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About This Page: This is a discussion on LA Kings Talk within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. Originally Posted by Sleestak
AMEN. Drafting for 'need' is insane.
You simply HAVE to draft the best player available, no matter what their position.
You mean to tell me Lombardi
you aren't getting a lottery pick for a late 1st rounder, late 2nd rounder and some minor league scrub.
/end thread
Just another Duck's fan that does not understand hockey.
We would make it the 29overall pick. Detroit's second AND forth round pick. PLUS we would talk Wilsie and Thornton into signing with the team we trade with.
There is not a GM in the league that would NOT want that trade....suck on that!
Just another Duck's fan that does not understand hockey.
We would make it the 29overall pick. Detroit's second AND forth round pick. PLUS we would talk Wilsie and Thornton into signing with the team we trade with.
There is not a GM in the league that would NOT want that trade....suck on that!
this has to be sarcasm....because you can't possibly be that dumb.
I have no supporting evidence that this would happen, but what if Stamkos decides he does not want to play for LA, and demands a trade to Toronto or another franchise? You know, what Eli Manning did to the Chargers on draft day.
I have no supporting evidence that this would happen, but what if Stamkos decides he does not want to play for LA, and demands a trade to Toronto or another franchise? You know, what Eli Manning did to the Chargers on draft day.
I have no supporting evidence that this would happen, but what if Stamkos decides he does not want to play for LA, and demands a trade to Toronto or another franchise? You know, what Eli Manning did to the Chargers on draft day.
Has anything like that ever happened in the NHL?
Eric Lindros.
From Wikipedia
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Lindros' entry to the National Hockey League proceeded in much the same manner. Lindros was selected first overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. Lindros had signaled in advance that he would never play for the Nordiques, citing distance, lack of marketing potential, and having to speak French. He went as far as to refuse to wear the team's jersey on draft day; the team selected him anyway. Some suspect that the team knew that they could command a high price in trade. The Nordiques president publicly announced that they would make Lindros the centerpiece of their franchise turnaround, and refused to trade Lindros, saying that he would not have a career in the NHL as long as he held out. Because of Lindros' popularity and hype, it is alleged that the NHL President intervened to get the Nordiques to trade him, as it would otherwise damage the image of the league. (Lindros spent the time playing with the Oshawa Generals and also participated in the 1992 Winter Olympics, winning a Silver Medal.)
In 1992, the Nordiques worked out trades for him with both the New York Rangers, and Philadelphia Flyers. Eventually an arbitrator, Larry Bertuzzi (grand-uncle of Todd Bertuzzi)[4], ruled in favour of the Flyers, for whom Lindros played from 1992 to 2000, most of the time as the team's captain. [5] The trade between the Nordiques and the Rangers that was ruled invalid by the arbitrator had Lindros being traded for Doug Weight, Tony Amonte, Alexei Kovalev, John Vanbiesbrouck and three first round draft picks (1993, 1994 & 1995) and $12 million.[6]
Many consider this trade a key reason that the Colorado Avalanche, which the Nordiques became in 1995, went on to be an NHL powerhouse. They received in the trade Peter Forsberg, Ron Hextall, Chris Simon, Mike Ricci, Kerry Huffman, Steve Duchesne, a 1st round selection (Jocelyn Thibault) in 1993, a 1st round selection (later traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs, later traded to the Washington Capitals - Nolan Baumgartner) in 1994, and $15,000,000 cash. Since the trade, the Avalanche have won eight division titles and two Stanley Cup championships, due in part to the play of Forsberg, and the later addition of Patrick Roy, whom the Avalanche received in a later package deal that included Thibault.
... If Stamkos is the overwhelming number one consensus pick, we get it and DL drafts someone off the board, I will slit Dean Lombardi's wrists.
FTFY.
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Originally Posted by backofthenet
... PLUS we would talk Wilsie and Thornton into signing with the team we trade with. ...
The contracts of these 2 gentlemen expire Summer 2008. Their next pro hockey contracts -- if any can be negotiated -- are 1-way AHL deals or in the 2nd-tier European leagues (Germany, Switzerland, Italy).
CBGB
