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I think the short term outlook would be to play Franson as long as he's ok and then pass him along at the trade deadline and get someone for him. If he's the 7th guy that just lowers his value. Nelson unless he just is head and shoulders above Franson, he starts in Rochester IMO.

Not to be nit picky with you but I think he said he had friends of family in the Buffalo area that he had the opportunity to speak to. Having said that he did sound like he had Buffalo very high on his list.

20 Claude Giroux PHI C 78 22 45 67 0.86 21 Nikita Kucherov TB RW 77 30 36 66 0.86 22 Jaromir Jagr FLA RW 79 27 39 66 0.84 23 Taylor Hall EDM LW 82 26 39 65 0.79 24 Max Pacioretty MON LW 82 30 34 64 0.78 25 Steven Stamkos TB C 77 36 28 64 0.83 26 Kyle Okposo NYI RW 79 22 42 64 0.81 27 Filip Forsberg NSH LW 82 33 31 64 0.78 28 Ryan Getzlaf ANH C 77 13 50 63 0.82 29 Loui Eriksson BOS RW 82 30 33 63 0.77 30 Sean Monahan CGY C 81 27 36 63 0.78 31 David Krejci BOS C 72 17 46 63 0.88 32 Jason Spezza DAL C 75 33 30 63 0.84 33 Jeff Carter LA C 77 24 38 62 0.81 34 Corey Perry ANH RW 82 34 28 62 0.76 35 Daniel Sedin VAN LW 82 28 33 61 0.74 36 Brad Marchand BOS LW 77 37 24 61 0.79 Superstar list?? No can't say that but his production numbers are pretty dang high and up there with some big time names checking out the 15-16 stats. That is the top scorers in the league, 20 on down. Edit: I am obviously incapable of putting up a easy to read chart...... position- games played-goals-assists-total points- points per game

You have a crystal ball in that bunker???

+11

Can't disagree with the naysayers more, this is a very good signing. Add Vesey and we've added 2 top 6 forwards for less than 7 million and a 3rd round pick. WOW, how can you not be a GMTM fan.

There is no beating HOSS when he's on his game, fastest keyboard in the NE. Okposo is going to be a very good pickup, he's going to surprise a bunch of the naysayers on this board. Kane-ROR-Okposo line is going to be a major chore to play against. Vesey-Eichel-Reinhart That my friends is an big time top 6

Congratulations by the way!!!! Marrying a nice Polish girl. The height of the Polish traditions was in the late 50's and early 60's. Sattlers, Kobackers, Neisners, Kolipinski's Furniture and the Polish Market were mainstays on Broadway. What I remember most about Sattlers as a kid was the giant escalator in it. Mom used to take me on shopping sprees, we would take the NFT to Broadway and when we finished there we would transfer the NFT to downtown. I want to say her favorite store there was Grants but that was so long ago my brain cells may not be functioning properly Favorite Polish jokes (I am Polish on both mother and fathers side by the way) Circa 1975 A mexican, italian and Polack were working on the top floor of a construction project The mexican said if I have to eat one more taco for lunch I'm going to jump off this building The italian said if I have to eat one more pizza for lunch I'm going to jump off this building The Polack said if I have to eat one more baloney sandwich for lunch I'm going to jump off this building Next day The mexican saw his taco and jumped to his death The italian saw his pizza and jumped to his death The Polack saw his baloney sandwich and jumped to his death At the funeral The mexican wife said if I knew he hated tacos I wouldn't have made him it again The italian wife said if I knew he hated pizzas I wouldn't have made him it again Everyone then looked at the Polish wife and she said "don't look at me, he makes his own baloney sandwiches"!!!!!!!!! Sign at the gun store Polish infantry rifle for sale Once dropped never fired

It was much worse in 1975

I agree with you on this and Vogl just tweeted this Points per game during last three seasons: Steven Stamkos .90, Kyle Okposo .88 Are we better off going after Okposo and saving money??? Or is the name brand really better?? edit: I don't know how to imbed a tweet so I went with the copy/past method

This will be hard to beat for #1 Post of the Day

Yep

I'm not an advanced numbers guy but it seems to me this is a major improvement on our 3rd LHD man. Wherever he ends up, he's a legitimate LHD candidate and whoever ends up on our 3rd pairing is a major upgrade over who we had there last season much less the prior 2. He was a 2nd pairing Dman on a team with the 3rd best goal differential in the league last year although it must be fair to point out Florida traded or didn't sign 3 of their top 4 and only 5 teams gave up less goals than they did. They did this by picking up our 3rd pairing D who wasn't getting all that much ice time before Franson's injury. I'm not seeing the downside of this trade especially if Asplund works out.

I guess my question is the word reeks and not necessarily Battista. What do you expect from a 4th rounder and below?? Everything at this point is a crap shoot and not that kind of shoot the dice kind.....

I don't necessarily think so. They are going to have a nightmare scenario for the expansion draft in getting no-one for a boatload of good Dmen. They most likely are going to have to trade someone or multiple someone's and the price is going to go down the longer they wait.

Kulikov was on the market but became available because of Yandle. We gave up a 3rd pairing Dman for a guy who played 23+ minutes for the Panthers in the playoffs, plays the left side (a need) and will most likely get top 2 pairing minutes for us. A little pricey$ but we have a year to decide if he fits in or not. Good skater, good on the puck, still young. The 3rd we gave up was the bottom of the picks we had if I'm not mistaken and is as much a payback for moving up to 33 from 38 as it was for the Dman trade aspect. This may be a deal where both Dmen needed a change of scenery to show what put them in the NHL to begin with.

What is really nice about this pick also is he doesn't have to go back to juniors to play next year if he doesn't stick on the team. They can play him in Rochester which would hopefully speed up his development. Speed is off the charts with this kid also.

Was it 5 or 6

I'm with you on this one, great pick

Someone asked about who Montour was, here's some info I found on the guy. Played with San Diego in the AHL last season had 13G and 54As in 82 games. Fastest Skater: Brandon Montour, D, San Diego Gulls (AHL) ‏Montour has wheels. With or without the puck, this kid can move. There will be times during games where he will gather the puck on his stick and take off on an end to end rush that can make most defending players look like they are in slow motion. He is an aggressive and enterprising offensive defenseman who often plays with an inherent risk that stems from his tremendous quickness and top-end speed. He can be a nightmare for slower defensemen and wingers to keep hold of in the offensive zone and in transition. FutureMontour is skating for new Anaheim AHL affiliate San Diego in 2015-16. In his first season of pro hockey, he is the leading scorer amongst Gulls' defensemen. Montour has been dominant at times but his positional play is still evolving. His risk taking can sometimes get him in bad spots — whether it's taking undisciplined penalties or getting caught out of position. With his combination of offensive instincts and drive to score, Montour projects as a player capable of causing havoc from the back end of the attack and running an NHL power play effectively. With added bulk and strength and refined positional play he has a high upside.

GMTM pick a Russian???? NFW

Keller seems to be the popular choice but if they go forward, I think they pick Nylander before Keller. In fact if Vesey signs here and Nylander is the pick, that pretty much guarantees family feud with the Leafs.

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Isn't that 6??? We're even now on the correction posts