Rich

They had an interesting discussion on TSN1290 the other morning, comparing the choice between Laine and Puljujärvi as similar to the 2004 draft when Ovechkin and Malkin went 1 and 2. Now who knows if these Fins will ever match what these two have done, but with the benefit of hindsight, who would you pick between Ovechkin and Malkin.

Morrissey would have to be protected. He will have finished his 2nd year as a pro for this expansion. Year after that, he would be eligible under these rules. Petan as well. Petan isn't even a regular NHLer yet though.

Problem with trading Enstrom is most other teams aren't likely going to want to acquire another D-man, especially since they would be forced to protect him. And those that would take him would have to get Toby's blessing with his NMC. PLUS if you don't get a top 4 DMan back in a trade, we take a hit in our top 4 D next season. If you do get a DMan back for Toby, you are right where you started. So slim chance of him being traded IMO. Jets lucked out with the timing here a little bit. We can protect 4-D and not lose a very significant forward. A year later and players like Ehlers would have to be protected, forcing us to only protect 3 D.

General Fanager has a pretty good mock expansion tool if you have the patience to go through every team to figure out their protectees, then draft the leftovers for Las Vegas. Of course rosters will change a lot between now and the expansion draft. Can't see many UFAs getting a NMC this off season. http://www.generalfanager.com/teams/expansion For the Jets, I would protect: F: Wheeler, Little, Scheifele, Lowry D: Byfuglien, Engstrom, Myers, Trouba G: Hellebuyck Likely lose one of Burmi, Copp, Dano, Armia. If one of those guys has a breakout season next year, could swap one of them for Lowry.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/2016-nhl-awards-winners-1.3648265

Expansion to Las Vegas is on.

First, One Way or Two Way contracts have nothing to do with waivers. That just determines the salary they make in the AHL if they make it there. Age and games played determine whether or not a player has to pass through waivers. My understanding is that all waiver eligible players are considered to be in the NHL in the off season and have to clear waivers again at the beginning of the next year.

Nice dodge. So to be clear on this, you still believe Jackson was not a pedophile and was only extorted?

I don't know if you have children or not, but here is the bottom line question.... If he were still alive today, given all that you have read and researched, would you let your kids (or nephews or nieces or whoever) sleep over at his house unsupervised? I sure know my answer.

This article was posted yesterday, and while initial reports just said he had porn, this article details it more to be specifically naked men and boys. Also in the opinion of experts, it is the type of photographs used to lower the inhibitions of children. Then if you read all the way to the bottom of the article, there is this nugget. So how about both extorted and a pedophile.

I think the coaches can work around that. Comrie gets most of the starts. Pavelec is the backup in that case. I know it would not be the ideal situation, but that would be a poor reason to keep Pavelec up with the Jets if that was the reason they were hesitant to send him down.

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With the season starting this week, we will also be kicking off the weekly Pick ‘Ems contest. Due to the board software being upgraded, we no longer have the software integrated, but will be using polls to track weekly picks. People will receive one point for each correct pick. Winner of the contest will be getting a $50 gift certificate to the Bomber store. Picks must be in before the first game of the week. This week, that is Thursday @ 6:30PM

Even if they pick him, Matthews as a consolation prize isn't a bad thing.

The 50/50 ticket does not come with a game ticket. Had TrueBlue4ever gone to the game, there is no guarantee he would bought a 50/50 ticket at the same time or from the same sales person as she did, and therefore it does not mean he would have won. There is no law suit to be had here. It is cool she gave something back to you.

I think Maata and Trouba are a pretty interesting comparison. Maata just signed 6 years @ just over $4M Here is a comparison of their stats over the last 2 years. Note that this also includes Maata's playoff games (only option for more than one year comparison). http://dobberhockey.com/frozenpool_compare.php?compare[]=3625&compare[]=3614&sent=go&games=YEAR%3AR|P%3A201[34] This is a look at just last season: http://dobberhockey.com/frozenpool_compare.php?compare[]=3614&compare[]=3625&sent=go&games=2015-2016%3AR%3A99 Trouba has a slight edge in points but that is mostly due to more ice time and less games missed (staying healthy does count for something ... point per game they are almost equal). Trouba has a huge advantage in physicality (hits and blocks) but has also almost double the amount of giveaways. Contract wise, Maata is a year younger so you would be buying one more year of UFA if you went 6 years for Trouba. That would increase the price (4.5 - 5M?). The price would go up even more if you went longer term.

Really depends on term.

I think this thread has run its course.