The 5 best and 5 worst draft picks of the last decade

[Guest Lidstromboli]

The 5 best and 5 worst draft picks

Ericsson and Franzen make the good list.

[Rick 42]

The 5 best and 5 worst draft picks

Ericsson and Franzen make the good list.

I'm shocked he had anything good to say about wings players.

[Jake Ryan 1]

How can Lebda not be on there?

[Chunkylover 26]

How can Lebda not be on there?

He wasn't drafted.

[Jake Ryan 1]

He wasn't drafted.

Well, he's seen a lot of NHL time for a non-drafted player, then.

[Zion 93]

FRANZENSTEIN!!!!

[egroen 384]

Well, he's seen a lot of NHL time for a non-drafted player, then.

So has Rafalski.

[Doc Holiday 0]

"Some guy on Yahoo"

Brilliant.

[mmamolo 287]

Lunfqvist, hands down is disgusting. He's of the same calibre a pick as Datsyuk and Zetterberg

[Shady Ultima 40]

Wow, I didn't realize that Lundqvist was picked so late.

But I like that we have two players (and if we went farther back, we'd have even more with Dats and Z)

[Chunkylover 26]

Wow, I didn't realize that Lundqvist was picked so late.

But I like that we have two players (and if we went farther back, we'd have even more with Dats and Z)

What's even more shocking is he's a late round draft pick out of Sweden and he wasn't picked by the Red Wings. What, was Hakan Andersson in the bathroom?

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

How can Lebda not be on there?

LOL

You just started a thread talking about how he's not that bad.

[dropkickshanahans 463]

So has Rafalski.

Rafalski was signed before this decade though, wasn't he?

[Shady Ultima 40]

What's even more shocking is he's a late round draft pick out of Sweden and he wasn't picked by the Red Wings. What, was Hakan Andersson in the bathroom?

Good point.... Maybe he was our choice for that pick but NYR took him first cause they wanted to screw us??

[Theophany 110]

Kind of funny, MAF was a first overall, Lundqvist was 205th. Who would you rather have as a keeper?

It's a toss-up. That says a lot.

[egroen 384]

What's even more shocking is he's a late round draft pick out of Sweden and he wasn't picked by the Red Wings. What, was Hakan Andersson in the bathroom?

Andersson has commented in interviews that he is not so hot at judging goalies.

[shoe 165]

The guy that 1st came to mind was Alexandre Daigle but then I realised the article was for the past decade so I guess hes out but if you wikipedia this guy there were rumors that Quebec wanted to trade Forsberg and Hextal for the 1st rounder that year. Wow what a trade that would have been after Daigle was a total bust and retired at 25 to pursue an acting career.

[swiss_redwingfan 5]

The guy that 1st came to mind was Alexandre Daigle but then I realised the article was for the past decade so I guess hes out but if you wikipedia this guy there were rumors that Quebec wanted to trade Forsberg and Hextal for the 1st rounder that year. Wow what a trade that would have been after Daigle was a total bust and retired at 25 to pursue an acting career.

hey, he's still playing in the swiss league a

http://www.scl.ch/spieler.aspx?ID=73

[oldredbarnman 13]

I guess Pavel Brendl missed the list by 1 year, being drafted 4th overall by the Rangers in 1999. Talk about a bust.

[Opie 308]

There are more top 10 busts than success stories.

What makes a strong draft class? 5 of the top ten being good? 7 of the top 10?

Look at most draft classes and picks 1-5 usually have 1 or 2 complete busts that never see NHL ice or only see a handful of games.

And on the other hand, what does Ericsson have to due to not exceed expectations. Don't get me wrong I would rather have him than say Jessiman, he is playing unreal for the last pick. But seriously, all he really needed to due was play regularly in the league. Where as a top 5 guy has to establish himself in this league!

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

I guess Pavel Brendl missed the list by 1 year, being drafted 4th overall by the Rangers in 1999. Talk about a bust.

Bulls***.

That guy was awesome in my NHL 2004 video game. I could score at will with him right off of faceoffs.

[Chunkylover 26]

Andersson has commented in interviews that he is not so hot at judging goalies.

I hadn't heard that. Thanks for sharing.