The St. Louis Blues are usually playing hockey on April Fools Day, or around that time. However, come draft time, they have made themselves look foolish before.
Doug Armstrong has done a pretty good job drafting for the St. Louis Blues. Like any team and any general manager, there have been some clunkers, but for the most part, it has been a good run under Army.
That said, the Blues as a franchise have not had the best of lucky when it comes to the NHL Entry Draft. It was hit or miss at best, with plenty of misses along the way.
The 1976 draft was pretty darn good. Bernie Federko, Mike Liut and Brian Sutter all came in the same draft.
Federko is really the only Blues draft pick that stayed and became a truly franchise player. The rest were either traded or left in free agency, but even if you include those names, Federko is the only great draft pick of the past.
St. Louis has actually done better recently. They might not be there yet, but you could at least consider putting names like Vladimir Tarasenko or Alex Pietrangelo in a franchise player category and they are both homegrown.
However, some clunker picks stand out among the rest. These are the ones that either did not pan out or make you scratch your head in confusion.
With that in mind, here are the five Blues draft picks that were just foolish.