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Has Nashville ever been to the conference finals? It all depends on which Rinne shows up.

why would they just give tickets away for free? it's an event.

Somebody is lying.

can he coach Roch?

Drake Caggiula = Corey Conacher

does my avatar count?

I just don't see this kid ever living up to expectations.

Gostisbehere and McDavid didn't play enough games IMO, staying healthy and on the ice is part of being a good player. Panarin is too old. Eichel and Larkin had the most impressive rookie campaign IMO.

Let me put it this way. What makes Risto such a great young player? Skating? Awareness? Shooting? Passing? What is he much better at when compared to other young defensemen?

IMO Rasums is a overrated a bit. As an RFA who Murray didn't draft, I wonder if he's on the table.

what have i done

like this?

Not a fan of Matthews... Toronto can have him... good luck with that! I can see him scoring 20g his first year, but IMO he has a low ceiling due to the fact he's already fully grown at 18yo. If he doesn't blossom into a top 5 scorer in the league by his 3rd year, the Toronto media will turn on him and things could get ugly. That, and the fact he's from the desert and jumped overseas to earn a paycheck instead of finishing high school, etc. etc.. etc.. IMO at least one, likely 2 of the defensemen will be there.

done...

....so did you pick one out yet? Anything but Auston Matthews!!

For Bylsma system (and modern NHL), you need defensemen who can skate the puck out of the zone.... it's all about speed on the back-end. Gorges, Franson, and Coliacovo are simply too slow. They won't be around when this team becomes a contender. McCabe and Bogo can skate well enough. Bogo needs to improve his quickness, takes him too long to get up to top speed. Risto, Pysyk need to get faster. Risto is a great player, but he's not a + skater. He loses races and can't catch guys from behind. Guhle will be a great fit. Nelson has potential has a lot to work on, but he skates well enough. When looking at recent Cup contenders, their top 4-5 defensemen can skate. The Kings took a step back on the back-end this season and it showed against a faster skating Sharks team. ANA is a great example of what you want your back-end to look like... Fowler, Lindholm, Vatanen, Theodore, Despres... all superb skaters, I'd lump Manson in there as well as he's an above average skater. Bieksa not so much, haha.

In retrospect, yes, it was a waste of my time to post that comment in this thread. I won't make that mistake again.

OK, yeah comparing him to Daigle at this point in his career is unfair. I think he'll have a better career than Daigle, but I won't be surprised if he flames out.

I still want to know if Jimmy really passed the New Mexico state bar exam? Also, I just started re-watching Breaking Bad with my wife (she hasn't seen it yet). It's probably been mentioned on here already, but the guy with the "KEN WINS" license plate, is the same guy Jimmy and Kim swindle at the restaurant. Thought that was interesting since Walt ends up blowing up the guys car.

I try to trade down to #2. If that doesn't work set a smokescreen and take Laine #1. You all know how I feel about Daigle... err Matthews. I'm stuck on infinite redraws....

The NBA just went down the line. Last year the Knicks dropped to 4 or 5 or something, but they didn't jump up to the top 3, just kept going down the line.... but this is what I want to see live for the NHL.... http://www.nba.com/video/channels/draft/2014/05/20/052014-draft-lottery-behind-the-scenes.nba/

I'm not very high on Caggiula. There's a reason he wasn't drafted, and this is probably his peak right now, there isn't much upside IMO. He reminds me of Corey Conacher. I'd rather take that money and use it towards enticing somebody like Vesey.

The NYI/TB game will start before the ANA/NSH game 7. I don't ever remember that happening before, the second round starting before the first is finished.