drumroll please (lottery results)

[Comeds]

I think the KHL team in Zagreb, Croatia holds McDavid's rights - I've heard nice things about Zagreb.

He could spend some time at the Museum Of Broken Relationships there. I hear its nice.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

does ConnEr like sandy beaches?

near Zagreb:

near Edmonton:

 

[dare2be]

near Edmonton:

That looks like that'll be one kick-ass wave pool.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I'm headed to Croatia in July. I'll gladly let Connor come along and foot the bill(s), ya know show him around and whatnot.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Didn't see this until today, but still found it pretty damned funny.
The NHL Draft Lottery Power Rankings

The “Under Absolutely No Circumstances” Power Rankings

No. Just no.

5. Edmonton Oilers — They’re a tire fire, a train wreck, a running joke, a black hole from which no hope or happiness can ever escape. You might as well load McDavid into a nuclear submarine and fire him into the Mariana Trench.

4. Edmonton Oilers — Also, they already had the first overall pick three seasons in a row just a few years ago. Literally nobody wants this to happen.

3. Edmonton Oilers — Connor McDavid seems like a perfectly nice kid. Why would you do this to him? Why?

2. Kansas City Scouts — Wait, are they still in the league? No? OK, then in that case …

1. Edmonton Oilers — Look, I’m all for fairness and integrity, but if the Oilers win the lottery, then the league absolutely has to scrap the results and run it again. Don’t even delete the footage or try to cover it up — just have Bill Daly walk into the frame screaming, “Take two!” while angrily stuffing Ping-Pong balls back into the machine. Every hockey fan will understand.

 

[dare2be]

Don’t even delete the footage or try to cover it up — just have Bill Daly walk into the frame screaming, “Take two!” while angrily stuffing Ping-Pong balls back into the machine. Every hockey fan will understand.

In which case, the redo will end up with...Edmonton...winning the lottery.

 

[dash]

He's alive (check the bottom right hand corner)

 

[jstewismybastardson]

didnt he say that about sid ? and nate mckinnon for that matter ????

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

didnt he say that about sid ? and nate mckinnon for that matter ????

I'm sure he's watching a lot of junior hockey down there in Cali.

 

[dash]

Isn't that the same guy who called Ales Hemsky the most talented player in the league?

 

[mattola]

O.M.G. ENOUGH about Sam Bennett........


oh... sorry

 

[jstewismybastardson]

sportsnet reporting Sam Bennett driving the ambulance that took Burrows away

/ THE KID CAN DO IT ALL FOLKS!!!

 

[BGDave]

OK time to regroup.

This is what I hope happens. Saint Connor pulls a Lindros and announces publicly there is no way in HE-double-hockeysticks he is going to EDM.
Then, Shanny graciously offers EDM the following: Phaneuf, Kadri, Reimer, the #4 pick and the Nashville first rounder.

Done and done.

 

[dash]

OK time to regroup.

This is what I hope happens. Saint Connor pulls a Lindros and announces publicly there is no way in HE-double-hockeysticks he is going to EDM.
Then, Shanny graciously offers EDM the following: Phaneuf, Kadri, Reimer, the #4 pick and the Nashville first rounder.

Done and done.

Leafs definitely have the resources to offer up a whopper of an offer sheet down the road as well.

/And yes, the Oilers could match, but they're already a cap team.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

OK time to regroup.

This is what I hope happens. Saint Connor pulls a Lindros and announces publicly there is no way in HE-double-hockeysticks he is going to EDM.
Then, Shanny graciously offers EDM the following: Phaneuf, Kadri, Reimer, the #4 pick and the Nashville first rounder.

Done and done.

i could see that happening ... and then Daryl Katz announces hes moving the team to Seattle

 

[dash]

i could see that happening ... and then Daryl Katz announces hes moving the team to Seattle

Man, that's no way to treat the unwashed masses (lol)

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Leafs definitely have the resources to offer up a whopper of an offer sheet down the road as well.

/And yes, the Oilers could match, but they're already a cap team.

This makes their overwhelming suckitude that much funnier. And sadder. But mostly funnier.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

OK time to regroup.

This is what I hope happens. Saint Connor pulls a Lindros and announces publicly there is no way in HE-double-hockeysticks he is going to EDM.
Then, Shanny graciously offers EDM the following: Phaneuf, Kadri, Reimer, the #4 pick and the Nashville first rounder.

Done and done.

If this were to happen I would hope Garth would offer Nielsen, Okposo & Reinhart for the 1st pick. The Isles have a number of other D prospects to take Reinharts' spot. McDavid would take Nielsens's spot & Garth will just have to find a RW in free agency.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Oh I almost forgot. I want to thank the Hockey Gods for not giving the 1st pick to Buffalo.

Since they decided to make Nolan the scapegoat for a pathetic excuse of a hockey team I feel even better about it. It's just to bad they're going to end up with Eichel. They don't deserve him either.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Oh I almost forgot. I want to thank the Hockey Gods for not giving the 1st pick to Buffalo.

Since they decided to make Nolan the scapegoat for a pathetic excuse of a hockey team I feel even better about it. It's just to bad they're going to end up with Eichel. They don't deserve him either.

Not that it's likely to make you change your mind, but there's apparently a lot more to this than originally reported.

I was highly annoyed by this initially too, but additional news reports seemed to indicate Nolan knew he was likely going to be out after this year anyhow, but the team agreed to sign him to an unrestricted three year contract. So even though he only fulfilled one year of that, the team apparently intentionally put no restrictions in place on his ability to collect the full amount of the contract regardless of whether he ends up coaching somewhere else. So supposedly they essentially guaranteed him he'd get paid for three years worth of work in one.