Derrico

I love the atleast 3 remark. This daft could seriously go a long way to setting this franchise up for a long time. Cheers to that :beer:

Well the 5th would have been nice and I'm a bit disappointed they were able to sign Halak. Having said that we now own 3 1st round picks in what is suppose to be an excellent draft year. Here's hoping for a Sabres, Isles and Blues tank in 2014/2015!! :beer:

That's fine by me. The blues have a slightly better chance of finishing lower in the standings with a rookie and Elliott than miller and the rook. That 2015 first is the real gem of the trade.

So with the Wild being eliminated I believe their second round pick is now determined to be 49th overall. If Miller does not resign with the Blues before the draft I believe the Sabres then retain Minni's 49th pick. Assuming Miller doesn't sign we know the picks through the first two rounds are: 2. Buffalo's 1st 5. NY Isles 1st (If Isles don't defer) 31. Buffalo's 2nd 39. Jets 2nd 49. Wild 2nd Someone please correct me if I'm off.

:w00t: Very nicely done.

Atlanta trading up for Julio Jones definitely worked out IMO but other than that I agree.

For some reason my quote feature hasn't been working on here. Not sure why but dEnnis I think you hit the nail on the head. That plan sounds like a sure win for everyone (including yourself).

Thanks for the ideas guys.

Ok guys (and gals) Mother's Day is this weekend and I have no idea what to get/do for my mom and wife. I was thinking of breakfast in bed along with some flowers and a card for my wife and maybe flowers and a card for my mom. Just sounds so cliché though. Anyone else with any good ideas/plans for mom/wife on the weekend? I may need to steal a couple.....

Yep completely agree. I'd be very surprised if he is picked in the top 5.

Out of all the top guys that need another shot to leave a lasting impression it's him.

Not sure why my quote feature doesn't work but I'm completely on board with you NS regarding those damn trampolines!! Neighbour has one in the house behind us and half the neighbourhood of kids show up everyday yelling and screaming. I let my great dane out to run around for a bit and they just try and torment her. Damn kids lol...... Also, great news about your wife man.

If Florida wants a forward and not Ekblad then I really hope they do trade out. To WildCard, I agree that both Sam's seem to be rated fairly evenly but we brought in Tim Murray mainly for his talent evaluation and I want him to have the choice.

Oh I know. 1, 2 and 3 would be incredible. Based on the depth of next years draft I would sign up for 3 picks in the top 10. Even if we pick 2nd, 4th and 8th or something that will set this franchise up big time for the next decade.

Ya I agree it won't be much worse if they wait until after. Personally I hope they don't sign him at all and just take the 2016 3rd and pray that having a rookie goalie next year may lead to a down year. The big prize in this trade was the 2015 first rounder and I want that pick to be as high as possible. Likely they miss the playoffs? No but I would rather them have a rookie and someone like Elliott in net versus Miller in the regular season. You never know.

I was surprised hearing ppl bash the Philly / NYR series, I thought it was a great series. I'm also pumped to see how NYR stacks up against cry baby Crosby. If there's a series I could take or leave it's probably Chicago / Minn as I don't think the Wild have a prayer. But you never know. As for my picks I'm going: LA Chicago Montreal NYR

I'm still not sure if that's the right logic or not. You could still make a trade up with the Ducks using our Win 2nd and a 3rd if you wanted. If you ignore the proposed trade which may or may not happen you are arguing a (2nd) > (1st less 2nd and 3rd). Not saying you are right or wrong but myself I would prefer that 1st knowing I have to give up my 2nd (Wild) and 3rd to get it. I could still trade up again if I wanted using the Jets second and something else.

What? Can you please explain that. If Miller signs before we are back in the first round again and don't have to trade anything other than one second and one third. That's better than trading at minimum two seconds to get back up there.

There's a decent chance we end up with the Wild pick so we don't want them making it to the Conference finals.

So who are we all going with in these Game 7's. I'm feeling Rangers, Wild and Kings.

4 would have been better but ya I'll certainly sign up for 3 seconds.

Didn't realize we may have 4 seconds! Last year we had 3 and it felt like we were constantly picking in the 2nd round.

1. Toronto 2. Toronto 3. Toronto 4. Boston

Does anybody really care about day 3?

The bolded may be the understatment of the year. Going from 22 points to 75 would be unreal. I think Myers and Hodgson have shots at achieving those numbers. Ennis and Stafford seem a bit high but I guess they could hit those as well. I want a top 5 pick in next years draft (obviously hoping for 1) but I do hope our young guys progress. I just can't see them progressing this quickly over one season. If you projected Girgensons and Z's stats 3 years from now then I would be happy and feel it is achievable.