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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
NHL 1984 draft
Tyler points out this Mike Smith article where he said:
The Winnipeg Jets made such a trade once while I worked there. The late Mike Doran was running scouting for the Jets at the time. Patrick Roy had been through the previous draft. We targeted Roy to be our third round pick in the 1984 entry draft. During the season, Jets GM John Ferguson traded our third round pick to Montreal for Robert Picard. Montreal GM Serge Savard took Roy with our pick. The rest is history.
The first goalie selected that year was Craig Billington, 23rd overall, who turned out to be career backup and journeyman. The next goalie selected was Daryl Reaugh, who had 27 career games played. The third goalie selected was Patrick Roy, arguably the greatest goaltender of all-time. After him was Allan Perry, who I have never heard of. And then journeyman backup Jeff Reese.
So, these were likely the five goalies most highly regarded in 1984, one turned into the greatest, 2 into replacement-level goalies, one was worse than that, and a fifth one never made it. I think it’s an unfair example to pick out the trading of a 3rd round pick that ended up netting Patrick Roy, when, really, it may as well have been Jeff Reese or Craig Billington. Indeed, when you look at all the third round picks that year, it’s clear that the expectations for finding talent was extremely low. Sheppard and Yawney probably are a fair representation as to the typical upside for a 3rd round pick. Patrick Roy simply is the exception to the rule. You can’t use him as an example.
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