The 1996 NHL Draft Was A MESS
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- It's been a while since we took a deep dive into a draft from the NHL's history books, but instead of looking at another great draft, let's highlight an event that has become memorable for all the wrong reasons, and what better one to choose than 1996?
So in today's video, join me as we explore why the 1996 NHL Entry Draft was a mess!
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Daniel Briere scored 163 points in 67 games in the QMJHL, but was only drafted 24 overall. The NHL at the time really hated small players. A similar thing happened in the 1995 draft when Marc Savard had 139 points in 66 games in the OHL, but was only drafted in the 4th round 91st overall. Again scouts said he was too small
If there was a perfect name for a Florida Panther in the 90s, it would be Ratchuk.
Pavel Datsyuk was eligible to be drafted in 1996, but nobody took him. He eventually got drafted as a 20 year old by Detroit in the 6th round of the 1998 draft
Jesse Wallin was in a serious car accident in Juniors, which affected his development.
Damn, that is really sad tbh //:
A British guy is teaching me about hockey…
So weird.
sometimes there seems to be a year where there is not a lot of talent available
Remember when people were saying that about '19?
Yeah...the 1996 NHL Entry Draft is truly a mess and there where a lot of rocks this year and next to no gems. Unbelieveble that no 1st rounds made any impact....
Overall, only ONE pick made a HOF worthy career and that was a 3rd round choise with a 56th overall in Zdeno Chara of Slovakia.
And the other picks that is the 2nd and 3rd best picks of entire 1996 are just better then mediocre level picked in 7th & 8th rounds (!).
(1.) 56th overall Zdeno Chara by New York Islanders with 24 NHL seasons, Stanley Cup, Norris Trophy, Mark Messier Leadership Award, 3x NHL first All-Star team,
4x NHL second All-Star team, 6x NHL All-Star Game Player, 2x IIHF WC silver medalist etc-etc - proved to be THE giant gem of the rocks = the WINNER pick.
(2.) 176th overall Samuel Pahlsson by Colorado Avalanche with 13 NHL seasons + Stanley Cup with 1 finals + Olympic gold medal + nominated for the Frank J. Selke Trophy.
(2.) 179th overall Pavel Kubina by Tampa Bay Lightning with 14 NHL seasons + Stanley Cup + 3x IIHF WC gold medals + Olympic bronze medal
(3.) 204th overall Tomáš Kaberle by Toronto Maple Leafs with 14 NHL seasons + Stanley Cup + IIHF WC gold medal and silver medal + Olympic bronze medal
And then there are these 5 players who had decent careers but never became anything special. Still most of them also was late picks.
(4.) 24th overall Daniel Brière by Phoenix Coyotes with 17 NHL seasons
(5.) 9th overall Ruslan Salei by Anaheim Mighty Ducks with 14 NHL seasons + numerous international competitions for Belarus
(6.) 21st overall Marco Sturm by San Jose Sharks with 15 NHL seasons + numerous international competitions for Germany
(7.) 59th overall Tom Poto by Edmonton Oilers with 13 NHL seasons with Olympic silver medal in 2002.
(8.) 79th overall Mark Parrish by Colorado Avalanche with 12 NHL seasons
The "Big Rig" Chris Phillips played his entire career for Ottawa (1000+ games and his number retired). Zdeno Chara will be in the HHOF as soon as he's eligible.
The 1999 Draft says "hold my beer" because that 1st round was even worse than the 1996 Draft outside of the Sedin Twins
The 96 draft should of been sponsored by Tim Hortons because that’s all any of the players ever got was a cup of coffee
There was a lot of quality defensemen in the 1996 draft. There was a reasonable amount of poorly evaluated talent. There also were a lot of borderline NHL players from this draft who seemed to carve out a lengthy career on luck and persistence or maybe a lack of competition from this cohort. Aaron Asham and his 789 career games as a checker?? There were a lot of high quality NHL checking forwards that came out of this draft: Marty Reasoner, Boyd Devereaux, Erik Rasmussen, Ruslan Salei, Marcus Nilson, Eric Belanger, Matt Bradley, Andreas Dackell, Dan Hinote, Samuel Pahlsson, Craig Adams , Ronald Petrovicky
I think a redrafted 96 looks like : 1. Zdeno Chara 2. Daniel Briere 3. Pavel Kubina 4. Sammy Salo 5. Matt Cullen 6. JP Dumont 7. Marco Sturm 8. Derek Morris 9. Marty Reasoner 10. Corey Sarich 11. Chris Phillips 12. Willie Mitchell 13. Michal Roszival 14. Tomas Kaberle 15. Colin White 16. Mark Parrish 17. Dainius Zubrus 18. Tom Poti 19. Samuel Pahlsson 20. Eric Belanger 21. Toni Lydman 22. Ruslan Salei 23. Craig Adams 24. Andreas Dackell 24. Boyd Deveraux 25. Jan Bulis 26.Oleg Kvasha
Yeah it doesn't start your heart on fire
Awesome! This answers a few questions I had. Not a great draft year, even with hindsight
I forgot jesse was drafted in 96 when i clicked this video. Still one of my favourite hockey players ever since he was on the red deer rebels.
I am pretty sure this is the year it was held in St Louis and a fan was able to scream out something to the effect of "YOU BALD FUCK!' during Gary Bettman's introduction to the podium. And it was audible enough to actually distract him and make a face in the direction of the heckler. Is it just me? Does anyone else remember this?
You should cover 1986 draft, that one was fairly poor aside from having Brian Leetch
Or 1997 which was extremely top heavy
Jesse Wallin lifted the cup with the Red Wings in 2002. There are more than one on your list to win the cup.
I looked and it seemed he didn't play a single playoff game for Detroit at all during his time there.
@@MAPLECRASHtv
Darn it. It looks like he "lifted the cup" however his name is not on it. He did receive a championship ring. I feel like this one could go either way. 😂
@@MAPLECRASHtv As we all know, rules say engravings on the Cup require 41 games in the regular season or having played one game in the CF and SCF (case in point, Alex Chiasson, Mitchell Stephens, and Cal Foote).
@@ariccua6101 In 01/02 when Detroit won the cup Jessie only played 15 games in the regular season and 0 in the playoffs so while Detriot did wIn and he did play he does not meet the requirements above to be included on the winning roster.
I'd do the same thing--Why grovel in the minors in some North American dump, when you can spend it in Europe on Olympic ice sheets and have a decent career.
Few of these guys were goons Laroque played for the Danbury Trashers
I remember Volchkov being a star in Barrie when I was a kid.
You should cover the 2002 draft. A draft class that was also mediocre.
He skipped all the players that made a full nhl career and only showed us the ugly ones I want to hear his thoughts on all of them not just the bad ones
Re players from this draft getting coaching gigs, great players/ the legends don’t always become good coaches. They have had harder time learning what it means to be a good coach because they spent a lot more time playing their sport at the highest levels. Their natural understanding of the sport can make it hard for them to explain things to other players
A good example in hockey might be John Torterella. He played pro hockey, but never got to play in the NHL. As a head coach in the NHL, he’s won over 500 games and a Stanley Cup
I had no idea that Andrei Zyuzin, who was drafted by the Sharks 2nd overall in the draft, would play almost 500 NHL games. I could have sworn that he was a bust for sure. At least the Sharks also drafted Marco Sturm in the 1st round to make up for it 😂.
Do you think the Ducks film at the time had something to do with it? Coaches looking at other things and forgetting the basics of drafting a good player? Or was it just terrible all around? Poor players, poor scouts.
What website are you using for all of the team staff and statistics information?
It looks like Hockey Reference.
The best coach of all time is Scotty Bowman, he never played in the NHL. He got injured in juniors, so he switched to coaching and the rest is history. Bad players make good coaches because they have view of the game and a better understanding of what makes a team successful. They understand what the worst players are going through and are able to help them be successful. It is why Gretzky flopped as a coach, because he can’t understand why players were struggling
Sami Salo, 3rd to last pick in the draft!
Go Sens Go! 😜
How can some of these guys be busts considering almost everyone sucked
Does anyone have the stats on the guy narrating this podcast? Just curious
For some reason I really like your use of the hockey cards as photos 👍👍
1999 was probably the worst first round ever. IIRC outside the Sedin twins not a single first rounder was a significant NHL player
Barret Jackman and Martin Havlat had solid careers
@@father042 if only 4 players were regular NHL players out of the first round it's much worse than '96. I think '99 had players in later rounds though. Marian Hossa/Gaborik forget which IIRC Zetterberg was from '99 too
@@XaviRonaldo0 Hossa was from 97 and Gaborik from 2000
@@father042 even more to my point then.
Boyd Devereaux on the cup!
The NHL has been a mess since Bettman took the helm
who was the best pick during that draft
didnt know chara was drafted that year before i posted that
@@redred222 He is the final player who played from the draft (retired after last season).
Chara, Danny Briere, Matt Cullen, Tomas kaberle, Sami Salo, it was a very weak draft year.
You had me till the penguins
***shu-NOOK** league
"Dalhousie" is pronounced da-LOO-zee. I'm not even Canadian and I know that.
What? That’s not true.
No it isn't
94 and 95 weren't much better draft classes 😂
94 was a pretty good class with Ryan Smyth, Ed Jovanovski, Patrik Elias, Daniel Alfredsson, Milan Hejduk, Chris Drury, Steve Sullivan, Tomas Vokoun, Evgeni Nabokov, Marty Turco, Jose Theodore and Tim Thomas
95 was weaker but still had some good players like Sykora, Kiprusoff, Giguerre, Doan, Redden and Iginla
To be fair, there were NO generational talents in the draft from 1993 to about 2004. Not one #1 panned out save for Lecavalier and it was just plugger/checking line players and flashy busts that entire era.
What? Thornton and Kovalchuk are not a success? Jovonovski and Phillips are stout defenders.
Dude, the Phoenix Coyotes drafted 24th, and took Daniel Briere. You completely missed that. The Penguins drafted 23 and took Craig Hillier, not Phoenix.
He legit put penguins on the screen he just said the wrong name and he corrected it in top corner of screen. Lol chill out there mr serious
@@WaddickLawnCare He must have edited that in, that asterisk wasn't there when I pointed out the error. I watched that part 3 or 4 times to confirm what he said, and there was no asterisk at the time.
@@carletonrutherford1799 Are you death?
@@jonah.donohue LOL, what?
it’s crazy that out of the top 26 picks, only Marco Sturm and Danny Briere ended up being decent players.
The 1996 draft was "one of the worst events of the last few decades?"
Where does it rank compared to the September 11 terrorist attacks?
Chara had a long career, but he was a very mediocre player. Outside of a hard slapshot and his size he was actually really bad. He had no skating ability and he was actually a liability on defense. It makes sense why he didn't last in Ottawa and had to get carried by a stacked bruins squad.
Wade Redden and Zdeno Chara's contracts both ended at the same time in 2006 and the Sens had to make a choice between the two. The salary cap at the time was 39 million and they couldn't keep both.
Chara wasn't a great skater but didn't have to be when his stride was twice as long as everyone else's. His shot, strength, and size made him one of the most unique players in NHL history. Ottawa chose Wade Redden and their fans have regretted it ever since.
@jessewahwah definitely a unique player, I don't think that decision really made a difference in the franchises history though.
Lol what? Chara is an unstoppable force. U don't know hockey bro.
@Andrew Hirschorn you don't know hockey scrub, he wasn't bad but there is a reason why NHL organizations are picking faster players over big guys with limited hockey ability. Go to sleep little boy.
@@BrownKnee666 he got burnt by players who could skate you numbskull don't act like you know anything
Chara would be the only one I want from the whole draft.
Daniel Briere?
@@kolasillers7776 He was ok, but I wouldn't put him in as a franchise type.