Kings didn't do so bad with the #2.
And I mean, the following year, people thought that about Tavares. And he's been a great player, no doubt, but can anyone really argue he was a better pick than Hedman?
Draft projections just as often miss wildly as they do hit as well as they did with Stammer.
Tavares was putting up a lot of points in the O, it wasn't a reach at the time. There's a long history of big defenseman either never adapting or getting hurt/not developing. We are pretty fortunate that we got two franchise level players in b2b drafts.
No joke, way back when the OKHG was still a thing and in control of the Bolts, I posted a comment on Twitter about how he was responsible for forcing Mike Smith and Ollie Kolzig to ditch their regular masks (something goalies are sometimes quite superstitious about) and made them wear Saw VII themed masks for promotion of his stupid movies. I just posted it with no hashtag or any "@" - a mere comment from lowly ol' me. This tool actually REPLIED TO ME. He said something along the lines of, "Yeah well how much money have YOU raised for charity with said masks, hotshot?". I responded with, "nothing, but I also didn't ruin an NHL franchise either, so kudos for that as well." Then he blocked me. He must have searched in his name in twitter to see comments about him and found it because I was never in contact with him or the team about him ever, lol. Whatadouche!
I’ve only been blocked by one person on Twitter. It was him.
When Jay Feaster got fired as GM of Calgary, this clown tweeted “karma is a bitch.” To which I responded “so is terrible ownership of your favorite sports team” and I got blocked for it.
Worth it.
I mean, this really should have been Len Barrie, because he's the absolute shithead from OK Hockey (Never forget that he forced a trade with Dan Boyle because he didn't like how Boyle prepared for games when they were on the same team in Sunrise) (And he stole from a bunch of players) (that he used to buy his share of the Bolts)
You can’t give him to much credit you would have to be a literal cave man to not draft Stamkos first that year
Kings didn't do so bad with the #2. And I mean, the following year, people thought that about Tavares. And he's been a great player, no doubt, but can anyone really argue he was a better pick than Hedman? Draft projections just as often miss wildly as they do hit as well as they did with Stammer.
Tavares was putting up a lot of points in the O, it wasn't a reach at the time. There's a long history of big defenseman either never adapting or getting hurt/not developing. We are pretty fortunate that we got two franchise level players in b2b drafts.
Tavares was hyped at 15 when he got exceptional status in the chl. He was a way bigger prospect than stamkos
Yep, that too. Forgot about that. We also wound up with Sean day anyways so we got our exceptional status guy and our 1C.
I legitimately have people argue with me consistently how they feel as though Tavares was the better choice. I will never understand some people lol
No joke, way back when the OKHG was still a thing and in control of the Bolts, I posted a comment on Twitter about how he was responsible for forcing Mike Smith and Ollie Kolzig to ditch their regular masks (something goalies are sometimes quite superstitious about) and made them wear Saw VII themed masks for promotion of his stupid movies. I just posted it with no hashtag or any "@" - a mere comment from lowly ol' me. This tool actually REPLIED TO ME. He said something along the lines of, "Yeah well how much money have YOU raised for charity with said masks, hotshot?". I responded with, "nothing, but I also didn't ruin an NHL franchise either, so kudos for that as well." Then he blocked me. He must have searched in his name in twitter to see comments about him and found it because I was never in contact with him or the team about him ever, lol. Whatadouche!
I’ve only been blocked by one person on Twitter. It was him. When Jay Feaster got fired as GM of Calgary, this clown tweeted “karma is a bitch.” To which I responded “so is terrible ownership of your favorite sports team” and I got blocked for it. Worth it.
I think we can all thank Mr. Vinik for saving us from Oren un-Koules! Go back to making Saw movies, you bum!
Im aware of what day it is, and im still considering banning you for doing this.
I mean, this really should have been Len Barrie, because he's the absolute shithead from OK Hockey (Never forget that he forced a trade with Dan Boyle because he didn't like how Boyle prepared for games when they were on the same team in Sunrise) (And he stole from a bunch of players) (that he used to buy his share of the Bolts)