F.Michael

Yup - my white privileged Trump 2020 bannered fortress is a good distance away from all the trouble Thanks for asking.

Make him earn his $10.5 million contract.

While I agree with you - in the end the players gotta do their thing. TB is getting the rest while Philly/NYI continue to slug it out. Wouldn't mind a TB/Vegas final...Will Stamkos play this summer? Drouin for Sergachev was a brilliant move. Hopefully Grand Master Y can replicate it if Mantha, and his agent becomes difficult to deal with.

Found this on Wiki... Unable to crack the talent-laden Red Wings and due to salary cap compliance issues, he was placed and eventually claimed off waivers on October 13, 2008, by the Los Angeles Kings.[9]

I don't think Grand Master Y will have any issues signing Bert to a new contract...Mantha on the other hand. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Hossa, and Quincey come to mind. EDIT - not enough space for Hossa, and Holland moved Quincey in order to keep Chelios, and stay under the cap...

Unless Grand Master Y makes a move, and the Wings stay 4th overall - my $$$ is on Perfetti.

Tronna?

$hit happens.

On a positive note Sean Avery can show him how to be a true New Yorker.

If the Leafs don't this lottery - they then lose their 1st round pick to Carolina when the Canes took on Marleau. You should have this guy in your avatar instead...

I'm cool with any of the Jets/Preds/Wild/Rangers/Panthers...Preferably in that order. Me thinks Grand Master Y would have to play some 'Jedi Mind Tricks' in order for either of those 2 to drop to us at 4th...Certainly not impossible - however sumthin interesting will have to take place for that to happen.

To me it's water under the bridge...I want a repeat of 1983 where our 4th overall pick becomes an All-Star, and HoF inductee.

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.