Another fine entry in our series. This one let’s me know that I have to put up some of these stand-alone profiles later. There’s one on Kyle Turris comparing him to Sakic and Gaborik…
For all those who still think the Blackhawks lucked into 1OA this year, the blurb at the top of the Top 100 about how any of the first 6 guys could go #1 was much more the feel of this draft. They got lucky they picked the right one. Also I’m back to skipping some pages if there are no notable NHLers.
Patches pic, man. Pretty sure he just rolled into Arnold’s with the Fonz.
My favorit David Perron story is about his rookie year when he was living in Andy Murray’s (Blues’ head coach) house.
The Blues finance department called Murray and asked him why Perron hadn’t cashed any of his salary checks. Murray went into Perron’s room and discovered that he had several months worth of paychecks (worth many thousands of dollars) that he never cashed because he had no bank account. Murray took Perron to the bank and set up an account for him.
I remember seeing Ganger and Kane on the ice before the draft standing next to JVR. They looked like peewees compared to JVR.
I’m very upset that there was a player named Cunti and he never made it to the NHL.
“There’s nothing not to like about this kid – unless you have a problem with 5’9” guys” will be my next Tinder bio.
Akim Aliu’s notes are interesting.
Fucking Angelo Esposito. My highlight of his time in Pittsburgh was the one time I met him at Southpointe.
Oh shit, more gold.
Logan Couture doing his best to looks like a badass, Patrick Kane looks like the biggest nerd on the planet, Kyle Turris with the quintessential early 2000’s hairdo.
Both Kevin Shattenkirk and Joe Lavin look like 25-year-old bartenders from a sitcom. Alex Plante looks like he’s been arrested for meth for the 5th time in 2 years. Michal Repik looks like he’s been picked into the next huge boy-band. And lastly we have Luca Cunti, with reported attitude issues. Nomen est omen indeed.
> unless you have a problem with 5-foot-9 guys
A surprising common factor for Tinder girls and 50+ year old NHL execs.
Young Pacioretty is just Ferris Bueller
I remember praying the Penguins would draft Nick Petrecki because of the comparisons to Brooks Orpik at the time. Thought he would come in and be another nasty snarl piss n vinegar type guy. Boy how wrong that turned out lol!
So we drafted Angelo Esposito instead.
Bill Sweatt? Brother of Canucks legend Lee Sweatt?
PK Subban didn’t even make the top 100. Montreal with some gutsy drafting picking him in the second round.
I remember in like NHL 07-09 Turris was one of the few players to have an A potential. Shame he never fully lived up to that
Akin Aliu having attitude issues? Lol
It’s insane that Kane wasn’t thought of as a potential first-rounder a year before the draft
Sam Gagner 8 point game legend
That’s a lot of hockey hair, wow. Bunch of beauts there.
Also Karl Alzner was in that draft? It makes sense time wise but I feel like he was always a 10 year vet, even as a prospect.
Poor Alexei Cherepanov. His sudden passing was an absolute tragedy what happened to him. I still remember the shocking and horrifying video of his teammates carrying him out because there was no ambulance, much less an AED, on sight. 💐🏒💐
This Patrick Kane guy seems like he’s good at hockey.
How did Hickey end up going 4th
Also, how things have changed for Swiss players. Up to that point, Streit, who was still early in his career, was basically the only Swiss skater to play more than a handful of NHL games.
Wow Syracuse Crunch legend Riley Nash ranked behind other Syracuse Crunch legends Keith Aulie, Dana Tyrell and Maxim Mayorov
JVR’s got that old suburban grandma hairdo
This was an interesting draft. There was a consensus top 8 then the rest of the draft was a total crapshoot. Couture fell because he had a pre-draft injury and Cherepanov due to the Russian factor, which meant you had wacky picks like Hickey and Hamill.
St Louis, San Jose and Montreal absolutely killed it and getting three great-to-solid NHLers each is a feat given how random this draft was. Vancouver also went an astonishing 0-6 with no NHL games played from any of their drafted players.
I remember the Angelo Esposito hype being real.
Its crazy David Perron went from the QJAAAHL to being drafted in the first round 2 years later. For insight, the QJAAAHL is a junior league in Quebec for players not good enough for the LHJMQ or the Q for short.
Jonathan Blum, there’s a name I haven’t heard in forever. He is a guy I would have sworn up and down and bet the house on making. He just looked SOOO good in junior, I wonder if he would have faired better in today’s NHL?
Seeing alexei Cherepanov’s name makes me sad.
“His hands are just sick”
I agree, random NHL scout from 2007
Me: “Holy shit, these guys are all ancient, I can’t believe a few of them are still in the league!”
Me, seconds later: “Holy shit, they’re all born the same year I was. Fuck I’m old”
JVR and Nolan Patrick
If the flyers ever get a 2OA pick again we should just trade it
> One scout even compared Pacioretty to Erik Cole of Carolina
Funny that five years later, Erik Cole would be one of the big reason of Pacioretty’s breakout after a disappointing start in the NHL.
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Man, what could’ve been with Cherepanov…
Another fine entry in our series. This one let’s me know that I have to put up some of these stand-alone profiles later. There’s one on Kyle Turris comparing him to Sakic and Gaborik…
For all those who still think the Blackhawks lucked into 1OA this year, the blurb at the top of the Top 100 about how any of the first 6 guys could go #1 was much more the feel of this draft. They got lucky they picked the right one. Also I’m back to skipping some pages if there are no notable NHLers.
Patches pic, man. Pretty sure he just rolled into Arnold’s with the Fonz.
My favorit David Perron story is about his rookie year when he was living in Andy Murray’s (Blues’ head coach) house.
The Blues finance department called Murray and asked him why Perron hadn’t cashed any of his salary checks. Murray went into Perron’s room and discovered that he had several months worth of paychecks (worth many thousands of dollars) that he never cashed because he had no bank account. Murray took Perron to the bank and set up an account for him.
I remember seeing Ganger and Kane on the ice before the draft standing next to JVR. They looked like peewees compared to JVR.
I’m very upset that there was a player named Cunti and he never made it to the NHL.
“There’s nothing not to like about this kid – unless you have a problem with 5’9” guys” will be my next Tinder bio.
Akim Aliu’s notes are interesting.
Fucking Angelo Esposito. My highlight of his time in Pittsburgh was the one time I met him at Southpointe.
Oh shit, more gold.
Logan Couture doing his best to looks like a badass, Patrick Kane looks like the biggest nerd on the planet, Kyle Turris with the quintessential early 2000’s hairdo.
Both Kevin Shattenkirk and Joe Lavin look like 25-year-old bartenders from a sitcom. Alex Plante looks like he’s been arrested for meth for the 5th time in 2 years. Michal Repik looks like he’s been picked into the next huge boy-band. And lastly we have Luca Cunti, with reported attitude issues. Nomen est omen indeed.
> unless you have a problem with 5-foot-9 guys
A surprising common factor for Tinder girls and 50+ year old NHL execs.
Young Pacioretty is just Ferris Bueller
I remember praying the Penguins would draft Nick Petrecki because of the comparisons to Brooks Orpik at the time. Thought he would come in and be another nasty snarl piss n vinegar type guy. Boy how wrong that turned out lol!
So we drafted Angelo Esposito instead.
Bill Sweatt? Brother of Canucks legend Lee Sweatt?
PK Subban didn’t even make the top 100. Montreal with some gutsy drafting picking him in the second round.
I remember in like NHL 07-09 Turris was one of the few players to have an A potential. Shame he never fully lived up to that
Akin Aliu having attitude issues? Lol
It’s insane that Kane wasn’t thought of as a potential first-rounder a year before the draft
Sam Gagner 8 point game legend
That’s a lot of hockey hair, wow. Bunch of beauts there.
Also Karl Alzner was in that draft? It makes sense time wise but I feel like he was always a 10 year vet, even as a prospect.
Poor Alexei Cherepanov. His sudden passing was an absolute tragedy what happened to him. I still remember the shocking and horrifying video of his teammates carrying him out because there was no ambulance, much less an AED, on sight. 💐🏒💐
This Patrick Kane guy seems like he’s good at hockey.
How did Hickey end up going 4th
Also, how things have changed for Swiss players. Up to that point, Streit, who was still early in his career, was basically the only Swiss skater to play more than a handful of NHL games.
Wow Syracuse Crunch legend Riley Nash ranked behind other Syracuse Crunch legends Keith Aulie, Dana Tyrell and Maxim Mayorov
JVR’s got that old suburban grandma hairdo
This was an interesting draft. There was a consensus top 8 then the rest of the draft was a total crapshoot. Couture fell because he had a pre-draft injury and Cherepanov due to the Russian factor, which meant you had wacky picks like Hickey and Hamill.
St Louis, San Jose and Montreal absolutely killed it and getting three great-to-solid NHLers each is a feat given how random this draft was. Vancouver also went an astonishing 0-6 with no NHL games played from any of their drafted players.
I remember the Angelo Esposito hype being real.
Its crazy David Perron went from the QJAAAHL to being drafted in the first round 2 years later. For insight, the QJAAAHL is a junior league in Quebec for players not good enough for the LHJMQ or the Q for short.
Jonathan Blum, there’s a name I haven’t heard in forever. He is a guy I would have sworn up and down and bet the house on making. He just looked SOOO good in junior, I wonder if he would have faired better in today’s NHL?
Seeing alexei Cherepanov’s name makes me sad.
“His hands are just sick”
I agree, random NHL scout from 2007
Me: “Holy shit, these guys are all ancient, I can’t believe a few of them are still in the league!”
Me, seconds later: “Holy shit, they’re all born the same year I was. Fuck I’m old”
JVR and Nolan Patrick
If the flyers ever get a 2OA pick again we should just trade it
> One scout even compared Pacioretty to Erik Cole of Carolina
Funny that five years later, Erik Cole would be one of the big reason of Pacioretty’s breakout after a disappointing start in the NHL.