Corrado scored tonight...for Sudbury.
- boonerbuck

"They can go (frank) themselves"

-Mikael Samuelsson

Apparently it's a fake Twitter account that reported that deal and nothing has been agreed upon yet. I think the Jays robbed the Marlins, and should just hold onto this D'Arnaud and call this off-season a win. Why not just sign a FA pitcher instead of giving up a top prospect(or 2) for a guy who's only had one great year?

Apparently D'Arnaud>>Arencibia and Arencibia is a bad defensive catcher which will cause some serious problems with Richardey as a knuckle-baller.

I think AA is a great GM for the Jays though so I definitely won't be too down on this trade if he makes it.
- Nucker101

Guys on mlb network just said that the mets are insterested in Arencibia and Gose as the main pieces for Dickey. They also said they mets may also ask for a mid level pitching prospect.

Guys on mlb network just said that the mets are insterested in Arencibia and Gose as the main piece for Richardey. Mets may ask for a middle level pitching prospect.
- tomburton99

I could love with Arencibia + Gose for sure, as long as Richardey signs. D'Arnaud should be an untouchable, I've read that he has Buster Posey type potential which is great.

"They can go (frank) themselves"

-Mikael Samuelsson


- Nucker101

Should the season be lost, it would be interesting to have the draft lottery percentages done by averaging a team's last three draft positions. Yes I know where the Oilers picked the last three years.

It might also be interesting to do a snake draft. I dunno what do you guys think of those ideas?
- martok2309

How it was done last time is fine. Every team gets 3 balls. They lose 1 for each playoff appearance in the last 3 years. They lost 1 for each #1 overall draft pick in the last 4 years. Teams cannot have less than 1 ball. Draft order is snaking.

I'll have more tomorrow on why an equal opportunity draft would benefit the NHL.
- IanEsplen

The teams it would benefit are primarily the large market teams who are doing alright financially anyways. The teams it would hurt are the ones needing help. You want to tell Columbus that Detroit deserves an equal shot at the #1 overall pick as they do? The Islanders that the Rangers do?

Additionally, all of the teams will need to re-sell themselves to fans. Winning sells, so good teams have something to market: they could win the cup. The teams who aren't going to be doing much winning need something to market. Like a high draft pick.

The way it worked before was fine. Every team had a small chance at the first overall. But the teams who had been struggling recently and hadn't drafted on top recently had it slanted in their favor. So everyone could sell their fans on the hope of a top pick, but the teams that actually needed higher picks got them. As it was, the draft was still far better for those doing well than it should have been, because it was snaking.

In a hypothetical world where the draft order is chosen by a random draw where each team has an equal opportunity to pick first....it's pretty clearly stated in the blog.
- Fosco

you nucks fans are way too touchy about everything geeezus, its nothing against the nucks here

Hockeybuzz is the best. People are actually mildly outraged by some made up mock draft order. Don't worry, we all know the Leafs are so terrible that they'll get a high pick and the Canucks are good enough to get a pick near the bottom.
- hankthetank

Hockeybuzz is the best reason #2: People on HB think it's possible to be "mildly outraged"