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I was hoping for Demko too if we did pick a goalie, but MM looks decent so far.
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I was hoping for Demko too if we did pick a goalie, but MM looks decent so far.
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we also agree that Lego avatars are awesome. That you and I are awesome. And that Flames on Steel is a must read
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I trust our scouts enough that I am very excited and hopeful for McDonald. His performance in the Q this year has been very good.
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I liked Demko too but I was very disappointed when he completely collapsed during BC's playoff or championship run (whatever they call it). He was a big reason they were eliminated I think. You could question his performances in the big games, but it's hard to know too much about that aspect.
I'm starting to like the McDonald pick more and more as this season is going along. He looks to be one of the best in the Q already.
I'm starting to like the McDonald pick more and more as this season is going along. He looks to be one of the best in the Q already.
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we also agree that Lego avatars are awesome. That you and I are awesome. And that Flames on Steel is a must read
True, I guess we're practically family at this point
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Talk to your mom.... maybe we areTrue, I guess we're practically family at this point
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Well a couple of days ago just about every Flames fan thought Treliving made a huge mistake in trading Sven to the Canucks. Who drafted Monahan and Johnny Hockey?
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Brian Burke was with Anaheim when Monahan was drafted.
Irrelevant/Unsustainable. Obviously you are missing the great point that Rainman is struggling to get across here.
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Sven's name has just been added again. Sven has now has 4 points in 3 games and is a plus 2 for Utica.
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Sven's name has just been added again. Sven has now has 4 points in 3 games and is a plus 2 for Utica.
Give it time, he'll then go on a 5 game stretch with no points.
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You say this like he hasn't gone on hot streaks before, so when Sven has actually done something worthwhile come and let us know. Because 4 points in 3 games is not all that impressive at the AHL level.Sven's name has just been added again. Sven has now has 4 points in 3 games and is a plus 2 for Utica.
Basically I figure that if only one of Vancouver's other-team prospects (Vey, Pedan, Clendening, and Baertschi) becomes a useful NHL player, then those moves matched or slightly beat the odds on a late 2nd-round pick's eventual NHL success. If two out of the four make it, the strategy was a solidly good one. Pedan seems to be a quick study as a young D and will be a fearsome NHL enforcer (check hockeyfights) when his waver status changes after next season. Baertschi might make it as a 2nd line winger next season . . . who knows? We'll see. He's no longer special or entitled, having been traded for a second pick, which may help his mental performance as you guys have indicated. Vey and Clendening I don't have much of a feel for. The best you can say is the usual line that "they're still developing." Vey has certainly been an NHL regular this season, which is the standard by which a second pick needs to be judged. So it could be three out of four, or none out of four. Likely two out of four, longer term, IMO. If that's the case, Benning has been wise. Canuck fans are short-sighted enough to lament even one of these gambles not working out, when our team has been horrible with its second picks, and until Demko, we had never in modern times drafted a player as promising as Pedan and especially Baertschi.
As for the other young players with wavers due to expire, Corrado is a third-pairing NHL D, so that's what he'll be or else be traded. Jensen is yet another first-rounder heading to bustville so it doesn't matter what happens to him. As long as just *some* of the trades and picks work out--perfection being nearly impossible--a "down" team can rise from the ashes, case in point being the resurgent Calgary Flames.
You say this like he hasn't gone on hot streaks before, so when Sven has actually done something worthwhile come and let us know. Because 4 points in 3 games is not all that impressive at the AHL level.
Baertschi now has 10 points in his first 9 games with the comets. He is a fixture on the first pp unit and quarterbacks that unit. His stckhandling and passing skills are outstanding. I can not understand why the flames gave up on him. Did he not fit in at the ahl level?? My cousins have season tickets in glens falls and they don't know why he was traded either. Another nice pickup by Jim benning.
