Worst takes you've had on this site?

DJJones

Registered User
Nov 18, 2014
10,746
4,064
Calgary
I still don't understand how Calgary was so bad last year. Guess I underestimated a bad locker room.

I was all in on Bennett too.
 

FriendlyGhost92

Registered User
Jun 22, 2023
4,132
4,940
I really want to go way back in time and find the one dummy who thought Cam Barker would turn out better than Ovechkin or Malkin... You know there had to be one!
 

SenzZen

RIP, GOAT
Jan 31, 2011
16,984
6,136
Ottawa
Yeah, this one springs to mind...

 

Figgy44

A toast of purple gato for the memories
Dec 15, 2014
13,857
9,171
I thought Paul Byron would end up like MSL lite.

To be fair, I was thinking more of a career like Marchessault... but yeah it was bad name association.
 

cowboy82nd

Registered User
Feb 19, 2012
5,288
2,570
Newnan, Georgia
I wanted the Panthers to take Seth Jones over Alexander Barkov in the 2013 draft. I glad that Dale Tallon never called me for advice on that one.
 

King'sPawn

Enjoy the chaos
Jul 1, 2003
22,839
23,309
Plenty.

Back in 2008 I wanted the Kings to pick Bogosian over Doughty.

In 2019, I thought Zegras would top out as a Rob Schremp player (this was before the Ducks drafted him)

Thought of those two off the top of my head but I'm sure I can think of dozens more.
 

fahad203

Registered User
Oct 3, 2009
38,636
22,288
I was pissed at the leafs brass for not picking magnus Svensson Pallarvi over Kadri

I thought MSP would be a star in this league

Not my best moment
 
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Toby91ca

Registered User
Oct 17, 2022
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Ehh... I mean I think any GM would call a 400+ point player at 121st overall a gem.

He's not Datsyuk or Zetterberg, yeah... But Nyquist was a hell of a great pick.
100% - if you are able to pick a guy late in the 4th round and he gives you 700+ games and 400+ points and is still playing, you are loving it. I think the fans looked at him getting 28 goals and 48 points in 57 games very early in his career (though he was 24/25 at the time) and projected that a little too much and now are disappointed, but hard to be disappointed in the grand scheme of things.

The reality is, the number of players picked in the 4th round that actually make a living playing hockey is not very high (no analysis here, just general thought)
 

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