Draft Picks- Food for Thought | | The Good
2000-Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers (7th round, 205th overall)
1999-Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit Red Wings (7th round, 210th overall)
1998-Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings (6th round, 171st overall)
1996-Tomas Kaberle, Toronto Maple Leafs (8th round, 204th overall)
1995-Miikka Kiprusoff, San Jose Sharks (5th round, 116th overall)
1994-Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators (6th round, 133rd overall)
1994-Tomas Holmström, Detroit Red Wings (10th round, 257 overall)
1993-Pavol Demitra, Ottawa Senators (9th round, 227th overall)
1992-Nikolai Khabibulin, Winnipeg Jets (9th round, 204th overall)
1990-Peter Bondra, Washington Capitals (8th round, 156th overall)
1989-Pavel Bure, Vancouver Canucks (6th round, 113th overall)
1987-Theoren Fleury, Calgary Flames (8th round, 166th overall)
1984-Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles Kings (9th round, 171st overall)
The Bad
2000-Alexei Smirnov, Anaheim Ducks (12th overall)
1999-Patrick Stefan, Atlanta Thrashers (1st overall)
1999-Pavel Brendl, New York Rangers (4th overall)
1999-Brian Finley. Nashville Predators (6th overall)
1999-Luca Cereda . Toronto Maple Leafs (24th overall)
1997-Daniel Tkaczuk, Calgary Flames (6th overall)
1996-Alexandre Volchkov, Washington Capitals (4th overall)
1995-Aki Berg, Los Angeles Kings (3rd overall)
1994-Jason Bonsignore, Edmonton Oilers (4th overall)
1993-Alexandre Daigle, Ottawa Senators (1st overall)
1992-Ryan Sittler, Philadelphia Flyers (7th overall)
1991-Pat Falloon, San Jose Sharks (2nd overall)
and the
STAMMMMKOS
The one that sticks out in my head is Pat Faloon. I traded a Bernie Nichols card for a Pat Faloon Rookie card long ago. What a fool I am. |