Rollin' With the 2002's [Archive]

petec1978*

10-26-2003, 06:43 PM

Obviously its too early to come to a definitive judgement, but I think in light of how things have gone so far this season I think we're beginning to see a surprising trend amongst the Lightning's prospects. Remember when Rick Dudley's 2001 draft was supposed to be the mother of all drafts? Remember when the 2002 draft was supposed to have zero talent in it? Remember how we only had ONE first day pick in 2002 and the doomsayers were bemoaning the first draft under Jay Feaster? Remember when Carolina threw up their hands and basically GAVE us a bundle of late round picks?

2002 Draftees That Are Playing Well:
Adam Henrich
Dimitry Kazionov
Gerard Dicaire
Paul Ranger
Vasily Koshechkin
Ryan Craig
Darren Reid

I liked our 2002 2nd day picks when I affectionately dubbed them "Goertzen's Dirty Dozen". I had no idea that half of them would be showing strongly a little over a year later.

Now, to be intellectually honest, this WAS the last draft under the $2M scouting budget before it got cut down to $1M. Still though, I think when you stack 2001 against 2002's draft for the Lightning, I tell you, you COULD make an argument 2002's class is better. At the very least its a miracle they stack up even remotely evenly.

2001 Draftees of Note:
Alex Svitov
Alex Polushin
Andreas Holmqvist
Evgeny Artukhin
Dennis Packard
Jeremy Van Hoof
JF Soucy

And that's why you can never tell how good a draft REALLY is until a few years afterwards.

-Pete Choquette

TB_FANATIC

10-27-2003, 07:01 AM

Henrich was suppose to be a mid 1st round pick so that was a steal. Dicaire could have easily been the steal of the draft in the 5th round. Feaster did good just sitting tight and letting his scouts evaluate.

Is their a chance that Henrich makes the team out of camp next year if he continues to perform the way he has so far?


	HFBoards > NHL Eastern Conference > Southeast Division > Tampa Bay Lightning > Rollin' With the 2002's PDA Rollin' With the 2002's petec1978* 10-26-2003, 06:43 PM Obviously its too early to come to a definitive judgement, but I think in light of how things have gone so far this season I think we're beginning to see a surprising trend amongst the Lightning's prospects. Remember when Rick Dudley's 2001 draft was supposed to be the mother of all drafts? Remember when the 2002 draft was supposed to have zero talent in it? Remember how we only had ONE first day pick in 2002 and the doomsayers were bemoaning the first draft under Jay Feaster? Remember when Carolina threw up their hands and basically GAVE us a bundle of late round picks? 2002 Draftees That Are Playing Well: Adam Henrich Dimitry Kazionov Gerard Dicaire Paul Ranger Vasily Koshechkin Ryan Craig Darren Reid I liked our 2002 2nd day picks when I affectionately dubbed them "Goertzen's Dirty Dozen". I had no idea that half of them would be showing strongly a little over a year later. Now, to be intellectually honest, this WAS the last draft under the $2M scouting budget before it got cut down to $1M. Still though, I think when you stack 2001 against 2002's draft for the Lightning, I tell you, you COULD make an argument 2002's class is better. At the very least its a miracle they stack up even remotely evenly. 2001 Draftees of Note: Alex Svitov Alex Polushin Andreas Holmqvist Evgeny Artukhin Dennis Packard Jeremy Van Hoof JF Soucy And that's why you can never tell how good a draft REALLY is until a few years afterwards. -Pete Choquette TB_FANATIC 10-27-2003, 07:01 AM Henrich was suppose to be a mid 1st round pick so that was a steal. Dicaire could have easily been the steal of the draft in the 5th round. Feaster did good just sitting tight and letting his scouts evaluate. Is their a chance that Henrich makes the team out of camp next year if he continues to perform the way he has so far? TB_FANATIC 10-27-2003, 07:03 AM Dudley did use the #3 pick and had 2 second round picks too