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Isles Offered Entire Draft
Started by Mayday, Jun 25 2012 11:23 AM
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 11:27 AM
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 11:41 AM
Who's the dumber GM, Snow for offering, or Howson for turning it down?
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 12:07 PM
Dare I say Howson? The chance of striking gold increases dramtically with basically 2 picks per round. Thats crazy.Who's the dumber GM, Snow for offering, or Howson for turning it down?
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 12:11 PM
I saw someone say something sensible about this deal - it might've been offered, but only if Yakupov was available at #2. There were rumors that Columbus wasn't going to take Yakupov and you can bet that Montreal was going to take him if he fell to #3. And Yakupov is the sort of player that it might be worth trading one's entire draft for.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 12:18 PM
I don't know who's dumber: Snow for offering an entire draft, or Howson for turning him down.
Haha, beat me to it.Who's the dumber GM, Snow for offering, or Howson for turning it down?
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 01:22 PM
So the Devils are constantly rumored for ownership issues when the clowns in LI and Edmonton are allowed to run the only two dynasties of NHL through dirt. Boggles the mind that NHL doesn't take ownership.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 01:48 PM
The NHL shouldn't be owning any franchise.So the Devils are constantly rumored for ownership issues when the clowns in LI and Edmonton are allowed to run the only two dynasties of NHL through dirt. Boggles the mind that NHL doesn't take ownership.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 02:18 PM
F'n ponderous. The Isles weren't happy with Reinhart? I'd be clicking my heels.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 02:26 PM
With the Islanders, I'm just kinda like...
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 02:55 PM
When I saw the title I thought they'd offered it for the first pick which is goofy enough, but the first player in a draft does have cache. To do that to go up from 4-2 is lunacy though...and to turn it down is just as dumb. It's like the NHL version of Dumb and Dumber.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 03:20 PM
In one transaction never consummated, you see EXACTLY why the Isles and Columbus are where they are.When I saw the title I thought they'd offered it for the first pick which is goofy enough, but the first player in a draft does have cache. To do that to go up from 4-2 is lunacy though...and to turn it down is just as dumb. It's like the NHL version of Dumb and Dumber.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 03:38 PM
lmao..if i were Columbus i would do that trade in a heartbeat. and like md said.. that's why they are where they are..
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 03:44 PM
I saw someone say something sensible about this deal - it might've been offered, but only if Yakupov was available at #2. There were rumors that Columbus wasn't going to take Yakupov and you can bet that Montreal was going to take him if he fell to #3. And Yakupov is the sort of player that it might be worth trading one's entire draft for.
I saw that too. It's the only thing that makes sense to me. I would have to guess though that the Islanders offered that same deal to Edmonton though if that were the case. Not sure why Edmonton wouldn't do it since they seemed so interested in trading the pick for defensive help...
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 04:40 PM
To add to the craziness on the Island Visnovsky may bolt to the KHL.
I feel bad for them. Hopefully the can actually build off of Tavares/Strome/Reinhart.
I feel bad for them. Hopefully the can actually build off of Tavares/Strome/Reinhart.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 04:45 PM
That is rough. First Nabakov and now Lubo.To add to the craziness on the Island Visnovsky may bolt to the KHL.
I feel bad for them. Hopefully the can actually build off of Tavares/Strome/Reinhart.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 05:00 PM
To add to the craziness on the Island Visnovsky may bolt to the KHL.
I feel bad for them. Hopefully the can actually build off of Tavares/Strome/Reinhart.
And that's why they got him for so cheap lol (a second round pick next year seemed kinda fishy, when they were looking for firsts last year for Vish during the season).
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 06:35 PM
The Islanders are a constant source of amusement for things like this. I do feel bad for their fans a bit, but only a little. Wouldn't take long before they'd get annoying if they become successful at some point.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 07:12 PM
I think Howson is by far the worst GM in the NHL but if they really felt strongly about Ryan Murray, there's no reason to move the #2 just to get extra picks 3 spots after their own pick in each round. The players they really felt strongly about in each round they would take with their own picks at 31, 61, 91 etc. Is it that big of a deal to have the 34th, 64th, 94th as well? Looking at their recent drafts under Howson, they're not exactly hitting on the Henriques and Halischuks of the world with their later picks, so what's the point? Columbus has serious trouble developing talent so they stuck with the guy who is supposed to be the safest guy in the draft and i think given their situation, that makes a lot of sense.
Now if you want to question why Columbus ownership continues to employee someone as GM who needs to draft this way, that's another story...
Now if you want to question why Columbus ownership continues to employee someone as GM who needs to draft this way, that's another story...
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 11:34 PM
Hahaha very interesting. All the comments at the end of the article make a lot of good points
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