Worst takes you've had on this site?

[Nocashstyle]

I thought Ty Smith was a better player than K Miller ( after Smiths rookie season) . I thought Smith would out produce Miller ….. I knew better but I was way too biased. Anine could see that Miller has way more athletic ability and was miles more mobile and a better skater. That and Smith played heavily sheltered minutes , fed O zone starts , had poor footspeed (but good edge work).

Similar for me, but more pre-draft.

Our very own @StevenToddIves got a lot of Devils fans on board for the K’Andre Miller hype train. I was firmly against it because he was a recent convert to D and all projections were based on “if” he can put all his tools together. I thought for sure he was going to be a bust and was ecstatic when Smith “slipped” to the Devils. Oy vey

 

[Brodeur]

In the moment, I thought the Kings were crazy for trading Patrick O'Sullivan for Justin Williams at the 2009 trade deadline. Williams was solid but coming off recent ACL/MCL/Achillies injuries and he'd be UFA in the summer of 2011. O'Sullivan was 3+ years younger and on a cheaper contract plus he'd be RFA in 2011.

Fifteen months later, O'Sullivan would get bought out.

 

[WaW]

I thought Lafreniere would become the next Ovechkin/Kane tier winger. Big miss there

I dont feel bad about this one though, because my god, you should've seen some of the Alex Turcotte takes from the year prior. Probably one the biggest "HFBoards busts" ever based on how highly touted he was particularly by USA Hockey fans around here.

 

[Xirik]

That Kreider was over the hill.

He then proceeds to be the Devils nightmare in the 1st round.

 

[Bgav]

I thought Jordan Schroeder would be better than Kreider lmao

 

[Shanahanigans]

After his first season with the Oilers I thought Ethan Bear was going to be a poor man's Spurgeon- smart undersized Dman who plays a long time at a high level. Was gutted when they traded him. Safe to say I was totally off on that one.

 

[Wierzbowski426]

Similar for me, but more pre-draft.

Our very own @StevenToddIves got a lot of Devils fans on board for the K’Andre Miller hype train. I was firmly against it because he was a recent convert to D and all projections were based on “if” he can put all his tools together. I thought for sure he was going to be a bust and was ecstatic when Smith “slipped” to the Devils. Oy vey

How is Ty Smith being better than miller the "worst take"?

Every draft pundit I read had Ty Smith ranked ahead of Miller. Many, many people were wrong about Ty Smith.

For me ill go with Shesterkin. I thought his numbers were greatly inflated by playing on the best team in the KHL and he would be fairly pedestrian in the nhl.

 

[Nocashstyle]

How is Ty Smith being better than miller the "worst take"?

Every draft pundit I read had Ty Smith ranked ahead of Miller. Many, many people were wrong about Ty Smith.

For me ill go with Shesterkin. I thought his numbers were greatly inflated by playing on the best team in the KHL and he would be fairly pedestrian in the nhl.

More the point was I was relieved that Smith fell to the Devils so I wouldn’t have to worry about them taking Miller.

 

[pi314]

I remember in the middle of the 2005-2006 season, Pierre McGuire was asked who he would build around.

The choices were 3 super rookies - Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, and Dion Phaneuf.

"No disrespect to the other guys but this has to be Dion Phaneuf."

Wonder if he regrets that take?

 

[jigglysquishy]

It was before I was on this site, but I was sure Spezza would be a multiple time Art Ross winner.

 

[Riddum]

McDavid will never win a Rocket Richard trophy

 

[blundluntman]

I really thought the Oilers would improve under the new youth movement of Hall, Eberle and RNH.

I had similar thoughts before I joined the boards. I think I predicted Edmonton would win a Stanley Cup by 2015 with the young talent they had. They won the lottery instead x__x

 

[Cowumbus]

Puljujarvi > Dubois

Though I’d be curious how they would have developed differently if drafted by a different team.

 

[OysterForever]

Someone called R. Hintz draft bust.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

At one point in time I thought Filip Zadina was realgud and would only get realgud-er.

It turns out he was not realgud, and only got less realgud.

 

[jetsforever]

Puljujarvi > Dubois

Though I’d be curious how they would have developed differently if drafted by a different team.

Pretty sure most people thought that except for Columbus scouts

 

[HanSolo]

While both were VGK prospects, usually in the context of talking about trade bait pieces, I often and loudly declared that Cody Glass would easily be a better NHL player than Suzuki and that Suzuki would struggle to adapt.

Recently I had the hot take that Seattle would be lucky to make the playoffs this year.

Back when Bobby Ryan was still a coveted young player I used to clown on people suggesting Kadri for Ryan. Kadri who won a cup as a key piece while Ryan was more or less retired. I also had the hot take that Colorado were paper tigers and I wasn't scared of them last year.

Before Claude Giroux broke out I think I said he would be a second liner at best.

Because Cam Fowler outscored Drew Doughty's rookie season as an 18 year old and with Scott Niedermayer mentoring him, I was convinced Fowler would be a better player.

When Anaheim took Lindholm 6th overall I was loud about how it was a mistake of a pick and they should have traded down. Though that year gets balanced out by me repeatedly saying Griffin Reinhart was nothing special and the Isles picking him fourth was a big mistake.

 

[dragonballgtz]

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.

I meant he would be another Datsyuk or Zetterberg.

 

[Wasted Talent]

I hated the Granlund for Fiala trade and thought Fenton got fleeced.

 

[StevenToddIves]

Similar for me, but more pre-draft.

Our very own @StevenToddIves got a lot of Devils fans on board for the K’Andre Miller hype train. I was firmly against it because he was a recent convert to D and all projections were based on “if” he can put all his tools together. I thought for sure he was going to be a bust and was ecstatic when Smith “slipped” to the Devils. Oy vey

In your defense, I was the only draft writer in the known universe who had K'Andre Miller around their top 10 for the 2018 draft. K'Andre's ridiculous mix of speed, size, athleticism and smarts were just so rare to me. Though he was still prone to mistakes due to his inexperience at playing the position of defense, his ability to learn from his mistakes on the fly at an almost dizzying curve alleviated any anxiety I felt that K'Andre was making those mistakes in the first place. As I always say -- intangibles (compete and hockey IQ) play up every tool in the physical tool box. As rare as Miller's tool box was and is, I had no problem putting him in my top 10 range, 20-30 spots higher than the general consensus.

Even my normal draft-writing cohorts Steve Kournianos and Cam Robinson kind of shook their heads at my projection for K'Andre Miller, but this is the best case scenario where you believe in a player strongly and vocally and then that player proves you right. In a 2018 re-draft, I think it's fair to say Miller goes top 5 overall along with Dahlin, Tkachuk, Svechnikov and Quinn Hughes.

But since this thread is about your worst takes and not the best one, it's tough to toot my horn about any prognostication I had just one year after I preferred Nolan Patrick for the Devils top overall pick over Nico Hischier. Probably still the worst draft blunder of my draft-writing career, and my friends still (rightfully) give me crap for it.

 

[MVP Zacha]

I really thought Ilya Kovalchuk wanted to play for the Devils. Eh, live and learn.

 

[Matt Ress]

I'll let you take a wild guess

You win

 

[Matt Ress]

I thought Martin Kaut would be the most prolific scorer in the 2018 draft

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

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

Wasn't that only a very few ranger fans ?

 

[Gilles Meloche]

Steve Mason was going to be the next Patrick Roy with multiple Vezina trophies, Stanley Cup rings and the Team Canada goalie for a decade+