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09-28-2022, 02:05 PM #1Hockey Manager
Galchenyuk Cut from Avalanche Tryout
Crazy. Former #3 overall, so much hype and potential when he was starting out with the Habs.
The Avalanche signed him to a PTO, from which he was released this morning.
End of the line?
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09-28-2022, 02:58 PM #2
He wasn't horrible, especially during his time with the Hab's, averaging around 45pts, but than it's been a slow decline since going to Arizona.
I guess he was expected to be a superstar...maybe he goes to the Swiss league and enjoys some wine an cheese?
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09-28-2022, 03:08 PM #3Hockey Advisor
His last few stops.... he seems good enough (IMO) to be a league minimum / depth guy. Colorado likely has more than enough of those.
I'll be surprised if there aren't at least a dozen teams, on October 5th, who don't have multiple forwards inferior to Chucky........
Having said that, the idea that he brings anymore upside than 10g / 25p at this stage of his career is probably gone. Probably more teams interested in "fast guy with sandpaper" or "young guy to get experience" than him.
I can very much see him getting another NHL job.... but it wouldn't surprise me if he doesn't.
He's half way to Mike Sillinger's record. There's still time!
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09-28-2022, 03:24 PM #4Assistant General Manager
Well hopefully for his sake if he wants to play hockey he can break the record. Nothing too shabby about being wanted to help a team. As was said before Colorado is loaded on talent. I just feel sorry for all those folks who jumped on the bandwagon of the next hot rookie and look at what they are worth now!
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09-28-2022, 03:52 PM #5
The nights where he looked like a number 3 pick were far and few between. Most nights in Montreal it looked like he was just out there for a free skate, covering plenty of the ice surface without touching the puck.
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09-28-2022, 05:40 PM #6
At least Galchenyuk is in good company ....
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09-28-2022, 10:07 PM #7
Worst top three picks ever?
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09-29-2022, 10:11 AM #8Hockey Advisor
Shame they missed out on the #4 pick in that photo (Oilers legend, Griffin Reinhart)
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09-29-2022, 10:44 AM #9Hockey Advisor
The 1999 draft was probably worse overall, but the Sedins went 2 & 3 (so certainly not a bad "top 3" that year). Aside from them, the only players who were more than "depth pieces" taken that year were Craig Anderson in the 3rd round to Calgary, Ryan Miller in the 5th round to Buffalo, and Henrik Zetterberg in the 7th round to Detroit.
It was a very different era, but the 1967 NHL draft definitely has the worst top 3 picks. Combined, they have as many NHL games played as I do.
1974 (Greg Jolly to WSH, Wilf Paiment to Kansas City, Rick Hampton to California) I would argue is worse than the 2012 class, overall. Paiment was probably the best NHLer out of the 6 players involved.... but Yakupov was a better pick at #1 than Joly. Murray has had a better career than Hampton did (and he's still going). Paiment clearly better than Galchenyuk though.
60s and 70s were so long ago though..... 2012 definitely the worst top 3 in modern history.
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09-29-2022, 11:50 AM #10
Tom Wilson should have went #1...
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