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The worst draft ever?
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Jumptheshark
Rebooting myself
team wise the Oiler from 1990 ZERO NHL GAMES
spintheblackcircle
incoming!!!
Mateychuk is going to be a star
Felidae
Registered User
Was curious how many drafts had no HHOFers or obvious future HHOFers, so I checked since the beginning..
1963
1964
1965
1967
1968
1972
1975
1978
1992
2001 (though I assume Kovalchuk will get in eventually?)
And a few other interesting years.
1985 has Nieuwendyk.. I think most can agree he's one of the weakest forward inductions though, has larionov too.
1976 has Federko..Again, a meh induction but not the worst.
The 1960s for drafting was obviously a different time. Much fewer players were drafted, not even the equivalent of a whole round.
As you can see, it's very rare for a draft to not have at least 1 HHOfers these last few decades. So 1992 sticks out like a sore thumb with their best player being Sergei Gonchar. Though with the direction the HHOF has been going with defenseman, he may get in eventually..
1963
1964
1965
1967
1968
1972
1975
1978
1992
2001 (though I assume Kovalchuk will get in eventually?)
And a few other interesting years.
1985 has Nieuwendyk.. I think most can agree he's one of the weakest forward inductions though, has larionov too.
1976 has Federko..Again, a meh induction but not the worst.
The 1960s for drafting was obviously a different time. Much fewer players were drafted, not even the equivalent of a whole round.
As you can see, it's very rare for a draft to not have at least 1 HHOfers these last few decades. So 1992 sticks out like a sore thumb with their best player being Sergei Gonchar. Though with the direction the HHOF has been going with defenseman, he may get in eventually..
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SallyBalls
Registered User
2021 Worse than 2022.
Stewie Griffin
What the deuce
Surprised no one has brought up 2018 yet...really bad first round.
2018 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com
A sortable list of players drafted in the 2018 NHL Entry draft, including their career scoring after being drafted
www.hockeydb.com
57special
Posting the right way since 2012.
You are leaving out Boldy, Caufield, and Harley, all of who are playing very well. Jury is still out on Zegras. He's had ups, and downs.
waitin425
Registered User
Man....a few guys whose names stick out as never even seeing the NHL.
Bode Wilde
Jared McIsaac
Serron Noel
Jett Woo
Dominik Bokk
Those guys all had pages on here that I remember reading.
Iwishihadaspacebar
Registered User
Just looking at that 2022 list and there is a surprisingly large number of players who have already played NHL games. It might not have one superstar but it does look a decent enough draft for future NHLers
izlez
Carter Mazur Fan Club
It also has
Quinn Hughes
Rasmus Dahlin
Evan Bouchard
Noah Dobson
Brady Tkachuk
Andrei Svechnikov
Byron Bitz
Registered User
2018 is looking pretty bad. Outside the first round only Sharangavich, Durzi, Romanov and Kurashev are quality full time everyday NHLers and none of them are stars.
