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Thanks @RogersTowell. Sanity amongst the chaos and vitriol. Special shout out for being one of a small number that can correctly spell Morgan Rielly's name. Take an 'attaboy'.
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Blah, blah, blah......me, me,me......subject doesn't matter, this is the 'circle game'. The never ending round and round with no real attempt to find an answer.
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In video land, most hockey players are just fine. Can't say the same for basketball jerks. Only guy I didn't care for in hockey was Kelly Hrudey ( and he really wasn't that bad ).
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Demko not listed in today's game.
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I think that correcting misspelled names, poor grammar, spelling etc would soon make me the target of every tough guy on CDC. Hated by all. Someone might even say 'your a looser' to me. I strive to be loved/ liked/ tolerated by all.
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Indeed. These are all misspelled versions.
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It's nice to see Stecher getting his confidence back. PS.....on this miserable rainy day with nothing but idle hands to guide me, I see that Stecher is still way out in front in the misspelled name list. 114 pages of folk unable to get the spelling right. Second is Petterson @ 53 pages ( plus 13 pages of Petersson ) Third to 'Stetcher' is Elder @ 33 pages and Guance @ 31 pages. I know, I really need a hobby.
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Good work on digging up these quotes. I think that @Horvats_Big_Head was holding up his 'sarcasm sign' when he said that. Don't ever remember the Big Ho posting anything even vaguely positive. ( that quote was late in the 2016/ 17 season )
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I think the CBC colour guy ( Craig Simpson ? ) demanding a 'delay of game' diving penalty was worse than the emotionally charged biased fans. ( going on memory only. Don't have any confirmation proof. If any CDCer taped that game via HNIC I would really appreciate that 'fact' being confirmed or shot down. Thanks. )
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http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=29376 This should answer your confusion.
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Not sure if you think I don't like Daniel. I love the Sedins. My comment was the Captain Hindsight moment where you realize that Henrik ended up being the alpha Sedin ( not by much and a lot has to do with being a centre ). My comment was a revisit of the pre draft Sedin thoughts. Daniel was highly regarded, Henrik, not so much ( in a very weak draft ). Using those Capt. H goggles, Henrik should be #22 and Daniel #33.
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Great list, but, as a 'nuck fan who has suffered unrequited hopes and expectations, I don't like to place too many new hopes on Pettersson. Sort of a 'don't tempt Murphy' situation. Murphy doesn't seem to care for the mighty Canucks. The list is a reminder that in the 1999 draft, Daniel was rated higher than Henrik. Iirc, #33 was rated as low as #10. It is also a reminder of what a great job Brian Burke did to unite the twins. It'll probably be his 'legacy' moment. I wonder what the twins would have done if drafted by different teams.
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Am I missing something here. We have @R.Dahlin26 stirring the pot. Just keeps repeating a very weak point, over and over again. Actually the point is moot. It's the 'pot stirring' that is important. He's loving all your responses.
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Iirc, CBC's colour guy ( Craig Simpson ? ) demanded that Raymond be given a 'delay of game' penalty for diving. I don't think that he nor CBC ever apologized for that. Couldn't believe how anti Canuck HNIC was. As far as Tryamkin goes, I'm a huge fan. Used to start laughing as he rumbled down the ice with that helmet that was 3 sizes too small perched on his head. His offensive game was surprisingly good. Not a huge fan of Russian draft picks, but I want the big guy back !
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Could be, but the words "after being expelled from the country. " are tad more negative than just moving away. This might come down to the google translate thing. Innocent words may have become warped in translation.
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Very interesting pick. Just going by his HockeyDB page, your analysis seems to be spot on. ( although they do list him as a left handed shooter ). I wonder what JB ( with his new 4 year contract in place ) has in mind for him. The way you talk of his D+3 year makes it seem like you are expecting him to play an over age year. ( is my math out to lunch here ?.....seems he's AHL eligible next season. )
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As a 25% Swede ( thanks to my wonderful grandfather ) I find the bolded to be very interesting. Sweden doesn't have a rep for throwing folk out of the country. Is there a politician called Trumpsson there ?
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CDCers have a long list of 'try this','try that' after the TDL. I would like to include putting BG in a more offence oriented role post TDL. I do believe he can contribute in that area.
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Sorry to go off topic. Last night was mental health awareness night. RR #37 being foremost in everyone's thoughts. My question: Did Rick Blight ( and Gary Lupul ) not also become the victim/s of this overwhelming problem ?
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I think that JB might be a bit gun shy when signing border line NHLers to ELCs. One of his first signings, MacKenze Stewart, is still here almost 3 years later. Most ELCs last 3 years ( not all ) and there have been a small number of debatable choices. Keeping the roster size well below 50 can be important. I see JB trying to talk players like Brassard into taking AHL contracts. This would not work if other teams liked the player enough to offer an NHL contract, but might help keep border line players in our system.
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Thanks to SID for the links. Interesting. My two current favourites, assuming we draft at #7/#8 are ranked at 10 and 21. My drafting preferences have been mediocre at best, but it will be interesting to follow these predictions. PS.....assuming that Quinton Hughes is taller than 5'1 !
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Still waiting for the statistics crowd to give us an 'analytics' mock draft. Come on J.D.Burke/ CanucksArmy/ Corsi lovers, tell us who will be the players to draft ! I have a feeling that they will probably wait a couple of years and then tell us who we should have drafted.
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I went back and looked up 7 mock drafts from that year. All except one had the top five as per the actual draft. One replaced Draisaitl with Ritchie. As far as Larkin and Pastrnak went, Larkin moved between 12 and 25 and was not in the top 30 in one mock. Pastrnak moved between 20 and 28 and was not in the top 30 in two mocks. If Larkin and Pastrnak were your choices at the time, kudos, you're a great scout. For the record, I was rooting for Glass in this draft. I was hoping that Vilardi would not come to us and I didn't even have Pettersson on my radar.
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It would be easier to take your anti Canuck stirring if you dropped the Toronto area code from your name. Wai Lai, when used phonetically, kind of sounds like 'waylay'. So waylay from Toronto, why should CDC hang on your every word ?
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I thought the ELC slide was a CHL phenomenon. Surely, once you're in the pros, your contract has no 'slide' component.