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Ovi with a pair, I'm admittedly a bit surprised the Caps are still in the hunt but they are Plucky team despite their offensive struggles

There's a difference when it comes to draft slot, absolutely, but you've gotta have picks in order to take flyers on guys We got Kes at 23, sometimes it works out Top two rounds give you the best shots at getting NHL'ers, best way to find top six players, starting tenders, and top four D is to draft and develop them

That will forever be a gripe of mine until we change the narrative I'll admit I was a bit skeptical of Rutherford and Allvin at the beginning but they've generally made good moves thus far, I'd like to see them emulate the Dallas Stars more when it comes to draft picks though I wish we had an organizational philosophy that better emphasized drafting, keeping picks, and development Drafting and development are things Dallas has prioritized seemingly forever, it's why there are where they are now, it's why they're such a good team Just as they appeared to be fading with Benn and Seguin they hit gold with Hintz, Robertson, Heiskanen, and Otter. Now they're seeing further success with guys like Johnston (23OA, 2021), Harley (18OA, 2019), Stankoven (47OA, 2021) You can throw Grushnikov (48OA, 2021) in there too as he was a good enough prospect to help them reel in Tanev from Calgary They never really bottomed out the way we did but they just keep managing to find players I'll go back to 2000, nice round number, and take a look at how they've handled their top two picks The 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2023 drafts are the only drafts they haven't picked a player in the first round since 2000 The 2001, 2006, 2016, 2019, and 2020 drafts are the only drafts they haven't picked a player in the second round since 2000 Many of those years they have multiple 2nd round picks

I thought about Ovi too, but my gut says they'll try to showcase prime aged players or young stars

It'd be nice if we could get an improved Canucks experience off the ice as well

On topic though, I'd argue Lekkerimaki is an example of why folks shouldn't be so keen on management to trade their 1st's going forward They've done a good job selecting both him and Willander, we need more of that, not less

He should probably change his profile picture back and forth every time he posts in this thread

If he's not playing in the NHL during his d1 as well as a Calder candidate he's a bust e5

Spring sure has changed in the lower mainland

https://www.nhl.com/video/kulikov-suspended-two-games-6349201622112

Yeah, that could have been captioned better

My prediction may be a tad too optimistic though considering it features fewer than three Maple Leafs

I'd guess a few of McDavid, MacKinnon, Draisaitl, Kucherov, Pastrnak, Hughes, Matthews, and Tkachuk for forwards, maybe Panarin and Crosby, maybe Bedard but I think it's too early Maybe a few of Hughes, Makar, Heiskanen, Dahlin, Dobson, and Josi for D, maybe Hedman or Forsling Could see one or two of Swayman, Hellebuyck, Demko, Shesterkin, Ottinger, Sorokin, I don't think the Canucks get any forward representation, they'd get it in goal or on D If I had to take a stab at it and make an actual list I'd go McDavid MacKinnon Matthews Tkachuk Kucherov Pastrnak Hughes Josi Makar Dahlin Hellebuyck Oettinger Josi may be a little too on the older side though, could easily see it being Dobson or Heiskanen

I was under the impression he'd already retired, but it's official now https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/wayne-simmonds-announces-his-retirement-from-the-national-hockey-league

Tofu hits 30, and weirdly enough Gaunce scores as well

For real, it's nuts how much of this sort of thing we got to watch over the years, the twins hockey IQ's were off the charts

Horvat with a pair of goals thus far, but the Rags look to simply be too much for the Isles

For real, the end of this saga is long overdue

5-2 Nucks Pettersson

4-3 Sabres Skinner

And he made it look easy

Last night was Oshie's 1000th game, seems appropriate to share this legendary performance of his

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2870737/report-coyotes-may-relocate-if-they-lose-land-auction