I think that creates some potential collusion problems. Trading draft picks of the team you choose can get dicey

Id rather see a sliding weighted scale- 100% of your point total in the 1st 40 games + 70% of your point total in games 41-60 + 50% of your point total in games 61-70, etc.

the last 2 guys were picked over Ty Ronning, son of former Canuck Cliff
who played for the Vancouver Giants
and scored 61 goals in the WHL last season
then was signed by the NYR

Lockwood has already been injured a couple times and as such might already be washed / go unsigned
(regardless, i didn't see anyone who thought that was a good pick anyway)

so the 28th place team from the 15-16 season could come away with 1 professional player from that draft

and Juolevi was drafted over dmen like Sergachev, McAvoy, and Chychrun ... all of whom could easily turn out to be better players


good thing that Jim Benning is one of the greatest scouting minds to ever exist...


seriously, him still being employed is one of the most amazing things in the world

Huh, why aren't those players signing?

ya not clear from the language there, but the players are so bad that even Benning realizes that signing them is counterproductive

@MitchLBrown


seems to confirm what i suspected all along (Svechnikov > Zadina)

i think both are excellent prospects tho

Habs will be lucky if the 'Canes pass on Svechnikov, but somehow i doubt that EricT will be doing that


have seen some hottaking that Hughes or Tkachuk could jump into the top-3, but that seems like lolFPS to me

LOiLers

lololol

so what's been goin' on lately?


- Kyle Dubas chased old man Lou and Hunter away from the TML
- old man Lou probably gonna resurface with the Islanders, if i'm Tavares i grow the baddest beard i can by July 1st and tell him to **** off
- Bill Peters to coach the Flames, fine with this as he kinda seems like a strong-jawed donk
- Sharks apparently gonna double-down on Evander Kane by signing him to a 7x7 extension, which also costs them a 1st round pick per the deadline deal
- Kings apparently might be trying to bring Voynov back ... THANKS DRUMPF


and in LolCanucks news, a Vancouver writer was saying that at least 4 teams called wanting to trade for Brandon Sutter, but the Canucks turned them down (not sheriff at the deadline or now, but hilarious either way), they also refused 2nd round pick offers for Gudbranson. lolol

"hey can we take that albatross off your hands?"
"NOOOOOOO!!!" *goes back to shooting own dick off*


and top prospect Elias Pettersson broke his thumb or something at the Worlds, so that's awesome
sounds like he will sign and come over here next season though, after initial reports had him staying in Sweden for another year
ppl celebrating that development is so pathetic
like we're getting excited now bc a +1 1st round pick is signing his EL contract? *facepalm*

Reading the Kane news I thought the contract was awful but he's only 26 so idk. I don't know much about their team, is there a strong younger core coming to take over from Pavelski, Burns etc. or are they gonna suck in a few years?

Wild he's only 26. Seems like he's been around a while

One of the worst contracts ever tbh

That contract seems out of line based on his production. I welcome the Sharks to the ranks of clueless GMs.

7x7 for E.Kane does seem on the desperate side of risky given that he's been a 64gp/21g/39pts player for his career, and had numerous off-ice issues, but obv they're hoping he'll be the guy who put up 13g & 19pts in 26gp for the Sharks, for 70-80 games per season, over 5-7 years. seems legit.

also, the cap is going up to $85MM or whatever, so $7MM/year ain't what it was.

lol, I guess
Pasta 6/40

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...landers-pitch/

new 31 Thoughts ... about the only interesting ones:

would be kind of crazy for a guy like that to take an entire season off to rehab an injury

only $27.5/4 left on that contract... lol

that stats on Fleury & Holtby are misleading, but this goalie rest stuff might have legs

seems like everyone has taken note of this the last 5 years or so

goalies getting even smaller next season, good stuff

everything i learn about old man Lou just makes him seem like a massive *******

kind of sick that Dahlin should be an excellent #1 prospect, but Jack Hughes (2019) and Lafrenière (2020) could easily both be better


maybe giving Benning that contract extension was a good thing after all...

Hughes GOAB from Florida the next GOAT with Matthews from Arizona

alzner thinks the caps have "conquered their demons"

their demons being having karl alzner in the lineup

Old man Lou up to his dirty tricks again. He had talks with Tavares while still under contract with the Leafs. Apparently there was some agreement to do so although both Shanahan and now former GM Garth Snow were not aware of the talks?? Seems like obvious tampering to me.

thought the league already said that they don't care about that, and that old man Lou is basically allowed to do whatever he wants

this market is so ****ing dum and deserves every bad thing that happens to them, including GM Jim Benning

lol sharks for signing ekane to a dustin brown deal.

lol kings if they think voynov comes back

congrats and shout outs to a former nhl poaster of the year and fake Canadian band member on getting married.

WAIT WHAT????? I miss that guy.

Also, screw the idea of Voynov to coming back if/when he legally can. He brought too much bad vibes in the 2014-2015 season.

LL cleaning house on the island - snow and weight relieved of duties.

lol