Have you ever wondered what happened to every #1 draft pick from the 1980's? From hall of fame careers to rocky roads that landed one of these picks living on the streets, the 1980s draft picks had it all! Here's What Happened To Every #1 Pick From the 1980's.
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The fact that Babcock continued to sit Modano so he didn't get to 1500 should have been a crime. Man I really dislike that man.
Modano probably wouldn’t let Babcock go through his phone so he sat him
@@cameronjones305 If I were married to Willa Ford, I wouldn't let anyone go through my phone either!
Babcock is a very sick man.
Babcock-goof,out of a job now for a good reason.
When I heard that a few years ago I couldn't believe it. He's literally one of, if not the best American player to ever play. I wish he could sign a contract for 1 game to get him there. Cheers
The best comparison/example of Lemieux's greatness is this; Steve Yzerman, unquestionably a Legend of the game, has exactly 32 more career points than Lemieux (2 goals, 30 assists) however Yzerman also has 599 more career games played. That's a little more than 7 Seasons worth!! This just illustrates how insanely, RIDICULOUSLY DOMINANT Mario Lemieux really was. I rest my case.
Yeah that’s crazy.
Lemieux is 6' 4" Yzerman 5' 10". And remember Yzerman changed hockey when the league began using break-away nets after a not break-away goal post destroyed his right knee in 1988. It must have been hard to play hockey let alone make the hall of fame with only one knee. Case closed.
Good point,Mario missed a lot of games in his prime when he had cancer as well
@@dyslexictroll8708ya a knee that never effected his game weeks after he banged it up. Vs. cancer and chemo and a back that so bad he couldn't tie his skates.
I met Hawerchuck in 92 at a golf resort in Palm Beach I worked at. Big guy. Playing golf with his 5 or 6 year old kid. He told me his name and I said “there’s a great hockey player with that name” He smiled. He knew I knew who he was but that I was doing it discreetly. Seemed like a sincerely nice guy
this is my favourite thing i've read on the internet today
Lemieux was an absolute beast
I think he was the greatest! It isn't even close. He made Ray Borque look foolish out there. Gretzky was a narcissistic bum.
Sundin put up a lot of points for the Leafs, and he didn't always have the best players around him for support. He was really good.
They never gave Mats a winger who could score. He had terrible support.
I always liked Sundin. He did the best he could as a captain. A lot of fans wanted him to be a bit more aggressive, and assertive when dealing with the refs. But I think he did all he could with what he had. It’s not as if he was on the same Leafs team that had Doug Gilmour or Wendell Clark. There were some pretty good players on the team, but not exactly team players or young phenoms.
Steve Thomas was pretty good. @@bobabooey4537
It's also important to note that his prime coincided directly with the dead puck era, and a player with his skill set would have benefited from playing at literally any other time.@@stop736
Nope but he had Ty Domi watching his back and enforcing fair play and making any cheap shots pay...
Lemieux will always be the biggest "what if he hadn't gotten injured" player ever. True Legend.
Lemieux also helped to win the Canada Cup against the USSR in 1987
The last clip of Turgeon he is making his HoF speech. Worth at least a mention.
Wendell Clark may not be considered a superstar, but there is no denying his leadership qualities, and what the meant to Toronto. This is coming from a die hard Canucks fan.
@jeffwenberg4321 a complete player. Great wrist shot, better right hook.
Diehard Devils fan here...have been since they were the Kansas City Scouts...... You couldn't be more right about Mr. Clark....he was a big BIG BIG part of that franchise when he was there. I appreciate his play...damn good player.....
@edamnaf9265 absolutely! He was just fun to watch. Being not only a Canucks fan, but born and raised in Vancouver, you pretty much hate ALL things Toronto! I remember K.C. I rather liked their jerseys.
Great player and very respected by his peers...
How many players could "do it all" like Wendell? Not considered a superstar but he belongs in another category all together.
Wow. Never knew Murphy ended up like that. Very sad.
There many Habs’ fans who were upset when they drafted Wickenheiser over Savard And in retrospect, they were correct
I wonder how much all that malaise contributed to the awful trade to acquire Savard.
The irony is Savard won a Cup in Montreal but never in Chicago
Lawton went before Pat LaFontaine AND STEVE YZERMAN??!!?? That must’ve hurt.
Pat LaFontaine first played hockey at my hometown rink!😊
I was at the ‘81 Billings Bighorns rookie camp as 15 year old. Gord Kluzak came out for a couple on ice sessions. He had just been drafted. That was one intimidating dude! He was so much better than anyone else on the ice. Too bad he had the injuries
I remember the early 1990's when Dale Hawerchuk played on the Buffalo Sabres "chuck" line. Dale Hawerchuk, Dave Andreychuk, and Randy Wood(chuk).
What Lemeuix did while what he was going through is amazing. Yeah Gretzky is the greatest, but Lemeuix is the best. Imagine what Lemeuix would have done had he been healthy. We very likely would be calling Gretzky number 2 all time
He would have easily beat a lot of Wayne’s records.
When Mario was at his healthiest, he registered 199pts. The Great One 215. I'm not saying Mario wasn't good because, of course, he was beyond amazing but not better than Wayne. If you are going to judge by health, Wayne still scored more than Mario when both players were at top health
@@vinnymac5863with far more talent around him. Imagine if Lemieux had someone else who could finish that he could dish the puck to. That’s worth an easy 16 pts
Gretzky was hurt more than half his career so you can’t go there, and Gretz still dominated… if Gretz was healthy he would’ve scored another 500 points.
@stevie_unibrow9056 I disagree. Mario had Jarmior Jaga, Ron Francis, and Keven Steven's all top end talent. Penguins also had Peter Nevad and Robert Lang during the time Mario was there, so Mario had a great team around him, not for the first like 3 years though, but after that, he had a great team around him They even had Paul Coffey go there for at least a season. Jaromir Jaga is one of the greatest players to play the game. Had he not left the NHL for 3 years during his career, he would have had at least 750 goals. Mario had a great supporting cast as well, that's why they won back to back championships, so that argument of Wayne had more help. I disagree
4:06 Hawechuk to the Sabres, Jets receive Phil Housely, Scott Arneil and Jeff Parker. Sabres then picked Brad May at 14 while the Jets took Keith Tkachuk at 19th overall. RIP Hawerchuk
Best player from evrey draft year in retro perspective (regardless of pick order) 1989 - Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit Red Wings; 53rd overall) & Mats Sundin (Quebec Nordiques; 1st overall) 1988 - Teemu Selanne (Winnipeg Jets; 10th overall) 1987 - Joe Sakic (Quebec Nordiques; 15th overall) 1986 - Brian Leetch (New York Rangers; 9th overall) 1985 - Joe Nieuwendyk (Calgary Flames; 27th overall) 1984 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins; 1st overall) & Patrick Roy (Montreal Canadiens; 51th overall) 1983 - Steve Yzerman (Detroit Red Wings; 4th overall) & Dominik Hasek (Chicago Blackhawks; 199th overall) 1982 - Doug Gilmour (St. Lous Blues; 134th overall) 1981 - Al MacInnis (Calgary Flames; 16th overall) 1980 - Paul Coffey (Edmonton Oilers; 6th overall)
i'm not sure I'd rank MacInnis over Ron Francis and Hawerchuk
@@father042 It was tough with Ron Francis, but do rate MacInnis over Hawerchuk.
@@WarioSaysSoyou also have Grant Fuhr drafted that year and Larionov was drafted in the 85 draft. I'd pick him as better than Niewendyk
@@jyhina Yeah Larionov was overall a better player. But due to politics he came later to the NHL and even if he was a fine player he never became a franchise guy.
1984: I would put Patrick Roy (51th overall) there with Mario: He has won a record 3 Conn Smythe, and his influence changed how goalies plays to this day.
1986 was good luck for the Leafs. They selected Vinny Damphousse with the no. 6 pick, clearly the best pick in the top 6 that year.
Its amazing the Blues did not win the Stanley Cup back to back in the mid 90's. What a team of All Stars they had.
Two words; Mike Keenan.
@@matthewsmith5374yep, he scared off The Great One & Brett Hull Hated him
Yes. But man on paper wow that team rivled the Detroit All Stars that won the cup with Hasek. @@MazeDaGr8
From what ive read in his biography, hull was a pretty much a primadonna, selfish and lazy. He relied heavily on natural talent, imagine if he actually worked for it 🤷
RiP Dale Hawerchuk, an all time great....
Clark scoring 46 goals in 64 games is superstar level. He was an impact player.
Lol no that's called a fluke.
46 in 64 in the late 80s and early 90s isnt superstar level, today it's superstar level
@@antoniposlednik7244 by today's standards he would've been the greatest power forward the League has ever seen.
@@PS-gr5whClark was a natural sniper. It helped that he had Gilmour feeding him the puck. The Leafs traded him at the right time and gave up way too much bringing him back.
Very well done. Video and factual descriptions. Congrats.!
As a Canadian and one who has been homeless for the first winter of Covid, I can say with confidence that Murphy wishes he was still homeless in Costa Rica. Canadian winters are the worst.
Murphy and Kevin Stevens and so many others suffering from head trauma. There was a time we would laugh when someone got "his bell rung" now we know how tragic it can be.
I disagree the state of Minnesota has the worst 🥶❄️ winters ever
Hawerchuk did well, considering that he was the star for the Jets and all checking lines were against him and he had no help. Under-rated. Wendal was originally a defenceman, and should have stayed such. He was injury prone, but a legend in Toronto. Sundin was a born right-winger. Mis-used in Toronto as a Center, when he was a Mahovlich type winger. Won the Gold medal with Sweden and took the MVP in the Olympics in 2006...as a winger. A legend, and would have been better still if he was not underused by Pat Quinn.
Always love seeing Vancouver Canucks legend Mats Sundin
Lol.,no one else gets it,BUT I DO.,..he's in good company with Canucks legend mark messier
The '96-'97 Flyers loved them some aging superstars. They had Paul Coffey, Howerchuck, Joel Otto, & Kjel Samuelsson. No wonder they ran out of gas in the finals.
Islanders have been rebuilding ever since 1985. So many quality players have passed through and none of the owners were serious about putting together a competitive team
Mario saved the Penguins as owner when he threatened to move the team to Kansas City and Betman, not wanting the team to move, arranged for Pittsburgh to get a generational player with the 1st overall pick in a draft with no order due to the work stoppage. Greasy.
Yep. Typical Bettman BS
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Source? Or just speculation. Got it.
That hasn't been proven that Bettman fixed that draft
Yeahhh, bc bettman isnt known for playing favorites, look what the league did to jersey over kovalchuk even though there were numerous backloaded star contracts, the devils were the only ones penalized for it, hell look at what the wild handed parise AND suter a year later.
Imagine Savard, Hawerchuk, Lemieux and Sakic with Canadiens
Hawerchuk was great!
Great list and video content as always mate.
Mario Lemieux was the best #1 overall draft pick ever although it took 4years to get to the playoffs
You forgot to mention Dale Hunter's hit on Turgeon
Thats ok he showed it lol
This was a good video!
Never understood team retiring players number when they ended up trading the player to another team… id be pissed instead of being honored.
Mario is clearly the best of the lot but Modano was a truly special player
Lemieux is the GOAT and I love modano
Clark may not have been a true superstar, but he was an incredible top notch mix - the rarest, in my opinion - of top scorer, and top fighter/tough guy. What will likely never be equalled again (and probably only ever matched by Rick Tocchet) were crazy GOALs / FIGHTS statslines like . . . rookie season 86/87: 66gp, 34 G, 23 fights (+ 10 games, 5 goals and 5 fights in the playoffs!!!), 86/87 season: 37 goals, 30 fights (!!!) including all the heavyweights (Probert etc) in 80 games . . .it's absolutely an insanely tough hard to imagine season, and obviously a reason why his career was shorter. But 30 goals, 30 fights in a season - you will never ever see that again folks.
I agree. What I don't understand is why Toronto Maple Leafs fans consider Tie Domi a legend when he was nothing more than goof.
Just think of what insane (insanier) stats Lemieux would have had if he had been fit his all career....
Love this series!
Next video every first overall pick in nhl history
It also depends on the team and your line mates with the stats, I could have played on a line with Gretzky and popped in 30
Yeah, not taking anything away from gretzky, but when you play with guys like messier, kurri, fuhr, anderson, coffee, and sather your bound to score a ton of points, who did lemieux have? Jagr midway and barrasso, and MAYBE recchi, a middle aged ron francis, coffee for 2 years lol, lemieux is arguably vetter than gretzky imo
Lemieux was a god damn beast.
Clark for Sundin was such a bad trade Quebec. It has to be one of the worst trades in NHL history.
The Leafs got Wendel back as well.
Yes but Colorado won the Cup the very next year.
@@delby66And that trade was even worse.
Lemieux was incredible
1983 was a great year for rookie cards.
Love your vids man! Some of the best hockey content just found your channel definitely subbing
Well done!
Mats Sundin , won olympic gold 2006 and inducted in hall of fame 2012, why is that missing?
this channel is crap they did a video on the lindros trade but didnt mention roy or forsberg
As a Bs fan it was tough to watch what happened to Kluzak. He was a first pairing defenseman that should’ve had a long and successful career. He went through hell with those knee injuries. It’s similar to what happened to Neely.
Buffalo trading first round high scoring centres is a staple of that club
Wendel Clark was my favourite
Hawerchuk was a beauty
“Joe Murphy” 😢 That sucks! I know he did some stupid things, but we’re human, we all mess up. I wish him the best and hopefully he finds a way out of the rut that he has been in & I really hope better times are in your near future ❤
What a great video thank you I love hockey I played a little bit of hockey in my youth but that was very informative thank you
Hawerchuk got his 1,000th point on my 1st birthday as a Sabre, and I’m from Buffalo!
A trip down memory lane.
They might as well be the Pittsburgh Lemeiux's
If the Pens win that game in 1990 and make the playoffs, good chance that we don’t get Jagr… and the rest is history. Also small chance none of the other teams get him as he was saying that he was gonna stay in Europe.
Pittsburgh does will with their #1's.
select doug wickenheiser instead of denis savard, a local montrealer
In an Elston cartoon a Chicago player with Hudson on his helmet was shown a set of golf clubs, and his reaction was "I've been traded to the Oilers!" So I'm assuming he was traded for Joe Murphy if the timeline adds up, as the cartoon was drawn during the 1992-93 season.
Mario is far more talented than Gretzky. Mario’s record of scoring 5 different goals in 5 different ways will never be broken. 1. Even Strength 2. Short-handed 3. Power play 4. Penalty Shot 5. Empty Net
I can’t believe you didn’t mention Sundin’s stellar comeback with the Canucks! /s
He scored 132 points in 78 games and then scored 56 goals the next year with a mind boggling 35 power play tallies.
11:43 my Big Brother & I were two of those 7,000 fans that turned up @/t civic arena before #66. I was only 11 yrs old. Just a Kid who welcomed #66 Le Magnifique like he was the second coming of our savior
RIP Hawerchuk
You should ask what Dale Hunter thinks of Pierre Turgeon and vice versa :D
Excellent video. But somebody needs to tell this narrator that the 1983 first pick's name in Brian LawTon, not Brian LawDon. Also, how can the narrator not realize that for Detroit, the second syllable in emphasized/stressed, not the first.
I don't care how many records Gretzky has, Lemiux was the greatest player ever.
Unfortunately we will never know that for sure because of his injuries. Based off of that Gretzky is the greatest player.
itslouiemoo8018 That's what I always say too. Bobby Orr and Gretzky can either be 2 or 3
He also smoked. That has to take some of the wind out of his sails
@@MisterTee Oh, that I didn't know
The best comparison/example of Lemieux's greatness is this; Steve Yzerman, unquestionably a Legend of the game, has exactly 32 more career points than Lemieux (2 goals, 30 assists) however Yzerman also has 599 more career games played. That's a little more than 7 Seasons worth!! This just illustrates how insanely, RIDICULOUSLY DOMINANT Mario Lemieux really was. I rest my case.
bro put a mikhail grabovski clip in during the sundin segment
GREAT video!!! Can someone tell me why Pierre Turgeon is not in the Hall of Fame? Come on!!!
As a Blackhawks fan I'm glad Savard fell to them at #3
Imagine losing a game 72-1 ...
Clark played for a Leafs side similar to the current team, they didnt give a shit. So he did everything, and his body suffered for it. If Clark's back had stayed healthy, he would have been one of the best.
2:59 When you pause the video here it says Dale Howard. Lol
14:43 the Philadelphia fans never ever cheered another teams player. No matter what sport the Philly team was playing. Once the Eagles were playing Those pesky Dallas Cowboys in the mid 1990's, and the loud mouthed #88 Michael Irwin got badly hurt on the field. They had to cut off the facemask on Irving's helmet (neck injury situation) & to buckle the guy down to the stretcher! As the medical staff were wheeling #88 of the field the Eagle Fans were clapping that he was injured! Philadelphia is a crazy town and for those meat heads to take a timeout and celebrate Mario's cancer comeback is awe inspiring to me! ❤❤❤
RIP Turgeon’s daughter
wow .... Joe Murphy's story is sad indeed! Todays players would have way more support from the league and not end up homeless because of how he's was affected by multiple concussions playing a sport!
super mario is the grestest hockey player ever. gretzky needed goons to protect him but super mario didnt. special mention to rocket richard
Mario and Jagr what a great tandem
Orr was the best player, EVER! No doubt about it.
Sorry to hear about Joe Murphy. Why isn't he being provided with support?
Lemieux 🐐
You should fix your chapter marker: - Pierre Turgeon, not Pierre Turon - Mike Modano, not Mika Madano - Mats Sundin, not Matt Sundin - Wendel Clark, not Wendle Cark (This one in the video only) The others looks OK to me (Although apart from Lemieux, I do not know those other former 1st-pick of the 80s)
WICK 14! 💙
It still bothers me that kids today think that Crosby is the greatest Penguin ever. That’s because they aren’t old enough to have watched Mario play.
Mario supposedly broke guy lafleurs unbelievable records in junior pro hockey. Supposedly. Still? Though? Guy lafleur is still the only professional hockey player in history to have recorded 2 straight seasons of 100 goals or more in each season. And the only player to ever record two pro seasons of 100 goals or more, period. A few others accomplished it. I think pat lafontaine is one. But I can’t remember? Yet the interesting thing about Mario and guy is this. Despite Mario’s incredible final junior pro season? Guy is still the only player in history to be able to say he recorded 3 points a game in a pro league. Not even Mario can say that. As Mario ended up with 2.8 points a game scored on average . In his junior professional career. Now Considering what Mario accomplished his last junior pro season? That’s almost shocking. Lafleur still ended up ultimately with more points a game. Exactly 3 points a game recorded throughout his junior pro career. Including 130 goals in 62 games his last pro junior season. Lemieux got 133 in 68 games in Lemieuxs last junior season.’ That’s incredible. Though on the pace lafleur was on? In lafleurs last junior season? Lafleur clearly would have ended up with around 150 goals in the regular season. If lafleur had played 68 games. Like Lemieux. Which still blows Mario’s 133 goal junior pro record away.
Joe's living on the streets in Kenora Ontario
lol, murphy his mouth got him to where he is today
No. Joe Murphy suffered a traumatic brain injury. He left the ice bleeding from the head, nose, and mouth. His former wife said his personality changed that day. He became severely depressed and delusional. It's really a tragedy.
Totally agree . Just watching the clip, you can see where things just flipped around.@@dominicpardo4783
@@dominicpardo4783even though I didn’t know who he was prior to this video, I felt depressed just hearing how he lost it all. Truly distressing
@cjm8160 I was a Blackhawks season ticket holder during his tenure. He was a fun-loving guy then. He gave a lot of his money to friends and family. Many players have reached out to help him. But he seems stuck. It's a real shame.
153 penalty minutes was not WHOPPING in the 1980's.
153 PIMs in the 80s is not "whopping"
High school player, no way that was a bad pick, college level better off, nhl needs to be helping Murphy or at least the union which took his dues
Wasn't Borje captain?
No he was an alternate captain. He wore the A
Who was he alternate to? Sounds bizarre that the great Borje was not announced captain.@@wizzerwiser2056
26:59 no goal
Lol.. he registered the car. Does he think people are stupid.
Wendel is God!
In a city that considers Tie Domi a legend.
God loves u all
Who went homeless
Joe Murphy, 1986 NHL first overall pick by the Red Wings
66 saved pitt 87 saved pitt ? Saved pitt
Bédard is no longer available bad luck
2010 new arena also saved Pitt
It won't be Dubas that's for sure.
Dougie happy Gilmour was over rated.
Perhaps you should learn how to spelll Wendel
The Number for Dishonesty =112 . Wickenheiser died on Jan 12 , 1/12 . 112
What do you mean dishonesty? I don’t understand.
@@trumankim6484 All Sports are Rigged and Scripted .
@@trumankim6484 Too many Celebrities get Murdered / Sacrificed in these Freemason Rituals . By the Numbers .Check Gematria Effect News 25 . This world is run by Evil Secret Societies . Freemasonry . Check song by Sting , Murder by Numbers .
I don’t care what anyone says, Mario Lemieux is the greatest NHL player to ever lace them up! Fuck Wayne Gretzky, it’s Mario! His PPG when you take into account his limited games played, he easily breaks Wayne’s goal record for sure if he didn’t deal with all those injuries and cancer
How does mike have a 19 game assist streak but it only counts as a 8 point game streak lmfao lol ur math ain’t right buddy lmfao