kelownabomberfan

yeah I realized that as I was typing...

should have blamed his hair, and the fact he showed up to the lottery looking like an unmade bed.

Both Price and Campbell were imports, but yeah this really hurts them. And yeah, losing those picks hurts too.

he should win just because of his cool last name.

Laine could out-score Matthews 2-1 and still Matthews will win it. They might as well give it to him now.

Protect them from what? Do you honestly think that one team (Vegas) is going to grab any of our guys? Really? I'd hate to trade people just out of fear of losing them potentially in an expansion draft. Anyway, I think Myers plus Dano for an unproven D man, just because he shoots left, is just plain dumb. I would totally lose respect for Chevy if he did that.

is there a reason that Eichel isn't a finalist for the Calder?

I thought my dreams of being drafted were over, but now...

I don't know if I can name more than five players on the Leafs. Is Darryl Sittler still playing?

yeah I was sitting there watching after the Leafs got first overall and all it was about was how the Leafs won the lottery, meanwhile I am thinking "The Jets won that lottery hands down". The look of defeat on Burke and Linden's faces as they slid down the draft order while Winnipeg moved up was just priceless. Like seriously, I couldn't put a price on it. But yeah, now all we get to hear about for the next three months is Auston Matthews and the stupid Leafs. Yuck.

but why would it be fair? Who would we be getting that would be so much better than Myers plus Dano (two first round picks BTW).

What's fair value for the 4th pick overall? What would Chevy be ready to part with? Why would we want the 4th overall? To get Chychrun? Tkachuk? PLD?

another Adam Lowry? Or a legitimate scorer?

yeah that might work. Not sure how though, as both Edmonton and NYI will want a D man in return. That's why Chevy makes the big money.

I'm more horny about going all International in the secondary. That was what I was hoping would be the result of Andrew Harris coming into the line-up.

Connor is a center?

that would fit with Chevy's penchant to not take the consensus player. I actually would be happy with either guy.

Copp should be moved up to 3C. He showed he's got the speed and he's got a lot of talent too. He just needed some confidence and to be put with some skilled guys instead of pluggers. I'd like to see what he could do with Connor and Lemieux. Or Perrault and Armia. Or Dano and Petan. Putting Connor with Lowry is like hitching a thoroughbred horse to a beer wagon.

protect from what?

yeah but this is Chevy. The guy was able to get Myers, Stafford, Armia, Lemeiux and Roslovic for Kane and Bogosian. Let him work his magic. But ok - Stafford, 22nd overall and Enstrom. Throw in Burmi too. Done.

Stafford packaged with the 22nd to get Hamonic?

Man we have a lot of potent weapons now to put out there on the power play...with Myers and ugh...Enstrom quarter-backing on the points. The only place I don't mind seeing Toby is on the PP. That's about it.

yup

One other quick thought - if the Jets do draft Laine (or Puj) they may want to hire Teemu as a temporary consultant to help either kid acclimatize to Winnipeg. When Teemu came to Winnipeg he was already 22 years old, while either of these two guys will only be 18. You do a lot of growing up during those 4 years. Teemu figured out pretty quickly how special the Jets are to Winnipeg, and he also knew that if he gave the fans a bit of love he'd get it back 100 times over. These kids are not going to show up being Teemu in terms of personality. They are still just kids. They will have a lot of growing up to do, and Selanne may be a good guy to have around for awhile during that process, as he has lived it himself. Just a thought. Kind of like how Sidney Crosby and Fleury lived at Mario Lemeuix's house their first year or two in the league, while he mentored them and showed them the ropes.

yes that was a bad one. They didn't have the internet back then. It was a different era. Still no excuse. Mark Messier could have been picked instead. Imagine the difference if the Jets had Messier instead of Mann. Just amazing.