The Kings' Key

http://tinyurl.com/5qajks

Tampa Bay is already advertising Steve Stamkos on its website, so
there's no rummage there. The Kings are a different story with the #2
pick. The next four picks are all d-guys that are pretty close in the
ratings. Add Filitov to the mix, and there's speculation Kings might
move down a few places because someone else might have a strong
preference and be willing to pay for it (or need to move contracts).
Then there's the Pittsburgh factor (they don't have a pick in the
first three rounds). There's also the guessing game - it's the
deepest draft in years, and it's rich in quality d-guys. Maybe the
cost of a trade-up turns out to be a phantom expense.

On Jun 19, 4:55 pm, LouisG <im... DeleteThis @home.com> wrote:
> owl <churc... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in news:878ecf68-2e4f-4e15-9b72-
> 2176d75a8... DeleteThis @z72g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
>
> >http://tinyurl.com/5qajks
>
> > Tampa Bay is already advertising Steve Stamkos on its website, so
> > there's no rummage there. The Kings are a different story with the #2
> > pick. The next four picks are all d-guys that are pretty close in the
> > ratings. Add Filitov to the mix, and there's speculation Kings might
> > move down a few places because someone else might have a strong
> > preference and be willing to pay for it (or need to move contracts).
> > Then there's the Pittsburgh factor (they don't have a pick in the
> > first three rounds). There's also the guessing game - it's the
> > deepest draft in years, and it's rich in quality d-guys. Maybe the
> > cost of a trade-up turns out to be a phantom expense.
>
> The morning papers were saying that the Pens might dangle Malkin to the
> Kings for their pick ,, must be nice to have so much talent on your team
> that you could even think of doing this ,, eh Cliffie?

Fleury was the name that flew by my daydream. If there's even a sniff
it's Malkin, I'd bet the other end of the phone was connected to Tampa
Bay. Malkin for Stamkos would sizzle.