By actual pre-draft homework, you mean listened to an interview with Mann, where he indicated they would favour tough to play against players vs. taking the best players available? I guess that makes him a genius for repeating what he heard? But wait a tick... is nobody even going to frisk the notion that they overtly didn't even try to take the best player available to them? And that's just fine with everyone, is it? Well I don't think that's a very good idea, and an awful lot of people would seem to agree. But now we're back to everyone being stupid who doesn't like the pick because they aren't professional scouts.

Whatever... this is soul-eroding. You guys are obviously in Mann-blow mode, so go ahead and enjoy.
- khawk

Do you need a hug, bud? I wasn't gonna jump into your argument with this dude, but holy COW. You've become about as cheerful as Granpa. So anyone who hasn't gone into full-blown panic mode like you is a stupid lemming, sucking Mann and Dorion's toenails? Get bent, fruit face.

Sorry I haven't been able to join in the discussion over the last day, great hockey talk in here.

My new piece is up!
- Kevin Francis

Don't waste your time reading this thread. It's bad, mkay?

The root of my unhappiness is that this team is showing "0 growth" in the past 2 years. They're more exciting to watch but they produce the same results. The players change but the same management and coaching is in place. Same philosophy, same message, same results, same group in charge.
- granpa

Plenty of room on the Leafs bandwagon.

Do you need a hug, bud? I wasn't gonna jump into your argument with this dude, but holy COW. You've become about as cheerful as Granpa. So anyone who hasn't gone into full-blown panic mode like you is a stupid lemming sucking Mann and Dorion's toenails? Get bent, fruit face.
- PavohnDatsvares

It's really quite amazing that not liking the Boucher pick has become such a toxic issue. So far I've been told that I'm wrong, dumb, panicked, immature, and quite frankly not even allowed to have an opinion, because I'm not employed by an NHL team to do scouting. Unfortunately, what the team did over the weekend was regarded by many experts, media outlets, and pundits as quite possibly the worst draft performance in the entire NHL. The Senators even had to come out with media stories defending their drafting strategy. Maybe you don't know this, but most teams don't have to do that within hours of making their picks. Yet apparently I'm obliged to think everything's fine because Trent Mann made the picks.

I simply don't agree. Sorry to ruffle your feathers there, buttercup.

Do you need a hug, bud? I wasn't gonna jump into your argument with this dude, but holy COW. You've become about as cheerful as Granpa. So anyone who hasn't gone into full-blown panic mode like you is a stupid lemming, sucking Mann and Dorion's toenails? Get bent, fruit face.
- PavohnDatsvares

Adding that one to my repertoire.

It's really quite amazing that not liking the Boucher pick has become such a toxic issue. So far I've been told that I'm wrong, dumb, panicked, immature, and quite frankly not even allowed to have an opinion, because I'm not employed by an NHL team to do scouting. Unfortunately, what the team did over the weekend was regarded by many experts, media outlets, and pundits as quite possibly the worst draft performance in the entire NHL. The Senators even had to come out with media stories defending their drafting strategy. Maybe you don't know this, but most teams don't have to do that within hours of making their picks. Yet apparently I'm obliged to think everything's fine because Trent Mann made the picks.

I simply don't agree. Sorry to ruffle your feathers there, buttercup.
- khawk

Just stop. You need to take a shower to wash all that drama off.