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Hey, it could be worse...

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Our team could have been swept out of the second round in a fashion that would make all the talking heads discuss our team's age and how their time is over. And we would've had to hear it all Summer long.

We also could have never seen games 4, 5, or 6.

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Hey, it could be worse...it could've been the historic Red Wings who made the Sharks shed their choker label. Oh, wait...

The Sharks still choked, someone just gave them the Heimlich.

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Nobody messes with the Kronwall.

My cousin is from the Bay Area and apparently they now hate Nik. He texted me relaying his hope that Clowe would level him and Eager would fight him. :lol:

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We could have the Islander's draft history:

1(5) = 1st round, 5th overall

GP = Games played in the NHL

S = Season(s) with Islanders

PA = People drafted between that position and the following spot that are of note.

I started at the most recent year that we drafted somebody currently on our roster (Abdelkader). I stopped listing Islander picks after the 5th round, just those that were available and are of note. The 1989 draft is interesting. :)

The longest a player has played for the Islanders since the year he was drafted is around 5 1/2 seasons. That honor goes to Scott Lachance, drafted in 1991. Compare that to to our 53rd overall pick in 1989 - a Mr. Nicklas Lidstrom.

I know a lot of luck goes into drafting, but there seems to be a trend of ineptitude here.

2005

1(15) - Ryan O'Marra

GP - 24

PA - Martin Hanzal, Tukka Rask, T.J. Oshie, James Neal, Justin Abdelkader, Paul Stastny

2(46) - Dustin Kohn

GP - 22

PA - Kris Letang, Mayson Raymond

3(76) - Shea Guthrie

GP - 0

PA - Keith Yandle, Darren Helm

5(144) - Masi Marjamaki

GP - 1

PA - Sergei Kostitsyn

2004

1(16) - Petteri Nokelainen

GP - 189, S - 1

PA - Travis Zajac, Wojtek Wolski, Andrej Meszaros, Mike Green, Dave Bolland

2(47) - Blake Comeau

GP - 245, S - 4

PA - David Krejci

3(82) - Sergei Ogorodnikov

GP - 0

PA - Alexander Edler, Johan Franzen

4(115) - Wes O'Neill

GP - 5

PA - Ryan Callahan, Kris Versteeg

5(148) - Steven Regier

GP - 26

PA - Mikhail Gabrovski, Mark Streit

2003

1(15) - Robert Nilsson

GP - 252, S - 1

PA - Zach Parise, Ryan Getzlaf, Brent Burns, Ryan Kesler, Mike Richards, Corey Perry, Patrick Eaves, Loui Eriksson, Patrice Bergeron, Matt Carle

2(48) - Dmitri Chernykh

GP - 0

PA - Shea Weber

2(53) - Evgeny Tunik

GP - 0

PA - Patrick O'Sullivan

2(58) - Jeremy Colliton

GP - 57

PA - David Backes, Jimmy Howard

4(120) - Stefan Blaho

GP - 0

PA - Lee Stempniak, Joe Pavelski, Dustin Byfuglien

2002

1(22) - Sean Bergenheim

GP - 326, S - 3

PA - Alexander Steen, Jarret Stoll, Matthew Stajan, Jiri Hudler, Tomas Fleischmann

3(87) - Frans Nielsen

GP - 237, S - 3

PA - Matthew Lombardi

5(149) - Markus Pahlsson

GP - 0

PA - James Wisniewski, Maxime Talbot, Dennis Wideman, Petr Prucha

2001

4(101) Cory Stillman (not that one)

GP - 0

PA - Christian Ehrhoff

5(132) - Dusan Salficky

GP - 0

PA - Kyle Wellwood, Marek Zidlicky, Ryan Clowe, Kevin Bieksa, Jussi Jokinen, Brooks Laich, Petr Cajanek

2000

1(1) - Rick Dipietro

GP - 207, S - 3.5

PA - Dany Heatley, Marian Gabori

1(5) - Raffi Torres

GP - 512, S - .25

PA - Scott Hartnell, Alexander Frolov, Anton Volchenkov, Brad Boyes, Justin Williams, Niklas Kronwall, Jarret Stoll, Antoine Vermette, Ilya Bryzgalov, Paul Martin

4(101) - Arto Tukio

GP - 0

PA - NA

4(105) - Vladimir Gorbunov

GP - 0

PA - Lubomir Visnovsky

5(136) - Dmitry Upper

GP - 0

PA - NA

5(148) - Krostoffer Ottosson

GP - 0

PA - John-Michael Liles, Henrik Lundqvist, Matthew Lombardi, Antti Miettinen

1999

1(5) - Tim Connolly

GP - 627, S - 2

PA - NA

1(8) - Taylor Pyatt

GP - 682, S - 1

PA - NA

1(10) - Branislav Mezei

GP - 240, S - .25

PA - Martin Havlat

1(28) - Kristian Kudroc

GP - 26

PA - Niklas Hagman

3(87) - Brian Collins

GP - 0

PA - Mike Comrie

4(101) - Juraj Kolnik

GP - 240, S - .25

PA - NA

4(102) - Johan Halvardsson

GP - 0

PA - Ryan Malone, Ryan Miller, Martin Erat, Henrik Zetterberg, Radim Vrbata

1998

1(9) - Michael Rupp

GP - 0

PA - Nikolai Antropov, Alex Tanguay, Simon Gagne, Scott Gomez

2(36) - Chris Nielsen

GP - 52

PA - Mike Fisher, Mike Ribeiro, Brad Richards, Erik Cole, Brian Gionta, Alexei Ponikarovsky

4(95) - Andy Burnham

GP - 0

PA - Shawn Horcoff, Jaroslav Spacek

5(123) - Jiri Dopita

GP - 73, S - 0

PA - Mikael Samuelsson, Chris Neil, Andrei Markov, Ales Kotalik, Pavel Datsyuk, Michael Ryder

1997

1(4) - Roberto Luongo

GP - 672, S - .25

PA - NA

1(5) - Eric Brewer

GP - 758, S - 1

PA - Sergei Samsonov, Marian Hossa, Danny Cleary, Brendan Morrow

2(31) - Jeff Zehr

GP - 4

PA - Kristian Huselius

3(59) - Jarrett Smith

GP - 0

PA - Maxim Afinogenov

3(79) - Robert Schnabel

GP - 22

PA - Joe Corvo

4(85) - Petr Mika

GP - 3

PA - NA

5(115) - Adam Edinger

GP - 0

PA - Magnus Arvedson, Jason Chimera, Mike York, Matt Cooke, Brian Campbell

1996

1(3) - J.P. Dumont

GP - 822, S - 0

PA - Derek Morris, Dainius Zubrus, Marco Sturm, Daniel Briere

2(29) - Dan LaCouture

GP - 337, S - 0

PA - Matt Cullen, Jan Bulis

3(56) - Zdeno Chara

GP - 928, S - 3

PA - Nobody close to his abilities

4(83) - Tyrone Garner

GP - 3

PA - Eric Belanger, Michal Rozsival

5(109) - Andrew "Bubba" Berenzweig :D

GP - 37

PA - Pavel Kubina, Willie Mitchell, Tomas Kaberle, Sami Salo

1995

1(2) - Wayne Redden

GP - 994, S - 0

PA - Daymond Langkow, Shane Doan, Radek Dvorak, Jarome Iginla, Peter Sykora

2(28) - Jan Hlavac

GP - 436, S - 0

PA - NA

2(41) - D.J. Smith

GP - 45

PA - Jochen Hecht, Michael Handzus

5(106) - Vladimir Orszagh

GP - 289, S - .25

PA - Mikka Kiprusoff, Jan Hrdina, Stephane Robidas, P.J. Axelsson, Filip Kuba, Danil Markov

1994

1(9) - Brett Lindros

GP - 51

PA - Jeff Friesen, Mattias Ohlund, Ethan Moreau

2(38) - Jason Holland

GP - 81

PA - Patrik Elias

3(63) - Jason Strudwick

GP - 674, S - .25

PA - Fredrik Modin, Sheldon Souray, Chris Dury, Milan Hejduk

4(90) - Brad Lukowich

GP - 658, S - 0

PA - NA

5(112) - Mark McArthur

GP - 0

PA - NA

5(116) - Albie O'Connell

GP - 0

PA - Marty Turco, Danel Alfredsson, Tim Thomas, Evgeni Nabokov, Steve Sullivan, Tomas Holmstrom

1993

1(23) - Todd Bertuzzi

GP - 1022, S - 2.5

PA - Jamie Langenbrunner, Brendan Morrison

2(40) - Bryan McCabe

GP - 1135, S - 2.5

PA - NA

3(66) - Vladimir Chebaturkin

GP - 62

PA - Vaclav Prospal

4(92) - Warren Luhnig

GP - 29

PA - Miroslav Satan

5(118) - Tommy Salo

GP - 526, S - 2.5

PA - Scott Walker, Darcy Tucker, Todd Marchant, Andrew Brunette, Mike Grier, Pavol Demitra, Kimmo Timonen

1992

1(5) - Darius Kasparaitis

GP - 863, S - 3

PA - Cory Stillman, Sergei Gonchar, Martin Straka, Valeri Bure, Mike Peca, Darren McCarty

3(56) - Jarrett Deuling

GP - 15

PA - Kirk Maltby, Craig Rivet, Jere Lehtinen

5(104) - Tomas Klimt

GP - 0

PA - NA

5(105) - Ryan Duthie

GP - 0

PA - Adrian Aucoin, Ian Laperriere, Stephane Yelle, Nikolai Khabibulin

1991

1(4) - Scott Lachance

GP - 819, S - 5.5

PA - Peter Forsberg, Brian Rolston, Alexei Kovalev, Markus Naslund, Glen Murray, Martin Rucinsky, Ray Whitney

2(26) - Zigmund Palffy

GP - 684, S - 3.5

PA - Sandis Ozolinsh, Jozef Stumpel, Yanic Perreault

3(48) - Jamie McLennan

GP - 254, S - .25

PA - Michael Nylander

4(70) - Milan Hnilicka

GP - 121, S - 0

PA - Mike Knuble, Alexei Zhitnik

5(92) - Steve Junker

GP - 5

PA - Sean O'Donnell, Brian Savage

1990

1(6) - Scott Scissons

GP - 2

PA - Darryl Sydor, Derian Hatcher, Brad May, Keith Tkachuk, Martin Brodeur, Bryan Smolinski

2(27) - Chris Taylor

GP - 149, SP - 0

PA - Doug Weight, Geoff Sanderson, Vyacheslov Kozlov

3(48) - Dan Plante

GP - 159, S - 2

PA - Alexei Zhamnov, Sergei Zubov

5(90) - Chris Marinucci

GP - 13

PA - Craig Conroy, Jason York, Robert Lang, Andrei Kovalenko, Peter Bondra

1989

1(2) - Dave Chyzowski

GP - 126, S - 1

PA - Scott Thornton, Stu Barnes, Bill Guerin, Bobby Holik, Mike Sillinger, Olaf Kolzig, Adam Foote

2(23) - Travis Green

GP - 970, S - 4

PA - Patrice Brisebois

3(44) - Jason Zent

GP - 27

PA - Nicklas Lidstrom, Kris Draper

4(65) - Brent Grieve

GP - 97

PA - Sergei Fedorov

5(86) - Jace Reed

GP - 0

PA - NA

5(90) - Steve Young

GP - 0

PA - NA

5(99) - Kevin O'Sullivan

GP - 0

PA - Dallas Drake

Edited by drumshanbo

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