Where did everybody go?
- Pres.cup

Lol

After watching the Sedins play for so long and retiring without a cup, I'm very happy for OV and his fans that they get a happier ending
- NorthNuck

Ya it's nice for the fans who have stuck by that team for decades.

It would have been a shame to see one of the most prolific scorers of this generation go to the hall of fame without a cup.

Plus it's also nice to see Bettmans team get beat.

From last weekends MotoGP at Mugello, Italy



- A_SteamingLombardi

whoa

What greatness? So is he on your top 5 Mount Rushmore type GOAT? I put him maybe top 10 all time, but definitely not in my top 5 of all time.

I have:

1) Gretzky
2) Lemieux
3) Orr
4) Howe
5) Rocket Richard

Those are the greats... period. OV is distant behind them.
- DariusKnight

I’m going with lefty. He sits at the same table with all of them. Best Russian hockey player of all time. Saying he isn’t great is silly.

Anthony Bourdain dead 61. R.I.P.

Anthony Bourdain dead 61. R.I.P.
- thundachunk

Had Caps winning in 6, but fine with 5. Glad to see Ovi get his. Love that emotion!

Anthony Bourdain dead 61. R.I.P.
- thundachunk

Anthony Bourdain dead 61. R.I.P.
- thundachunk

Is it me or do celebrity suicides seem much more common the last few years?

I’m going with lefty. He sits at the same table with all of them. Best Russian hockey player of all time. Saying he isn’t great is silly.
- thundachunk

Greatest Russian, yes, top 10 all time, fine, he's nowhere near as great as the 5 listed. Saying he is is just as silly.

Speaking of Russians, I wouldn't mind at all, if Alexander Alexeev drops to us, in the 2nd round.

Greatest Russian, yes, top 10 all time, fine, he's nowhere near as great as the 5 listed. Saying he is is just as silly.
- DariusKnight

Agreed, not even close. What about Crosby? Lemieux? There are lots of players not listed that have had far better careers. Scoring goals is only one part of the picture

Speaking of Russians, I wouldn't mind at all, if Alexander Alexeev drops to us, in the 2nd round.
- Reubenkincade

Dobson at 7 - K'andre Miller at 37. Top pairing for next ten years. Rebuild over

Dobson at 7 - K'andre Miller at 37. Top pairing for next ten years. Rebuild over
- CanuckDon

Our AHL team would be stacked...

OJ Boqvist
Edler Tanev
Pullout Gudbranson

That's better

Dobson at 7 - K'andre Miller at 37. Top pairing for next ten years. Rebuild over
- CanuckDon

If either are available, no questions or silly rants from me.
I would be thrilled too get Either or both, and would be fine with Alexeev, McIsaac, Samuelsson...my list has 52 players that i like, including some Swedes😁

What greatness? So is he on your top 5 Mount Rushmore type GOAT? I put him maybe top 10 all time, but definitely not in my top 5 of all time.

I have:

1) Gretzky
2) Lemieux
3) Orr
4) Howe
5) Rocket Richard

Those are the greats... period. OV is distant behind them.
- DariusKnight

i think by the time ovechkins career is over, he should be ahead of the rocket (but crosby will be ahead of both). even though goal scoring isnt everything, the fact he will be close to the all time mark playing entirely in this era is remarkable.

right now for me though he is in bure territory, hof-er, but if he can keep it going for another 5+ years, then he'll be easily top-10 all time

Dobson at 7 - K'andre Miller at 37. Top pairing for next ten years. Rebuild over
- CanuckDon

adam french predicts dobson going 3rd to montreal

Draft rounds for Washington's Gm 5 roster:

Ovechkin-1st
Kuznetsov-1st
Backstrom-1st
Oshie-1st
Eller-1st
Wilson-1st
Connolly-1st
Vrana-1st
Burakovsky-1st
Carlson-1st
Niskanen-1st
Orpik-1st
DSP-2nd
Orlov-2nd
Stephenson-3rd
Djoos-7th
Beagle-FA
Kempny-FA

Goalie:
Holtby-4th


** just saw this on twitter ** I know they weren't all picked by Washington in the first round, but still, that's a lot of first rounders.

http://theprovince.com/sp...o-be-no-7-pick-by-canucks

Kuzma has Tkachuk going to MTL

Greatest Russian, yes, top 10 all time, fine, he's nowhere near as great as the 5 listed. Saying he is is just as silly.
- DariusKnight

No one is as great as Lemieux, Gretzky or Orr, that's a given, those three players are a level unto themselves.

However, being a top 10 player in NHL history is pretty damn good and in my books certainly puts him in one of the greatest of all time category. He's 6th all time in goals/game career in an era where it's been tough to score and he's ahead of some great 80's goal scorers. Only Bossy Lemieux and Bure are ahead of him for people born in the 1900's, the other two guys were from the very early days of hockey, both born in 1890's.

Calder Trophy
Art Ross Trophy
Hart Trophy x 3
Pearson / Lindsay x 4
Rocket Richard x 7
Conn Smythe
Stanley Cup Champion

Our AHL team would be stacked...

OJ Boqvist
Edler Tanev
Pullout Gudbranson

That's better
- Pres.cup

thankfully everyone else knows we aren't getting Bustvist.

If either are available, no questions or silly rants from me.
I would be thrilled too get Either or both, and would be fine with Alexeev, McIsaac, Samuelsson...my list has 52 players that i like, including some Swedes😁
- Reubenkincade

adam french predicts dobson going 3rd to montreal
- johnnykarate

It's certainly possible.

thankfully everyone else knows we aren't getting Bustvist.
- CanuckDon

If Benning keeps the pick I could defiently see him taking Boqvist if hes there. Im not saying I want Boqvist (100% want Hughes) but all this talk about Dobson reminds me of Cody Glass last year and Benning went with Pettersson

If Benning keeps the pick I could defiently see him taking Boqvist if hes there. Im not saying I want Boqvist (100% want Hughes) but all this talk about Dobson reminds me of Cody Glass last year and Benning went with Pettersson
- phyllee

It would be a HUGE mistake. He is definitley the most likely to bust this draft. Dobson is a rock although I fear he won't make it to 7. I just hope the Canucks draft Whalstrom if he is gone.