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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RySHMuLN4Jg

I'm goin'. edit: I'm actually getting excited about this. I've been to the draft before (LA '10), but this draft is going to be an excellent send off for this god awful shitfest of a (pair of) season(s).

Jack Eichel will be fine. Murray can buy him (under the table) a case of Bud Light. Or maybe introduce him to Blue Light to blow his fro to the back of the FNC. I don't mind the public call-out a little bit, actually. Eichel says he wants to be the best. GMTM wants him to prove it in the NHL, not the NCAA. Fair deuce.

Shrader lives in his parents' basement, surviving only by eating freshly-microwaved Hot Pockets too quickly and furiously batin' to NHL mascot furry porn. "Yeah, SJ Sharkie, Mick E. Moose doesn't like that, does he-OW MY ###### MOUTH GOD ###### DAMN YOU HOT POCKETS!"

That interviews a good listen. One more bit that stood out, referring to the 21 pick: "I'd certainly like to move up." If we picked 2 and 10-16ish, that would be titty sprinkles. Yeah, the ZFG quote about the offer sheets is: "It's within the rules, and if you get a certain GM pissed off at you, well, really, who cares." I'm starting to really, really like Tim Murray.

I genuinely thought Bucky Gleason could succeed in following in the foot steps of Jim Kelley. He wrote so authentically about his admiration for Jim. I also thought the signing of Leino, who would've been the second best player at center available that July, was a brilliant move. It was a good move on paper, according to game theory. Let the suckers fight to over overpay Mike Richards, we'll get the next best guy. If only Leino played center ever. Or played at all. I was very resistant to shitting on Drew Stafford for a loooong time. I finally broke, crapped on him for a couple years -even when he was good on the line with Ennis and Foligno for a moonth-, only to watch him flourish with Winnpeg. He was a barometer of the quality of the team, and not a total up. Many know I supported Regier (and Ruff) for a long time. I don't apologize for that, BUT I did think Regier was capable of taking us through this monster of rebuild; I was ambivalent about his(their) firing. In retrospect, we'd still be in a great place with draft picks, but we wouldn't have Kane, and we might still have Ron Rolston. Oof. Tim's more interesting. Bylsma's qualified. With the upcoming big moves, the roster is poised. The fan base as a whole is mentally healthier with the new front office crew- and that's a factor I had underestimated. There's a lot of hope in the fandom right now that wouldn't have lasted or reignited under the old guard. I thought Raffi Torres wasn't great, but was going to make a nice addition to the team grit-wise. Oops. I thought Brad Boyes could score 30 in Buffalo. I thought Dimitri Kalinin could learn to be the powerplay quarterback we were missing at the time. It's like a confessional in here. It's a nice environment for self-accountability, which you don't see on message boards that often, especially sports-related message boards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxeEiu2lh6M

Just watched the Cammaster Roadmaster. May have died laughing. ###### brilliant to put a T56 on that LT1.

These guys over here doing Regular Car Reviews. http://www.youtube.com/user/RegularCars It's the poor man's Top Gear -the Top Gear where they review the car you could afford-, and it's really, really good. And funny.

STFU noob

He's from Richmond Hill, a suburb in the GTA. Local boy made good?

There's an outside chance I might go to the draft. I might be in FL that week for work. I've been to drafts before (LA 2010), but I hadn't considered going to this year's until the opportunity presented itself. I'll see if I can swing it.

Probably not. But other teams may want to interview McDavid or Eichel and see them work out, just in case they were thinking of offering the world to pick one of them. I think this is highly unlikely, however.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BofddwtPBPw

All that has to happen is Terry Pegula delegating the work of organizing the event to someone. Anyone. If it's anyone in the hockey department (like GMTM), then they're focusing on "the circus" and not improving the hockey team. If it's Ted Black, he's trying to distract fans from how bad the team is. If it's literally anyone else (like Battista), then it's power usurping within the organization by one of the shadowy members of Pegula's inner circle. Additionally, this event will likely go so well that other teams will be jealous, and start demanding that the combine be moved around the league each year, even to cities where absolutely no one gives a , like Sunrise, Florida.

#BylsMafia

Two game sevens? MOM'S SPAGHETTI.

Hope is more than 85 points. Expectation is more than 70 points.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5mGNRgKFOI

That's one reason why no one batted an eye when teams offered Babcock a long-term contract: even if it doesn't work out, you can be sure that you can sell him to another team.

As long as it's not a first, I'm ok with it. I'd also it rather not be a 30-45 pick either. Maybe make it conditional? Fail to make playoffs in the next two years, PIT gets a 3rd rounder instead of a 2nd?

They also may get a few weeks heads up on a possible departure, instead of Babcock surprising them July 1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XJe2iVrwTY

Fans: BOO! Bettman: You may want to hear it. Fans: BOO!