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Brodeur said:
I'd go 4+4 for them.

F: Forsberg, Neal, Johansen, Arvidsson
D: Josi, Subban, Ekholm, Ellis

Vegas would probably pick between Colin Wilson or Craig Smith. Wilson has shown flashes but never seemed to be able to put it together. Smith has potted 20 a few times, but is replaceable from a Nashville perspective.

Minnesota will be an interesting team since they have five D worth protecting.
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I think Vegas will have a plethora of D to chose from. Not a #1 but lots of 3/4 guys and youth that cannot be protected.
 
Anybody know why the game on Monday is at 1pm? I checked my tickets and NHL website and they both say 1pm. That's pretty silly for a Monday game.
 
Watching the Ducks/Avs game, the Avs really are one of the saddest teams to watch. Poor execution, no cohesion, and zero semblance of any system, style of play or team identity. They look like they've quit on their team and teammates and have probably tuned out a rookie head coach who's in over his head.
 
tsanuri said:
That's the exact reason. A federal holiday but not a holiday that many others get that aren't federal employees. Not a smart move really.
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I'm not a federal employee and I get MLK. Then again my company also shuts down for the week of the 4th of July and for the week between Christmas and new years. Tech perks, I guess.
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
Watching the Ducks/Avs game, the Avs really are one of the saddest teams to watch. Poor execution, no cohesion, and zero semblance of any system, style of play or team identity. They look like they've quit on their team and teammates and have probably tuned out a rookie head coach who's in over his head.
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That's the saddest and most noticeable thing to me, they look like they've quit, and hard to have trust in a system when you know the next guy doesn't care about it.

Sucks to have to rebuild a rebuild, but the avs need to bail and start semi-fresh. They have some nice pieces, but they'll need to move them to jump start a different culture. Lot of latent talent but it doesn't matter if it's such a mess internally. Reminds me of Giguere going ******* on them for planning the Vegas trip.
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
Watching the Ducks/Avs game, the Avs really are one of the saddest teams to watch. Poor execution, no cohesion, and zero semblance of any system, style of play or team identity. They look like they've quit on their team and teammates and have probably tuned out a rookie head coach who's in over his head.
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They had no problem getting their **** together when they played us.We got smoked badly!
 
minor trade

TSN Hockey ‏@TSNHockey 1h1 hour ago

MAKING A MOVE: @Avalanche trade F Cody McLeod to the @PredsNHL for F Felix Girard. #TradeCentre

and

Pens Coach ejected from game


With about 2 minutes in the game (Sens beating Pens 4-1 ) Mike Sullivan got thrown out of the game. I don't know the last time I saw that, just something that rarely happens.
He didn't like the goalie interference call on Justin Schultz and let Wes McCauley know just how much he didn't like it.

Wes sent him to the showers early...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF03u9mGBPo
 
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deeshamrock said:
minor trade

TSN Hockey ‏@TSNHockey 1h1 hour ago

MAKING A MOVE: @Avalanche trade F Cody McLeod to the @PredsNHL for F Felix Girard. #TradeCentre

and

Pens Coach ejected from game


With about 2 minutes in the game (Sens beating Pens 4-1 ) Mike Sullivan got thrown out of the game. I don't know the last time I saw that, just something that rarely happens.
He didn't like the goalie interference call on Justin Schultz and let Wes McCauley know just how much he didn't like it.

Wes sent him to the showers early...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF03u9mGBPo
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Credit to Sullivan for not blowing up in the media. I forget exactly what he said (running out on my phone) but something to the effect of "what was said out there stays on the ice." But just like with Clifford and Reaves the other night, I'd kill to have a wire out there for those situations :laugh:
 
As hard as this article /interview was to read, it was worth it. It was heartbreaking to hear Derek Boogaard's father speak about his son's life and untimely death.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...e-head-trauma/article33582274/?click=sf_globe


I can't imagine how hard it is to bury your child. But when I read this, it really hit hard. Imagine thinking about that and how often, wondering how much you had to do with his path forward? That his ticket to the NHL was being an enforcer.

“You’re a dad,†he says. “You’re supposed to be looking after your kids. In hindsight it is always, ‘Well, maybe I should have done this, maybe I should have done that.’ When I was taking him to Saskatoon for boxing lessons at 15, it’s like, ‘What was I thinking?’ â€
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The pain that led to his pill addiction and his father pleading for him to get help. but Boogaard's hesitancy because he had no skill, and was afraid he'd lose his job to John Scott.

Derek had cause for concern. The Wild had another young player, John Scott, who was an inch taller than Derek, almost as heavy, and just as willing. “John Scott was there to take his job,†was Len’s view.
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This too, where he wasn't aware of the effects of concussion but saw the physical damage to his hands.

“I didn’t know anything about concussions,†he says. “The thing that kept cropping up in my mind was his hands. His hands were just mangled. His knuckles were pushed back. He was losing dexterity in them. I worried about what he was going to do because they were just essentially claws, his hands. And that’s the only thing that I worried about – his hands. I didn’t have any idea of the concussion issue.â€
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And to think he was only 28, and the sadness and fear that he lived with as his career was souring.

Making the decision to have his brain examined after death, so that it might prevent something similar in the future and the results that were tragic.

When McKee finished her examination, she told them that Derek had CTE in his brain to a level she had never found in someone so young. She told them that, had Derek lived, he would have had dementia by middle age.
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His father is working to have fighting banned from the sport. The one way he can do something to help ease the pain of the lose.

Rest in Peace, Derek.
 
Hayley Wickenheiser , 38 years young, retired.

Best female hockey player of all time, and everything you'd want as a leader, teammate and competitor. 4 Olympic gold and 1 silver, played in a professional men's league and played well. A model of inspiration of every girl over the last 20 years who's picked up a hockey stick.

Best of luck to you and thanks for all you did for the sport.



Hayley Wickenheiser Verified account 
‏@wick_22
Dear Canada. It has been the great honour of my life to play for you. Time to hang em up!! Thank you! #grateful #graduationday #canada
 
Flyers Alumni playing the Pens Alumni tonight in Philly. Legion of Doom line reunited
Commentator noted that in the 3 seasons from 1994 to 1997, Lindros , Renberg and LeClair combined for 300 goals and 700 points.
Average height and weight on the line 6'3 and 238 pounds.
As one reporter put it, who covered them, it was like a tidal wave of anger coming down the ice shift after shift.
I loved that line and it brought back a lot of good memories and a bit of bitterness that Clarke, who never was a good GM, wouldn't pay for a top goalie , and stated so saying it wasn't necessary. 1n 1998 , he had to replace Hexy and Cujo, mike richter and john Vanbiesbrouck were all available and instead of shelling out good money for a top goalie, he went cheap with Beezer and defended it.

And Tim Kerr being undrafted and giving the Flyers 4 straight 50 goal seasons. JOhn Le Clair being a throw in the trade to the Habs in the trade for Eric Desjardin and turning in 3 straight 50 goal seasons
 
deeshamrock said:
As hard as this article /interview was to read, it was worth it. It was heartbreaking to hear Derek Boogaard's father speak about his son's life and untimely death.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...e-head-trauma/article33582274/?click=sf_globe


I can't imagine how hard it is to bury your child. But when I read this, it really hit hard. Imagine thinking about that and how often, wondering how much you had to do with his path forward? That his ticket to the NHL was being an enforcer.




The pain that led to his pill addiction and his father pleading for him to get help. but Boogaard's hesitancy because he had no skill, and was afraid he'd lose his job to John Scott.



This too, where he wasn't aware of the effects of concussion but saw the physical damage to his hands.





And to think he was only 28, and the sadness and fear that he lived with as his career was souring.

Making the decision to have his brain examined after death, so that it might prevent something similar in the future and the results that were tragic.



His father is working to have fighting banned from the sport. The one way he can do something to help ease the pain of the lose.

Rest in Peace, Derek.
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Very sad for the son and father.
 
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