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Who picked Alexander Semin in the draft? I think he'd be a good darkhorse pick...
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Wow, autopicking always leave you ****ed on one position, and that's sure me in goal this year. :lol I have enought depth at forward I can easily swing a trade for a decent goalie before the season starts so I'm not too worried.
I had my eye on Radulov, but holy shit someone reached waaaay up and got him in the 7th round?? Crazy pick for a guy who's iffy to make the team out of training camp, but I guess if you have Nashville in your team's name you can justify it.
Funny to see Zherdev fell to the dead last pick - on my prerankings he was one spot behind Hamrlik and sure enough Hammer was available. Think there's a very good chance Zherdev spends all year in Russia and so do most of you obviously, I'm just glad the Jackets said they definitely weren't going to trade him now or else I would have had him as a 10th rounder or so.
The more I look at my team the more I like it, I have a ton of pop and some great defense too - if any of you are foolish enough to trade me a goalie it's all over for this league again.
I had my eye on Radulov, but holy shit someone reached waaaay up and got him in the 7th round?? Crazy pick for a guy who's iffy to make the team out of training camp, but I guess if you have Nashville in your team's name you can justify it.
Funny to see Zherdev fell to the dead last pick - on my prerankings he was one spot behind Hamrlik and sure enough Hammer was available. Think there's a very good chance Zherdev spends all year in Russia and so do most of you obviously, I'm just glad the Jackets said they definitely weren't going to trade him now or else I would have had him as a 10th rounder or so.
The more I look at my team the more I like it, I have a ton of pop and some great defense too - if any of you are foolish enough to trade me a goalie it's all over for this league again.
:lol Aucoin is going to have a monster bounce-back season and you're going to be trying to trade for him by November... which is about when Staal gets sent to the AHL for the bulk of the season.Barrage said:
My wings are stacked. I think I'll dangle Knuble for a quality starter and move Colby "Holy **** I'm Gonna Play All Year With Crosby" Armstrong off my bench.
Cold-Steel
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I feel like I'm looking at pictures of the Nashville Sabres first practice of the season.
Haha. Nah, I picked him in the 16th round. He's my last round sleeper calder cup winner.calder said:I had my eye on Radulov, but holy shit someone reached waaaay up and got him in the 7th round?? Crazy pick for a guy who's iffy to make the team out of training camp, but I guess if you have Nashville in your team's name you can justify it.
But if you want an update on Radulov... I love this kid, his release is insanely quick. We're deep at forward and they've had him on a really weak line (crash and bang guys) which tells me they're trying to see what he can do and how little he can do it with. I'm certain that he'll be on the team this year, and im pretty certain that he'll be there from the start. He's looked incredible in drills, but the whole team is still gettin their legs and offense clicking in scrimmabe. He almost made the team last year, but they just wanted him to have another year in juniors. But yea, he's looked good in practice, I guess the big test is going to be these next few preseason games because I'm thinking he'll be out there quite a bit.
Ahh, I was looking at the wrong draft table and thought you picked him up in the 7th round, but he was the 7th pick in the last round. That makes a lot more sense. I had him up pretty high on my predraft rankings (147th to be exact, way above a couple of players I ended up with) but I read a report from the Nashville Tenneessean that said the Preds top 6 forwards are in pretty solid and it'll be tough for Radulov to make it onto one of the scoring lines.sefskillz said:
And am I the only person who thinks the Sabres new unis aren't *that* bad? Sure they aren't good by any means, and if you're a fan of the team who appreciated the old logo and/or colours you'll be even less happy with the bland new style, but I wouldn't say they're ugly jerseys. Just very ordinary and typical of post 90's corporate sports teams, where everything kinda looks the same and is designed to be as "ok" as possible to appeal to consumers.
EDIT: just for giggles, here's my top 10 draft picks. Getting Heater at 2nd overall was what I would have done had I been there naturally, and I also had Ovechkin as my #1 overall
1. A. Ovechkin
2. D. Heatley
3. J. Thornton
4. D. Alfredsson
5. J. Jagr
6. S. Crosby
7. J. Cheechoo
8. J. Spezza
9. I. Kovalchuk
10. M. Kiprusoff
Holy shit I just noticed that dem took Pitkanen in the second round?? I loved that guy last year and had him moved up what I thought was pretty high on my list, but at 112th. dem your first few rounds are a bit odd, but you got a pretty nice team largely because you were able to get some great picks in the middle rounds (Gomez, Lupul, Frolov, Tkachunk). I think Manny Fernandez was pretty high, especially when you could have gotten Gerber or a shitload or avaailable forwards instead.
WTS? The Coyotes no-name coach has noted burnout JR centering the #1 line with Doan and Mike Comrie, which sounds pretty crazy on it's own but it bumps Nagy down to the second line with mildly effective Steve Reinprecht and 50 year old Owen Nolan. HEY COYOTES COACH, WHOEVER THE HELL YOU ARE, NAGY IS YOUR BEST AND MOST TALENTED PLAYER. PUT HIM ON THE FIRST LINE PLZKTHNX.
Like an idiot, I'm not going to tonights Oilers/Yotes game here in Winnipeg. Granted I hate both teams, but I like guys on both teams at least and it would have been nice to see even a couple of split squads go at it. I tried to do it for cheap and weasel into a potential club seat from a guy at work who was trying to get them from a supplier but it all fell through for most of us.Alucard said:
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calder said:
Meh.. maybe I'm crazy. I like Pitkanen. Someone grabbed Lidstrom so i decided to make my move on D before they were all gone. And looking at the draft I was pretty much right. I thought I did good sneaking Jovo in the 7th round. Though i will agree with you that i made some wierd picks at the start. I kept saying during the first half of the draft that i hated my team.
My wtf pick of the day was Tony Salmelainen in the 9th round. This guy was in the Oilers system for a million years and never made the team. We stuffed him in the bag of pucks we gave Chicago for Spacek. A career minor leaguer thats going to be playing in CHICAGO. Drafted before M. Hejduk, D. Sedin, A. Yashin, K. Tkachuk, S. Samsonov... and it goes on and on..
Regarding Gerber... I was thinking about taking him.. but i wasnt even sure he'd be the #1 in Ottawa. Emery always seems to be right there waiting to take the starters job.
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He didn't play much?dem said:
You guys finally found a replacement for Samsonov!
Zombie James
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Fantasy draft? Where are you guys playing?
ForzaItalia
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My sister was golfing with Wendel Clark at a charity event last week. She works for Siemens and said he was shy at first but then opened up. He told her that he doesn't work out at all now and that every time he puts on the skates to play with his son, he feels a lot of physical pain.
Guy was fun to watch here in Toronto when he played.
She also said Johnny Bower is a pretty good golfer. Dude is still alive?:lol
Guy was fun to watch here in Toronto when he played.
She also said Johnny Bower is a pretty good golfer. Dude is still alive?:lol
Cold-Steel
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Since we've got Raycroft's new mask, might as well take a look at Luongo's new mask:
I like it. Personally, I think Auld's mask was better but this one is pretty cool.
I like it. Personally, I think Auld's mask was better but this one is pretty cool.
The Internet
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I predict they don't score a goal and go 0-12 on the Power Play.sefskillz said:
Good thing it's only Pre-Season.
The Internet
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On an unrelated note, I watched an AJHL game in Grande Prairie on the weekend and watched Scottie Upshall's little brother beat the hell out of some poor Asian on skates.sefskillz said:
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Sandman42 said:
I don't know... that Paul Maurice... I swear, if the Leafs play anything like Carolina did when he was coaching there, we'll be lucky to reach 180 goals this year.
Cold-Steel
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GO NASHVILLE SLUGS GO
The Leafs are probably going to lose these next couple pre-season games. Mainly because they haven't had enough time to even start learning their new system. Paul Maurice showed them a short video of what their forechecking system should look like, but they haven't had any time to learn it. It will be a good week or so before the Leafs actually look like a team.
Why doesn't the NHL extend training camp? 2 practices and an intrasquad game aren't enough for a team to prepare.
Why doesn't the NHL extend training camp? 2 practices and an intrasquad game aren't enough for a team to prepare.
well don't forget preseason has all the rookies competing for position
afaik Kaberle, Peca, Kilger and o'neill aren't dressed for the game and you have all these freshmen who simply aren't ready for NHL primetime. McCabe looks out of it. completely out of it. Like he tries to pass and misses, tries his flying hip check and misses... tries to do a canopener and fails to do so.
the only 3 players on the ice that looks like they're trying is Raycroft, sundin and antropov
afaik Kaberle, Peca, Kilger and o'neill aren't dressed for the game and you have all these freshmen who simply aren't ready for NHL primetime. McCabe looks out of it. completely out of it. Like he tries to pass and misses, tries his flying hip check and misses... tries to do a canopener and fails to do so.
the only 3 players on the ice that looks like they're trying is Raycroft, sundin and antropov
You really can't look too much into pre-season games. People are just trying to get their legs under them right now. All Maurice did this week was practice a few hard skating drills and some passing drills. Everyone will look lost out there with all these new guys.DopeyFish said:
Kabuki Waq
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I dont like how Maurice said he doesnt Believe in Scrimmages.....Scrimmages really helped me back in the MTHL days in terms of Awareness and getting in the groove of things.
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May16 said:
Just not as much as the Dives.
Mike Works
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HOLY SHIT, i JUST got the Nordiques logo!Karakand said:WHA teams knew how to roll:
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