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Not gonna lie...felt them feels when Burr scored that so goal with that bow celebration.
__________________ "There's a lot of dead people who had the right of way." "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." "I have a lot of beliefs, and I live by none of them. They're just my beliefs, they make me feel good about who I am. But if they get in the way of a thing I want, like I wanna jack off or something, I just do that."
this better be the last time we see bartkowski. sbisa is already terrible, but this guy is on a whole new level.
but at least he led the tank
last but not least i would like to thank torts.
-got us a 2nd rounder in 2016/2017/2018
-got us 6th overall pick in Virtanen
-guarantee us a top 6 pick this year, by winning against chicago today
At the time this was posted, this wasn't true. A VAN ROW combined with a CBJ OTL would've resulted in CBJ finishing 28th as VAN held the tie-breaker (tied in ROW, VAN won season series).
Fortunately, CBJ won, so we've locked in 28th place regardless of the result of our game.
VAN was behind by 2 ROWs prior to today's game no?
with the win tonight VAN are at 26 ROW and even if CBJ loss in OT tonight they would still be at 27 ROW, but they won so they're now at 28 ROW
VAN was behind by 2 ROWs prior to today's game no?
with the win tonight VAN are at 26 ROW and even if CBJ loss in OT tonight they would still be at 27 ROW, but they won so they're now at 28 ROW
The worst we can pick is 6th, but we have an 11.5% chance of 1st overall.
ISS Top 30 for April
Spoiler!
Player Position Birth Shot Height Weight Team League
1 Matthews, Auston C 9/17/1997 L 6.01.5 210 Zurich ZSC SuiA
2 Puljujarvi, Jesse RW 5/7/1998 R 6.03 203 Karpat FinE
3 Laine, Patrik LW 4/19/1998 R 6.04 209 Tappara FinE
4 Nylander, Alexander RW 3/2/1998 R 6.00.5 179 Mississauga OHL
5 Dubois, Pierre-Luc LW 6/24/1998 L 6.02.5 202 Cape Breton QMJHL
6 Tkachuk, Matthew LW 12/11/1997 L 6.01.25 195 London OHL
7 Chychrun, Jakob LD 3/31/1998 L 6.02 215 Sarnia OHL
8 Sergachev, Mikhail RD 6/25/1998 L 6.02.5 206 Windsor OHL
9 McLeod, Michael C 2/3/1998 R 6.02.25 188 Mississauga OHL
10 Juolevi, Olli LD 5/5/1998 L 6.02.5 179 London OHL
11 Brown, Logan C 3/5/1998 L 6.06 222 Windsor OHL
12 Keller, Clayton C 7/29/1998 L 5.09.5 168 NTDP USA Under-18 USHL
13 Jones, Max LW 2/17/1998 L 6.03 205 London OHL
14 Rubtsov, German C 6/27/1998 L 6.02 178 Russia MHL 98 RusJr
15 Bean, Jake LD 6/9/1998 L 5.11.75 173 Calgary WHL
16 Bellows, Kieffer C 6/10/1998 L 6.00 196 NTDP USA Under-18 USHL
17 Kunin, Luke RW 12/4/1997 R 5.11.75 193 Wisconsin BigTen
18 Jost, Tyson RW 3/14/1998 L 5.11 191 Penticton BCHL
19 Gauthier, Julien RW 10/15/1997 R 6.03.5 225 Val d'Or QMJHL
20 Tufte, Riley LW 4/10/1998 L 6.04.75 205 Fargo USHL
21 McAvoy, Charles RD 12/21/1997 R 6.00.25 208 Boston University H.E.
22 Thompson, Tage C 10/30/1997 R 6.05 185 Connecticut H.E.
23 Bastian, Nathan C 12/6/1997 R 6.03.75 208 Mississauga OHL
24 Howden, Brett LW 3/29/1998 L 6.02.25 193 Moose Jaw WHL
25 Debrincat, Alexander C 12/18/1997 R 5.07 163 Erie OHL
26 Laberge, Pascal C 4/9/1998 R 6.01 175 Victoriaville QMJHL
27 Raddysh, Taylor RW 2/18/1998 R 6.01.75 203 Erie OHL
28 Katchouk, Boris LW 6/18/1998 L 6.01 181 S.S. Marie OHL
29 Abramov, Vitalii LW 5/8/1998 L 5.08.75 172 Gatineau QMJHL
30 Pu, Cliff RW 6/3/1998 R 6.01.5 192 London OHL
Published April 06 2016
Lots of great players in the top 6. Getting a top 3 would be icing on the cake
For the first time, the NHL will run its draft lottery for the top three picks. But that's not the only thing you need to know for the 2016 NHL Draft lottery.
As a result of the new format, the team who finished 30th in the regular season can now drop to fourth overall, and will not be guaranteed a top-two pick. After the three lotteries are run, the 11 remaining teams will slot into pick 4-14 based on where they finished in the standings (least points picking 4th, with regulation and overtime wins for all tiebreakers).
Last season, the NHL Draft gave all 14 non-playoff teams a chance to pick first overall -- where only the worst five teams had previously been able to move up to the top selection -- for the first time.
In order to in theory prevent tanking for the first overall pick in two draft classes where Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews were available, the NHL has also reduced the odds of the 30th overall team winning the lottery from one-in-four in 2014 to one-in-five in 2015 and 2016. In 2015, the Edmonton Oilers had an 11.5 per cent chance of winning the lottery when they moved up to select McDavid.
Because the lottery is now being held for three different selections, each non-playoff team can pick anywhere from four to seven different spots, dependent on which teams ahead or behind them in the standings win each of the top three picks.
Under the new system, the seven lowest finishing teams actually have higher odds of moving back one spot in the draft than any of their chances of moving up or staying put.
The 2016 NHL Draft lottery will be held on April 30, 2016, in Toronto ahead of the first round of this year's draft on June 24 in Buffalo. After each draw, the remaining teams will readjust proportionally.
In order for a prospect to be eligible for the 2016 NHL Draft, he must be 18 years old on or before Sept. 15, 2016.
For the Toronto Maple Leafs, the 30th-place finish still means there's a nearly 50/50 chance they don't draft in the top three. In a class where a clear-cut top three has developed, and the players ranked from 4-8 can all be reasonably argued as the fourth best prospect in the class, those odds aren't nothing.
If all three of the lotteries are won by teams who finished 27th or higher then the Leafs in all likelihood won't have a chance at selecting any of Auston Matthews, Patrik Laine, and Jesse Puljujarvi.
Still, for the second straight season, the Leafs will have a top-four pick.
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“The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place... and I don´t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently, if you let it. You, me or nobody, is gonna hit as hard as life. But ain't about how hard you hit... It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward... how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That´s how winning is done. Now, if you know what you worth, go out and get what you worth.” - Rocky Balboa
Watch the fucking coilers get 1 overall again just cus
__________________ "There's a lot of dead people who had the right of way." "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." "I have a lot of beliefs, and I live by none of them. They're just my beliefs, they make me feel good about who I am. But if they get in the way of a thing I want, like I wanna jack off or something, I just do that."
On Sunday, the Detroit Free Press confirmed what our own Elliotte Friedman reported on April 2: that the 2015-16 season would be Datsyuk’s final one in the NHL as he plans to return to Russia next season.
The 37-year-old Datsyuk had 16 goals and 33 assists in 66 games this season.
“I’m thinking I go home after this season,” Datsyuk told the Free Press. “I may not be done with hockey, but — it is hard to say — I think I am done playing in the NHL.”
He has one year remaining on his deal with a cap hit of $7.5 million. Because the deal was signed after he turned 35, the Red Wings will be stuck with the cap hit regardless of whether Datsyuk retires, or where he plays.
"I feel very bad about it," Datsyuk told the Free Press.
Drafted 171st overall by Detroit 1998, Datsyuk is one of the truly great players of his generation. In 949 career regular season NHL games (all spent with the Detroit Red Wings) the three-time Selke and four-time Lady Byng Trophy winner has 314 goals, 602 assists for 916 points. He won Stanley Cups with Detroit in 2002 and 2008.
Hopefully we get into the top three. Selection is a lot easier in the top three then it is 4-6.
I think any team picking top 9-10 will be golden
Matthews
Laine
Poolparty
Dubois
Tkachuck
Juolevi
Nylander
Sergachev
Chychrun
Big question marks are Tkachuck because a lot of his points are secondary assists and Chychrun has taken a step back in his game this season (which is usually a bad sign for draft year players)
Playoff seeding is confirmed. Going to be watching SJS vs LA, STL vs CHI and NYR vs PIT for sure.
I think Detroit might have a decent chance to knock off TBL, TBL is missing Stamkos, Stralman and if I remember correctly Tyler Johnson and Kucherov were both recently injured as well. Resting them maybe? If Tampa doesn't have those guys on top of Stamkos and Stralman missing I think they will have a tough time.
I hate saying it as an NYR fan but NYR will have a hard time in this years playoffs as well. Their defenseman have slowed down significantly (Boyle, Girardi and Staal) along with McDonagh being injued and having an injury ridden season. Lundqvist hasn't looked outstanding towards the end of the season either but I think he will be ready come playoffs. That team has lived off their dmen and goaltending and now that they've slowed down a bit NYR could get exposed quite easily.
Matthews
Laine
Poolparty
Dubois
Tkachuck
Juolevi
Nylander
Sergachev
Chychrun
Big question marks are Tkachuck because a lot of his points are secondary assists and Chychrun has taken a step back in his game this season (which is usually a bad sign for draft year players)
I agree with the quality of players within the canucks drafting area, but the choice is a lot more black and white 1-3. After that it opens up, Juolevi, Chychrun, Tkachuk, dubois, Nylander, Sergachev, maybe brown..
I agree with the quality of players within the canucks drafting area, but the choice is a lot more black and white 1-3. After that it opens up, Juolevi, Chychrun, Tkachuk, dubois, Nylander, Sergachev, maybe brown..
I think we don't need to worry about that too much. As much shit as we give GMJB for the trades and contracts given out, he has been doing a great job at the draft. Brock Boeser in particular has been playing like an elite level player in the NCAA this season.
__________________ "There's a lot of dead people who had the right of way." "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." "I have a lot of beliefs, and I live by none of them. They're just my beliefs, they make me feel good about who I am. But if they get in the way of a thing I want, like I wanna jack off or something, I just do that."
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