26CornerBlitz Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Islanders Retain First Round Selection in 2014 NHL Draft: http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=720290 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Yup twitter just blew up with that news. No surprise there. Glad to know we have a potential extra lottery pick in 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Snow really had no other choice. I hope he is in a period of serious regret come this time next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Snow really had no other choice. I hope he is in a period of serious regret come this time next year. The trade sucks for the Islanders regardless of what pick they decided to surrender. The 2015 draft should be great for the Sabres. Here's to a really bad Islanders team in 2014! @TSNBobMcKenzie NYI and goalie Jaro Halak have reached an agreement on a new contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Well the 5th would have been nice and I'm a bit disappointed they were able to sign Halak. Having said that we now own 3 1st round picks in what is suppose to be an excellent draft year. Here's hoping for a Sabres, Isles and Blues tank in 2014/2015!! :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Islanders Retain First Round Selection in 2014 NHL Draft: http://islanders.nhl...s.htm?id=720290 Knew it was going to happen, but it's nice having a definitive answer now. Potentially two lottery picks in the 2015 draft?? Wow, that 2015 draft thread is going to get nuts :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Knew it was going to happen, but it's nice having a definitive answer now. Potentially two lottery picks in the 2015 draft?? Wow, that 2015 draft thread is going to get nuts :lol: Possible 5 picks in the top 40. Crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Possible 5 picks in the top 40. Crazy. Three 2nds, right? We're out of the third 1st rounder with Miller now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Our first and second, Islanders first and second, and the Blues first - it will be the draft that defines this franchise for the next decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotentPowerPlay22 Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Islanders Retain First Round Selection in 2014 NHL Draft: http://islanders.nhl...s.htm?id=720290 The only move they could make. You never give up a guaranteed top 5 pick. This was totally predictable. I never thought for one second they would give it to Buffalo. My biggest fear now is that Tim Murray will get "drunk" with all the draft picks and trade them away too easily. I hope he doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Possible 5 picks in the top 40. Crazy. Our first and second, Islanders first and second, and the Blues first - it will be the draft that defines this franchise for the next decade. And maybe more to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Our first and second, Islanders first and second, and the Blues first - it will be the draft that defines this franchise for the next decade. I keep forgetting he St.Louis 1st is for 2015 and the conditional was for this year. Thanks for the clarification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 The trade sucks for the Islanders regardless of what pick they decided to surrender. The 2015 draft should be great for the Sabres. Here's to a really bad Islanders team in 2014! @TSNBobMcKenzie NYI and goalie Jaro Halak have reached an agreement on a new contract. Here's to Halak having the worst season of his life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Here's to Halak having the worst season of his life. Paul Newman voice....'I'm putting a personal bounty on that scumbag, Halak." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Paul Newman voice....'I'm putting a personal bounty on that scumbag, Halak." :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Paul Newman voice....'I'm putting a personal bounty on that scumbag, Halak." Suzanne sucks ######! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 The only move they could make. You never give up a guaranteed top 5 pick. This was totally predictable. I never thought for one second they would give it to Buffalo. My biggest fear now is that Tim Murray will get "drunk" with all the draft picks and trade them away too easily. I hope he doesn't. He might be inclined to move some second round picks, but I cannot see him trading any 2015 1st Rounders until the draft order is set next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Here's to Halak having the worst season of his life. Is it too much to ask for the Blues to come crashing down to Earth? The Buffalo Sabres, the first team in history to have the #1, #2 and #3 overall picks in a professional sports draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulFuture Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Is it too much to ask for the Blues to come crashing down to Earth? The Buffalo Sabres, the first team in history to have the #1, #2 and #3 overall picks in a professional sports draft. Would be nice, but I don't believe the Blues regress that much. I can't see them repeating this season however. The most likely deduction by many is 23 to 27 overall pick in 15. I'd expect that to be a reasonable expectation. Personally, if they fall below the 20th overall selection I'd be ecstatic. As for the Islanders, I still see them as a 4th to 7th overall selection. If they over achieve (my personal estimation in any event) and end up 12th to 16th overall, I still wouldn't be disappointed. I would like Murray to take the Islanders and Blues picks along with one of those early 2nd rounders (Buffalo's even) to get up into the 7 to 9 spot. I firmly believe we have plenty of depth players for lines 3 and 4 in the system now, I'd like that 1st line top tier talent filled out and that 2nd line secondary threat filled out by the end of the 15 draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) Is it too much to ask for the Blues to come crashing down to Earth? The Buffalo Sabres, the first team in history to have the #1, #2 and #3 overall picks in a professional sports draft. Too many good players for it to happen IMO. They would need to suffer several serious injuries to key players for them to miss out on the postseason. Edited May 23, 2014 by 26CornerBlitz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Is it too much to ask for the Blues to come crashing down to Earth? The Buffalo Sabres, the first team in history to have the #1, #2 and #3 overall picks in a professional sports draft. I think the west has hitch's system figured out. They still have the talent, but there wasn't too much variation. I could see them struggling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 At worst, I could see St Louis taking the bottom wildcard spot. And I think that'd take injuries. Besides Minnestoga, who could bump St Louis into a wildcard spot, there's not many teams in the Pacific or the rest of the Central (Nashville) that are outside looking in and ready to knock a wildcard team out. St Louis would have to put up at least 10 fewer wins, going from a 52-23-7 to something like a 42-33-7 for it to even be close. St Louis's defense is too steady to change much from their 2nd-best 191 GA and the non-playoff teams in the west are just not scoring enough goals to force their way into contention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabresBillsFan Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Here's to Halak having the worst season of his life. I'm with but like I said in a previous post I think their pick will be in the teens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny DangerFace Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Too many good players for it to happen IMO. They would need to suffer several serious injuries to key players for them to miss out on the postseason. We aren't above rooting for several serious injuries.....are we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 At worst, I could see St Louis taking the bottom wildcard spot. And I think that'd take injuries. Besides Minnestoga, who could bump St Louis into a wildcard spot, there's not many teams in the Pacific or the rest of the Central (Nashville) that are outside looking in and ready to knock a wildcard team out. St Louis would have to put up at least 10 fewer wins, going from a 52-23-7 to something like a 42-33-7 for it to even be close. St Louis's defense is too steady to change much from their 2nd-best 191 GA and the non-playoff teams in the west are just not scoring enough goals to force their way into contention. And then there's Colorado. They're due to fall back to earth a bit next year. And this is before even accounting for how they handle their free agents this offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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