Dalhabs Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 instead of Jason Ward in the 1997 draft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puck7x Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Originally posted by Dalhabsinstead of Jason Ward in the 1997 draft? Dont worry, Marian will be a UFA in a couple of years. Maybe the habs will finally make up for their mistake in 97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leafs Suck Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 That was pretty bad but the one that gets me is picking Terry Ryan instead of Jarome Iginla. UGH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanChannel Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 The same reason why we didn't pick Simon Gange instead of Eric Chouinard in the 1998 Entry Draft. Because Rejean Houle was a horrible drafter. Thank god for Bob Gainey/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortcat1 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Why did Calgary choose Daniel Tkaczuk and Vancouver choose Brad Ferrence in '97? Check the THN draft preview... they were rated way higher than Hossa(18), especially Ferrence (10) and Tkaczuk(5). In 1998, why did Vancouver choose Bryan Allen(4), the Rangers choose Manny Malhotra(7), Edmonton choose Michael Henrich(13), Calgary choose Rico Fata(6), Phoenix choose Patrick Desrocherx(14), LA choose Matthieu Biron(21)? They were ALL rated higher and some WAY higher than Gagné. As for Chouinard, he was described as a 'Jean Ratelle-type center, smooth and skilled'. If you know anything about what kind of player Ratelle was, any GM would drool to have Chouinard on his team. I could do the same for Iginla. I remember reading Iginla's description and 'potential'. It was good but somewhat iffy. Ryan was also rated higher than Iginla at the time. So, get real, get the full facts and get it right before you throw stones at someone else's efforts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexstream Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Originally posted by shortcat1Why did Calgary choose Daniel Tkaczuk and Vancouver choose Brad Ferrence in '97? Check the THN draft preview... they were rated way higher than Hossa(18), especially Ferrence (10) and Tkaczuk(5). In 1998, why did Vancouver choose Bryan Allen(4), the Rangers choose Manny Malhotra(7), Edmonton choose Michael Henrich(13), Calgary choose Rico Fata(6), Phoenix choose Patrick Desrocherx(14), LA choose Matthieu Biron(21)? They were ALL rated higher and some WAY higher than Gagné. As for Chouinard, he was described as a 'Jean Ratelle-type center, smooth and skilled'. If you know anything about what kind of player Ratelle was, any GM would drool to have Chouinard on his team. I could do the same for Iginla. I remember reading Iginla's description and 'potential'. It was good but somewhat iffy. Ryan was also rated higher than Iginla at the time. So, get real, get the full facts and get it right before you throw stones at someone else's efforts. Excellent!!! I want to add one, just one... I dedicate it to Beckham In 2003, Jeff Carter was ranked 27 in NA... just a comparison, Maxim Lapierre was ranked 23rd NA... so basically Carter was deemed to be a 2nd rounder... Kost on the other hand was ranked 3rd in Europe and was that low because of the epilepsy concerns... but anyways it's WAAAAAAAAAyyyy too early to call him a bust as he's still impressing everyone with his package of skills and still improving... last year was the adaptation year only... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalhabs Posted July 24, 2005 Author Share Posted July 24, 2005 Originally posted by shortcat1So, get real, get the full facts and get it right before you throw stones at someone else's efforts. Oooooh sorry for looking back on previous drafts. I didnt know we had Rejean Houle's son here who would take offence by what I started. I can bash anybody I want for bad drafts becaus we've made MANY bad draftpicks over the years. I feel I want to see at least 1 or 2 of them develope into quality players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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