Westcoasting Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Virtanen big time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -AJ- Posted July 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2022 A lot. I thought Hodgson was the next Linden. Ronalds Kenins the next Hansen. I was a bit hesitant about the Loui deal, but figured we'd get at least 50-60 points for a couple years before his decline. I did not like the Boeser nor the Pettersson draft picks and wanted Jeremy Roy instead of Boeser and Gabe Vilardi instead of Pettersson. I also didn't think Hughes was the best pick at #7. In short, I'm fallible. 3 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcheeze86 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Virtanen for me he had all the tools to be a JT miller ceiling just never got there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Westcoasting Posted July 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2022 Jim Sandlak 1 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Topcheeze86 said: Virtanen for me he had all the tools to be a JT miller ceiling just never got there Ya, the Doughnut Shop got in the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vancan2233 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Zack Kassian , really thought he was going to be or next Bertuzzi. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapShot Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 It would be easier for me to pick the Canuck I was actually right about, especially when it comes to the draft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 OJ. I wasn’t a fan of the pick, but I still felt his floor was pretty high and, at worst, he’d end up being a useful, every day player that would fill a spot on our D for several years. Also thought Matt Brassard (currently playing in USports) and Evan McEneny (retired) might have the skills to become depth/bottom-pair NHL Dmen. (And, perhaps most regrettable, I also used to think Jake Virtanen was a “good kid.” ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erkayloomeh Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 I was pretty excited about Krutov. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_hool Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Krutov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo0921 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 5 hours ago, danjr said: Lots of times I do buy into the hype of rabid fans. At the draft there was so much talk about the league becoming faster and more skilled. Hunter Shinkaruk was in my mind a sure fire winner for this team. Not gonna lie, I really blew it on that guess. 1 single solitary game for this franchise. At least we got the better end of the deal by trading him for Granlund. So who were you wrong about? Was it someone you thought was going to be a bum and exceed all expectations. Or a player you thought was going to become a league star for us? I've been wrong about a few but, the one I found to mis-read the most was Quinn Hughes. Never saw him as a dominant defender but, last season really showed his desire to improve his game and become a 3 zone defender. I was really surprised (in a good way) that he was able to plug the lane the way he did and also intercept a lot of pucks last year. I even saw him push back at the opposition a couple times. It leads me to believe that there's still more to his game that can be evolved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Grit Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Well yes, i can agree with many of the above. But for me, the most wrong I ever bin was rooting for Green to become head coach. At the time, he'd some Cup success in Utica and rumors had him interviewing at a few NHL teams. In retrospect, I think it was more desperation to rid ourselves of Twitchy's most boring hockey ever. If we'd only known. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadcanucks Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Jeez...where do I start? I'm wrong more times than I'm right. Like. by. a. lot. Jake Virtanen. Thought he was going to be a bonafide powerforward in the NHL. Olli Juolevi. Was on record stating that he looked like a young Nick Lidstrom. Chris Tanev. Thought his ceiling was a bottom 5/6 d-man. Didn't realize how good he was until he was paired up with Quinn Hughes and especially after he left. L o u i E r i k s s o n. Thought he'd be the perfect third Sedin. Jim Benning. Drank the kool-aid that he was going to be a draft whiz and bring in a bunch of superstars via the draft. He did alright with Pettersson, Boeser, Demko, Hughes, Podkolzin, Hoglander. So far, the only superstar out that bunch is Demko and Hughes. Too many others to list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Lots of my expectations have been off-target. although I was pretty negative about Benning generally and critical of many his moves. 1. I underestimated Petey. I did not like that pick at #5 overall but he turned into a great pick. 2. I did not like the trade for Miller. I thought it was the wrong time to be trading away first round picks. But Miller has been better than I expected. 3. I though Baertschi would be great value for a second round pick. 4. I thought Tevor Linden would do a great job as team president. But he hired Benning, then got fired. Not a complete list, but those are the ones that come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googlie Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 For me, it is Brogan Rafferty. I saw maybe 2/3rds of his games that season in Utica when he looked like the second coming of Paul Coffey. Don't know if his inactivity that next season sitting in the taxi squad destroyed him, but his game wasn't the same when he had his cup of coffee during the Canadian Division year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Usual suspects have been mentioned (Cody, Olli, Jake, Loui...) Good for us would be Corey Schneider. Thought we got fleeced when we traded him to get Horvat's draft pick, but boy have their careers taken opposite turns. Dickinson too -- I was so glad when I saw the notification on my phone last FA opening day when it said he was traded here; he still has time to prove he's worth the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonoman Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 5 hours ago, Fen1010 said: I hated the Petey pick. I was on the Cody Glass hype train big time. Don't mind eating crow on that one. This. All day long. So glad GMJB wasn’t asleep at the wheel on this pick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonoman Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 2 hours ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said: OJ. I wasn’t a fan of the pick, but I still felt his floor was pretty high and, at worst, he’d end up being a useful, every day player that would fill a spot on our D for several years. Also thought Matt Brassard (currently playing in USports) and Evan McEneny (retired) might have the skills to become depth/bottom-pair NHL Dmen. (And, perhaps most regrettable, I also used to think Jake Virtanen was a “good kid.” ) Supposed to be our next “Ohlund”? Very disappointed it didn’t work out. He had some promise for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Let's see.... Marco Sturm David Booth Derek Roy Loui Brendan Leipsic Guillaume Brisebois That's just in the last 10 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonoman Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Not me personally because I liked him, but that Cam Neely trade haunts the franchise to this day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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