NHL Draft lottery race II - Bruins locked into 5th before ping pong balls.
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O'Brien had a great second half of the season.
Martone was the opposite, that is why he fell. He got off to a awesome start of the season and faded a bit past Christmas.
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Sure they do, but you can't tell the players that. they are at home and I think the more talented team. Short of benching players I would put my money on Buffalo. Guess we find out soon.
Schaefer. He'll be a stud. A true #1D that can run a PP.
If it is Sweeney and Neely making the choice, I'm not confident.
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When management wavedthe goal was to get into the bottom 11 and get a shot to move up.
But players don't embrace tanks
Hey I hear ya - I wouldn't expect players to mail it in. If they are iced, they shouldn't. Whether top guys should have been sent to PIT is another question.
What I was really getting at was that we are going to end at either 4th or 5th last, when if we had only 3 more points we could be looking at 9th. Shows how thin the margin was, and how a lot of things went "right" with the tank despite the frustrating points they got in the last 2 games.
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I have the same feeling, but for me I am more comfortable with them drafting 1-4, anything under that makes me nervous
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Sure the point is more relative to saying Philly would absolutely lose s to not mess up their pick. Buffalo has as much if not more incentive.
These ranking are likely the culmination of a few months of data, and the playoffs likely are not , or just barely factored in
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I see you used the one Bettman will be using. At least we know now. Hopefully Martone is available at 5
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O’Brien getting lot of attention ~ the Krejci vibe someone brought up seems appropriate, even a right shot, similar build center
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O’Brien has been an excellent junior player as a leading player on a top OHL team. O'Brien displays the high-end patience and vision to hold onto pucks for an extra second to make difficult plays and run an NHL power play. He's extremely skilled with the puck, showing the soft touch and quick hands to create a lot of scoring chances and improvise on difficult plays often. He's a decent enough skater. His game can lack pace at times in part because he pulls up to make his skilled plays too much, but when he gets going, he moves well. O'Brien isn't overly physical, but he gets to the net to create chances, can kill penalties and isn't a pushover. He projects as a very good top two line center who could score a lot in the NHL.
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O’Brien has been an excellent junior player as a leading player on a top OHL team. O'Brien displays the high-end patience and vision to hold onto pucks for an extra second to make difficult plays and run an NHL power play. He's extremely skilled with the puck, showing the soft touch and quick hands to create a lot of scoring chances and improvise on difficult plays often. He's a decent enough skater. His game can lack pace at times in part because he pulls up to make his skilled plays too much, but when he gets going, he moves well. O'Brien isn't overly physical, but he gets to the net to create chances, can kill penalties and isn't a pushover. He projects as a very good top two line center who could score a lot in the NHL.
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Desnoyer plays in the Q, known for big offensive numbers.
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Basically we get one of
Schaefer
Misa
Desnoyers
Frondell
Martone
Hagens
OBrien
I won’t complain
Schaefer
Misa
Desnoyers
Frondell
Martone
Hagens
OBrien
I won’t complain
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I feel the same way. Notable mention Eklund
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If they won the lottery I would see if San Jose or Chicago would toss us their 2nd rounder to swap picks. Especially San Jose. Then I take Misa after they take Schaefer. Something like that. Schaefer will be great, but he's not really what we need. If there's no deal you take him though and maybe move some roster pieces we currently have.
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That’s what Dom says but there is no guarantee San Jose is willing to give up assets for shaefer over misa. And maybe San Jose knows the bruins want a centre and don’t bother knowing they still could get him.
I'm an old fart. Can you post the article for "old farts" like me please!?!
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I know for a fact that Bob Wetick likes O'Brien. His words "but not in the top four".
I guess I should have asked him if he likes him at 5.
I will have to get a hold of Reed over the weekend who had a chat with Sweeney when DS went to Brantford to see O'Brien personally.
I guess I should have asked him if he likes him at 5.
I will have to get a hold of Reed over the weekend who had a chat with Sweeney when DS went to Brantford to see O'Brien personally.
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The Bruins have no second line
This pick has to be a foundational piece so they trade (back)
Any of the C or Martone work ~ all should give you that Foundation to build a strong line 2
This pick has to be a foundational piece so they trade (back)
Any of the C or Martone work ~ all should give you that Foundation to build a strong line 2
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So they clearly got 4 guys on their radar which probably bunmed them out dropping to 5 hopefully temporarily
Wonder who they are
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