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Marcus Foligno is not hard to root for as well. I like the Avs because of the high end skill of MacKinnon and Makar but the Wild would be my dark horse team. I listened to the Ray and Dregs podcast yesterday, Jacob Middleton is a funny guy and an old school Dman that I like as well.

Kemell wins it in OT with his 3rd of the game. He was impressive in this one, sneaky little steal and then a good breakaway move. Canada blew it with so many penalties.

I would like Jiricek at 9 but I don’t think he will drop. Some lists have Savoie dropping that much but I think the Sabres will be deciding between Nazar, Kemell and Lambert. Lambert has so much skill, he could end up as the best player in this draft. The question is whether he can put it all together and work with others. Gauthier, Kasper, Ohgren at 16 are possibilities. Howard has had a good showing at the U18 tournament.

Thompson actually has played well, his team didn’t give him any run support.

He got hurt in the 1st game vs Prince Albert. He fell awkwardly and they called it a lower body injury.

Nice glove Oettinger.

Heiskanen is playing RD tonight. Not sure if he does that a lot.

Benn and Seguin need to turn back the clock and make some magic. They need to drink whatever Pavelski drinks. Cmon!

Former Sabre Will Carrier credited with the goal.

I’ve been watching that game before Dallas started playing. He has 5 games in a row with 3 or more points. NHL record is 6.

Dallas seems more physical at this point, they can taste the playoffs.

He did play a lot of RHD in Sweden so his comfort level with it is good. He said he likes it in the offensive end. If Dahlin stays on the right, he could make that his trademark, not many top Dmen have played their opposite side. A guy like Ovi playing LW stands out, in my opinion, because that is not very common. Many left handers have played RW though, like Mogilny, Bure, Richard.

Mike Bossy was around that draft position.

People underestimate Levi and that helps motivate him. Keep it up.

If I had to root for one team in the East it would be the Panthers, because of Reino.

Husso as UFA interests me, I don’t think St-Louis can keep him and Binnington. He could be the 1A for a few years while the young guys apprentice and jockey for ice time.

Not as big of an achievement but Moon is in the CFL HOF as well. 1978-83 in Canada before his NFL career. He could have accomplished more in the NFL had he moved there earlier.

Another goalie the Sabres can beat on. Levi will enjoy this matchup in a few years, if McKay makes it.

Sounds like a lot of people don’t want Vegas in the playoffs. Probably a combination of jealousy from their early success, cap issues and trying to amass an all star team.

How many imports on the Clan?

Is speaking to an agent tampering? An agent would be the type of person to have contacts in every dressing room.

He played well vs Canada at the U18 yesterday. I don’t mind him at all around that 9 spot.

I have had a soft spot for Colorado since the Sakic/Forsberg days. I wouldn’t mind MacKinnon having something to show the folks back home that Sid is not the only superstar that can bring hardware around. I will cheer for whoever plays the Leafs, but that round only. One round should be all that is required again this year.

Please don’t leave when they start winning!

That Lehner drama must be affecting morale.