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  1. That article was posted 4 months after the trade to Vcr. Unless you haven't noticed this is now April 2023. The artcle was written Nov 5th 2021
  2. Let me guess your either his agent or his brother
  3. The best position for OEL is the press box with a bag of popcorn
  4. I meant it as sarcasim, he's an anchor. Good news is they'll pick up $6 mill when Myers is moved, after his bonus
  5. Yeah I forgot the Chris Rock joke, he's always worth a visit to youtube
  6. There's a pecking order of the rich. Buble may be rich but he's not Aquallini family rich and even they are not in the Pattison league. I attended a gala dinner hosted by David Foster ( I got free tickets ) they were raising funds for his foundation. Half way through the night AQuamans table put up his hand aand committs $150K, very nice. But late in the evening Jimmy Pattison put hsi hand up and gives away a million. You see there is a peck order. Buble is rich but mostly he's famous.
  7. I guess I'm in the minority. I think there'll be a big turn over of STH if they start a tear down. Where I sit and I have moved around a bit the majority of the STH are in the 50-60 age group and older. It's nice for all the younger fan base to think in the terms of 5+ year but that may well elimanate a large proportition of the current STH and then there's no gurantee they'll be any better and much of the current core will be either on the wrong side age wise or already gone to other teams. The decission to rebuild probably means finding new core players
  8. hope springs eternal. For sure he's suffered injuries, as you stated, but he will be a year older. I just look and judge. If he become revigorated that's great but few beat old man time
  9. there you go basicaly unfit to play the entire season to many, except the Doctors. Lets hope maybe he's unfit next season too, LTI, now that would help
  10. I hope you're correct however this agility problem is not a recent phenomina, I noticed at the start of this season. So I hopr my observations are wrong and you're right and time will tell. What sickens me is the contsatnt excuses made for players. Lest we forget Juolevi, excuses abounded and it all tuned out to be untrue.
  11. I get tired of this reclaim OEL focus by so many. Like other before him his health and there for agility is shot !!, likely due to the onset of age. Before he even arrived there were some on the site who predicted he's some how return to his earlier career fame. He didn't, and now can't Don't listen to the media just watch and judge yourself. He gets beat to the outside continuously and that's not good for an NHL D'man. The question must be asked why in the heck did JB favour OEL over Edler. The Cap hit was 50% and Edler is still doing sterling work on Stanley Cup bound Kings
  12. We continue to climb up the league standing and currently stand @ the #10 position.
  13. In the vegas game I watched Brisbois and Walanen. GB was used on the PK and did pretty good, occasionally being gilty of chasing his check but mostly OK. I never saw Wolenen on the PK and frankly was defensively out of position and soft along the boards. Juulsen seems to have turned a corner, maybe confidence. Is Karlsson better than Lane Pederson ??
  14. The Twins are not people who sit back and watch. They're either all in or not interested, or so it seems to me they were into running the marathon a while back ( not sure if that's still the case ) and I understand they were rated as soccer player. I hope management appreciates what they have. Message to JR/PA watch out they'r ecoming on
  15. Doesn't really matter they have different jobs to do, it's like comparing a plumber with an electrician I doubt Hughes could score into an empty net but his skating is beyond any thing I've seen before, so light on his skates. EP that shot is absolutely lethal that's why he's scored 33 goals so far. Hughes could play until he's a hundred and never reach 33 goals
  16. Well when it comes to the draft position in the draft does matter. The last figurre I saw was 1st round picks have a 65% chnace of making the NHL, not stars just making the NHL. The second round and beyond drops to 20-25% And I'm betting the top 5, top 10 etc have a 99% to 80% chnace of making it. The 32 nd pick is likely in the 40% range. Remember before expansion the 32nd pick was actually a second round pick
  17. If you attend a junior game and watch where the scouts sit, most prefer the corner becuase it allows you to see all of the boards around the arena. If you sit on one side you miss the play on the near side boards. Plus personalli I like to be opposit the benchs so I can see what's happening on the bench
  18. Oh yes, these guys monitor Santa Clause if they think he could develp into a player and provide them with a nice commission. They see what's happening in Abbotsford and talk to their clients regularly
  19. I wasn't thinking in terms of drafting as develpment. Drafting has so many variables a top 5 pick is way way better than a bottom 5 pick in the 1st round, we can't simply bunch all 1st round picks. I was thinking more along the lines of development. There's an interesting atricle discussing the development of McDonough and the part the Sedins played in it. You don't hear a lot about it but I tend to believe it's crucial. 'They're the nicest guys': How the Sedins helped develop McDonough - Vancouver Is Awesome
  20. I tend to think support for our prospects is showing results. I have no idea Where Buffalo are with development
  21. If the hockey Gods were ever smiling on us it was with the signing of Kuzmenko Basically a free top five draft pick, I think having a relationship with his agent went a long way. Kuzmenko and EP are clearly on the same page, not only is AB looking good but EP is looking better too!
  22. Can you tell me if there's been major chnages to the Pro Scouts? Maybe they've had more defined instruction, they look like the same bunch
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