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Forum: Mock-DraftMon. at 2:14 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 2:06 p.m.
Thread: Marner
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ryminister_92</b></div><div>St Louis has more overpaid players than Toronto.. nice try bud</div></div>

On a serious note though. Yes St. Louis does have bad contracts, but their core pieces are on nice deals. People like Krug will be gone in time. However the core pieces for Toronto are great players, but no discounts were given. Matthews at 13+ is a fair price, but as far as contract goes you're not getting a steal necessairly. You just get to keep a Superstar player for a lot of money, which is debateable to whether or not that makes for a good team.

Thomas although not nearly as good as Matthews is only paid just north of 8 million. This is a very good value for the contract. Same could be said for players like Jack Hughes, Cale Makar, Draisaital, and even the Tkachuks.
Forum: Mock-DraftMon. at 1:07 p.m.
Thread: Surprise at number five
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>All of these stories have come from one group of people…same click of parents in California. Yet, on every other team he has played on, none of this seems to have happened.

Now people want to compare him to Mitchell Miller and say he should never be able to play hockey again. Some draft observers are trying to claim that he is on NHL teams’ “do not draft” lists, yet freely admit that they haven’t actually heard scouts or GMs ever say that. But the US NTDP has brought one player from outside their program to the U-18s. They do their homework. And one of the most respected coaches in all of NCAA has vouched for him (going so far as to attend some Tri-City events to let it be known).

Everyone makes mistakes, especially when they are children. Some learn from their mistakes by taking ownership of them, make amends. Others hide from accountability, point blame at others. I believe the former is better measure of character.

You can believe what you want.</div></div>

I wish people were more forgiving. None of us really know what the kid is like, but he shouldn't have to pay his entire life for something he did at 15. People are way too quick to try and destroy peoples lives. Teams will do their due dilligence to see if there are any character issues to sort out. I think that if your teams drafts him you should be comfortable that you got a good player.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 25 at 10:59 a.m.