According to Dey, more than $79,000 in ticket plans (not including renewals) were sold in the first hour after the pick, along with $15,000 worth of Tavares merchandise.
— >> Newsday
So you're saying it was a good thing?
[Duchene and Tavares agent Pat] Brisson said he usually knows by now, adding that Garth Snow's cone of silence act is something he's never experienced in 20 years at the draft.
— Dude, that's what happens when you want stuff other teams don't need to part with: They ask you to offer something unreasonable. Someone really wants my pick, I'd wait until I'm on the clock to get their most desperate offer.
>>Brian Burke, him have twade twoubles. (h/t RudyKelly at BoC)
