NHL Lottery draft

[grotty]

This afternoon the Caps won the rights to the #1 pick...and the Russian phenom Ovechkin
 
  NHL Lottery
 
 They jumped over the Penguins. Fuckers. 5th year in a row where the team with the worst record did not get the #1 pick.

[godsshoeshine]

two words: mother fuck

[Guiny]

They'll just end up trading him to someone for a side of rice pilaf.

[sonickteam2]

hey guiny!
 
  did you check out the Northeast division standings lately?
 
   i bet you did  

[grotty]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
 
  did you check out the Northeast division standings lately?
 
 

Hockey season's over...isn't it?        
 
 Sports suck anyway. Your favorite team will always just inevitably break your heart.
 
 That's why music is SO much better. Assuming you choose wisely & barring the occasional trainwreck of a show, going to a concert will rarely send you home very unhappy. Versus the ~ approx 50% chance you have every time you go to a sporting event of being a 'loser'.
 
 Yep...that's my new mantra: Music is Better Than Sports. Save your time and $$ & go visit your local record store.
 
 Support Your Local Poet (instead)
 -R Woomble

[Guiny]

Hmmmm from what i've been reading lately (Check the Liz Phair thread for a recent one) indie rockers that turn commercial break people's heart also, so whats the difference?

[Rupert Pupkin]

Who the hell cares.  The NHL won't even exist after the end of this season.

[godsshoeshine]

Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:
  Hmmmm from what i've been reading lately (Check the Liz Phair thread for a recent one) indie rockers that turn commercial break people's heart also, so whats the difference?

easier to start listening to a different band than rooting for a different team

[mankie]

If there is a NHL....The Caps will win the Stanley Cup within the next 5 years. It may take all 5 but it will happen.
 
 Remember where you heard it first!

[grotty]

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  If there is a NHL....The Caps will win the Stanley Cup within the next 5 years. It may take all 5 but it will happen.
 
 Remember where you heard it first!

the Caps may be the WORST evaluator of talent in all of sports (see Jagr, see other 2 first overall picks in Caps history). I'm not too worried about them. If they think enough of Ovechkin to take him #1...well then, he's probably over-rated.

[godsshoeshine]

haha, i predict they trade the pick for shite

[mankie]

Originally posted by grotty:
   

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  If there is a NHL....The Caps will win the Stanley Cup within the next 5 years. It may take all 5 but it will happen.
 
 Remember where you heard it first!

the Caps may be the WORST evaluator of talent in all of sports (see Jagr, see other 2 first overall picks in Caps history). I'm not too worried about them. If they think enough of Ovechkin to take him #1...well then, he's probably over-rated. [/b]

Jagr I'll give you, and have already said I thought it was a big mistake the day they got him....draft picks though are just what they are... a lottery ticket. It's very difficult to pick a future franchise player at such an early stage.
 
 For example, who know what will even happen with Adu at DC United? Right now he's the new Pele   :roll:  but he could burn out and hit the nose candy by age 18.

[grotty]

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  Jagr I'll give you, and have already said I thought it was a big mistake the day they got him....draft picks though are just what they are... a lottery ticket. It's very difficult to pick a future franchise player at such an early stage.
 
 

Right you are. Even though Jagr has since  proven to be incapable of carrying a team and even being a bit of a team cancer - there was a time that he was considered arguably the best player in the world.
 Notably, he was the 6th player taken in his draft year.

[godsshoeshine]

jagr would have been the first choice if there wasn't a question of his availability. it was JUST after the iron curtain fell, if i remember correctly. something about if the czech team or army was going to let him go...

[grotty]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  jagr would have been the first choice if there wasn't a question of his availability. it was JUST after the iron curtain fell, if i remember correctly. something about if the czech team or army was going to let him go...

There will be very similar concerns this year. There is some question about whether the Russian players and their 'clubs' will abide by any potential new bargaining agreement, thus making it possibly very hard for teams to sign high caliber Russian players within the confines of the new pact.
 
  Elite Russian clubs want direct negotiations