Final CSB Draft Rankings

[JS \'93]

While the Devils may be the blueprint for trap hockey, the Ranger$ are just as much to blame, if not more, for dramatically increasing (free agent) salaries.   The Ranger$ have missed the playoffs 7 straight years with nearly the highest team salary.  Bodes well for life under a salary cap.  

The rumor always was that the previous CBA would have had a salary cap, but Ranger$ and Red Wings placed an enormous amount of pressure on Bettman to remove it.   At least the Red Wings won a cup over the past few years.
 

[Trotsky]

[Q]froogle Wrote:

 Hockeys future mock draft Sasha Pokulok goes #23 in the first round to the New Jersey Devils.
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If it happens, it will be the first Cornellian taken in the first round, ever: http://www.tbrw.info/players/cornellNHLDraft.html

[Hillel Hoffmann]

[Q]jy3 Wrote: lets go devils! [/q][Q]Tub(a) Wrote: something that suggested he liked the Sabres, I think. [/q][Q]jmh30 Wrote: something that suggested he liked the Rangers, I think. [/q]Y'know, I bet it's been done before here, but it'd be a hoot to see an eLynah poll of favorite NHL teams.

OK, I'm sorry. I'm experiencing...

[Q]Buzzcocks Wrote: Boredom, boredom. Da dum da dum. [/q]

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]Hillel Hoffmann Wrote:
Y'know, I bet it's been done before here, but it'd be a hoot to see an eLynah poll of favorite NHL teams.
[/q]

Can the polls take that many choices?  Or are we all Rangers, Devils, Islanders, Sabres, Bruins, or Whalers fans?  Actually, Jeff's a Flyers fan, right?  Perhaps it's more fun for everyone to guess what NHL teams the other posters are fans of.

For my part, I don't identify myself as a fan of any MLB or NHL team, but I'm a Red Sox and Rangers sympathizer.

[Hillel Hoffmann]

[Q]jtwcornell91 Wrote: Or are we all Rangers, Devils, Islanders, Sabres, Bruins, or Whalers fans?[/q]
No way. Let's go Caps. (Born a Bruins fan, converted in the mid-1980s.)

Stop laughing.

[ninian '72]

Make that two of us, Hillel.  Although given Leonsis's dismantling of the team before the lockout, who knows what we'll be left with this season.

[jkahn]

The schedule for your NHL favorite team is now available on nhl.com.  At this point there's only one hockey team that I'm really passionate about - Let's Go Red.  I was a Ranger fan as a kid, then rooted for Ned's Red Wings during his coaching and GM tenure there, while starting to go to Islander games as soon as they were created.  I remained an Islander fan thereafter, though rooting for Dryden and therefore his Canadiens as well.  Having moved from NY to southern NH in '75 and the Chicago in '81, though I still root for the Isles, the passion has diminished over time.  I love the game and still will watch a lot of NHL hockey, and generally root for any ECAC player (there are a few exceptions) and other college hockey players to do well.  If Lenny becomes a regular in Phoenix, I'll be a Coyote fan.  But there's only the one team that I'll support with unwavering passion - the Big Red.

[Trotsky]

[Q]ninian '72 Wrote:

 Make that two of us, Hillel.  Although given Leonsis's dismantling of the team before the lockout, who knows what we'll be left with this season.[/q]

Hey, it was brutal, but he was right.  The Caps come out of the strike with a gigantic amount of cap room, in a free agent paradise.  He may be a sonofabitch, but he was a smart sonofabitch.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[Q]jtwcornell91 Wrote:

 [Q2]Hillel Hoffmann Wrote:
Y'know, I bet it's been done before here, but it'd be a hoot to see an eLynah poll of favorite NHL teams.
[/Q]
Can the polls take that many choices?  Or are we all Rangers, Devils, Islanders, Sabres, Bruins, or Whalers fans?  Actually, Jeff's a Flyers fan, right?  Perhaps it's more fun for everyone to guess what NHL teams the other posters are fans of.

For my part, I don't identify myself as a fan of any MLB or NHL team, but I'm a Red Sox and Rangers sympathizer.[/q]

You are correct, sir.  I am a fan of the orange and black (or was I not the Jeff you were referring to.  There are quite a few of us on this board)

Although until I moved to Allentown, that is, all through my HS and college years, I was a Bruins fan.  In other words, when the Flyers beat the Bruins, I was a Bruins fan.  

[Beeeej]

[Q]Trotsky Wrote:
 [Q2]froogle Wrote:
Hockeys future mock draft Sasha Pokulok goes #23 in the first round to the New Jersey Devils.[/Q]
If it happens, it will be the first Cornellian taken in the first round, ever: [/q]
Partly, one might infer from the numbers on your page, because there didn't used to be thirty teams.

Beeeej

[redGrinch]

[Q]Trotsky Wrote:

 [Q2]ninian '72 Wrote:

 Make that two of us, Hillel.  Although given Leonsis's dismantling of the team before the lockout, who knows what we'll be left with this season.[/Q]
Hey, it was brutal, but he was right.  The Caps come out of the strike with a gigantic amount of cap room, in a free agent paradise.  He may be a sonofabitch, but he was a smart sonofabitch.[/q]

Wow..... caps fans coming out of the woodwork.  Who would've thought on an eLynah thread...... if Pokuluk is there in the 2nd round for Washington with either their pick or Ottawa's pick, they better not let him pass.....   we certainly could use a D with some size and offensive skills.

According to the Post last week though, Ted only plans to go up to about $25 mil in salary - what a thought...... Ottawa outspending us!?!

[ninian '72]

Sasha would make a nice counterpoint to Witt.  I agree with Greg, and it was clear Ted was positioning himself for either a cheaper payroll, an ability to load up on free agents or both, but damn it was painful to watch guys like Kono and Nikolishin get bled off in the process.  The Caps have never been one of the more talented teams in the league - even with Jagr on board - and whatever success they've had has been to a large degree due to team chemistry.  That's going to be hard to recreate.  I fear we're in for some lean times.

[jkahn]

FYI, the draft will be televised by TSN, MSG, Comcast Sports Chicago and Altitude (Denver) at noon EDT Saturday.
(info above from TSN's website and from directv.com)

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

It's also suposed to be on Comcast Sports Net in Philly.

[DeltaOne81]

It's also on NESN right now