2011 NHL Draft Lottery - Tue. April 12th - 8:00pm EST

Diddle this Dung.

I hate the Oilers and Steve Tankellini's stupid grinning face.

SpezDispenser wrote:Weak. Strome or Huberdeu to the Sens (SD5)

Based on the rankings now it will be Strome or Couturier (hoping for the latter)

SpezDispenser wrote:Weak. Strome or Huberdeu to the Sens (SD5)

Potentially neither. Huberdeau has skyrocketed up the rankings. Strome may or may not be there at 6. At this Cussing point, I'd rather trade down a few spots and take Zibanejad and an extra asset.

Murray will probably trade the 6th pick if both those guys are gone, for a Cussing defenseman knowing our luck.

Ottawa is easily the biggest loser on lottery day. Florida and Colorado (especially them) outright tanked and we get the shaft? Garbage.

Tabarnouche.

hemlock wrote:

Big Ev wrote:So yeah, only change is Devils win the lottery so they get 4th and everyone from the Isles to the Thrashers move up one.

Except us, who move down a spot to 6th.

Pretty sure that's what I meant when I said EVERYONE for the Isles to the Thrashers (which is actually Columbus, my mistake).

hemlock wrote:Diddle Diddle Diddle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I said this was going to happen. Nice tank job Murray. How good do those few extra wins in the past couple weeks feel now?


DIDDLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE!

Bahaha I see someone manually filtered this

At first I was pissed, but then I thought it's not that bad. We really wanted RNH but unless we pick 1 or 2 we're not getting him. So picking 5th or 6th really meant a decision between Strome, Huberdeu or Couturier. I really believe Hamilton and Larsson will go in the top 5 and RNH will go 1 or 2.

That leaves Landeskog, Coutrier, Huberdeu and Strome for us to pick from. Not bad really.

EDIT
My point is that one of the 4 mentioned above will still be left for us.

hemlock wrote:Diddle Diddle Diddle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I said this was going to happen. Nice tank job Murray. How good do those few extra wins in the past couple weeks feel now?


DIDDLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE!

All it would have taken was playing McElhinney *one* of those Florida games. Just *one* loss would have moved us past the Islanders, and if that loss was to Florida it would have pushed them ahead of us.

Mind you, that's only a difference between 3rd and 6th. Not the end of the world. I just hate that the Oilers are being rewarded for very bad management of assets.

Big Ev wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Weak. Strome or Huberdeu to the Sens (SD5)

Based on the rankings now it will be Strome or Couturier (hoping for the latter)

Hard to see Couturier fall out of the top 5 IMO, but yeah thank God 5-7 are interchangeable somewhat.

hemlock wrote:

hemlock wrote:Diddle Diddle Diddle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I said this was going to happen. Nice tank job Murray. How good do those few extra wins in the past couple weeks feel now?


DIDDLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE!

Bahaha I see someone manually filtered this

Couturier will be a Senator, book it. Exactly what we need, a #2 centre behind Spezza who plays both ends of the rink!

22_4_ever wrote:At first I was pissed, but then I thought it's not that bad. We really wanted RNH but unless we pick 1 or 2 we're not getting him. So picking 5th or 6th really meant a decision between Strome, Huberdeu or Couturier. I really believe Hamilton and Larsson will go in the top 5 and RNH will go 1 or 2.

That leaves Landeskog, Coutrier, Huberdeu and Strome for us to pick from. Not bad really.

EDIT
My point is that one of the 4 mentioned above will still be left for us.

Could have had 3rd with just one strategic lineup change.

hemlock wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Weak. Strome or Huberdeu to the Sens (SD5)

Potentially neither. Huberdeau has skyrocketed up the rankings. Strome may or may not be there at 6. At this Cussing point, I'd rather trade down a few spots and take Zibanejad and an extra asset.

Murray will probably trade the 6th pick if both those guys are gone, for a Cussing defenseman knowing our luck.

Ottawa is easily the biggest loser on lottery day. Florida and Colorado (especially them) outright tanked and we get the shaft? Garbage.

Yeah those wins won't mean much as momentum does not carry over from season to season, IMO.

22_4_ever wrote:At first I was pissed, but then I thought it's not that bad. We really wanted RNH but unless we pick 1 or 2 we're not getting him. So picking 5th or 6th really meant a decision between Strome, Huberdeu or Couturier. I really believe Hamilton and Larsson will go in the top 5 and RNH will go 1 or 2.

That leaves Landeskog, Coutrier, Huberdeu and Strome for us to pick from. Not bad really.

Remember last year? Defenseman dropped like stones. I'd say the only d-man in the top 5 that's a sure thing is Larsson, who I personally think the Oilers will take.

1. Larsson - Oilers
2. Landeskog/RNH - Colorado
3. Landeskog/RNH - Florida
4. Hamilton - Devils
5. Couturier - NYI

That's probably best case scenario right there for us. Still leaves us with Huberdeau or Strome. Still seems like a consolation prize considering the year we had to endure.

JEEZUS Diddle!!!!!!

We moved down.

I can't believe this Cussing Dung!

Big Ev wrote:

Yeah those wins won't mean much as momentum does not carry over from season to season, IMO.

Definitely, it sucks, but at least we have a goalie who looks like he can stop a puck and some young guys who got a shot and looked good. Even if Greening and Condra and Butler fight for a spot in training camp it's still a nice boost to have depth in prospects - especially with NHL experience. If 2 of those guys can catch on and this experience helped a bit...

Silver lining, but that's all we have right now as Sens fans.

Man, Colorado could end up with Landeskog and Zibanejad.

Now THAT's getting it done. Add that to a former #1 overall pick in Johnson too.

Take some Cussing notes Murray. This is how a tear down and rebuild is done.

shabbs wrote:JEEZUS Diddle!!!!!!

We moved down.

I can't believe this Cussing Dung!

Yep, 3 or four less wins after the trade deadline and we'd be taking our pick of RNH/Landeskog. Now it looks like, barring a trade, that it's not even a remote possibility.