Андрэй Касціцын, director of scouting

[Habs]

The players we skipped on for this turd.
- Carter
- Seabrook
- Parise
- Getzlaf
- Kesler
- Perry

What a turning point for this stupid franchise lol

 

[Garbageyuk]

Wait isn't Gretzky Ukrainian?

A mix of Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian, iirc.

 

[Mrb1p]

@Mrb1p

Lol the guy had like no major injuries in his career. There was one season where he missed significant time, ~20 games or so. He just wasn’t that good, had limited IQ, and had no work ethic, much like the other two.

He had terrible concussions?

 

[Garbageyuk]

He had terrible concussions?

He had one and he missed 2 games lol.

 

[MasterD]

He was though. Injuries got in the way of a good career.

Injuries.

And crack Cocaine.

Allegedly.

He had terrible concussions?

Yes.

He always looked like there was a delay between his decisions and his actions though. I blame epilepsy and/or the meds.

 

[Archijerej]

Kostitsyn had a lot of skill and was built like a tank, but he didn't have much in terms of hockey IQ.

All in all not a great pick in a draft where you really had to make an effort not to end up with an impact player.

 

[JianYang]

He had a good year in 07-08 playing with plekanec and kovalev.

The next year, I remember him taking a scary headshot, and that good year just ended up being his peak.

It's too bad it didn't work out, but you could see why he was drafted high. Built like a tank too.