Patrik Stefan- 1999 NHL Draft

[samuraijack18]

At least he's not worse than Alexandre Daigle

[atl236136]

Thrashers should have picked a Sedin & held him ransom for the Canucks to trade.  If you're going to turn down ransom like that, be SURE about your #1 pick and even THEN, you couldn't have been sure enough about Stefan to not just go out, pick a Sedin and then build a foundation with the picks you get in a trade.

Sad our whole franchise went down the shitter right from the beginning :-S If they'd hired Burke instead of Waddell.....

URRGGGHHHHHHH, mustn't think of these things!....

[mahtivaari72]

They could have taken Sedins, Zetterberg, Havlat or Ryan Miller.

[NBertuzzi]

Winnipeg needs to better due-diligence with their draft picks.

[Mapleleafs2011]

What if he was born a few days erliar.....

[MajorLiteral]

I guess the Thrashers started as they meant to go on, with bad decisions.

[AEMoreira81]

The first 10 picks, save the Sedin twins, hardly did anything.

[Pwopel]

poor thrashers never saw it coming...

[AftComet]

All I can think of right now is:

"Stefan steals and he'll ice it. Oh! At least I thought he was until he blew it! Here come the Oilers the other way, and Hemsky's loose, Hemsky, HE SCORES!!! CAN. YOU. BELIEVE. WHAT. WE. JUST. SAW? Patrick Stefan you should be ashamed of yourself, that does not belong in the National Hockey League."

[MrBloomfield77]

ahahah 2:15 Pavel Brendl

[LocoGroove]

Biggest draft bust ever, what a joke :D

[RedWingsFan931]

They cursed themselves from day one

[spacerangerchimp]

Okay my comment was a Patrick Kane joke. Please stop sending me comments saying Patty kane lol

[mrcoolmanbitesize]

I guess atlanta missed on an open net too.

[puckcrazed35]

yea well he was drafted before both of them so plus he my coach, and he made it to the nhl, id like to see u guys do that and be first draft pick

[JCMoney]

The Thrashers were doomed from the start...

[knuckles1438]

this guy was my coach

[iamian98]

why do they show a canucks logo at 2:40

[murphyc763]

keep pressing 6

[askada1]

i thought he was going to kiss the man in front of him at 0:45 :D

[theedit123]

I can't even believe it first pick overall in 1999 but manages to miss an open net on a breakaway 2 ft away

[SJSharksfan408]

worst pick in the NHL: Patrik Stefan

[Ducksrule123]

RIP atl thrashers

[StevenChristianson93]

So sad... they were excited to add a bust, the IHL was a garbage league and I bet if he was in Slovakia he would've went like 7th round. Atlanta was the most embarrassing franchise in the NHL (RIP), ended his NHL career with missing the empty net. But honestly, how did he go first overall.

[EdgeHeadTubeV2]

I bet he watches this interview now and cries.

[SOLIDSNAKEXXX360]

That entire draft was full of shit. Stefan, the Sedin losers, Brendl, Mezei, Lundmark 1999 was garbage

[sakynesh]

@SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 dude, the sedin twins are art ross trophy winners and MVPs. how many can say that?

[YourVideoIsAwful]

just another reason why there is no Atlanta Thrashers any more

[titansnascarfan11]

if only the thrashers took one of the sedin brothers would they still be in atlanta?

[walshph33r]

isnt stefan the guy who missed an open net and had the oilers score against them?

[quikchitters]

@walshph33r yes lol

[smylzk]

What a crappy draft. Every team had a dud except for the one willing pay a double king's ransom for drafting the twin Sedins at once. Yikes!

[EdgeHeadTubeV2]

@smylzk Henrik Zetterberg, Ryan Miller, Martin Havlat, Nick Boynton, Tim Connolly, Ryan Malone and Martin Erat were all from this year too. All solid players, with the first two being superstars.

[Zaidr0n]

what if Stefan wasn't a draft bust?

History will be made.

[BobbleZilla]

whos more of a bust Alexandre Daigle or Patrik Stefan?

[stashJ8]

@BobbleZilla I'd say Daigle because he put up scary numbers in juniors (45 goals in 53 games in one year) and it was maddening to see that he couldn't get more out of his talent. Patrik was more of a gamble in what was a weak draft class. He was kind of an unknown coming out of the IHL. Daigle was at least able to net 20 goals 3x but he was a massive underachiever.

[jigsaw99]

@BobbleZilla

Stefan. Daigle was actually the leading scorer on the Senators and Wilds for a couple of seasons.

[AEMoreira81]

#2, #3 (Sedins), and #24 (Martin Havlat) were the only decent players in the first round.

[hngkng]

Does the combine include shooting into an empty net? Hahaha, that play sums up his career

[waterlizardz123]

Jim hughson wow. he's been with CBC a longgg time.

and still going strong.

[summerprince2010]

man, this was a fail. even though they couldn't pick the sedins there were other better players in that draft. gosh, he missed a empty net on a breakaway

[MacGovernor]

The Atlanta Trashers - 1st picks, Daniel Heatly, Ilya Kovalchuck. Now Dustin Byfuglien and no hope reaching the playoffs. I wonder if they have some sort of agreement with the Stars that they'll dump all their biggest draft busts (Patrik Stefan, Kari Lehtonen) there.

[shellau]

LOL 2:41 has a Vancouver logo next to his name! FAIL :)

[JaguarLexusCentral]

Hmmmmm.......... Patrik Stefan or Henrik Sedin??? Tough choice lol!

[summerprince2010]

@JaguarLexusCentral 

[PocketPear79]

I recall him missing an empty net goal against edmonton that turned into a highlight reel blooper. that was pretty sweet.

[Oilers97MessierOrr]

@PocketPear79 i was at that game

[tml240]

to be frank, the whole draft sucked

[summerprince2010]

@tml240  sedin twins

[gohabs1119]

poor guy, he didnt see it coming... (both his crappy play and his fuck up in edmonton)

[Kriscogizzum326]

drafted out of a second rate hockey league

[schnids1605]

@Kriscogizzum326

IHL was up to par at the time

[Kriscogizzum326]

BOTCH

[avalanchesuperstar]

who remembers when stefan was with dallas and he missed an empty net goal and the other team got a breakaway and scored. boo stefan you injured nothing. the thrashers could of had zetterberg or the sedins! gasp!

[FallenMonk55]

@avalanchesuperstar

They got Ilya Kovalchuk didn't they?

[vancitiesfinest69]

Thank You Atlanta. Henrik and Daniel Sedin two of the top 5 players in the NHL.

[flooder57]

biggest bust in nhl draft is A;exander daigle period

[CookieMMMonster]

@flooder57 no man. Daigle at least played a career

[FFJabarr]

@birko19 Who in the hell was 210?

[jetsniper]

@FFJabarr Zetterberg

[FFJabarr]

@jetsniper Haha yeah as soon as I posted it I thought of Datsyuk and then Z popped up in my head.

[manga122]

wow he looks different

[22prince22billups1]

best player in this draft, drafted 210 overall was henrik zetterberg

[Tbagurdrumset94]

and thus began the worst draft in NHL history

[22prince22billups1]

@Tbagurdrumset94 Zetterberg was in the draft, he went 210 overall..

[Tbagurdrumset94]

@22prince22billups1

dont get me wrong there were good players... but only about 6 or 7. about 2 first rounders are nhl regulars today

[frankprime]

the only good players to come out of this draft year were the sedins

[iamian98]

@frankprime and havlat

[JDJAKS]

@frankprime connolly, zetterberg, miller...

[nealISONUTUBE]

Not as big of a bust as Daigle...but at any rate a BUST

[G0odf3lla]

i love the announcer "that makes him NHL ready". Oh yeah, he always been fucking ready

[AEMoreira81]

The reason why they didn't pick Henrik Sedin (the Thrashers) was because that was a condition of being traded the #1 overall pick. But the Thrashers diidn't have to do Greg Joly or Brian Lawton-style bad!

[pokochu]

Complete bust with Daigle

[broadstreet2]

Should have picked Henrik Sedin instead

[wan8iv]

Awful Awful pick--just freaking awful.

So happy at the time but so stinking awful in the real league.

[amirghorbani]

ROFL him and daigle are the worst draft bust ever

[xkelvin]

ahaha

He keeps looking down at his notes. "1999......*looks down* entry draft"

ahahahah

[AEMoreira81]

Patrik Stefan has to be the WORST or SECOND WORST (after Greg Joly) #1 overall pick...ever (since the first complete NHL Draft of 1969; before 1969, most NHL players entered the league through sponsorship).

[Thepoor8]

Worst #1 Overall pick in professional sports history

[senseit2007]

who was worse.. him or daigle?!

[Liuyifeng19]

@senseit2007 daigle

stefen at least played decently but was still a bus

[AEMoreira81]

@senseit2007 at least Daigle led his team in scoring once and got to 616 NHL games. I will put Patrik Stefan on the Brian Lawton level of bad (both played less than 500 NHL games).

At least Greg Joly was a D-man, but was -82 in his rookie year.

[xskillerx323]

1st overall cant score empty net...

[vdven]

i have no idea who this guy is

[BevHillsKid]

What a worthless piece of crap. BUST

[simongagne33]

there was no one this draft other than the sedin

[10020113001]

Thank god the Canucks got Daniel and Henrik Sedin :)

[kitchensracing]

this makes me cry a little. 

[getzfan15]

Fail.

[surfer53]

That's Jimmy Hughson - is this TSN? I thought he'd left in the mid 90s.

[TUdaToken]

the only great players coming out of this draft were the sedin twins and my boy HENRIK ZETTERBERG

[macarthur19]

Who the hell is Patrik Stefan??

[jasondh22]

@macarthur19 Put an empty net in front of him and watch him miss it. That's Patrik Stefan.

[maxstein2011]

@macarthur19 a nigga that missed a fuckin open net that "could've won the cup", but somehow, not even God knows what happ. and he MISSED it and then retired after that game.

[TheAogGuy]

@macarthur19

Ever see the Ales Hemsky goal when the guy fell down infront of the open net and then Hemsky tied it up?

Thats the guy who fell down LOL

[2WIREG]

Can you say epic fail?

[Andyrewlevv]

number 2 and 3 were best picks of the draft

[coloradohome1]

@Andyrewlevv henrik zetterberg was drafted in the 7th round XD he is better than daniel sedin but not as good as henrik and that is saying alot!

[gthyhtujjuk]

@Andyrewlevv its waddell....hes a fucking dumbass

[hab7123]

come on guys, alexandre Daigle is the worth pick ever.

[cornboy111]

@hab7123 at least daigle scored 20 goals and 50someodd points 3 times....Patrik Stefan was a fail COMPLETELY

[gabkovechstrombergov]

"that's make him NHL ready"

lolll he's not even NHL ready now XD

[AEMoreira81]

If Patrik Stefan isn't the biggest #1 draft bust ever, he has to be #2 (after Greg Joly---career -163 in 365 games).

[ImKoolWithThis]

I am trying to understand why he went 1st overall in the first place. Go look at his minor league stats its nothing special. Can someone help me understand this?

[JCMoney]

@ImKoolWithThis basically, it was because he was already playing in a Men's league, putting up a PPG pace as a 17 year old. he also had good size at his age. It was just a shame he could not put it all together.

[2WIREG]

@ImKoolWithThis

different teams see different things in different players.

[TheWaviest]

Just looked at who was drafted in this draft and WOW, there's a lot of busts here. Take away the Sedins, Tim Connolly, Barret Jackman and Martin Havlat and that might be the worst 1st Round ever in any sport. There's some quality players in the later rounds though (Zetterberg in the 7th was a steal).

[gravino555]

lecavalier....

[goony11]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hellonicetomeetyou]

Atlanta picked Stefan because the Sedins said they had to play on the same team, otherwise they'd stay in Sweden. Vancouver made a good move in getting both of them. Pavel Brendl was supposed to be a good player as well, too bad he became a bust like Stefan...I guess that pretty much sums up the '99 draft though, lots of players were supposed to be good but instead barely made the league.

[TNfelldin]

lucky vancouver who got both sedins this draft...

[seancolorado]

must suck to be remembered as the Leon Lett of ice hockey

[MikeyTatts]

What a bust, shitty pick and and indicative of the franchise as a whole.

[antropov80]

@MikeyTatts He was a concensus #1. The Thrashers never knew that would happen. Plus look at how many busts were in the '99 draft, it was just a terrible year

[TAG037]

anyone else notice that when Patrik Stefan's name came up as first pick overall, the picture on the side was the Canucks not the Thrashers. 2:42

[MrHrana1]

How Don Waddell still has his job as the GM of the Thrashers is a mystery to me. Since this horrible draft pick the Thrashers have made the playoffs once and this was almost 11 years ago.

[antikimbo]

his two years in IHL, he had total of 16 goals, thats fucken awful, how could he be expected to score more in NHL, i know he was like 16-17 in IHL, but its not a physical league.

[Queegzzz]

Patrick Stefan Caped his career when he was show boating with the puck and failed to score when the Oilers pulled there goalie,  then seconds later Hemsky scores. What a joke

Patrik Stefan bungles, Hemsky scores

[sortman94]

biggest #1 pick draft bust in nhl history

[antropov80]

@sortman94 actually that would be Daigle

[AWDracer]

@sortman94 Stefan was not the biggest #1 pick in NHL history. Not even close.

Stefan at least got a few years in the NHL that filled a roster spot.

Daigle, on the other hand, was a terrible # 1 pick (in hindsight). His attitude problems probably made him a cancer on the team.

[JCMoney]

@AWDracer Daigle was miles better than Stefan. He did put up a couple 20+ goal season, and led the Wild in scoring in the 03/04 season. (and putting up a better PPG pace than Gaborik) and Daigle's career PPG was double what Stefans was, while Daigle's was not impressive (.53 for Daigle) it was MUCH better than Stefans (.26 PPG)

The only player you can make any sort of argument in recent history for being a bigger bust that Stefan at #1 overall is Brian Lawton, and even then Lawton is better.

[AWDracer]

@JCMoney Okay, I stand corrected.

Why did this guy fall so much out of favour out of everyone? I noticed that teams HAD taken chances on him after Ottawa got rid of him, but what happened?

Maybe Stefan was rushed into the NHL? But that makes no sense... he was playing in a men's league as an 18 year old. So what happened with PS?

Obviously that empty net goal mis-hap shattered whatever confidence he had. I watched the replay. Unlucky guy.

[Slipppppers]

@JCMoney You could make a case for Doug Wickenheiser, Gord Kluzak, Greg Joly, or how about Rick Pagnutti and Claude Gauthier, who didn't even play a single game in the NHL?

[dailybrother]

@sortman94 Alexandre Daigle could be the bigger bust i think.

[sortman94]

@dailybrother could be. its arguable.

[spacerangerchimp]

@sortman94 The closest player that comes close was Patrick (Patty) Falloon but I think he was 3rd Overall

[sortman94]

@spacerangerchimp true. wasnt he a penguin? if im not mistaken.

[spacerangerchimp]

@sortman94 Eventually perhaps, but drafted by the Sharks

[sortman94]

@spacerangerchimp gotcha gotcha. i think i remember hearing his name as a pen because i have the top 10 flyers games box set and the 5 ot game was on there.

[spacerangerchimp]

@sortman94 Ya well he ended up blowin the left goat nut too so he was traded in a hurry. He played for 5 different teams, ( pens being one of em ). This is a sign. Don't draft people by the name of Patrick in the first round. ( With the exception of Marleau)

[sortman94]

@spacerangerchimp gotcha. so he was like a journeyman with a lot of hype who basically did nothing? and i find it funny how marleau was drafted second (if i remember correctly) to joe thornton and now they play on the same team.

[spacerangerchimp]

@sortman94 Basically, and  yea lol. Its also cool cuz I live very close to where Patrick Marleau is from about 45 minutes. He has trophies with his name on them in our rink

[sortman94]

@spacerangerchimp wow that must be pretty cool. we dont really have any stars from where im from, here in philly. the closest four i can think of would be jvr from middletown, bobby ryan from cherry hill, ryan malone and rj umberger both from pittsburgh

[19munny]

@spacerangerchimp and patrick kane

[sjp9900]

@spacerangerchimp or kane!

[MOMOarabe]

@spacerangerchimp

elias

[gohabs92]

@spacerangerchimp Does the name Patrick Kane ring a bell to you?

[Tbagurdrumset94]

@gohabs92

oh.... I HATE kane

[MajorLiteral]

@spacerangerchimp and Patrick Kane.

[spacerangerchimp]

@MajorLiteral It was a patrick kane joke haha

[thegab1223]

@sortman94 are you an idiot the biggest draft bust in nhl history is alexandre daigle

[sortman94]

@thegab1223 shut the fuck up. im not gonna argue with you over an opinion based statement.

[MrWoodPencil]

@sortman94 id say Alexandre Daigle was worse... mostly becuase of the hype he got, and also i live in Ottawa lol

[sortman94]

@MrWoodPencil yeah, its an arguable topic. but off the top of my head (im probably wrong) i think daigle lasted longer and had better stats

[MrWoodPencil]

@sortman94 True very arguable and you are right Stefan is technically the biggest bust accroding to Stats, but he was ridden with injuries. With that though i am not saying, it was because of injuries he sucked, no he was just a joke lol....

[sortman94]

@MrWoodPencil ohh, i didnt know he was injured. that would explain the retarded stat totals. he may have been able to compare to daigle a bit better, had he not been injured.

[meds613]

@sortman94 what about daigle?

[Portis1Luv]

Just goes to show you that your GM and scouting corps better be on the ball, first overall pick or not.

[HyPeRengland]

Missed an empty net and then fell over in 2007 great pick thrashers

[joesakic91]

What was Don Waddell thinking?

Patrik Stefan: concussion prone, clearly not ready for the NHL, a huge bust.

[xskillerx323]

1st overall pick..and cant score empty net haha

[leafs88nation]

y did Atlanta draft him? he freaking sucks

[G0odf3lla]

zetterberg 210th

stefan 1st

lol

[10DeanYoungblood]

Henrik Zetterberg was picked as no 210 that same draft

[MrBarelylethal]

and the sedins were 2nd and 3rd

[prontoshadylane]

patrik stefan BLEW IT!

[lordXXofXXtai]

GP-455 G-64 A-124 PTS-188 PIM-158

Patrick Stefan

GP-616 G-129 A-198 PTS-327 PIM-186

Alexandre Daigle

[Cocknockerofl]

Really though... Who would they have picked OTHER than Stefan? The Sedins would only play together and Stefan was the next highest rated player. No one could have guessed that he would have sucked so bad.

[gertlick]

2nd biggest flop EVER!! Behind Daigle of course.

[wnsbug]

no i'd say daigle was better than stefan.. at least, according to the stats

[gertlick]

Daigle was also supposed to be the next Mario Lemieux. The expectations placed on him were exponentially higher thus the flop was exponentially larger.

[Heffernan21]

No he wasn't, he was projected as a very good offensive player like Jeremy Roenick or Pat LaFontaine.

Nevertheless he was a flop

[gertlick]

Thats a strange comparison considering that both Roenick and LaFontaine were goal scorers and Daigle never was one.

[Heffernan21]

lol

[The69ahs]

What pleasure does he have in saying Patrik Stefan's name?

[Semoviestrom]

i really feel bad for him and daigle

[ImKoolWithThis]

yeah same here

[dumby88]

one of the worst 1st overall pick with Daigle.

[zaaaaak17]

he sucks

[OzoneReviews]

Damn man, this is pitiful.

[nevermore21112]

What a shitty draft year, only 3 players in the 1st round scored more than 100 goals in the nhl. The Sedins and Havlat...

[stevenpduck]

Patrik Stefan is the worst first pick in the history of sports. How did the Canucks manage picks 2 and 3? If you look at who was drafted, it was supposed to be the most talented pool ever. There are only 3 players who made any sort of impact. Sedins and I believe Havlat went here as well.

[dumby88]

True that they made a mistake ...but he wasnt the worst 1st overall pick , Alexandre Daigle was by far.One other thing , Ryan miller (buffalo) was also in this year draft and i believe he did made an impact.Zetterberg also was in that year (pick#210)

[stevenpduck]

Yeah. I just looked at the first round, and it's unbelievable to think they were expected to have all of this potential and are now nobody. It reminds me of Roman Cechmanek.

[TAG037]

the canucks managed those 2 picks because of Brian Burke

[stevenpduck]

Yeah, but what did they have to trade or give up for that? Back to back picks like that are unheard of almost.