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  1. To get both Twins Burke had to take a huge risk and trade away Brian McCabe, who was a young, tough, and talented Dman. We need JB to 'gut up' and make the Tanev move.
  2. I think we would want him in Utica, but the guy can make (likely) a lot more money playing in the KHL, if he's not good enough for the Canucks.
  3. Yes, we have several good players coming up, but we need elite guys too. Where are those? Without the elite guys, I don't think we will become better than a middle of the pack team. We need to draft a couple elite skilled players, who can put up points..(Makar and Glass?)
  4. Agreed. Our missing out on elite talent goes way back. Can we all say JAGR
  5. If we are drafting only at #5 in round one, I want JB to select the BPA. If that's a Dman, then take him! Look at how Nashville took Seth Jones, and then traded him for RJ. Those top end young Dmen are worth a lot. Didn't Sergachev just land Drouin?
  6. Maybe you're both right? We have a lot of good young prospects, but we lack any truly elite ones. We really need two or three elite guys, like the Sedins were.
  7. We have play making wingers? Daniel, yes, but he's done soon.
  8. If Patrick falls to us at five, I will fly back to Melmac.
  9. Sutter is not a play making center. Neither is Bo really. We need a play making center to take over from Henrik. Sutter would be perfect as our number three center for sure.
  10. Kopitar won two Cups in LA as their number one center. Bo can lead us to Cups too. We just need the supporting cast to be A LOT better. Maybe we draft Glass and he turns into our Carter?
  11. That's actually a great idea!
  12. If he shows up to camp fat and out of shape again, that's certainly when we will talk about it. Someone posted a side by side picture of fat Jake juxtaposed with lean Jake. This season Jake went from 235 to 207. That's almost 30 pounds! I think he will be in shape and weigh in under 210. He was said to be the fastest skater in his draft class. I think we will see that this coming season. I still predict a 20+ goal season for Jake in 2017/18
  13. Agreed. It's likely we only get that #5 pick, and with it we will take Glass. That's okay though. If both Makar and Glass are there at five, which one should we take?
  14. I think we all accept that Jake came to last season's camp overweight and out of shape. He was (last summer) clearly not mature enough to accept the responsibilities of an NHL player. You are implying he's not changed, or matured, by quoting friends of friends. Why do that, unless you are trying to upset the fan base?
  15. Why post it though? What's to gain from saying nasty things about a player's private life, especially when unsubstantiated?
  16. Coming from Boston, JB would love a player like Krejci.
  17. without evidence, why post such negative stuff about Jake?
  18. Are you predicting where the guys get drafted, or where YOU THINK they should get drafted? i think Heiskanen and Makar will go higher, and Liljegren and Necas will fall out of the top ten. Good list though.
  19. And didn't Button just recently say that Glass is really close to Hischier and Patrick?
  20. He's going to become Hansen for us, only bigger with a better shot. That's a really valuable player.
  21. Totally off base. You need to accept that Ekblad was sheltered from the difficult minutes by Guddy. A healthy Guddy will allow Tanev to explore offence. If we don't trade Tanev, he will have his biggest point producing season. That's what Guddy does; he frees up other dmen by taking the heavy minutes.
  22. You have yet to explain why Ekblad's numbers went in the tank after Guddy left?
  23. Isn't Petersson the one of those three with the most risk of busting too though? We need another top 10 pick: one safe, and the other take the risk.
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