Worst draft pick over the last decade?
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StupidGenius
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McIltrash was a goon...who the rags took because Marian Gaborik got beat up once the year prior
Because if you read the OP, it is. A pick that is pretty off the board and everyone knew was a terrible pick from day 1. Yak doesn't fit that bill.
McIlrath is probably the "winner" here. Glennie, Senyshen (remains to be seen), Paradis and White are a few others.
Yakupov is only a bad pick in hindsight. OP seems to be referring to bad picks that were considered bad right at the time of the pick.
Benedict Kovalchuk
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It might be McIlrath, yeah. From the very second he was picked, it looked bad. Griffin Reinhart was also another real bad one, but there was a delay of at least half a year after he was drafted before it started looking like a seriously bad pick.
Android 16
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Erik Gudbranson, 3rd overall, 2010, Panthers. Tallon's first pick as Panthers' GM.
391 GP 14 G 40 A 54 PTS 0.14 PPG 399 PIM -70
There's none worse than this.
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391 GP 14 G 40 A 54 PTS 0.14 PPG 399 PIM -70
There's none worse than this.
End thread.
mouser
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HisIceness
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That was certainly a head scratching choice. Best part was Pierre McGuire going nuts that Cam Fowler was still available. He was near tears when Dallas took Jack Campbell with the next pick.
Speaking of whom, what's he up to these days? Played what, one NHL game so far?
Bob Richards
Mr. Mojo Risin'
I remember the old HFNYR 2010 draft thread pretty agonized over passing up on Gormley too who had basically a goose egg career in the league.
Had more games than McIlrath though
Agree with above posters regarding Mcllrath but I would add Scott Glennie here as well. Never understood why he was picked so high in '09 8th overall. Wasn't Top 10 prospect back then, more like mid-end of 1st rounder.
Frankie Blueberries
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Stefan
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Agree with most the awful picks mentioned in this thread. I can't recall the Gudbranson draft, was he projected to go top 5/10? Either way, brutal pick.
I'll throw Pouliot into the mix for dropping a few spots from most rankings with Trouba and Forsberg still available.
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Agree with most the awful picks mentioned in this thread. I can't recall the Gudbranson draft, was he projected to go top 5/10? Either way, brutal pick.
I'll throw Pouliot into the mix for dropping a few spots from most rankings with Trouba and Forsberg still available.
BenningHurtsMySoul
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Patrick White in 2007.
Scored under .25 PPG in the NCAA in his D+1 season.
Couldn't make the WJC twice despite being a 1st rounder.
Couldn't even make the f***ing AHL full time.
He last played in Austria three years ago.
Scored under .25 PPG in the NCAA in his D+1 season.
Couldn't make the WJC twice despite being a 1st rounder.
Couldn't even make the f***ing AHL full time.
He last played in Austria three years ago.
Martin Skoula
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Biggs was pretty bad. Nonis said he had a 3rd line ceiling when he took him but was a near-guarantee to get close to it. Ended up with a career-high 9 points in 57 AHL games. To make it worse, Nonis traded up to get him, so they had this guy targeted. Anaheim took Rakell and Gibson with the picks they got from us.
Nonis still has a job in the NHL.
Nonis still has a job in the NHL.
Not defending the McIlrath pick, but I remember going into that draft their was talk he might slip into that top 15, I guess the Rangers just jumped on the hype train. All that being said they should have went with Fowler(ie the obvious pick that that point)
Detroit was targeting Biggs at #24 and up to that point they had been the gold standard for a generation.
Nithoniniel
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Yeah. I've seen stats for guys who get the kind of label that Biggs got. The safe but low ceiling picks actually have a hilariously bad hit rate. Guys that get labeled as boom-or-bust picks has a higher hit rate compared to draft position.
It's interesting how much that has changed. Detroit's 2017 draft look horrible. Just went through it and outside Rasmussen, I don't know if they had one player that still look like a real prospect. And I'm not a fan of the Rasmussen pick either.
VoluntaryDom
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Eh, Gustav Lindstrom is ok. Nothing too special but at least something.
Mitchell Heard - 2012, 41 overall. Not the worst in the NHL because he was a second round pick, but the worst Avs pick I can remember. We didn’t have a first that year so we waited quite a while to take him in the second. Total headscratcher even at the time. He was an energy guy in the OHL with bottom six NHL upside. He’s the kind of guy you find a dime a dozen in rounds 5-7. In round two, take your shot on the undersized skill guy.
VoluntaryDom
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Koekkoek over Forsberg I guess? I still think Koekkoek would be good on the right team. And we did snag Vasilevskiy in that draft.
Mr. Met
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I think the Dallas guys, Glennie and Campbell have an argument.
Glennie because it was higher than expected and the team never even interviewed the guy.
Campbell because high pick for a goalie is always a question mark. Then you add the fall of Cam Fowler and it was just awful.
Glennie because it was higher than expected and the team never even interviewed the guy.
Campbell because high pick for a goalie is always a question mark. Then you add the fall of Cam Fowler and it was just awful.
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