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This guy is scoring at more than a point a game, is big, and is obviously someone who will have his linemate's back.

Be interesting to see if his game picks up now that he is over the injury.

Their announcers and analysts were going on and on about the total lack of effort and commitment from all but a very few players. Check out their SOG for the game. If hockey karma is working, we will jump over them in the lottery.

Sounds like a real talent too.

Chiarelli has said that he is open to moving the Toronto pick. Wonder if Sens would move Spezza for that? Also, there had been talk of them moving Phillips. They will certainly draft Couturier, assuming he is on the board, and moving Spezza could also enable them to get Landeskog or RNH as well as another quality forward in the late first.

The injury explains some of his sub par performances and also says something about his character. Double bonus!

ESPN has speculated that the Isles would pick RNH with the #1 overall. That's doubtful. It is hard to see anybody but Larsson as the first choice for the Isles. If, however, Larsson is off the board when the Isles pick, RNH might be the way to go. He will likely be a year away from being NHL-ready--although Skinner and Burmistrov are examples of less physically developed skilled players who have made the jump and made it well--but he could become the ideal setup man for JT. That combo on the top line with Kyle to create a physical presence could start to produce in a manner comparable to the B-T-G line. TSN noted that RNH jumped right in when a Team Cherry goon went after Sven Baertschi. David Musil then went after the goon.

Will have to get my Swedish friend to interpret, but it seems to be about his prospects to go as #1 overall in the draft. Sure hope we can fulfill his dream for him! Video does show him in Skelleftea as well as the rather modest vehicle AIK provided him with. This was obviously done after the WJCs.

For the Islanders, assuming they are both on the board, it would seem to be a choice between Larsson and Landeskog. Getting both would be a dream come true. Larsson would be an absolutely perfect pairing partner for Streit and Landeskog would be a great linemate for JT. Maybe the best strategy would be to draft Larsson if available, hope NJ takes Couturier, and see if CDH can be leveraged into a top ten pick and then try to put together a package to convince Edmonton if they are #3 to trade down. They would probably be looking first and foremost at Larsson and Couturier and might be open to it.