Speculation: Tom McCollum - What went wrong?

[Peter Tosh]

Remberering him as a bust and dissapointing first rounder, but looking at the actual numbers raises a question; why did he get so few chances in n Detroit? Decent AHL stats, Calder Cup champ. Got horribly lit up once, and after that barely got any more starts. Was it a Babcock thing?

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[RabidBadger]

I wish I had time to respond, but I'm busy in the "Jakub Kindl...what could have been" thread.

 

[Air Budd Dwyer]

He was a Ken Holland, post 2005 draft pick. That's what went wrong lol.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

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.

 

[DanielMarois]

Don't worry, the very next pick was only Jacob Markstrom.

 

[cjm502]

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.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

I wish I had time to respond, but I'm busy in the "Jakub Kindl...what could have been" thread.

You're busy?

I'm in the "Jesse Wallin" thread. And nobody is responding.

 

[Henkka]

He was a Ken Holland, post 2005 draft pick. That's what went wrong lol.

Pretty much Jim Nill's pick.

 

[connellc]

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.

 

[Oddbob]

 

[dalem177]

You're busy?

I'm in the "Jesse Wallin" thread. And nobody is responding.

I'm trying to get the guys to calm down in the "Jordin Tootoo is PooPoo" sub-forum.

 

[Go Wings]

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.

 

[PelagicJoe]

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.

 

[Konnan511]

He imploded at the WJC and never got his confidence back. Super nice guy, though.

 

[Retire91]

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

 

[1878rgw]

We didn't draft Josi, that went wrong longterm.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

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.

 

[Air Budd Dwyer]

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.

Don’t you dare exclude future star power forward, Marek Tvrdon!