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Brodeur said:
Good thing I was too lazy to make the drive up. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffin' glue.
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That game reminded me of Game 4 of the 2014 Finals where the Kings just completely dominated the Rangers but lost.

The Devils really really needed the 2 points tonight, you just can't give those away vs bad teams like that, especially when you dominate the game. That final WC spot in the East looks like it's going to go to a very meh team this season.
 
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XL pic. You're welcome.

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Brodeur said:
I'll admit that I wanted the Devils to take Patrick #1 that year.

My fun split room "what if" is San Jose in 1993. Their owner fired GM Jack Ferreira after their first year. Instead of appointing a replacement, they set up a co-GM setup between Dean Lombardi, Chuck Grillo, and George Kingston.

Sharks had the #2 pick after being out tanked by Ottawa. Some scouts wanted Chris Pronger. Other scouts wanted Paul Kariya. But Grillo was adamant that they take Viktor Kozlov.

Bonus "what if": Quebec was hosting that draft and really wanted Pronger to go with Sakic/Sundin/Forsberg/Nolan/etc. They offered something centered around Mike Ricci and #10, but the pick was too late to guarantee Kozlov, so San Jose turned it down. Quebec tried to get #3 from Tampa and then would have flipped spots with San Jose but that didn't work.

At some point Quebec's owner tried to negotiate directly with San Jose's owner which infuriated Dean Lombardi. We were only a year removed from Quebec trading Eric Lindros twice, so they didn't have the best reputation.

Just as the draft is about to begin, Quebec makes a bombshell offer: The rights to Peter Forsberg straight up for the #2 pick.

After the draft, Lombardi vented to the press about how he would have done that deal contingent on signing Forsberg. Problem was that the 1988-94 CBA permitted unsigned European draft picks to sign offer sheets after a certain amount of time. In the summer of 1992, Teemu Selanne signed one with Calgary (included a 1.5 mil signing bonus) that Winnipeg begrudgingly matched. The rumor was that Forsberg might get a 4-5 mil signing bonus.

Since Quebec waited until the last minute, Lombardi had no time to contact Forsberg's agent.

Lombardi couldn't take the chance on having to match a bloated offer sheet, so he traded down with Hartford and got Kozlov at #6. Dean got full autonomy in 1996 and traded Kozlov while he still had value in 1997. But interesting to know that the Sharks could have walked out of that draft with Pronger/Kariya/Forsberg but ended up with Kozlov.
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Have mercy aren't we all glad the Sharts didn't get any of those three players. Hope they never win a cup. Never forget Thornton's slide. Suck it San Jose!!!
 
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tny760 said:
rempe v reaves for those interested

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Dude looked at his coach to see if it was okay. Lol. Kid looked like he's still thinking about the Olivier fight. He might have to fight McDerp next time they play the devils if he's dressed.
 
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