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4 picks in the top 32 of the 2015 draft sure could be nice... :P Islanders are screwed either way. They lose a top 5 this year or they lose the chance for McDavid/Eichel and don't draft in the top 60 of a deep draft If I am them I defer, next year could do some serious damage if they lose those picks. Plus with the move coming up, that will make ti harder to get UFAs for next year

Maybe they broke promises or whatever. Just because they are good doesn't mean they can't screw him over

Buffalo - Yes Calgary - Probably Edmonton - I think they dig themselves out this off season. They have to. Florida - Probably Vancouver - Maybe, it depends what they do this offseason. Their goalies could also carry them Carolina - No. They played a large chunk of this season without Ward and with a bad E Staal. Washington - No. They aren't good but they are always a bubble team at the least. NJ - Maybe. They also made the playoffs this season but Jagr probably won't be back Detroit - No way. They made the playoffs without their top three centres (basically). Injury bitten to the nth degree Toronto - No. They are a bubble team Islanders were awful with Moulson/Vanek and Tavares and got worse when both dropped out. Okoposo had a fantastic season. There are 3/4 goalies on FA, who would pick to go to the Islanders over say Anaheim or the Blues or even Washington

I laughed at this too

That was embarrassing

Followed by a concussion

What about shootout goals?

Faceoff should have been in the zone. Cody got pushed. The tank continues :(

It is not really about objective ability of the player but the fact they were top 3. Stephan had an alright career but is considered the biggest bust of the draft by many. If I am drafting top 3 I want that player that you can hitch your franchise to. Turris might be getting better, but he is still around the 0.5ppg mark. He was the highest ranked player going into the draft, meanwhile Stamkos is a 60 goal scorer. Side note but I think this could be a Bennet/Reinhart situation, but that is just a gut feeling. Bogosian is an ok young defenceman, but he is hardly Drew Doughty or Victor Hedman Huberdeau had a good rookie year but I just haven't felt he was very dangerous in a while (but he is very young so it is too early to truly tell) Ryan was drafted 2nd overall and hovers around the 50s whilst playing most of his career on a power play with Perry and Getslaf. I've never been hot on him, so maybe this is just a bias Johnson is a top 4 guy, true. But if I am drafting top 3 I want more than that. I would take Pysyk over Johnson JVR is showing flashes but he is still not dominating the game My point is that I want a player who changes the game when he steps on the ice. You can pick up good players in the rest of the draft. I want great players

I thought Leino was going to score then. I am expecting a goal in the next 3 games.

Washington are up 5-1, Ovi is still a -1

Bad - Yakupov, Bogosian, Turris, Barker (7%) Dissapointing - Gudbranson, Hubardeau, Van Riemsdyk,J Staal, E Johnson, Ryan, J Johnson (26%) So whilst it is unlikely we would get a 'bad' player (Barker is probably the only truly bad player); there is over 1/3 chance that we get someone who is just a secondary player that can't carry your franchise (another Vanek)

I would be surprised if we tank as hard as we did this season. I think next year they make a push to be out of the bottom 5. At the very least I would not expect a 15 point difference between us and 29th (or whatever the current difference is). I also think everyone here equates a tank with McDavid/Eichel, which it just doesn't. This year we are getting a good player. Not an elite hang your franchise on them player. Mike Richards style. Next year, outside those two, I think we could end up in the same situation.

I agree with the delaying of the pick. However, with a thin free agent market, who will they really sign to be of impact? What good goalies are available? Miller, Hiller, Halak. Maybe Thomas or Bryzgalov? I wouldn't expect a huge turn around. This season they were no where near the playoffs with Vanek/Moulson on the team. They sure as hell ain't getting someone of that quality back. They do have good young guys (a few of them). But the Oilers are proof that you can't ask your young guys to step in and pull you along. I really don't know which way they will go. All I know is that FA is after the draft and if they fail to get any nice names they could be sweating over the next season.

I'm not sure you can equate the two really. He is almost certainly being offered more money to be with the Leafs, to do a job which might have no direct power but he will always be involved in player discussion and the war room etc. and this is a good job should he ever want to be a GM. Plus the upside of 'turning the franchise around' (even if he had very little to do with it) is probably a nice appeal compared to giving out punishments and having everyone whine. Although I'm sure the Leaf fans will do their fair share of whining regardless

We definitely get one of Reinhart or Bennet. Honestly, I am not going to care which one it is really. But if we get first overall, and I am the GM, I pick Bennet

Bennett for me is Toews. A smaller NHL player (he isn't small though) who plays hard and plays 200 feet. He is someone whose work attitude can carry the team, hockey IQ can stabilize a game and whose speed can break it open. However. I have not seen much of his real play (this is from reading scout reports and youtube) He is also really young (June birthday compared to October birthday of LD and November birthday of SR) - I think this makes a big difference

Bennet

I don't think Enroth and Hackett are out because of being run? I think it is just bad luck

This is not aimed at you really, but it does amuse me that so many of us (me included) have this image that TN can turn anybody around. Like his super power is to give aimless wanders purpose. Let's trade for OV, Kane and Semin and watch Nolan turn them into Gretzky, Lemieux and Hull :P

Could be minor injury

This is what I thought as well. So do we want to be rooting for them to beat Calgary or not? Would we be better off with 8th next year than 5th this year kind of a thing I have a feeling it will be as much a business/PR move as it will a hockey one. The fact they are moving stadiums might also play a role

They will know their order by the time they have to chose, so presuming they get the place they finish?

Regarding the Islander's pick decision How big a difference does 4th place compared to 5th place make?

What vet does want to be on a losing team?