Hockey Randomness

[mikey]

Re: Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Conor Garland to VAN for Loui Eriksson, Jay Beagle, Antoine Roussel, and 9th overall.

Be curious if there's retention anywhere. But OEL has not been anything since his injury. So Vancouver sat through these awful contracts to bottom sixers for years and one year before they got out of it, they added OEL at 6 yrs x $8.25 mil. They're betting real hard that his game improves at 30...

[Gaucho]

[MR25]

I dont really understand from either team's perspective, mostly just because for AZ they're taking on a lot of ****, and Vancouver is giving up a top 10 pick (granted, probably means less this year, but top 10 is top 10).

[mikey]

AZ loses money, gets pick. Vancouver gets a top six forward, and maybe a second pairing D...and get to compete a year earlier...

[faftorial]

I think there's enough information out there that both points to most of the team knowing about it, and also this recent story about the player being harassed and bullied at practice.

As two players who are touted for their "leadership", it's disappointing to hear that nothing was done about it, and then they have the gall to say outright to the media "We didn't know anything about this".

Yeah... I don’t see how you can be touted as the next coming of Messier/Yzerman in leadership and ignore this ****. I also have personal bias against Toews because of all the head-bobbing done during his career in the same way I did Mine Richards. They were both good players but weren’t great and I guess it was more a directive from the NHL/NBC to build players somehow.

It’s like Wes Welker and Julien Edelman. They couldn’t just be good talented players. They had to be “gym rats” and “film junkies.” I dunno, I’m just and old man now.

Either way **** Toews given this info.

That last team captain I remember that wasn't one of the best players on the team was Dirk Graham for the Blackhawks when the Pens beat them.

[meow]

Anyone that gets Loui Eriksson in a trade is the automatic loser.

[Gaucho]

[NTP66]

He’s not worth $6m, so I’m fine with Boston paying him.

[willeyeam]

[Trip McNeely]

This has been one of the greatest trade days for the Pens in a long time….and the Hextall just sat in his couch today

[Jim]

Will this draft broadcast go better than the ED broadcast?

[faftorial]

Who is this vocal fry queen with the overactive hand gestures?

[faftorial]

Aatu Raty wins the best name award for the top prospects.

[MR25]

Man the Blackhawks are giving Jones 9.5m per?

That's over 30 mil tied up in 3 players. Jeez.

[MR25]

(Ottawa went off the board and took Brian Boucher's son, Tyler)

[mikey]

Boucher at 10 is high...I thought he'd go like 14 to 25...

[faftorial]

Stan Bowman seems like a real putz.

[MR25]

Not a good look for Bergevin imo

[mikey]

He's not that good anyhow...

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

Reinhart to Florida.

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

6 years, 9 million per for Makar

[Gaucho]

[MR25]

Now I know Columbus has trouble keeping guys there, but I don't really get why they'd want to move a guy who is genuinely happy to be there.

[MR25]

Apparently it's Atkinson for Voracek straight up.

Again, makes absolutely no sense for Columbus.

[Gaucho]

Atkinson for Voracek