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That was a great scene to finish tonight's episode.

Nick Leddy

I will be participating in the remainder of this draft under protest.

BTW: for anyone so inclined, The Ringer has a GoT podcast called "Binge Mode" featuring 2 hardcore, passionate GoT fans that is pretty informative and entertaining.

Chris Kreider (although I was pretty tempted to steal MacKinnon from SFiNS).

OK, so we're officially in the dog days of the offseason, with time to kill and a need for new topics. I thought a thread dedicated to really good hockey writing would be interesting. So, if you come across a compelling hockey article, post it here, maybe with a brief description or a quote so we know whether we're interested in clicking and reading. I'll start us off with 2: First-person description by Tarasenko of his younger days as a hockey player in Russia, with some great stuff about his grandfather: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/vladimir-tarasenko-st-louis-blues-nhl/ Great article about Perreault (I've posted this before but wanted to list it here as well): http://bleacherreport.com/articles/213593-gilbert-perreault-the-forgotten-frenchman I'mma pin this until we get closer to training camp, just like I pinned the photography thread last year. Abuse of power? Maybe. Game on!

Very nice. good man.

Pretty interesting piece with good analysis. thanks.

Flagg -- what's the penalty for this? He needs to bleed a little.

Question answered! (Another floater.) Wow. Excellent work here sir. Who were the 4 undrafted?

Kuznetsov. That gives me Kucherov and Kuznetsov!

Since we're going on a 2-year timeline: Shea Weber.

Well, I don't think Richards lost his $$ because of a behavior clause in his contract -- I think the Kings relied on a provision in the CBA that allowed them to terminate the contract under extreme circumstances. So, if Kane were to be convicted for some kind of felony, the Sabres could probably do the same thing, but not for being late to practice, not stretching enough, being standoffish or self-absorbed, etc. The problem with waiting until the deadline is that the return would almost certainly be limited to picks/prospects -- i.e. not a top-4 Dman or other assets that could help the Sabres immediately. Manfully admitted. We are still left with the pressing question of what JBott's plans are for Kaner. I don't think JBott has decided yet. I think he wants to see how Kane behaves over the summer, in training camp and perhaps the first month of the season before deciding whether to offer him a fat extension.

Here is a great article about Perreault that includes some discussion of that Canada Cup: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/213593-gilbert-perreault-the-forgotten-frenchman

Here's something about Greyjoy and his armada that's bugging me: there is NFW that he has enough men to staff a 1000-ship armada. That would be somewhere between 20K and 100K men. There just aren't that many Ironborn, and they couldn't have conscripted that many either. It does look like Euron is being set up to be this season's Ramsey though.

Pavelski.

I agree with both of these points.

Carey Price.

Starting to get weird in here... This is no time for quips my good man. You are on the clock!

He'd be wise to listen to her, but not necessarily to take her advice. Sansa learned not to trust anyone from Cersei, which could help self-preservation, or perhaps not -- Cersei isn't exactly in an enviable position, having lost all 3 of her kids. Plus allowing herself to be taken captive by the Faith Militant, that walk of shame, obsessing (incorrectly) over Tyrion, making enemies all over the world...she's not someone to emulate.

Yeah baby! Yeah! That was a good article about him from the Sabres' website.

Awesome.

Good hockey talk here boys.

Good post. I would've gone with Tarasenko in light of "best player for next 2 years" theme of the rankings, but Draisaitl looks like the real deal and is a legitimate choice. Also very legit. very nice.

Good articles (although completely redundant). Thanks for posting. He's an intriguing prospect.