The Entry Draft is approaching this weekend in Los Angeles. Of course,  as a fan, it’s fun to play armchair GM. However, the Flyers’ 1st round pick was part of the package that we sent away to get Chris Pronger. Thus, I didn’t participate in this mock. However, the rest of the bloggers did, and here are their selections and explanations:

Pick
Team
Player Selected
Player’s Position
Player’s Junior Team
Analysis

1.

Taylor Hall
Left Wing
Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
Forget the raging debate over whether Hall or Tyler Seguin, the prototypical playmaking centre from the OHL’s Plymouth Whalers, is the better No. 1 pick. Watch Hall just once and he removes [...]

Standing 6 feet tall, and weighing in at 245 pounds.
Captain for Team Canada in the Olympics.
Silver medal and gold medal in men’s Olympic hockey.
Two time gold medalist at the World Junior Championships.
1st overall draft pick in 1991.
Top 20 all time in points-per game.
Hart Trophy winner.

I think it’s safe to say most guys have their father’s to thank for turning them into sports fans.  Before we could even put a sentence together, we were probably playing catch, kicking a soccer ball, and if you live where it’s cold enough, skating before we could walk. As we got older, and discovered the magical device called the TV, we also learned that the best thing on TV to watch was sports (and Baywatch).
I grew playing soccer and street hockey, but when it came to watching the pro’s, it was pretty much only hockey. And while of course [...]

No, the title is not a typo. It’s been 7 days since the Blackhawks swooped in from Chicago, and won the Stanley Cup on our home ice. It’s still painful, but it’s an event frozen in history forever. There’s no going back, there’s no changing it. There was one great moment of glory in these past few days, and this was on Tuesday night. Comcast Sportsnet aired a replay of the Game 7 against Boston. The game was fun as hell to watch as it happened, but soooooo much more relaxing and enjoyable to see it replayed, knowing how it [...]

So after a long, up-and-down season has ended, this time with a little more agony than usual, Summer is officially here. That usually means ice cream, bikini’s, no school for the kids, baseball, World Cup Soccer, and no hockey. Well, the players might have unlaced their skates for the summer, but I will still be here. We’ve got more reviews of the past season, the draft, free agency, possible trades, and eventually, previews for a new season. Here’s a sneak peek on what lies ahead:

We’re not capable of changing the past (yet). We know what happened. Chicago won the Stanley cup, on Philadelphia ice. Leighton let in a soft goal, and was pretty bad in the Finals.  But sports fans always love playing the “what if?” game. If this were different, that were different, the outcome would be different. It’s a fun argument, but one  that can never be resolved. Still, here goes…

How fitting is it that a 21 year old with a mullet scores the game winning goal in overtime to clinch the Stanley Cup? A guy who the Flyers could have had, when we were the worst team in hockey and ended up with the 2nd pick in the draft rather than the 1st. Anyway, congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks on becoming the 2009-2010 Stanley Cup Champions. Congrats to the city of Chicago, for having their 49 year drought end. And of course, congrats to Jeff Bartl from BlackhawkUp for winning a few cheesesteaks.

The fun starts at 7:30. I’ll be on prior to the game, and a bit throughout the game too. Join in, share some thoughts.
FanSided Chat: Game 6 Blackhawks @ Flyers