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My ###### just got a ######. edit: haaaa. Play madlibs with that one. Hint: They're the same word.

That's true, but have hope. If the competition didn't already do that once, we wouldn't even have that pick.

So when is a tank not a tank? When it's a container! CONTAINER ON!

I think if Florida doesn't take Ekblad, this is a very real scenario. Especially if Florida takes a player that's not our #1. That move would net us the player we want and possibly some decent draft swag (2nd round pick in 2015? STL has EDM's 2014 2nd round). Edmonton may be that desperate, seeing as they'd get the #1 defensemen and possibly the best player in a draft that doesn't have any other defensemen in the top 8 to 10. I guess it's all wishy washy until D-Day, but I'm hoping that if Tim Murray sees an opportunity that will help us, he will extort the ###### out of some ###### GM.

#2's: 2013: Aleksander Barkov (FLA) 2012: Ryan Murray (CLB) 2011: Gabriel Landeskog (COL) 2010: Tyler Seguin (BOS from TOR) 2009: Victor Hedman (TBL) 2008: Drew Doughty (LAK) 2007: James van Riemsdyk (PHI) 2006: Jordan Staal (PIT) 2005: Bobby Ryan (ANA) 2004: Evgeni Malkin (PIT) 2003: Eric Staal (CAR) 2002: Kari Lehtonen (ATL) 2001: Jason Spezza (OTT from NYI) 2000: Dan Heatley (ATL)

We'll be fine. Ekblad, Reinhart, and Bennett are all good players. I wanted #1 for the prestige and the opportunity for the organization to take ANY player they wanted, but both are unnecessary, especially at #2. They may still get the player(s) they wanted. I wouldn't mind any of those. The two Sams or the Sam we want and one of the elite wingers? Sure.

Yeah. Nah.

I'm 77.96% sure that one of the bottom five teams will win it.

Sucks that you can only have one bracket for multiple leagues, but whatevs.

Murray said he's looking for two good veteran free agents this summer. Guys that are likely 3rd line guys or higher that can lead by example and provide support for the kids. Is anyone thinking that Steve Ott isn't one of them? Murray's said in the past how much he loves him.

Haha, I haven't watched yet, but if his tone is "###### that idiot," that's a big +1 for Tim.

We gun get a good player.

So Miller should avoid the theater for a while?

Class. Sincerely, David Poile President of Hockey Operations and General Manager

Never forget Gary Bettman worked for the NBA from 1981-1993, during the draft fixing, and would rise to third in command there.

Imagine watching this season, alone, with no one to joke with about tanking, the benefits of losing, the high draft picks and the trading away of key players, or really any of the brighter side of this god awful ###### mess. Imagine the misery. As much as this is a place for cheering, criticism, banter, discussion, and general ######offery, it's also a support community for battered fans. Your contributions make it. Thank you, you princes and princesses of Sabre Nation.

14.2%, about 1 in 7, isn't great, but it is possible. Edmonton could win again and I'd think they'd be very lucky, but not Book Suppository material. If the Leafs won at 3.6%, about 1 in 28, I'd be pretty ###### pissed. Even the Canucks at 6.2%, about 1 in 16, would irritate the ###### out of me. Really, any team I hate or any team that didn't finish bottom-five.

:D

Yep. Zero players tanked. Some players played their guts out. The front office devised and executed the plan, which was to maximize return for expiring assets. This had the fortunate, necessary, expected, and probably planed side effect of causing the team to maximize its draft position.

We should do a special GDT for the draft lottery. Some place to go batshit insane when the profitable Leafs win it.

One NHL forward played as many games (58) as Ville Leino ($4M salary, $4.5M cap) and didn't score a goal. Peers: James Wright (59GP, 2A), $650k Krys Barch (55GP, 4A), $750k Colton Orr (54GP, 0A), $925k

Change the draft lottery odds to discourage tanking, which would ###### us.

Yeah, if that front office doesn't change, I think I lean towards wanting that 2015 pick. Let's maximize 2015.

I'm so torn. I really don't want to watch this guy anymore and the buyout gives a perfect out, but he's a perfect fit as Tank Commander: no goals, plays 18 mins/game but averages less than a shot per game.