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No. Riders take the pick and I'll agree with St John. The bombers will take an OL at 9 or 10 and maybe a guy like Loffler or Singleton if he's there with their other pick (9 or 10) I think the Bombers might use a pick on Onyemata. I will say that regardless of who the bombers take at 9 or 10, some people will complain about it lol. Seems to be a yearly ritual of sorts.

The support really isn't there in Carolina tho, they are losing money.. The attendance is down. I honestly don't care one way or the other about Carolina and it makes no difference to me if they stay in Carolina or move to Vegas. I understand the reasoning if they were to move to Vegas tho.

Aho was benched also and he's very good and plays the PK for the Finns. It's not so much an eye opener as it was he's 18 years old and they were protecting the lead. That's quite the veteran team there the Finns have, so makes sense to sit the kids when you are trying to protect a lead. I'm under the impression that this tournament doesn't change anything, It's a small sample size and these scouts have watched these guys play 15 times or more probably all year long, 1 game isn't gonna make or break a guy.

Meh. Not really gonna get to up or down about what happens in games or doesn't happen in games... such a small sample size these games. in the end tho, Finland won and Connor didn't play, Day to Day with an injury.

Lemieux Lowry Dano is a perfect 4th line that can probably play 10 minutes a night. Not your average 4th line either.

Seattle council just denied a new arena tho so hard to say what happens there. The Carolina to Vegas thing makes sense, Gives Vegas a team that might not suck, they will still suck but it's better than having an expansion team, some nice pieces there in Carolina especially on the D side moving forward. It makes sense actually. I could see it happening for sure.

Dano actually is a very good player, He's a perfect bottom 6 guy for sure and he has the ability to move up and down the line up also. He goes to the dirty areas, isn't afraid to play the body, goes to the front of the net, His possession numbers were very good. I actually think Dano will be a very good player for sure in the future. I'm just gonna go and say this tho, It wouldn't shock me if the Jets passed on Laine and picked Puljujarvi, Yeah he's not a sniper but he can score, he put up a hat trick with a broke finger in his last game at the U18's tourney in Grand Forks... The guy is probably a better all around player than Laine is also. Laine is getting the hype, but Puljujarvi isn't some consolation prize either, he's very good and i actually could see the Jets taking him over Laine because he has a more rounded all around game. I get that it's about potential but... i think Puljujarvi might be a safer pick than Laine, Laine seems like a boom or bust type of pick, Not saying he will be a bust but... Puljujarvi is better defensively and can put up the points too, people need to remember, with Puljujarvi feeding Laine the puck at the World Junior Tourney, Laine doesn't score those goals. I dunno, the more I think about it, the more I get this feeling that the Jets will go with Puljujarvi. Not sure why, but... I just feel he's a Jets type of pick, Strong defensively, has offensive ability also. Better all around player, safer pick. Very strong character and work ethic, all around a very good player. Laine is good but he needs to work on his D game and skating for sure, Puljujarvi is more of a complete player than Laine is. ESW... Perreault Little Puljujarvi... That's a nice group. It really is. Jets really can't go wrong with either Laine or Puljujarvi. Connor might need some time in the A to bulk up a bit.

I'm pretty sure You mean Seattle and not Portland cuz Portland already has an NBA team.

Stoudemire signs with the Vikings. Crazy.

http://www.tsn.ca/talent/the-watercooler-all-quiet-on-the-expansion-front-1.485149 Not so fast... Rumors of Carolina to Vegas tho.

Not sure, if you look at the twitter feed on the right and scroll down, there's a story about it.

That's not true at all. You are misremembering things and I'd put that more on Huddy than Maurice.

Rumors are they want to sign Stamkos but who knows really, Wouldn't it be something if Tampa went on to win the cup without Stamkos? Then perhaps it makes their decision easier to move on from him? I don't know. I doubt teams would give up much of anything for the rights to Stamkos unless they know for sure he'd sign with them and who knows what Stamkos is thinking.

Perreault at the year end PC said he was told he'd be playing WING next season, so who knows, that was all before they won the 2nd overall pick. So many things can change.

I'd honestly expect Laine to be eased in to the lineup, I'm not sure he's a top 6 guy right off the bat, should he be? Maybe but... will he be? I'm not sure. Think with POMO, you need to show you can be responsible defensively first, Laine is a pretty good defensive player but... he is gonna have to earn POMO's trust, wouldn't shock me if he starts the year on the 3rd line similar to how Ehlers did and struggles a bit, but...eventually he will move up and play with playmakers and will flourish, much like Ehlers did also when he was moved up to play with Scheif and Wheeler... 20 goals? Yeah it's possible for sure, maybe 30, he has one hell of a shot, but... he needs to play with guys who will get him the puck... having him play with Lowry for example, might not be the best thing for his offensive ability, but it might be were POMO starts him. Hard to say... Personally, I'd love our top 6 to be a combo of Ehlers,Scheif,Wheeler,Perreault,Little,Laine... that's probably our 6 best players... but... at the same time, Lowry and Stafford on a line with Connor is probably not helpful to Connor, Lowry and Stafford can't keep up, Connor is all speed speed speed... It will be interesting to see how POMO has his lines... It actually might make more sense to put Connor with Scheif and Wheeler and Laine with Little and Ehlers... But who knows what happens. So many options really.

So it turns out that IGF isn't the only stadium with legal battles, Looks like THF in Hamilton is going through the same.

Just for the record here lol, I like Flair and i don't think he should go anywhere however he needs to chill a bit, his outside the ring activities, the recent boston airport incident, they can't happen. It's bad PR and for a company that is publicly traded on the stock market, that's not good. I'm not saying I'd get rid of Flair, I wouldn't, I'm just saying, basically that these guys who got released were bottom feeding jobbers pretty much and Honestly, if i was running things in WWE, i'd have released most of those guy also, along with some more bottom feeders. Hornswoggle? hasn't been on tv in 2 years, El Torito? Lost Matadores are dead, Santino? he's retired, Barrett? wasn't gonna sign again, Sandow? shocking but must have pissed someone off, Cameron? GIRL BYE... none of the releases were really surprising to me. All i was saying in regards to Flair,Henry,Big Show, Kane etc was that those names would surprise me.

Yup Drouin looking like a beast for sure. Stamkos might be done in Tampa, and Tampa will be fine since they have so much young talent there it's crazy... Kucherov is gonna get paid.

Laine or Puljujarvi could play in the A if need be, So could Connor.. Will they? who knows, that depends on what they do at training camp i'd guess but if it looks like they might need some time to adapt to the North American style of game (more so Laine here, who needs to work on his skating), Starting him in the A is a legit option, Connor too, they could start in the A, it doesn't mean they will stay there all year but they could start in the A. It's an option. Is it a likely option? Probably not but you never know... I mean, maybe it's just me but I've seen Connor play more than I have seen Laine play and Connor, while he looks ready offensively, his D game needs some work, Laine? He looks good in the games (maybe 4) I've seen and I do think he is one of the 3 NHL ready prospects in this draft but... if he's not ready and he needs some time to get used to the smaller ice surface, then why not start him with the Moose...

That's unfortunate about Jernigan but... if he doesn't want to be here, then so be it. And we move on, They have a few other options also, the most obvious one being Veltung who quite honestly looked pretty damn good returning kicks and punts last year... he actually looked better than Stoudemire.

If Maurice has favorites and they make the team over better players .. bottom line... Maurice SHOULD be Fired immediately. The reality tho is he doesn't play Favorites. Cuz if he did he wouldn't have a job coaching. Ppl honestly believe he favors players? Tin foil hats much? Just cuz thorburn plays 4th line and a guy like Petan is in the A doesn't mean much. It just means they (Chevy Maurice Chipman even) feel it's a waste to play petan 4th line minutes when he could be getting 15 20 a night with the Moose. This idea he favors players? Cmon. Name 1 example. Stu? Nope. He cut his minutes. Pav? Nope. Hutch got a chance to run with the ball last year but ultimately fumbled it away. Thor? Nope. He's a 4th line guy. His ceiling has been reached. He is what he is. He knows his role. His role is 6 7 8 minutes a Night most nights. Why waste a petan for 6 minutes a Night when he's a rookie and could develop more with the moose. Name a guy he favors? BURMI? lol. Why? Example please? Plus Chevy is the gm and he's the guy making trades and I'll guarantee that if Chevy says jump Maurice says how high.

And I'd we traded to 4. We wouldn't be taking a d man either. It would be for PLD. Or we could then trade 4 to a team like Montreal for 9 and their 2nd or Calgary 6th and their 2nd or really... a team between 6 and 9 for the first and 2nd and take a d man between 6 and 9. If we trade for 4th and don't trade down with the 4th... it's for PLD or Brown or Jost even. 4 is to high to take a d man this year. Chychrun Sergachev Juolevi Bean McAvoy Fabbro.... not much of a difference between them at all. Bean could be the best of the bunch and be picked last. No D man has really distinguished himself as a can't miss prospect in this draft. Right now im guessing Arizona or Buffalo might take a d man with their pick but honestly...I'm not convinced at this moment that any D go in the top 10. Big run on forwards in the top 10 11 12 15 even I'm guessing. Probably be a good d man for the Jets at 22

God. People are setting up Laine to fail already? Saying he's gonna make an immediate impact? Cmon. Thought people were smarter than this. He will be a first year pro who like ehlers this year will have his ups and downs. He's a good player but he will have his ups and downs. Stop hyping him. You also know there is this chance that we don't take Laine right? Stop pretending he's a Jet right now. He's not and until it's draft day not sure any of us should be assuming he's a Jet. Toronto could take him or we could take Puljujarvi. I'm all for hyping him but he's not a Jet at the moment. I'm annoyed at leaf fans hyping Matthews as the second coming. I don't want to be annoyed with jet fans for doing the same to Laine. 6 in 18? Whatever. Irrelevant. It's been a year. Seriously let it go. He's moved on. The Jets have. @FrostyWinnipeg why can't you? Over a year ago. He makes no difference to the team. He was a rental. That's all he was. Let Stempniak go.

Stafford played on the third line quite a bit. Stemp was on NJ first line. Stop with the Stempniak stuff. It's pointless. All he does is take a spit away from a guy like Armia or a bottom 6 guy cuz he wouldn't be playing 1st or 2nd line or PP minutes here. He was a rental. That's all he was. They got swept. They moved on. Time to move on. It's been more than a year now. Let it go.

Minny is a team that is old and has very little for prospects. They are trending down.