MUST WATCH: TOP 5 Worst NHL Draft Busts of all-time!

If you want to be a contending team you need to draft well. if you look at a team like the Detroit Red Wings during the Yzerman era, they were a great team because they drafted and developed well.

Then you fast forward to the 2010's and you have players like Nail Yakupov who just could not live up to the hype, even after a stellar rookie NHL season.

Here is a list of the top 5 worst NHL busts of all time created by Sportsnet.

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