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We just beat NYI, EDM and NJD. We play the shitty Flyers on the weekend, we win that and we are 2 pts behind with 2 games in hand. Once we pass Philadelphia, we won't get ahead of them again. Blues are scorching everything down and sucking worse than most other teams.
Really dire spot. If we had played as we should have, we'd be at 47 pts tied with SJS and 1 game in hand.
f***ing idiots.
I have faith that the lottery portion of it is rigged either way so I don't much care about the odds, and unless we're top-3 I don't think it really matters since we won't be taking Michkov.
Pick 4-9 the Habs are probably reaching for Reinbacher, with the confidence that they have the Florida pick to use on a forward or in a trade for PLD. Don't see us taking Michkov, Smith is too close to Hughes, Benson and Cristall are too small, another Slovak would be egregious, Barlow is too old, and Leonard or Moore don't move the needle for us as we have similar players in our system. Sale is the only other guy I could see our management fall in love with, he fits the profile of what they're trying to build -- but I would take the gamble that he's there with the next pick
The Kotkaniemi lotto win after we traded for John Scott was probably fair compensation from the league, and the 1st overall win was a great narrative with the draft hosted in Montreal and we had the best odds.
Not sure if the narrative is there for us this year, unless the NHL thinks it's a good idea to put the next superstar in Montreal