What players seemingly have all the tools but never quite put it all together?

[Nick Hansen]

Yeah, are there any examples of this around the league that you can think of? Of course, you can also mention past players or such that has left the NHL for Europe.

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[Nikola Tesla]

Kreider

 

[NyQuil]

Cody Ceci

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Kyle Wellwood always seemed as though he could have done better.

 

[Mortivore]

Eichel

 

[TOGuy14]

Kyle Wellwood always seemed as though he could have done better.

His conditioning and commitment were his downfall

 

[Ace of Hades]

Alex Edler comes to mind.

 

[The Podium]

Gardiner

 

[torniojaws]

Teemu Pulkkinen

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

Old school - Martin Rucinsky. Always thought his actual production laged behind his skills.

Recently - until this year I would have said Nathan Mckinnon. All the measurables but the production wasn't there.

 

[Nick Hansen]

Alex Edler comes to mind.

Size, solid skater, booming shot, could deliver some crushing hits from time to time. Maybe lacking in hockey IQ? Not sure.

Interesting one regardless.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Mikhail Grigorenko for sure. Sneaky good shot, great passer, decent defensively and all around a pretty smart player. Shame he didnt have the drive to make it all work.

 

[JoVel]

Don't know how he has been doing in Montreal, but Drouin was one in Tampa. His career high of 53 points is really underwhelming for the skillset he has. Still, he's young and could and should get it together.

 

[135ace]

Size, solid skater, booming shot, could deliver some crushing hits from time to time. Maybe lacking in hockey IQ? Not sure.

Interesting one regardless.

Pavel Zacha. It's maddening watching him because he has great size/strength (although he doesn't hit), he's a good skater, good passer, and has a good shot. He can be quite good defensively too. Unfortunately he's either playing with terrible line mates (which is a problem as he isn't the most dynamic player and seems to have confidence issues) or when he's paired with better ones he looks lost/too cautious. He also has that typical European softness/laziness to his game (he should really play harder and throw his body around more).

 

[Ace36758]

Chad Kilger back in the day. He could fly and if I recall, had a booming shot. Lacking in the toolbox department though.

 

[CanuckGame39]

Alex Edler comes to mind.

He's been our #1 Dman for a decade now.

I think we should be pretty damn happy with how he turned out.

 

[Helistin]

Erik Christensen had most of the tools as can be seen here but he never really broke out in the NHL.

 

[shadow1]

Hemsky

 

[jiboy]

I would go with Lars Eller and Rene Bourque they always left you wanting for more.

 

[Nick Hansen]

Patrik Berglund comes to mind. I remember when he owned the WHC.

 

[Leafs87]

Mikhail Grabovsky

 

[howkie]

Well, how everyone shits on Yak?
Why did Cam Baker? fail btw?
I felt like Ellerby had all the tools aswll, sice wheels but something missed.

 

[Boud]

David Runblad
Jonathan Bernier

 

[JT Kreider]

Erik Karlsson. What a mess he's been this season. -11!!

 

[Passchendaele]

Hemsky

Injuries ruined him.