News and Blog Report: Which Draft was most dissapointing?

[BelowTheIce]

One of our writers looked back at the past few Oilers drafts, but I want to talk about which draft was the most disappointing for you in the past 7 years?

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[Aerchon]

Im a big Kharia fan but 2012 is the most disappointing draft because of Yakupov.

Yakupov "should" have been the premier goal scorer this franchise still needs.

I would think 2012 is the worst draft for a few clubs. Terrible draft.

 

[MessierII]

Im a big Kharia fan but 2012 is the most disappointing draft because of Yakupov.

Yakupov "should" have been the premier goal scorer this franchise still needs.

I would think 2012 is the worst draft for a few clubs. Terrible draft.

At the top it was one of the worst drafts ever.

 

[Spawn]

Im a big Kharia fan but 2012 is the most disappointing draft because of Yakupov.

Yakupov "should" have been the premier goal scorer this franchise still needs.

I would think 2012 is the worst draft for a few clubs. Terrible draft.

I'd give an honorable mention to the 2007 draft (outside the realm of the OP I know), but that draft really could have kickstarted things for the Oilers with 3 first round picks.

Gagner
Plante
Nash

Gagner was decent enough, but wasn't the offensive catalyst we were hoping for. Plante was an outright bust. And trading up to get Nash who wasn't even ranked in the 1st round IIRC and we never even got a game out of him. He's carved out a decent career for himself, but we ended up with nothing out of it all.

Bleh.

 

[Joey Moss]

Im a big Kharia fan but 2012 is the most disappointing draft because of Yakupov.

Yakupov "should" have been the premier goal scorer this franchise still needs.

I would think 2012 is the worst draft for a few clubs. Terrible draft.

And to think our pick was Yakupov, Murray or some speculated trading down for Reinhart.

That pick was a bust from the start.

 

[BudBundy]

Are you talking worst draft in hindsight or draft that was a disaster from the moment it happened?

 

[Joey Moss]

I'd give an honorable mention to the 2007 draft (outside the realm of the OP I know), but that draft really could have kickstarted things for the Oilers with 3 first round picks.

Gagner
Plante
Nash

Gagner was decent enough, but wasn't the offensive catalyst we were hoping for. Plante was an outright bust. And trading up to get Nash who wasn't even ranked in the 1st round IIRC and we never even got a game out of him. He's carved out a decent career for himself, but we ended up with nothing out of it all.

Bleh.

2007 and 2012 are 1-2 for me respectively.

You have 3 first rounders and nothing comes of it.. just unacceptable. Plante was one of the worst 1st round picks of all time and a huge reach at the time. Nash doesn't look like a bad pick, just couldn't sign him. Gagner was developed horribly, Voracek clearly the better player though.

Tough to look back on it but the Plante pick specfically is one that everyone knew would backfire. I mean, imagine your 15th overall pick having 6 total points including playoffs the next season.

 

[Canovin]

Are you talking worst draft in hindsight or draft that was a disaster from the moment it happened?

Exactly how I read it

 

[Cappuccino]

If the Oilers had drafted like 27 overall in 2012 they probably would have had an equal player like they had 1st overall, but less complaining from everyone about x 1st overalls in x years.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

The correct answer is "All of them." the Oilers have a stunning inability to find NHL players unless gifted a first overall pick and even then that's not always a guarantee with this team.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Tampa Bay, 2001 thru 2006

Edit: Ranger is the outlier for obvious reasons, other then that, horrendous.

2006 Entry
Draft	Num.	Round	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2006 Entry	15	1	Riku Helenius	G	Ilves Tampere [SM-liiga]	1	0	0	0	0
2006 Entry	78	3	Kevin Quick	D	Salisbury School (Conn. H.S.)	6	0	1	1	0
2006 Entry	168	6	Dane Crowley	D	Swift Current Broncos [WHL]
2006 Entry	198	7	Denis Kazionov	L	Tver MVD HC [Russia]
0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005 Entry
Draft	Num.	Round	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2005 Entry	30	1	Vladimir Mihalik	D	Presov (Slovakia-2)	15	0	3	3	8
2005 Entry	73	3	Radek Smolenak	L	Kingston Frontenacs [OHL]	7	0	1	1	15
2005 Entry	89	3	Chris Lawrence	R	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]
2005 Entry	92	4	Marek Bartanus	R	Kosice HC [Slovak]
2005 Entry	102	4	Blair Jones	C	Moose Jaw Warriors [WHL]	132	7	10	17	65
2005 Entry	133	5	Stanislav Lascek	R	Chicoutimi Sagueneens [QMJHL]
2005 Entry	163	6	Marek Kvapil	L	Saginaw Spirit [OHL]
2005 Entry	165	6	Kevin Beech	G	Sudbury Wolves [OHL]
2005 Entry	225	7	John Wessbecker	D	Blake School (Minn.)
0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004 Entry
Draft	Num.	Round	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2004 Entry	30	1	Andy Rogers	D	Calgary Hitmen [WHL]
2004 Entry	65	2	Mark Tobin	L	Rimouski Oceanic [QMJHL]
2004 Entry	102	4	Mike Lundin	D	U. of Maine [H-East]	252	4	32	36	54
2004 Entry	158	5	Brandon Elliott	D	Mississauga IceDogs [OHL]
2004 Entry	163	5	Dusty Collins	C	Northern Michigan University [CCHA]
2004 Entry	188	6	Jan Zapletal	D	Vsetin Jr. (Czech)
2004 Entry	191	6	Karri Ramo	G	Pelicans Jr. (Finland)	159	0	4	4	16
2004 Entry	245	8	Justin Keller	L	Kelowna Rockets [WHL]
0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003 Entry
Draft	Num.	Round	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2003 Entry	34	2	Mike Egener	D	Calgary Hitmen [WHL]
2003 Entry	41	2	Matt Smaby	D	Shattuck St. Mary's (Minn)	122	0	6	6	106
2003 Entry	96	3	Jonathan Boutin	G	Halifax Mooseheads [QMJHL]
2003 Entry	192	6	Doug O'Brien	D	Hull Olympiques [QMJHL]	5	0	0	0	2
2003 Entry	224	7	Gerald Coleman	G	London Knights [OHL]	2	0	0	0	0
2003 Entry	227	7	Jay Rosehill	L	Olds Grizzlys [AJHL]	117	5	3	8	352
2003 Entry	255	8	Raimonds Danilics	F	Stalkers Jr. (Latvia)
2003 Entry	256	8	Brady Greco	D	Chicago Steel [USHL]
2003 Entry	273	9	Albert Vishnyakov	L	Kazan Ak-Bars [Russia]
2003 Entry	286	9	Zbynek Hrdel	R	Rimouski Oceanic [QMJHL]
2003 Entry	287	9	Nick Tarnasky	C	Lethbridge Hurricanes [WHL]	245	13	17	30	297
0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002 Entry
Draft	Num.	Round	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2002 Entry	60	2	Adam Henrich	L	Brampton Battalion [OHL]
2002 Entry	100	4	Dmitri Kazionov	C	HC CSKA (Russian Jr.)
2002 Entry	135	5	Joseph Pearce	G	New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs
2002 Entry	162	5	Gerard Dicaire	D	Kootenay Ice [WHL]
2002 Entry	170	6	P.J. Atherton	D	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders [USHL]
2002 Entry	174	6	Karri Akkanen		Ilves Jrs (Finland)
2002 Entry	183	6	Paul Ranger	D	Oshawa Generals [OHL]	323	24	82	106	254
2002 Entry	213	7	Fredrik Norrena	G	TPS Turku [SM-liiga]	100	0	1	1	6
2002 Entry	233	8	Vasily Koshechkin	G	N/A
2002 Entry	255	8	Ryan Craig	C	Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL]	198	32	31	63	148
2002 Entry	256	8	Darren Reid	R	Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL]	21	0	1	1	18
2002 Entry	286	9	Alexei Glukhov	F	Khimik (Russia)
2002 Entry	287	9	John Toffey	F	Ohio State University [CCHA]
0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001 Entry
Draft	Num.	Round	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2001 Entry	3	1	Alexandr Svitov	C	Omsk Avangard [Russia]	179	13	24	37	223
2001 Entry	47	2	Alexander Polushin	F	Tver THC [Rus-1]
2001 Entry	61	2	Andreas Holmqvist	D	Hammarby (Sweden)
2001 Entry	94	3	Evgeny Artyukhin	W	Podolsk Vityaz [Russia]	199	19	30	49	313
2001 Entry	123	4	Aaron Lobb	R	London Knights [OHL]
2001 Entry	138	5	Paul Lynch	D	Valley (WJHL)
2001 Entry	188	6	Art Femenella	D	Sioux City Musketeers [USHL]
2001 Entry	219	7	Dennis Packard	L	Harvard University [ECAC]
2001 Entry	222	7	Jeremy Van Hoof	D	Ottawa 67's [OHL]
2001 Entry	252	8	Jean-Francois Soucy	L	Montreal Rocket [QMJHL]
2001 Entry	259	8	Dmitri Bezrukov	F	Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik [Russia]
2001 Entry	261	9	Vitaly Smolyaninov	F	Nizhnekamsk Jr. (Russia)
2001 Entry	281	9	Ilya Solarev	F	Perm Molot [Russia]
2001 Entry	289	9	Henrik Bergfors	D	Sodertalje Jrs [Sweden]
0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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[Satire]

Outside of McDavid 2015 is up there for me as well. The fact we traded those picks for Reinhart never sat well with me and seeing what Barzal is turning into makes it sting worse.

In reality our drafting in 2007 was disappointing as well. 2012 hurts because I had so much hope for Yak but I think that we were screwed regardless.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Outside of McDavid 2015 is up there for me as well. The fact we traded those picks for Reinhart never sat well with me and seeing what Barzal is turning into makes it sting worse.

In reality our drafting in 2007 was disappointing as well. 2012 hurts because I had so much hope for Yak but I think that we were screwed regardless.

The where a 5th round pick is contributing 2 years out from the draft? ugh.

 

[Satire]

The where a 5th round pick is contributing 2 years out from the draft? ugh.

I'm sorry dude I'm not really catching what you're throwing down.

 

[Hockey Nightmare]

I think 2015 was still a great draft that could have been transcendent if 'you know what' didn't happen. We got Bear and Jones. And perhaps Marino could still turn into something. Are they going to sign him?

 

[McShogun99]

2007 would be my first choice. 3 first round picks with Gagner becoming a journeyman player and trading up for Nash only to have him not sign with us. 2012 is the second worst because Yakupov became the biggest 1st OA bust in NHL history. What saved this draft was our picks from round 3 on.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

obviously 2007...3 first rounders and Gagner is the best of them...Plante and all-time bust and Nash never wanted to sign here

2012 is close though...despite Yak busting, management wanted to take Murray #1 or even Reinhart #1....woof!

 

[McDNicks17]

2012, AINEC.

 

[Jamin]

2015 is tough because McDavid amazing but will always have the Reinhart trade asterisk besides it simply because it could have been mcdavid and a player vs mcdavid and nothing.

I'll go with 2012. Oilers always get jeered but not like Murray or Galenchuk are worth first overall

 

[rambo97]

The 2015 NHL draft. This draft should have setup the Oilers to be a dominant team. We could have used the #16 and #33 pick to draft some excellent players.

At #16 any of Barzal, Connor, or Chabot would have been excellent
At #33 our rumored guy was B. Carlo. A top 4 RHD. Do we make the ill fated Hall trade if we had him in the pipeline?

What's even more disappointing for me is that one decision altered our franchise forever. If Bos accepts the trade of #16, #33, and #54 for D. Hamilton our team is set. We don't make the disastrous trade for Reinhart. We probably wouldn't have traded Hall the following year for Larsson. That one decision altered our franchise forever.

Yes we might not have Talbot but might have been able to acquire him with 2016 picks.

I still rather have Barzal/Connor/Chabot + Carlo than Hamilton but I could have lived with it as Hamilton would have provided exactly what we need right now and perhaps would have resulted in Hall still being on the team.

Honestly how good does this look (I'm assuming we keep Eberle as we likely wouldn't have signed Lucic if we still had Hall):

Maroon-McDavid-Eberle
Hall-Drai-Pulj
Caggiula-RNH-Slepy
Khaira-Letestu-Kassian

Nurse-Hamilton
Klefbom-Russell
Sekera-Benning

Talbot

We would have had two dominant scoring lines. We probably could have afforded to move Nuge to strengthen our backend even further. We would have had speed and skill throughout the lineup.

The 2015 NHL draft will haunt me as a fan for a long time. Yes we got McDavid but we could have got so much more.

 

[Faelko]

obviously 2007...3 first rounders and Gagner is the best of them...Plante and all-time bust and Nash never wanted to sign here

2012 is close though...despite Yak busting, management wanted to take Murray #1 or even Reinhart #1....woof!

In hindsight the best thing we could’ve done is drafted Reinhart....then the 2015 Trade never happens...lol

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

I'm sorry dude I'm not really catching what you're throwing down.

Yeah, I could see that. Fair enough, the surface does look simpler.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

In hindsight the best thing we could’ve done is drafted Reinhart....then the 2015 Trade never happens...lol

no kidding

I remember the Oilers brass being super high on him at the time...then when Bob Green (Oil Kings GM) joined the Oilers in January of 2015, we see why they traded for him in June of that year

 

[Canovin]

In hindsight the best thing we could’ve done is drafted Reinhart....then the 2015 Trade never happens...lol

Yak for Subban before he won the Norris actually

 

[rambo97]

I said this in my post above but we wouldn't have made the Reinhart trade if Boston accepts the picks for Hamilton trade. And we don't likely trade Hall if we had Hamilton. Which also means we don't sign Lucic.

And Boston probably trades Hamilton to us if we have MacT at the helm. So this all goes back to Bob Nicholson hiring Chia lol. And if we don't sign Chia we still keep our 2nd round pick that we had to give up for him. But I don't want to this thread de-railing into a Chia thread so lets just ignore what I said