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Bite your tongue! lol Honka is a perfect example of a "can't miss" D prospect, according to the heads at the time. Oh, but he can. And they never have to address their past commentaries. Nice gig. Blow smoke out your Hash Rate, zero recollection. Get paid for it. Player's fault, not mine. Sounds like a dream job.

So would you not want to change that identity for the better? Or make it worse? Not care?

And if that is how you want to conduct your business, don't be surprised to see heavy trade protections included in every decent UFA signing. They'll just go elsewhere. Plus, you're now an even larger name on no-trade lists. Every action has an equal reaction. Nothing happens in a vacuum.

And Musty. Although I'm currently following/cheering for Sudbury to shred the OHL playoffs. He'd likely report to the A, but SJ is light on talent and their season's done. Really high potential going on with him. SJ really had a nice draft last year, add in Haltunnen and taking a risk with Cagnoni.

Again, they don't. They have a healthy amount of selections this year, and next year, likely the same. That, in and of itself, is a big change and welcome relief. Home wasn't built in a day. Every draft the convo focuses on, "get more top 15 picks". I do not agree in the slightest. The cost is too high. No one seems to care. Trade Andersson for a 12th oa. Why? He's a bonafide top 4 NHL dman. Why would you throw that away for a hyped-out prospect that may never touch an NHL game? It's all just hype. And kind of Satoshi Nakamototing on the guys that are already bleeding for you. Maybe that's a bit of a harsh take, but it's pretty true. That stuff is a really Satoshi Nakamototy reflection of how a franchise would treat its established vets.

The reasons are bleeding out of Wright. So you could say that the scouts identified them. Nobody is throwing questions around about Celebrini. There is zero doubt.

Damn our g/a guesses took solid hip checks. I looked down at the puck for 1 second. Now I have a concussion and need shoulder surgery. Hopefully I'll be ready to go for next season. lol

For fun: Imagine us drafting Tij, and spending the next 20 years trying to find a C to play with him😬🤪

Oh yeah. Celebrini is the #1 oa, and it's not even close. He's jumping leagues like candy. I think I'd become solely Wings fan if Feaster Conroy started playing that 4D chess Satoshi Nakamoto. You don't trade Steve Yzerman or Jonathan Toews comparables. Not ever.

Craig's having a large number of, "what?" moments here imho. Buium over Levshunov is a stretch, but Dickinson is not the 4th best Dman including Parekh. My order would be reverse of his for those 4. The toss up being Dickinson-Levshunov. My head tells me Dickinson will be the 1st dman gone. A true 1 D is good at everything. I'd say that's Dickinson, just a little ahead of Levshunov. Buium has been pretty coddled everywhere he plays. I think that's getting completely overlooked. He has Emery creeping up, and I'm fine with that, but Fibigr is a late 2nd-early 3rd. He's not Strbak or close, who went 45th last year. We missed him by 3 picks. I like Button, but he gets flighty. Some guys' seasons are done, so they fall out of flavour.

I'm still begging the Coilers to win the division. Anything that we can move up is helpful, even if it's only 1 spot. I have no skin in the game with either of those teams. Not even maybe. And don't care what their playoff matchups are, just get us the highest possible pick.

Pospisil was having injury issues to keep him off of the radar. But there's no way Zary and Pelts haven't been our top 2 prospects for a while now. And I was just being light-hearted with jj. lol What we seriously need is uninjured prospects. All of Kerins, Poirier, Pelletier and Honzek are missing/have missed critical development time. Jack Beck was another. Just horrendous luck on that front.

Something about that last name gives me the creeps...although I loved Ron Francis. *old joke time* Who is training their military to lie on their stomachs with their hands behind their heads while learning to speak German? Francis. booey...

You're not going to do this again are you? *coughcough* what was his name again? lol

I like the Pettersson with Van's pick. Oh the irony! Elick and Misa are nice targets. Decent call, well-thought-out.

Sorry boss.😬

We'll all be on pins and needles for sure. I just really hope that we ignore the Q, as I always do. lol May Morin prove me wrong. lol

Is he ranked near exactly alongside Iginla like Greentree? Yet on a far worse team with virtually nothing to help his stats?

Or could Liam Greentree?

If our 1st pick is, say 8, should be in the ballpark, just to break it down, our picks are: 8. 27ish. (via VAN) 40. 60ish. (via DAL) 72. Before "conditions" kicks in. What are you all thinking here? I feel like the D pool in this draft is awefully strong. Get one of the top 4 at 8. But more interesting, when you get to 27ish and Pulkkinen or Jiricek are still on the board....they won't see 40, do you do it? I think that I'd be okay with that. Thoughts?

I'm aiming for reverse psychology!

Similar to Honzek missing a chunk to injury last year. Now this year. Makes me kinda sensitive currently.

Just my opinion, but Simashev would be a comparable from last year's draft in terms of the volatility of Dman selections. Once the 1st dman goes after Levshunov, I'd guess the other 4 to 5 shoes could go quite quickly. It's also where pick-trading potential would be highest imo. Not implying what is right or wrong. Just an observation.

This is what I like about drafts. You don't need top 10 picks to strike gold. Having more bullets in the chamber in rds 2-4 is the ticket. There are as many current great players selected after the first round as there are top 10 world beaters. There is more certainty in the top 10, but there are also enough tales of caution to not over-amplify a top 10 pick vs an 80 pick. Your 5th pick in any given draft could be the next Pavel Datsyuk or Pekka Rinne. Odds are just stats. Defying the odds has been proven many times over. "Playing the percentages" is really not all that it's cracked up to be in drafting 18 yos. Don't trade everyone for better odds. Waaay too much risk. It's just a list of Top 200 18yos in the World that changes pretty drastically when they all put 5 years behind them. As I said earlier, I break it into blocks of 50. Even that seems small to me.

Finishing 6th worst would be fun. Should I maybe keep the inevitable upcoming 6 game burner to myself? lol