So how many agree that the 2005 NHL draft was fixed for the Penguins

[The Hanging Jowl]

How many people read the title of this thread and said (please don't be a Leafs fan, please don't be a Leafs fan, please don't be a Leafs fan, please don't be a Leafs fan, please don't be a Leafs fan, please don't be a Leafs fan, please don't be a Leafs fan, please don't be a Leafs fan, please don't be a Leafs fan, please don't be a Leafs fan, please don't be a Leafs fan, please don't be a Leafs fan, please don't be a Leafs fan, please don't be a Leafs fan)?

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

once Crosby was awarded, that in its self saved the franchise from moving

And why would this matter to the Flyers? Or the Rangers? Hawks? Leafs?

You keep ignoring the fact that if Bettman rigged it for the Pens, the 29 other owners/GMs wouldn't stand for that. He works for them, too, you know.

 

[tailgunner]

I think we have ourselves a flat Earther.

I hear Bettman also staged the moon landing.

yeah ok...do some research and tell me why keep the ping pong balls private with no witnesses ?

 

[K Fleur]

You could just tell this was gonna be a quality thread from the title.

Plenty of real hard evidence, and definitely not just the musings of a seemingly disgruntled sports fan.



The earth is flat too.

 

[McRpro]

why have a secret ping pong drawing with no witnesses? why ?

Proof? I seem to recall each team had a representative that witnessed it. That, or all the owners were present.

 

[Baxterman]

why have a secret ping pong drawing with no witnesses? why ?

There were witnesses.

Just because you continue to ignore that fact doesn't change anything.

 

[MtoD]

NHL CBA ratified on July 22nd, 2005.

CBA Ratified by NHL Board of Governors | NHL.com - Collective Bargaining Agreement

NHL Draft Lottery also held on July 22nd, 2005.

= NHL Draft Lottery held at Board of Governors meeting on July 22nd, 2005.

2005 NHL Entry Draft Lottery Results | NHL.com - Collective Bargaining Agreement

The Pittsburgh Penguins won the National Hockey League Draft Drawing, held today following the League's Board of Governors meeting in New York, and obtained the first overall selection for the 2005 Entry Draft, to be held Saturday, July 30 (noon, ET) at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa.

 

[Le Tricolore]

No good has come or will come from this thread. Unless you have evidence to say the draft was rigged (you don't), don't bother posting another thread about it.