I can scarcely believe what I'm about to do. Here is everyone who's made their NHL debut under Bednar, as well as reclamation projects:
16/17:
Sam Henley - One game, one goal, king shit
Anton Lindholm - Terrible
A.J. Greer - Now seems to have stuck in the NHL if not on one team, but the idea of him always seems better than the results
Tyson Jost - Started off on the first powerplay unit, played over 300 games and you can't remember any of them
J.T. Compher - Inescapable
17/18:
Dominic Toninato - College FA who's up and down between the AHL and NHL his whole career
Andrei Mironov - We'll always have the masseuse
Vladislav Kamensky - Broken in half two shifts into his career
Nail Yakupov - "He skates like he's being chased by bees" is the best scouting report I've seen on HF - for accuracy and eloquence
Alexander Kerfoot - Perfectly serviceable
Sam Girard - He's been top 4 his whole time here
18/19:
Sheldon Dries - He played 40 games this season!
Ryan Graves - He got all the rope that your favourite prospect didn't
Logan O'Connor - Great success!
19/20:
Martin Kaut - He had a full beard when he was drafted, one day we'll find out he's like 40 years old
Conor Timmins - The idea of him far exceeded anything he achieved
Sampo Ranta - No brain but I remember he scored a goal that got chopped off when it shouldn't have
Valeri Nichushkin - He got healthy scratched at times this year
20/21:
Keaton Middleton - He's come back around now, he's certainly getting a chance
Kyle Burroughs - He's still the NHL but not exactly a world beater
Kiefer Sherwood - Not a debut here but has definitely developed since
Bowen Byram - Situationally not the best fit with Toews, Makar and Girard
Alex Newhook - Better than Jost though not given as much of an opportunity, but on a much deeper team
21/22:
Justin Barron - Only played two games but he was there
Ben Meyers - Those 9 games he played looked promising
22/23:
Oskar Olausson - Made me do this, so he's obviously terrible
Shane Bowers - I hope his family's not on here, he's not very good
Callahan Burke - A career in the minors awaits
Jean-Luc Foudy - The space is still there and he's still not filled it
Andreas Englund - I could never tell the difference between him, Burroughs and Middleton. Unremarkable
23/24:
Ondrej Pavel - Has 12 points in 77 AHL games
Jason Polin - Played as many as 7 games for us. Do you remember him?
Nikolai Kovalenko - He was working but now he's gone
Sam Malinski - I don't think he's any good but he's sticking around
Joel Kiviranta - The sort of cheap depth we never seem to pick up from nowhere
24/25:
I'm not going through everyone but Ivan, Prischepov, Innala, Felhaber, Steinburg and Ritchie have all made NHL debuts this year with varying degrees of success and future prospects. Have any of them been unduly cast aside?
In fact, that question again. Unless I've missed anyone, how many of these names really haven't had a fair shake?
