Day 11 -
With the lock out in full swing, players from this year's Entry Draft are waiting for the lockout to end for a chance to debut with an NHL team. Let's take a brief look at players who have had a chance to play see how they are coping with this year's lack of hockey and how far hockey has come since Gary Bettman's first lockout in 1992.
1992 - Roman Hamrlik - Is continuing his 23 year quest for the Cup, on NHL '13.
1993 - Alexandre Daigle - Largely considered the Christian Laettner of hockey, except by contributing to this article, Laettner contributed more to hockey than Daigle ever did.
1994 - Ed Jovanovski - Has loved his time playing for the Florida Panthers in the same way that athletes at Florida International University love playing football. You enjoy the pay, the warm weather, and you enjoy the times you don't upset citizens of Miami.
1995 - Bryan Berard - Using his cybernetic eye to see into the future of the lockout, it ends with Chris Pronger presenting Gary Bettman's head Lord of the Flies style to the remaining hockey players, or as Philly fans call it, business as usual.
1996 - Chris Philips - Is attempting to recoup investments lost in a bad business deal due to Stacey McAlpine. Dany Heatley, is leading this moral crusade in the groundbreaking "Pot v. Kettle" case of 2012
1997 - Joe Thornton - Is happy to see the negotiations are going to round 3, since that's an aspect of hockey he rarely gets to see.
1998 - Vincent LeCavlier - Is happy for the lockout to resume, as he has tons of "Admiral Ak bars" puns he didn't get to use last time.
1999 - Patrik Stefan - Is best known for scoring a hat trick in his NHL debut. Wait that was Derek Stepan. Patrik Stefan is best known for his "hat trick" which is scoring no goals and no assists and not fighting while wearing a funny hat.
2000 - Rick DiPietro - Is catching up on the "Inuyasha" series, having gone on record as finding it "oddly relatable"
2001 - Ilya Kovalchuk - After hearing his contract is worth its weight in gold, immediately exchanged it.
2002 - Rick Nash - Living up to his mutterings: "I'd rather not play hockey than play for Columbus."
2003 - Marc-Andre Fleury - Is being actively recruited by the New Orleans Saints, since he's the only person who wears a fleur-de-lys that can stop people from scoring points.
2004 - Alexander Ovechkin - This is written as having gone to the Washington Capitals, which is weird, since the Capitals never played hockey until 2006.
2005 - Sidney Crosby - Team trainers have told him that he is merely on the Injured Reserve list for a few more days or caught in a "Groundhog Day" loop.
2006 - Erik Johnson - After spending three years as the most overhyped and overpaid player of St. Louis (beating out several fans and overzealous mascots), is now the most overhyped and overpaid player of Colorado
2007 - Patrick Kane - Now only punches cab drivers when they bring up the Packers-Seahawks game.
2008 - Steve Stamkos - Is enjoying the challenge of earning the Rocket Richard trophy by launching pucks from Europe to America.
2009 - John Tavares - Is happy to know that this Friday, he won't be the only player in New York not living up to his potential.
2010, 2011, & 2012 - Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, - As they play for the Oilers, will have to wait for a trade or the next 20 years of number draft picks to play for an NHL team.
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