Red Wings All-Bust Roster

[kylee 727]

From the last 20 years or so who would make up your roster of players that either never panned out in the NHL or their NHL career fizzled out here(strictly in a Wings uniform)?

Brunner - Weiss - Leino

Cole-Modano - May

Igor Grigorenko - Center - Dan Cleary (sans 2007-2011)

Steve Thomas

Brett Lebda - RD

LD - RD

LD - RD

Curtis Joseph

Ty Conklin (2nd stint)

Edited July 26, 2016 by kylee

[SpiritFan 37]

David Legwand

Jakub Kindl

Fabian Brunnstrom

Wendell Clark

Yan Golubovsky

Yuri Butsayev

Jessie Wallin

Jason Williams

[kylee 727]

Totally forgot about Brunnstrom!

[GMRwings1983 8,803]

Whitney - Modano - Grigorenko

Leino - Weiss - Bertuzzi

Kopecky - Williams - Kohn

Cole - Legwand - Tootoo

Kuznetsov - Hatcher

Golubovsky - Krupp

Wallin - Smith

Ranford

Gustavsson

David Legwand

Jakub Kindl

Fabian Brunnstrom

Wendell Clark

Yan Golubovsky

Yuri Butsayev

Jessie Wallin

Jason Williams

No Derian Hatcher? That was one of the first names I thought of. I remember how excited I was when we got him and then the injury happened.

Edited July 26, 2016 by GMRwings1983

[winger30 20]

i'd almost say you'd have to throw Tootoo in there as well

[StayClassy 38]

Corey Cross

Zidlicky

Eric Cole

Ray Whitney

[GMRwings1983 8,803]

Corey Cross

Zidlicky

Eric Cole

Ray Whitney

I forgot Eric Cole. May need to edit the list.

[LeftWinger 5,129]

I don't think modo or hatcher count, they both basically got season ending injuries and never really recovered in time to have an effect.

I'm gonna say:

Radford, Ulf Samuelson, Todd Gill, Ken Wregget, Vincent Riendeau, Troy Crowder, kyle Calder, Danny markov, Brad may...

[Manny>Ozzie(by a long shot) 55]

Kyle Calder

Mark Mowers

[DickieDunn 2,571]

May was brought in to be a spare forward to play if they needed a goon, hard to call him a bust

[GoalieManPat 1,007]

Curtis Joseph

What are you takling about? In his two years here during the playoffs he had a GAA of 1.75 and a save % of .928. Top multi year playoff numbers for any Wings goalie since his time here. Not to mention he handled the Hasek s***show of 03 pretty darn well.

[Internet.Unknown 422]

I don't think modo or hatcher count, they both basically got season ending injuries and never really recovered in time to have an effect.

I'm gonna say:

Radford, Ulf Samuelson, Todd Gill, Ken Wregget, Vincent Riendeau, Troy Crowder, kyle Calder, Danny markov, Brad may...

Troy Crowder. Ha! The only thing that guy could do was fight Probert.

From the last 20 years or so who would make up your roster of players that either never panned out in the NHL or their NHL career fizzled out here(strictly in a Wings uniform)?

Brunner - Weiss - Leino

Cole-Modano - May

Igor Grigorenko - Center - Dan Cleary (sans 2007-2011)

Steve Thomas

Brett Lebda - RD

LD - RD

LD - RD

Curtis Joseph

Ty Conklin (2nd stint)

Jimmy Carson

Edited July 26, 2016 by Internet.Unknown

[LeftWinger 5,129]

Troy Crowder. Ha! The only thing that guy could do was fight Probert.

Jimmy Carson

Although he scored, ya bingo, he pretty much was a bust thanks to Fedorov. But he did get us Coffey who got us Shanny.

[kliq 3,763]

What are you takling about? In his two years here during the playoffs he had a GAA of 1.75 and a save % of .928. Top multi year playoff numbers for any Wings goalie since his time here. Not to mention he handled the Hasek s***show of 03 pretty darn well.

I was thinking the exact same thing. I think in this city it comes down to the fact that he didn't win a cup which is ridicoulas.

[kylee 727]

i'd almost say you'd have to throw Tootoo in there as well

I wouldn't consider Tootoo simply because he barely got a chance to play.

[PavelValerievichDatsyuk 1,935]

Ian White?

[Andy Pred 48 337]

Don't think it's fair putting Grigorenko on the list the guy had a life threatening injury and never fully recovered from it. I would put him in the "if only" category.

[GoalieManPat 1,007]

Don't think it's fair putting Grigorenko on the list the guy had a life threatening injury and never fully recovered from it. I would put him in the "if only" category.

I agree. The kids family was told theres a 90% chance he would die after the accident. Thats not a bust. Thats just life kicking you in the teeth. It would basically be saying Vladdy was a bust because he didnt win a couple Norris trophies because of the accident.

[Hairy Lime 234]

Let's not forget Mike Babcock fanboy... Mike Commodore! Though nothing was really expected of him, so it's hard to call him a bust.

[DickieDunn 2,571]

Don't think it's fair putting Grigorenko on the list the guy had a life threatening injury and never fully recovered from it. I would put him in the "if only" category.

Same with Wallin. Broke his leg badly and never recovered

[kylee 727]

I agree. The kids family was told theres a 90% chance he would die after the accident. Thats not a bust. Thats just life kicking you in the teeth. It would basically be saying Vladdy was a bust because he didnt win a couple Norris trophies because of the accident.

Grigorenko is playing in the KHL though Edited July 26, 2016 by kylee

[GMRwings1983 8,803]

Troy Crowder played for the Wings in 1992. That was outside the 20 year mark the OP talked about.

If you're going to count him, then how do you not count Keith Primeau?

I agree. The kids family was told theres a 90% chance he would die after the accident. Thats not a bust. Thats just life kicking you in the teeth. It would basically be saying Vladdy was a bust because he didnt win a couple Norris trophies because of the accident.

From what I remember, he had a pretty s***ty attitude about playing in the minors, or something of that nature.

I wouldn't consider Tootoo simply because he barely got a chance to play.

Just like with Joseph, it wasn't his fault, but the end result was a bust. We obtained a physical player that did what was asked of him, but our coach and GM couldn't wait to get rid of him. Even Triple H never buried someone as hard as Babcock buried Tootoo.

What are you takling about? In his two years here during the playoffs he had a GAA of 1.75 and a save % of .928. Top multi year playoff numbers for any Wings goalie since his time here. Not to mention he handled the Hasek s***show of 03 pretty darn well.

I thought about him, but left him off because of his numbers. Then again, the final result was disappointing. Maybe it wasn't Joseph's fault that we had Hitler as our coach and couldn't score, but the end result of the Joseph era was indeed a bust.

Edited July 26, 2016 by GMRwings1983

[Wings3:16 322]

Carlo Colaiacovo! Built like a glass sh!t house

[Internet.Unknown 422]

Carlo Colaiacovo! Built like a glass s*** house

Isn't that what was expected of Carlo?

[Dabura 12,232]

I don't consider Brunner a bust. Not a whole lot was expected of him and he was decently effective in his short stint with us. For a very short time, the line of Nyquist-Andersson-Brunner was kinda sorta awesome.