1990 NHL Draft Top 20 Draft Picks.

[milanSK1980]

Only 5th place for Jagr? As an 18 year old he had 60 points in 51 games among seniors in the 3rd best hockey league in the world - Czechoslovak league with all the great Czech and Slovak players in it! Well, he proved his greatness right away in the 90/91 NHL season scoring 57 points in 80 games.

[lolodo98]

calgary picked trevor kidd over who?!!!

[BarSouth3]

jagr defintly the best in that draft

[napajedlacek]

Jagr back with Flyers :) how funny...

[TheAogGuy]

Jagr = Steal

Brodeur = Robbery.

And then Brodeur would rob every player in the league.

[1001Meat]

pens fan since late '09, hoping someday pens will get jagr from philly

[BabbarKhalsaZindabad]

@1001Meat

"pens fan since late '09" - Yea theres no way you didn't bandwagon them...

[londonpythons716]

New Jersey yelling on the stage while drafting Brodeur: "GOT YOU GOOD F*CKERS! WE DRAFT FROM THE _____ MARTIN FKIN BRODEUR"

[jayhawk88z]

don't resort to name calling

[MGTFC]

jaromir jeigr hahaha lol spell it properly bastard

[TAG037]

John Slaney, what a joke he was

[predpis92]

Jagr and Nedved - best players in this draft.

[satch19]

@predpis92 I think you got to include Marty in that for sure. Most winningest goalie of all time

[predpis92]

@satch19 oh fuck i could i forgot on him, true,

[Evnted]

@predpis92 You idiot. Marty is better than both of them.

[Agnotio]

Nolan, Nedved and Primeau over Jagr. Decent players, but still a total fail!

[zonkedforlife2]

Jagr definitely was the best player in the draft

[tjthegiant]

jaormir jager

[milanSK1980]

Jagr from the 5th :)  - great pick for Pittsburg - one of the best players ever!

[HockeyNLax101]

wow, didnt know a single one of them until jagr was drafted...

[191Matthew191]

@HockeyNLax101 are you serious right now?

[HockeyNLax101]

@191Matthew191 yep.

im 17, from age 0-10 its fairly difficult to really know hockey players. 11-17 i havent seen any of them.

although looking back, some names are familiar.

[191Matthew191]

@HockeyNLax101 im 15.. whats your point LOL

[mrceebees14]

Scott Scissions

Good fucking lord, worst pick in the first round.

[leafyutube]

And the Leafs drafted The Drake. Tkachuk or Brodeur would have been nice.

[leafyutube]

Jagr went under the radar here and would team up with Lemieux to win the cup that year.

[TheJakub62]

at that moment Penguins haven't known yet that they drafted one of the best player in nhl history...

[AEMoreira81]

@TheJakub62 It was a risk at the time, because the Iron Curtain hadn't yet fallen.

John Slaney didn't do too good either. Scott Allison, however, was the worst pick; he never made the NHL.

[napajedlacek]

@AEMoreira81 -iron courtain did fall down ...in 1989 ..they just would not know ,if Jagr join Pens traight away .

Jagr wa lucky ,first year generation who could play hockey in the NHL right away ,....after dratf..

Hasek was drafter i think in 1985 but could play in 1991

[Sandler41882]

Great draft class.

[G0odf3lla]

haha @ #15 - Mark Greig

that guy sucked ass

[senseit2007]

@G0odf3lla

not as bad as scott scissons!

[honzahirsch]

And Jagr was the best. .

[mrceebees14]

@honzahirsch Um, Martin Brodeur?

[honzahirsch]

@mrceebees14 Brodeur is also nice, but Jagr is Jagr..

[mrceebees14]

@honzahirsch Brodeur IS arguably the greatest goaltender that has ever played, he is a first ballot hall of famer and will have his number retired in several arenas.

Not to mention goaltender is the hardest position to play.

So I totally disagree in Jagr being the best taken in the draft. If you want to win the cup, you start with goaltending.

[nevertweet015]

@mrceebees "brodeur will have his number retired in several arenas" no he won't! he'll have his number retired in Jersey and Jersey only why would teams he never played for retire his number? that would be retarded

[mrceebees14]

@nevertweet015 Did I say NHL arenas only? Now go figure that out.......retard.

[nevertweet015]

@mrceebees14 their isn't anything to figure out team Canada doesn't have a home rink since international tournaments are just that international so they won't retire his number, his junior team might retire his number so if I give you that thats 2 teams, is that what you meant when you said several arenas?

if I'm a retard what does that make you because I'm clearly smarter than you.......

[mrceebees14]

@nevertweet015 Tretiak has his name retired in the NHL without ever playing a game in the league, so your ignorant definition of international holds no water. You can add high school and college to that list, so right there there are 4 arena's with common sense telling us there could be more.

The only smarter you are is at being ignorant, if Brain were fuel, you wouldn't have enough to drive a flea mobile around the inside of a Cheerio.

[nevertweet015]

@mrceebees14 Tretiak doesn't have his name retired nor his number in the NHL, he is in the NHL Hall Of Fame without ever playing a game but lots of goalie's and players have worn his number 20 so you are wrong.

Brodeur didn't play college hockey he played junior and high school hockey is only big in the states(and possibly europe) so the number is still 2....care to try again?

PS the more you try and insult my intellegence the dumber you look!(because again I'm smarter than you)

[mrceebees14]

@nevertweet015 Oh really? Here you go: He was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989, the first Soviet player to be so honored and to be inducted as a player without having played a game in the NHL. In 2000, he was voted Best Russian Hockey Player of the 20th century.[8] He was a vital cog for some of the most dominant hockey teams in history and is now considered one of hockey's greatest ambassadors."

Eat it bitch.

[mrceebees14]

@nevertweet015 You are already defeated, unless that is another Tretiak with his name in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

The fact here is, you jumped the gun in thinking I was only talking about the NHL when it comes to being honored, which makes you a simpleton and ignorant.

Have fun looking at Tretiaks bio on Hockey Hall of Fame dot come idiot.

[nevertweet015]

@mrceebees14 no I'm not I know tretiak is in the hall of fame (and I know how dominate he used to be), I said so in my last post but his number isn't retired by any nhl team which is what we where arguing about in case you forgot....his number is probably retired in russia somewhere but the only player to have his number completely retired is Wayne Gretzky and nobody else will ever have that honor. You haven't won, your not even winning moron!

[mrceebees14]

@honzahirsch Just so you don;t think I am being a homer, I am NOT a Devils fan. I am actually a fan of one of their arch rivals, but to not recognize that he was the best player taken in that draft would make anyone look foolish.

[honzahirsch]

@mrceebees14 In the best pick of this draft I meant PLAYERS (excluding goalies) so sorry for this..

[mrceebees14]

@honzahirsch I didn't know a goalie was not a PLAYER. ha

[harwicke]

Mike Ricci........What a disaster pick for the Flyers that year.

[maxpowers1988]

Now that's one hell of a draft

[MrBarelylethal]

LOL adjustment period, what adjustment period, jagr broke in asap and won 2 cups in his first 2 years.

[MrBarelylethal]

What if Vancouver had pick Jagr? History will be made.

[KermitTheNig]

JAGR!!!!!!

[bukakee1]

So basecialy Jagr (5th pick) got the most luck with the stanley cup wins to follow.

[psuscott0483]

@bukakee1 brodeur 20th pick 3 cups jagr 2 cups

[dafuksup]

@psuscott0483 uhh who cares? jagr has 1600 points in the nhl you dumbass! lol @ you trying to downplay jagr's career.

[lukepghpa]

RIP Badger Bob

[micgao]

what if vancity took jagr? sigh... nedved...what a fail

[trulysarcastic]

The pens completely stole Joey Mullen from the Flames

[JoelWheels]

Love the music

[JCMoney]

@JoelWheels Yeah, he busted pretty bad, but I think the Oilers overall were the biggest busts. Not one player that they drafted that year ever played an NHL regular season game, that is inept scouting.

[TurgeonFan77132]

And out of those top 20 picks, Scott Scissions has to be the biggest bust of them all. 1 game played for my Islanders and nothing from it...

[trulysarcastic]

@TurgeonFan77132 I hear you, every time I go through the isles draft history I shake my head. He hurt his hand before he got to nhl(although he never actually palyed much...)

[AEMoreira81]

@TurgeonFan77132 Scott Allison, however, never made the NHL.

[mogwai142]

Turner Stevenson what a joke.. ended up making 190 points in 644 GP.

[napajedlacek]

JEGERMEISTER = ABSOLUTE STEAL !!

go pens!

[napajedlacek]

JAGERMEISTER = ABSOLUTE STEAL !

go pens !

[1more4carhur]

wooooooooow brodeur wasn't picked till late. boy the devils did good getting him.

[360shon]

Trevor Kidd over Brodeur? Canucks brilliant Antoski move, history making draft!

[Tr0llsNeverDie]

@360shon just bout every team slipped on brodeur

[SimmonsDrums]

Jágr mluví česky:-)

[thoopid58]

Poor Calgary traded UP from 20 to 11 to get kidd New Jersey then stole Brodeur with number 20!!!!!

[Kipperluongo]

@thoopid58 lmao they picked trevor kidd over brodeur

[thoopid58]

yup 1990 or 2003 is my favorite draft ever

[MelMelsNRich]

Nolan,Tkachuk,Brodeur, and i think Smolinski are the only ones still playing today

[hermotmenee]

+ Brad May

[aliciadom]

what happened to ricci

[therocks0077]

I love how jersey got brodeur with the 20th pick :) in heinsight those other 19 teams are kicking themselves!

[screilly]

Pittsburgh wouldn't have won 2 cups if they'd picked Brodeur

[Majsensmamma]

Nolan did 51 goals and 60 assists and 111 points. they were wrong :)

[bigtim3727]

jairomir jager mister

[legendkiller1984]

dam canucks...2 1st round picks and neither were good, couldve had jagr and marty instead nedved and antoski

fuck sakes

[hockeyroks4ever]

Jagre fell because people wern't sure about when he could come over, although he turned out to be the best

[ARod016]

The Wings took Primeau with the 3rd pick, what a joke. We could've had Jagr instead, unreal. No wonder it took us 7 years after this to win a cup.

[fafaflooey]

I love this draft!!! This was a great day in New Jersey Devils history. Thanks to all the stupid GMs and scouts that passed Marty over.

[Kipperluongo]

@fafaflooey honestly brodeur was the biggest fluke ever, he sucked balls in junior, no one ever expected him to be the best

[fafaflooey]

@Kipperluongo Well he went 20th overall so I doubt he sucked balls. The Devils have said that they thought Brodeur would be better than Kidd and that's why they traded down. Lou knew Calgary would take the hometown kid. Kidd went on to suck balls and Brodeur rewrote the record books.

[Kipperluongo]

@fafaflooey the sv% in his junior years weren't recorded but his gaa was really bad, but then again his team could've been horrible. actually im looking at all of these goalies from when they were in junior and they all have bad stats, i guess the 4.00 gaa is the same as 2.00 gaa now.

[fafaflooey]

@Kipperluongo It's hard to look at stats in juniors and college and translate them to the NHL level. That's why they do personality tests to see how players would handle certain situations. Also, you have to look to see if these kids continuing growing and have the ability to get stronger. So much goes into scouting, way more than stats. Brodeur had a certain personality and was in the perfect system with great players and it allowed Brodeur to become one of the greatest.

[Kipperluongo]

@fafaflooey ya i know but looking at some of the goalies stats that went high up in the first rounds of the draft i can't imagine a goalies stats when he gets drafted in the 5th round or something. You know what I mean?

[IVitaminWater]

@fafaflooey no one, not even the new jersey scouts (and they all admit it openly) could have predicted that brodeur would be how he is today. Who knows, maybe in the 2011 draft, someone drafted in like the 5th round could be better than both ovechkin and crosby. No one can accurately predicted 10-20 years ahead.

[AwsomestKill]

lol new jersey wins the draft :P

well...... Pittsburgh did good to.

then again nobody is better (or luckier) then Pittsburgh when it comes to drafts.

[Camps2630]

i agree with NJD..but DET gets lucky when it comes to drafts

[andrewborody]

Not lucky, their European scouting is amazing. You can't get lucky that many times.

[mothercanuckers]

Nedved screwed us over what a waste of a pick this guy had tons of talent but was only in it for the money and gave us only 1 decent season then left because he didn't get a huge raise

[shark2332]

Kidd taken before Broduer OUCH! I forgot Broduer fell to the 20th spot

[mrceebees14]

3:18......... Look in the background, the Isles pick........Scott Scissons.

Fucking guy sucked.

[supermaverick12345]

if only if only

buffalo took broduer instead of brad may

[G0odf3lla]

haha :) true that ;)

[hebber1961]

joe mullen for a 2nd round pick. not Fletcher's best move.

[marxy2]

HAHAHAHA OMG THE OILERS.....

WHOOOOOOO??? the hell is scott allison???

[nuklz]

jagr-bomb was the steal of the draft considering his position. thanks for the upload, i was like 14 when this draft happened.

[G0odf3lla]

LOL @ Jagr & Ricci's hair !!!

[CSIS25]

he got a don king thing on the go there ROTFL

[NJDnumber30]

Whoa! look at Jagr! lol

[gun4hire]

Owen Nolan doesn't look 18. Check that birth certificate!

In other news, I wonder if Nedved knew he was going to bang swimsuit models then

[theminpoes]

wow.... and #6.... scissons screwed up didnt he

[spfan68]

and also holy crap Jagr got alot bigger since he was drafted he gained about 43lbs!

[spfan68]

well by Jagr turned out the best of skaters but Brodeur definetly is great and i'd say the best goalie of all time

[AddictedToHockey]

wow mike ricci scored that many points as a kid?!

[begley09]

Wow the leafs take Drake Berekowsky over Martin Brodeur

[SYLFan2008]

What's also surprising is BRAD MAY picked ahead of KEITH TKACHUK.

[DonLamoriello]

"Badger" Bob Johnson died of cancer in the fall of 1991. He was the long time coach of the U. of Wisconsin Badgers and father of Miracle on Ice Hero/NHLer Mark Johnson.

Brodeur/Kidd:

Calgary traded with New Jersey to select Trevor Kidd over Marty Brodeur. Lou Lamoriello sent goalie coach/scout Warren Strelow to Canada to scout the two junior netminders. Strelow thought that Brodeur had more potential, and it seems that he was right.

[mothercanuckers]

penguin's coach died after they won the 1990-91 stanley cup didn't he? That's what I heard and Bowman became his successor but I don't know if it's true

[IndyCarTim]

In August 1991, as he was preparing the US team for the upcoming Canada Cup tournament, Johnson suffered a brain aneurysm and was hospitalized, where he was diagnosed with brain cancer. He turned his Penguins coaching duties over to Scotty Bowman and began treatment. Johnson died of brain cancer in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on November 26, 1991.

[dvsenjoi20]

wow these guys are so old now, its crazy to see how young they look. now nolan has a grey beard.

[dacrimespot23]

fuck we could've got brodeur, or fuckin jagr fuck nedved!!!

[tiptopluongo]

omg what cheesy music! lol i wasn't even born when this happened, hard to imagine brodeur went 20th. i guess that's how drafts work, have to get lucky.

[idster7]

just cause some teams do well and some teams screw up doesn't mean it's luck.

[Th3G0ALT3ND3R]

wow! Trevor Kidd was drafted before Brodeur. lol

[wildaces42]

peter bondra went 156th in this draft :|

career 503 goals 389 assists 892 points.

[Powermetal45]

go ducks

[nmigliore]

That #20 pick didn't turn out to be much eh?

[MHoogasian]

Isn't it amazing how someone like Brodeur went that low in the draft? Can you imagine how all those GMs must feel now? How could Ricci be considered a #1 top pick? Wow

[nmigliore]

Yeah that to be the funniest with Ricci at #1. Haaa

[nmigliore]

haha.. "jaromir yay-ger"

[nmigliore]

Mike Ricci at #4? eek

[TMeyer88]

holy crap look at jaromir jagr!

[njdevils17]

there were a lot of great players in that draft

[bonyapo]

Scott Scissors ???? LOLXD

[JeeeQc]

Yeagr!

[RimlandThesis]

Martin Brodeur # 20 pick!!!

crazy!

[jgrewal66]

that was a pretty loaded 1st round. Only one bust in the top 10 selections. Some late round gems too with tkachuk and brodeur

[Andrei46Kostitsyn]

Why did the Nordiques always have first pick? in '89, '90 and 91.

[xlibman]

If I remember correctly, the worst teams in the NHL had the first draft picks. Nords missed playoffs 5 years in a row and finished last 3 of these times. In addition to that Lindros refused to play for the team since he didn't wanted to learn french and wanted higher salary, then he got exchanged against full of good players. ALl this transformed the team into a killing machine, altough they lacked a decent goalie

[Andrei46Kostitsyn]

Thanks. And yes, Lindros sucks.

[muziklover24]

@Andrei46Kostitsyn because in all those years Nordiques finish last in the standing

[rockee06]

Martin Broudur 20th what a joke

[superchaos2586]

yeah i know....but they didnt know he was going to eclipse all of these records :)

[HATEbeersnobs]

Brian Lawton, Eric Lindros were # picks

look what happened to them! lol

[unsungzero1027]

He wasn't even expected to be drafted until at the earliest the second round anyway. So, it was a shock when he was drafted in the first round.

[unsungzero1027]

That was a reply to rockee06.

[HATEbeersnobs]

Petr Nedved's family is very athletic

his bro played for Czech Republib in the WOrld Cup lol

[HATEbeersnobs]

Jagr could've been a legend!

but instead he decided to be a douche !

[LiLmAnJoE7]

um ya if u actually watched hockey you wouuld see that he is a legend

[HATEbeersnobs]

YEAH........ I meant a PITTSBURGH legend!

but he sold out like homo

[vidEvWill]

well, Jagr is what I like to call an unselfish player...you need them as a leader and make others better...he is better as a complementary player and a go-to-guy.

[CCampLI]

Ugh.......

This is a draft I want to forget.

[cakeinfinate]

yayger? lol.

[NBertuzzi]

Brad may 14 wtf

[IrJebus]

lol at Nolan's mullet

[bludika]

lol Yay Ger

[mattrmc19]

good to see badger bob johnson in the video. RIP Bob. It's a great day for hockey!

[1980andrew]

Jagr sucks, go Pens!

[cakeinfinate]

as do the Pens :)

[mrios328]

yager... haha, jagr

[Foltz22]

the top 5 guys were all really good

[propagandagroup]

Brodeur going at #20...lol

[zeppieri88]

Pretty cool...

any others??

[emilfromswe]

Love. And i like these years when this music put up the show. Sounds intressting.

[DiddyTheGreatest]

LMFAO @ Jagr's hair

In these top 20, only 2 of them will go in the hall of fame.

[tjackson76]

I think Jagr was really into Depeche Mode at this time.

[vidEvWill]

Dude, check out the do on Jaromir Jagr...still holds many records in his homeland of Russia.

[tjackson76]

Huh? Jagr's not russian

[vidEvWill]

Eh...sorry he is from the Czech Republic and he holds all hockey records...goals, assists, and starts for a player...Also he lists Ronald Reagan as one of his heroes.

[susdlnskafw]

classic clip; lots of familiar names in that first round!

marty brodeur #20! (if only they had a crystal ball.....)

[ayoshi82]

good old sportsdesk....

[hockyjocky4]

kinda cool lookin back now... you have any more?

[chrisuncleahmad]

How long was Ricci with Philly?

[LucaToni101]

ricci is number 1

[pachanga1971]

Great Draft.

[napajedla]

Jaromir Jagr 5th !:-)

Brodeaur wow

Pens and Devils stolen the show..

[vidEvWill]

Not a lot of guys play 18 years in this league...so to play that long is an accomplishment, Jagr is now with the club Avanguard Omsk where he will play with Rangers '07 pick Alexei Cherapanov.

[DaveTheMan1234567890]

Cool, Thanks!