GNick42
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1984 has an interesting "who should have gone #2". How about Brett Hull who went 117th.
Patrick Roy would have went second overall for me. He was drafted in the third round
1984 has an interesting "who should have gone #2". How about Brett Hull who went 117th.
You think he would have been top 10 ALL-TIME? He played for quite a few seasons before the eye injury and he was not anything like Potvin, Robinson, Coffey, Park, MacInnis, Chelios - there is no chance he was making the HHOF. His highest potential was Gonchar but not quite as good overall if he had a longer career with one eye.
Berard was/is a decent D-Man but I don't think he is/was better than Redden. He has a very good goal scorer for a D-Man.
Did you watch him in his early days before the injury? Some of his highlights with the Islanders and Leafs are downright awe inspiring, making end to end rushes, schooling some very good NHLers and looking amazing while doing it. He was raw, but he oozed talent from day 1. Save the eye injury, and put him on the modern day equivalent of the 1980s Oiler and Islander teams Potvin and Coffey played on, and I don't see any reason why he wouldn't be as good a player.
FIFTEEN seasons of 30+ goals... EIGHT seasons of 40+ goals... 708 goals in his career...
Yeah, agreed, far from great...