THN.com Top 10: Biggest NHL draft busts

[doniceage]

In determining the biggest busts in history, let’s agree there is a different set of expectations for first overall picks compared to later selections. Alexandre Daigle (especially) and Patrik Stefan were very highly hyped and expected to produce at all-star levels in the NHL. While neither came anywhere close to fulfilling those lofty expectations, both still played more than 400 NHL games. Yes, they still busted - and how - but let’s give them some credit for making it to the big leagues and sticking around for a while.

On the other hand, there’s Ray Martyniuk, who won just about everything a goalie could in the WCHL in the late 1960s. Labeled the “can’t miss kid,” Martyniuk didn’t play a second in the NHL. Surely, that makes him a bigger bust

http://www.thehockeynews.com/article...aft-busts.html

[centrehice]

Brian Lawton makes this guy look like Partick Roy in terms of ability.

Everybody belly aches about Daigle. Lol. Daigle was Greztky compared to Lawton. Brian Lawton was a bigger disappointment than a right-side-up, upside-down cake.