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Ya, there's no joy in any of this...i just can't imagine the emotions. But to be told your son is dead, only to be told later he is not, the emotion has to be more than just relief. But again, in a tragedy like this, everything has to be bittersweet.

Oh my goodness! I think that kid's brother tweeted about him dying and how they were so much best friends. Bittersweet I'm sure because you never want a tragedy like this to even happen, but can you imagine the joy of finding this out?

You guys are funny. Howard, Helm gotta love those Swedish players! Too bad you guys derailed this thread, but to sum it up, it has nothing to do with where they're from, if they are not earning their pay and stinking up the joint, then I have issue. Especially if you didnt earn the contract to begin with, but in this case Nyquist did, then turned to sucking. Remember me not liking Hudler? Ya that Swedish guy, I sure was mad when he left and had a career year in Calgary. I complained so much that he should've been re-signed here. I guess when/if Howard goes and bounces back, I'll be a so mad at Kenny too! You guys live in a narrative filled fantasy land.

A typical ELC, then a team/player friendly bridge deal, then if he has turned into what they projected, pay dirt. I have nothing against Swedish players, just bad ones.

Trade him.... BTW, Dahlin in Swedish. Your narrative is old and boring.

Say what? Nevermind I see....another one we couldn't land. But Holland prolly wasn't interested like with Will Butcher.

Nah, sign potential 30 goal scorer contract, score 17, then 12, barely got 20 this year. What next year? If he went up from his 27 that he scored prior to his contract, then sure, worth it. But he scored 27 total in the first two seasons to show how much he's "worth" it. Never lived up to his contract and it'll be a shame if he is here to start the season or at least the TDL. Do NOT EVER re-sign...unless it's $2M or less!

Not worth his contract.

Ya let's trade the talented youth we've all been yelling about getting ice time and let's keep overpaid players who have yet to earn their contract...4 years into it....Nyquist.

Here are the names of the victims. Rest In Peace and may Peace come to their families.... https://globalnews.ca/news/4130024/humboldt-broncos-team-captain-killed-crash/

I included the link in the 31 name list up top, Hockey Writers. I don't look for mock drafts, that is more or less someone's opinion, unless its a McKenzie Mock, then I'd check it out. I look for draft rankings. I am sure mock drafts are done by looking at rankings, but I don't like when people tend to draft on their own opinoin. ex,. Detroit is #4, looking at Tkachuk, Zadina, Hughes, etc... but they have us drafting Rasmus Kupari, because, you know, Liiga. I tend to value TSN, Sportnet, Hockeywriters and any of the 3 or 4 on Elite Prospects (ISS, NHL Central Scouting) Here is ISS's April Top 31: ISS HOCKEY TOP 31 - APRIL RANKING 1 Rasmus Dahlin (D) Frölunda HC SHL 41 7 13 20 20 2 Andrei Svechnikov (RW) Barrie Colts OHL 44 40 32 72 67 3 Filip Zadina (LW) Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 57 44 38 82 36 4 Brady Tkachuk (C/LW) Boston Univ. NCAA 40 8 23 31 61 5 Oliver Wahlstrom (C/RW) U.S. National U18 Team USDP 54 40 43 83 38 6 Evan Bouchard (D) London Knights OHL 67 25 62 87 54 7 Quinn Hughes (D) Univ. of Michigan NCAA 37 5 24 29 26 8 Noah Dobson (D) Acadie-Bathurst Titan QMJHL 67 17 52 69 52 9 Adam Boqvist (D) Brynäs IF J20 SuperElit 25 14 10 24 18 10 Joseph Veleno (C) Drummondville Voltigeurs QMJHL 33 16 32 48 22 11 Ty Smith (D) Spokane Chiefs WHL 69 14 59 73 30 12 Barrett Hayton (C) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 63 21 39 60 32 13 Grigori Denisenko (LW) Loko Yaroslavl MHL 31 9 13 22 30 14 Rasmus Kupari (C) Kärpät Liiga 39 6 8 14 12 15 Isac Lundeström (C/LW) Luleå HF SHL 42 6 9 15 14 16 Joel Farabee (LW) U.S. National U18 Team USDP 54 27 37 64 38 17 Martin Kaut (RW) HC Dynamo Pardubice Czech 38 9 7 16 14 18 Jesperi Kotkaniemi (C) Ässät Liiga 57 10 19 29 20 19 Jared McIsaac (D) Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 65 9 38 47 86 20 Bode Wilde (D) U.S. National U18 Team USDP 53 11 25 36 59 21 Serron Noel (RW) Oshawa Generals OHL 62 28 25 53 61 22 Alexander Alexeyev (D) Red Deer Rebels WHL 45 7 30 37 29 23 Jacob Bernard-Docker (D) Okotoks Oilers AJHL 49 20 21 41 34 24 Ryan McLeod (C) Mississauga Steelheads OHL 68 26 44 70 26 25 Adam Ginning (D) Linköping HC SHL 28 1 1 2 10 26 Akil Thomas (C) Niagara IceDogs OHL 68 22 59 81 36 27 Benoit-Olivier Groulx (C) Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 68 28 27 55 100 28 Dominik Bokk (RW) Växjö Lakers HC J20 SuperElit 35 14 27 41 12 29 Jonny Tychonick (D) Penticton Vees BCHL 48 9 38 47 34 30 K'Andre Miller (D) U.S. National U18 Team USDP 50 7 17 24 22 31 Jacob Olofsson (C) Timrå IK Allsvenskan 43 10 11 21 10 Just an FYI for everyone, here are the top 5 scorer in the OHL, note the only D-Man. I think Bouchard should probably go Top 5, if we are around 4-5, I say we take him. Unless Holland really wants Tkachuk! OHL # PLAYER GP G A TP 1. Morgan Frost (F) 67 42 70 112 2. Jordan Kyrou (F) 56 39 70 109 3. Nick Suzuki (F) 64 42 58 100 4. Jason Robertson (F) 68 41 46 87 5. Evan Bouchard (D) 67 25 62 87

nah, #8 should go up for Larionov if it goes up.

Yes Nah, not McCarty

So the best we can do is #1, the worst is #8. Here are the top 8 from the March list above. Outside of not knowing much about Barret Hayton, who jumped up 3 spots to penetrate the top 10 for the first time, I say we have a REAL GUD shot at getting a legit NHL'er... 1 – Rasmus Dahlin D Frölunda HC (SHL) 2 – Filip Zadina LW Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) 3 – Andrei Svechnikov RW Barrie Colts (OHL) 4 – Adam Boqvist D Brynäs IF J20 5 – Brady Tkachuk C/LW Boston University (NCAA) 6 +1 Evan Bouchard D London Knights (OHL) 7 -1 Quinn Hughes D University of Michigan (NCAA) 8 +3 Barrett Hayton C Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) OH! and this: That looks good! 7 picks in the first three rounds! Again, we've said it before, that 2nd round is basically 2 late first rounders! #32 and #35. I am going to conservatively put us at #23 with VEG's pick.(hopefully it goes a bit higher into the teens!) Within #23 to #35 are some good players as well! Jett Woo, K'andre Miller, Serron Noel, Mattias Samuelsson, Dominic Bokk, Ryan McLeod, Akil Thomas. Some of those names would have to fall a bit short, but we can really get loaded up with those 4 picks. If we didn't get #1 or top 3 and our 4 picks were: Bouchard, Noel, Miller and Samuelsson. I would be elated! Not sure what our new GM is thinking we need, but in all honesty, these 4 big guys, if they develop they way they are projected to, will fit our needs perfectly!

So the worst we can pick is 8th (Bouchard! ) I ran the simulator 6 times on capfriendly.com, to get this: 4 out the other 5 times, we were either 2nd or 3rd.

We're doomed.

Ya, so instead of possibly having Dahlin, we may have to face him 8 times a year!

QUICK, give up another one!!!!!! NO LOSER POINT!!!!!

Dammit, why are we winning?

Ok, I feel like a dillard, who is #26?

Agreed! Here is an older article, but it touches base on some reasons they aren't mandatory. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2011/03/buckle_up_if_you_can.html So, the cost of retro-fitting buses and/or adding to new buses outweighs the cost of a life? Tell that to the parents of one of these these kids!

14 of these beautiful souls were taken from us. Please remember what is important in life and live it to its fullest! God Bless and RIP!

Hug and hold your children as tight as you can! I'm hundreds of miles away from mine right now, but I just got off the phone with them. Life can be extinguished in a second.

So sad.... There are some news photos on Twitter, but I won't post them here out of respect. Not gory, just shows bus, but still no need to put them up. Just an FYI in case you want to search for them.