![]() Did Luca Sbisa end up being a good NHL defenseman? No, not really. Rubtsov still has time to turn into a productive NHLer, but at this point, it feels like expecting him to be more than a solid third-liner is wishful thinking. The book is far from having been written on Rubtsov, who had a turbulent (read: not particularly good) pair of seasons following his draft year, got out to a good start at the AHL level before getting a season-ending shoulder injury, and then had a decent second season with the Phantoms that earned him a brief early-season call-up to the Flyers that did not go well. For a guy taken as high as he was, that’s a rough outcome. But at the end of the day, we’re seven years removed from the Morin selection, and if all goes according to plan for the Flyers next year, Morin probably still won’t be getting time for the team at the NHL level. Morin is still with the organization, he figures to be with the Phantoms next year, and it’s not out of the realm of possibility that he gets some time with the NHL team at some point next season if there are some injuries and he plays well in Lehigh Valley. We all know what he’s gone through in the last three years, not making the team following training camp in 2017 and then suffering two torn ACLs in the three seasons that followed. He’s got time to turn it around, but for now he’s near the bottom of this list. He’ll be at Boston University whenever college hockey gets going again, but as a junior older than most of the players he’s up against, anything short of domination will probably be considered not good enough. But the O’Brien pick was a bit off the board even at the time, and his two seasons since then - one as a freshman at Providence College, one as an over-ager in the BCHL - have not exactly proved the team that took a chance on him right. It is quite possibly too early to be making a sweeping declaration on O’Brien, who is only two years removed from being a surprise first-round pick by Ron Hextall (his final first-round pick as general manager of the Flyers, we would later learn). Did this player outperform/underperform his draft slot? (In other words, if two players had roughly equal careers, but one was picked 10 slots after the other one, he would be ranked ahead.)/Īnd with that, we begin. ![]() ![]() We’ll try to do this based on two criteria: Today, as the Flyers - barring something unforeseen - prepare to make a first-round pick for the tenth year in a row, let’s rank every Flyers draft pick since the 2004-05 full-season lockout. Because I don’t either! But a good idea’s a good idea, and we’re stealing that one. Now, here, as a Flyers fan reading a Flyers blog, you may be thinking: “Kurt, I don’t care about the Capitals’ first-round picks since 2004.” zPGpoJgvqE- Japers' Rink October 5, 2020 My two-minute, knee-jerk ranking of all Caps first-round picks since 2004 (taking into account where the pick was made, not just how it turned out). Instead of players navigating life outside of the NHL on their own, Carcillo is trying to provide a needed resource which currently isn’t being offered by the league and won’t be offered by the league until they admit the connection between hockey and concussions.Monday on Twitter, our friends over at SBNation Capitals blog Japers’ Rink tweeted out the following ranking of all of the team’s first-round picks since 2004: Thankfully, Carcillo and others are trying to help out players who are dealing with post-concussion symptoms and problems. That admittance of guilt would effectively end current lawsuits and set a precedent that the league clearly isn’t ready to set. The NHL can’t provide the advice and guidance players who are dealing with a concussion need as it comes at the risk of admitting concussions are apart of hockey. Here’s Carcillo’s full comments shown in the Tweet above:Ĭarcillo’s comments are right on the money and eloquently explain the problem facing both the league and its players. Carcillo took to Twitter himself and offered some advice to Downie and others dealing with my thoughts on why players keep falling through the cracks and seek help through #concussion #nhl #nhlpa /cH7bqz4MAe Recently, Steve Downie took to Twitter to rant about the Coyotes while airing his frustrations about how he and others are perceived in the modern era of fighting and concussions. Shortly after retiring in 2015, Daniel Carcillo created the Chapter 5 Foundation which is a group dedicated to helping players deal with post-concussion syndrome after their playing days are over.
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