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9th pick for JVR. :evil:lol

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In all seriousness though it's amazing the Bruins have a top 10 pick once again after winning the cup. A lot of mock drafts I've seen have them taking Murphy, who is supposed to be a pretty good PMD. I'd definitely like us to take a D-Man because it seems all of our top prospects are forwards.

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I'm looking forward to it actually and hope it happens. The competition figures to be quite a bit more intense, but the Avs will be much better next year, I can guarantee that. Their youth should match up well with the youth of teams like LA, Anaheim, etc., and make for some fun games. Sorry to swordo and MikeD, but it's just hard for me to get too excited about the Avs playing the Oilers or the Wild right now :shrug. The travel schedule should also benefit the Avs.

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Yeah I'm with ya. Oilers while up and coming aren't there yet and the Wild have always been boring to watch.

Now of course after I asked that last night this news came out:

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/n...-glendale.html

This could be huge and hurt the Coyotes and scare away and potential buyers. If Quebec's new arena is on it's way to being built then the Coyotes could move there but Avs would still move to the Pacific and just take their spot. The teams that would lose out would be whatever Central team that would have moved and Dallas who probably would have headed to the Central and got out of the Pacific.

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From someone I follow on twitter: "Love what Flyers doing w/ Bryzgalov. Anytime u can sign 31-year old goalie to 5yr deal who's lost 8 of past 11 p-off games, u HAVE to do it."

I found that funny. And if you take away the first 3 games of 2010 when the Yotes were up 2-1 then he's lost 7 of his last 8.

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Jagr's return imminent?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=6686396

While it would be cool to see him in the winged wheel, it would be even more cool IMO to see him back in a Pens sweater.

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He's gonna need to come cheap for both of them. Around $1mil would be my guess.

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Agreed. Even if they weren't restricted by their current payroll, I'd be hesitant to throw too much money at a 39 year-old, I don't care who he is.

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Nick Lidstrom would beg to differ... :)

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I was surprised at the money he got, but yes, good point Kev.

Adding to my apprehension if I were looking at signing Jagr would be the fact that he's been out of the NHL for a few years. The KHL is getting more and more competitive, but is definitely not the NHL.

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Lidstrom = Norris Trophy finalist. Jagr = two years away from the NHL which is a much more physical league from what I understand.

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Smyth wants to go back to the Oil to finish his career. This makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. Captain Canada has always been my favourite.

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^ HE spelled "favorite" with a "U"!!!!!! AWESOME. :lol I kid I kid.

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I always liked the way Lidstrom played defence. And my favourite player ever is centre Steve Yzerman.

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:thumbsup eh?

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Damn I knew I forgot to put something in there. :lol

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I wonder who the third team is that can't be named.

That screams out "Devils" right there, if you ask me. :evil

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That's how we tell real Canadians from impostors. haha

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We have a family friend who played for our local AHL team who, as he was getting into his later 30s, was thinking of retiring. Long story short, he went over and played for some European clubs, including a stint in the KHL, and was able to extend his career into his 40s. He said it's much less physically demanding than the north american game, and the shorter seasons help as well.

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You don't say?

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Swordo, you'd be so proud of me... I work for a Canadian company and, after talking to my co-workers up there for so long every day, I now say things like PROcess (instead of "prawcess"), my wife makes fun of me every time I say "eh", and the other day I wrote "colour" in an e-mail and didn't notice it until someone brought it up!

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Jagr interests me, but I'm just not sure it's a good fit.

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Top 6 NHL jersey sales for the 10-11 season: 1. Crosby, 2. Ovechkin, 3. Toews, 4. Kane, 5. Malkin, 6. Richards

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I think he'd be a great fit

neal-malkin- jagr. sounds amazing.

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Very proud indeed, eh?

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I was thinking the same thing... Malkin and him could theoretically be a pretty good fit as they play a very similar style.

If Crosby ever makes it back, that could be something special as well. Just think what Syd did with an over-the-hill Bill effin' Guerin...

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I'm assuming Mike and not Brad, right?

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You mean lazy?

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I think it would depend on what Malkin showed up, but basically anyone you plug in there would be in that category.

I'd rather have someone who is a goal scorer rather than a facilitator.

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And brilliant when they decide to be.

That's a big "when"