# @draftinghockey on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CUXwnf6M4Bb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66178949-draftinghockey-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/96c0d64e53.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-09-28T16:00:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hockey Prospects (@draftinghockey) — https://gondola.cc/draftinghockey

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The Columbus Blue Jackets selected left winger Alexandre Picard 8th overall in the 2004 draft. Coming off of a dominant second season (80 points in 69 games) for former QMJHL team, the Lewiston MAINEiacs, he was ranked 3rd in North American skaters and 3rd highest LW by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau. Andrew Ladd was ranked 2nd and was drafted 4th overall and Alex Ovechkin was the highest ranked LW and was drafted 1st overall. Picard played the lockout season with the MAINEiacs and had a junior career season high 85 points in 65 games; and put up 197 total points in 206 games.
In his first professional season, Picard spent a majority of the season with the then AHL affiliate of the Blue Jackets, the Syracuse Crunch, and had 30 points in 45 games. However, he would go pointless in 17 games played with the Blue Jackets that season. In the 2006-07 season, Picard’s offensive struggles at the major level continued but got his first career NHL point; except that would be the only point he had in 23 games and spent a majority of the season back in the AHL and had 29 points in 48 games. This trend continued for two more seasons before he was traded to the Coyotes where he only played for their minor league team. His final season in the AHL was with the Norfolk Admirals in 2011-12 where he helped them win the Calder Cup and was named MVP of the playoffs. He finished with 232 points in 351 AHL games, 2 points in 67 NHL games, and played in a few leagues in Europe after that. He came back to North America for the 2019-20 season and played the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey, which is a low-level professional league based in Quebec, Canada, and is slated to play again this season.

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| Aaron | @aircreates | https://gondola.cc/aircreates | Creator |

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