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He's saying no because he's team Jimmy. But ya, Howard will be moved and i believe Ryan Miller will be signed as the veteran backup to play behind Petr. Which means Drew will be re-signed as well.

There wasn't much good about our Wings this year, but i think they just may have been better than frozen wings from target...

Wait, what? What happened to the thread? It went from a players debut, to wings targets?

while I agree we don't see anywhere near as much information as pro scouts do, it's not like you can't get a good gauge on someone from what's available. But no, I don't just read one source. I look around for as much as I can. Do I research every player? No. I research mostly the ones I'm interested in.

While I admit, I don't see it all, but it's not like I only read one source. I didn't say I never heard of him, just saying he hasn't seemed to have gotten as much fanfare. You're probably right about the connection with his father. But no, I don't miss that much info.

I like his numbers the last two season at Brooks as well. It's just so hard to gauge these kids. Do you pass on someone like Foote, that has received a lot more talk around the experts, or do you go with a dark(er) horse? I guess that would be my issue with Norm Pettersson, not that he is not ranked pretty high, but its also not like he has received as much fanfare and hype as the other 5-7 guys that are on most people's radar.

No response needed. You described it well! I am your typical diehard Wings/Hockey fan and when you have your heart set on an outcome and then something comes in from left field that you don't like, you tend to fly off the handle a bit! I'll be mad if we drafted Norm, but it's not like I have any control over it! All I can do is express my dissatisfaction! I do have plenty of responsibility, but other than this forum, all I do is pay bills on my computer. So that is why I have been here so long and post so much. I mostly post here while I am away at work. I commute to Detroit every week to work and am away from my family. So when I have down time or nothing going on, I come here. Don't be sickened, I tend to retract pretty quickly. I still wouldn't like the pick, but it wouldn't go down as I described it...it rarely does. Cheers mate! Enjoy your day!

looks like he's committed to UMASS at least for a year. I've heard his name kicked around here and there, but haven't followed to closely.

Another one I called! YAY! If Vancouver hires Sutter, I'm playing the lottery! (and I don't even bet on things!) Good for Spuddy! If he has much influence on the players selected, I can see a good bunch of Canadian boys going to Vages! Say goodbye to Helm if he's left unprotected!

Dang! 2 for 2 so far! Hitch to Dallas and Gallant to Vegas! Come on Vancouver!

Ya, but #2 or #3 should get us Vilardi! I wouldn't be upset, but honestly, I am huge Tippett fan. Would love him in a Wings Uni. I know we need a C just as bad, so that's why if we got top 3 and didn't get Patrick, Vilardi would be great! But I couldn't guarantee that I wouldn't draft Tippett at #3....it'd be a tough choice! My top three picks in the 1st round are Patrick, Vilardi and Tippett. If I chose Vilardi at #3, I would do may damnedest to trade up to get Tippett as well! So lets reset my ultimate 2 rounds at the draft: We get a Top 3 pick, where we get Patrick or Vilardi...trade up to get Tippett, draft Hague in the 2nd round.

It'll be Duck Flambe!

I don't think there is any compensation, besides the cap relief. FWIW, I'm with Chaps above with his take on exposing as many "bad contracts" as possible in order force Vages' hand into possibly taking one.

If I'm both a betting and a conspiracy theorist, which I don't bet, so that leaves the latter, I'm willing to bet ( ) that Vages is gifted the #1 overall so they can have a young star on their team.

oops! if we don't get #1....

My Pick: Sens

My Pick: Jackets

My Pick: Preds

My Pick: Habs

My Pick: Blues

My Pick: Sharks

My Pick: Caps

My Pick: Flames.

That's funny!

Tippett has all we are looking for, if we are shutout of a top Center. Which if we stay #7-10, would be the wisest choice. IMO. We take Tippitt at #7 and we take Hague in the second. (If still there) Let's say we get #10, we get shutout of all these centers and Tippitt AND Liljegren. Would you be ok with Holland taking Foote at #10? Then following it up with Hague in the 2nd if there? Or would you want him to explore more centers? Let's look at a list of players we think may go in the top 10...players of which we've all talked about: Patrick, Vilardi, Glass, Tippett, Liljegren, Hischier, Necas, Poehling, Makar, Suzuki, Yamamoto, Mittelstadt and Foote. That's 13 players right there that would be nice pickups. If we don't get #1 overall, then my choices would be: Tippett, Vilardi, Peohling, Liljegren. Based on need. You can toss Suzuki in there along with Glass. My point being, it seems there are more than 10 players available at positions WE NEED before we go drafting positions we don't need just because. I like Yamamoto, but damn he's small! 5'7 153lbs! I'm sticking with my ultimate 1st and 2nd round, which would be Tippett and Hague. Probably won't happen (maybe one of them) but if we somehow pulled those two out of the first two rounds? I would worship the air Holland exhales!