[adams1f]

Originally Posted by Sherek X

It was good because of the lock out the year before.

there was no lock out in 2002/2003 bud

[VICE™]

Originally Posted by Sherek X

It was good because of the lock out the year before.

This statement doesn't make any sense to me at all.

[charlio lemieux]

Originally Posted by Sherek X

It was good because of the lock out the year before.

Make that a triple "WHAAAAAAAA?????"

[DonCherries]

Check out these articles, not so much about the draft year but the best draft picks ever. Zetterberg for example was a steal in the 7th round. http://www.hockeybarn.com/columns/

[charlio lemieux]

Originally Posted by DonCherries

Check out these articles, not so much about the draft year but the best draft picks ever. Zetterberg for example was a steal in the 7th round. http://www.hockeybarn.com/columns/

YA there have been some absolute steals over the years.

I think the scouting is getting so good that not so many are found anymore. Not to mention that with everything getting posted on youtube everytime some kid has a 10 goal game in PeeWee it gets put on the net.

[VICE™]

Steals like that are more rare than they once were, but with a combination of great scouting and luck, it's possible.

Zetterberg's story is great though. Hakan Andersson was in Sweden scouting Mattias Weinhandl and saw "this little guy who had the puck all the time." Ended up being Zetterberg.

[charlio lemieux]

Originally Posted by FAHQALL

Steals like that are more rare than they once were, but with a combination of great scouting and luck, it's possible.

Zetterberg's story is great though. Hakan Andersson was in Sweden scouting Mattias Weinhandl and saw "this little guy who had the puck all the time." Ended up being Zetterberg.

Cool story.

It is hard to find the proverbial small town with the amazing kid.