vadim sharifijanov
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a thread for hockey’s forrest gumps.
how about mike wilson? late first round pick by the canucks in the loaded 1993 draft. the second wilson taken in the draft, one pick after the leafs picked landon. next three picks were saku koivu, anders eriksson, and todd bertuzzi.
traded to buffalo, with young mike peca and a first rounder that became jay mckee, for alex mogilny.
mogilny was later traded for brendan morrison, who would be an important piece of the naslund/bertuzzi canucks.
peca captained the late 90s sabres to a SCF while mckee was their #3 defenseman.
then wilson is traded to florida for rhett warrener, who was the #4 on that 1999 sabres team, and a 5th rounder.
the 5th rounder became ryan miller, and warrener was sent away to calgary in a three way for chris drury.
drury co-captained those great 2006 and 2007 sabres teams, miller was their goalie, and mckee was the grizzled shotblocking vet on the 2006 team before hitting UFA.
meanwhile warrener goes to calgary and is a steady #4 for their 2004 SCF run.
all this time mike wilson has about as nondescript a career as you can have, with career highs of 4 goals and 20 points in a journeyman career that saw him suit up for 300-odd games over eight seasons on four teams.
how about mike wilson? late first round pick by the canucks in the loaded 1993 draft. the second wilson taken in the draft, one pick after the leafs picked landon. next three picks were saku koivu, anders eriksson, and todd bertuzzi.
traded to buffalo, with young mike peca and a first rounder that became jay mckee, for alex mogilny.
mogilny was later traded for brendan morrison, who would be an important piece of the naslund/bertuzzi canucks.
peca captained the late 90s sabres to a SCF while mckee was their #3 defenseman.
then wilson is traded to florida for rhett warrener, who was the #4 on that 1999 sabres team, and a 5th rounder.
the 5th rounder became ryan miller, and warrener was sent away to calgary in a three way for chris drury.
drury co-captained those great 2006 and 2007 sabres teams, miller was their goalie, and mckee was the grizzled shotblocking vet on the 2006 team before hitting UFA.
meanwhile warrener goes to calgary and is a steady #4 for their 2004 SCF run.
all this time mike wilson has about as nondescript a career as you can have, with career highs of 4 goals and 20 points in a journeyman career that saw him suit up for 300-odd games over eight seasons on four teams.