Trent Yawney named assistant coach for the Kings.

If Hayes is a 7 mil player, after crapping the bed in Winnipeg, what is Panarin's market value, or Kane's?
- wiz1901

Wouldn't you just love to have an NHL team that is real strong down the middle, kind of a mini-Team Canada - let's say, Nathan McKinnon, Patrice Bergeron, Mark Scheiffle and throw in Alexander Barkov for some Euro flavor.

Guess what - Kevin 'Freakin' Hayes makes more than every one of them. And he wouldn't even be asked to try out for the team.

Trust the Flyers to pay this bozo that kind of money.

I was pretty certain that my drafts were being cloned and also used as parts of consensus built mocks by more that two publications, and I knew that it wasn't going to hurt anything to do a merry go round over the course of the next days while I actually am feverishly looking through scribbles and trying to find why I justified putting everyone in the 7 rounds at all. IT IS GOOD for internet Hits(Business) if there suddenly is a new order to things...
There was not any part of today that I didn't spend on the draft, because I have to ready to load every REAL pick so I have to keep adding to my "not seven ads", if they are eligible and the teams select them...they are not one person....likeme.

But what I came across by way of a FRIEND WHO PAID FOR a couple online draft downloads is they read like mine, too close in both slot and words that my paranoia set in...and these sites had a dozen writers/prognosticators and I started thinking....here, this something I love doing.. a gift...free to all..my gift...my opinion, (and one that seems to place stress on my marriage due to my fanatic devotion of time) an opinion you can decide to take, or dispute, but to see it used to SELL some download is to me lazy and wrong, and I kinda want to find a way hold back my opinions and have them appear like tomorrow instead of all year round.
Part of today was trying to have some loose decision on the top four rounds for next year...sure very early and fluid, but I wanted to give everyone a look forward to junior play for August 2019 until June draft 2020,,,,I am starting to think I may just nOT do that put one round and let them do their own work!

Paul: All year it is Wiz puts the players as if I am each team, debating until my head explodes but I love doing it...
NOW in the next few by Friday noon, a non travel day, I will try and have player to team, and that is already starting to line up....

I just want to say this once:
If anyone thinks Bowen Byram is ACTUALLY destined to be an all around impact number one defender (and that the deficits that I have brought up and a couple other folks are now acknowledging), the entire draft board is stuck at slot three (causing us an inability to try and fill after the three slot forward tumble) is resolved in one of the following:
a) The Hawks are attempting to enjoy the projections of Byram there and will be involved in discussions of plenty of scenarios that are short jumps where they still secure a big centre/big player?
b) This would mean they HAVE decided on going for an impact forward.
c) The only logical trade down candidate WOULD be the Kings and at this point I have pretty much convinced myself that the prowess of Spencer Knight, his upside in place athleticism is going to NOT SEE HIM on the board by that second Kings (Leaf's) pick at slot 22...he won't last, and they are not trading the pick for Derek Forbort or a player on a King's teamer to another lower than slot 6. Not good business long term for the franchise.
d) The Blackhawks have locked on Byram and are not looking back and his defensive failing are only a figment of my imagination and he a good business decision for the state of Chicago NHL hockey and
e) The hawks are bypassing the forward position in this FAT class of upside forwards, or
f) They are trying to sucker the Rangewrs to make a mistake.
- wiz1901

Wow Wiz, so you ranked Byram at #3 to screw with the heads of other analysts that were pirating your work!

I’m curious where you really have him ranked and who you really have at #3.

Salud Wiz!

I find it sad that I am commenting again on another MONOPOLY Money deal. How does anyone give Kevin Hayes over 7 Mill a year? I can't say it enough, but when will NHL GM's learn? There is lot's of speculation about opening up the NHL Players agreement and a New TV deal, both resulting in more money to spend. The silly season has just started.

I find it sad that I am commenting again on another MONOPOLY Money deal. How does anyone give Kevin Hayes over 7 Mill a year? I can't say it enough, but when will NHL GM's learn? There is lot's of speculation about opening up the NHL Players agreement and a New TV deal, both resulting in more money to spend. The silly season has just started.
- Hawks1961

Hayes had Philly over a barrel. There was no way they would let him walk after giving up assets for the rights to sign him.

*NEW* blog up: http://bit.ly/2MZX08C

With the 3rd overall selection, I'm proud to select...