Flyers Draft Rewind: 1999 and Maxime Ouellet

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An essential stage of growth is the ability to accept past mistakes and correct them. That could mean just admitting to old faults and moving forward. In this case, the mistake the Philadelphia Flyers made was drafting Maxime Ouellet in the first round of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. The admission is unanimously understanding that Ouellet was a bust on a team that needed a goaltender in that 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Let’s rewind to the 1999 NHL Entry Draft and understand what other options the Flyers had at goaltender.

Their heart was in the right place. A goaltender was a requirement for the 1999 Philadelphia Flyers after Ron Hextall retired. On the Flyers…