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Does anyone think that the Edmonton Oilers would dump Conner McDavid if he was accused like Jake? They'd be the screaming due process and rightfully so, but it does highlight the double standards between the haves and have nots. I'd be curious to see how this was handled if Jake had scored 40 goals and 100 points the previous season.

BS, didn't see any such executive decision making by the Blackhawks when Patrick Kane was accused. I thought this whole affair was lame without any due process. I still wonder if this happened to say Henrik Sedin in 2010 when he had 112 points, what then? Or McDavid, Matthews, Mackinnon. This world is filled with rank hypocrisy, reading all these condemnations passed in judgement by know it all's, spare us the sanctimonious outrage perched on your moral high ground. wretched souls. Then let the one among you who has never sinned cast the first stone.

Curtis Lazar is a excellent no risk pick-up, captained Edmonton Oilers to Memorial Cup Championship, a great leader. Don't be surprised if he plays 3rd line center, he's got a lot more to give, now that he's growing more confident, watch him start scoring more too.

Yes, a long shot, but I like his shot, and his point production 5 on 5 with a plus 25. Maybe his biggest advantage is that while he's a left hand shot, he seems to be comfortable on the right side. That alone might give him a look.

See what I mean.

Your making my point with your bias, you assume I'm some right wing extremist. But you don't think it's extreme to presume someone guilty without due process, no where do you use the word alleged. Justice should be blind and applied equally, regardless of location, when did that go out the window and how do you justify that?

What's your point? I was responding to the state of affairs when there's a presumption of guilty without due process. This is the net result of socialist brain washing which has swept US Universities and has been spreading like the global pandemic. Wokeness, cancel culture, doxing, social media bullying, its all the invention of sick power hungry left wing freaks, organizing to control everyone's lives by demonization and pure hate of anything they don't agree with.

Sorry you don't get that President implies America, I'd like to think our students are brighter and less brainwashed. BTW, your grammar is horrible you get a D.

It's one twisted world we live in, woke, what the hell is that and what mindless fool came up with this garbage. The real tragedy is how low the IQ is of all these young people being brian washed by socialist professor's in universities. You ever see these kids being interviewed on college Campuses, many don't even know who the President of their Country is, god help us all.

Jakes lawyer will put up bail and represent him in court, this one count sounds weak and oh so politically correct.

I do like the concept behind this deal and a big fan of OEL and Garland. But I wish the sequence began with getting Philadelphia's 14th pick and a 2nd for Nate Schmidt (not Buffalo) and then trading that 14 overall to Arizona in the OEL deal while we kept our 9th overall. Always better to have your cake and eat it too. That would have left us with two 2nd's and enough cap space to replace Schmidt.

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I'm a Jim Benning fan with regards to his judgment of talent, but it's really too bad that JB isn't President of Hockey operations (like B. Shanahan) instead of GM, then he could have Judd Bracket as Head of scouting and JB could still practice his passion and his natural eye for talent in concert with teaching/influencing Brackett. An experienced deal maker (horse trader) should have been hired as GM under JB as President. JB's eye for talent is undeniable, but his propensity to over pay on contracts (capologist Lawrence Gilman should have been kept) and more importantly trades is an obvious flaw. Now that's assuming most of his signings and trades are his call? The acquisition of JT Miller is a very good move, but including a first round draft pick is an unfortunate risk to say the least. It's evident from watching the draft with Aquilini sitting at the table that this transaction including a first round draft pick must have been approved by FA. There's no way that FA approves giving up a first if he didn't agree, he could've have fired JB on the spot. The owners are the owners and can interfere as little or as much as they desire. Makes you wonder exactly how much the owners are involved in micro managing this team?

It's a curious story, Benning claims that Delorme was very vocal about EP early on. An unnamed local scout insisting that Delorme come and watch EP is at least plausible, but you'd think that someone living nearby where EP and Dahlen played would have been contacting Thomas Gradin as opposed to Delorme over in Canada?

That works both ways, Juolevi D-zone play, turning play up the ice with crisp first passes certainly contributes to his teams transition to offense, so one could also wonder how Juolevi's game might have impacted London's big line's performance? Many moan and groan about a D-man like Edler, except when you consider the teams win loss record when he's not in the line-up, same as Salo before, so many whiners about him getting injured a lot, but he was quietly one of the most effective D-men we've ever had. As for offence, no one can say what his ceiling is until his been in the league a couple of years, Doughty had 8 more points his draft year in one less game, what does that tell you, nothing.

Wow, you're one bitter puppy baby monkey.

After losing out on the lottery, dropping to 5th and then missing out, by Dubois going at 3 and Jesse P at 4, everyone expected Tkachuk at 5, so the initial surprise of Juolevi was a bit anti-climatic. The top 3 forwards were considered potential franchise players and seemed to separate themselves, the fact Columbus coveted PLD as much as Benning isn't shocking, so Benning, true to his word picked the D-man with the highest hockey IQ with arguably the best chance to be a number 1 PMD, JB obviously feels that Juolevi is less risky than Tkachuk. His size, hockey IQ, defensive positioning, offensive upside and mobility along with his success at every level was judged by Benning as second to none and less risky overall. A rare combination too valuable to pass up on given the opportunity to make the pick. Hard to disagree with the logic, and while I'm disappointed at our lack of good luck, I'm perfectly happy with the pick and knowing we finally have a solid D-man prospect with the tools to elevate his game to potential elite status. Those that argue that he wasn't ranked as a true number one should look at the list of Norris trophy winners and where they were picked, that should put things into perspective.

He's growing in confidence every game and has already had a significant impact on our defence. The return of Hansen and Tanev, Platooning our great goaltenders with Tryamkin helping to shore up the front of the net has helped us win three in a row, although we're still allowing too many shots, it's a circus watching us trying to clear our own zone when Tryamkin's not out there. Tryamkin's a great start, but we still need to move some bodies and upgrade our defence. Wish WD would go with Pedan, he's not giving this kid enough time to get into the flow, makes no sense.

Notice how with the adjustments required for speed and smaller ice, Tryamkin has only 2 penalties in 9 games while he's crushing guys. Something maybe special about our smooth skating Russian bear.

Parise was eligible for the 2002 draft and elected to go into the 2003 draft a month before his 19th birthday. Kesler, Vanek and Parise were all eligible for the 2002 draft but prior to the 2004 lockout high school players that went the NCAA route had to chose or elect that if they opted into the draft their freshman year they lost college eligibility, so some waited until after their freshman year to enter the draft. Those rules no longer apply, but If Boeser did the same thing he'd be in this years draft class.

Personally I don't care what anyone says, even if it's border line, it's a free country, "supposedly". But, I just got suspended for nothing near what you said, so please let us know if you get suspended, just curious?

Trudeau is more of a communist than Putin, so you're probably right. Free Vodka for everyone.

If the Canucks don't make the playoffs and Utica does, it's likely that Nikita will play both for the Canucks and the Comets, so he'll see what it's like in the AHL versus the AHL.

Jake was a great pick at number 6, there might end up being a better player that was picked in the 3rd round, know one knows at this ridiculously early stage. I would bet that JB has no regret whatsoever with this particular pick if he had it to do over again, the package that Jake offers is extremely rare, now it's up to the team to develop him properly.

Has JB, Trevor or Gradin said anything recently about this kids development? Lots of opinions flying around, not sure if it's based on Tryamkin's stats or what. Most say he's years away, is that based on watching him play? Is he a number 4 D-man or a 7th? Obviously his numbers are underwhelming as a defensive D-man, hard to get a read on his development in the KHL.