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Rocket Doc does the nasty. Was only able to get within 200 points at the best part of my season. Then he jumped to 800 point lead and I couldn't get any closer than 720. Well played Sir.

That would have allowed us to potentially keep all our conditional picks.

I never suggested that Tij was better and I would be a little miffed if we drafted him. Can't say I know who we should pick, but Tij is not my first suggestion. I don't want the sentimental fave, I want the best player.

Bennett was a natural C. Bennett was too young to play in the AHL, so it was NHL or back to junior. His shot was hampered by shoulder recivery. Janko was a better 2 way C, so he never gained the spot here. I think it's too narrow view to say Bennett would have developed in the AHL better. He would have needed to stay one more year in junior. Then he may have played in the A for a year. That year the Heat was full of the failed picks from the Feaster era. Not sure what he learns there. This year, they did the right things with Coronato by more AHL than NHL. That was this year. He should get to have some fun in the AHL playoffs. May not be a long run, since they really has problems late season.

Crazy finish. LA had a 3-1 lead starting the 3rd. CHI gets three goals to go ahead in the first 7 minutes of the 3rd. It gets down to 1:46 and CHI ices it, so LA gets to pull the goalie. On the faceoff, CHI wins the draw and has an easy out. Kurashev flips it forehand to the boards, but there was no pressure. It sails over the glass, LA keeps goalie out, goes 6-4 and scores with 1:21 left. On the OT faceoff Kempe takes the puck in and scores OT winner within 9 seconds. Up to the last 2 minutes, EDM was playing Vegas.

He's ranked within our number, is he not? If we were to pick him and Iggy Jr goes next, would that PO the fans too much? I'm really hoping we don't have to make the choice because Tij is gone or we win the lotto. SEA would do well to go after Tij. Right now, they are a bunch of nobodies and the name would light up the town.

Let's not confuse Coronato with Zary. Coronato had 2 years at Harvard, playing against men. Zary had two healthy season in the AHL. They are one year apart in age. Saying that, the reality is we have too many wingers and not enogh C/W. Coronato at least looked good in his last 5. Zary can play C, but should he? Pelletier couldn't even hold the spot here. If we got rid of Mangiapane, we would likely have a better balance: Zary-Kadri-Kuzmenko Huberdeau-Sharky-Pospisil Coleman-Backlund-Coronato I struggled with the idea of Coronato with Uberdeau, since they stuggle defensively. You want Coronato to learn to generate from your own zone on the rush? Play him with Backlund. Heck, put him on LW. He not going to learn hockey in the AHL playing with our lesser forwards.

It's difficult for him to play one game with Kadri then the next bunch with Rooney. He's rushing plays becuase he only gets 10 minutes max. There is no incentive for them to start him in the AHL next year. He will be ready.

Pospisil played exactly the way he does every minute. Maybe just ease up with a 5 goal lead and less than 2 minutes. But there is no off switch. I thought it would have been an even call, but the refs picked out Pospisil, even though he was getting rag-dolled.

F - broke the shutout with 9 seconds left. I was rooting for AM, but luck has a way of getting in the way.

It was so funny to watch. Delayed penalty and Brody puts it on net, with AM standing there. It goes in and no PP. Last minute of play and Tavares one-times it in the net, with AM standing in front. His poor mom was freaking out in the stands.

He should just stop trying. Matthews messed it up last night by changing his game to get that goal. If I was Tampa coach, I would have pulled the goalie for a shift in the last minute of the game. Give him the cheap goal. Would mean less to him, but nobody asks how, they ask how many.

Now Weegar gets his 20th. He's the first D in the NHl to exceed 200 blocks and score 20. Next up. Kadri with his 30th.

Ras gets his 200 career point? Seattle won, so if we get more than a single point, we overtake them. But you know Wolf has the Sharks home phone number, so he shall win. Had we lost to ARI, like the game looked to be headed, we would be tied with them (we win tie breaker) with this game in the air. Would have been behind OTT. As it stands, we either are 8th or 9th, with NJ just behind us. A single point gets us 8th, any kind of win gets us 9th.

Was that year 1? The only reason I won was that there was a re-scheduled game after the last NHL games played. That allowed me to drop everyone but those two teams that were playing. Unlike the Flames winning game 82 last year, that wasn't a moral victory for me. It was just playing the game.