RetroCanuck

I see Madden more as a winger in the future that can fill in as C with injuries. Plus I think Madden has top 6 potential and we aren't moving Bo or Petey.

Is he related to Marco Sturm?

sturm can also play left wing. would look great besides bo.

im confused, he is a Senators prospect.

You mean Ryan Merkley?

Aww didnt realize he was traded but knew he was drafted by San Jose. oops lol

NTC says hi.

If it helps, I've been talking about it for a year. 

@Chickenspear He might say yes to LA if LA was interested in him. 

Stech doesn't have  a great shot and Hutton is lucky to sniff PP2.

Edler is by far the best option. He's a good player.

Shh..stay stealthy

Agree with @Western Red.  Doesn't make him an awesome power play quarterback, but he is the best we have for now.

Good eye, RC

Van the Man for Kane(E3)

Kane has barely been scoring at all for the last 6-8 weeks.

Kane is so overrated on this site

oh joe, never do that

I'm married!  That's who that other ALF wandering the house was.  Reality is actually kind of SCARY@!

I resorted to going to HFBoards. I feel so ashamed.

sedins are off books next yr  we have 19.5 off this yr even before any more trades are made or horvat is resigned

and gillis signed edler not benning  and he has a ntc 

haha all I meant was that Bennings track record with signing players seems to be overpaying them too much in the hope they can produce more then they've shown. Eriksson might have a comeback year but he's getting old and will decline in the next few years.

Patrick, Hrischier, Middlestadt, or a defenseman.

It's just the team we're trading with would have to take on 14 million in cap space. We're already holding onto the max salary retention with Hansen/Luongo. I'd like to see them move on as well. We're not in a place to be competitive in their twilight, so they should really either retire or move on to a better positioned team. 

Stay away from Basant Motors...isn't that the kiss of death for players?

He could advertise Mac Trucks. 

Or Big Macs 

With another 1 assist for BigMac he can equal Sutters total assists for this season......

Maybe not big lol

NYR Just beat some seriously crucial teams in the last week without making major moves.  Odds are they don't do much and run with what they have.

Really big!  We got a 4th round draft pick!  Plan the parade!

Now 7, 8 pts back of WC slot. Time to start thinking next yr...

@kingofsurrey You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. We'd be the Arizona Coyotes (maybe even worse) without the Sedins. 

Danny is on a five game point streak, with seven points in his last 10 games. Hank just ended a five game streak himself. They are contributing more than many others. It's time for the youngsters (and goalies) to step up; they haven't. 

Virtanen needs to know he's still competing for a spot, should be working on his game all the time, on breaks, off-season etc. Working hard, because he ain't going to be getting many more opportunities, and I've been the biggest Virt fan.

I can understand why no Goldie based on what peaches said but I don't get putting out the Sedins. It makes me sad to watch them get hemmed in over and over again. 

giving them a chance at glory for the last few times ?

i'm starting to believe they will be packing it in after this season

i really do not see useful roles for them next season

and i'm a huge sedin fan

but i think it's coming to an end

they again are gonna fall short of hitting 50 points

i really doubt they'd get 40 next season if they did return

ya you'd like to see them go out playing decent, so Im hoping they retire. But you never know. Goldy could be the next Sedin, he has the offensive talent and unfortunately the same defensive deficiencies. Yet he's a faster skater. Im really hoping he has a Sedin spot next year.

Well, it won't be possible for him to go off the board with 5th overall this year, because there is definitely no consensus there. And in later rounds there's no real consensus in any year. So I'm going to have to go with "zero".

Every draft has different levels of prospects based on ratings by pro scouts. Therefore its not hard to go off the board in any round. All Im saying is that Benning is known to go against the flow with some of his picks and in some cases unearth diamonds. And then sometimes you choose off the board and it backfires. Virtanen is the perfect example of this considering how he's developed so far.

Depends on his blood alcohol level. 

Puljujarvi is no longer waiver exempt.  There was tension with Edmonton because he didn't want to play in the AHL and they wanted him to develop further in the AHL.

Nope..broke down d-man and a probable bust. Hard pass.

For sure I would. Don't think they'd give up on Puljujarvi that easily though.

Would much rather have Sutter than Eriksson.

I'd laugh so hard if Dahlen gets paired with Eriksson and Eriksson scores 30 goals again. 

Wonder what or if that would change everyone's opinion. 

What^

Benning was a terrible GM but at least appeared to be a decent person.  Aquilini just is a bad seed.  Benning took the hits for him and now JR is doing the same.  

He's a rookie.  With the way he's played overall so far this season....he should be allowed a brain fart once in a while.  He's earned that right.

Dont disagree, the fact that this is the first time Ive truly noticed him be totally out of position is a good sign

Zero chance of that happening with how air tight the bubbles have been so far. 

We're not really losing our first.  We did get Miller out of the deal.

this pick at 10 oa

tells me that outside of the top 3 - 5 picks each draft

the rest of the 1st round need a season or 2

before they mature enough to crack an nhl line up

so yeah, unlikely he could step into the nuck line immediately after being drafted

most fans are very excited about our young talent

but none, no one, stepped right onto the team after being drafted

so nothing really to see here