Peace out sucka

This sucks to hear, but wish ya all the best Aaron.

Take garth

Take garth
- XxHarounXx

Garth isn't already the Avs writer? He's always blogging about Stastny and O'reilly...

Enjoyed your blogs!
Good luck to you, and to the Av's as well.
Next year guys

It has always been a pleasure to read you Aaron ! Have fun

Aaron Musick: Farewell Hockeybuzz

Fare thee well Hockeybuzz
- martok2309

Being a division Rival has never stopped me from reading your blogs. and 95% of the time agreeing with you.

Very well spoken man with a very unbiased opinion. Hope all is well and wish you luck on your future endeavours.

Take care buddy

Aaron Musick: Farewell Hockeybuzz

Fare thee well Hockeybuzz
- martok2309

This one's for you I'll miss you!

Thank you, sir. That really means a lot. Thank you for all the hard work you do on the site.
- martok2309

Good luck on life outside of Hockeybuzz
Hopefully Jones will be successful in COL

Awesome avatar btw

Dude, at least get the names right if you're going to mock myself and Richard.
- IanEsplen

You've been here longer than I have, you should know he's an awful troll.

Goodbye Aaron.

Good move, Aaron. Life gets busier and it gets hard to stay up on blogging. I've appreciated your posts and the time you took to work on them over the years. Thank you for your time.

On a completely unrelated note, my almost 5 yr old son just told me his favorite team is the Penguins.

Best of luck Aaron. Hope to see you in future Avs live chats if you guys will be on that. I haven't been as active as I used to be on Twitter, but I'll hit you up once in a while.

This one's for you I'll miss you!
- MaximumBone

Thank you for making my night lol

You are an amazing writer Aaron. I am sad to see go, but understand why it is time. Best of luck. See you on twitter

Good luck Aaron I remember when you first started blogging and I hope the best for you. I hope I can catch you on facebook for some avalanche insight and opinions in the future.

Good luck! Congrats on the new opportunity!

I enjoyed reading your blog through the years Aaron! Thank you and good luck!

Good move, Aaron. Life gets busier and it gets hard to stay up on blogging. I've appreciated your posts and the time you took to work on them over the years. Thank you for your time.

On a completely unrelated note, my almost 5 yr old son just told me his favorite team is the Penguins.
- Lawdaddy

Sorry for your loss.

One last Avs debate before you go Aaron, the report coming out of the hotstove last night, with Sakic to make a decision soon if he is going to become the teams President of Hockey Ops and the dominoes effect of hirings and promotions with this move.

Its an exciting idea for the fans, but is it the right move with so many guys with positions without NHL experience

Wishing you the best, Aaron! Always enjoyed your work, even long before I started writing here.

Colorado Avalanche
Grade A-
Nathan MacKinnon (1)
Chris Bigras (32)

Assigning Grades to team based on Entry Draft Selections

Before you e-mail or PM me angered by my disrespect and misjudgment of your favorite team's choice, let me one make it clear concerning this specific draft: All team GMs and fans could say how they did great. Or how poorly they did. Because of the depth this draft class at the first four tiers (See Draft Tier explanations elsewhere on DraftSite…),this draft class, from pick 1 to pick 211, may bring major contributors and impact players to many NHL teams. Whether they admit it or not, NHL teams hope that the high character youngster they select not only graduate to the pro game, but develop into high impact stars, no matter which slotting there are chosen in. This draft provides MANY chances of unearth those type players.

My grades will be based NOT on the amount of picks, but on the possibility of the drafted prospects making contributions on NHL rosters FIVE years from now.
I will start by saying the upside of this class is by far one of the finest, but I and NHL teams cannot accurate predict NHL success for them at this juncture, just draw on my opinions of the player's canvass at this particular juncture in the journey.


Of, course I will bump up grades for team where they took my favorites, or prospects are clearly ahead of the curve towards NHL long term advancement and domination. Value in the players picked and where they are picked will also be key factors.
At first glance, I like a lot of team boards.
The new regime in Colorado had all it's picks and started with more up-front scoring in drafting Nathan MacKinnon. I thought it was classy the way the told their fan base that they were pulling away from the idea of taking defenseman Seth Jones, a hometown boy. Jones contribution would never come as quick as MacKinnon's whose nice for the net will have immediate impact. Mcakinnon can also temporarily slip to wing if necessary, and then he has less thinking to do at the NHL higher level. I was stunned that the bypass on Adam Erme, one of Roy's own players in Quebec, but I understand the concern to address the defense. Bigras will never be compared to Jones in stature, upside or present skill sets, but he quietly a player who goes unnoticed while he plays a mistake free game considered ordinary in all phases. In Spencer Martin the get a big goalie to develop. Martin played for a really weak OHL team, and did so inconsistently. He went from a world beater who carried the team for a big part of the season to a player that lost games with lapses in concentration and follow through. Hopefully his best years are ahead. Fist fighter Greersten is a shutdown defender and open ice hitter. Will butcher is an undersized skilled defender whose stick-handling, skating, passing, and PP QB abilities are exceptional, but stride & foot speed are average. The plan with giant defender Ben Storm is to let him grow into developing his game. Swedish player Wilhelm Westlund's skating allows him to have a good offensive game , but resists any more than keeping it simple and sticks to solid defense-first play. It is difficult to downgrade a team after they get one of the impact offensive weapons available in the draft class, but I really don't see high upside or guaranteed locks in the rest of the selections. The idea is to ensure long term replacements, and I am not sure if the picks after their first are close making jumps toward the high NHL level.