Who is The Most Insignificant Sabre of the Last Decade?

By Jon

For those keeping up with The Most Insignificant Sabre of the Last Decade series we've been running, the day has finally come for you to cast your vote! Make your voice heard by voting in the poll posted at the top of the right sidebar, just underneath the header. Or, you can click here, if that's easier for you.

Voting will be open until Monday, July 21st at 5:00 PM Eastern. After voting closes, we will crown our winner and make sure we pay our respects with a fitting tribute. If you vote, feel free to back up your choice in the comment section of this post.

For those who need to review our six finalists, here are the links:

• Jason Holland
• Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre
• Paul Kruse
• Radoslav Hecl
• Chris Taylor
• Domenic Pittis

Also, here is the link to the original post.

Remember, your vote needs to be cast by Monday July 21st at 5:00 PM.

The Most Insignificant Sabre of the Last Decade: Radoslav Hecl

By Jon

In a quest to determine The Most Insignificant Sabre of the Last Decade, The Goose's Roost will profile one effectively useless player a day. After the profiles are all said and done, we will put up a poll with all of the finalists. The player receiving the most votes will be crowned Most Insignificant.

Today we'll take a look at Radoslav Hecl, another suggestion from Brian S. in the comments. (What can we say? The man knows insignificance.)

Radoslav Hecl
#21
2002-03 Season
Defenseman

Drafted: 2002 (7th Round) by the Sabres

Acquired by the Sabres: via Draft.

Regular season stats as a Sabre: 14 games, 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, 2 PIM

Playoff stats as a Sabre: None

After Buffalo: According to this 2002 Draft Evaluation I found on Hockeysfuture.com, Hecl was 27 when he was drafted, so the Sabres wanted him to achieve some level of production right away. When it became apparent that he wasn't going to cut it, Hecl went back to Slovakia and played there for three years. He played in the UK for one season and played this past season in Italy.

Ebay swag: Be sure to get your hands on an autographed puck from Hecl's days as a Sabre. Autographed in gold, and now 20 percent off. Buy it now for $1.59 plus $4.29 shipping.

Someone forgot to tell Radoslav that here in America we sign our first name in front of our last name.

Why Hecl should be The Most Insignificant Sabre of the Last Decade: Hecl couldn't have been in the Sabres organization for a shorter period of time. He was drafted in '02 and gone by the end of '03; A pretty incredible turnaround. I was pretty shocked that this guy played one game in a Sabres sweater, let alone fourteen.

Why Hecl should not be Most Insignificant: I'm digging for stuff here, but he was a seventh round draft pick that played in his first professional season on this side of the pond. That counts for something, right?

Finalist #4: Radoslav Hecl. I think he's gonna be pretty hard to beat; If you disagree let us know in the comments.