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Ironic that Lindros' wife is from Quebec and he bought a fishing lodge on Lake Kipawa in Northern Quebec. He also refused to report to Sault Ste Marie in the OHL when they drafted him. Forced to trade his rights to Oshawa. Good player but I view him as a baby as well.

Budik playing with Guhle got him a lot of views. Our scouts would have good Intel on him.

Lots of 18 year old goalies went undrafted this weekend. Let them go back to junior, NCAA or Europe and develop into something we can sign, draft or trade for over the coming year. I'm sure GMTM had his eye on a few but they went earlier. Maybe next year there will be one or two worth drafting.

I didn't really see Pysyk as our 3-4 D. Kulikov will be top 4, some of it due to being left handed. That's why the trade is an upgrade, plus Asplund was the last 1st rounder on GMTM's list.

I wonder if MODO has any info on this guy. We'll have more in the fall when he plays in the NCAA.

The league he played in is around Ottawa, GMTM would have lots of contacts in those rinks and probably watched him a few times when he was visiting family.

I was hoping for Dineen, Zona took him 1 pick before us. Damn!

I wanted D as well but BPA was Alex on GMTM's list. I like the options we have for his development, The skill level of our top six will be awesome. We will also be able to split talent on three lines. Let's get Vesey done soon.

We may actually be able to draft a player better than Cam Fowler. It may take 4-5 years to get there, and 2 years just to make the team. It depends on our time frame, and if we have a prospect or 2 who can be in our top 4.

Windsor is one of the only OHL teams I did not see this year, I wish I did. He sounds like a future 1-2 LHD. Crush those Leaf smurfs!!

I'm not a fan of picking Nylander, mainly because of my dislike for his brother (Wilhelmina). I don't hate the kid, just his team and the fact that he looks like a 16 year old girl. However, the dynamic in the building, with those thousands of Leafs supporters there, would be awesome.

Reinhart Eichel Vesey, the REV line.

I like the move and am trying to focus on the positives: Exclusive rights, Jack Eichel, need top 6 LW, deep pockets, short list, improving club. Pierre Lebrun, Bob McKenzie and John Buccigross all seem to think he's signing. Lots of connections with those 3 reporters. Let's go GMTM!!

Is Okposo Moulson 2.0? Get him away from Tavares and watch the numbers drop.

R.I.P. Gordie. Glad my son and I got to meet him a few years ago. He grabbed my son and put him in a headlock for a photo. There will never be another like him.

I tried unsuccessfully as well. Didn't get day 2 as I'm not driving 6 hours 1 way without first round tix.

Chychrun's parents live in Florida.

Some of the top guys may be beat up from long playoff runs. Tkachuk and Juolevi are two that come to mind. Matthews and Laine just finished the World Championship. Interesting that Tim Murray likes the combine because it identifies athletes. Eichel and Guhle were top performers last year.

Housley for offense, Hajt for defense, Schoenfeld for grit and Ramsey for all round ability.

Canada is able to draw some high end players because it is an audition for the Olympics and World Cup teams for guys on the bubble. A few go for the experience of trying it, a la Crosby last year.

Nice to see ROR and Sam get some winning experience at this level.

Sorry folks, it was Darcy Tucker not Mark Recchi who won 3 Memorial Cups with Kamloops. Tyson Nash and Ryan Huska were also part of all 3.

[quote name="Sabres Fan In NS" post="826599" timestamp The Q is funny in that you can run away from the rest of the league, win the league regular season championship by a lot, win the league playoff and capture your first President's Cup and then dominate and win your first Memorial Cup as Champion of the CHL, Champions League, if you will, one year. Then two years later you are almost DFL and drafting first overall. The Memorial Cup is tough to win because your Junior career may be 4 years and you need to be on a team with a bunch of solid 18-20 year olds. Teams load up if they feel they have a chance to go deep. The majority of players on a team like that graduate following the cup run, leaving the team to rebuild. Guelph lost in the final in 2014 and have been in rebuilding mode since, finishing 18th in the OHL this year. Mark Recchi won 3 Memorial Cups in his junior career which is unheard of. The only other guy I know of is Bob Savard who won 3 consecutive Cups, 2 with the Cornwall Royals and a 3rd with the Kitchener Rangers.

Finland is full of confidence as a hockey nation. They've been getting medals at the Olympics, won the World Juniors and I believe the U18 this year. That is impressive for a smaller country.

I've seen Dineen play a dozen times this year and I like him. He's a Brian Leetch light version. He doesn't wow you but at the end of the game he's had a hand in a lot of power play scoring. He's not big and tough but could be an NHL PP QB. Came in projected as a 3-4 D and was 1-2 by year end.