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This rumour is travelling around. In some ways it seems believable and might make sense.

Ya remember when everyone thought the Flyers had gotten so lucky picking 2nd in that lottery?

Sorry to say all Sabres prospects less than impressive in today's 2 games. That Bergmanis kid from Latvia was a dynamo though. Somebody needs to sign him.

Yes, I heard that too. I think most of the NHL teams with the bigger name prospects didn't want them to play but Anaheim gave in. McTavish insisted and ultimately they decided better to make him happy. I'm just feeling vindicated because I was really high on McTavish in the draft. Certain analytic oriented individuals around here who think they know better mocked me for liking him so this tournament is giving me a big I told you so smile. He was my top forward choice and the guy I would have wanted after Power. He's going to be Anaheim's captain eventually, little question of that imo.

That was it. The anti vax "freedom" crowd hijacked flag waving for the time being as they've tried to portray themselves as "patriots" and "defenders of freedom" rather than the fringe nut cases funded by right wing American money that they are.

Maybe that says more about who McTavish is than anything else.

Already done it. Cheer for Brad Marchand. A true pact with the devil.

You just don't know when to drop it do you? Are you like 12?

No no reason, except the love of hockey. No reason for McTavish to be there either. But he is. He was fine today. But let's be real, it was Austria. the previous game was a better indicator, and he looked like a potential goal scorer in that one.

and only a fool will keep arguing even when wrong. over and out.

The Athletic doesn't let you read the links. How many times has this come up, like a million? We don't all subscribe to it. Feel free to post the relevant quotes. I remember people saying Chara wouldn't be any good. So there's that.

Not my experience. Far from it. But what does any of this have to do with the NHL or hockey?

and signing Sheahan helps with that? okay.

Just can't help yourself can you?

Indeed. That McTavish - Bedard combo was dynamite. There's no question whoever tanks best this year is getting one heck of a hockey player and Anaheim already got a good one.

Kulich, player of the game for Chechia. His goal above reminded me of a typical Pasternak goal. Just a perfect snipe. Goalie has no chance. He's a shooter. Missed the net in the shootout trying too hard for just inside the post I guess, but he was very good all game. Goalie couldn't handle his shot on the tying goal either, which resulted in the tap in from in front. From what I've seen in the 2 games so far this pick is looking very very good. Raty was very good for Finland which will irritate a few people. 🙂 Rat-y style knee on knee with Jirichek as well. Overall even game.

That's great, as long as they combine all that with a look at the player's character, his attitude, his compete level. Do they have stats that differentiate how they play in an easy game or regular game vs. say when they are losing and need extra effort? You know what I mean, the kind of thing actual scouts see. You need to combine that with the metrics for the true measure of the man to be.

Well they have to though don't they? They traded away the big names on the roster so there has to be a return. The team is all in on the draft, so it simply HAS to work. If the plan was draft AND adding some free agents they could afford a few draft misses, but with this plan, the draft simply has to be very good or it'll be another decade before we see the playoffs.

It just feels like a step backward. Or at best status quo. As I've stated elsewhere, Adams timeline and mine are not in sync. He has a year 3 perspective, mine is year 11.

Seattle didn't want him back, but we did. Sure. Why not. Another wasted season.

Sweden didn't impress me. You could argue that the goalie should have stopped Rosen on his goal but you could also argue that that was a true goal scorer's goal. Speed to the net, quick shot, made it look easy.

Kulich likes to drive to the net and isn't afraid of getting right in there. I saw some power forward potential in him today. Czechia was the better team by far but their goalie was pretty horrible Jirichek was really good. Has a nasty edge too. By far the best player on the ice for both teams.

Kind of predictable they'd name a woman as chair for the optics. Hopefully she does a good job. The NDA thing is the big issue now. It's certainly been the case in the past to hush everything up so that the player(s) in question for any incident don't get publicly outed but maybe that will change now and people will be held accountable. Maybe.

Definitely, and that failure by the organization is a real thing imo. It kind of takes the fanbase for granted. Hence the reason I won't jump on the bandwagon again without actual results. It's been way way way too long.

I hear ya, but I still think it was a little inconsistent with what they'd set up earlier in terms of her personality and character. Jimmy certainly brought out that side of her earlier on, and there was some reluctance at first, but then later she was almost like a Lady Macbeth driving him on and exuberantly getting into things, enjoying it. It's not a huge thing for me in terms of the show as a whole, but I'd have preferred a different ending for her. Something more anti-hero.