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I don't know if it is sane to go through QBs faster than Mike Kelly

Why? It's always been in the expansion draft rules to allow trades for promises to not select certain players... this isn't so different. It's just another way for assets to go towards Vegas. I think anything that allows Vegas more flexibility in terms to building their team will be looked upon favorably by the league.

I think these are just all the QBs since Jones arrived. The only ones under contract are Glenn, Young, Bridge, Kinne, and Bennett. I know Gale, Moniz and Waters are no longer with the Riders. I don't recognize a few of the names, maybe they are just mini-camp arms with a chance to get signed.

Why Columbus?

He's hired the right guys to turn the record around, now let's see if he can get attendance/season tickets back to the level they were at a few years ago. Pretty tough to judge the President of the organization beyond the record on the field and the numbers on the balance sheet. But both of those factors have been improving and so has the game-day experience. And he hasn't done anything horribly embarrassing so that's a plus.

Called it way back on page 34! Boom! Bow down, peasants!

I mostly agree but I wouldn't put Nogier and Kichton in the same group. Nogier still has some potential to be a third pairing guy if he develops like Chiarot did. Kichton will probably never play in the NHL.

I'd argue Stafford didn't play "really bad" when he put up 20+ goals.

Luke Green as well.

Whenever people start with "Anyone could...." their opinion is automatically naive, ignorant and invalid. Do better.

Nogier is coming along. This is his first year with the Moose and he has looked okay... great at times, gets burned at other times. IMO, he'll be a Jet at some point but not next year.

LOL dammit!!!!

OK, I wasn't sure about Fleury's contract and how his NMC worked. It seemed really unlikely that the Pens would give up Murray. I think Philip Grubauer is a great fit for Vegas for a lot of reasons.... very good numbers, young, cheap contract. There will be some vets like Montoya who could be a good fit too.

It's so hard to tell right now with the trade deadline still impending. Their top goalie could be a guy like Semyon Varlamov or Philip Grubauer. Matt Murray is an interesting case. Fleury is on a NMC so if Murray is available how could Vegas not take him? Top forwards could be Derek Brassard and Mats Zuccarello. Defence... **** I can't remember who I had in their top pairing, CapFriendly scerwed up and didn't let me save and I wasn't running through it again. Lots of second pairing type guys might be available like Jason Demers. Jets, it depends on who they want to protect. If they protect 4 D, then it's Lowry or Perreault for sure, unless they get horny for Armia, which is possible.. If they protect 3 D then it's Myers or Copp.

I think that's why they drafted 3 in a row with high picks in the last draft. Realized that the lack of D was catching up to them. If only my wife came to the same realization.

We hope they are... Kostalek was a pretty good prospect before he showed up and he has struggled a bit. You just never know.

Right but they won't want to take 9 guys on big one-way deals. They will take some guys who are young and on 2-ways if they can. Or they will take a guy or two with expiring contracts. You think I don't know the rules? I'm disappointed, JCon. I have run through the entire draft simulator team-by-team.

Is he? I think lots of 6th OL are making in the 100k-120k range. I'm not sure what Neufeld's salary is.

I'd be shocked if Brian Strait was even in Chevy's top 5 targets for a left handed D last offseason. The fact of the matter is getting guys to come to Winnipeg is not easy so we're either going to overpay or get our #6 or #7 target. It's the sad reality that most guys aren't going to come to Winnipeg unless it's their last and only option.

What people have to realize is that the Vegas team only needs 6 or 7 NHL defencemen and they will be reluctant to take more than 3 or 4 on longer term, bigger money contracts. So that's 3 or 4 out of 30 teams. When you think about it like that, it's not such a slam dunk that Myers would get taken. Remember he will be coming off a season in which he barely played.

OK let's use your analogy. You're going to lose 50 dollars tomorrow. Does spending 50 dollars on a 50 dollar product today prevent you from losing 50 dollars tomorrow? No, it doesn't. Who said Lowry is getting taken? Besides, Lowry is UFA-eligible in 3 years, Perreault in 5. Perreault can play top-6, Lowry will never be a top-6 player. How is losing Lowry a waste of an asset but losing Perreault is not?

Wow this is a totally new occurrence! Intelligence has never been manipulated for political reasons, nope never. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/9937516/Iraq-war-the-greatest-intelligence-failure-in-living-memory.html

@M.O.A.B. You know that roster looks pretty good! Add in the draft and some talented American rookies and we are ready to rock.

Let them earn their spots. Shipping out Ladd made sense because he was done.... but if we hadn't drafted Laine we would be up **** creek right now in last in the conference.

Yes, Perreault is part of the core, right now and for the next 3 years. Younger does not necessarily mean better. I don't know why you don't understand this basic, simple concept. 2 years back we got swept, now we're younger and going to miss the playoffs. God I'm just so happy at how great the team is now. Oh wait, I already know, it's the coaches' fault, the veterans, everyone other than your precious, perfect kids with bright futures.