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Bert is our Brad Marchand and you don´t trade players like them.

>First 3 minutes are a total waste of time >@4:30 mark Scott Wheeler starts making himself look like a total jack ass saying Sodapop has no talent >@6 min in the highlights start >@13:45 Bultman & Pronman praise Soda and say he should've gone in the 3rd or 2nd round >@15 Yzerman gushes about Elmer's development >@19 Bultman discusses trying to convert him to a powerforward cause he plays more like a small skill guy >@22 on it's basically all more highlights This kid is basically Zdeno Chara if you took all the meanness out of Chara and replaced it with silky mitts. And used him at forward of course. He's definitely a sniper, not a traditional powerforward like you'd expect. He's not super physical. He doesn't even play net front on the PP, he plays on the flank in the one timer spot. His shot is really good. He can absolutely dangle guys and use his massive size and wingspan to protect the puck. He has creativity too and always finds new ways to score. His foot speed sucks, but he's shifty on his skates and has good maneuverability. I'm not sure his foot speed will matter as much as people think. His stride is massive and he can take edges. I guess a better analogy for him is he's Jonathan Ericsson + Skill + Shooting + Creativity.

Hronek and Bertuzzi for Chychrun leaves a hole in the top 6 and RD. The best prospects in the system are all LHD. Like Chychrun. Why would we trade for more of what we already have and leave holes that we dont have prospects to fill? The last thing this team should be trading for is young D.

>from the draft simulator thread You can increase or decrease randomness, and increase or decrease teams drafting by need or BPA. If we pick at #9 - in all the different simulations I've done - it's usually Nazar, Gauthier, and Lekkerimaki that are fersure always available to us. Brad Lambert also falls inside the top9 quite often. Geekie seems to fall about 50% of the time. Occasionally I've seen Jiricek and Nemec fall. The guys I've never seen fall = Cooley and Savoie. They seem to always go top5. I think we should be aiming for Geekie, but if he's not there taking one of Nazar/Lambert/Gauthier/Lekkerimaki.

But were those empty netters due to the fact we went into a shell gave up the lead and were trying to tie it up to get a point and go into OT? Is tonight's game the last time we see Blash behind the bench talking behind his hand to the coaches like anything he is saying is a secret? I am getting down on both replaced knees and praying to the Lord above....

Adding a legit top4 LHD would make an equally big impact on this team as a 2C, imo.