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Post by sdm3 on Oct 6, 2020 15:40:12 GMT
So uh, the draft is tonight. I had no idea.
NY Rangers will start it off with the first pick and are expected to draft LW Alexis Lafrenière. The season itself is slated to begin on December 1st.
Discuss puck luck here.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 6, 2020 15:43:52 GMT
Orange and Black re-sign backup goalie Brian Elliott Rumors swirling Ghost and JVR are on the trade block
Defenseman Matt Niskanen just retired at age 33
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Post by sdm3 on Oct 6, 2020 15:54:56 GMT
Elliott's a real 'swiss-army-knife'; equally proficient at both the butterfly and standing stance. He's been called a quasi Plante/Roy/Hasek/Lundqvist hybrid. /cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19325174/1183860205.jpg.jpg) |
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 6, 2020 16:05:03 GMT
Elliott's a real 'swiss-army-knife'; equally proficient at both the butterfly and standing stance. He's been called a quasi Plante/Roy/Hasek/Lundqvist hybrid. And think about it -
He's our #2 Goalie!
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Oct 6, 2020 16:34:39 GMT
I wish the Montreal Canadiens still had the right to pick Québec players first...
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 6, 2020 16:37:19 GMT
I wish the Montreal Canadiens still had the right to pick Québec players first...
They wouldn't want to play in Canada anyway
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Post by twothousandonemark on Oct 6, 2020 21:38:29 GMT
Probably going to be a Canadian division, or at least a full Canadian slate of games like Major League Soccer did in Sept to start, to counter the shut border for non essentials.
Habs apparently want to deal for Laine. Good luck there, but the Jets do need a financial haircut yes?
Leafs picking at #15 in a deep draft, I'd actually like to see them take a goalie. Yaroslav Askarov if he's available, played in the KHL I believe, being comped with Carey Price.
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Post by SportsFan19 on Oct 6, 2020 21:51:46 GMT
Damn, beat me to it.
Free Agency opens up Friday. Would be fun to see Hall sign with Edmonton, but will never happen among these uncertain revenues.
I'm not too interested in the draft, just hope Sakic doesn't screw up his nucleus. I mean look at the team he played with after they got rid of that loser Lindros by trading him to his 5th choice market.
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 7, 2020 10:37:47 GMT
Devils with 3 first round picks, and have 6 more coming.
7 Alexander Holtz, RW, Sweden 18 years old, goal scorer
18. Dawson Mercer, C, will likely play on PP and PK when he arrives in a season or two
20. Shakir Mukhamadullin, D, Russia, strong dude. Also have 2 more D's ready to come up to the club, Ty Smith (No. 17 pick, 2018) and Kevin Bahl (traded from Arizona Dec. 16, 2019)
"I'm not going to lie. We tried to do some things, we just got shut out," Fitzgerald said. "We tried moving up; it didn't happen. Teams, they weren't interested. We tried to go look at some different things that we felt could help the organization in the long term, but we didn't.
"So at the end of the day, you make your picks. You build your list, you stay true to that list, and you make your picks."
Holtz, Mercer and Mukhamadullin have begun the 2020-21 season with their team, and Fitzgerald said they won't attend Devils training camp whenever it begins.
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Post by Jokers_Wilde on Oct 7, 2020 19:24:39 GMT
The OP's reaction to the NHL draft is much like mine for the NBA and the NFL draft.
Oh....that's tonight? 
Truth be told, I always look forward to the NHL draft - primarily because I get to see some players that I watch in junior get drafted to the NHL.
Max Domi and a 3rd go to Columbus for Josh Anderson. I think that's the first time I've seen an ex-London Knight traded for another ex-London Knight.
Following it on the tracker as I write this. Fourth round just started.
We (London Knights) have 3 prospects that will likely be selected. Luke Evangelista, Antonio Stranges and Kirill Steklov.
Evangelista has already been selected = 42nd overall (2nd round) to Nashville.
Kind of surprised Stranges is still out there. Steklov will likely go in the 6th or 7th round.
EDIT : London did have another player selected....sort of.
John-Jason Peterka was selected by Buffalo in the 2nd round. London owns his CHL rights.
Joker's Wilde
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 7, 2020 19:30:30 GMT
Flyers take right winger Tyson Foerster in the 1st Round
I'm expecting big things from this kid folks.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 7, 2020 19:31:19 GMT
We get a defensemen Round 2
Defensemen are like pitchers - you can never have enough of em
FLY OR DIE!
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 7, 2020 19:32:29 GMT
Another RW in round 3 -
Zayde Wisdom
Love the name - this could be the find of the Draft
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Post by Winston Wolfe on Oct 8, 2020 3:11:15 GMT
So uh, the draft is tonight. I had no idea. NY Rangers will start it off with the first pick and are expected to draft LW Alexis Lafrenière. The season itself is slated to begin on December 1st. Discuss puck luck here. Bettman says he would like it to start a month later, January 1st.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Oct 8, 2020 5:50:25 GMT
2 (or 3?) Germans picked in the 1st round including the third pick overall. Most ever?
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 9, 2020 0:58:36 GMT
So uh, the draft is tonight. I had no idea. NY Rangers will start it off with the first pick and are expected to draft LW Alexis Lafrenière. The season itself is slated to begin on December 1st. Discuss puck luck here. Bettman says he would like it to start a month later, January 1st. It was so weird to see Bettman not get booed when he was introduced after Tampa won the Cup.
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Post by SportsFan19 on Oct 9, 2020 1:46:24 GMT
So uh, the draft is tonight. I had no idea. NY Rangers will start it off with the first pick and are expected to draft LW Alexis Lafrenière. The season itself is slated to begin on December 1st. Discuss puck luck here. Bettman says he would like it to start a month later, January 1st. How many games do you think the season will be? 50? 60?
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Post by Winston Wolfe on Oct 9, 2020 3:35:34 GMT
Bettman says he would like it to start a month later, January 1st. How many games do you think the season will be? 50? 60? If it's January 1, 60 sounds about right.
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Post by Winston Wolfe on Oct 9, 2020 3:36:38 GMT
The Blackhawks will not bring back their goaltender Corey Crawford, who is now a free agent.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Oct 9, 2020 3:45:49 GMT
In a six degrees of NHL story... Wayne Gretzky's restaurant/bar & grill served its last customers tonight. Closing after 23yrs, downtown Toronto. Opened August 1993, during the Jays back to backs.
Not because of COVID-19 either, because of f'n condos.
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