PHI / CGY : First trade of the off season!

[Lee]

To Calgary:
2012 2nd PHI
2012 2nd COL

To Philadelphia:
Alexander Khokhlachev

[Sensfanjosh]

Confirm

[Scott]

Good deal boys. I like Khokhlachev and this draft isn't very good IMO.

[Sensfanjosh]

Just hoping the rumors of Grigs falling out of the 1st round are true..........haha

[Shep]

Just hoping the rumors of Grigs falling out of the 1st round are true..........haha

He'll be lucky to fall out of the top 2 picks in our draft.

[Nick]

Don't worry josh, skilled russians will all go way way way too early, and you'll get to draft a sick dman

[Lee]

I just wanted a player named Khok.

He suffered a pretty severe injury yesterday which ended his season, but whatever.

[Sensfanjosh]

Half the reason I traded him was I could never remember how to spell his name haha

[Lee]

I just googled him and put him in the trade like that

His name is now Al Khok.

[Shep]

Don't worry josh, skilled russians will all go way way way too early, and you'll get to draft a sick dman

Anybody that drafts a dman In the top 5 is stupid.

Doughty, Schenn, Bogosian, Pietrangelo, Hedman, Hickey, Alzner, E. Johnson, J. Johnson, Barker, etc

Only one MAYBE two if you wanna stretch it, are even good now.

[Sensfanjosh]

My picks are 13th and 14th though..

[Scott]

Don't worry josh, skilled russians will all go way way way too early, and you'll get to draft a sick dman

Anybody that drafts a dman In the top 5 is stupid.

Doughty, Schenn, Bogosian, Pietrangelo, Hedman, Hickey, Alzner, E. Johnson, J. Johnson, Barker, etc

Only one MAYBE two if you wanna stretch it, are even good now.

I don't know whether to take this serious or not

[Peter]

Don't worry josh, skilled russians will all go way way way too early, and you'll get to draft a sick dman

Anybody that drafts a dman In the top 5 is stupid.

Doughty, Schenn, Bogosian, Pietrangelo, Hedman, Hickey, Alzner, E. Johnson, J. Johnson, Barker, etc

Only one MAYBE two if you wanna stretch it, are even good now.

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[MSP4LYFE]

Don't worry josh, skilled russians will all go way way way too early, and you'll get to draft a sick dman

Anybody that drafts a dman In the top 5 is stupid.

Doughty, Schenn, Bogosian, Pietrangelo, Hedman, Hickey, Alzner, E. Johnson, J. Johnson, Barker, etc

Only one MAYBE two if you wanna stretch it, are even good now.

That is a bit of a stretch...All things being equal, the probability of a center or winger panning out is greater than a defenceman based on a sample size that stretches past the last decade. However, every prospect is their own unique individual, so it is not stupid to take one in the top 5...That said, I wouldn't recommend it unless you thought the defenceman was clearly the BPA, if all things are equal or even similar I would lean towards a forward over a defenceman in the top 5 because they appear to be a safer bet in the top 5. It could be because defense is a harder position to play, it could be that young defenceman are harder to gauge than young forwards, or it could be something else entirely, who knows...

[bills09]

Don't worry josh, skilled russians will all go way way way too early, and you'll get to draft a sick dman

Anybody that drafts a dman In the top 5 is stupid.

Doughty, Schenn, Bogosian, Pietrangelo, Hedman, Hickey, Alzner, E. Johnson, J. Johnson, Barker, etc

Only one MAYBE two if you wanna stretch it, are even good now.

which are the one or two you think are good lol. just curious.

[Shep]

Don't worry josh, skilled russians will all go way way way too early, and you'll get to draft a sick dman

Anybody that drafts a dman In the top 5 is stupid.

Doughty, Schenn, Bogosian, Pietrangelo, Hedman, Hickey, Alzner, E. Johnson, J. Johnson, Barker, etc

Only one MAYBE two if you wanna stretch it, are even good now.

which are the one or two you think are good lol. just curious.

Pietrangelo is the lock, Bogosian was the one I was considering as the 2nd.

Now, clearly I was being overly sarcastic, with a bit of sincerity. Obviously Doughty was a beast, but this and last year he's been VERY mediocre, especilaly for 7mil. Schenn was good in Year 1, solid in Year 3, bad in years 2 and 4. Hedman is fine, Hickey sucks, Alzner is solid in Washington, EJ still riding the hype of 1st overall, Jack is in his 3rd team already, but he's been fine. Barke is meh.

My point was, there are no franchise players here (many thought Doughty was one 2 years ago, but I don't think so until he stops being fat).

[Nick]

Dmen, especially top 3 are so consistently under-valued by moody fans it's criminal !!!!

I'll take Semin or Ryan but pass on Daughty SVP.

[Shep]

Dmen, especially top 3 are so consistently under-valued by moody fans it's criminal !!!!

I'll take Semin or Ryan but pass on Daughty SVP.

Find me how many franchise dmen have been taken in the top 5 in the last 15 years.

[kimmer]

Ed Jovanovski. Check stats pl0x

[KapG]

Hey Paul. you see Sobotka, the King of the Docks, scored a shortie yesterday?