Glen Sathers Next Hire...

Glen Sather's draft track record over the last 25 years was recently questioned. So, I decided to back track and check into his former first round picks since 1984. I will also include draft picks who have played over 200 NHL games in the following rounds of that year. What follows is shocking to say the least. The players in bold are players who have went on to Hall of Fame Careers.

Heres the Stats Folk - for 20 yrs ( 1984 - 2004 )

205 Picks
41 NHL PLAYERS with more then 100 games
13 1st rd picks played LESS THEN 100 games or never saw action in 20 yrs!!!!!!

1984 NHL Entry Draft ( 12 picks )

1-21 -Selmar Odelein - ( 18 games, 0 goals, 2 assists)
8-168 - Todd Ewen - ( 518 games, 36 goals, 40 assists)

Players Picked after the 1-21 - Todd Gill, Scott Mellanby, Stephane Richer, PATRICK ROY

1985 NHL Entry Draft (11 picks )

1-20 - Scott Metcalfe ( 19 games, 1 goal, 2 assist )
9-188 Kelly Buchberger ( 1182 games, 105 goals, 204 assists)
Players picked after 1-20 - Joe Niewendyuk, MIKE RICHTER,

1986 NHL Entry Draft - ( 12 picks )

1-21 Kim Issel - ( 4 games, 0 goals, 0 assists )
( no one else drafted played more then 25 games in the NHL )

Players picked after 1-21 - Adam Graves ( picked right after Mr. Issel ), Teppo Numinmen

1987 NHL Entry Draft - ( 13 picks )

1-21 - Peter Soberlak ( never played in the NHL )
2-42 - Brad Werenka ( 320 games, 19 goals, 60 assists )
3-63 - Geoff Smith ( 462 games, 18 goals, 73 assists)
5-105 - Shaun Van Allen ( 794 games, 84 goals, 185 assists)

Players picked after 1-21 - John LeClair, Mathieu Schneider

1988 NHL Entry Draft -( 13 picks )

1-19 - Francois Leroux - ( 249 games, 3 goals, 20 assists )
6-124 Len Barrie ( 184 games, 19 goals, 45 assists )
8-166 Shjon Podein ( 699 games, 100 goals, 106 assists )

Players picked after 1-19 - Tie Domi , Tony Amonte, Alex Mogilny, Rob Ray

1989 NHL Entry Draft - ( 9 picks )

1-15 Jason Soules - ( never played in the nhl )
4-78 - Josef Beranek ( 531 games, 118 goals, 144 assists)
5-92- Peter White ( 220 games, 23 goals, 37 assists )
6-120 Anatoli Semenov ( 362 games, 68 goals, 126 assists)

players picked after 1-15 - Olaf Kolzig, Adam Foote, Nicklas Lidstrom, Kris Draper, Sergei Federov, PAVEL BURE,

1990 - NHL Entry Draft ( 11 picks )

1-17 Scott Allison ( never played a shift in the NHL )

No one in this draft actually made it to the NHL

Players picked after 1-17 - Keith Tkachuk, MARTIN BRODUER, Doug Weight, Sergei Zubov, Robery Lang

1991 - NHL Entry Draft - ( 11 picks )

1-12 - Tyler Wright - ( 613 79goals,70assists )
1-20 Marty Ruchinsky ( 961 , 241goals, 371 assist)
7-144 David Oliver ( 233 , 49 goals, 49 assists)

Players picked after 1-12 - Alexi Kovalov, Marcus Naslund

1992 - NHL Entry Draft ( 11 picks )

1-13 - Joel Hulbig ( 55 , 4goals, 4assists)
3-65 - Kirk Maltby (941 games, 119 goals, 124 assists)


Players picked after 1-13 - Sergei Gonchar, Jason Smith, Martin Straka , Mike Peca, Mattias Nostrom

1993 - NHL Entry Draft - ( 11 picks )

1-7 Jason Arnott ( 971 , 331 goals, 439 assists)
1-16 Nick Stajduhar ( 2 games, 0-0)
2-33 David Vboney ( 543 , 113 goals, 204 assist )
5-111 - Miroslav Satan ( 947 337 goals, 348 assists )
9-215 Brad Norton ( 124 , 3 goals, 8 assists)

Players Picked after 1-16 ( since 1-7 was a good pick ) - Saku Koviu, Todd Bertuzzi, Jamie Langerbrunner

1994 NHL Entry Draft - ( 16 picks )

1-4 Jason Bonsignore ( 79 games, 3 goals, 13 assists)
1-6 Ryan Smyth ( 843 games, 243 goals, 317 assists)
2-32 Mike Watt (157, 15 goals, 26 assists )
11-266 Ladislav Benysek ( 161, 3 goals, 12 assists)

Players picked after 1-4 - ( oilers won the first round with ryan smyth )

1995 NHL Entry Draft - ( 9 picks )

1-6 Steve Kelly ( 149 games, 9 goals, 12 assists)
2-31 Georges Laraque ( 634, 52 goals, 96 assists)

Players picked after 1-6 - Shane Doan, Jerome Iglina, Marc Savard

1996 NHL Entry Draft - ( 10 picks )

1-6 Boyd Deveraux ( 604 games, 61 goals, 107 assists)
1-19 Mattheiu Descotaux (5 games, 1-1 )
3-59 Tom Poti ( 665-60-221)
8-195 Fernado Pisani ( 324-69-61)

Players picked after 1-6 - Daniel Briere, Colin White, Zdeno Chara

1997 NHL Entry Draft - ( 10 picks )

1-14 Michael Reisen ( 12-0-1)
5-121 Jason Chimera ( 375-65-68)


Players picked after 1-14 - Brendan Morrow

In retrospect - this was a terrible draft

1998 NHL Entry Draft - ( 10 picks )

1-13 Michael Heinreich ( Never played a shift in the NHL )
3-67 Alex Henry ( 175-2-9)
4-99 Shawn Horcoff ( 480-103-182)

Players picked after 1-13 - Simon Gagne, Scott Gomez, Jonathan Cheechoo, Mike Fisher, Brad Richards, Brian Gionta, Pavel Datsyuk

1999 NHL Entry Draft ( 9 Picks ) - Sathers Last Draft as Oilers GM

1-13 Jani Rita ( 66-9-5)
2-36 Alexi Semenov ( 164-6-19)
2-41 Tony Salmelainen ( 70-6-12)
3-91 - Mike Comrie ( 462 - 144-167)


Players picked after 1-13 - Barrett Jackman, Martin Havlat, Mike Commodore, Ryan Malone, Ryan Miller

2000 NHL Entry Draft - ( 9 picks )

No 1st rd pick

2-64- Filip Novak
3-95Dominic Moore
7-205 HENRIK LUNDQVUIST

2001 NHL Entry Draft - ( 9 picks )

1-10 Dan Blackburn
2-40 - Fedor Tyutin
6-176 - Marek Zdlicky
8-238 - Ryan Hollweg

Players picked after 1-10 - Mike Cammalleri , Jason Pominville, Jordan Tootoo

2002 NHL Entry Draft - ( 10 picks )

No 1st rd pick
8-240 - Petr Prucha

Players in the draft - Pick your winner


2003 NHL Entry Draft - ( 10 picks ) - THE HUGH JESSIMAN DISASTER!!!!!!!!!

To painful to list all the names...

2004 is still under evaluation. But as you can CLEARY SEE - Sather is not the genius he would have us believe.