Islanders complete weekend sweep at Coliseum

Tavares09 wrote:

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To be fair, I believe Filatov was sent back to his junior/amateur team before his rookie eligibility expired. He only played 8 games this year bc the limit is 9. I could be mistaken tho

TheMetalChick wrote:

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You are making a case why it would be wise for them to take Hedman. What you need to realize is that I am not arguing that. I AGREE that would be the best thing for them to do. I even agree that is what they SHOULD do. I just think that they wont do it. The way I see it, if they cared about any of that, they (a) would be a better team,(b) would not have built their NHL team like it was a yahoo fantasy league, and (c) they would have taken one of the "big 3" defensemen last season.
But, to clarify again, there is no reason for you to see things exactly the way I do. That is why I say that you are free to see things however you want to see them. It means that I am not going to argue that you must see things my way. I hope that is clear to you now so you can realx and not be so defensive over such a simple, benign, ultimately polite statement.

David Volek wrote:

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Atlanta did take one of the top d men in the draft.

TheMetalChick wrote:

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Only because Stamkos was already gone and taken by TB, which was my whole point. It did not matter that TB needed one of the big 3 more than they needed stamkos, they took him anyway. And if Atlanta and TB reversed positions, I think the players would have gone in the same order.