What does Stepan have to do with any of those past failures? He is going to be fine. The thing that sets him apart from everyone else is his hockey IQ.
I actually think that if you had said Stepan would have won Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award in July, people would have been surprised. He really wasn't penciled in to most peoples' lineups — at least not like MZA, McD and Grachev were.
Hey Pierre, is Glenn Sather finally ready to build around the youth movement, have to love Stepan so far, or will he over spend for Brad Richards by the deadline?
Pierre LeBrun (4:31 PM)
Pierre LeBrun
Haven't seen Stepan play yet for New York but I've heard great things, including from an opposing GM the other day
Mike Richter 1988
Troy Mallette 1989
Steven Rice 1990 Tony Amonte 1991
Peter Andersson 1992 Mattias Norstrom 1993
Mattias Norstrom 1994 Niklas Sundstrom 1995
Eric Cairns 1996 Marc Savard 1997 Manny Malhotra 1998 Kim Johnsson 1999
Filip Novak 2000 Dan Blackburn 2001
Jamie Lundmark 2002 Dominic Moore 2003 Henrik Lundqvist 2005
Nigel Dawes and Brandon Dubinsky 2006 Marc Staal 2007
Lauri Korpikoski 2008 Matt Gilroy 2009 Derek Stepan 2010
There are only 5 guys on this list i would label busts, and korpikoski and dawes are both still fairly young
Mike Richter 1988
Troy Mallette 1989
Steven Rice 1990 Tony Amonte 1991
Peter Andersson 1992 Mattias Norstrom 1993
Mattias Norstrom 1994 Niklas Sundstrom 1995
Eric Cairns 1996 Marc Savard 1997 Manny Malhotra 1998 Kim Johnsson 1999
Filip Novak 2000 Dan Blackburn 2001
Jamie Lundmark 2002 Dominic Moore 2003 Henrik Lundqvist 2005
Nigel Dawes and Brandon Dubinsky 2006 Marc Staal 2007
Lauri Korpikoski 2008 Matt Gilroy 2009 Derek Stepan 2010
There are only 5 guys on this list i would label busts, and korpikoski and dawes are both still fairly young
Steven Rice was part of trade that brought Messier to NY
Eric Cairns was a serviceable Dman; finished with Islanders I think;
Kim Johnsson part of Eric Lindros trade; very good Dman IMO;
Lundmark=bust, cost us Marc Savard in process
Blackburn unfortunate injury
Filip Novak got us Pavel Bure from Fla
Steven Rice was part of trade that brought Messier to NY
Eric Cairns was a serviceable Dman; finished with Islanders I think;
Kim Johnsson part of Eric Lindros trade; very good Dman IMO;
Lundmark=bust, cost us Marc Savard in process
Blackburn unfortunate injury
Filip Novak got us Pavel Bure from Fla
Don't forget:
Lauri Korpikosi was part of the trade that brought Enver Lisin here.
Nigel Dawes was part of the trade that brought Derek Morris here for 25 games.
Don't forget:
Lauri Korpikosi was part of the trade that brought Enver Lisin here.
Nigel Dawes was part of the trade that brought Derek Morris here for 25 games.
Mike Richter 1988
Troy Mallette 1989
Steven Rice 1990 Tony Amonte 1991
Peter Andersson 1992 Mattias Norstrom 1993
Mattias Norstrom 1994 Niklas Sundstrom 1995
Eric Cairns 1996 Marc Savard 1997 Manny Malhotra 1998 Kim Johnsson 1999
Filip Novak 2000 Dan Blackburn 2001
Jamie Lundmark 2002 Dominic Moore 2003 Henrik Lundqvist 2005
Nigel Dawes and Brandon Dubinsky 2006 Marc Staal 2007
Lauri Korpikoski 2008 Matt Gilroy 2009 Derek Stepan 2010
There are only 5 guys on this list i would label busts, and korpikoski and dawes are both still fairly young
Zip Head.
