just saw this today, awesome bruins video
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oh god I hope the jets make it, its just not the same without Byfugliens fat ass in front of the net
If they had fired Lowe, Tambellini and Krueger, and made MacT the coach, then introduced some outside people to fill the VP and GM spots, I'd have been perfectly okay with this. But hell, if Lowe doesn't interfere, he might turn out to be a decent GM.
And if the Oilers do somehow manage the fourth-straight first overall pick, they had better trade it for a top-2 defenseman or an all-star power forward.
That'd be Seth Jones, who unlike certain defence prospects *cough*Ryan Murray*cough* actually has offensive potential, aka potential to be a top pairing blueliner. Picking him 1st overall would actually make sense.
That'd be Seth Jones, who unlike certain defence prospects *cough*Ryan Murray*cough* actually has offensive potential, aka potential to be a top pairing blueliner. Picking him 1st overall would actually make sense.
How does Ryan Murray not project as a #1/#2... have you even seen him play in the juniors?
Regardless, think MacTavish would be better suited as a coach especially after his work with the Wolves and Lowe better suited unemployed.
Yes I have seen Ryan Murray play. A few random times when they showed Oil Kings games and the WJC, where put out arguably the second worst performance I'd ever seen from a Canadian player (Mark Visentin being #1). A, the guy has very average puck skills for a supposed #1 and doesn't have a great outlet pass or anything, which will surely hinder him offensively at the NHL level. Secondly, while not soft, he's doesn't play very physical either. A non-physical defenceman with poor offense will rarely ever be a top pairing defenceman. Sure he positions well and has nice gap control and all, but so does Jay Bouwmeester, who as shown by his success in St Louis so far, is better when he's not the go to guy (and he actually has better offence). The meltdown at the world juniors where he was out of position/made an egregious giveaway every shift tells me he might not have a "second gear" come playoff time.
Jovanovski was there for a while iirc, and I think Berard was almost there/going to reach it before his eye injury
Yeah he was pretty terrible at the WJC. Not sure I would write him off completely.
The thing about Seth Jones is that that defenseman who are drafted #1 overall like Hamrilk, Jovanovski, Berard, Phillips and Erik Johnson all failed to develop into #1 defenseman. They all became useful players but they didnt live up to expectations.