Nine Inch Nails really hasn't put out a good son since 1997.

That is all.
- jmatchett383

no good "songs" either...

no good "songs" either...
- landros 2

Sorry, spilled coffee on my keyboard the other day and some keys are a bit sticky. Haven't gotten a new one from IT yet.

Also always ignored in those moronic hindsight evals is that the NHL had not really started the shift into the way its played now....all skilled lines, all transition, forward moving dmen across the board.

It was still very much a place for Pronger replicas, and Dan Girardi Types
- juiced

well of course there is, morin isn't one of those though.

It was a bad pick. it happens. Its ok to say it

Morin was considered a project when drafted, safe to say the project didn't work out. Don't draft a project at 11, draft a player.
- ClaudeFather

that is pretty much the bottom line. It didn't work out so now you move along. No one hits on all their picks. Many have just made Morin out to be something he is not.

Nick Cousins scores a goal tonight.

I personally was hoping for Pulock with that pick. Word was Montreal wanted him also, but they picked at the back end.

- jmatchett383

Personally i was hoping Nichushkin would've fell to 11, so I would've been (frank)ed either way

Personally i was hoping Nichushkin would've fell to 11, so I would've been (frank)ed either way
- sjk540

Well I'm talking about who was available. But yes, the Russian Eric Lindros didn't really work out too well. Let him stand as why to NOT trade for Puljujarvi.

Nick Cousins scores a goal tonight.
- cdearth23

Totally forgot he played for Montreal
He will be involved with something, either a goal or something agitating

Totally forgot he played for Montreal
He will be involved with something, either a goal or something agitating
- Marc D

Nick Cousins? Agitating? Nah!

Hindsight in looking at the pick is a waste of time. Anyone can be an expert using hindsight. Not sure what anyone expects from a player who has barely played hockey in the last two years. He's not going to get back sitting in the press box. If they have any interest in seeing it through, he needs to be waived and if he clears sent to the Phantoms and playing as much as possible. That is really the only chance.

Hindsight in looking at the pick is a waste of time. Anyone can be an expert using hindsight. Not sure what anyone expects from a player who has barely played hockey in the last two years. He's not going to get back sitting in the press box. If they have any interest in seeing it through, he needs to be waived and if he clears sent to the Phantoms and playing as much as possible. That is really the only chance.
- MJL

don't need hindsight as it is a fact it was a very questionable pick at the time was it not?

Hindsight in looking at the pick is a waste of time. Anyone can be an expert using hindsight. Not sure what anyone expects from a player who has barely played hockey in the last two years. He's not going to get back sitting in the press box. If they have any interest in seeing it through, he needs to be waived and if he clears sent to the Phantoms and playing as much as possible. That is really the only chance.
- MJL

Not sure why their so reluctant to waive him.

No one is claiming him. 2013 draft is ancient history

Good lord, kid has one bad game after a 7 game point streak and some folks want to write him off already?? Unreal.
- BiggE

Nobody is writing him off. Relax

Nobody is writing him off. Relax
- Just5

Kid can't adjust to the pro game. Fire him into the sun.

I personally was hoping for Pulock with that pick. Word was Montreal wanted him also, but they picked at the back end.
- jmatchett383

IIRC, most of the board wanted either Ristolainen or Nichushkin.

I remember you being Team Pulock. I was on Team Morrissey.

In hindsight, I have no idea how the Flyers passed on Domi with the Bob Clarke connection and the Flyers usual love for forwards with skill + grit.

IIRC, most of the board wanted either Ristolainen or Nichushkin.

I remember you being Team Pulock. I was on Team Morrissey.

In hindsight, I have no idea how the Flyers passed on Domi with the Bob Clarke connection and the Flyers usual love for forwards with skill + grit.
- Tomahawk

I didn't want Domi because then we'd have to draft Tomas Kaberle's son to protect Max from Luke Richardson's son.

IIRC, most of the board wanted either Ristolainen or Nichushkin.

I remember you being Team Pulock. I was on Team Morrissey.

In hindsight, I have no idea how the Flyers passed on Domi with the Bob Clarke connection and the Flyers usual love for forwards with skill + grit.
- Tomahawk

i was on team lose more games, get Monahan. They were already out of reach for mackinnon

i was on team lose more games, get Monahan. They were already out of reach for mackinnon
- KINGKENZO

I would have gladly taken Seth Jones at 4.

I would have gladly taken Seth Jones at 4.
- jmatchett383

still cant believe tampa went Drouin over him

Morin was considered a project when drafted, safe to say the project didn't work out. Don't draft a project at 11, draft a player.
- ClaudeFather

What gets GMs in trouble is being blinded by raw physical tools and downplaying an absence of skill.

It's what separates a failed project like Morin from a successful project like Sanheim. Sanheim always had some skill.

Hindsight in looking at the pick is a waste of time. Anyone can be an expert using hindsight. Not sure what anyone expects from a player who has barely played hockey in the last two years. He's not going to get back sitting in the press box. If they have any interest in seeing it through, he needs to be waived and if he clears sent to the Phantoms and playing as much as possible. That is really the only chance.
- MJL

He was considered a project when drafted and there was criticism at the time. It was a bad pick.

Nick Cousins scores a goal tonight.
- cdearth23

2 goals 1 asst and tap dances on Stewarts skull as he eats popcorn in the cote suite.

What gets GMs in trouble is being blinded by raw physical tools and downplaying an absence of skill.

It's what separates a failed project like Morin from a successful project like Sanheim. Sanheim always had some skill.
- Tomahawk

Exactly, the 'old school hockey' mentality creeps in and they over value the big fast Dman but he can't break a puck out of his own zone. This isn't football, raw physical tools don't go as far.

What gets GMs in trouble is being blinded by raw physical tools and downplaying an absence of skill.

It's what separates a failed project like Morin from a successful project like Sanheim. Sanheim always had some skill.
- Tomahawk

..and now he's forgotten how to skate.. haha

Must have switched his skates last game because he looked better.

at the draft i wanted zadorov or domi. but yes i remember the word was motreal tried to trade up to get that spot. and then later tried to trade for morin. hindsight and can't hit on everyone. who knows where he would be without the injuries as well. don't know what he did to the hockey gods, but they took pronger from us and said no...you can't have this one either.