Around the League Thread | New Year, New Me

[Michael Dal Swolle]

Are there any recent instances of top ten draft selected players going on waivers and then turning into assets of any significance?

 

[God]

Are there any recent instances of top ten draft selected players going on waivers and then turning into assets of any significance?

Thomas Hickey, but he probably shouldn't have been drafted that high. And before that, probably Manny Malhotra?

Usually these guys get every opportunity to shine as a top 10 pick, whereas the waived non-high draft picks that turn out well do not usually get those opportunities and slip through the cracks.

 

[MS]

Are there any recent instances of top ten draft selected players going on waivers and then turning into assets of any significance?

Nope. Nothing in the last 15 years.

The biggest 'success story' in that period of a guy top-10 pick who hadn't reached the NHL by the end of his ELC is probably Derrick Pouliot, which should tell you something. Boqvist isn't exactly that as he did play some on his ELC but high draft picks are usually given so much rope by the teams that drafted them that there's no real hope if they haven't managed to make anything of it by this age.

 

[Jerry the great]

Are there any recent instances of top ten draft selected players going on waivers and then turning into assets of any significance?

is 1994 recent? if so, Marty Gelinas

 

[Vector]

 

[Vector]

Utah Outlaws is a good name and they should just go with that.

 

[MS]

Utah Outlaws is a good name and they should just go with that.

I've been saying this from the start - it's a great name that rolls off the tongue really well.

 

[Nuckles]

*tinfoil hat*

What if they purposely put a couple of dogshit names as the finalists so the winning name wont seem so bad

*takes a huge bong rip*

 

[God]

wasatch would be a horrible name lol

 

[Ernie]

Utah Outlaws is a good name and they should just go with that.

I agree it's the best name but I don't know if that fits the culture in the area though.

If it were my team I'd go all in and call them the Salt Lake Sinners.

 

[sting101]

Utah Sting......well because i said so. Oh and the flag

Arena = Hive.

Team is buzzing. swarming......a ton of cheesy puns lets goooooo

 

[Orr4Norris]

Utah Sting......well because i said so. Oh and the flag

Arena = Hive.

Team is buzzing. swarming......a ton of cheesy puns lets goooooo

The captain could be renamed the ‘Queen Bee’

 

[Szechwan]

I kinda like the Mammoth. I think you could have some cool logos with that. It's maybe bit AHL-Y.

The Outlaws sounds like an ECHL team to me, just so generic. The Utah Badguys!

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Aquilini shouldn't be pushing for anything. he should be sitting back and looking at profit level and nothing more. The whole issue with this franchise the last decade is that Aquilini thinks he knows hockey.

There are things in life that shouldn’t happen, but do anyways. That’s one.

 

[arttk]

adam boqvist is a very good offensive defenseman. the problem is that he's getting sheltered minutes and still getting ventilated defensively. i don't think it's a fit for this coaching staff.

He’s 5’11, no way we are claiming him.

 

[credulous]

i can't hear outlaws without thinking of the nm state aggies logo

 

[December5th]

utah dreamers

 

[StreetHawk]

Utah Sting......well because i said so. Oh and the flag

Arena = Hive.

Team is buzzing. swarming......a ton of cheesy puns lets goooooo

Charlotte Hornets have cornered the market on bee nicknames.
Sting - WNBA in Charlotte. Swarm - G League team out of Greensboro.

I think Utah was declined for Venom. Which could have gone with a bee logo.

 

[F A N]

Utah Pioneers taken?

 

[Vector]

 

[MS]

Kuzmenko and Tortorella certainly seems like a match made in heaven.

 

[ahmon]

Kings are in trouble, can't score

 

[Vector]

Kings are in trouble, can't score

Good. Good.

Come here sweet Gavy baby.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Kuzmenko and Tortorella certainly seems like a match made in heaven.

With Michkov already there too lmfao. He's gonna wanna strangle both of them.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Are there any recent instances of top ten draft selected players going on waivers and then turning into assets of any significance?

martin gelinas for us… 31 years ago

but actually the only post-lockout example i can think of is thomas hickey, the 4th overall pick who couldn’t crack LA’s stanley cup winning D but ended up with a solid career as a bottom pair guy for over half a decade. honestly as a smaller guy with some puck moving ability who learned how to primarily take care of his own end, he is probably best case scenario for brannstrom or boqvist.