If you want to have a good cry...............

Nil d · Guru

If you want to have a good cry...............

AB Habman · Guru

Nil d wrote:

................. check out the Habs' draft picks in the past dozen years or so. 1999 was particuarly interesting. Here's the link: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr000045.html

Good post Nil! Barely a hand full of players made the roster in the last 5 yrs!

Very sad! Especially the last two drafts! Kotitsyn and brother may be the only two that make a difference!

Gainey may have to start trading drafts for proven players!

Nil d · Guru

AB Habman wrote:

Nil d wrote: ................. check out the Habs' draft picks in the past dozen years or so. 1999 was particuarly interesting. Here's the link: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr000045.html Good post Nil! Barely a hand full of players made the roster in the last 5 yrs! Very sad! Especially the last two drafts! Kotitsyn and brother may be the only two that make a difference! Gainey may have to start trading drafts for proven players!

And of that 1999 crowd, I didn't even recognize a single name! Who the hell is leading the scouting on this team????

Jay1982 · Guru

And to think how high Zetterberg was left off the sheets lol. Its not just the Habs, most of the time its the later rounders who make the difference. Why? Because top draft picks are usually shuttled their way to the NHL right away, and for a lot of players its a big jump, and they can't adjust, instead you send them to the farm leagues right away to get them in the groove. Or else you have Alexander Daigle, Radek Bonk, and the list goes on. Alot of pressure is put on these people who are drafted low in the 1st couple of rounds. But man, 1999 is brutal......

11rings · Member

wow very nice post, i never knew we drafted tretiak in 1983. good to know

11rings · Member

nice reply nil d... don't u know who Jerome Marois is??? lmao

Figaro · Guru

Looks like 94 (Roy, Corson..) was a decent crop. And 2001 looks good with Komisarek, Perezhogin, Plekanec, Archer (not all lost causes, right.)

So, I say trade picks for players. Looks like it's foolish not to lol.

Johnny USA · Veteran Member

Reply to Nils' Link:

Oh. I did not know that Stevie Wonder was the Senior Vice President of Player Personnel and Head of College and International Scouting. That's interesting.

-- Edited by Johnny USA at 15:09, 2006-01-27

nietche · Veteran Member

1998 wasn't so bad ... Markov and Ryder both in later rounds. Nice picks each.

Also had ribiero that year ....

Nil d · Guru

nietche wrote:

1998 wasn't so bad ... Markov and Ryder both in later rounds. Nice picks each. Also had ribiero that year ....

What was that 80's Meatloaf song? Two Out of Three Ain't Bad.................

habgirl · Guru

Nil d wrote:

nietche wrote: 1998 wasn't so bad ... Markov and Ryder both in later rounds. Nice picks each. Also had ribiero that year .... What was that 80's Meatloaf song? Two Out of Three Ain't Bad.................

Nil, you are a hoot! Good one!

I'm guessing Ribs is the one out of three who is bad...

Nil d · Guru

habgirl wrote:

Nil d wrote: nietche wrote: 1998 wasn't so bad ... Markov and Ryder both in later rounds. Nice picks each. Also had ribiero that year .... What was that 80's Meatloaf song? Two Out of Three Ain't Bad................. Nil, you are a hoot! Good one! I'm guessing Ribs is the one out of three who is bad...

Good guess........

gfeaver · Veteran Member

that was a great read.
reminds me of the movie Major League. Management tries to build a losing team so they can re-locate . they give the manager a list of potential players that nobody has ever heard of, and some are even dead......maybe we have the same scouts.....