I mean yeah, Burmistrov was never going to put up huge amounts of points - in his draft year he didn't crush in the OHL - but still, that's a rotten beginning. He does have 52 shots so at least he's also running horrible. And he doesn't seem like someone that would excel on the big ice.

Russia's problem, more than taking KHLers, was rolling 4 lines throughout the tournament regardless of game state.

I lol everytime I watch green in that clip

yeah everyone looks awesome against Mike Green, that's why...

...you don't bring him to a best on best tournament.

luckily the HC guys were smart enough to realize this and picked the right ppl last time.

Fostering love of hockey is important, but geez we don't need to raise children with more favorite teams than cwice. unless you are just tryin to raise a bunch of little bettmans.

the either belongs to sea weiss or Goose...

well at least jeff schultz was there to cover for him.

just watched the tsn video clip on the cuts. dumba got cut too. wow.

shinkaruk!

Best 5th round pick ever?

Round 7 tho

Dumba being cut is not a huge surprise imo, the team is pretty loaded at D, so someone had to go. i mean Derrick Pouliot didn't even make it to the last round of cuts. and speaking of 5th rounders, Canucks prospect Frank Corrado supposedly has had a great season and camp, but couldn't make it due to the numbers.

Morgan Rielly, Dougie Hamilton, Griffin Reinhart, Xavier Ouellet, & Scott Harrington were all pretty much locks apparently, Ryan Murphy plays for Spott in Kitchener so he's almost always gonna make it regardless, and i guess they liked Tyler Wotherspoon's size for the last spot (the TSN guys speculated that might have been the deciding factor anyway).

making a Canadian WJ team is rarely easy, but in a lockout year even tougher.

ahh crap, i misread the article.

but of course we have no shot without superstar Ryan "Huddy" Murray...

Maybe a dumb question but what will be the draft order if the whole season is cancelled?

the teams will decide on some system like they did in 2005, if it comes to that

but it prob won't

1. pittsburgh
2-30. who cares

The team owners should have an auction for the first overall pick.

it'd be pretty sweet to see burke spend 50 million of his owners' cash on a pick and waste it on some plug american defenseman.

lololol

sounds like things going to defcon 1. league filed suit to uphold lockout as a preemptive move against union declaring intent to vote to disclaim interest.

now can you translate that?

Seriously, it's so amazingly bad. "Mike Green, you should be embarrassed for what you just did; that does not belong in the NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE!"

Half effort on the initial defense, half effort on the hook, and literally coasts for 5 seconds all while watching. I mean, it is 4-0 at the point, but the effort is so bad, it's really inexcusable.

not a labor expert, so this is very rough, but the PA announced plans to disclaim interest, which basically means they would have been able to file suit against league to declare the lockout illegal. the league just beat them into court. my take is, the league thinks it has strong legal standing and wanted to pick a favorable judge/venue for the case. i'm not sure how this affects the ability to conduct negotiations in the near future, but it's a bold move that should bring things closer to a conclusion, one way or another.