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Post by maddog1981 on Dec 13, 2016 18:28:19 GMT -5
It depends with Fleury because I could see Pittsburgh trading him at the deadline to shore up some weaknesses. Top 6 depth is going to be really tough for an expansion team. You can get some good middle six talent but you're going to lack a good 1C or top pair defensemen. It's also going to be tough to build in the West because teams tend to be bigger and play a more physical game.
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Post by Sinclair Promotions on Dec 14, 2016 4:57:40 GMT -5
As the Rosters stand right now, if I was the GM of the Vegas Golden Knights I would select the following players from each NHL Team. I didn't take the salary cap into account, as the Knights will be able to either trade or assign some of the people to the minors to start out. I went with them selecting 3 Goalies, 9 Defensemen and rounded out the rest of the selections with a variety of Forwards. I hope you all enjoy this fantasy draft especially VegasAnaheim - Jonathan Bernier (G) Arizona - Luke Schenn (D) Boston - Brad Marchand (LW) Buffalo - Evander Kane (LW) Calgary - Dougie Hamilton (D) Carolina - Lee Stempniak (RW) Chicago - Jordin Tootoo (RW) Colorado - Fedor Tyutin (D) Columbus - Jack Johnson (D) Dallas - Jason Spezza (C) Detroit - Darren Helm (C) Edmonton - Zack Kassian (RW) Florida - James Reimer (G) Los Angeles - Dustin Brown (RW) Minnesota - Nino Niederreiter (RW) Montreal - Jeff Petry (D) Nashville - Yannick Weber (D) New Jersey - Ben Lovejoy (D) NY Islanders - Jason Chimera (LW) NY Randgers - Kevin Hayes (C) Ottawa - Chris Kelly (C) Philadelphia - Nick Schultz (D) Pittsburgh - Marc-Andre Fleury (G) San Jose - Mikkel Boedker (LW) St Louis - Jaden Schwartz (LW) Tampa Bay - Jason Garrison (D) Toronto - Matt Martin (LW) Vancouver - Alexandre Burrows (RW) Washington - Lars Eller (C) Winnipeg - Mathieu Perreault (C) I'm sure that only a handful of those players will be actually selected but this could be a fun game to play. |
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Post by maddog1981 on Dec 14, 2016 20:29:19 GMT -5
You don't want Jack Johnson from Columbus. He's having a good year this year but he coasts without a coach on his ass. You want Cam Atkinson. 28 points in 27 games this year, he's young and only costs 3.5 million right now.
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Post by Sinclair Promotions on Dec 14, 2016 23:12:08 GMT -5
You don't want Jack Johnson from Columbus. He's having a good year this year but he coasts without a coach on his ass. You want Cam Atkinson. 28 points in 27 games this year, he's young and only costs 3.5 million right now. I was more so looking at which players a team would be more than likely to leave unprotected. If I was Columbus I would protect Cam Atkinson over Jack Johnson which is why I went with Johnson there. |
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Post by maddog1981 on Dec 15, 2016 17:28:45 GMT -5
Cam is likely getting exposed with their contract situation. Plus guys like Wennberg , Saad, etc. If you can petition start making noise for him now. Matt Calvert also isn't a bad option if he's sitting there. He doesn't pile up points but he can play on the first line and hold his own.
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Post by Sinclair Promotions on Dec 23, 2016 0:46:16 GMT -5
NHL's Vegas Golden Knights denied trademark
Trademark office says club's name could be confused with team name of U.S. college
CBC News Posted: Dec 08, 2016 3:35 PM ET | Last Updated: Dec 08, 2016 8:59 PM ET
The National Hockey League says it won't change the name or logo of its newest club, despite being denied a trademark by U.S. authorities.
Just a couple of weeks after the Vegas Golden Knights revealed their name, logo and team colours, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled the name was too similar to the College of Saint Rose Golden Knights, the team moniker of a school in Albany, N.Y.
"In this case, the marks are identical in part, sharing the same dominant wording and overall commercial impression," it said in denying the application.
"The nature of the applicant's and registrant's services is similar; both offer sports entertainment of a kind available in the same venues, broadcast on television, and are generally available to the same class of consumers. Accordingly, the examining attorney concludes that there is a likelihood of confusion between the applicant's and registrant's marks."
The trademark regulator said the overriding concern was not only to prevent buyer confusion, but to protect the registrant, the College of Saint Rose, from "adverse commercial impact" due to use of a similar mark by a newcomer.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement that the league is reviewing the trademark office's decision.
Daly said the league will offer a response "demonstrating why we continue strongly to believe the Vegas Golden Knights mark should be registered in co-existence with the college registration, just as a number of other nicknames currently co-exist in professional and college sports (particularly where there is no overlap as to the sport for which the nickname is being used."
"We consider this a routine matter and it is not our intention to reconsider the name or logo of this franchise," Daly said in statement posted on NHL.com
"We fully intend to proceed as originally planned, relying on our common law trademark rights as well as our state trademark registrations while we work through the process of addressing the question raised in the federal applications," Daly said.
'Only the first period'
According to the website of the College of Saint Rose Athletics Department, the Golden Knights name was chosen in a poll in 1979. The current logo was unveiled in 2001.
David Alexander, assistant athletic director for communications at the college, said the school registered its trademark in 2004. He declined to say how the college, which doesn't have a hockey team, would react if the NHL franchise continued to pursue its application to use the nickname.
"It's only the first period, I don't want to get too far ahead," Alexander said.
"We have a registered trademark. We love the name," he said. "Fifteen years ago we redesigned the logo and wanted a trademark to specifically protect our brand. The logo represents the spirit of the school."
6 months to respond
University of Alberta professor of sport management Dan Mason thinks the NHL was probably not really concerned that it would be denied a trademark "because there are all kinds of examples of other leagues and other teams where you have the same team names being used."
"It's not as though they were applying for a name that has a really global established brand, like the Yankees or the Knicks or something like that," he said.
Mason pointed out that the Canadian Football League used to have two teams with similar names — the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the now-defunct Ottawa Rough Riders.
The NHL has until June 7, 2017, to respond to the denial by the trademark office. The Vegas hockey team is due to begin play next season.
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Post by Vegas on Dec 23, 2016 1:50:25 GMT -5
I am wearing my new Vegas Golden Knights shirt tomorrow night when I am in Seattle and going to dinner at this Canadian hockey bar The Angry Beaver which is 1 block from my parents' house. The Angry Beaver shows hockey on every single screen and I am going to order one of their Canadian burgers or sandwiches and some poutine fries.  www.angrybeaverseattle.com/ |
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Post by Sinclair Promotions on Dec 23, 2016 6:14:12 GMT -5
I am wearing my new Vegas Golden Knights shirt tomorrow night when I am in Seattle and going to dinner at this Canadian hockey bar The Angry Beaver which is 1 block from my parents' house. The Angry Beaver shows hockey on every single screen and I am going to order one of their Canadian burgers or sandwiches and some poutine fries. www.angrybeaverseattle.com/ Looks like a great place, if I ever make it out to Seattle I'm definitely hitting that place up for a meal |
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Post by Tournament Master on Dec 23, 2016 10:30:50 GMT -5
I am wearing my new Vegas Golden Knights shirt tomorrow night when I am in Seattle and going to dinner at this Canadian hockey bar The Angry Beaver which is 1 block from my parents' house. The Angry Beaver shows hockey on every single screen and I am going to order one of their Canadian burgers or sandwiches and some poutine fries. www.angrybeaverseattle.com/ Looks like a great place, if I ever make it out to Seattle I'm definitely hitting that place up for a meal Wait a sec...you are going to travel thousand of miles to eat Canadian food?!?!  |
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Post by Sinclair Promotions on Dec 23, 2016 22:31:26 GMT -5
Looks like a great place, if I ever make it out to Seattle I'm definitely hitting that place up for a meal Wait a sec...you are going to travel thousand of miles to eat Canadian food?!?! Got to see if they are making it right lol |
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