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I actually tend to agree..... lots of rookie OL get eaten up. Like you said, Ruby is young and has a year of experience.... almost certainly a better player right now than anyone we could get at #6. But would MTL move him for #6? That I'm not sure about.

My short list: Korey Banks, Arland Bruce, Anthony Calvillo, Jason Clermont, Scott Flory, Terry Greer, Brent Johnson, Mike O'Shea, Byron Parker, Ernie Pitts, Geroy Simon, Barrin Simpson, Orlondo Steinauer, Anwar Stewart, **** Thornton

Apparently still filming

Is Foucault that good? Can't say I really paid much attention to him while with the Panthers. He started, but it was as an injury replacement and then he got released so I'm not sure that means much.

**** off Rider scum

Do we want a Canadian tackle? I'm generally against paying a bunch more money to our tackle just to have a Canadian who may or may not be as good as Hardrick. IMO priority one is keeping Nichols upright not filling the ratio on the OL... at this point we have enough good Canadian starters elsewhere.

Imagine if it actually works and the Riders are good this year with Young as their QB. I don't think I could take it.

I don't know if it is sane to go through QBs faster than Mike Kelly

Why? It's always been in the expansion draft rules to allow trades for promises to not select certain players... this isn't so different. It's just another way for assets to go towards Vegas. I think anything that allows Vegas more flexibility in terms to building their team will be looked upon favorably by the league.

I think these are just all the QBs since Jones arrived. The only ones under contract are Glenn, Young, Bridge, Kinne, and Bennett. I know Gale, Moniz and Waters are no longer with the Riders. I don't recognize a few of the names, maybe they are just mini-camp arms with a chance to get signed.

Why Columbus?

He's hired the right guys to turn the record around, now let's see if he can get attendance/season tickets back to the level they were at a few years ago. Pretty tough to judge the President of the organization beyond the record on the field and the numbers on the balance sheet. But both of those factors have been improving and so has the game-day experience. And he hasn't done anything horribly embarrassing so that's a plus.

Called it way back on page 34! Boom! Bow down, peasants!

I mostly agree but I wouldn't put Nogier and Kichton in the same group. Nogier still has some potential to be a third pairing guy if he develops like Chiarot did. Kichton will probably never play in the NHL.

I'd argue Stafford didn't play "really bad" when he put up 20+ goals.

Luke Green as well.

Whenever people start with "Anyone could...." their opinion is automatically naive, ignorant and invalid. Do better.

Nogier is coming along. This is his first year with the Moose and he has looked okay... great at times, gets burned at other times. IMO, he'll be a Jet at some point but not next year.

LOL dammit!!!!

OK, I wasn't sure about Fleury's contract and how his NMC worked. It seemed really unlikely that the Pens would give up Murray. I think Philip Grubauer is a great fit for Vegas for a lot of reasons.... very good numbers, young, cheap contract. There will be some vets like Montoya who could be a good fit too.

It's so hard to tell right now with the trade deadline still impending. Their top goalie could be a guy like Semyon Varlamov or Philip Grubauer. Matt Murray is an interesting case. Fleury is on a NMC so if Murray is available how could Vegas not take him? Top forwards could be Derek Brassard and Mats Zuccarello. Defence... **** I can't remember who I had in their top pairing, CapFriendly scerwed up and didn't let me save and I wasn't running through it again. Lots of second pairing type guys might be available like Jason Demers. Jets, it depends on who they want to protect. If they protect 4 D, then it's Lowry or Perreault for sure, unless they get horny for Armia, which is possible.. If they protect 3 D then it's Myers or Copp.

I think that's why they drafted 3 in a row with high picks in the last draft. Realized that the lack of D was catching up to them. If only my wife came to the same realization.

We hope they are... Kostalek was a pretty good prospect before he showed up and he has struggled a bit. You just never know.

Right but they won't want to take 9 guys on big one-way deals. They will take some guys who are young and on 2-ways if they can. Or they will take a guy or two with expiring contracts. You think I don't know the rules? I'm disappointed, JCon. I have run through the entire draft simulator team-by-team.

Is he? I think lots of 6th OL are making in the 100k-120k range. I'm not sure what Neufeld's salary is.