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Post by Elite Sim News (ESN) on Jun 1, 2009 18:22:52 GMT -5
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Post by torontogm on Jun 1, 2009 23:39:11 GMT -5
Interesting link, thanks for posting it Roger... it was bound to happen. The thing I was wondering is why some of the picks went unfilled (#5 & #7 especially!)- is there a time limit, or did those teams forfeit their pick some other way? Even more bizarre is that two teams appear to have not used picks that they actually traded to get (#34 & #72).
On a side note, the Toronto Maple Leafs organization is not concerned about the drafting of Jiri Tlusty. As he continues to improve over the next season we are quite confident that we will have him under contract and making a serious bid for a roster spot in the 2010-11 season at the latest.
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Post by Elite Sim News (ESN) on Jun 1, 2009 23:54:24 GMT -5
Yeah, there's a lot I didn't really understand about this draft, but it is the initial draft. I heard a rumor that HC MVD Moscow was against the draft, thus explaining them not making any selections (that they kept). I don't really see the point in having a draft when they already have a nice junior system in place, but I'm not running the league.
I can understand teams drafting guys like Tlusty, Stefanovich...even guys like Hedman and MSP for that matter. I really can't understand a team drafting Taylor Hall though. That just doesn't make any sense at all to me.
I also don't understand how they think they can tell a kid that he can't talk to a non-KHL team until August 1st. How does that work? You use the draft to assign rights to your own league. You don't get to tell these kids they can't sign elsewhere until a certain date. Good luck enforcing that (if it is in fact a stipulation).
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Post by CapitalsGM on Jun 2, 2009 8:59:05 GMT -5
The Draft was quite odd, without a doubt. Everything involving the KHL has been done backwards since its inception though. Picking a player like Taylor Hall or Zach Kassian just makes no sense to me, but I guess they don't have much else to pick. Maybe four rounds for their entry draft was a stretch.
A player like Jiri Tlusty was also taken, which may be an eye opener for Leafs GM Brian Burke. Not sure what is going to happen there, but I am sure Jiri Tlusty sees his future with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Again, a move that is very disrespectful to the NHL I am sure will turn a few heads across the league. Wasn't the league having Bankruptcy issues anyways?
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Post by Carolina GM on Jun 2, 2009 12:25:59 GMT -5
The good thing about playing in the KHL is that you know the score of the game ahead of time!
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Post by Elite Sim News (ESN) on Jun 2, 2009 19:49:44 GMT -5
Didn't take long for Toronto to sign Stefanovich and Mikus.
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Post by FlyersGM on Jun 2, 2009 21:49:38 GMT -5
LOL anything the KHL does is a joke, not a threat to the NHL at all.
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Post by torontogm on Jun 2, 2009 23:02:13 GMT -5
Quote: "Wasn't the league having Bankruptcy issues anyways?"
Spencer: which league? lol... sorry to all the Coyote fan out there...
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