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There's no need to be punitive towards the player. Just have him re-enter the draft. And if this happens, the team losing the player should get a comp pick.

Don't forget we'll need space to lock up Antipin long term when he blows it up this season.

We do need an extra bag of pucks, right?

Botteril's forest for the trees or organizational approach may be what we need, but only if he's able to surround himself with excellent scouts or AGMs (which I don't think he has any yet). We praise for GMTM's excellent eyes for prospects, but he wasn't very well at molding a cohesive team.

Not only that, this "draft" was nothing but a dog and pony show. Each GM knew who they were taking and why. Due to the trading aspect of this "draft", no one really was "protected". It didn't matter who was official protected and exposed because every player was potential in play to be moved or be a pawn. It would've been a lot more interesting if the NHL said "no side deals" to influence selections.

I know, and look what it got us: Ennis, Bogo, and Moulson. There must be smarter ways to hit the floor.

This sounds more like a chaffing dermatitis than a true "allergy", which I think was a non-medical description of his rash, concocted by some reporter and people have ran with it. An allergy to leather and fabric would be extremely rare. Here's a good article about The Gunk: http://www.lockerroomdoctor.com/the-gunk-a-virulent-oozing-rash/ Of course there's really no good pictures of it.

The only bad thing about the Carrier loss was that it wasn't one of our garbage contracts. Otherwise, he was a dime a dozen. Anyone know how VDKs are going to meet the cap floor?

And what about Rochester? I would say that's a more important coach to hire than guys who are going to help Housley run drills in practice.

If Vegas gets Theodore as reported, I wonder if they would flip him for Kane or our 1st. Or, is this wishful thinking?

But, this is basically what we went through 3-4 years ago. We took everyone's cast offs. Hit bottom. Got 2 top 2 picks, and at one point did have 3 1st round picks as well as a boat load of 2nd rounders. GMTM just traded most of them away.

I think all of the GMs have spoke with McPhee at length. They know who he wants and who he doesn't. This "draft" really isn't a true draft, but just a well-orchestrated redistribution of players. There will be no surprises here, so it doesn't really who they protect and who they don't because every player is fair game (except for those with a NMC).

Maybe we left Carrier exposed as a goodwill gesture for them to take Moulson in a deal too. If so, great deal.

So, are we over valuing DeHaan on here? I'm sure JBott could've had him for something, but chose not to. Unless, NYI have a deal with McPhee to take him or not take him.

Someone slept in then.

I thought they weren't going to make this lists public, but only announce them to other GM?

It was also look very bad for JBott if he traded for a promising, young defenseman only to use him as collateral to not have McPhee take our hot trash off our hands. For gosh sakes, our team has been horrible for years. In my eyes, we could leave 75% of our team unprotected and it wouldn't really matter. He should've traded for beaulieu and just let McPhee take whoever he wants. There's too much overvaluing of the players we have.

If he was acquired to keep Ullmark, who would you guys rather keep now; Ullmark or Beaulieu? I say Beaulieu. It's harder to get young, promising D than a promising GT.

He must have someone in mind he wants. If this happens, it may not happen until he knows this player is still available. So much for BPA, which rests on taking the BPA at your slot.

Unfortunately, this is what we are seeing. Doesn't look like anything good will be going their way except for picks. However, they were in the driver's seat and this is the road they chose. Snooze.

This plus the nostalgia it offered Terry. He sounded like he was in his 30s again when he described what Head Job Howie play.

I'll admit, I didn't hear the interview so don't know what exact words he chose, but why would Housley talk up 2 players that are surely going to be left unprotected in a few days? It would be an odd thing to say considering what (we believe) is about to happen.

It seems young defensemen, or even promising defensive prospects, are worth their weight in gold. Heck, I bet all a team has to do to build a true contender is to draft defensemen with their 1st round picks every year. Assuming they hit on most of their 1st rounders (and hit on some later round forwards), they can flip their spare D (the ones that are good, but not elite, or their D prospects) for outstanding forwards or add them in FA. Did anyone get to ask him how he determines, or what he considers, BPA?

This was an obvious way of talking up these 2 jokers in an effort to get McPhee take take one of them. There's zero reason to otherwise single them out. There may already be a trade in place for Kane.

Geez, I would've hoped they would have spoke by now. Too busy watching the SC?