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  1. Bourque bringin it this playoffs. Finally earning his paycheque
  2. Meltdown complete. Tokarski's gotta learn to not over commit all the time and stay in the paint.
  3. I have a feeling Ekblad will drop to Calgary at 4th, like Jones before him.
  4. Yeah it was also ridiculous how Therrien was gushing about how special of a team they have just because they came out of the second round..Like come on you are only half way to the ultimate goal, keep yourself and the team grounded.
  5. They've been regretting that one for a while. Ridiculous trade even at the time it happened.
  6. Former player, player agent and Tampa Bay GM. It was mentioned on team1040
  7. Brian Lawton is saying that Benning doesn't want the Canucks GM job. Not sure I believe him, but throwing it out there.
  8. I've watched more than highlights (mooseheads final two rounds mostly) and he doesn't have poor balance per say, but his lower body strength is a bit of a weakness. Albeit, it's really nit picking because it's nothing major and it's quite evident he is still growing. He does get outmuscled from time to time along the boards from what I've seen, but he has great tenacity and is relentless when he turns the puck over. One thing you can't question, is his work ethic, and that goes a long long way. He's my pick at number 6 if nobody falls, but to get defensive and say he has no flaws is just flat out wrong, sorry.
  9. A lot less useless than your ridiculously biased posts
  10. According to most scouts Nylander has the highest offensive potential, even the Canucks scouts acknowledge this, according to Sekeres. However there are a lot of negatives with him, such as his attitude, work ethic , consistency etc. Pronman in no way is perfect, but as I said earlier, he gives a fresh perspective on who he thinks will turn out to be the best players in the draft. He watches far more hockey than any anyone on here would like to pretend to, but by no means does that make his list absolute. He obviously doesn't consider size as much as most do, he tends to look at the skill sets more so. I would never pay to read his work, but at the same time I appreciate the time he puts into it and the in depth explanations he provides to his rankings. He's also acknowledged that Landeskog is one of his biggest errors, and he simply thought that his skill set wouldn't translate as well as it has to the NHL and his numbers in junior were good but not great.
  11. Well they have been underdogs in each of their series so far, and they again will be underdogs against the hawks. So it's not the circumstances this time, however I think. Regardless, what they've been able to accomplish this year is nothing short of remarkable, especially with their injuries on D. Both Mitchell and Regehr, two of their top 4, are injured. Not to mention Doughty has been rumored to be injured and getting treatment between periods(although the way he's playing, you'd have a hard time being able to tell)
  12. Tough one to call, it's going to go seven games this year and the games will be tighter than last year IMO. There is less separating the teams this year and Toews is apparently injured (although you couldn't tell from his play). Kopitar is easily a Conn Smythe candidate and has been hands down the best player in this playoffs so far IMO. Going to be a great series, and I feel the winner of this will win the Cup.
  13. Except with todays NHL, the difference between teams is extremely small. A lot of it comes down to health, matchups and you obviously need a bit of luck.
  14. I would say Ehlers' balance is actually one of his weaknesses. The thing is you don't get to see him knocked off the puck too often because of his blazing speed. The good news is, this is very much correctable and he's not done growing either . After his first year playing in North America he likely realizes what he really has to work on. He's a top 5 player skill wise in this draft and he'd be ranked accordingly had he had another year in the q previously . This thread has been a constant regurgitation of the same unsubstantiated claims over and over, regardless of the information to the contrary and thus an overall giant waste of time.
  15. My first nhl game was at one of his last games with Winnipeg . He was a legend over there and for good reason. He's definitely one of the greatest players of our generation.
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