Mark Stone reveals nasty comment directed at him during first Sens development camp

Imagine looking at Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone and telling him he doesn't belong in the National Hockey League. According to Stone himself, that's exactly what happened after he was drafted in the 6th round, 178th overall by the Ottawa Senators back in 2010.

On a recent edition of the Spittin' Chiclets podcast, Stone revealed that his first NHL development camp was rough for him, mostly due to the fact that a member of the Sens organization (who would remain nameless) flat out told Stone that he was a bad hockey player.

"I remember going to my first development camp in Ottawa, and as I left, I won't say who, but someone told me they couldn't believe that they even drafted me," Stone revealed during the segment. "They thought that I was no good, so that kind of - I don't know if that was like intentional - I think that kind of put a fire under me, and I went back and I was ready to go for my 18-year-old junior, and the rest is history."

Stone has since become one of the league's premier players, racking up 412 points in 470 career NHL regular season games, with an additional 42 points through 54 postseason games.

The 28-year-old has scored at least 20 goals in each of his last six seasons, exploding in 2018-19 with a career-high 33 goals in 77 games, split between the Ottawa Senators and the Vegas Golden Knights.

Stone has been limited to just 6 goals through 21 games for Vegas this season, but is enjoying the best statistical season of his career in 2020-21 and is on pace to set a career high in assists, despite the current season being a short one.

Though the team who drafted him clearly never saw it coming, it's great to see Stone getting the credit he deserves as one of the absolute best two-way forwards in the entire league.

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