The Bottom 5: Trends, Probabilities, and Stamkoooooooos!

[Dr. Naysay]

Originally Posted by CBGB

Edmonton scares the crap out of me.

Last year they lost, what, 18 of their last 20 games? If they get hurt, or start making trades, they...er....Anaheim could nab Stamkos

DON'T YOU DARE TRY AND HIJACK MY BANDWAGON!!!

[RockPile]

[quote=gescom;1067143]

i said that the likelihood of the Kings getting the #1 overall pick in this draft is none.

QUOTE]

Don't you think that the variables provided by upcoming moves will greatly affect the Kings ability to overtake #'s 26-29? According to the Times, Blake should be back on the ice 3-4 games prior to the deadline, and might still be traded. I don't expect a fire sale, but other assets will be going too. Also, I expect that the on-the-job training for some of the youngsters could negatively affect the w-l column. True that these factors will be experienced by the other mentioned teams as well. It seems that what DL does in the next three weeks could negate any upward trend, thus "Stamkos" is a plausible outcome, at least at this point.

Thanks for the links by the way. Very interesting.

[spi84ral]

Originally Posted by CUP4LA

Even if the Kings DO get the number one pick.......it won't be Stamkos.

who will it be?

[SFKingshomer]

Drew Doughty

[Bogey Man]

Originally Posted by CBGB

Edmonton scares the crap out of me.

Last year they lost, what, 18 of their last 20 games? If they get hurt, or start making trades, they...er....Anaheim could nab

As someone else pointed out in another thread, they just lost their leading scorer, Horcoff, for the season.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=228868&hubname=nhl

he Edmonton Oilers took another blow to their lineup on Monday, as the team learned that centre Shawn Horcoff will have season-ending shoulder surgery on Wednesday.

[Dr. Naysay]

The Anaheim Ducks will win the Stanley Cup AND pick first in the NHL Draft.

[evilgeek]

Lombardi will probably get the player he wants no matter how the team finishes. He has plenty of assets to trade up in the draft if the team were to get bitten by the "win bug".

[Birdman]

Originally Posted by Wolvie

"Stamkos" is more a concept than a person in this context...

[Birdman]

Originally Posted by Dr. Naysay

Holy ****..... I hate that more than I hate draft geeks.

So how much hate are we talking? I wanted to compare it to how much I hate podcasts.....

[CUP4LA]

Originally Posted by gescom

i].

2. Steve Stamkos in quotation is the new name for the 2008 1st overall pick.

Sorry. I missed the press release on that one.

[spi84ral]

Originally Posted by SFKingshomer

Drew Doughty

why?

[SFKingshomer]

Doughty IMO has the most upside in the draft,he is outstanding offensively and solid defensively.I saw alot of both him and Stamkos at WJHC and Doughty was dominant,Stamkos didn't really stand out to me.