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| • | The definition of an NHL draft "bust" can be defined, but the definition is shaky and can cause some debate over whether or not a player can be considered as a bust or not. Every hockey fan has their own, personal definition on what qualifies a played to be a bust in an NHL draft. However, there is more of an agreement with the definition of a bust than there is with the definition of a "steal", per se.
A bust can be best defined as "a player, usually a first-round draft pick, who has failed to live up to the expectations levied upon the player when he was drafted by the organization over a period of time". This period of time is usually a time table of about five to seven years, but it might even be longer depeding on a case-by-case basis (A player might be considered as a bust at one time in his career, but he may redeem himself over the span of his career and become a core component of a NHL team, such as Olli Jokinen and Ric Jackman).
A bust can be divided into several subcategories as well. There are two different kinds of "busts": a player that fits into the first "bust" subcategory is "a first-round draft pick that has never settled into a NHL lineup and has either rarely seen NHL playing time or hasn't seen the NHL at all". This is considered to be a "pure bust", in the eyes of many fans (several notable "pure busts" are Jason Bonsignore and Alexandre Volchkov). The second "bust" subcategory is "a first-round pick expected to be a preeminent star that has secured a spot on an NHL team for at least several years, but has never done anything spectacular over this span". This can also be considered as a "bust of popular opinion" (several "busts of popular opinion" are Alexandre Daigle, Brian Lawton, and Doug Wickenheiser).
For more information, please see List of NHL Draft Steals.
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Source: [wikipedia: list of nhl draft busts]
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