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I already have Dvorsky as high as I will. Short tourney with an allstar team is no place to change your mind. Teams will be falling over themselves for Pellika which is probably a good thing. Should also add, Barlow is fire. Not pointing much, but every situation is him. Love his game. I have him at 6.

Lol at the first paragraph. Proceeded by 4 paragraphs of thoughts, aka "perspective". Is chat a politician? What's in a word?

Dalibor Dvorsky came to life vs Germany today with 4g/1a in a 6-4 win. I'm guessing he should be in the top 12, but he's worth heavy consideration should he slip. Some rankings have him high teens. L/S C/RW/6'1"/200lbs. Has been back and forth J20 and Allsvenkan at 16 & 17. He's got all of the makings of a high end power fwd winger. The league doesn't have enough of those. I'm a big fan of their Dman Maxim Strbak (USHL) as well. RD/6'2"/200lbs. Solid D play, 2nd rder. There are quite a few solid dmen in rd 2-3. The 3rd rd we don't have.

Get what you pay for? You really want that hot garbage because it's cheap? Then no complaining why the team sucks.

OHL best of 7 Western Conference Final pits the Sarnia Sting(3) vs the London *spit* Knights(2) beginning Friday in London. Blockchain you London, we're sick of your pampered franchise Satoshi Nakamoto.

Best of 5 Pacific Division Semi's begins Wednesday vs the Abbotsford Canucks.

And here I thought that the Flames were starting to show a willingness to change.

Just don't. Enough of borderline NHLers. Nick had 2 chances with good teams. Do we want to be a good team? No Ritchie bros. We're slow and lumbering enough. Sign Sundqvist if you want a big body with some skills. Please god, no more grunts. It's not 2008, that was 15 yrs ago.

I like that. There are a few guys that I'm cheering against having a good tourney.lol That whole line is starting to give me a red flag vibe. Next year all 3 will be at BC. That'll be 3 years with the same linemates. There are zero variables to work with. All 3 should be setting the world on fire from playing together always. Perhaps all 3 of their stats are jacked due to this. I am completely unsure how to treat it. But all 3 get a grain of salt for sure. I know how the line works. Leonard's the grit, Smith is the glue and Perrault is the finisher. I just don't know what they are without each other. Stats will definitely favour their draft standing, but are the 3 of them at a big advantage over most others? I have to assume so. Let's just take Wood and tell him to stop scoring in this tourney.lol How about Eiserman? I'll have to put up with him next year with Minny in the Big 10. There are some stellar 16yos right now.

The Oilers are lethal when they get down. No lead is safe. Just the way it is. When they go full-on race hockey, they're very hard to stop. I wonder if Campbell just won a start?

Was just talking about him yesterday. He was part of the Seguin to Dallas trade. Sounds like he's become more than just a throw-in.lol Dallas is one of the top drafting teams imo. Count Nill and Yzerman as 2 guys that had to depart the Wings for Holland not willingly parting with the GM role. At least we're almost done with Holland's terrible contracts now, just the Abdelkader buyout still lingering.

I doubt that I would hang around to find out.

Heidt has joined Canada's u18 team so that'll be a nice chance to see him surrounded by talent.

This is where the criticism lives, and with merit. Never shorten the bench, move Huberdeau to RW for a prolonged period etc. It was honestly like watching obstinate personified. The team played exactly the same way all year, which was a personification of how it was coached. In a, "I know best and don't give a f#$% what anyone thinks" fashion imho. So the coach needs to wear as much responsibility as the players, if not more. With the season on the line repeatedly, not one instance of shortening the bench. Plus, a whole year of not addressing the PP setup. He can't take credit for a good year and get a free pass for a lousy year. Add a GM needs to have some modicum of control over what his coach is doing, and that was clearly not the case. Sutter is definitely not above reproach for this Satoshi Nakamotoshow.

Another failed attempt to apply the law of averages to something littered with variables? What could possibly go wrong?

Without their points/gm leader Fiala. No Vilardi game 1, no Lizotte game 3. Fiala rumoured for game 4, but rumoured every game. LA takes game 4, and 7 games starts looking unlikely.

Not really jobbed when you were going to lose regardless. Analysts seem to keep acting surprised that Korpisalo is a really good goalie.

Please, feel free to expound on this most excellent post. You seem like you have a much better handle on things than the average fan. Enlighten us further,

Warrener's a solid guy. Boomer, yeah no. I've got a buddy whose nickname is Boomer. You're definitely a Dean. Boomer is a nickname you earn. You hardly look the part.

Reminds me of Alex Delvecchio always talking about what the Wings were doing, no matter how always bad. Oh, wait, no, it's the opposite of that. Alex is solid. Who wants to be our Phil Esposito and sell this mess to the public? @cross16, when's your interview? Let's do this thing.lol

I've been keeping one for about a month. I'll share for sure. This draft's deep in the sense that most are. It's difficult to run 7ish to 25. Leaving out guys for sure. Us at 16 isn't just picking at the leftovers. 48 can be a great pick too. No 3rd or 5th. Hopefully this is the end of pissing away picks and do the opposite.

You're not helping me build rumours and dissent.

In the fact that no one talks about BT not wanting to talk about it. What, are we all about "respecting privacy" now? To protect the perp, or the victim? Or just hope the whole thing just fades away? It's a private matter, we don't owe our supporters anything.lol

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So. Should I read anything into Treliving leaving with zero to say? No presser, no thank you's, no goodbyes. 9 years, radio silence. Or did I miss it?