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Your Draft Rumors And Speculation Have One Day Left
There’s plenty of people of all types – insiders, basement dwellers, the average Joe – who will tell you exactly what will and will not happen at the draft. They will tell you what teams are thinking, and who is going to go where. And as soon as they are wrong, you won’t hear from…
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Tip of The Hand: Avs Draft Talk
My buddy Bill called me last week to ask why the Avs wouldn’t take Seth Jones with their first overall draft pick. Since I had just written about it, I pointed him to my blog post (thanks for being a loyal reader, Bill). Which led to his next call, asking why the Avalanche would tip…
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Who to Take? Avs Might Bypass Jones
Let’s be honest. The Avalanche have less depth right now than Russell Crowe playing Javert in the Les Miserable movie. Yes, I went there. There have been a few defensive call-ups from the farm system. I’m not as impressed with Elliott as some were when he was called up, but he got better as the…
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Picks for Goalies can be a Good Thing
Hot off the presses, Blue Jackets Scott Howson just traded three draft picks to the Flyers for goaltender Sergei Bobrobsky. Good move, Blue Jackets. Really. I know, it’s weird, that the Blue Jackets and GM Scott Howson can make a good trade. It doesn’t seem possible, like Phoenix drawing a sell out crowd, or the…
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Draft: Oh, What a Night
Oh, how wrong I was. I thought, what’s the point? Why pay attention to the draft? What could possibly happen that’s all that intriguing? I went to skate for a bit before running home, and then to the Mile High Hockey party, and that’s when things got interesting. Liles traded to Toronto: You know what?…