Once promising players who are on the brink of bustdom

[VoluntaryDom]

unlucky? he's not very good

He gets a crap ton of scoring chances

 

[BlueDream]

Nah, he's looked fantastic to start the year and has already had two goals taken away. That brings his career total to 7, I believe.

Also, here's some stats (which don't equal points, but then again they tell some part of the story):

Generation / 60 minutes
CF / 60 6th (4th for Fwds)
SCF / 60 4th (4th for Fwds)
HDF / 60 1st (1st for Fwds)

That's on the Flames. He's looked great, he just can't finish his damn chances. He really needs to work on his shot and I think once he does that he can be a top-six forward. This year, I think he'll score around 40 points.

Lol. Not being able to finish isn’t bad luck. Just means he’s not good enough for where he was drafted. Take off the homer glasses. He’s a bust.

He gets a crap ton of scoring chances

And? That doesn’t mean anything if he doesn’t bury them.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Nah, he's looked fantastic to start the year and has already had two goals taken away. That brings his career total to 7, I believe.

Also, here's some stats (which don't equal points, but then again they tell some part of the story):

Generation / 60 minutes
CF / 60 6th (4th for Fwds)
SCF / 60 4th (4th for Fwds)
HDF / 60 1st (1st for Fwds)

That's on the Flames. He's looked great, he just can't finish his damn chances. He really needs to work on his shot and I think once he does that he can be a top-six forward. This year, I think he'll score around 40 points.

He was above the 90th percentile in iXGF/60 last season among forwards

(Individual expected goals for, basically how many goals the player should have had based on his shot location/type)

 

[RobRayzor]

Is it too late to say Yakupov?

Actually it’s almost everyone from 2012 draft’s 1st round. Tho few players were completely ruined by some of their coaches.

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

Draisaitl.

There, I said it.

 

[Summer Rose]

If Anthony Duclair doesn't have a bounceback season this year, he'll be playing in Europe next year.

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

Important season for Tony DeAngelo and Jimmy Vesey on a weak Rangers team. Vesey should get a(nother) fair shot with ice time and linemates but we made a bit of a logjam for ourselves in defense. DeAngelo looked good in preseason, Vesey had a real good first three games before being kind of invisible last night so you can't count them out.

DeAngelo was a great offensive D-man in junior but he's not a total killer on the powerplay, he's not great in his own zone so it's tough to find a spot for him. Kevin Shattenkirk kind of has the same problems as a Ranger. I still like his overall game (transition, puck skills, "chippiness"), I think he can stick around the league the way Pouliot and Del Zotto are with the Canucks but that's just a warm body.

I'm not sure how much buzz he got in GM-land but definitely here, and not just with Rangers fans, Vesey was a huge deal as a college free agent. But he's been another example of that warm body, replacement player type: big but not physical, doesn't get used on the PK, not a "good fourth liner" despite size and pretty good skating, skilled but not consistent with it (IIRC he's one of our top shootout guys). Vigneault always gave him opportunities but maybe with his tools, the extra holes in the forward group from last year's deadline, whatever you want, he can start making some progress as a Ranger.

 

[JPeeper]

unlucky? he's not very good

You can tell who has actually watched Bennett play and who hasn't.

In this case, you clearly haven't watched Bennett play.

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

Alexandre Daigle.

What .. too soon?

 

[Dirby Kach]

Michael McCarron

Wrong. McCarron was never promising a terrible pick from day #1.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Michael McCarron

Was he ever promising?

 

[Frank Drebin]

.

That's like me saying "I don't know if McDavid is as good a scorer as everyone thinks he is" after he won art rosses

not quite. Neimi won one cup and he's terrible.

In Murray's case he played very well but we're talking like 22 wins over 2 years behind a juggernaut team?

 

[Frank Drebin]

Draisaitl.

There, I said it.

He might be overpaid but worse case scenario he's mcdavids 70 point winger.

Think oilers, but more finnish

 

[Incognito]

Ryan Murray comes to mind. He's not a bust, but I was expecting him to become more than he has been thus far. I understand that injuries have played a significant role in this as well though.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Actually it’s almost everyone from 2012 draft’s 1st round. Tho few players were completely ruined by some of their coaches.

Just like in 99 right? It was an abnormally terrible draft

 

[Paddyjack]

Jonathan Drouin is on that road I think

 

[heretik27]

While I wasn't expecting an allstar player, Boone Jenner looked like a pretty solid bet as a power forward back when I saw him during his world junior days. He even had a 30 goal season, but that was 3 years ago and he's barely eclipsed 30 points in the last 2 seasons.

 

[Sam Spade]

Matt Murray has two Cup rings but he won one and a half of them. MAF won 8 games in 2017 playoffs, including the four hardest ones. Just sayin’.

Andre Burakovsky was a first rounder and he is a bust. Although I will always appreciate his two huge goals in game seven against TB.

 

[Pens x]

Derrick Pouliot

 

[Taluss]

Laine is starting to make me and other fellas in yearly "What's up with Laine" thread worry

Why? He finished behind Ovi in scoring last year what do you expect from him?

 

[Tkachuky]

You can tell who has actually watched Bennett play and who hasn't.

In this case, you clearly haven't watched Bennett play.

Pretty obvious he hasn’t watched shit and just looks at stats.

 

[OVO16]

Did someone say Crouse?

 

[Devonator]

I guess for the Flyers Sam Morin even though he is injured at the moment....Rubstov too but he has showed some promise lately...

 

[zizbuka]

Too early, but I'm concerned Nolan Patrick may be on this list.

 

[Dempsey]

Draisaitl.

There, I said it.

Draistaitl is on the brink of bustdom?