Hi guys,
It was great to see so many of you on Friday (and Cam on Saturday). The Shanks South location was not as committed to showing the draft, low volume becoming no volume after Calgary picked, as Flames Central was last year but is free parking was what it took to get everyone there it was a reasonable price to pay. Special shout out to Bob for flying out, Dan for interrupting a move-in and to Corey for getting someone else to take the free-kick for him so he could show.
The Flames certainly stole day two of the draft with getting J.Bo's rights - I suspect that they sign him but only if he gives them a home Province discount. He could command more than Campbell, given his age and reputation, and someone - I think Burke - will offer it. The question is whether he would prefer to be closer to home (a theme that the Suter boys will be able to speak on with some authority).
Speaking of Burke, who didn't have a little smile on their face watching him stew in his own juices as LA snags B.Schenn off the board. Yes, yes, you wanted Kadri the whole time - you go convince yourself of that and then come back and try and convince us. The Oiler-nation always enjoys watching Burke go ballistic so this would have been a good draft at that point but when MPS slipped to 10th we were thrilled. While drowned out by the Bouwmeester deal on day two the Oil go on to take MPS's line-mate A.Ladner, Finnish speed demon Rajala and goaltender O.Roy (no relation) out of the Q. All in all, a good draft for Oil-town.
As for the FunHL Draft, Rob wanted some play-by-play of the ping-pong balls (rather poker chips of fate) so I'll try and do my best to provide it:
Darrell, as the champion - and congrats once again - pulled out the first chip, a #2 for the second place finisher, the Highlanders, who are pleasantly surprised and state their intention to select first. Bob pulls out the next chip and pulls out a Darrell's #1 and our defending champion will attempt to repeat as he selects from the number two spot. I pull Cam's number out of the bag next and, as per his Malkin-replacement instructions, assign the Severed Heads the 12th slot. Brian pulls out a previously selected number first and then pulls out Mike Getta's number - who takes slot three. I can't recall if the Scourge or Dan are selected next, though they go back to back with Chris taking slot 11 and the Great Whites taking slot 4. Bob gets slot 10 and Collin slot 5. Brian grudgingly takes slot 9 (as opposed to 6) when his chip is drawn with Corey getting slot 6. Rob's chip is actually the last chip drawn (as Richard will get the other slot) and takes slot 7 instead of 8. Richard, as per his prediction, gets the remaining pick at slot 8.
The Order then is as follows:
1 - Highlanders
2 - Personal Vendetta
3 - Knights Templar
4 - Great Whites
5 - Edge
6 - Ramapithicines
7 - Wolves
8 - Lost Boys
9 - Bladerunners
10 - Shadowmen
11 - Scourge
12 - Severed Heads
Trade lines are open, see you all in September.
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