DarthEbriate

Should've seen if NYI was willing to move 16 & 17 for 9. Could've gotten Aitcheson, Carbonneau. Eklund is going to be a very good pick in the late teens.

The Adams-No-Blocking-System can get him here in two, right after Kesselring is traded for another pending RFA.

Nah. Mrtka is right there. Just move Dahlin to his natural handed side. Done. Bear is a Red Wing. Damn.

Just like Power... who has totally learned. Bucci just said, "McQueen, Bear, Eklund..." yup. One of those should be off the board.

Now I have the excuse to go watch more T-Birds games this season. That's cool.

He doesn't have Myers' offense. He does not rush the puck (at least with the T-Birds thus far).

<le sigh> He does not bring gnarliness.

Look at all those folks hanging out at the Bills' facility!

The Sabres always have a place for a #1 in their lineup this year.

Back injury, then a muscle injury during the recovery. Seems to have cleared it at the combine, but it still dropped his top-3 potential down to... at least 9. It's all about whether the medicals clear him. If not, Bear, Smith, or Aitcheson for me.

I go McQueen. Risky, but the Sabres have no 1C, and he's got that ability (if healthy). They can LTIR either him or Norris and then unleash them both during the playoffs.

Adams is going to love O'Brien or Eklund, isn't he? (and they're both good yes, but... McQueen or Bear, Smith or Aitcheson.) Bruckheimer is thrilled to be here. Yay! O'Brien off the board. Thank goodness.

The off-color Philly nameplate is the worst jersey foul in hockey. It's awful, and they stick to it. It's why they'll never win ever again.

Martone is the right choice if you're not taking a center.

Would have loved to draft him. Now I hope his ceiling is Tanner Jeannot.

Ani DiFranco... (would have absolutely nothing to do with this mess, but at least would say something interesting about the world at large)

Utah guys, you're getting some echo. Mute your other speaker.

The other silver lining... at this rate, they'll be done in two hours. No frills, filler, or garbage except a single awkward 15-second interview.

So... the Mammoth battlecry is the Goofy's cry in that 1960s Disney Winter Games cartoon? Ya-hoo-hoo-hooey?

Utah. This is where the fun begins.

It was that, or make a comment about how I avenged my mom's death by slaughtering a bunch of Sand People. But... that seemed... inappropriate.

Except against the Sabres. Then screw him.

It's true, but we already have Kesselring, so we're totally fine. We're all fine here, now. How are you?

Columbus had to take on a bunch of salary for the floor (Gaudreau); Colorado had to move salary to tinker with their lineup to stay competitive. Win-win. Columbus got better (with Monahan fully healthy again). Colorado will make corresponding moves to get better today and on July 1. Palm trees named McKinnon and Makar grow there.

One team took a long time to become good, but then managed to do so by building a good culture and taking advantage of some absurdly good contracts (Barkov, Ekblad, Bennett, Reino, etc.) and one wild contract that worked out anyway (Bob). The other took a long time to.... and built the youngest team in the league and pittered away the first half or entirety of their absurdly good contracts (TNT, Tuch) and one wild contract because he's a stud (Dahlin).