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They've had nagging injuries for the past 3 years. We'll be lucky if they play past 40.

Not impossible but keep in mind when Messier was 35 he scored 99 points in 74 games and when Jagr was 35 he scored 71 in 82. 96 in 82 the year before if relevant. The Sedins could hold up but they really don't look like the same type of players Messier and Jagr were

As great as that would be, I don't see it happening.

Sure it’s a great plan if the end goal in to relocate the club.  Just move them to Quebec, where people love hockey, and they will have fans.

Because as we've seen in Edmonton, Toronto and Buffalo that tanking works so well....

Detroit doesn't need Bedard or Wright. They'll draft someone who is just as good that fits in there core, likely a European player that isn't on anyone's radar. Look at what Yzerman did in Tampa, nabbing guys like Point and Kucherov out of the first round. Arizona needs a superstar, they thought they were getting one in Strome and they had to salvage what was left of the asset and got Schmaltz for him. Schmaltz turned out to a far superior player on a great contract, so I think if Arizona wants to go scorched Earth then they can. 

For next years' draft, I say Wright goes Arizona, Seattle picks second, Columbus at third, Buffalo at fourth and Nashville at fifth. We'll keep our pick, which you'd have to hope would be in the late teens of the first. If they trade our first, I'll hit the roof. I don't see Matthews signing in Arizona when his contract expires, I think he'll stay in Toronto under an even more grossly-overpaid contract. Matthews hasn't won anything and he's not the best player in the world, I'd say he should be getting $9M instead of $11.6M. By the time Matthews is a UFA, Arizona will either be in Houston or they'll be one of the best young teams in the league or BOTH. 

Ya, i was scratching my head a bit at his comment. It's quite optimistic, and changing out that much of the roster seems significant especially if we're trying to be competitive and adding in rookies. He was also talking about that in reference to Madden, so was he referring to 7 forwards? there's no way. But if I were to take a stab:

F:

Lind

Podz

Hogs

D:

Juolevi

Rafferty

Rathbone

G:

Dipietro

Makes the Madden loss a bit more palatable, which is probably why he said it.

Forgot about Rathbone! Yeah, Rathbone jumps over MacEwen, McDonagh, and Woo.

And yeah, it definitely makes losing Madden palatable. I think it's easy to forget how deep this prospect pool really is.

7 of these players inserted from ahl and juniors  who are the 7 vets that leave  in 2 yrs. Heres my take eriksson, benn, sutter, beagle, tanev, leivo, stecher. 

@Heretic is mostly the piece of garbage that he chose as a VP who's homophobic. Trump is responsible for putting that evil parasite into a position of power though.

I hope Trump wins. He needs to win otherwise say good bye to America! TRUMP 2020 

the link I posted is funny to you @Heretic?  wow. 

Jimmy McGill, both require waivers next season as both have played 3 years of professional hockey.

Id like McEneny to get a spot but Sautner has played well too. My guess is Sautner would pass through waivers do to having less offensive potential but who knows. 

For either to get a spot though Hutton would need to be traded. Maybe Pouliot but Id rather keep him considering the offence he showed this year.

Hutton to Arizona for Domi please

@RetroCanuck

Hutton for Domi. Hell and yes, even if we need to add

@-AJ- -- I don't think Biega is a safe bet to keep his roster spot as I can see him being sent to Utica to become their captain again. I'm also not convinced this d-core will return mainly because they were pretty mediocre this season. I expect one or two of Tanev, Hutton, and/or Pouliot being moved for futures/prospects opening up spots.

And as Jimmy McGill said, both McEneny and Sautner will be waiver eligible so there's a chance one or both could be snagged if they are sent down. Those two (especially McEneny) have worked closely with Travis too so they have an inside track for sticking... much like Archibald became a Green favorite back at training camp this past September despite not having an NHL contract.

You just want to see the train wreck involve another train derailing don't you. 

After Gaudette ruined Bo's birthday and everyone's season, I think Bo may straight up punch him in the face, then dare management and ownership to do something about it.

Apparently Bo missed JT's Halloween party, so even?!?

I’ll give him a bit. I think the media wears on a guy especially in Canada. I am in a agreement with your statement though. I’m always interested to hear what he says. It’s always fresh 

If not ROH a team award named after him?

I love the idea of honouring him - for sure!

@6string Perseverance award would be fitting, similar to the Masterton imo 

i mean he was kinda a goon..

I think having the Canucks make the playoffs without Ericksson versus not making it with him , I am pretty sure Aquilini  would pick play offs

Why reward his outburst with a preferred destination where we can't control his icetime.  Let his rot in Utica's press box.  If he wants to make himself useful, he can grab food for the writers.

I also don't think Dallas would want a locker room cancer like LE around their young players, except maybe an example of what happens to you when you moan about your coach and float around like a useless turd.

But he did all the little things ?

I'd rather take Brooks from Regina. Got to watch him live; he's pretty exciting.

I think Brooks can be signed. I'd try and sign Brooks and draft Phillips... with the hopes that one of these small, speedy wingers becomes a Gaudreau-lite. Only downside I see is that Brooks put up his huge numbers as an overager while Phillips put up his numbers as a 17/18 year old. That's what makes Phillips, in my mind, slightly more exciting. (I also got to see Phillips play once this year and he caught my eye too).

No, Canucks luck is we just wouldn't win the lottery.

The Canucks didn't even win the 1st overall pick when they had a 50% chance.

Honestly, I don't think it's a slap in the face to anybody. It's the league recognizing this tragedy and memorializing them in a meaningful way. All of the players who passed away most likely harbored NHL dreams. Would they have made it if they were still alive to the big show? I don't know. Maybe one or two of them.

My thinking was that it would be a nice gesture from the best hockey league in the world to recognize those kids commitments to the game of hockey. And I only say the ones who passed away because, like you said, I don't know how the survivors would feel. Maybe the entire team could be drafted. Or just the fallen. Those details aren't important right now. I'm not a parent but I feel like it would be an honor if the highest leveled league in the sport my son played honored him on that level after this tragedy. Again, in my mind, they'd be honorary made by the league -- not any team -- either before the draft or after the draft.

I was inspired to share this thought because a few years ago the NBA honorarily drafted a player named Isaiah Austin. Isaiah was diagnosed with Marfan Syndrome rendering a future NBA career moot. I feel like the NHL could do something similar here this year. The circumstances are obviously different but it was a nice thought, at least I thought.

As a parent, I can tell you that as nice of a gesture as it is, it would be a permanent reminder of the loss that was suffered. It does nothing to help the parent during the grieving process, it just seems like a hollow platitude. A base courtesy so the league can say "hey at least we did something".

The examples of other players being drafted when they likely didn't deserve to be, did not involve tragic loss of life, there's a huge difference.

I think that as Deb said, less is more in this instance. The affected families have a gaping hole in their lives that will never be fully healed, the best way to honor these kids is to respect their memory and leave the families to grieve.

Situations like these compel people to feel like they have to do something, and in doing so make it about them and their conscience which is even more insensitive and disrespectful than simply doing nothing.

for perspective, i'll take to worse possible spin on this

just so that all aspects can be considered

so you are asking the parents of the victims to make their kids post mortem commodities that can be drafted by nhl teams

who can then use their new rights to these names and images to do whatever they want with the memory of each kid that is drafted? really?

that provides comfort to who?

McDavid looked very unhappy after the 6-0 drubbing at the hands of Florida. Didn't go full Draisaitl, but don't know how much more of this he will endure before he asks for a trade. Seems like a New York kind guy to me.

Honestly it would absolutely suck to be an Oilers fan. It’s like a dangling fruit that you just can’t reach. Best player in the world and they just can’t build around him. It’s quite amazing actually 

drinking actual tears would dehydrate you though

^ You make a good point... any other team might see Gilman in an assistant GM role, but it sounds like the Hurricanes' owner wants to be the de facto GM and have the actual GM just carry out the marching orders. 

@Down by the River

Could this be why Aquilini hired two GM's who were both rookies?   "the Hurricanes' owner wants to be the de facto GM and have the actual GM just carry out the marching orders." 

"I'd much rather have Gillman whispering into Benning's ear instead of John Weissbroad right now."

I myself would rather have Alf whisper into my ear....but let's not get into that as this is a family friendly message board.

BPA, although with goalies we can usually make an exception with this. Once you get into the later rounds its a complete crap shoot whether guys will turn into NHLers. Drafting D/goalies after round 4 seems like a good bet most years to me.

Vancouver Canucks.

Goalie Factory? 

At first thought that's silly. 

But thinking how the Injury bug loves Vancouver. Maybe not a bad idea?

If you're going the pessimist route, you may as well add another good goalie for when Vancouver inevitably lets a good one go.  Although with Schneider's rapid descent a year or so later, that turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

After last night, I know hockey gods are real. Lets see if they bless us again

Send the twins to the lottery instead of Linden this year.

It is a nice thought. I've been having that same beautiful dream. 

And definitely send the twins to the lotto. We need some Sedinery in there

Ray's are only 2.5 back of Boston too in MLB. 

Might be a chance Tampa’s baseball team relocates.  And they currently don’t have a NBA team.

Trevor Linden for Todd Bertuzzi (who we used later to get Roberto Luongo), Bryan McCabe (who we used to get one of the Sedins) and a draft pick (who we used to select Jarkku Ruutu (sp?)) is a pretty good 2nd place.

Didn't know who he was so I googled him and then I saw his face..... Disliked him more! Get rid of this face from our organization! 

The man behind Mark “the franchise” Jankowski 

meh wat happened there was a difference of opinions   and business  so the moved on

whatever happened it was between Francesco and Linden. My guess is season ticket sales. 

I remember there being speculation (though unconfirmed), that Linden wanted to keep Pettersson in Utica for a year and that was the last straw for Aquilini.