Edmonton is going to be fun to watch this upcoming season, probably for years to come. Eberle, Hall, Yakapov, are finally putting together the insane stunts they've attempted in the past but fell just short, it's like a whole new brand of hockey. Petry is looking a lot more solid right now and they have some extremely gifted prospects in the pool. I could imagine them finally beating out Van. for a playoff spot.
Lengthy suspension for Clarkson, I'd think. Not the way you want your big FA acquisition to spend nearly 1/8 of the season.
John Scott started it -- but nothing he did was suspension worthy.
Lengthy suspension for Clarkson, I'd think. Not the way you want your big FA acquisition to spend nearly 1/8 of the season.
Clarkson will start his massively overpaid contract in the press box for the first ten.
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Scott tries to goon up Kessel because his teammate got worked in a fight. Kessel just gives him lumber, hard to see at first but sure enough Clarkson comes right off the bench to get Scott after he is tackled down then the goalies start fighting. Pretty crazy, but cannot believe Clarkson hoped off the bench for this it was under control for the most part, they got Scott away from Kessel.
John Scott has no actual function in the game of hockey this is the exact clown you need out of the game.
I like Florida signing Boyes and Gilbert on the cheap. Boyes gives them some good scoring depth, while Gilbert has been criminally underrated.
Tampa Bay sent Drouin back to Halifax.
He also send Brett Connolly back to Syracuse.
Looks like Yzerman will want to OVERRIPEN his kids!
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Yeah the bring Yzerman back crowd might want to avert their eyes on that. Not that I really understand that logic to begin with.
Wasn't Connolly Yzerman's first pick? And wasn't that considered a stretch for that draft spot?
I don't mind sending an undersized Drouin back to Halifax. He's 18 and the size of a 16 year old.
Connoly might have just been a big mistake -- and if so -- hard to blame Stevie. My guess is he let the scouts handle the draft since he was only in the job a few weeks, IRRC.
Tampa has lots of kids to work in here.