2012 NHL Draft

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Galchenyuk keeping offseason preparations in perspective

The idea of playing for the Canadiens was very exciting for Galchenyuk’s father, who bounced around from league to league and country to country without ever making the NHL, but who has played a…Read More

Draft Day Part 3: Consensus Is Montreal Had a Monster Rounds 2-7

The less immediately interesting but very important later rounds of the entry draft are complete. The consensus from the prognositators is that Montreal had an excellent draft as of right now. On the other…Read More

Corey Pronman on Alex Galchenyuk

Estimable draft expert Corey Pronman weighed in prior to the draft on Alex Galchenyuk, placing him third on his board: http://www.puckprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1307 . He also offers an explanation…Read More

Draft Day Part 2: The pick

Yakupov and Murray went first and second. With the third overall pick the Montreal Canadiens select: Alex Galchenyuk of the Sarnia Sting. More analysis from the team here later tonight. For now, suffice…Read More

Draft Day Part 1: The First Round

After months of agonizing and often repetitive speculation the day has finally arrived. The 2012 NHL entry draft, where the Oilers will pick 1st for 3rd time straight, the Blue Jackets attempt to make…Read More

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Pierre McGuire Makes a Bad Trade Proposal

http://watch.tsn.ca/featured/#clip703589 Continuing on a story I talked about earlier (http://awinninghabit.com/2012/06/15/habs-sensibly-decline-to-radically-overpay-for-first-overall-pick/),…Read More

Majority Thinks Habs Would Draft Big, Scoring Center at 3rd Overall

The results of 59 mock drafts were compiled at NHL Mock Draft Database. If one subscribes to the “Wisdom…Read More