Had Danton simply kept his mouth shut, fired his agent, who was calling all the shots, he would have been a contributing member of a the Devils Stanley Cup winner that season. Most of all, he would not have went to prison the following year and killed his NHL career.

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A man with a thoroughly average record, so why wouldn’t Hockey Canada hire him?

Important to remember that the draft class is weak this year especially once the top 13 or 14 guys are gone. 16, 17 could turn out to be little more than depth players, and years away. Great trade for MTL

You only get one, quick chance to make a good first impression and this new #nhldraft2025 sucks

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Last comment: it was incredibly dumb for Jeff Marek to tip-off Mark Seidel with draft info last year in Vegas But this broadcast desperately needs him, or someone of his ilk. Not working.

Jake O’Brien’s mom played for WLU’s women’s team when I was the sports editor there. Amy Turek’s teammates included Cheryl Pounder, and she saw time with Canadian national team. O’Brien’s uncle is former Bulldogs GM Matt Turek, and his grandpa, Ed, won Grey Cup with the Ti-Cats

I wish he went behind the net at the World Junior rather than trying to go thru it.

The Russian goalie taken just now is a surprise but not as much as the broadcast is making it out to be. Mark Edwards and his excellent crew HockeyProspect.com had him as their No. 2 behind only Joshua Ravensbergen

U.S.-based scouts will again be pissed off as this falls immediately before American Thanksgiving. Imagine the mad scramble to get home from far-flung Lethbridge

Lisa Longball’s kid gets drafted! Jason Logan

Dustin Wolf was too in Vancouver. Picked 219th, family broke-out in applause, sheer joy. And he’s now a centrepiece in Calgary

Smith registered points in his first five NHL games, made NHL All-Rookie team, got some Calder votes. Somehow lost his way after about 100 games. Two-time CHL Dman of the year, WJC gold medalist is still just 25.

Good for Mr McKenzie…sucks for the rest of us.

Imagine the odds of the Blue Jays sweeping the Yankees at any point this season (until this week.) 50-1, 100-1?

No. McKenna is not that level (still great) and he’s a late-born, not a lot for him to prove in junior after two-plus seasons already. Better comparison is Matthews going to play in Switzerland at same stage

If you played Sunday morning hockey at Dunlop Arena, or know anyone that did (my late father!!!), you will have had so many tasty post-skate meals here it’s impossible to count

He wasn’t just a loudmouth, based on the video evidence he started the fight, was deliberately playing slow AND refused to let Tarnasky’s group play through. Clear grounds for a whooping…

Now do Moose Jaw