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My own personal BPA rankings (i've seen all these guys play at one point or another, one I've seen the least of is Forsberg and I'm hoping he's at the U-18. 1. Yakupov (a class apart from everyone else) 2-3 Grigorenko and Galchenyuk (in order but very, very close between these two... they are a notch above the next group) 4-7. Murray, Forsberg, Trouba, Dumba (in order but very close between these 4, but thats the order they are in right now... big drop off to the next group). 8-12 Reilly, Faksa, Gaunce, Reinhart, Ceci, (not in order, I haven't focused closely enough on these guys to differentiate them, but they are the next grouping... might be some Euro guys in here too, or US NTDP or USHL guys I haven't seen)

We are in no way "fine" at Centre. We do not have an elite number one centre. Love Desharnais and Pleks, but they aren't it, and there is zero, zilch, nothing in the system. Meanwhile in the system at wing there is at least some potential in guys like Leblanc, Gallagher, Kristo, Holland, Quailer, Geoffrion, etc... but there is nothing at centre ice. Its also possible (and a lot easier) to shift a centre to wing if that becomes necessary, rather than shifting a wing to centre which is a much harder transition. Not impossible to do, but W to C is much harder.

Wingers are just so much easier to trade for or sign as FAs than Centres. Unless its Yakupov who has special talent I take the other 2 Cs over Forsberg

Gotta hope the chemistry with Gionta changes over the summer or else you will have no choice but to break up the DD line

I'm always a fan of balance. A team that is well rounded and can do a lot of things. Thats why I say you dont go overboard and dump all the puck movers, but the worst of the group Campoli and Weber should go to be replaced by 1 guy with defence and size. I still think with Markov, Subban, Kaberle and Diaz transition and puck movement will be a staple of the team. In fact I doubt many other teams in the NHL can match the offensive ability of that D, maybe just Nashville and Detroit right now? Plus I think Emelin has some offensive ability that we'll slowly begin to see next year. But the D needs some balance to it and that means it needs at least 1 physical player.

I dont care what the leafs get but the habs need a guy like galchenyuk

Stat was wrong beat the jets 3-0 on super bowl weekend. Still 7 home games without a regulation win though

He would be 4 years post draft you become a ufa if you are out of college and never sign a deal. Compare this to an OHL kid... drafted and hold his rights for two years.... if not signed goes back into draft; if drafted again and still not signed ufa in 2 years. The rule gives some power back to players and if a Lindros situation happens again prevents the team from holding him forever The idea is that players can bypass 4 years of pay if they really want to be ufas.

Other teams play each other coming up, they cant both lose. And Isles canes have recent points

Lots of time, still 28th Not panicked yet Plus we can use the extra 2nds to move up if we have to

Still 28th

Goddamn it!

damnit

tied now Cmon Sens win in regulation

lots of time left we've blown so many games in the third lets get one more

@rossyyoungblood @coreypronman are the two reporting the most on him

yeah

back on the bench before the end of the period

at least its not his knee

hopefully

The Dogs need a better partnership with the Spec and CHCH; those outlets report TiCat news all offseason, even when there is no news and they do human interest stories. Dogs need this to keep them relevant like you say. Even at the back of the Sports section a story on Tinordi or Henry or anyone is better than an ad

Sens requested to wear their thirds and Habs allowed it

All the scouts i follow on twitter say Galchenyuk's skating looks great but he's getting limited minutes.

Gotta sell them though, most people in the area not familiar with our prospects. This is an area the team has sucked in though, casual hockey fans should have known more about Subban than they did when he was there.

2nd career pt for Palush