[Psycho_Path]

toxic rd said:

Before anyone freaks, Simek is out of the lineup with a day-to-day ankle injury

It sucks because Brandon won 9-5 today. Woulda liked to see Simek in those points :/

[Syntax]

mball said:

itzabreeze said:

Question about Raymond contract. Is it a two way?. Say the Canuck want to give Nazzy or **Insert top 6 forward here**.... say the last one ot two games of the year, if they are locked to win the Divison. Could the Nucks call up Raymond, or is he only on a one-way deal?

I'm sure it is a two-way contract. It would only make sense.

All entry-level contracts contain at two-way clause.

[hiroshima]

raymond signed already?

[Tact]

An awesome line for the future:

Raymond - Kesler - Grabner

All three of them are very fast. Raymond the playmaker, Grabner the goal scorer, and Kesler the grinder that plays defensive and chips in some goals as well. They would create numerous chances because of their speed.

[Winger]

can't wait for grabner to come to vancouver

[itzabreeze]

toxic rd said:

BC wins 6-2. Schneider now goes into the Hockey East finals. And is prolly a god in Boston for knocking off BU

Cool, Im surprised BC totally destroyed BU


Game Recap:
http://www.uscho.com...03/16/bu-bc.php

BC Spreads Offense, Cruises Into HEA Title Game
Five Players Net Multiple Points In Win Over BU
by Jim Connelly/Senior Writer

BOSTON — After fans at the TD BankNorth Garden were forced to wait until double overtime to learn the outcome in the early semifinal, Boston College decided to take any suspense out of the tournament's nightcap.

Led by multiple-point performances by five different players, BC opened a four-goal lead through two periods and knocked Hockey East Goaltender and Player of the Year John Curry from the game as the Eagles cruised to a 6-2 victory to advance to the Hockey East title game for the third straight year.

BC's top two lines continued their torrid postseason scoring, accounting for five Boston College goals. Brock Bradford led the way with two goals while Ben Smith, Joe Rooney and Benn Ferriero each recorded a goal and two assists.

Brock Bradford scored two goals for Boston College Friday.The Eagles' fast start to the game might ironically be credited to the BC women's team. The women played Friday night in the Frozen Four in Lake Placid, N.Y. The BC men were able to relax and watch the women's game while waiting for Friday's first semifinal game which ran more than an hour past the scheduled game-two start time of 8 p.m.

BC head coach Jerry York credited the women's game, which eventually BC lost, 4-3 in double overtime, for keeping his team loose.

"We were watching the women's team play while waiting. We were kind of pumped," said York. "I think [BC women's head coach Tom Mutch's] team helped us stay focused."

If the Eagles were staying relaxed, the opening 20 minutes of play might make one believe that the Terriers didn't have that luxury. BU came out somewhat flat to start the game and, after falling behind early, never recovered.

"[BC] came prepared to play. They competed all night," said BU head coach Jack Parker. "We didn't have an effort. We didn't come to play."

Parker said that his team's seeming lack of jump came from being "too easily satisfied".

"We came off two solid games and we just came out here tonight and watched Boston College beat us to every puck."

The Eagles opened the scoring on the power play at 7:46 of the first. After Ferriero's pass from the right-wing side deflected off Jason Lawrence's stick, Bradford fired a shot that beat Curry short-side to give the Eagles the early lead.

BC extended that advantage at the 15:00 mark. Brian Boyle, playing his third straight game on defense, used his offensive instincts to pinch down the right half-board. Catching the entire Terrier defense off-guard, Boyle quickly fired a pass to Ferriero at the left point; Ferriero had plenty of time to roof over Curry (17 saves) to give the Eagles a 2-0 lead through one.

Things didn't get better for the Terriers in the second. Despite an incredible blocker save by Curry on Bradford at 3:25, BC still managed to beat the BU netminder twice to grab a 4-0 lead through two.

Smith buried his eighth goal of the season at 7:46 by pushing home a cross-crease feed from Ferriero. In the final minute of the frame, Bradford grabbed a loose puck at the left post and fired it through the legs of Curry for his second goal of the game.

The goal ended up spelling the end of Curry's night, as he was replaced by Karson Gillespie (nine saves) to begin the third.

The Terriers got on the board early in the third. Brandon Yip's one-timer on the power play beat BC netminder Cory Schneider (30 saves) cleanly at 1:25 to give BU life.

Yip nearly scored another when he was alone at the right post staring at an open net at 4:43 . Unable to get good wood on the shot, the puck floated over the crossbar to maintain the Eagles comfort zone.

BC took all doubt from the outcome at 9:33 when Rooney buried the rebound of a Smith shot to give BC a 5-1 lead.

Bryan Ewing and Nathan Gerbe each traded late goals to account for the 6-2 final.

The win advances Boston College to the title game for the 12th time, matching Maine for the most appearances in league history. BC is 6-5 in its previous 11 appearances.

The Eagles will meet New Hampshire, a 3-2 double-overtime winner over Massachusetts in Friday's first semifinal, in Saturday's championship game. BC held a 2-1-0 record against the Wildcats in the regular season, including a two-game sweep to end the season two weekends ago.

It's the third time that the two clubs have met in the title game with BC victorious in the other two (2005, 1998).

[itzabreeze]

Prospect Game for Saturday:

Edit: Oops. Bourdon isn't playing today...

Chiefs @ Tri-City (Grabtastic)


Moose @ Grand Rapids (Edler, Hansen, & Friends)



Utah @ Salmon Kings (Ellis.... maybe).

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I think Ellis is likely to play for the Kings. He can't make it to Grand Rapids in time and will join the Moose on Sunday.

[Grabner]

Tact said:

An awesome line for the future:

Raymond - Kesler - Grabner

All three of them are very fast.  Raymond the playmaker, Grabner the goal scorer, and Kesler the grinder that plays defensive and chips in some goals as well.  They would create numerous chances because of their speed.

You read my mind. I've always thought that trio would be a perfect line.

[Grabner]

itzabreeze said:

Moose @ Grand Rapids (Edler, Hansen, & Friends)

Will Raymond be playing today?

[ModoExpress]

Grabner said:

itzabreeze said:

Moose @ Grand Rapids (Edler, Hansen, & Friends)

Will Raymond be playing today?

probably not

[Psycho_Path]

Apparently it was said that he's likely to join the team as early as sunday. Who knows if he's there now though.

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So I was over on HF Boards and I was looking for info about Swedish prospects for this years draft when I came across a young Danish player, Lars Eller. He is currently playing for Frölunda J20 and leading the J20 league in total points. (GP:39 G:18 A:37 P:55)

Here is a quick evaluation from a Swedish poster on HF:

Quote

- He could be a late first rounder, I suppose, not having seen many of the top prospects outside of Sweden. IMO he is the top prospect playing in Sweden eligible for the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

- He kind of reminds me of Henrik Zetterberg, although with little more speed IMO.

- Next season he will either 1) Play another junior league season in Sweden 2) Sign a youth contract with Frölunda's SEL team and play some SEL hockey, but mostly junior hockey 3) Go to the CHL like some successful Danes have been doing the past years

- As a player, Eller is very complete. Good speed, technical skills, very nice hockey sense and passes. Quite explosive with good puck control. One of those players that can actually be really dominant in a game. In the Swedish junior league he has very good chemistry with 89-born Swede Simon Hjalmarsson, who is usually the sniper on that line while Eller sets him up.

At 6' , 200 pounds he isn't huge but he does have size. If he does slip to our 2nd pick I think he could be a steal. Hopefully Gradin can work his magic again.

Profile: http://www.elitepros...php?player=5995
HF Boards Thread: http://hfboards.com/...124#post8023124

[timw33]

mball said:

So I was over on HF Boards and I was looking for info about Swedish prospects for this years draft when I came across a young Danish player, Lars Eller.  He is currently playing for Frölunda J20 and leading the J20 league in total points. (GP:39   G:18  A:37 P:55)

Here is a quick evaluation from a Swedish poster on HF:

Quote

- He could be a late first rounder, I suppose, not having seen many of the top prospects outside of Sweden. IMO he is the top prospect playing in Sweden eligible for the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

- He kind of reminds me of Henrik Zetterberg, although with little more speed IMO.

- Next season he will either 1) Play another junior league season in Sweden 2) Sign a youth contract with Frölunda's SEL team and play some SEL hockey, but mostly junior hockey 3) Go to the CHL like some successful Danes have been doing the past years

- As a player, Eller is very complete. Good speed, technical skills, very nice hockey sense and passes. Quite explosive with good puck control. One of those players that can actually be really dominant in a game. In the Swedish junior league he has very good chemistry with 89-born Swede Simon Hjalmarsson, who is usually the sniper on that line while Eller sets him up.

At 6' , 200 pounds he isn't huge but he does have size. If he does slip to our 2nd pick I think he could be a steal. Hopefully Gradin can work his magic again.

Profile: http://www.elitepros...php?player=5995
HF Boards Thread: http://hfboards.com/...124#post8023124

Yeah, I've heard good things about him too.

CDC would go nuts for us not picking a good Canadian Kid, but I dont care.

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timw33 said:

Yeah, I've heard good things about him too.

CDC would go nuts for us not picking a good Canadian Kid, but I dont care.

Yeah I could care less about what most fans think. I'd rather pick the best player available than the best Canadian available. Either way I don't think Nonis will pick Eller with the Canucks first rounder.

[timw33]

mball said:

timw33 said:

Yeah, I've heard good things about him too.

CDC would go nuts for us not picking a good Canadian Kid, but I dont care.

Yeah I could care less about what most fans think. I'd rather pick the best player available than the best Canadian available. Either way I don't think Nonis will pick Eller with the Canucks first rounder.

Best CENTRE available.

[Mike27]

timw33 said:

mball said:

timw33 said:

Yeah, I've heard good things about him too.

CDC would go nuts for us not picking a good Canadian Kid, but I dont care.

Yeah I could care less about what most fans think. I'd rather pick the best player available than the best Canadian available. Either way I don't think Nonis will pick Eller with the Canucks first rounder.

Best CENTRE available.

I think a team should always draft the best PLAYER available. Who knows what your teams needs will be in 3-5 years. Taking an lower talent centre over a higher talent left winger makes no sense to me at all. Take the best player you can, and if, down the road when he is ready to play for you, you can always trade him for another guy who plays the position needed at that time.

Should Pittsburgh have passed on Malkin because they had Crosby already and nothing on defence? No way!

[timw33]

Mike27 said:

timw33 said:

mball said:

timw33 said:

Yeah, I've heard good things about him too.

CDC would go nuts for us not picking a good Canadian Kid, but I dont care.

Yeah I could care less about what most fans think. I'd rather pick the best player available than the best Canadian available. Either way I don't think Nonis will pick Eller with the Canucks first rounder.

Best CENTRE available.

I think a team should always draft the best PLAYER available. Who knows what your teams needs will be in 3-5 years. Taking an lower talent centre over a higher talent left winger makes no sense to me at all. Take the best player you can, and if, down the road when he is ready to play for you, you can always trade him for another guy who plays the position needed at that time.

Should Pittsburgh have passed on Malkin because they had Crosby already and nothing on defence? No way!

This is a different draft....

There is no superstar that you can't pass outside of the top 5.

Any player in the top 60 could go anywhere from 10-60.

This draft will be teams drafting for position just as much as skill, potential..

[Toxic]

4-1 BC in the 3rd UNH's only goal was a BC own-goal, so Schneider still hasnt been beaten by UNH

They'll prolly end up as #2 in the country after tonight and are playing better hockey than any team in the NCAA, Prolly gonna be a BC-Minnesota final

The Schneid vs. Okposo and Johnson

[timw33]

toxic rd said:

4-1 BC in the 3rd UNH's only goal was a BC own-goal, so Schneider still hasnt been beaten by UNH

They'll prolly end up as #2 in the country after tonight and are playing better hockey than any team in the NCAA, Prolly gonna be a BC-Minnesota final

The Schneid vs. Okposo and Johnson

So if they win then they ________