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Originally Posted by chedder
Number 4 overall who some experts projected to be the number 1 overall in a strong draft at the centre position wasn't supposed to be a franchise player?
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Here's the list of franchise forwards drafted 4-6 in the last 30 years:
Jagr. Forsberg.
Kariya, Backstrom, Marner, Wheeler, Smyth, Pettersson are borderline (and another ~dozen very good complimentary players).
Odds of getting a forward as good as Monahan or Tkachuk are about 30-40%. Hitting 2/3 ain't bad.
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Originally Posted by jayswin
What? Yes, fan expectations are out of whack sometimes, but Sam Bennett was not an example of that. He was fourth overall (highest pick ever for the Flames), could have gone higher depending on who was picking, and was projected to be a tough, number one centre.
He was protected as what every team is desperately looking for as a necessity to becoming a Stanley Cup contender.  |
Lots of teams highest ever picks don't pan out as hoped.
EDM had 4 cracks at 1OA and only got 1 great player + 2 who are good-very good.
STL - Erik Johnson - nice player, never a Norris contender
NJD - Jack Hughes TBD. Shanahan, Muller 2OA. Wolanin, Neil Brady, Niedermayer = 3OA
OTT - Daigle, Berard, Phillips
FLA - Jovanovski, Ekblad (very good, but probably not great?)
ANA - Bobby Ryan, Tverdovsky both 2OA; Kariya, Chad Kilger = 4OA, Vishnevskiy, Chistov 5OA
ARI - Turris, D Strome = 3OA
SJ - Falloon, Zyuzin, Marleau 2OA, Rathje, B Stuart 3OA
NAS - Legwand 2OA, Seth Jones 4OA, Brian Finley, Hartnell, Upshall 6OA
PHI - JVR, Nolan Patrick = 2OA (they also traded up to draft Bridgman 1OA in 1976...)
MIN - 3OA Gaborik, 4OA Pouliot, 6OA M Koivu = pretty similar to Tkachuk, Bennett, Monahan.
I don't have a particular point...I was mostly curious about other teams who've been disappointed.