The NHL Draft was held Friday night, or as I like to call it, the Bruins will take another center party, and the Bruins took a lot of centers. One of them could be the future cornerstone of the franchise, Tyler Seguin, and another is probably being stalked by The Ref as we speak. Apparently Ryan Spooner’s grandparents live right around the corner from The Ref, and he’s going to great lengths to speak with the young man. He means you no harm Ryan Spooner’s grandparents. He’s not mental. The point I am making here, is it would appear the Bruins are pretty serious about trading Marc Savard. I would say up until the Bruins dealt Vladimir Sobotka it was a virtual certainty Savvy was gone. Thing is, I don’t get it.
It is over documented how not bright I am, so maybe it’s me. I am failing to see how dealing your best playmaker after acquiring a stud to pass to (something that was missing last year) is a good move for the hockey club. I guess I can buy the fact Savard isn’t a popular guy in the room, and Recchasaurus backed that up with some of the comments he made in the paper yesterday. They weren’t exactly a ringing endorsement for keeping Savvy around. We’ll just put it that way. Doesn’t having Marc Savard in the lineup improve the chances of winning every night? I mean so what if he’s a dick in the room? On the ice the guy can flat out play. The list of teams he is willing to be dealt to expand to 5 on Thursday at noon. I hope clearer heads prevail, and they decide to keep him in Boston because I can see trading him away being the type of move that can haunt a team for a long time to come.
As for Seguin, well, I think I am more pumped for Horton than I am Seguin. I mean he’s a good player and all, but the Nathan Horton’s of the world are more my cup of tea. I tell you what though; it is exciting to have a guy like Seguin coming to town. People are talking hockey in June, and it’s pretty cool.
Speaking of the draft, was anyone else hoping the Bruins would get back into it when Cam Fowler, and Brandon Gormley kept falling? George, the boys and I were all screaming for PC and the Crew to ante back up. Also, if Dylan McIlrath had been there at 15 where the Bruins were supposed to have picked, I may have rethought the coolness of the Horton trade. McIlrath, from what I’ve heard, is as mean and nasty as they come. I guess he flat out smokes people, and that would have been cool to see him do it in the black and gold. We will anoint him the Goonblog One to Watch in 2010-2011. Hopefully guys like Trevor Gillies of the rival Islanders will give the kid a shot. Either way, I am trying to fast forward to October.