Biggest Goaltending Bust of all time??

[Soundgarden]

Chet Pickard, 2008 Draft. Stings for Predators fans because he was the pick when the Predators traded down while the Senators traded up for Erik Karlsson. At least Nashville got Josi in the 2nd round.

It's very likely we don't draft Josi if we drafted Karlsson, we came into the draft with the mindset of getting a top center, defenseman and Goalie prospect because we were forced to move Vokoun, Hartnell and Timonen.

 

[Soapdodger]

As a Kings fan it is Jamie Storr.
He had an excellent junior career and was drafted 7th overall but was never more than a decent backup.

I would add Jack Campbell to the list. Also great in juniors and also in LA and Toronto but horrible the rest of the way.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Tyler Parsons.

Absolute money for the London Knights before going pro and falling down an alt-right conspiracy hole (at least that’s what it sounds like).

Necro-threads rule.

There was a reason why went mid 2nd. When you look who was on the knight you have to ask, was it him or the team he played on.


For me a bust is someone who went in the first 20 picks. When you get beyond that point it is a crap shoot

 

[VanIslander]

Who's are some highly touted goalies who dominated in junior and AHL and never turned out in the nhl?

Steve Rexe.

2nd overall in the NHL draft, the first-ever pick by the Pittsburgh Penguins franchise.

Rexe became backup or third-stringer for several international Canadian teams, but never set skate on ice in the NHL, his only claim to fame being an AHL title 8 years after the NHL draft.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Steve Rexe was both the first goaltender selected in the 1967 amateur draft *and* the last goaltender selected in the 1967 amateur draft.

I'll add Ray Martyniuk to the pile (although something tells me that he was probably mentioned pages ago).

 

[Dread Clawz]

Storr, Fichaud, Chouinard, Waite.

 

[markymarc1215]

Al Montoya, Chet Pickard, Brian Finley, Norm Maracle, Troy Gamble, Thomas McCollum, potentially Spencer Knight

 

[JianYang]

Mika noronen was pretty highly touted from what I recall. He did have some seasons in the nhl but mostly in Europe

Upon a closer look, it seems noronen fell off a cliff right after the year long lockout.

 

[quietbruinfan]

Storr, Fichaud, Chouinard, Waite.

I think we might be of the same generation as that is my list along with Storr, Kidd and Mylls.

 

[Dread Clawz]

I think we might be of the same generation as that is my list along with Storr, Kidd and Mylls.

Sounds like it, born in '80.

 

[quietbruinfan]

Sounds like it, born in '80.

68......so not quite, but the list is similar. I should have added Michele Plasse lol

 

[seventieslord]

Mika noronen was pretty highly touted from what I recall. He did have some seasons in the nhl but mostly in Europe

Upon a closer look, it seems noronen fell off a cliff right after the year long lockout.

He's one of the highest scoring goalies of all time though.

 

[IComeInPeace]

I know it’s titled ‘Biggest Bust’…
…but changing gears just a bit to ‘Biggest Disappointment’

…I was still very young at the time but when Dryden retired big things were expected of Michel Bunny Larocque (considering where he was drafted and the numbers he was putting up as Dryden’s backup)…

I know the Habs were about to start their descent from their peak years at the same time but it seemed like he was really disappointing as a starter and failed to live up to expectations/hopes.

 

[ITM]

How can you all forget Trevor Kidd. #1 overall, future franchise goaltender

Are you thinking of Rick DiPietro?

Who essentially ends this thread.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

DiPietro was going to be really good...it's a shame he got hurt. He had the talent to be a positive impact player for a while...

Oh certainly, no disagreement. This thread is littered with bad talent evaluations, but this one was actually a good talent find, but a horrible result...that their accounting team is reminded of every two weeks in perpetuity...

necro reply but as much as drafting and investing in dipietro wasn’t bad talent evaluation, trading luongo to draft and invest hard in dipietro was terrible talent evaluation.

without even getting into the opportunity cost of passing up gaborik/heatley and the calamity of adding jokinen to only get parrish and kvasha back, dipi could have overachieved on his ceiling and still not been as good as luongo, peak, prime, or career. on the list of best goalie prospects to enter the draft luongo doesn’t have a lot of challengers, and i don’t think dipietro was one of them.

 

[carjackmalone]

Stephane Fiset

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Are you thinking of Rick DiPietro?

Who essentially ends this thread.

Yes, we covered that seventeen years ago.

 

[Albatros]

Stephane Fiset

The Stanley Cup and World Champion that is at worst a top 10 in history goalie for two different franchises?

 

[buffalowing88]

Mika noronen was pretty highly touted from what I recall. He did have some seasons in the nhl but mostly in Europe

Upon a closer look, it seems noronen fell off a cliff right after the year long lockout.

I liked Noronen. Miller seemed pretty shaky still when the lockout began and Biron was a known commodity (average). I don't think anyone thought Miller would get on a hot streak or that Biron would also over-perform in the following year.

 

[ITM]

Yes, we covered that seventeen years ago.

And recently as well, but you singled out my quote/reply - honoured!