergman a bust? He has been getting better every year.
He took a dramatic step backwards this past season.
He will never be a regular NHLer which to me as a 2nd rounder (especially one that you traded up in the 2nd round to get) means bust.
His defense was much much worse this season than the progression it had been on before this season. His ES scoring was way down as 6 of his 10 goals were on the PP and he was passed up by the addition of Kyle Wood and internally by Middleton being well on his way to being passed by Brodzinski/DeSimone. Maybe I shouldn't say he will never be an NHL regular, but he was never going to be an NHL player in this org given he was about 7th or 8th internally on the RD depth chart.What "dramatic step backwards" did he take? He played good defense and boosted his goal production. He scored 10 less points than the season prior but the whole team lost a lot of production from the year prior.
I guess we will see. I never take the absolutist approach.