Worst takes you've had on this site?

[Rals]

A lot of people claimed Lafreniere was a tier above Hughes.

Man, that's Cap

Ralph Kreuger was an upgrade from Phil Lousley. *Shudders*

I still kinda believe this

 

[DJJones]

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.

 

[SEALBound]

How has "Petr Prucha is better than Sidney Crosby" not been posted 99 times?

 

[McShogun99]

That the NHL would rather move Arizona to a city that has an arena in place over have them play at a 5000 seat college rink.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

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!

 

[hangman005]

I thought Vegas would absolutely suck our first year. which I believe is a hot take now everyone knew they were gifted a contender...

 

[Toby91ca]

Probably some Wings fans that are still waiting for Igor Grigorenko to come and start dominating the league.

 

[TageGod]

Man, that's Cap


I still kinda believe this

Now THAT is a hot take.

 

[SenzZen]

Yeah, this one springs to mind...

How good is Rasmus Ristolainen?

I was arguing with a friend on how good he is now and what kind of potential he has... I just wanna hear the opinion of others! Like I think he's a good top 4 d right now and he will be a #1 defenceman in the future. Any thoughts?

forums.hfboards.com

 

[wedge]

I thought Puljujarvi should have gone #2 in his draft year

 

[Figgy44]

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.

 

[oconnor9sean]

We're 5 pages in and no one has mentioned any of Bernmeister's valuations in his trade proposals

 

[LevelingSolo]

Jesse P was gonna be a star forward and be a major part of the Oilers core

 

[cowboy82nd]

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]

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.

 

[bobholly39]

A lot of people claimed Lafreniere was a tier above Hughes.

I did. But as a prospect and in terms of hype - and I stand by it. Lafreniere had a lot more hype than Hughes as a prospect.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Probably some Wings fans that are still waiting for Igor Grigorenko to come and start dominating the league.

Of all the prospects we've overrated over the years, you picked the one whose development got derailed by a serious car accident...

 

[TehDoak]

Ralph Kreuger was an upgrade from Phil Lousley. *Shudders*

I thought the Pegula's were going to be good owners

 

[fahad203]

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

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Thought Nyquist was gonna be another example of the Red Wings late round drafting gems.

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.

 

[Toby91ca]

Of all the prospects we've overrated over the years, you picked the one whose development got derailed by a serious car accident...

I know but the hype was still over the top even after that

 

[SenzZen]

We're 5 pages in and no one has mentioned any of Bernmeister's valuations in his trade proposals

This is supposed to be where you declare your own bad takes...

 

[RickyLafleur]

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

I thought the Flames made out like bandits, guess I was proven wrong really quickly with that one.

Also wanted Zadina over Brady and thought that Brannstrom might actually become Karlsson-lite.

 

[Toby91ca]

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)

 

[hawksrule]

I did. But as a prospect and in terms of hype - and I stand by it. Lafreniere had a lot more hype than Hughes as a prospect.

He certainly did. I also piggybacked the group-think.