I think, despite the name, “Chaos Giraffe’s” neck has shrunk since his draft.
Why does Cody Hodgson look like an EA Sports create-a-player 😭
A surprising amount of players wound up on the Canucks at some point.
Colin Wilson actually kinda looks like Zach Wilson the QB
Tough to see Beach on here though
Probably not great for your draft position when the first line of your bio says your dad called you unmotivated.
Poor Jared Staal.
oof, Nikita Filatov. He was so good in the world juniors.
For whatever reason, I have absolutely no recollection of David Toews ever playing for UND, but apparently he did for two years. What the hell
Tough seeing the hype on Kyle Beach and hearing how good he could’ve been
Jordan Eberle isn’t nearly as old as the rest of these guys. I cannot elaborate
Anyone else going through these and realizing how much better the rookie crops are these days?
Like you get your Juolevis and Filatovs still but I feel like the ability to nail down more sure bets has increased dramatically.
I was having a good day so it makes sense that id be reminded of my favorite team drafting Cody Golobeuf one pick before Roman Josi was taken by the Preds. Damn
Man. Yann Sauve always because a beast in my Eastside Hockey Manager Games.
Karlsson at 71. Wow.
Still remember the Sens bringing Alfie out to announce the pick, in Ottawa, and the crowd reacting with quiet confusion. Followed by McGuire turning to the crowd to shout “He’s good!”
wow karlsson at 71 is crazy. what a pick by the sens
Man, any time I see Cody Hodgson I think of the dude on the old icejerseys forums who was absolutely and inexplicably obsessed with him. Had so many Hodgson jerseys lol.
Karlsson at 71 is absolutely ridiculous. But I’m not complaining haha
My small hometown of Vetlanda had two people in this draft. So surreal too think about
ZACH 🧏♂️🤫🗿 BOGOSIAN
HEEEEEEEEYYYYYY JOOOSHH BAILEY
OOH
AHH
I WANNA KNOOOOOOOOWWWW (OH)
CAN YOU SCORE A GOAL?
approximately 400 defencemen in the top 50 but no karlsson is tough
Devils skipping over Jersey born Carlson always irked me. Especially because they drafted Tedenby, who was never going to be given the chance to play his game under Lou Lams. Ironically his best year was under Jacques Lemaire who just let the kids play.
RIP Jimmy Hayes.
What a great year for defencemen.
Baby Drew 🥹
Fucking Greg Nemisz
BoGo for Norris?!
I enjoy seeing these to see the hidden gems or people who didn’t make it. But seeing Kyle Beach, I instantly felt a pit in my stomach. Fuck everyone in the organization who covered what happened to him up for so long and fuck Bettman for going soft as hell with the “punishment.”
Whatever happened to the Bogonorris guy?
By my count, 9 of these guys played for or were in the Canuck system at some point.
51: we have jonas brodin at home
This draft is probably the beginning of my peak hockey nerd era. I was absolutely all in on this draft because the Leafs were picking 7th.
There are 2 things I really remember from this draft. The first was that I was SO in on Nikita Filatov being a super star. Like another Ovechkin. When the Leafs traded up from 7 to 5, I literally jumped out of my seat thinking we were getting Filatov, then I had to settle for convincing myself Luke Schenn was the next Adam Foote. Which looked nice for the first year.
The second was Mikhail Stefanovich. I think I may have read THIS magazine that had Stefanovich at 20 overall. Reading that scouting report on him, every single line is an excuse for him. He was barely a point per game in the Q. He had compete issues, he had consistency issues, both of which they attributed to home sickness in this article. The Leafs took Stefanovich in the 4th round at 98 and I loudly proclaimed that he was the best player they took. Back on ProSportsDaily. You could probably still find that take somewhere. Stefanovich played 4 games in the echl, 2 in the ahl, and no other games in the Toronto organization. He never scored more than 11 points in a season in the KHL or VHL. He put up some pretty good numbers in the Belarusian league from 2016-2019.
Roman Josi was a steal here man holy 😳
Filly don’t do rebounds
Doughty’s bio but all I see is Eddie Haskel
Very Blue Jackets to pick the one guy in the top 12 that amounted to absolutely nothing
I remember being in a room full of people at the Thrashers draft party and most people being excited (myself included) that LA didn’t take Bogosian because we thought he was ultimately going to be the better player. Boy were we fucking wrong lol
Lot of former Charlotte checkers on this list. Zac Dalpe, Zach Boychuk, JARED STAAL
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I think, despite the name, “Chaos Giraffe’s” neck has shrunk since his draft.
Why does Cody Hodgson look like an EA Sports create-a-player 😭
A surprising amount of players wound up on the Canucks at some point.
Colin Wilson actually kinda looks like Zach Wilson the QB
Tough to see Beach on here though
Probably not great for your draft position when the first line of your bio says your dad called you unmotivated.
Poor Jared Staal.
oof, Nikita Filatov. He was so good in the world juniors.
For whatever reason, I have absolutely no recollection of David Toews ever playing for UND, but apparently he did for two years. What the hell
Tough seeing the hype on Kyle Beach and hearing how good he could’ve been
Jordan Eberle isn’t nearly as old as the rest of these guys. I cannot elaborate
Anyone else going through these and realizing how much better the rookie crops are these days?
Like you get your Juolevis and Filatovs still but I feel like the ability to nail down more sure bets has increased dramatically.
I was having a good day so it makes sense that id be reminded of my favorite team drafting Cody Golobeuf one pick before Roman Josi was taken by the Preds. Damn
Man. Yann Sauve always because a beast in my Eastside Hockey Manager Games.
Karlsson at 71. Wow.
Still remember the Sens bringing Alfie out to announce the pick, in Ottawa, and the crowd reacting with quiet confusion. Followed by McGuire turning to the crowd to shout “He’s good!”
wow karlsson at 71 is crazy. what a pick by the sens
Man, any time I see Cody Hodgson I think of the dude on the old icejerseys forums who was absolutely and inexplicably obsessed with him. Had so many Hodgson jerseys lol.
Karlsson at 71 is absolutely ridiculous. But I’m not complaining haha
My small hometown of Vetlanda had two people in this draft. So surreal too think about
ZACH 🧏♂️🤫🗿 BOGOSIAN
HEEEEEEEEYYYYYY JOOOSHH BAILEY
OOH
AHH
I WANNA KNOOOOOOOOWWWW (OH)
CAN YOU SCORE A GOAL?
approximately 400 defencemen in the top 50 but no karlsson is tough
Devils skipping over Jersey born Carlson always irked me. Especially because they drafted Tedenby, who was never going to be given the chance to play his game under Lou Lams. Ironically his best year was under Jacques Lemaire who just let the kids play.
RIP Jimmy Hayes.
What a great year for defencemen.
Baby Drew 🥹
Fucking Greg Nemisz
BoGo for Norris?!
I enjoy seeing these to see the hidden gems or people who didn’t make it. But seeing Kyle Beach, I instantly felt a pit in my stomach. Fuck everyone in the organization who covered what happened to him up for so long and fuck Bettman for going soft as hell with the “punishment.”
Whatever happened to the Bogonorris guy?
By my count, 9 of these guys played for or were in the Canuck system at some point.
51: we have jonas brodin at home
This draft is probably the beginning of my peak hockey nerd era. I was absolutely all in on this draft because the Leafs were picking 7th.
There are 2 things I really remember from this draft. The first was that I was SO in on Nikita Filatov being a super star. Like another Ovechkin. When the Leafs traded up from 7 to 5, I literally jumped out of my seat thinking we were getting Filatov, then I had to settle for convincing myself Luke Schenn was the next Adam Foote. Which looked nice for the first year.
The second was Mikhail Stefanovich. I think I may have read THIS magazine that had Stefanovich at 20 overall. Reading that scouting report on him, every single line is an excuse for him. He was barely a point per game in the Q. He had compete issues, he had consistency issues, both of which they attributed to home sickness in this article. The Leafs took Stefanovich in the 4th round at 98 and I loudly proclaimed that he was the best player they took. Back on ProSportsDaily. You could probably still find that take somewhere. Stefanovich played 4 games in the echl, 2 in the ahl, and no other games in the Toronto organization. He never scored more than 11 points in a season in the KHL or VHL. He put up some pretty good numbers in the Belarusian league from 2016-2019.
Roman Josi was a steal here man holy 😳
Filly don’t do rebounds
Doughty’s bio but all I see is Eddie Haskel
Very Blue Jackets to pick the one guy in the top 12 that amounted to absolutely nothing
I remember being in a room full of people at the Thrashers draft party and most people being excited (myself included) that LA didn’t take Bogosian because we thought he was ultimately going to be the better player. Boy were we fucking wrong lol
Lot of former Charlotte checkers on this list. Zac Dalpe, Zach Boychuk, JARED STAAL