Kevin Badger What I mean is completely based on this season. I don't mean that he's a bust and besides, didn't Joe Thornton actually have the worst rookie season of any player who was drafted first in the past 25 years or something? If you're gonna use the fact that he had a terrible ppg and somehow turn that fact into an opinion, your English is unreasonable and you've clearly not been to college with those analysis skills.
I didn't know a lot of these but I felt really smart when they were talking about Wayne Gretzky and Rob Ramage and I knew the only reason he was first was because Gretzky was never drafted.
It’s very sad that Joe Murphy (1986) went from a Stanley cup champion to living on the streets with a drug addiction. Shows you how people are to risky with quick decisions. ( He suffered a brain injury and stopped playing)
This is my first-time re-visiting old #1 draft picks of the NHL and I feel they got fewer busts than the NBA produce lol. If they weren't HOFers some of them actually became solid hands but I guess its easier to become that with more roster spots in the NHL.
Gretzky was actually not picked. he previously had a "contract" with the Oilers owner. the Oilers then made an agreement to keep Gretzky and pick last.
