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Originally Posted by bax
There’s hundreds of players drafted in the same range that never play an NHL game.
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Sure, and none of them are considered successful either...
If 'bust' is too strong an adjective for people, there's plenty of others: "failed experiment", "marginal NHL'er", "PK specialist"
At the end of the day, calgary didn't think he was worth the salary they paid him last year and thought that he could be replaced at a lesser value, so Calgary walked. Not exactly what people hope for their 1st round picks, even if their draft position is no guarantee of success