The Taylor Hall trade should not be on this list. Except for one MVP year, Hall has been much less than impressive. You could give the edge to New Jersey, but the Oilers needed defence and could afford to give up Hall with the talent they had. Larsen was not great; merely edequate. Hall as a number 1 pick with a high salary has wandered through 4 teams aster the Devils failing to impress anyone.
As a player you're probably better off being like the 30 best of your class. At least the chances are you'll get selected by a contender. Being #1 you're in trouble.
Getting swept... hes leaving the oilers when his contract is up. When you are part of an organization that has contracts such as nurse youll never win anything even if you are one of the best players.
At the time this was read it was down to Edmonton, Buffalo, or Arizona. I'm actually surprised Gary didn't pull some strings to get him to Arizona and maybe save the Coyotes from what has happened since.
No, that would’ve been his reaction to going to Buffalo. At least Edmonton has become a yearly playoff contender a few years after he was drafted. Buffalo has not even sniffed the postseason in a dozen years.
What about Claude Gauthier, André Veilleux and Garry Monahan in the 1960's all 1st overall pick. Have anyone heard about them? Daigle had a good hockey carren despite most of people say about him.
Pierre's worst sin was yakking over the phenomenal game-winning Eberle goal in the World Juniors. That's a moment when you don't need colour commentary Pierre! But of course he had to insert himself in. I don't necessarily think it was an ego thing, just a mistake. It makes you a bad colour commentator doing something like that. Let the play-by-play guy make his call and then shut the hell up and let the pictures tell the story.
