Kozlov points to coaching staff for team’s failures
I just got back from Thrashers practice facility where players and physicals and exit interviews. I talked to most of the players (missed a few I hope to get tomorrow) so that should keep us going while the NHL is in the playoffs.
Slava Kozlov pointed to the coaching staff for the reason the Thrashers failed to make the playoffs. He certainly played his final game, after eight seasons with the franchise, on Saturday night. His parting words were biting. I will let you take what you want from what he said. Here are some of his quotes:
* “Every year you guys ask the same question [why did Thrashers miss the playoffs]. To me, this was the best team in 11 years of the organization. This franchise had the best players. Right now, they can not blame [Ilya] Kovalchuk or [Slava] Kozlov. They have to take responsibility, because I think ownership did everything right, signed good players, they have a good goalie, good defense — but something is missing. I think we are missing from the coaching staff. Looks like they have fun, but unfortunately in the NHL you have to work. You have to prepare for every game. There are lots of good teams in the NHL and you think if you are a good team if you see the roster. That doesn’t work in this league. You have to do homework and work hard. I think I can put a big question mark that they weren’t preparing.”
* “I worked with good coaches. It’s not about me. I don’t think I deserved how they treated me this year, but I don’t want to complain. Whatever happened, has happened. It’s not my fault or Kovy’s fault that we are not in the playoffs.”
* “I think I’m a winner. If we make playoffs then I can say yes coach made the right decision to bench me and don’t play me. Right now I think he didn’t play me, we didn’t make playoffs. I feel pretty good. I played here for eight years. Nothing against the team or the organization. It’s just between me and the coach. I have lots of friends and I have a lot of respect for this team.”
* “It’s just between me and coach. I don’t want to say any bad thing about coach, but I don’t have any good thing to say.”
* “I felt pressure since training camp. Coach told me he has pressure from upstairs. I talked to [GM] Don [Waddell], he said he never talked to the coach. Somebody is lying. I don’t want to know what happened and who is lying. I feel like I don’t deserve to be treated like that. Right now, it’s over. The last game, I have lots of support from the fans. I don’t know maybe it was because I’m not coming back next year or it’s my last game but it was nice last night.”
* “This system, for two years they tell us it’s going to work but unfortunately everybody knows what we are going to do. Our breakouts, we make two, three passes in our zone and we don’t beat anybody. I saw that in the New Jersey game. New Jersey just waited in the neutral zone and we make two or three passes and make one mistake in neutral zone and boom, they counter attack us. …
“I’m very positive (this group of players could win under a different system). It’s not the system, but the way they feel the game. We lost lots of games by one goal and I feel when it’s a tight game, like one-goal or tie game, you have to start playing two or three lines. Nothing against players like [Chris Thorburn], [Eric Boulton] or [Marty Reasoner], but to get the feel of the game you have to use your key players more. When it’s 5-1, you can play everybody but when it’s a tie game you can judge a good coach from the great coach. The great coach sees how the team is playing, who has to play right now, what do you need to change right now. Not after the game or before. I think we missed that part.”
To be fair, I wanted to talk to Anderson after the interview with Kozlov. I was told he would not speak today and would be available Monday. I will talk to him then.
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Midfield
April 11th, 2010
10:29 pm
Waddell said that he is staying. He probably yelled it out loud actually, so that Chris would take it down right over the sound of all our current UFAs running out of the locker room.
Wad
April 11th, 2010
10:38 pm
Now Slava Kozlov has KHL ahead of him – rest assured, he’ll be paid no less than in Atlanta. As for Atlanta, though… I got mixed feelings about the team. Looks as if they have both the money and talented players – but don’t have enough expertise to make it all work. – It’s like the Russian KHL, where once all of a sudden enormously rich and ambitious oligarchs thought they could outdo the NHL simply by the amount of cash the threw in. Oops that failed. – Atlanta is like Salavat Yulayev Ufa in this regard. The latter too were dumped out of the playoffs (in Russia)
Adam Dunn
April 11th, 2010
10:47 pm
wheres stendec!?
Adam Dunn
April 11th, 2010
10:48 pm
I miss stendek? come back buddy give me somethin to agree with , you are afterall have always been right this whole time
Adam Dunn
April 11th, 2010
10:49 pm
everything stendek has ever said has been 100 percent right on the money plus he always brings a smile to my face with his redundancies..
Adam Dunn
April 11th, 2010
10:49 pm
oh and i back slava 100 percent on everything he said, john anderson and d waddell can both suck my d
Brendan
April 11th, 2010
11:01 pm
Stendek will be happy to learn that Waddell said the team would address the goaltending situation, while adding some forwards. Actually, I want to keep Waddell as FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE from making any more goaltender decisions. His first choice was Damian Rhodes. And by 2005, he passed on Tuukka Rask at # 16 to select Alex Bourret, to acquire # 49, Ondrej Pavelec in the 2nd round.
Let’s just hand the reigns over to Dudley, or someone else. It’s time for real change. It’s been three (3) years since the playoffs. And in all that time, we improved from 76-points in 2008 to 83-points in 2010. That’s all of seven-points improvement, in two seasons, with two lottery draft selections.
Eugene
April 11th, 2010
11:09 pm
It’s stupid to compare the 1997 Detroit Red Wings to this year’s Atlanta Thrashers. That team was probably the most stacked hockey team since the Edmonton Oilers of the 1980’s. When you have names like Steve Yzerman, Sergei Fedorov, Igor Larianov, Brendan Shanahan, Tomas Sandstrom, Slava Kozlov, Tomas Holmstrom, Fetisov, Konstantinov, Larry Murphy, Nik Lidstrom, Mike Vernon, you’d have to be the most incompetent coach or have the name Milbury in your last name to not win a cup at least once with this lineup.
Eugene
April 11th, 2010
11:11 pm
Ive said it before and I’ll say it again. Atlanta should hire Craig MacTavish as their GM.
Eugene
April 11th, 2010
11:17 pm
One of the dumbest moves a GM can make is draft a goalie in the top 5. An even dumber move is doing it again within 3 years.
kaat
April 11th, 2010
11:49 pm
Kozlov speaks the truth. And I agree with his assertion that he IS a winner and he deserved better down the stretch. The organization’s treatment of Kozlov is the sternest test of my loyalty to this team that LOVES to test its fans in cruel and unusual ways. I’d always hoped he’d retire a Thrasher and join the organization and make it better. Do svidaniya, Slava! Fare thee well.
Nikita
April 12th, 2010
12:00 am
You know, Slava’s a smart guy. But I don’t for one minute question Anderson’s decision to bench him. His play this season was by most measures horrible. He and Todd White duked it out for worst all season — and both of them deserved to sit. If Slava can’t recognize his own terrible play, then I don’t buy the remainder of his opinion.
Jeff
April 12th, 2010
1:10 am
Sad reading Kozlov’s comments, but I guess you have to call a spade a spade. The Thrashers did seem to have some good young players this year, a good nucleus to build around — Afinogenov, Armstrong, Kovalchuk, Bergfors, Antripov, Peverley, Enstrom, Bogosian, Hedberg, etc. — but with Waddell’s ineptness, Anderson’s boring coaching style, the organization’s seeming dysfunction, no clear organized plan, the glimpses of greatness following by a week or 10 days of frustrating steps back…. well, it all adds up to a curiosity as to why this team, after ten years, can’t get it right but ONCE.
I am not a hockey genius, but I know enough that if Atlanta follows this blueprint, they will be successful and back in the playoffs in 2 or 3 years:
1. Don Waddell must go. Sorry, Don, thanks for your work, building the team and the one playoff appearance, but time to move on.
2. Anderson must be HIGHLY scrutinized and possibly cut loose. We need a solid, proven, veteran winning coach, something along the lines of Bowman, Tortorella, Keenan, Nolan, Ruff, etc. We had a GREAT coach in Bob Hartley, but one rough stretch to start 2008-09 and Waddell canned him. Awful move. LOOK AT HIS RECORD! Three and a half seasons, one playoff berth, three top-3 division finishes, and an overall record of 136-118-24. Better than any coach we’ve had, and one bad week gets him fired. Who’s to say after that 0-6 start, even an 0-8 or 0-9 start, the team doesn’t win 14 of 20 and get right back into it? So, the Thrashers HAVE to get a legit, strong, veteran coach who is feared and respected.
3. Don Waddell must go. See point No. 1.
4. The team HAS to sign some mid-to-late 20s superstars. Get a guy who is a 3 or 4 time all-star. OPEN UP THE CHECKBOOK and bring in some proven talent. I’m tired of 21-year-olds with potential. I want some 29-year-olds who have PROVEN it.
5. The team MUST go back to the drawing board and re-evaluate EVERYTHING. Follow the Braves model. Remember the Braves in 1990? They finally had ENOUGH losing and re-evaluated EVERYTHING that year… they improved the concessions, parking, playing surface, fan experience, PR projects, scouting and development… oh, and they went out and signed some ALL-STARS — Bream, Pendleton, Belliard, Sanders, Nixon, etc. That team went from worst to first and started an amazing 15-year run.
So, if the Thrashers want to win the fans back AND win some games, then MAN UP… say you realize things are broken and go FIX them, one thing at a time. But if October rolls around and it’s the same old GM, same old coach, same old roster, same old excuses… well, then this team will never win. But I think they CAN win if they put their minds to it.
GO THRASHERS!!!!!
Eugene
April 12th, 2010
2:00 am
Jeff,
I have problems with the list of coaches you’ve submitted. First off, Scotty Bowman is semi retired now. He works as a consultant for the Chicago Blackhawks and has no interest in coaching. Ted Nolan is pretty much blacklisted from ever working in the NHL again. Those years when he badmouthed John Muckler in Buffalo left him in NHL exile. Wang was the only owner who would sign on for Nolan and even then Nolan didn’t even last that long because Garth Snow canned him. Mike Keenan is definitely not the right coach for a young team like the Thrashers. Keenan’s problem is he picks a whipping boy and then rides him all season long. He’s also a goaltender killer. A guy like Evander Kane would never thrive under Iron Mike’s tutelage. John Tortella is not a great coach. He’s the same as Marc Crawford, Paul Maurice, and Bob Hartley. All these coaches had the good fortune of coaching a very hockey teams with superstars and led a team to 1 Stanley Cup.
As for the team signing a mid to late 20’s superstars. Who? There’s only a handful of names available next year as Unrestricted Free Agents. One of whom is Patrick Marleau. There is no way Atlanta should even consider bringing in Marleau. He’s shown that he can’t carry a team on his back like Ovechkin.
In today’s NHL Salary Cap Era, the Thrashers would not be able to follow the model that you’ve listed above unless they signed a bunch of players to 15 year contracts and I just don’t see management committing that many resources for a team that ranked last in attendance.
The best way for the Thrashers to succeed is to open the check book and spend that money on scouting and development. If they get a good nucleus of young players, eventually they’ll be able to compete.
TheAntiMe
April 12th, 2010
6:48 am
Dysfunctional, thy name is the Atlanta Thrashers!
steve_f_2002@yahoo.com
April 12th, 2010
7:17 am
Atlanta Spirit group has no idea get a general manager who has a keen sense in finding talent. Don Wadell is alot like Rich Mckay a nice guy who was a lousy at judging talent. Wake up ownership time to make a change.
Not Blind
April 12th, 2010
8:28 am
Eugene pretty much nailed it. If Hartley was really worth a s then he would still be in Colorado. He had an awesome team there with Roy in goal and won a cup by staying out of the way.
In Atlanta he coached them to their one and only playoff appearance. A pathetic ‘4 and out’ drubbing we all remember too well. To celebrate this awesome performance Super Don signed him to an extension and then canned him when the start of the new season went just like the end of the previous season. Another great Waddell moment :rolleyes:.
Everybody here wanted Anderson as their coach. He had great results in Chicago and Bruce Boudreau was the poster boy for going with proven AHL coaches instead of NHL failures/retreads. Well wake up !!! It turns out Anderson ain’t Boudreau. Of all the upwardly promoted ex-AHL or NHL assistents he has done probably the worst job, other than maybe Deboer at the Panthers although he didn’t have as much to work with as Anderson. Atlanta had a good team this year, just had the wrong coach.
GaVaHokie
April 12th, 2010
9:06 am
The Thrashers need the hockey version of Thomas Dimitroff.
I think we do with Rick Dudley… no one evaluates talent as much as this guy.
Stroz… I don’t really get the feel that Kozlov is dissing Waddell. He seemed to praise ownership for “signing the right players”… btw, good work on the “Kiss Cam” the other night.
re: Kozlov and Anderson… I got the feeling for awhile that Kozlov was one of the stubborn one’s when it came to playing Anderson’s system. I picked up on that during Anderson’s Sport South special. Anderson was saying something to Kozlov, and Kozlov replied “if I did that in Detroit, I’d be watching from the press box.” I would guess Anderson got tired of hearing about what it was like in Detroit and finally said “well, this isn’t Detriot and if you don’t play my way here, you’ll be watching from OUR press box.”
GaVaHokie
April 12th, 2010
9:12 am
This team misses out on the best coaching options as much as it misses out on goaltending options… if they had pulled the plug on Anderson early enough, they could have had Dave Tippet or Peter Laviolette.
As it stands now, there’s not many “great” options for coaches this summer.
PMC
April 12th, 2010
9:24 am
They fired they good coach they had because the star player couldn’t get along with him… this is who they wound up with.
PMC
April 12th, 2010
9:25 am
When you have a guy that has made poor decisions at the top for 11 years… how do you expect him to pick a good coach?
PMC
April 12th, 2010
9:26 am
Is it really all that hard to see that Rick Dudley calling the personnel shots made this team exponentially better?
Spud Webb
April 12th, 2010
9:52 am
Some good points by Slava.
That said, why in the H&LL does he call bolts, thorny and reasoner out????????? So Slava, at this point in your career you think you’re better than marty or thorny??????? Then I’ll disagree with you. And until you can fight then Bolts is better than you, again at this point in your career.
Andrei Archavine
April 12th, 2010
10:01 am
Spud Webb, he meant that you do not play all 4 lines when you need to increase the tempo.
Spud Webb
April 12th, 2010
10:08 am
Andrei, I know what he’s saying & he’s correct. Doesn’t need to use names though, he made his point. We (as hockey fans) get it & also know it.
Springman
April 12th, 2010
10:12 am
re DW: I think he’s a fairly good talent / needs evaluator but awful – and almost self destructive – in the complete role demanded of a GM – and he doesn’t work collaboratively, he’s a dictator.
re Anderson: he needs to play out his career in the minors.
re ASG: they’ve shown they’ll spend some $$ but they know nothing of the game – so DW stays (unfortunately).
re Thrasher Talent: there’s a lot I like, wouldn’t say it’s the best the org ever had but it can be a very competitve group w/ the right coach and a competent GM.
re Kozlov: I’ve been a Wings fan for 40 yrs (yes I went thru those truly “Dark Ages”), I hated to see Kozlov leave Detroit. He’s a butt-busting class act – and his comments are, from my perspective, spot-on.
Parting comment: an earlier poster cited DWs comments about Kovy’s 8 yrs, only one playoff berth, no playoff wins so it was time for a new direction. Seems like ASG should inscribe that statement on Waddells GM tombstone w/ the obvious change to the number of years.
Smitty
April 12th, 2010
10:13 am
Sorry Kozzy,
Sounds like sour grapes. Kozzy may be correct about JA but you do not say it in the press. Should he have been treated better due to his time and success here? Yes, but he did have a bad year. The Wings and the Sabres both let him go. Maybe there was more to him being let go by the Wings than just getting Hasek.
DJ
April 12th, 2010
10:30 am
Chris
Please ask BL why he has not moved on DW. You know it and we know as fans that DW is incompetent. But yet Tampa fires their GM and Coach today and we continue with the DW era. Kozy called out the coach and for all practical purposes the organization. Kozy was spot on regarding lack of preparation, system and in game adjustments. But the question remains: Why not a change? Why the same old music? keep digging Chris! As fans we have a right to know!
P.S Kozy could have left Bolts out of it but it is true
volgrad1985
April 12th, 2010
10:38 am
“Class-act Slava”? “Ultimate professional Kozlov”? Ummm, I don’t think so. Regardless whether he is or is not returning, he is still under contract to this organization until July 1st. He has no business running his trap now, especially if he still cares about the team, the city, and its fans…..ya think this petulant outburst does any good for the team when it is read by players around the league? Thanks for nothing, Slava.
So, Kozlov has issues with Anderson now that he is an over-the-hill player relegated to a singular shootout specialist skill? Where was his criticism of the system last year when he was in the midst of his second highest point scoring season of his long career??? Now, under the same system he gives us this season with 8 goals in 55 games…..if he can’t see that his pitiful performance this year coupled with Kovy’s drama and give-up attitude halfway through the season didn’t contribute to the team’s failure, and he isn’t willing to shoulder some of the blame along with Kovy, then he isn’t smart enough to be called “The Professor”.
GaVaHokie
April 12th, 2010
11:01 am
Is it really all that hard to see that Rick Dudley calling the personnel shots made this team exponentially better?
The only personnel shots that I’ve noticed from Dudley, definitively, was the Kovalchuk trade. He’s the one that evaluated Cormier and Bergfors… I’ll give him Artyukhin as well. And a “maybe” on MacArthur.
GaDawg
April 12th, 2010
11:13 am
TB fires coach and GM. Believe they won Cup in 2004! Wow, maybe their owner wants accountability. Come on ASG, grow some brass pucks and clean house already!
GaVaHokie
April 12th, 2010
11:17 am
They fired they good coach they had because the star player couldn’t get along with him… this is who they wound up with.
I disagree… Hartley had to go, he lost the team confidence, not just Kovalchuk. His salary cash-strapped the organization, and as a result, they missed out on Claude Julien… but ultimately, I believe Waddell was waiting for Carolina to fire Peter Laviolette… that’s why the “coaching search” was dragged out so long that summer. They were buying time.
Of course Carolina held onto Laviolette until December that year… after we had given Anderson the job.
drajax
April 12th, 2010
11:26 am
read what kozlov said; couldnt agree more. the present team has talent and over the last several years lost great talent, Waddell brought that talent in and because of financial restraints couldn’t keep the talent. That’s an ownership problem. I don’t blame Waddell for that any more than I can blame Scherholz and Wren for the Braves failures, as ownership didn’t want to improve the product by increasing the teams budget. Still no general manager is always right. Presently I fault Waddell for not being able to find a good coach.
GaVaHokie
April 12th, 2010
11:42 am
drajax… yep, Atlanta was one of the primary reasons the league had to impose a MINIMUM salary requirement… cheap ownership created the stigma of Atlanta not being a competitive hockey environment.
The team should have spent big money back in the early 2000’s when they had Kovy and Heatley under entry level contracts… much like Pittsburgh did when Malkin and Crosby were RFA’s. But nope… they stayed in the $16-$28 million range.
The first time Atlanta ever paid a player over $6 million?… 2005, on Kovalchuk’s resigning… also the first year the team was ever in a playoff hunt.
Spud Webb
April 12th, 2010
11:43 am
It’s time for change…Waddell, Anderson, the owners…take your pick. I vote for all 3 (if the new owners will keep the team here) but I’ll take 2 out of 3.
Roscoe P. Coltrane
April 12th, 2010
11:45 am
Thank you Slava! Thank you Kovy, thank you Marc Savard, thank you Scott Mellanby. Hossa tried to give the signal when he said, “I got to finally sit with the men that make the decisions.” That was when he sat with the owners at the Hawks game. Not with Dumb Donald Waddell.
Why did Atlanta fans feel the urge to boo all of our past stars that ran out of here instead of politely honor them as other cities do and have done? Because one liar…..DON WADDELL. He has the only voice to the fans after guys leave. Kovy all about money??? NO WAY….Kovy…all about WINNING.
The stupid owners just aren’t around this city enough and they are snowed by the same big fat lying SOB.
Otto
April 12th, 2010
11:49 am
Agree with many others coaching and/or management is the problem.
Thanks Koslov for your years in Atlanta and hopefully you’re parting words can improve the team.
Lastly Atlanta can be a very good hockey town.
Rogie
April 12th, 2010
11:58 am
A year ago, the media seemed to want to give JA a pass because the players that he inherited weren’t
“right” for his system. A year later, with players that are to his liking, his team struggles with basic hockey concepts — sticks in lane, moving the puck up the boards and not into the center when moving the puck out of the defensive zone, taking wild open shots and miss the net causing odd man counterattacks, poor offensive zone entry schemes, not chipping the puck deep into the offensive zone on line changes,. etc… We went through weeks of — at best — just playing even with the opposition and not playing to our potential. This is what coaching is supposed to identify and to correct. Teams with lesser talent with good coaching cut down on the mistakes and play competitively. Kozy is right about not being able to make in game adjustments. And, he has played for some excellent coaches and organizations and surely knows the difference. As for him, his game deteriorated this year. He always has been a great playmaker but seemed not to be able to execute as well as he had in past years. He also didn’t shoot enough. I wish him well. His comments seemed to me to be careful — he took out the coach but not the organization. The guy wants to get hired and you have to be careful about who you throw under the bus in comments…
Midfield
April 12th, 2010
12:03 pm
Why wouldn’t Kozlov say it to the press after the last game of the season? The team is out and it’s time for the house cleaning. If anything, this franchize has suffered enough of the self-imposed PC BS – that’s a new industry-wide acronym, if anyone is wondering. Besides, he’s been thrown under the bus by the front office, and he’s not a spring chicken. He has more credentials than Don Waddel and John Anderson, if anyone cared to read their bio – by a long long shot.
rob
April 12th, 2010
12:20 pm
You people and your “Kozlov over stepped his bounds” and “he shouldn’t say things like that”……YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM HERE!!!!! ACCOUNTABILITY should be what this is all about. This team had a lot of things going for it this year. The goalie situation, the Kovy drama, the lack of leadership. These brought us down, and all those things rest squarely on the GM/Coach. No current player will speak out about any of this for obvious reasons. But here is a respected hard working player with not much to gain pointing out in a public forum what most already know but won’t say……and you question him?!?!?! 10 YEARS with NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT!!!!!! What more do you need to see? If you continue to buy into all of this, I have ocean property in south dakota….cheap!!! This is a GREAT chance for POSITIVE change within the teams structure that will benefit every FAN out there. Realize it for what it is and let’s do something for a change!!!!
Chris, this story has to be made bigger!!! Here is our chance to REALLY do something! More input, more interviews. Someone has to see this and hearing Kozlov speak, will speak too. Maybe???
gcs
April 12th, 2010
12:46 pm
I am taking a stand. I will no longer attend any Thrashers games as long as Waddell is in charge.
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The Real Thrash
April 12th, 2010
12:51 pm
Hockeyfan
April 11th, 2010
2:34 pm
I hope he enjoys the KHL. Good riddance to the grumpy old man that didnt get his way
This is the attitude that keeps us at the bottom of the league. The true IS out there if you listen!
The Real Thrash
April 12th, 2010
12:52 pm
DWTOO
April 11th, 2010
3:39 pm
Share many of Slava’s opinions. However, he probably hsould have kept to himslef. Just looks like sour grapes at this point.
How does “keeping it to himself” let us know what is really happening with this team? Unless yopu just don’t want to know.
Not Blind
April 12th, 2010
1:12 pm
Kozlov’s been playing no contact hockey for at least 2 years. That’s why his numbers have declined. The other teams have learned that if they even look like they are going to check him then he will turn away and avoid making a play as long as he avoids the contact. Shoot out specialists are worth a s if you lose in regulation.
Brendan
April 12th, 2010
1:14 pm
After Scott Mellanby retired, he went on Hockey Night in Canada with some pretty candid remarks. Hossa, post Thrasher days, said, “Look, if it was just about money, I would have re-signed in Atlanta.”
volgrad1985
April 12th, 2010
1:18 pm
Maybe JA should have gone with the 2 best lines at the ends of the game afterall…….and left Kozlov on the 3rd line where he belonged for those 55 games. Eh, I’m sure we still would’ve heard the same sour grapes from him.
DWTOO
April 12th, 2010
1:45 pm
The Real Thrash. Good points about the whole situation. However, probably just my upbringing. Part of that if you can’t say anything good say nothing. You are right tho’ if no one speaks up………
GaVaHokie
April 12th, 2010
2:18 pm
From the Falconer… Dudley rumored to be taking GM position, Waddell to move up to President.
http://www.birdwatchersanonymous.com/2010/4/12/1416651/rumor-dudley-to-become-gm-waddell
GaVaHokie
April 12th, 2010
2:29 pm
NHL Lottery Draft tomorrow night… a team can only move 5 spots, so (currently 8th to last) I believe, the highest the Thrash can land is 4th in the draft… (1)8th, (2)7th, (3)6th, (4)5th, (5)4th… if my math is correct, or can they make it to 3rd?
Anyway, based on the rankings, I like Emerson Etem… very fast skater, good size, and another tough WHL kid.
With the NJ pick, if we keep it, Riley Sheahan (Notre Dame) might be a good pick.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftprospectbrowse.htm?cat=1&year=2010
Andre Arshavin
April 12th, 2010
3:03 pm
DWTOO,
“if you can’t say anything good say nothing” is a good thing when we talk about our friends and relatives. When we talk about corrupted business, public speech is the most effective way to fight it.