Worst takes you've had on this site?

[Wallet Inspector]

I said I wouldn't have traded Huberdeau for M. Tkachuk straight up after the Florida-Calgary trade last year.

 

[tny760]

i really genuinely thought the yotes were gonna be a force in the coming years around that time they had young domi, keller, duclair, strome, crouse, garland, OEL and chychrun on the backline... 16-17ish i think? it just never came around

 

[Michoulicious]

I really thought Tom Wilson's long deal was a big mistake with the way he was playing.

Ended up being excellent.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Yeah, as another poster above me said, I was convinced the Panthers got destroyed in the Huberdeau-Tkachuk trade.

Definitely the most recently proven terrible take of mine.

 

[Winston Churchill]

I was wrong once. It wasn't for me, so I had to give it up.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Petr Mrazek being a poor man's Hasek.

 

[Stive Morgan]

Brannstrom being the next Karlsson lol

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

Pissed that the Wings took Larkin instead of Milano.

That M. Tkachuk would bust

That Franzen would score 20 after his 7 billionth concussion.

 

[super6646]

That the 2018-19 flames would end up like the 2009-10 hawks with Neal being our hossa. Oops

 

[bigdog16]

I've been here since 2002. It's like the sands of the seashore. My favorite was probably the running commentary by that guy who was anti-Jack Hughes and pro Kaako. Hated Hughes' "wide turns" among other things.

That thread was an absolute gem. Honestly one of the funniest threads ever.

Personally I thought Brandon Gormley was gonna be a moster

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Bolts should've tore down and rebuilt after losing to Columbus. That core was clearly not going to lead them to a championship.

Whoops.

 

[LeafsNation149]

I thought Travis Dermott would end up being a top pairing dman. Not very proud of that one.

 

[FDBluth]

Hated Draisaitl being picked over Bennet, thought he was going to bust.

Yeah, im never going to be gm,.

I saw Draisaitl play at the Oilers prospects tournament in Penticton and he looked like Bambi on ice. He really put in the work to become great

 

[DS7]

I thought Loui Eriksson was a good add, if only for the first three years of his deal.

 

[UnSandvich]

I never really saw "It" from Adam Fox pre-NHL. His WJCs I were all the viewings I had of him, and he just came across as profoundly unimpressive, just a guy. I didn't mind getting him, nor the price paid, but I kinda just expected him to be an average/slightly above average 3rd pairing guy with bad skating.

Then I watched him play against NHL-level competition, and it immediately became obvious just how wrong I was. I swear I've never seen a guy look that cool under pressure as a rookie, there was just 0 panic in his game whatsoever. Like he had ice in his veins.

 

[The Tourist]

Around 2015 I thought Brett Ritchie was going to be a top 6 player in Dallas for many years.

 

[leafsfan5]

Last summer I argued Matthew Tkachuk was not on the top level of wingers such as Kucherov/Marner/Rantanen etc.

 

[njdevils1982]

this thread will not be complete until the people that drooled over fabian brunnstrom stand up....you know who you are.

speak up!

 

[Bleedred]

Mackenzie Blackwood will be a pretty good goaltender and is the Devils goalie of the future

Alex Nedeljkovic is a great pickup by Detroit and Carolina really shouldn't have dealt him just to sign Andersen

Not my worst take, but a very recent one that I whiffed on was Florida wouldn't make the playoffs, which I was very adamant about in February-March. The math wasn't in their favor and they were running out of ice rink to really just get in. Although, I thought they would be in the playoffs before the season started and probably through sometime in early December, but I had them buried by later in December/around the new year.

 

[Mr Positive]

Bolts should've tore down and rebuilt after losing to Columbus. That core was clearly not going to lead them to a championship.

Whoops.

This one is winner for me

 

[Bleedred]

Bolts should've tore down and rebuilt after losing to Columbus. That core was clearly not going to lead them to a championship.

Whoops.

I was extremely harsh on them after that one. I didn't say they should rebuild, but I was over expecting a cup and called them chokers and mentally weak. I was a bit harsh on Colorado after losing to Vegas in round 2 in 2021 also, but not nearly as harsh as I was on Tampa in 2019.

With that being said, I'm pretty sure I wound up not picking them to lose a single round after that until the first round against Toronto this past year. And they would only lose one round before that and the Toronto loss was the first time an Eastern Conference team beat them in the playoffs since that Columbus sweep.

I definitely picked them through the 2020 playoffs, especially in the first round against Columbus. I didn't think they'd lose to them again, but the worst I had for them is maybe it would 7 games (I forgot my exact pick) or that they'll either sweep them or come close to losing it and have a real scare, but win in the end.

The only real scare they had was the 800 OT game, which they won anyway.

Actually, I did pick Florida to beat them in the second round in 2022, but I immediately recanted at some point during game 2, which I don't normally do that early in a series.

Toronto over Florida was actually my quick flip flop of this year. Had Toronto winning in 7, flipped to Florida at some point in game 2. Usually I only have one of those every year.

 

[PavelBure10]

I thought Gilbert Brule's game would translate into the NHL, I thought he was going to be a star player.

Also thought the Canucks got ripped off badly in the Hodgson/Kassian trade, but both players turned out to be duds in the long run.

 

[SI90]

Laughed when someone said Ryan Strome would be lucky to have a similar career to Spezza. I disrespected Spezza and thought Strome would be way better. Apologies to Spezza.

 

[shadow1]

Some stupid things I remember saying...

• 2009: Early in 2009-2010, I remember arguing with @Avs_19 that new Colorado acquisition Tom Preissing was good, largely based off one fluky assist.
• 2010: After his strong rookie season (32gp, 11g, 8a, 19p) and post-season (6gp, 2g, 2a, 4p), I thought Brandon Yip was going to be a 2nd liner. I remember arguing with @ABasin about it.
• 2014 & 2015: I remember being happy when Colorado signed Cretaceous era players Jarome Iginla (2014) and Francois Beauchemin (2015). I also defended the Brad Stuart trade and extension (2014).
• 2018: Early in the 2018-2019 season, when Alex Kerfoot was a point-per-game after ~20 games, I recall saying Kerfoot >= Tomas Hertl.

 

[Rafafouille]

Jack Campbell would be a Vezina finalist this year. Welp.