HoweFan

9. Ryan Leonard 17. TomWilander 41. David Edstrom 42. Anton Whalberg 43. Dan Nelson 73. Jacob Dvorek

I’m really sceptical on Askarov. His stats are brilliant when he’s in Russia. Then he gets out on the world stage like in the last two World Juniors and he sucks. I’ve read where the shots on goal are inflated in Russia. I hope Walstedt is better

Why don’t you guys open up a cat fight thread?

Is this the Mathias Brome thread?

If we pick second it’s Byfield. At three I’m taking Stutzle. Rossi is my pick at four

So the draft, combine, etc are postponed. The lottery will be announced at a later date when things have been finalized. I hope this is just to figure out how to video conference it and what date. They better not change the format other than using winning percentage

I sure wish that Draftwired site was up and running again. That was a lot of fun

Yes I think Byfield and Askarov slipped a bit after this tourney

The good news about this draft is that it seems four players are stepping out. LaFreniere, Byfield, Stutzle, and Raymond. If the worse case scenario happens we will still get one of them.

Tonight? I hope you are right. It’s not like a win is going to take us out of last overall and the number one seed for the draft. We have a pretty solid hold on that right now

When do you think we will win again? I’m gonna say one of the back to back Winnipeg games December 10-12 otherwise I’m afraid it might be next year. I thought we would be in most games this year just like last year but injuries and poor years from some of the vets could make this a historic season

I didn’t realize there was ten months difference in age. That’s significant. Something else to factor in when I make my choice lol

I really hope Byfield stays close to Lafreniere in the rankings. If we get the first pick I would like a centre instead of a winger. I realize we need help everywhere but an elite pivot is critical. Maybe we’ll get the second pick and I won’t be in a quandary.

How would you rate them? They all seem to be doing well. For arguments sake I have it this way. Larsson, Petruzzelli, Elliasson, Brattstrom, Van Pottelberghe, Fulcher, and Gylander in that order.

I don’t miss Babcock. The way he called out Brendan Smith in the media for standing up to Chara in the playoffs one year was uncalled for. He ridiculed him for standing up for his teammates. Somebody had to. As for the Commodore situation why sign him? He was a journeyman at best at that point. It was known that they didn’t like each other. I’m guessing there were a half dozen other guys of equal skill level available. I think Babcock brought him in to bury him. I can’t blame Commodore for signing. Who wouldn’t take the mil when you are at the end of your career anyway. I hope Babcock gets run out of town in Toronto