#31
Re: Wow, the Penguins sure do suck
Dec 9th, 2010
pavel datsyuk - 6th round - 171st overall
henrik zetterberg - 7th round - 210th overall
valterri filpula - 3rd round - 95th overall
darren helm - 5th round - 132nd overall
jiri hudler - 2nd round - 57th overall
justin abdelkader - 2nd round - 42nd overall
nicklas lidstrom - 3rd round - 53rd overall
ken holland, detroit G M, when asked, how they happened to draft all these good players so well, he said
that if they had known any of them were going to be as good as they have turned out, they would have
been drafted much higher, as why would they have left them there so long, giving time to others to
pick them before they chose them.
they chose other players over the above, eg. pavel datsyuk was left there 5 times by all teams, before
detroit made the choice to pick him l71st overall.
detroit leave young players in the ahl longer than many other teams, and don't bring
them up till later, thus giving them more time to develope
they have an amazing coach, babcock was dropped by brian burke from anaheim because
burke was too cheap to give him a decent raise, so detroit nabbed him.
he's a tough love type of guy.
yzerman was drafted 4th overall in l983, which tells of a poor placing the previous year, to get such a high draft pick.
henrik zetterberg - 7th round - 210th overall
valterri filpula - 3rd round - 95th overall
darren helm - 5th round - 132nd overall
jiri hudler - 2nd round - 57th overall
justin abdelkader - 2nd round - 42nd overall
nicklas lidstrom - 3rd round - 53rd overall
ken holland, detroit G M, when asked, how they happened to draft all these good players so well, he said
that if they had known any of them were going to be as good as they have turned out, they would have
been drafted much higher, as why would they have left them there so long, giving time to others to
pick them before they chose them.
they chose other players over the above, eg. pavel datsyuk was left there 5 times by all teams, before
detroit made the choice to pick him l71st overall.
detroit leave young players in the ahl longer than many other teams, and don't bring
them up till later, thus giving them more time to develope
they have an amazing coach, babcock was dropped by brian burke from anaheim because
burke was too cheap to give him a decent raise, so detroit nabbed him.
he's a tough love type of guy.
yzerman was drafted 4th overall in l983, which tells of a poor placing the previous year, to get such a high draft pick.
Last edited by talloola; Dec 9th, 2010 at 11:28 AM..
