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SlowShot
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
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 Posted - 07/01/2007 : 16:30:07
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Edmonton has just dealt away Smith and Lupul to philly for pitkanen, Sanderson and a third round draft pick in 09. Looks like Philly could be the team to beat this year
I love Charles Wang
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Edited by - SlowShot on 07/01/2007 16:33:07
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Mikhailova
PickupHockey All-Star
USA
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Posted - 07/01/2007 : 19:32:30
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| Nah, the Rangers are. And in the West the Ducks are. All their Cup champions plus Schneider. |
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-oil-country-
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
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Posted - 07/01/2007 : 19:33:57
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I like the Smith for Pitkanen part but don't like the Lupul for Sanderson part. I have a hunch that Lupul is gonna do great next season and just had bad luck this season.
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PainTrain
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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Posted - 07/01/2007 : 21:48:50
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| Stoll will be the captain of the oilers and wow Pitkanen I can't believe Philly traded a rising superstar d-man, they do have Timmonen but Timmonen and Pitkanen could have been good. |
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Beans15
Moderator
Canada
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Posted - 07/02/2007 : 11:12:23
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I think this is a good looking trade. No way Philly would have went Pitkanen for Smith straight up. Lupul might turn out well, but not under MacT. Sanderson could still throw up 50 points if he stays health and he's a solid 2nd/3rd line player.
Little scary as an Oiler fan think why the Flyers gave up on Pitkanen so soon.
I Love your Kids, IHC is the man, and The Oilers Rule. Does that make me insane?? |
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OILINONTARIO
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
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Posted - 07/02/2007 : 20:29:57
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| Pretty poor. Pitkanen,....fine. We're down Smytty and Smitty now. We lost the guy we got for Pronger. C'mon KLo! Think BIG!!! |
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lyall
PickupHockey Pro
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Posted - 07/02/2007 : 20:43:14
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Originally posted by PainTrain
Stoll will be the captain of the oilers and wow Pitkanen I can't believe Philly traded a rising superstar d-man, they do have Timmonen but Timmonen and Pitkanen could have been good.
Moreau will be captin. Horc & Pis will get the A's.
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Guest4738
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Posted - 07/02/2007 : 20:46:17
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| philly will not be a contender....they have briere and gagne upfront who are proven with a few assests like knuble,lupul,carter,richards and i think Biron in net is pretty solid. But on D they have a stay at home defenseman in Smith but other then that they dont got much. And don't tell me Hatcher, Rathje....they're too big and should have finished their careers when the lockout hit |
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Guest4738
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Posted - 07/02/2007 : 20:54:56
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| sorry, i forgot to include timonen though hes more of a 3rd-4th d man. If the flyers don't make any more moves it'll look as if hes there number 1 or 2 guy along with smith. That conference is going to be pretty tough as you've got the rangers who made it to the 2nd round and almost beat a solid buffalo team. With the big splash they made and hopefully hang on to shanahan, they should be the clear favourite. The pens and flyers will most likely battle for 2nd as the pens will get more mature as a group with all the kids and signed some veterans in kozlov and sydor. In NJ it will be interesting without gomez and rafalski, arguably the top two at each position. With elias, gionta, langenbruner,parise,zajac and brodeur without that solid core of d he once had, they should fight for 1 of the last playoff spots. Lastly on the island, its brutal as the only thing they really had going for them in smyth and blake is gone. Charles Wangs going to have to pull something big out of his ass. maybe he can find 20m to spend on another player. |
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OILINONTARIO
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
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Posted - 07/02/2007 : 20:54:59
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| I would bet a large amount of cash that the Flyers will make it past the first round (that would qualify them as contenders, right?) It's been a whirlwind rebuilding process for them, and the most impressive that I can recall. |
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Guest4738
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Posted - 07/02/2007 : 21:09:05
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Buffalo, Ottawa, Pitsburgh, Rangers will be top 4 in the conference.
That leaves 4 more spots for Flyers,Leafs,Devils,Atlanta, and ill throw in a few teams like carolina, tampa and washington to battle for the final spots.
1 Ottawa
2 Rangers
3 Buffalo
4 Pitsburgh
meaning flyers would have to beat one of those teams to get into the second round. The flyers could probably put 1 line to match with those teams but past that who do they have going up against a Drury on second line, a Roy for buffalo, or a Malkin on pitsburgh. What im trying to say is that flyers will find success in gagne and briere but dont have the depth to make much damage. Don't get me wrong though, Paul Holmgrens done an amazing job turning this team around from 15th place to a playoff team in a matter of weeks. |
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OILINONTARIO
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
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Posted - 07/02/2007 : 21:19:52
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| Don't count on the Sabres to be the same team they have been without Briere and Drury. That is a HUGE HUGE loss. Did I mention the word "HUGE"? |
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semin-rules
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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Posted - 07/03/2007 : 10:28:24
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I think that Philly, Anaheim, Colorado and the Rangers are going to be the top teams this year. My early favourite to win the cup is the Rangers though.
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Flyers get Smith and Lupul 
