shrader

Let's face it, you're complaining about a guy who is listed at 13 in those rankings. I'd venture a guess that most teams don't have a prospect pool that has more than five NHL level guys on it, let alone ten or 13. If someone really is that far down on a list, you're looking at a 13th forward or a 7th defenseman. Sure, someone could step up and surprise, but my money would never be on the oldest guy on the list (or one of the three oldest, I'm too lazy to look up the birthdays). And looking over the list, the thought came to mind that I haven't heard much about contract signings for the 2012 draft class. If my memory is correct, Kea already got one last year. What about the rest of those guys? Has there been any talk of who will/won't get a contract?

I'm so angry about how people overreact and get so angry at things around here.

Who is that in the middle? I now have this crazy theory that everyone in that video except Adam has been shipped out of town as a part of the massive legal settlement issued in Luke's favor. I'm not quite sure who the guy who skates through is either.

Yeah, I'm 100% sure that flag is the same exact size as the Sabres flag hanging in my office. Before I saw the picture though, I was kind of hoping that they'd screw up and actually have it flying higher than the US flag.

You and I are so lazy. Hey, someone else do my research for me! I bet you get the same response I did... nothing.

That's exactly what it is. "We really like the top 6 guys in this draft, and hey, we pick 4th!" The funny this is that since they probably won't see their players for two years, the fans will have already forgotten about these rankings by the time that player is a Flame.

You don't see too many second round playoff series having bets like that.

Darcy will fax that right over to you.

I wish I still worked out that way. I would have loved to see that.

The most interesting part to me is that the Cup lost to Boston is what kicked off Vancouver's downward spiral. Now they've taken the "if you can't beat them, join them" approach by poaching someone from their front office. I guess we'll get a better idea how much of Boston's approach can be credited to Benning. It all starts with the twins. What they do there will say a lot.

Does anyone have the time to look at the records of every goalie that moved at or around the deadline this year? That could be an interesting one.

Or they've been planning on bumping up Allen all along and Miller was a one time, go for the Cup move. I don't think it's any more complicated than that.

I originally read the bolded part as "an espn 10 highlight" and interpreted it as a Dodgeball type "the ocho" joke. I laughed.

Bishop is a Vezina finalist this year. He also has one year left on his contract. My guess is that Tampa will give him a new deal at some point during the summer (now if only he could learn to move more than just diagonally). They are not a player for Miller.

Sitting up in the nosebleeds, that's going to be one hell of a throw. With our luck, the egg would land in front of Reinhart, he'd slip and fall, and wind up paralyzed.

Given what I've learned of your posting style over the years, I was expecting a much different shower joke there.

I think this goes right back to my question about Botterill. What exactly does the backup GM windup doing? Poille was the GM of that US team. Shero was just support staff. Who knows exactly how much he did there, as it has to be a very different setting than an NHL team's office.

You couldn't find any fun or danger in that chem lab? Clearly you've never watched Breaking Bad. Seriously though, good luck with the search.

I'd gladly have millions of reasons to doubt my decision making for the rest of my life.

I went to the one where we picked Kalinin, which must have been the year Lecavalier went #1. We (my brother and I) didn't even make it until the Sabres pick and instead caught it on the radio on the ride home. The only fun stuff was outside, anything inside the arena was a complete waste of time.

Bring a pillow.

It's a shame that the Isles don't have another 2015 lottery pick to send us for Stewart.

Did anyone at any point, even right when the deal was made, expect him to stick with St. Louis next year? The conference finals were always our only hope of getting that first round pick.

Why is he one of the hot GM prospects anyway? If this team failed under Shero's watch, Botterill couldn't have been doing all that much either. Then again, several teams have passed on him already, so maybe he's not the future GM that some like to make him out as.

I see that Grigorenko turned 20 this past week. I couldn't help but thing that this is the guy so many are ready to write off already, a kid that just turned 20? There's so much time left for this kid to get on the right track. They wasted a couple contract years, but there's plenty left for him. If nothing else, we'll get a much cheaper 2nd contract than if he was just starting at year 1 right now.