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Taylor Swift: Speak Now! Who Is the Biggest Draft Bust in NHL History?
Taylor Swift: Speak Now! Who Is the Biggest Draft Bust in NHL History?
Source: Bleacher Report
This is a beginning of a series of conversations on who has done the poorest after being drafted with high expectations in the NHL.
Even though there is endless speculation and excitement surrounding each year's NHL Entry Draft, it is also important to note the teams with couples that were never never meant to be.
I am not the kind of girl
Who should be rudely barging in
On a white veil occasion
But you are not the kind of boy
Who should be marrying the wrong girl
...
Don't say yes, run away now
I'll meet you when you're out
Of the church at the back door
In 1999, Patrik Stefan was drafted first overall by Don Waddell before Brian Burke took Henrik and Daniel Sedin.
Stefan played 455 games in the NHL scoring 188 points.
In 1997, at sixth overall, the Calgary Flames selected Daniel Tkaczuk of the Barrie Colts. He appeared in 19 games during the 2001-02 season and now plays in the Austrian League.
In 1996, the Washington Capitals selected another Barrie Colt, Alexandre Volchkov, at fourth overall. The Russian player was reported to have poor attitude, and chronic under-performance. Volchkov was scoreless in three short games in the NHL. He was dealt to the Edmonton Oilers in 2000, but never played for the team. He ended his hockey career in 2003 in Russia.
In the 2001 NHL draft, the Tampa Bay Lightning drafted Alexander Svitov third overall out of Avangard Omsk, Russia. Svitov never panned out to be the force he was projected to be at the NHL level. He played 179 games splitting time between Tampa Bay and Columbus Blue Jackets. In those games, he tallied 13 goals and 24 assists for a grand total of 37 points. He is now a depth player in the KHL Ufa Salavat Yulayev.
More recently, Cam Barker of the Chicago Blackhawks was drafted at third overall. He could very well find himself out of the NHL soon. Already traded several times from Chicago to Minnesota and now with the Edmonton Oilers, Barker does have some offensive ability to be a mainstay in the NHL, but he has to learn how to play a better defensive game in order to earn the trust of the coaches.
With that, I would like to turn the discussion to you. Who, in your opinion, should be listed among the biggest draft busts in NHL history?
Speak up in the comment section.
This is Joseph Trenton reporting on the NHL draft history.
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