2012 NHL Draft

Riprock wrote:If it were Ottawa getting 1st overall pick year after year you'd all be fine with it lol. Don't lie - if the Sens sucked you'd want them getting the pick. When he Sens had the 5th overall pick Sens fans were pissed off about being screwed by the draft and lost their chance at RNH/Landeskog/Huberdeau/etc. then they draft Zibanejad and all of a sudden it's like we got the steal of the draft lol.

Need to relax a bit here fellow Sens fans.

Edmonton just was the wort team the past 3 seasons, plain and simple. They lucked out slightly moving up OBE spot this year in the draft. They still would have gotten a very good player. You can hate all you ant and say that they will continue to lose because they lack defence and goaltending, but can you really blame Tambelini for not setting the franchise back by trading for one? If the cost for a young franchise goalie like Schneider was Eberle, of course you can't blame him.

Fact is, they will get those players eventually. Edmonton is slowly becoming a place for FA's to play - lots of $$$ and young stars.

SpezDispenser wrote:

Big Ev wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

Big Ev wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

I feel strongly that Subban is a cancer.

No way. He's a strong team guy all the way since Belleville. His family is just full of characters.

I don't think I can take your word for that. What I see and hear is bad, bad, bad news for a young player with 'potential'. Bad.

what do you "see and hear". Enlighten me.

That he's a punk and that his teammates dislike him and that he can't even go through a month without getting into a fight....with his own teammates.

SpezDispenser wrote:Dammit, I want to watch that but I don't have sound. Someone remind me tonight.

SensGirl11 wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Dammit, I want to watch that but I don't have sound. Someone remind me tonight.

You don't really need sound to get the effect, the physical reactions are good enough. They're just yelling basically. I feel bad for them, that really sucks.

tim1_2 wrote:

Riprock wrote:
Fact is, they will get those players eventually. Edmonton is slowly becoming a place for FA's to play - lots of $$$ and young stars.

What are you basing this on? The fact that they are no more competitive than they were three years ago? What FAs have they landed that make you think they are "becoming a place for FAs to play"?????

Big Ev wrote:
No they won't. Edmonton is a Dung of a city. No free agent will go there just because they have some flashy kids.

Riprock wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

Riprock wrote:
Fact is, they will get those players eventually. Edmonton is slowly becoming a place for FA's to play - lots of $$$ and young stars.

What are you basing this on? The fact that they are no more competitive than they were three years ago? What FAs have they landed that make you think they are "becoming a place for FAs to play"?????

Big Ev wrote:
No they won't. Edmonton is a Dung of a city. No free agent will go there just because they have some flashy kids.

@mirtle Tambellini said Oilers getting more interest from free agents now they have stars like Hall and Eberle.

Riprock wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

Riprock wrote:
Fact is, they will get those players eventually. Edmonton is slowly becoming a place for FA's to play - lots of $$$ and young stars.

What are you basing this on? The fact that they are no more competitive than they were three years ago? What FAs have they landed that make you think they are "becoming a place for FAs to play"?????

Big Ev wrote:
No they won't. Edmonton is a Dung of a city. No free agent will go there just because they have some flashy kids.

@mirtle Tambellini said Oilers getting more interest from free agents now they have stars like Hall and Eberle.

Riprock wrote:And back to drafting - they have the #1 pick and the #1 ranked guy isn't a defenceman or a goalie, so what do you expect them to do?

You guys seem to have all the answers, but if it was Ottawa, would you seriously say the same thing?

If Ottawa had the #1 pick and didn't take Yakupov this year, would you be upset? If they traded the pick to move down, would you be mad? Do you really expect a team to give up a young top 4 defenceman + top 10 pick for the #1 overall?

Imagine a team stacked at C getting the lotto pick in 2005 and not taking Crosby because it didn't solve a positional need lol.

Riprock wrote:And back to drafting - they have the #1 pick and the #1 ranked guy isn't a defenceman or a goalie, so what do you expect them to do?

You guys seem to have all the answers, but if it was Ottawa, would you seriously say the same thing?

If Ottawa had the #1 pick and didn't take Yakupov this year, would you be upset? If they traded the pick to move down, would you be mad? Do you really expect a team to give up a young top 4 defenceman + top 10 pick for the #1 overall?

Imagine a team stacked at C getting the lotto pick in 2005 and not taking Crosby because it didn't solve a positional need lol.

Riprock wrote:It's the same concept - trading the #1 pick for the best player available instead of taking hm and worrying about other needs later some other way.

Riprock wrote:Evan, who said "big names"?

And, this is something he just said - post-Smyth and Belanger. And actually, those are character signings. And Smyth wasn't a FA signing. Nice try though.

Hey NEELY, they are building from within - it's called drafting - but when they do that, you guys still Dung on them.

They've been trying to add big names from FA, remember Vanek? That didn't work out (probably best for them). They tried to get Heatley (probably best for us).

They've had bad PR from douchebag Pronger.