Peter Tosh
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Speculation: Tom McCollum - What went wrong?
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RabidBadger
Mazur detractors will look like dummies!
I wish I had time to respond, but I'm busy in the "Jakub Kindl...what could have been" thread.
He was a Ken Holland, post 2005 draft pick. That's what went wrong lol.
Steve Yzerlland
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At the time I thought he was a solid pick. With the draft you never know though. I'm wish we drafted Quinn Hughes but I was very happy with Zadina at the time. I'd be a hypocrite if I said I didn't want him. I believed in the hype. But back to Thomas he just didn't pan out.
Don't worry, the very next pick was only Jacob Markstrom.
cjm502
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He had some good numbers in the AHL for a few years, but looking a little deeper, he never once had a season where he lead the Griffins goalies in save percentage. I think the Griffins in the mid 2010s were a very goalie friendly team and Tom never took that next step. If you look at his career trajectory he peaked out in 15-16 and 16-17 and went straight downhill from there. At 34, which usually isn't too bad for a goalie, he's getting lit up in weaker European leagues. One good season in DEL2 is a pretty low standard.
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Henkka
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Saw him get torn apart by Windsor while he was in Brampton in the OHL finals. Also had a terrible world junior. I think a lot of it was mental .I wasn't crazy with the pick at the time, and my homer pick was Adam Henrique, another Spitfire.
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I'm trying to get the guys to calm down in the "Jordin Tootoo is PooPoo" sub-forum.
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They drafted a guy who couldn't stop a beach ball. His performance at the WJC was one of the worst I've ever seen.
They should have drafted Markstrom like most of the fans including myself were calling for.
They should have drafted Markstrom like most of the fans including myself were calling for.
PelagicJoe
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The same thing that happened with most of our picks from that era. He sucked. See also: Kindl, Smith, Sheahan, Pulkkinen, Jurco, Mursak, Sproul, Oullette, Marchenko, etc.
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He was also coming up during a time where Howard was the teams clear undisputed number 1 not that I think that would have made a difference but he wasn't going to get those "chances because there is no one else kind of chances".
He was a first round pick but he was also 30 overall one away from being a second rounder. I still have no idea why they didn't take Markstrom though. In my lifetime we have only ever had 2 homegrown goalies, Osgood and Howard. I consider Osgood a product of the HOF roster in front of him and Howard was never really a world beater. It would be nice to actually see a franchise goalie develop from the ground up. Looking at you Cossa
He was a first round pick but he was also 30 overall one away from being a second rounder. I still have no idea why they didn't take Markstrom though. In my lifetime we have only ever had 2 homegrown goalies, Osgood and Howard. I consider Osgood a product of the HOF roster in front of him and Howard was never really a world beater. It would be nice to actually see a franchise goalie develop from the ground up. Looking at you Cossa
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At pick 30 he was barely a 1st rounder. It's hard enough to evaluate the future potential of teenagers, but then on top of that, goalies be crazy.
Hockeyville USA
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Purely looking at his numbers, he didn't adjust well to pro, put up below average numbers in the A until 2013. And what happened around then? Petr Mrazek, years younger than McCollum, entered pro from the O and was damn good off the bat and essentially took McCollum's spot and any chance at a fulltime 1B or 2 spot in net in Detroit
