Redrafting the First Round of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft 

You might want to consider adding what I'll call, "The Mike Milbury Factor." Whatever team drafted the worst player has to keep that player and let the next team get a better player.

Tears almost come to my eyes when you write down Ricci. What a great guy and player. Not a SJ fan but I Ricci is a guy that is honorable. Made his own contracts, didn't use an agent and hard worker on the ice. You should do a career video on him! He's one that the next generation probably wont remember but what we need in the game. Great content Shannon That Jagr pick over Brodeur must have been a little bit harder than you made it seem though.

I was looking forward to this video! I'm glad to see you have Felix Potvin in the 1st round, and I agree with the first overall selection.

Marty's dad was my photographer in the 90's. I knew him before he was drafted and worked with him when he was starting out. Great guy!

Any excuse to wear a nordiqjes jersey is awesome thanks for the content Shannon

One of my fav's I regularly redraft (or if I was the gm of...) to do!

Fun fact I’m related to the number 9 pick in this draft, John Slaney, totally unrelated he spent most of his career in the minors but still a cool thing

I'm happy with Sydor! He's a local boy (his parents owned my local gas station) and I'll never forget him snapping his ankle and literally crawling and flopping his way to in front of the net to try to block a shot.

How dare you not have Trevor Kidd going first overall!! Biggest steal of the draft.

I always took Zubov in our fantasy hockey. Soooo good for fantasy hockey. Back when we had to buy magazines to do this haha

11:00 It's cool. I was at one of the USA WJC games (Switzerland? I forget which one it was) and there was a penalty called against Thomas Bordeleau. However, when they were calling it out they called his dad's name (Sebastien) instead of his.

Jagr, forssberg, sacic and sundin in the same team. Imagine what a dynasty that could have been

You’re spoiling us Shannon😁

Hitchcock had Keith Primeau be more defensive when he became the Coach of the Flyers Primeau was going against the other teams top centers so he wasn't scoring as much one of his biggest goals as a Flyer when he got that OT winner vs the Penguins that goal changed the whole playoff series around and the Flyers won the series 4 to 2

Kozlov is one of my favourite players from the Thrashers

Quite a good draft year.

Zubov has 2 rings, was one of my favorite players growing up.

what a deep draft

Please do the 1989 redraft if you haven't!!!

You mean we're not getting Turner Stevenson this time?!

Can we get a best #3 overall draft pick as a sens fan I’m wondering where you rank Timmy stu

Let's be honest brodeur would have been a scrub on Vancouver

As soon as I seen the goat. I clicked!

Nice video. Do the Leetch draft. 1986. Let’s go Rangers.

I might need a video that shows if Philly ever picked properly in a draft ever. They don't have to pick the best person, but in your redrafts it sure seems like they're never ever on the ball because nobody anywhere near them after they picked would take the player that they chose originally.

MY EYES, MY EYES! (Capitals fan)

5 of them were penguins at one time

Do a 1990 redraft

But the Nordiques were playing 4D chess and drafted Lindros and traded him for Forsberg +++

Nice jersey!

You almost had the Isles draft Dougie Weight lol

Will John MacLean become on THG what Damon became on Kimmel? For Shannon's sake let's hope not.

To anyone saying Brodeur over Jagr, are y'all eating crack flakes for breakfast?

idk if this jagr kids gonna come over lets go with someone else

1. isn't Jagr still playing professionally back in Europe? 2. Canucks would have traded Brodeur... they just couldn't resist... and you almost admitted it... this was a pretty good draft...

How dare you do that to Marty :(

Canucks actually took Shawn Anotski, not Stojanov.

1. Brodeur (quebec.) 2 Jagr (van-- imagine jagr and bure together. Yikes)

Who in the hell would take Jagr ahead of the best goalie of all time lol? Obviously just wanted him on the Canucks haha.

Jake Sanderson > Geoff Sanderson

2014 redraft would be a good idea, very underrated draft, pretty stacked honestly

Do the 1989 draft so you can wear Nordiques yet again lol. Spoiler: Bure moves up. A lot.

Kovalenko , May and Trevor Kidd were close- May was so much more than just points- a character player you would love on your team.

I like the Wings pick at 3, always liked Owen Nolan, would’ve been good with that too

Knowing what kind of career he'd go on to have, I wonder if this were redone if Quebec wouldn't have been under pressure to take Brodeur. As amazing as Jagr was, 3 cups, 2 cup finals, multiple Vezinas, gold medal, etc. etc. Winningest goalie ever, yadda yadda. I'd still have taken Jagr, but I wonder if Quebec would have, with a do-over, knowing what Brodeur would become. Some subjectivity there.

Loves these older redrafts, since their careers are all already over. I find it hard to take too much out of a 2017 re-draft due to it's recency, but even something as old as the 2000s is more easy to rank, as the players are far more known than young careers.

Brodeur to the Canucks? Hell, I’ll take that all day!

Lucking into Brodeur @ 20, flipping Tom Kurvers for the pick that got them Niedermeyer, and being awarded Stevens for Shanahan won the Devils two Cups.

Could you imagine Jagr, Forsberg, Sakic and Sundin on the same team?

Lots of later round steals in this draft, especially Bondra, Lang and Conroy

U need to add to your empire ... We need a " The Nordiques Guy " ! TNG You'd get hundreds & hundreds of views n' likes . Possibly even more . I for one would be there all the time !

Kozlov was a testament to the depth of the Detroit Red Wings. He was a very good player and agreed in hindsight that he was a first-round talent. Also I think Owen Nolan would've been taken by the Flyers as he was a prototypical power forward that the Flyers coveted especially at that time.

Correction: Geoff Sanderson scored 40 goals or more on multiple occasions.

loving the steady flow of content lately

The fun story of this draft actually took place on the last day of the regular season. Pittsburgh & the Islanders were fighting for the last playoff spot. If Pittsburgh tied their last game vs. Buffalo, they're tied in points with the Islanders, but get into the playoffs instead of the Islanders because of more wins. So last game of the season, they're playing vs. Buffalo, and future Islander Uwe Krupp scores in OT for the Sabres, knocks the Pens out of the playoffs and the Islanders get in. So in the upcoming draft, the Penguins, picking 5th, get Jagr, and the Islanders, picking 6th, get Scott Scissons, he of the two game NHL career. The Islanders other reward was a 5 game wipe out by the Rangers in the playoffs. The Buffalo-Pens game was on ESPN, so I got to watch it.

I've been waiting for the 1990 redraft! Let's goooooo!

The Canucks really dropped the ball here. Petr Nedved was a good player, but compared to some of the other names that were available who could have helped in that '94 run, coupled with Pat Quinn's aversion to paying players anywhere near what they were worth, it wasn't a great pick.

Yeah but that Nordiques jersey looks great on you!

You need to do a 2009 redraft!! There were SO MANY good players!

Canucks actually drafted Nedved and Shawn Antoski in 1990. Stojanov was drafted in 1991. Not that it really mattered in this redraft.

I love these videos. Keep them coming! Surprised Brad May couldn't crack the 1st round, especially when he was originally drafted in the 1st round and played over 1000 games. Oversight? Or you just thought he wasn't quite as good as the others. Either way, cheers!

Jagr and Forsberg 🤯 Ps Owen Nolan was my favorite player when I first started liking Hockey 🦈

Fun fact. Jets and Sabres traded first picks here with Dale Hawerchuk trade within this draft

2 NY Ranger draft picks in first 7 picks. Good job Neil Smith.

As a Wings fan, I think I'd rather have Zubov than Keith Tkachuk. Imagine Zubov and Lidstrom on the same team.

Nolan and Lindros all day long over Jagr and Forsberg... Without Lindros the Nordiques aka Colorado never win the cup. Remember, Lindros gets you Forsberg and the rest of the Philadelphia Flyers... lmfao!

As a Sabres fan this draft really sticks in mind of what could have been, just behind drafting Ric Seiling one pick ahead of Mike Bossy (imagine Bossy with Gil Perreault &Rick Martin!) But the part about this draft that kills me is that as a part of the Phil Housley/Dale Hawerchuk trade we swapped 1sts, Buffalo moving up to 14 to take Brad May and Winnipeg drops to our original spot at 19 and takes Keith Tkachuk.... LaFontaine/Mogilny/Tkachuk top line....

As a Sabres fan this draft really sticks in mind of what could have been, just behind drafting Ric Seiling one pick ahead of Mike Bossy (imagine Bossy with Gil Perreault &Rick Martin!) But the part about this draft that kills me is that as a part of the Phil Housley/Dale Hawerchuk trade we swapped 1sts, Buffalo moving up to 14 to take Brad May and Winnipeg drops to our original spot at 19 and takes Keith Tkachuk.... LaFontaine/Mogilny/Tkachuk top line....

Keith Tkachuk on the Detroit Red Wings??!! {barf} Keith Primeau led to Brendan Shanahan and there's no coincidence the Red Wings won 3 Cups with Shanny on the roster...btw how many Cups did Tkachuk win?

1990 I remember was great as Edmonton won the cup, but man what a terrible draft year for Edmonton. They could have picked so many really good players in the 1st round, but they pick Scott Allison. Who? Exactly… Not a single hit that draft year. All of the Oilers draft picks put together played 0 career NHL games. One of the many major reasons why Edmonton was terrible in the early/mid 90s.

Flyers do not draft Zubov. He's not a mucker and grinder. This is why they took Ricci instead of Jagr in the actual draft. But as you did this draft and the 1991 draft, had the Nordiques took Jagr and Forsberg they'd still be in Quebec. Speaking of which, it's sad to see that on that board we still have the Nordiques, Whalers, and original Jets.

As a Kings fan, I'd take Smolinski over Robert Lang all day. I'd even take Smoke over Jozef Stumpel, though I'd probably get more arguments on that one.

Primeau lead to Shanny which lead to 3 Cups. While he shouldn't have been 3rd, I wouldn't change it.

Marty wouldn't have won nearly as much... Devils defence won.

1. Brodeur 2. Jagr 3. Tkachuk 4. Zubov 5. Weight 6. Nolan 7. Bondra 8. Primeau 9. Nedved 10. Hatcher

Primeau shouldn't even be on that list. He was terrible. I was so glad when Detroit finally got rid of him, I think they got a bag of pucks in return...

I think Doug Weight should have been taken at 4th pick, much better career than Zubov, Bondra and Nolan IMHO.

Imagine a team with a combined 323 NHL games for their entire draft. Not one of Bill Torrey's finest moments

you can do redraft 1996, that was interesting draft, not many good forwards are there so first 3 picks i think will be all defenceman

If they had Jagr and Forsberg, that would be very different

Wings taking Tkachuk would instantly negate any need for them to trade for Shanahan a few years later.

The Blues really missed out on some great players in this draft 🤦‍♂️

Lindros would have still been #1 if he didn’t have to retire due to concussions

imagine having sakic, sundin forsberg and jagr on the team lol

Do 1989 just to make wings fans cry

18 was Shawn Antoski.

Hey my birth year! Wow they had some good players up here.

I love these redraft videos so much!

And some other people

zubov should have been #3

That's a good look on you sir

Pain

Brodeur benefited from the Jacques Lemaire's trap system right out of the gate. He might not have faired as well in Vancouver.

Love the Nordiques jersey! 😎

In the second round? Alexei Zhamnov (77)? Roman Turek (113)??? Sergei Nemchinov (244)?? Ken Klee ((177) Craig Conroy (123)???

It's weird that the Nordiques didn't draft Jagr, considering the history of Marcel Aubut's history of getting the Stastny back in the days...

I remember being a kid and having a sports card trading stand, selling the rookie cards from this draft. There was a guy from Pittsburgh who would stop by my stand every week and buy up every Jagr card I had. I guess he knew something. :)

I love these redraft videos so much! I started to follow NHL in 2001 when I was 11 yo. Cup final between Avs and Devils was my first playoff-series that I watched. This draft was pretty stacked. Its nice to see some history here.

Only two HoFs.. right?! ...well to be at least... edit, or did Zubov also finally make it in..? edit 2: oh and Tkachuk too..?

I love hearing the rationales behind redrafts - and they always make sense in hindsight! I've often wondered though, usually teams outside of the top 2-3 are picking to fill needs - not necessarily the best player available. Also, the odds of a goaltender going early in a first round back in those days was unlikely. So if I were to predict, I would have had: 1) Jagr 2) Tkachuk 3) Weight (best centre available - I recall reading an article about DET wanting to draft a centre) Then going by position that the team drafted 4) Zhamnov 5) Bondra 6) Nedved 7) Zubov It adds a layer of complexity to why players went where they did in a redraft situation instead of just plugging in the best player based on their career.