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Colorado had the worst record, picked 4th, and ended up with the best player anyway. Or 2nd best if you think Miro is better.
Elias Pettersson could be considered the best when all is said and done.Colorado had the worst record, picked 4th, and ended up with the best player anyway. Or 2nd best if you think Miro is better.
Elias Pettersson could be considered the best when all is said and done.
Man, even admittedly being sour on Patrick heading into that draft due to his injury history this hurts to see. Unfortunately I can also very much relate to his reasoning for retiring.Dang. That sucks.
Ex-No. 2 pick Patrick retires at 25 years old
Nolan Patrick, the No. 2 pick in the 2017 NHL draft, appears to have ended his playing career at age 25.www.espn.com
EDIT: 6.5 years later, this is an absolute bonkers top 5
# Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 1 Nico Hischier (C) Switzerland New Jersey Devils Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) 2 Nolan Patrick (C) Canada Philadelphia Flyers Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) 3 Miro Heiskanen (D) Finland Dallas Stars HIFK (Liiga) 4 Cale Makar (D) Canada Colorado Avalanche Brooks Bandits (AJHL) 5 Elias Pettersson (C) Sweden Vancouver Canucks Timra IK (HockeyAllsvenskan)
Thus the "When all is said and done". Certainly Makar has been much better than anyone else in his draft to this point.I mean, sure, long career ahead. But Makar is in rarified air territory already. HOF territory. It’s not close so far.
Without us including Necas, Buffalo was never that interestedI think Tkachuk is brought up because it was literally between us and St. Louis until the final minute, and we were apparently the favorites. And then Florida came out of apparently nowhere with an over-the-top offer compared to what we and St. Louis were offering.
I don't think Eichel was ever close to anything but an inquiry.
Yep. I know we were the late favorites on that one and know the package was built around Necas and futures (no idea what, probably Nikishin included but eff it) then Florida came in out of nowhere and offered up Huberdeau after a literal record setting year, and that was that.I think Tkachuk is brought up because it was literally between us and St. Louis until the final minute, and we were apparently the favorites. And then Florida came out of apparently nowhere with an over-the-top offer compared to what we and St. Louis were offering.
I don't think Eichel was ever close to anything but an inquiry.
The Sabres scored 9 goals the game after giving up 9.
LOLeafs
You sure about that Auston
Curious if anyone can give any highlights to this article, which sounds interesting. Also I wonder if he talks about the increasing use of three tenders around the league, and how the Canes were roundly LOLed at when they went with the Andersen-Rantaa-Kooch trio to start one season.
The article was contradictory. They write about the increase of tandems but say the numbers don’t suggest that is any correlation between using tandems and winning.
Its a copycat league and vegas won the cup with a 3 goalie tandem.
Hellebuyck didn’t get moved because his trade market was cold
A shame the game was decided by a skills competition after all of that. Or is it? Might be fitting in a game of pond hockey like this.This Wings/Flyers game is getting silly. Flyers come back from 5-1 down to go ahead 6-5 and then immediately give up the tying goal 6-6. Sadly, they'll probably end up in OT even though there's a few left in regulation.
This Wings/Flyers game is getting silly. Flyers come back from 5-1 down to go ahead 6-5 and then immediately give up the tying goal 6-6. Sadly, they'll probably end up in OT even though there's a few left in regulation.
I like shootouts more than ties but I'm with the folks that would like 10 minutes of 3 on 3. Especially in a game like this that was already pond hockey as you say but then also had a pretty fun OT going.A shame the game was decided by a skills competition after all of that. Or is it? Might be fitting in a game of pond hockey like this.
But tge flip side is you would have 10 minutes of Caps OTI like shootouts more than ties but I'm with the folks that would like 10 minutes of 3 on 3. Especially in a game like this that was already pond hockey as you say but then also had a pretty fun OT going.
But tge flip side is you would have 10 minutes of Caps OT
Well, either way they should probably consider rules to stop that stupidity.But tge flip side is you would have 10 minutes of Caps OT