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From what I've read and heard in the last few days...everyone in St. Lou is very impressed with him in preseason. It's just a matter of if they want to burn a year of his contract and that he can play a long season coming off The Q season, plus Mem Cup plus SS. He's been playing hockey almost non stop since this time last year. But, realistically...he's not able to go to the A, and he won't develop anymore in Jr...so the NHL may be the logical step. But...they don't want him playing 6-8 minutes a game...if he's in STL, it's gonna be big minutes.

E-mail it to JR.

Great write up. I guess he's getting the 9 game trial run at the very least.

Is that Habs bucket a Pro...or did you put the logos on. I don't recall them having logos that big on their helmets?

He's an NHL MSHer. The best of all worlds. He WANTS to try everything...and the companies will line up to LET him. Talk about living the dream. Actually, the little bugger told me he's going to go with Warrior/MIA gloves. White 9k's...Warrior gloves...? Hmmmm, If he REALLY wants to be Kovalev-esque....he needs to go sans visor...although I doubt that will happen.

He's an NHL MSHer. The best of all worlds. He WANTS to try everything...and the companies will line up to LET him. Talk about living the dream.

He must be trying out new gear every day.

I'm guessing he was given 57.

On a total unrelated note...I like the white nameplates on the yellow jerseys.

Props from TSN too... http://tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/news_story/?...34&hubname= Used a shot of David in their coverage of Game 7

Did you raid Justin's garage sale when he switched jobs *L*

Nice.

No need to rush him into the NHL. If he has an "off the chain" (to borrow a phrase) camp, then maybe...but a year in Jr. where he already has a year under his belt and can really roll is a good thing. Be the older guy on the team...learn some more leadership skills. Even if he ends up splitting time between the "A" and the Blues next year isn't a bad thing. He probably needs a little more upper body strength to compete at the NHL level, so another year in the "Q" should him time to develop that as well. Be a man among boys for a year, instead of a boy among men.

There's something not right about that picture...Wait, I got it...those jerseys...they look...like, like....HOCKEY JERSEYS!!!!! Holy shit! How dare they, make a new hockey jersey that looks like a classic hockey jersey! /rant //sarcasm ///slashies! btw...I want one!

So, has he picked out his Lexus SUV yet? That seems to be the vehicle of choice for many NHLer's.

I don't speak very good french, but is that 3 years/$850,000 per?

D'Oh!

As if anyone here hasn't seen this yet... Enjoy!

I think for the hockey side, they should change it to: "We Must Protect This Ice" The look on his face is pretty good..."Dude, I'm in my underwear...don't put this online" *L*

Welll, David is the first MSH'er to get drafted...and now he's the first MSH'er to have a "HON" to his credit. Congrats.

Maybe Sutter doesn't like flashy skates anymore than Andy Murray? *L*

Like '72 all over again. They should turn the ringers off of the phones...assuming this "dump" has phones in the rooms. In '72 the players didn't have cells & pagers. They really don't need to rely on room phones anymore.

Good read... He may not have put up the total points that Turris/Tavares did, but I bet they'll get lots of tap ins off great chances made solely off of David's creativity and pure ability. I hope he puts on the skill display he did at Mem this year. This is going to be a hellofa line. I'm on vaca this week too...so I'll actually be able to see some of the games.

I put 120 pounds in my truck, and tried to stay above half a tank of gas at all times for the winter. The extra weight Shot my gas mileage all to hell...but I stayed on the road. My GF lived out in a Rural area...so in town, I was okay for the most part...but country roads with big drifts were a BITCH! She's in the city now...so I'm anticipating a pretty easy go this year. When it got really icy, sometimes I'd have a hard time getting out of my parking lot....between 2 cars, I'd start to slide and be worried about hitting the car on either side. I started keeping a shovel in the truck, and as long as I could get the ice/snow cleared out from around my tires, I was pretty good to go. The biggest problem for winter driving is stupid people. Just slow the F' down and we'll all be okay.

I thought if you were 19 at the start of the season you could play AHL. It was the kids who were 18 at the start of the season, but turning 19 during... that had to go back to Jr. Thanks for the correction. There have been exceptions in the past for example Spezza but that was because he played 4 years of major junior which generally doesn't happen unless you'd be 20. Also Staal and Horton were given permission to play in the AHL as 19 year olds during the lockout season since they'd played in the NHL the year before. Maybe that is what I was thinking. I knew I'd heard of 19's in the A.