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crassbonanza said:
Devils lost in the shootout to the Flyers, still sitting at 2 wins. The Rangers and Devils were way too overhyped this offseason.
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THey showed the Devils losses during the game and counting last night, they've lost 6 or 7 games when leading in the 3rd, some of them by multiple goal leads.
Goaltending has been awful. Louis Domingue might help, was worth a 7th.He can't be much worse.

I'm betting Taylor Hall is moving on come July.
 
deeshamrock said:
THey showed the Devils losses during the game and counting last night, they've lost 6 or 7 games when leading in the 3rd, some of them by multiple goal leads.
Goaltending has been awful. Louis Domingue might help, was worth a 7th.He can't be much worse.

I'm betting Taylor Hall is moving on come July.
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I think you are right about Hall being gone. Did you see him taunting his own fan base after scoring a goal? It's actually pretty hilarious.
 
SettlementRichie10 said:
We called this a “gibo” when I was growing up. Some kid named Gibo scored a goal like this in inline bantams and the name stuck.
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It's news to me that other players were calling it a 'Gibo'. We just called it THE MICHIGAN.

My brother played with Jared Gibo all throughout Pee-Wee's and Bantams on the OC Blades (roller hockey, not ice). I forget which game he did it, but it was during a Narch championship game.

I think even Jared's younger brother Jonathan also pulled off that Michigan move in a game or two. Hell, I think Kenny (the youngest of the 3 Gibo's) also pulled it off in Mites or Squirts or whatever division it was back then.

I'm old.
 
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savemefromtears said:
It's news to me that other players were calling it a 'Gibo'. We just called it THE MICHIGAN.

My brother played with Jared Gibo all throughout Pee-Wee's and Bantams on the OC Blades (roller hockey, not ice). I forget which game he did it, but it was during a Narch championship game.

I think even Jared's younger brother Jonathan also pulled off that Michigan move in a game or two. Hell, I think Kenny (the youngest of the 3 Gibo's) also pulled it off in Mites or Squirts or whatever division it was back then.

I'm old.
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If one of those kids pulled off The Michigan, it was definitely a high stick and didn't count :sarcasm:
 
YP44 said:
Imagine if the Sens end up with 2 top 5 picks.
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Between Ottawa losing a top-5 pick to Colorado last year and San Jose potentially losing a top-5 pick to Ottawa this year, I think we're going to see a steep downturn of first round picks traded for seasons in the future.
 
I agree.

Maybe it didn't show up on the initial x rays. Not all breaks do. I had one in my foot that didn't. But in that case he still would have had to go through the contractual process regarding differing medical opinons.

Lots we don't know. I can't see Buff playing for the jets again though.
 
YP44 said:
Imagine if the Sens end up with 2 top 5 picks.
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Was trying to think of other 'recent' instances of teams having two picks in the top 10:

1994: Edmonton has picks #4 and #6, take Jason Bonsignore and Ryan Smyth. Along with Alex Daigle, Bonsignore has become synonymous with teams needing to make sure that the prospect actually likes playing hockey.

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1997: Boston took Joe Thornton at #1 and then were shocked when Sergei Samsonov was still there at #8. Funny things lost to history is that Samsonov was initially much more effective than Thornton and ended up winning the Calder. Also random trivia, the Bruins had retired every single digit (at the time they figured Cam Neely's #8 would go up eventually) except for #1 and #6. They made Thornton wear #6 at first, with the implication being that they would retire it one day.

1997: To the shock of many, the Islanders take Roberto Luongo and Eric Brewer #4 and #5. At the time the Islanders were well-stocked on D and goalies, so most expected them to take Daniel Tkaczuk and Sergei Samsonov. Islanders arguably made the right picks, but Mike Milbury didn't have the patience to wait it out.

1999: Vancouver gets the Sedins at #2 and #3. Brian Burke would admit years later that he tried to get #1 too and he would have selected Patrik Stefan.

1999: Islanders take Tim Connolly #5, Taylor Pyatt #8, and Branislav Mezei #10. Wrong year to have three picks in the top 10.

2000: NY Islanders get Rick DiPietro #1 and trade back up to get Raffi Torres at #5. Perhaps a time that a team was unfortunate that it won the lottery.

2002: Florida makes an overly complicated trade down but still gets Jay Bouwmeester at #3, then take Petr Taticek at #9.
 
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Bandit said:
Hard to believe it’s been 13 years since the story broke that we signed him and then 30 seconds later he was a Bruin.
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I remember on the old version of HFBoards that an Islanders fan suggested a Chara for Jason Arnott trade circa 2001. Younger me tore that idea to shreds.
 
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