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GrimJim - (Jim Greer)

Member since November 30, 2007

Strathmore, Alberta

Habs fan since: birth
Favorite current player: None (tired of jinxing people)
All-time favorite player: Ken Dryden

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  • Comment on Rimouski defenceman Morin could be a good fit for Habs at draft
    @commandant Thanks for the info. I knew that was how it was done for the previous years but I wasn't sure if the NHL had changed the criteria as part of the lockout.
  • Comment on Rimouski defenceman Morin could be a good fit for Habs at draft
    Then it's really weird/stupid that the NHL got it wrong on their own web page http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26377
  • Comment on Rimouski defenceman Morin could be a good fit for Habs at draft
    When I was a reporter, I was taught to not include comments like that if I thought the subject was being sarcastic or ironic or was trying to use me for his own purposes. Plus the story should have gone through an editor prior to being posted, an editor who looks at things with a more corporate slant and if the editor decided that including the probably not would cause people to not tune in game 5, he might remove it to counteract that consequence.
  • Comment on Rimouski defenceman Morin could be a good fit for Habs at draft
    Where do you get the crirteria that you are basing this on? because the only set of rules that I have found regarding the entry draft were from the hockey operations page of NHL.com and my reading of that says we are picking 26 or 27th. So I would like to know where I am making my mistake if it is in fact 23-25th.
  • Comment on Rimouski defenceman Morin could be a good fit for Habs at draft
    Yeah, like really... Doesn't the NHL have to release next year's schedule before we can start planning our weekend, Shane?
  • Comment on Canadiens sign two Swedish draft picks; Emelin has surgery
    It's confusing because I think they changed the rules on draft order after the lockout. Here is the Hockey Operations guidelines page of NHL.com http://www.nhl.com/nhlhq/hockey_ops.html#entry_order By my reading there are four criteria. Non-playoff teams are ranked 1-14 based on regular season points and the lottery result. The Cup winner is ranked 30th. Those are the easy ones. The third criteria is playoff teams that weren't first in their division and didn't win the cup are ranked 15-23rd or 24th based on regular season points. Division winners are ranked either 24-29 or 25 through 29 based on regular season points. Clear as mud eh?
  • Comment on Canadiens sign two Swedish draft picks; Emelin has surgery
    I scan the posts most everyday but I've used up my funnier comments re Price-vs-not Price, goons v skill, Timo v a blue sky, etc. As for the Summit I want to but money is a little tight this year so I'll have to scrimp and save, but I still have my ticket from last year.