DC, as they often do, take a local kid, Ricky Schramm, Forward, Georgetown, at #37. (Not so bold prediction to follow.) He won't make the team.
If you have been trying to watch the St. Louis Blues attempt to play hockey of late it would be hard to believe the word optimism could ever be in play. The losses continue relentlessly, often in the "never in the game" style, but increasingly in a "lose from winning position" flair which is enough to make someone turn on the news for an upbeat change of pace. (Wow, plane crashes and LUNACY!) This team still can't score with the regularity needed to win consistently in this league. The coaching staff knows they have precious few natural goal scorers (one is precious few), so they attempt to make up for it by getting what I call "process" goals, i.e. goals scored by virtue of constant pressure, crazy bounces, accidental deflections, etc. Basically, any goal you can get from a player who doesn't have the knack for scoring them on their own. The Blues are something like zero for their last 12-15 breakaway chances, and zero for their last 25-30 2 on 1...
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I am just wondering what leads you to make this prediction? I would venture to say it is an unfounded guess and, unfortunately for you, a false one at that.
Thanks, though!
Ricky, if that is you...I'm not rooting against you. I'll gladly be wrong, and treat you to dinner if DC ever comes to Minneapolis to play the Thunder.