Best takes you've had on this site ?

[Bouboumaster]

I thought trading Halak after his playoff run and moving forward with Carey Price was the right move.

Same here

 

[Voight]

In recent history, that Byfield wasn't a bust and would turn out just fine.

When people were writing Ovechkin off back in 2012 and even 2016/2017, I still maintained that he'd lead his team to a cup and would break Gretzky's goal record.

 

[Three On Zero]

All of them.

 

[Avs2022]

I f***ing knew that Tyson Jost was gonna bust as a top 10 pick.

I was never impressed with him and had reservations when they drafted him.

 

[Bood12]

I always knew John Tavares was going to leave the Islanders and sign with the Leafs, I took so much abuse from my fellow "fans" for even suggesting it

 

[Hennessy]

Saying Lundqvist would be a stud when the Rangers were starting Weekes.

 

[Quinntessential]

Before Quinn Hughes played an NHL game, I predicted he would be a generational player who would break every record for Canucks defensemen and many league records also.

 

[RRhoads]

I called Kane to score in OT in his first game back to Chicago.

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

That drafting Seth Jones over Mackinnon would be one of the biggest blunders in draft history (lucky for Colorado it didn't happen). To go further, even when Mackinnon was in the "bust" phase around year 3 I still believed he had the highest upside of anyone in the league outside of McDavid.


That Suzuki was twice the player Kotkaniemi was, it was evident the moment suzuki made the nhl but many people and habs fans debated.

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

Before or during their rookie seasons:
- Gaudreau had 105+ point upside and would contend for scoring titles
- Fox would be a perennial Norris contender
- Bratt would become a PPG player
- Seider over Broberg at the draft
- Patrick Kane should be a top pick in 2007 (back when he was rated ~25th)

Being a bit negative:
- Bedard would not be a generational player
- Wright should not be the top pick in 2022 - I had Lambert and Casey ahead of him, which I feel pretty good about at this point.
- Was 100% certain that Lazar and Zacha would significantly underperform vs their draft positions.
- Gilbert Brule and Benoit Pouliot would bust

Zacha is actually pretty par for the course for a 6th overall. Coming off 57 and 59 pt seasons, pretty good all around play. Slow start but he isn't significantly underperforming anymore