What Happened To Every #1 Pick From The 1990's

From new expansion teams entering the league to future Hall of Famers refusing to play with their teams, the NHL in the 90's was filled with entertainment when it comes to 1st overall picks. Here's What Happened To Every #1 Pick from the 1990's.
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[@MACK0142]

To be fair to Stefan, the puck obviously hits a rut and jumps his stick. The problem was his decision to try and "be safe" by skating the puck into the goal instead of just firing it in, as soon as he was clear of everyone.

[@grahamdamberger7130]

If he did score that goal, the Oilers probably draft Patrick Kane in the following entry draft. Though if their decade of despair ran its course he would have wanted out a few years later.

[@XxKidnoffxX]

He skate to the net like that to take more time. He play the clock. Because less time it left to the game, left chance the other team have to come back.

[@grahamdamberger7130]

@@XxKidnoffxX But if he puts it in the net, it becomes a 2 goal game with around 15 seconds left in regulation. Dallas wins the next face-off, game over.

[@XxKidnoffxX]

@@grahamdamberger7130 But if he take more time (and he can easily do it, because he's alone), it will be a 2 goal game with around 10-12 seconds left..... You see the difference?

[@dana102083]

​@grahamdamberger7130 all good things lead to mcdavid. It hurt the whole dang way lol

[@19jjace]

Holy hell that might have been one of the best hockey videos I’ve ever watched. I forgot about 75% of that stuff. Makes me feel young again. Now do 2nds and 3rds and 4ths for the decades. Daigle.

[@itzshade7830]

Definitely earned my sub

[@stephen9302]

Agreed! Berard's eye injury was SCARY- I remember watching that game

[@paddy160160]

​@@itzshade7830said the same thing to myself,fantastic channel

[@willrobinson1671]

@@stephen9302 I watched that game too. It was pretty horrific. I still think about it, all these years later.

[@Dr_V_von_Doom]

Settle down there chief. Good compilation of information, but “one of the best hockey videos”? Not a snowballs chance in hell. Tons of bad edits. He showed the same Berard goal with the Islanders at least twice, once while talking about his time with another team. He talked about Chris Phillips and Chara becoming the best shutdown pair while showing footage of several net mouth scrambles with Ottawa forward Marian Hossa in the OFFENSIVE ZONE.

[@rorygillmore6555]

There's no Micheal Jordan of hockey... But there is a Wayne Gretzky of basketball... 😅

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

WAYNE GRETZKY > Jordan. His stats are untouchable. Agreed. Only Jaromir Jagr could have beaten Gretzky. Lost 4 seaons to lockouts... and some 1-2 more to KHL atop lockout ones. (JAROMIR = which can be mixed into Mario JR ! as an anagram)

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

Henri Richard is the Bill Laimbeer of the NHL... or is Laimbeer the Henri Richard of the NBA ? Henri Richard has 10 stanley cup rings and 1 stanley cup c*ckring

[@volh1volh195]

Wayne Gretzky of basketball is Wilt Chamberlain

[@dstcoyote22rants]

The Lindros trade led to Peter Forsberg going to Quebec and becoming a key player for Colorado’s dominance and two cup wins after that.

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

sadly his injuries makes him a forgotten legend, a GOAT of ice hockey internationally for the olympics and sweden team aspect, but NHL he'll be remembered as 2nd team all-star by those who didn't witness. He is a true legend. But Pat Lafontaine and Cam Neely, sh*t happened.

[@sidetrak85]

@@WithScienceAsMySheperd What are you talking about. Forsberg is 9th in NHL history in PPG, he's in the HOF, he's got 2 Stanley Cup's,, a Calder, Art Ross and a Hart and the +/- weird one. Except for winning the Con smythe, I'm not sure what else you want from him.

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

@@sidetrak85 not from him accolades from modern fans . injuries cost him, imagine lie cam neely or lemieux were they not health restrained like koivu and forsberg would be

[@johanjotun1647]

@@sidetrak85 if it weren't for Peter the Wings would have all the 90's cup wins.

[@acanadianineurope814]

colorado wasnt winning nothing until Roy showed up.

Man I swear the 90s were the best decade for hockey. The sport boomed. Anyone that was a teen and got a copy of Eastbay could flip through and see all of the jerseys. Not just the NHL, but all the minors as well. You get multiple expansions. My hometown Red Wings become a dynasty, but not before getting buzzsawed by an expansion San Jose team. The 95 finals against New Jersey and we got whooped. You get the growth in video games like the NHL series from EA. Same thing with cards. So many hockey cards. My favorite being the Score Pinnacle goalie mask set. So many Hall of Famers, superstars, busts, etc. Then you have the explosion in jersey sales. When you started seeing hip hop stars wearing hockey jerseys on MTV, you had to have one like you had to have a Starter pullover.

[@streetdog75]

The 90s were the trap decade. Hockey today is way better.

[@alfiesmullet1311]

Remeber when Daigle said "no one remebers who went 2nd" 😅 i think we all remember Pronger

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

*Remember

[@samstone22744]

Marcel Dionne was a number 2 pick, behind Lafleur. I guess nobody remembers him either 🤔

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@samstone22744 You completely missed the point.

[@samstone22744]

@@incumbentvinyl9291 not at all. Was just giving another example of how people don't always forget number 2.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@samstone22744 Now you proved without a doubt that you missed the point completely.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

I never knew that Jovanovski was a first overall pick. Jovanovski was a huge inspiration to me as a player while he was in Vancouver, and was the reason I play defence.

[@jerichobeach2967]

Oh yeah shoutout to the early 2000s

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Solid player. Runner up for the Calder which isn't too common for a D man.

[@c.s.s.5326]

Colorado turned Nolan into Ozolinsh and the perfect D Pair Partner with Foote en route to a Cup.

[@richardsiemion5903]

Daigle wasn’t wrong … no one would remember or talk about him if he was #2. You have to perform to be remembered.

[@tokertalk9648]

LOL now he's the number one all time biggest flop

[@hdhdhzh259]

​@@tokertalk9648327 pts in 616 nhl games. Hes FAR from the biggest flop bud maybe he didnt live up to the hype but his career was still better than plenty of other#1s

[@s4mcote]

@@tokertalk9648Yakupov

[@adampetten5349]

​@@tokertalk9648His best seasons prevent even that. Fogerty and Wickenheiser got him beat along with Pjarvie.

[@mikeyisback1]

Jumbo never lifting the cup is a tragedy.

[@MrYouarethecancer]

Dudes one of the most overrated players of all time.

[@PepitoTheBiggestCatintheWorld]

@@MrYouarethecancer😬😬😬

[@Yann396]

@@MrYouarethecancer😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tt128556]

How could anyone who's lived through the 90's not remember Daigle? We had the hockey cards that showed his massive point totals in junior leagues, he was meant to be the Next One.

[@redbaron8130]

Why such a drastic difference compared to his dominating play in junior? Did the money go to his head or was there another reason. I heard he never wanted to play hockey but was forced into it by his parents, is this a known thing or just speculation?

[@THE_bchat]

@@redbaron8130 I heard the same thing, that he only player for his father, which is why he retired for a couple of seasons. I always liked him as a player, and don't have a problem with players who can't match the hype that gets thrown their way by scouts who may not have anyone better or more dynamic to about.

[@Roskismummo]

My older brothers had 2 Daigle rookie cards and some magazine had them appraised at about 50-60 €/USD in todays currency at some point in the 90's. My brothers were thinking about selling one of the cards but decided to wait instead. Next appraisal comes in, card is worth less than two bucks lol.

[@ponyboycurtis007]

as a lifetime Ottawa resident.. FUCK DAIGLE lol. scrub.

[@zlinedavid]

The most noteworthy thing about Daigle’s career is that he was banging Pamela Anderson back when she was still hot.

[@MS-ro9dm]

The Leafs always knew when to pick up guys right when they were done giving any production, and to trade them away just before.

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

but hey , the Maple Leafs knew ONE thing : hold onto Mats Sundin! If your team doesn't have Mats Sundin and he's playing : GET Mats Sundin. AND DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY. Simple plan. Always reliable. A true legend of 1990s hockey. (says a Quebecois, fan of the Red Wings...)

[@father042]

Also 80s had 5 Hall of fame first draft picks while 90s arguably had only 2

[@gorge5412]

Wow, lots of work in this vid! TY. As an old amateur player it's heartbreaking to see so many great players with serious injuries that cut short their careers. The old-time players had twenty-year playing histories. Thanks again.

[@johndoe-fq7ez]

90’s loved power forwards

[@DrFunk-rk6yl]

I always remember the fight between Lecalvier and Iginla in the stanley cup finals.

[@PompeyGamesRoom]

Such a great video mate!! Thanks for uploading.

[@goodeye6373]

Daigle had Yashin and Alfredsson. Was probably the biggest dissappointment of all the players I ever pulled for. He had everything and could never put it together. Like he could never fully process the NHL game. Yashin to me became that Corbin Bernson Character in the movie Major League. Got points did the minimum. Daniel always had heart and put out an effort. Daigle had legs like tree trunks. I had always wondered what went wrong with him.

[@Mike-zf4xg]

cocaine

[@kellismith4329]

Alfredsson was not too bad, he had alot of character at least

[@Roskismummo]

My older brothers had 2 Daigle rookie cards and some magazine had them appraised at about 50-60 €/USD in todays currency at some point in the 90's. My brothers were thinking about selling one of the cards but decided to wait instead. Next appraisal comes in, card is worth less than two bucks lol.

[@goodeye6373]

Wish my collection did not go missing. I had a lot of collectors in 1973-74.Traded something like 6 Guy Lafleur rookie cards for a Bobby Orr. Looked really good. I still had a bunch of Guy's rookie cards and Pereault rookie cards. Big fan of the French Connection. I had a couple cards from the 60's and never knew the value. Was quite a while ago I had seen Guy's cards go for more than 175.00. More than 25 years ago.@@Roskismummo

[@Chris-qo4rt]

Daigle was a major talent he just lost his passion for hockey pretty early on which is a shame..

[@albiman68]

As for Daigle who grew up in my hometown, you must know that this is the classical story of a son living his father's dream. He was bless with a wonderful talent but never like to play the game! Sad really!

[@pjpredhomme7699]

that makes complete sense - how many Canadian boys have had that be their story.

[@albiman68]

@@pjpredhomme7699 Too many!

[@kevinclark-cn2mf]

@@pjpredhomme7699 Its sad since hockey is the craziest sport to get to the pros, the juniors is a breeding ground for some crazy hazing and bonding experiences.

[@RaccoonWithRabbis]

The Wade Redden trade was a 3-way between the Sens, Leafs, and Islanders. The Leafs got Beaupre (OTT) & Muller (NYI); the Isles got Belanger (TOR); Berard & Straka (OTT), the Sens got Redden (NYI) & Rhodes (TOR)

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

Bryan Berrard > Wade Redden = Kirk Muller = Martin Straka > modern Don Beaupre = Damian Rhodes = Jesse Belanger ... as for : 1980s Don Beaupré ? among the GOAT tier :P (he was a fan fave in my quebec town among friends)

[@punkrockbassist44]

Future Considerations probably the most underrated player imo

[@jericho3161]

18:22 LOL that's not Bertuzzi that's Travis Green 😂

[@Goadahell]

Came here to say this

[@chevelle1]

Excellent video. Only issue is that you (many young fans also) judge defensemen based on points far too much. In order for a team to have success in the playoffs especially, they need defensemen that defend. It’s an undervalued skill by todays fans.

[@foreverxbox360]

i think your wrong, look at the way they explained chris phillips importance, its right on point

[@alexwinfield9540]

I mean he was going on about Bryan Berards offensive numbers and that season he had a plus minus of minus 24, that is not good

[@DrFunk-rk6yl]

​@alexwinfield9540 plus minus is not the be all end all either.

[@perttipersereika4029]

It's still a waste of draft position if you pick very early defenceman who can't score points. It needs to be atleast Chris Pronger level offence to be good first overall pick.

[@user-yv1vg9mp1m]

A great video in a great series. So great to see Vincent Lecavalier again and even better to hear his name mangled in ways I hadn't imagined possible!

[@s4mcote]

Breaks my heart that Jumbo Joe never won the Stanley Cup. Great player, one of the best playmakers ever.

[@sundog60]

Oh god I didn't know about the Quebec offer for Daigle. I think I may be sick.

[@kellismith4329]

Too bad that didn’t happen

[@johnclaudevondon5333]

I have about 4-5 hockey KZbin pages that I follow and when I discovered your page I was like “another new hockey youtube trying to ride the wave and make $” but you have some fantastic original content! You deserve more followers. Keep them coming!

[@jericho3161]

4:30 Yeah Lindros scored twice in that game but the Nordiques won 6-3, I was at the game

[@one7decimal2eight]

That Lindross trade helped Colorado win multiple cups while Philly got swept by the Red Wings. Great player. But Philly gave up way too much to get him. He should have just stayed. Wonder how much different the avs would have been has Lindross been there?

[@glaframb]

What makes the real difference is the Patrick Roy trade to Colorado ? With Roy in the net all the defensive problem where gone away ! Avs got enough Offensive talent in their team with Sakic and Forsberg. Also the favor the bruins did to Ray Bourque. Help too. It's not fun for the Québec Nordiques fans altrought. they lost their NHL teams even if the support a mediocre team for years but when they sold their team anyway for 75 M$ USD to Comcast in Colorado. A new team in Québec city is now around 1 000 M$ USD. They should have keep it when they have it but Marcel Aubut decide to sell it instead late the first salary cap happened. liminiting the expense of club which we had help to Québec Nordiques to survive. IMHO , The only chance the Québec Nordiques has to go back in the NHL is to do the same thing they did to get a team in the NHL. i.e. Start a new league outside the NHL grow the league let the NHL Buy the league and gets the team in the league to join the NHL.

[@pumalogo204]

He helped Quebec first of all...that led up to Avs Transition on winning the Stanley Cup winner

[@iLightSoundGeometry]

subbed bro good work

[@blizzard2099]

It would have been nice to mention the players position from the get go when you present them, I think. Before throwing the stats and all. Other than that, great vid 👍

[@bo0tsy1]

Nolan was a constant thorn in the side, so perfect

[@lizardking89]

Great video man subbed to your channel.

[@RealMaxoou262]

Who can forget Alexandre Daigle! He is my favorite player ever! He played junior in my hometown "Tiges de Victoriaville" and he was AMAZING, he was flying on the ice! What a show!

[@JimmyChamberlinIsGod]

The hype behind him was insane leading up to the draft and the summer before the next season kicked off. His rookie card was being hyped up like Ken Griffey jr.

[@RealMaxoou262]

@JimmyChamberlinIsGod he was the next big thing !!! I went to his number retirement and took pictures with him! He is such a nice guy! Nowadays 50 points or more in a rookie season people are amazed ! But with him fans were never satisfied!

[@JimmyChamberlinIsGod]

@@RealMaxoou262 They were expecting Moginly or Bure numbers from him in his rookie season but Ottawa didn't have much of a supporting cast, and being the next big thing puts a target on your back for cheap shots. Put 2 solid stars with him and his career would have been entirely different.

[@Stephen_Loves_You]

i think his son is on the team now

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

y'etais bon, mais c'etait pas Mario Lemieux ou Sergei Fedorov. Mais solide a son peak Alex Daigle. RICO FATA a eu un peak moins long que Daigle, ou les 4 jours ou Vladimir Malakhov a donné 100% de son coeur... Calisse qy'avait pas de coeur mais tout le talent Malakhov. Daigle avait 90% de coeur mais l'Effort rendu au bout fut tough je pense. A son peak une légende ! J'imagine pas dans les junior! Devait dominer comme Michel Goulet, Gilbert Perreault, Bossy pis Ti-Guy

[@user-vc7ps6tk8i]

As a Panthers fan I of course remember Victor Kozlov (played with Bure and had a ton of assists)

[@blueredlover1060]

The thing with Daigle is that he went first overall. In the second round, he's a good player. Even mid to late first first round, he's decent. However, he was strapped with the expectations of a first overall pick, and he ultimately failed to live up to them. That's why he's labeled a bust.

[@PainDeviil]

Daigle in 1993 he got forced to play by his father he didnt even want to play hockey anymore ! thats a sad story Still remember him and I still got a Sens Jersey with his Signature :)

[@sadmarinersfan8935]

It seems like he had the skill just lost the love and drive to play

[@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223]

I have a stack of Stephan cards that I lost my shirt on . Daigle too.

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

ouch... any Pat Falloon cards left ? Asking for a friend

[@alienrefugee51]

I heard that the real truth Lindros refused to sign with Quebec, was because at the time, the owner had made advances towards Eric's mother. He took the heat and pissed off a lot of people, but in reality, it was for a just reason. He made up excuses for why he didn't want to sign to protect his mother.

[@dana102083]

I watched a video recently with lindros stating it was personal to the owner and not against anyone else. I always wondered what happened but guesses it was some.form of perversion..

[@phreakzilla8514]

No mention of the Cup clinching goal for Chris Phillips in 2007? All joking aside, I can’t imagine how sick that must feel. At least they didn’t lose by one goal.

[@WarioSaysSo]

Top 10 - 90's NHL Entry Draft Year in retro perspective: 1. 1991 - Scott Niedermayer, Peter Forsberg, Eric Lindros, Markus Naslund, Alexei Kovalev, Chris Osgood 2. 1990 - Jaromir Jagr, Martin Brodeur, Keith Tkachuk, Owen Nolan, Sergei Zubov 3. 1997 - Roberto Luongo, Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, Marian Hossa, Olli Jokinen, Eric Brewer 4. 1993 - Chris Pronger, Paul Kariya, Jocelyn Thibault, Saku Koivu, Jason Arnott, Todd Bertuzzi 5. 1999 - Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin, Ryan Miller, Henrik Zetterberg, Martin Havlat 6. 1994 - Daniel Alfredsson, José Théodore, Ryan Smyth, Evgeni Nabokov, Tim Thomas, Milan Hejduk, Ed Jovanovski 7. 1995 - Jarome Iginla, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Miikka Kiprusoff, Shane Doan, Sami Kapanen, Petr Sýkora 8. 1998 - Pavel Datsyuk, Vincent Lecavalier, Alex Tanguay, Scott Gomez, Simon Gagné 9. 1992 - Alexei Yashin, Sergei Gonchar, Jere Lehtinen, Nikolai Khabibulin, Roman Hamrlik, Martin Straka 10. 1996 - Zdeno Chara, Tomas Kaberle, Pavel Kubina, Marco Sturm, Daniel Brière

[@father042]

1994 was great and had tons of deep draft picks, you did not even mention Elias

[@WarioSaysSo]

I tried to stick with the 5-6 best players of each year!@@father042

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

WHAT Todd Bertuzzi > Saku Koivu dude I'm a quebecois and fan of Koivu to the bone but Bertuzzi is just behind Kariya. As Much a I respect Thibault. BERTUZZI was a presence. Did you watch the NHL then or do you go by stats ? On the ICE everybody will tell you : BERTUZZI > Arnott >> Koivu. Sadly. But Koivu in potential was amazing. Like Kariya.

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

I'm a Red Wings fan... and LECAVALIER is bigger than Datsyuk dude... WTF... Datsyuk ain't Yzerman or Fedorov. Red Wings through and through from 1993 to now they are my heart and soul. I lived the stanley cups. Lecavalier trumps Pavel Datsyuk. He had his fall ... but health was also a problem at times. He had Martin St-Louis? Datsyuk had Lidstrom and his great teamates alongside him... don't let stats tell a story that the game tells differently. Datsyuk is amazing but a lil tad behind Vincent. My pet peeve point = Lecavalier broke the 100 points mark.

[@WarioSaysSo]

@@WithScienceAsMySheperd -Vincent Lecavalier was the big shot in the early years, but in the very long run Pavel Datsyuk would prove he was overall a more gifted tallent and a fine leader as well on the ice. He had a deep skill set for both offensive and defensive gameplay and always worked hard. Or how he was very loyal to his native Russia in international competition and thanks to that have won the prestigue Triple Gold Club achivement with; - 2 NHL Stanley Cups, - a IIHF World Championship gold medal + 1 silver & 2 bronze medals, - Olympic gold medal. - 1 KHL Gagarin Cup - Including having competed in 7 WC tournaments, 5 OG tournaments & 2 World Cup tournaments + 14 NHL seasons, 6 KHL seasons & 4 RSL seasons = 24 years + of professional hockey. And his awards list is most impressive: - 4x Lady Byng Memorial Trophy - 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009. - 3x Frank J. Selke Trophy - 2008, 2009 & 2010. - 1x NHL Plus-Minus Award - 2008. - 2010-11 NHL Players Poll: Hardest to Take the Puck Off of + Cleanest Player. - 2011-12 NHL Players Poll: Smartest Player + Most Difficult to Play Against + Hardest to Take the Puck From + Most Difficult to Stop + Cleanest Player + Toughest Forward to Play Against. - 2x Kharlamov Trophy - 2011, 2013: Voted Best Russian NHL Player by Russian NHL Players - Selected as one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players ever (2017). Datsyuk was literally a gem among rocks when discovered and due to how he was often disregarded by higher-ups, it pushed him to become better and more determed. In short term Cavalier was better, but in the long run and much more overall Datsyuk was just much deeper and a much better player to build a team with.

[@noahhiltz5384]

Your guy's biggest and best video!!

[@L3GHO5T]

Scott stevens man, absolute wallpaper artist. I can’t tell you how many times over the years growing up watching that dude trolly track guys so bad I thought they were going to be taken out in a body bag.

[@donniedoesdishes]

great video

[@thelonegeekboy]

There were periods when Lindros was a Ranger where he was back to his elite level, playing without fear, but then he was concussed again after the hit and fight with Jason Doig and it was really over for him.

[@integrity101]

His 1st year with NYR he was still an all star and deservedly so. When was the Doig fight? 02-03?

[@bigheadhockey3505]

Unbelievable video!

[@wuhaninstituteofvirology]

"todd bertuzzi" (& it's a picture of travis green - both of whom had connections to the canucks: the former as a player, & latter as head coach

[@kevinstull8552]

It's too bad Berard never played for the Senators. He might have helped them make the playoffs a lot sooner than they did. It's also too bad that Phillips never became the Senators captain or Norris trophy winner. He would have made a great team captain.

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

the peak of that Yashin era was good. They had such potential but like in modern times it's a flash in the pan... MARIAN HOSSA. He demonstrated he was one of the best players of his era, like Jarome Iginla , Joe Thornton, Sergei Samsonov, Alex Kovalev...

[@RAD6150]

Pretty sure Daigle meant no one remembers WHO was drafted number 2.

[@chuckplaysgames7925]

And he was wrong . we know chris pronger way more than him. Paul Kariya is 20x the legend

[@stephen9302]

Forgot about Phillips! Great Senators player! Thornton too. As a Kings fan, coming back from 0-3 down earned SJ - the San Jose CHOKERS

[@unclestepa8865]

I think you confused Todd Bertuzzi photo with Travis Green😊 Great video though

[@jodymarty3179]

Why are people so hard on stephan about the empty net miss. It's clear as fucking day he got fucked by the worst luck ever. You can clearly see the puck hit somthing and bounce over his stick at the last second. I feel terrible for the guy.

[@GASYGames]

If you had asked me if Vinny L was a 1k point guy I would have said yes 100%... shows how elite the thousand point club is!

[@jeanjacques9365]

he is when you talk career points including playoff

[@untexan]

Vinny spent his first 6 years in the deadest part of the dead puck era… and his prime ended pretty early. Still got close to 1000.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Stefan played a season in the Sm-Liiga in 04-05 with over a point per game. Not sure why that wasn't mentioned, especially as that was the sole team that he played for that season.

[@j.r.6142]

Alexander Daigle is the epitome of "the gap"...what is the "gap" you say? The "gap" is the difference between leagues...it is incremental but at least differential in the lower leagues...the pros, theres no limit, and the highest guy at the time drags the bell curve further out as others chase them...its also a regular "job" vs weekly gig....Daigle never acclimated and barely split "the gap"...he was amazing in the low leagues, but never learned the long jump to reach what the pros really are. Theres a saying, " amateurs practice until they get it, professionals practice until they dont miss"....this was the sad story of 1st pick Daigle over future hall of famers drafted below him

[@AD_RC]

For me no good conversation about Stefan is complete without mentioning the Sedins... Imagine that flip flop

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

Jaromir Jagr #5 in 1990 vs Owen Nolan who could have went and won the cup with Mario Lemieux...

[@DrFunk-rk6yl]

Such an awful draft that year. The Sedin's were the only talent in that draft.

[@VinceWhitacre]

At his best, Eric Lindros had something I've only seen from Gretzky and Lemieux (I feel like Orr was the same, but I'm too young to have seen him): the ability to score seemingly at will. If he wanted the puck in the net, it was there. His concussions and post-concussion syndrome related injuries stole what could easily have been a top-5 NHL career. And he STILL was a great player. But man... what he could have been.

[@henrysinclair5914]

amazing how few players live up to it

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

rather : amazing how many NOT #1 become legends. JAROMIR JAGR (#5)!!!! Dominik Hasek (199) ! Brian Rafalski! (undrafted) (free agent at 25 yo I think... he could ALMOST not compete for the calder If I'm not wrong cuz there was the Sergei Makarov rule - no player above age 26 could be counted as a calder candidate after the 30-some Makarov won the Calder.)

[@nicklengyel356]

Met Alexander Daigle,cool person

[@MoneyHoneyBunny]

Man, Alexander Daigle..... what coulda been for Ottawa. Think about the fact that once they got Alfredsson, who was an afterthought late late draft pick in 94, Ottawa made the playoffs 12 YEARS IN A ROW.... and 14 of 16 total with Alfie after his Calder season. 12 in a row, if only they'd somehow known what they coulda had with some of the other highly drafted players. They're 1 of those franchises that it's really sad they haven't won a cup, a lot of bad luck honestly. And with Berard, I believe Redden was more what they needed. Look at his career plus minus, he lead the league one year even! Sadly Berard's career wasn't long for the world. Redden retired really young too honestly, but he gave Ottawa over a decade of 1st line defenseman play and they made the playoffs EVERY SINGLE YEAR they had Wade.

[@estellegrignon]

Owen Nolan lowkey a great Puckdoku asset

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

Zbigniew Rachwalski & Zbigniew Czarn are godsent hockey players for hockey scrabbles!

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

Think of POUL POPIEL, for PuckDoku ! He was a little known player. Me and my best friend could be the only two NHL fans who know about him before I told you. Don't know if anyone read the NHL total hockey entries and remembers him

[@aralornwolf3140]

Chris Niel also had his number retired... although that was last season.

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

Chris Niel ? Retired number ? Who was this again? A 1990s NHL player ? I was brathing hockey from 1995 to 2002 and don'T really remember him as "retiring his number" type. Will be happy to learn!!! (hockey hobby-historian here)

[@aralornwolf3140]

@@WithScienceAsMySheperd, He played just over 1,000 games with Ottawa from the 2001-2002 season to the 2016-2017. He played, mostly, on Ottawa's 3rd line. He was named alternate captain in 2013-2014... however, he's best known for being an enforcer. In his 1,026 games he only managed to record 2,522 PIM... :D His number was retired for a combination of 2 reasons... 1. He was a crowd favourite. (Must please the fans) 2. His leadership, and dedication to the team and to hockey in general. They wanted him to be officially recognized for his part, despite never going to be even considered to be a HOF player.

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

OK! Nice! some enforcers do merit such recognition when they are franchise players. @@aralornwolf3140 Tie Domi in Toronto. Dave Tiger Williams in Vancouver. And IMO : Georges Laraque with Edmonton. The greatest enforcer in NHL history is Laraque. Above Probert, above Chris Nilan and all others.

[@kassi420]

I remember Daigle… that’s because my team drafted him.

[@dr.robbackstein2348]

FYI you have a Mario Lemieux thumbnail in your description where it should be Lindros :)

[@92OnTV]

Greetings. Will there be 2000's ?

[@Chris-qo4rt]

Imagine the Nordiques with both Nolan and Lindros on the team. damn

[@goingrogue2236]

I didn't know that Ice Soccer had been around that long...

[@TheSamdroidOnline]

Good video.

[@lucasbrush61brush56]

Jumbo is a top 50 talent of all time. Let's put some respect on his name

[@paddy160160]

Awesome channel #RangersTown

[@stephen9302]

All i can recall about Stefan is that blown empty netter against the Oilers and lose the game.

[@ThomasBahamas]

33:44 oh no that play is etched into my memory

[@MoneyHoneyBunny]

By the way don't forget, Dallas still won the game in OT after Stefan's mistake lol. People forget that fact

[@Faubs82]

Us savage Sens fans were clearly in the wrong for wanting DJ fired , right,? That'd be an L Wally 😅 You've earned this one. I say this with love lol

[@josephpanozzo4815]

Brings back memories.

[@mangrove]

18:24 That's Travis Green, not Bertuzzi.

[@Suomipoika]

you should have mentioned that Patrik Stefan was drafted first because Vancouver made deals to get the Sedin brothers in picks 2 and 3. Patrik would have actually gone third pick.

[@Al-wm3fq]

18:23 pretty sure that's Travis Green, not Todd Bertuzzi lol. Great video otherwise!

[@johanjotun1647]

Wow somebody passed on Pronger, That guy was scarry.

[@mattwilliams7454]

Thank you for mentioning Nolan's called shot.

[@haysbrickell9579]

Toronto's trading away Rask by all accounts is one of the worst moves ever. Also Vegas's acquiring Tatar was a complete disaster.

[@kellismith4329]

Alexi Cashin

[@untexan]

The Lightning’s owner at the time, Art Williams, called Lecavalier the Michael Jordan of hockey. He was obviously prone to hyperbole and also kind of a rube. He sold the team less than a year later.

[@kevinstull8552]

4:02 The guy on the right seriously looks almost like Jay Leno, minus the enormous chin 😂.

[@lancelafonde5240]

For me I will consider Stefan a way bigger bust then Daigle, whenever someone brings up how bad daigle was , i will also say cant forget about stefan

[@hdhdhzh259]

Daigle had 327 point in 616 games. He was just over a point per 2 games. You can name 5#1s that have had less of an NHL career than him

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

Pat Falloon mate... WAYYYYYYYYY bigger fail. Falloon was almost tied with Lindros in draft expectations ... moreso like a Shane Wright vs Slafkovsky connundrum

[@jasonjansen9831]

Stefan eventually became a pretty good two way player. He was good defensively.

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

They should name that move the Stefan, lol

[@paulofearghail9408]

*the 1990s (not 1990's). No apostrophe. A decade is a plural, not a possessive.

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

I remember the legend of PAT FALLOON ! I was there ... my cousin was hyped! But the #2 of 1991 wasn't a legend! Also : I was in Victoriaville for dinner one day when the craze of Alexandre Daigle was a big promotional event there... went down in flames compared to legend Alexei Yashin. I 'member the draft of 2000 taping it on VHS when RICK DIPIETRO was #1, overall... A GK who should have been like Roberto Luongo or Marc-Andre Fleury, Carrey Price... NOPE!) Patrick Stefan was still solid with the Atlanta Thrashers but he' a player like Sergei Samsonov or Merlin Malinowsky who'll get forgotten by the next generations...

[@ponyboycurtis007]

you mean.. Fat Balloon?

[@goldennuggetofwisdom5068]

Did u call it the Jane Norris trophy? Lol I think its the James Norris😁

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

Miss Jane Norris, yes, is this a mandela effect world where Miss Jane was a man names James ? (JOKING!)

[@Dubn8r]

18:23 that's Travis Green, NOT Todd Bertuzzi.

[@sheldoncedwardthibault3599]

You need to do Top #1 NHL Draft Picks of the 1960's & 1970's and see how they did & made out?.

[@stephen9302]

Daigle was one of the biggest NHL busts EVER! Career high 51 points tor an #1 overall pick is embarrassing(never knew he scored 51 pointss 3 times!

[@georgefox4982]

He also scored a total of 129 goals in the nhl and over 300 points. It would be interesting to see the totals of other no 1 picks

[@adampetten5349]

​@@georgefox4982Dale Talon was picked first over Gilbert Perrault and had 90 points in his career.

[@peterolbrisch8970]

1990 was really the last year of the eighties. This concept may be hard to grasp, but you need to realize that there was no year zero. Freaky.

[@lessthanthreemetal]

When I was a kid I thought his name was Owen Nowen

[@JunkYardCardGuy]

Lindros being enshrined before Roenick is criminal.

[@JohnNewtoner]

I always wondered what would have happened if the Sens traded Daigel to Quebec.

[@JWS1985]

Lindros could've been an all-time great if he'd stayed healthy. Major what-if.

[@Chiller11]

The Scott Stevens elbow to Lindos’ head was vicious, borderline criminal.

[@sfd703]

Did EVERY #1 draft pick eventually land on the Rangers squad at some point? Sheesh 😂😂😂

[@daniels3960]

everyone remembers Daigle bro