Prospect Info: #46 Overall, RD Seamus Casey US-NTDP

[The Wumpus]

Everything I remember was that scouts said DiPietro was the best puckhandling goalie since Brodeur. It was muddled where DiPietro stood compared to Blackburn/Leclaire, so I don't remember people saying DiPietro was best goalie prospect.

Also Paul Martin's picture from the THN issue is priceless:

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I didn't need to read it to remember that Martin was described as "willowy"

 

[My3Sons]

NCAA had an arbitrary rule in place for players to be drafted and still be "amateurs." Funniest case might have been Rick DiPietro who was supposed to be in the 2001 Draft, but his advisor(s) were worried that he might be the third goalie taken behind Dan Blackburn and Pascal Leclaire. Back in those days there was a rookie salary cap but it wasn't as stringent as it would be post-2005. So there was more financial incentive to go top 5 rather than be in the mid-first round.

DiPietro's people kicked the tires and it seemed like he'd go top 5 if he were to enter 2000 but at the cost of his NCAA eligibility. DiPietro declared so late that he wasn't included among Central Scouting's list of top North American goaltenders. Islanders won the lottery a month later and simultaneously got new owners. One of them in particular seemed to take a ton of pride in taking a goalie first since nobody had done it before. Several years later, he'd be in prison.

Minnesota had DiPietro 3rd on their list but happily took Marian Gaborik who they had #1. Columbus had DiPietro 4th (and they would take Leclaire in the first a year later).

Funny to think if they hadn't won the lottery, they might have been defaulted into keeping Roberto Luongo. Or if DiPietro decided to stay in school, they would have had Gaborik-Jokinen-Luongo instead of Parrish-Kvasha-DiPietro.



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I recently bought the THN 2000 Draft preview on eBay. I had fond memories of having the cover posted on my dorm room wall. I'm definitely ready to rehash!

Jon Spanos (if my Swiss cheese memory is accurate with his name) should be a hero not a villain. The man almost pulled off the dream almost all of us have to own a sports team and not already be a billionaire. So close. As crimes go he got a raw deal compared to a lot of people.

 

[Brodeur]

Jon Spanos (if my Swiss cheese memory is accurate with his name) should be a hero not a villain. The man almost pulled off the dream almost all of us have to own a sports team and not already be a billionaire. So close. As crimes go he got a raw deal compared to a lot of people.

Sadly it wasn't even Spano. Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar bought the Islanders in 2000. Kumar made the DiPietro announcement.

Ex-CA CEO Gets 12 Years In Prison

Sanjay Kumar Also Fined $8 Million In Accounting Fraud Scandal At Business Software Vendor

www.cbsnews.com

He got arrested a few years later for accounting fraud.

 

[Blackjack]

Everything I remember was that scouts said DiPietro was the best puckhandling goalie since Brodeur. It was muddled where DiPietro stood compared to Blackburn/Leclaire, so I don't remember people saying DiPietro was best goalie prospect.

Also Paul Martin's picture from the THN issue is priceless:

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“Once the skilled defensemen are snapped up in this year’s draft…”

 

[My3Sons]

Sadly it wasn't even Spano. Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar bought the Islanders in 2000. Kumar made the DiPietro announcement.

Ex-CA CEO Gets 12 Years In Prison

Sanjay Kumar Also Fined $8 Million In Accounting Fraud Scandal At Business Software Vendor

www.cbsnews.com

He got arrested a few years later for accounting fraud.

My cheesy memory failed me. That’s a whole different thing.

 

[Nubmer6]

Peanut paste! No sugar, different cooking method, absolutely different influence on health. But don`t use it with problems of liver.

Pecan is the best nut without any competition.

Pecans are a pain in the ass to open (if you get them with the shells on).

I love boiled peanuts. Not very common here; I think it's a southern specialty.

 

[Guadana]

Pecans are a pain in the ass to open (if you get them with the shells on).

I love boiled peanuts. Not very common here; I think it's a southern specialty.

Pecan is like Casey - if he will open what hidden inside, than something great will going on.
Sunflower seeds is a very popular thing here.

 

[Sheros expletives]

Pecan is like Casey - if he will open what hidden inside, than something great will going on.
Sunflower seeds is a very popular thing here.

Sunflower seeds are for birds.

 

[Guadana]

Sunflower seeds are for birds.

Sunflower seeds are an awesome snack. Don’t know if you’ve had cracked pepper sunflower seeds but they’re awesome!

Typical Devs3cups

Actual photo of Devs3cups

 

[devilsblood]

Cashews walnuts and pecans are the best nuts. Almonds have great flavor but they’re hard as rocks and annoying to eat. Pistachios are also great but too expensive.

I have no issues eating Almonds. You must have soft teeth or something


But you can try raw almonds. Which are supposedly more healthy. At least that is what the gf is always telling me.

 

[forceten]

I have 5 pecan trees and I always forget to harvest the pecans every september.

 

[Guadana]

I have 5 pecan trees and I always forget to harvest the pecans every september.

How? Its a crime! You should be dispossessed.

 

[Blackjack]

 

[forceten]

How? Its a crime! You should be dispossessed.

They’re rather tall trees but if you can get them out you’re welcome to them. They shade my apple pear and peach trees

 

[Hisch13r]

Just looking at some old stuff and realized he also wore #43 in his U17 year. If only he then went to #6 his U18 year

 

[My3Sons]

They’re rather tall trees but if you can get them out you’re welcome to them. They shade my apple pear and peach trees

That’s a great selection of fruit trees. I’m jealous.

 

[TrufleShufle]

Just looking at some old stuff and realized he also wore #43 in his U17 year. If only he then went to #6 his U18 year

What the hell are you talking about? Please get back on topic.

 

[Xirik]

They’re rather tall trees but if you can get them out you’re welcome to them. They shade my apple pear and peach trees

I really love your peaches, want to shake your tree~

 

[Sheros expletives]

 

[Guadana]

They’re rather tall trees but if you can get them out you’re welcome to them. They shade my apple pear and peach trees

That’s a great selection of fruit trees. I’m jealous.

Its literally my and my wife's favorite trees. Especially with pecan. Do you livе in Greece on your own island? I can paint your villa/fazenda to make your aristocratic weekday more aristocratic.

Just looking at some old stuff and realized he also wore #43 in his U17 year. If only he then went to #6 his U18 year

What the hell are you talking about? Please get back on topic.

Hisch13r is a typical off topper. Whats the hell is NJDevs26 thinking about?

 

[forceten]

That’s a great selection of fruit trees. I’m jealous.

Don't be. They've only been in ground 4 years and haven't grown well or done much, mainly due to the canopy, which my wife refuses to let me deal with.

2 x cherry, 4 x apple, 2 x pear, 2 x peach/nectarine, a fig, and a self-pollinating plum. It's frustrating. I had a similar contingent (plus some cider apple and pear trees too) in NJ before I moved, and they were in ground 5-6 years at that point and ready to start popping out fruit. The new owner cut them all down.

 

[My3Sons]

Don't be. They've only been in ground 4 years and haven't grown well or done much, mainly due to the canopy, which my wife refuses to let me deal with.

2 x cherry, 4 x apple, 2 x pear, 2 x peach/nectarine, a fig, and a self-pollinating plum. It's frustrating. I had a similar contingent (plus some cider apple and pear trees too) in NJ before I moved, and they were in ground 5-6 years at that point and ready to start popping out fruit. The new owner cut them all down.

I would love a fruit orchard. I have to make do with one small blackberry bush.

 

[Saugus]

I really love your peaches, want to shake your tree~

Peaches come from a can, they were put there by a man, in a factory downtown!

 

[My3Sons]

I really love your peaches, want to shake your tree~

 

[Devils731]

Took on the whole team going wide.