MAK Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 (edited) the montreal canadiens are given a great opportunity of making a huge move foward with two first rounder this year. is it a token of success ?? the past draft have shown that it's not as relevant as one could imagine. I've cracked down the first round of each year from 1990 to today to see which teams had success and who failed miserably*couch*islanders*cough. 2006: too early to tell 2004: rangers: montoya and korpikoski...a bit too early to tell. washington: ovechkin, mike green and jeff schulz. all played in the NHL this year. edmonton : dubnyk and schremp: development stalled with no AHL team. 2003: florida: horton and stewart: could take a few more year before being bona fide duo. LA: dustin bron, jeff tambellini, brian boyle: and 2nd liner, one prospect and one islander philadelphia. carter and richards: already core players. anaheim: Getzlaf and Perry: 'nuff said 2002 washington: semin, eminger, gordon. 3 solid NHLers atalanta: lehtonen and slater 2001: komi and perehogin...fair draft. no superstar but a solid D. la streckel and karlsonn(????) fla: weiss krajicek: ok, I guess 2000: islanders: dipietro and torres. sure nhlers but no stars yet. mtl: hainsey and hossa: two NHLers in a weak year boston and chicago: total failure 99: vancouver: SEDINS...great picks islanders: connoly, pyatt, mezei, kudroc. rangers Lundmark and brendl 98 colorado: tanguay, skoula, regehr and parker....all still playing in the league. nj gomez and van ryn 97 boston: thornton and samsonov islanders: luongo and brewer. san jose: marleau and hannan chicago: ty jones and dan cleary...missed the boat. 94: quebec: kealty and belak 93 quebec: thubault and deadmarsh at least they did good on that one washington: jason allison and bredan witt. 92 to 90...not much conclusion : while some teams have had many 1st rounders, very few of them have made an impact with their respective teams. of course there's always a possibiliy of trading a pick for an NHL player à la minnesota last year but that wasn't the point of this topic. Edited June 9, 2007 by marky_and_komi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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