F.Michael

hater On a more serious note...Ozzie/Vernon/Cujo had some impressive numbers - they also played in the 'dead puck era' with low scoring/heavy minded D, and were up against other netminders during this same time who are in the HoF (Roy, Hasek, Brodeur, Belfour). That said - I can see both Ozzie/Cujo getting in on really 'slow' years where the HoF committee may be a tad bit desperate on whom to nominate. Must agree here... Eyebrows were raised with Seider on draft day - however it appears that he's shaping into a top pair Dman...If there's a high probability of Askarov becoming the next Price/Luongo/Lundqvist - then I'd be a happy camper if he was selected.

As a pessimist - a realist - I expected us to drop to 4th, and I can honestly say that I'm not surprised that a bubble team will have the 1st pick. I'm gonna say Chicago will win it.

Too bad he didn't do more of that to the guys who took runs at him.

I’m not going there for I don’t wish to face the combined might of CRL and Kip.

Mario, and Sid are busy gargling Bettman’s balls.

Just finished watching the actual draft itself - dvr’d it last night. While I don’t wish to come across as a conspiracy type...Why the hell Bettman/Daly don’t make use of the bouncing/floating balls on live tv? This card revealing certainly raises some questions.

Years ago my aunt (moms sister) divorced, and a handful of years later re-married a German guy. From a German perspective - he said Austrians speak funny, and are weird. Do we want weirdos on this team?

Well - for better, or worse - we got Zadina. Guess anyone could drop.

Why not load up on quality Dmen? Forgive my ignorance since all I go by is scouting reports, but 1 scout mentioned Drysdale has the tools to be a Scott Neidermayer clone.

Good single malt.

Well just as I and a few others predicted...Oh well.

I tell myself that no matter where we end up later tonight - there's a good chance Grand Master Y swings a few trades since the cap isn't going up, and a handful of teams are gonna have to move some players to be cap compliant for next season. That said I still want that #1.

And this draft year a 'playoff bubble' team could wind up dropping into the top 3 as well.

Agreed. 49.4% we stay in the top 3. 50.6% we drop to 4th.

I'll be napping (gotta head back to work tonight). I can tolerate dropping back a spot, or two - but dear Hockey Jesus don't let Buffalo/Edmonton/Chicago/NJ drop into the top 3.