Who is a prospect you really wanted to see succeed but didn’t?

[BAdvocate]

Definitely Gilbert Brule....

I miss creme Brule

 

[JKG33]

Turcotte.

I guess the jury's still out but everything pointed to a Richards/Toews clone but his body just couldn't handle the recklessness. Just goes to show how rare and special those guys are.

He should still have a career and can still be a fan favorite, it's all work and heart out there. But the upside is likely waning hard.

This. Richards is one of my favorite players of all time, I was super excited for Turcotte even before the Kings drafted him.

 

[canary]

Patrick O'Sullivan
Stefan Della Rovere
Rico Fata
Keith Aulie
Pavel Brendl
Robbie Schremp
Dan Blackburn

 

[TLEH]

Ian Mitchell
Dal Colle
Nolan Patrick

 

[dm1371]

Jo Drouin

 

[Czechboy]

Zadina, kaut, Hajek, Zboril, galvas and Kral.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Ho Sang and Mittelstadt and so many more

 

[RABBIT]

Peter Mueller. Head injuries suck

 

[bigdog16]

Ho Sang and Mittelstadt and so many more

Ho Sang was so uberly skilled. He simply couldnt get out of his own way off the ice. Like everything you wished for out of a prospect, he would do the opposite

 

[RABBIT]

Brandon Gormley. Thought the Coyotes had a steal

 

[Eegs]

Ho Sang and Mittelstadt and so many more

Ho Sang, sure, but Mittelstadt is a legit top 6 player now.

 

[as Pure as Evil]

Trevor kidd
had such great goalie set ups no matter the team

The hype around him was crazy

 

[deleted user]

Morgan Klimchuck.

 

[lakai17]

Fedor Fedorov, Jared Staal and Brent Gretzky

 

[blink]

Nathan Gerbe, Ty Rattie, Brad Ross, Teemu Pulkkinen, Madison Bowey are some names that come to mind.

Gerbe I was rooting for since he was 5'5"..he did play a bunch of NHL games but always wanted him to be a star

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Trevor kidd
had such great goalie set ups no matter the team

The hype around him was crazy

I'm sure it doesn't help that Calgary swapped picks with the Devils to get him and NJ dropped back and took Brodeur

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Filatov lol

 

[Brodeur]

Canada U18 1996-1997 - Roster, Stats & more

Canada U18 - Pacific Cup - hockey team page with roster, stats, transactions at eliteprospects.com

www.eliteprospects.com

Another random one for me was Adam Colagiacomo. I just got Internet access in 1996, so the 1997 Draft felt like the first time I could learn about the prospects during the draft year. Colagiacomo started off the season as a top 10 prospect. He was on a line with Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau for the Pacific Cup (precursor to the Hlinka Gretzky) and Colagiacomo led the team in scoring.

I had gotten into collecting hockey cards around that time and pulled this card. So I had an irrational thought that it'd be worth a ton down the road.

By the time the draft rolled around, The Hockey News had Colagiacomo ranked #25. New Jersey was picking 24th so I watched that draft hoping that they'd pick him. But he'd slip not only out of the first round but also the second and third. I jumped on my dial up modem to load up the draft and he finally went in the 4th round (#82) to San Jose.

In the years since, I've read some anecdotes about him being physically mature at a young age so perhaps teams had an idea that he didn't have as much room to improve. One funny story was that he'd be routinely confused as being a parent of one of his OHL teammates since he looked much older.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Alexis Lafrenière because he was the first player with superstar potential to come from Québec in a decade

So the book is closed on him at 22?

 

[blink]

Adam Clendening was another one.....

 

[jackp0t]

Robbie Schremp and Gilbert Brule

 

[Judas Tavares]

Zach Hamill

 

[ScoutyMcScoutface]

Fedor Fedorov was built to be a 50 goal, 100 point power forward but was less emotionally developed than the average toddler.

I believe Brian Burke said he was the Canucks most naturally talented player, this being at time when we had Naslund, Bertuzzi and the Sedins.

 

[Svedu]

Heponiemi, Heinola, Kupari, Laaksonen, Laine? PULJUJÄRVI, Somppi, Kuokkanen, Eetu Tuuola, Leevi Aaltonen, Jesse Nurmi? Simontaival, Hirvonen, Veeti Miettinen, JUOLEVI, Honka, Nikkanen, Turkulainen, Talvitie...

 

[Canovin]

Yakupov reaching his potential with McDavid and Drai on ELCs would have done some damage to the league