Posts About "2009 NHL Draft"
2009 NHL Entry Draft: Five Forgotten Picks
August 17th, 2019 NHL general managers are a little bit like modern-day prospectors. They carefully research where they think the gold is, then plan how to go about getting it. When they get down to the river, (or, in this case, the draft) and pan for the gold (or make their picks), they may think they've got the gold in their pan (or, on their team)...
What Happened to the Oilers 2009 Draft Picks?
October 23rd, 2016 It's a well-known fact that the Edmonton Oilers went through a near decade of abysmal performances at the draft table. In June 2009, the Oilers' management and scouting staff added to that with several picks that didn't pan out after the team rolled the dice on some long-term projects. With the 2016-17 season underway, just one player...
Revisiting the Islanders Draft of 2009
May 23rd, 2016 The Islanders finished the 2008-09 season with the league's worst record. The prize for their futility, selecting first overall in the 2009 NHL Draft. There were a few options for general manager Garth Snow to choose from, center Matt Duchene, defenseman Victor Hedman and center John Tavares. Snow did not show his hand until walked up...
Red Wings Draft Recap: 2009
May 19th, 2015 The 2008-2009 season was a heartbreaking one for Red Wings fans. The Wings looked to be the first team to be back-to-back Stanley Cup champs since…well, themselves, back in 1997-1998. The team was looking as good as ever, and had acquired star winger Marian Hossa after they beat his Pittsburgh Penguins the year before in the Stanley...
Hindsight Is 20/20: The 2009 NHL Draft Re-Done
April 22nd, 2015 Featuring such super-stars as John Tavares and Oliver Ekman-Larsson, as well later picks like Ryan O'Reilly and Tomas Tatar, the 2009 draft stands as one of the better drafts in recent memory. But, five seasons later, no matter how good the draft, it is always interesting to look back and see how the order would have shaken out had the...
Nazem Kadri: The Right Pick in 2009
March 12th, 2014 Imagine for a second that your NHL team could have a do-over - a chance to reanalyze their possibilities in any given National Hockey League entry draft. Then how would these team’s stack up? Would we still have seen the dominance of the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980’s? Or would the New York Islanders have won four consecutive...
