Fred wrote:Remember his centre was taken that year right after Eric Lindros....Pat Falloon. Every one believed it was Falloon that was the Master mind behind a very strong Spokane team....wrong it was Whitney ...Vcr took Alex Stojanov
http://canucks.nhl.com/club/draftstats. ... All&supl=N
I remember that draft as i was kinda into that shit back in the day seeing as the Canucks hosted the draft the year earlier and Fat Quinn broke my heart and lost me 50$ to a buddy because I told him for sure Vancouver was taking Keith Primeau.
Back to your point Fred, i have always been a Whitney fan but he was not rated in the 1st round at all. Fat Balloon could have been an excellent player but he was as lazy as he was talented. His idea of conditining was rollerblading in his cutoffs with a beer in one hand and a smoke in the other. Not sure what you are saying here..... did you at the time peg Whiteny as a surefire star ?
Alek Stojanov could have perhaps been a decent third line poor man power forward but injuries messaded him up big time, but all in all he was a weak pick .