THE 2016 NHL DRAFT-DAY THREAD

[disco]

"... and with the FIRST SELECTION... in the 2016 NHL DRAFT...  the TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS... are VERY PROUD TO SELECT... from SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA... AUSTON MATTHEWS."

Big smiles: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/auston-matthews-officially-leaf/

Shanny and Lou: https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/video/brendan-shanahan--lou-lamoriello/t-277437436/c-44279903

Mark Hunter: https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/video/mark-hunter-june-25-2016/t-277437436/c-44292903

https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/746518621036417024

https://twitter.com/theScore/status/746546808994684928

https://twitter.com/Steve_Dangle/status/746479584560832512

https://twitter.com/Zeisberger/status/746479444932632576

 

[herman]

My body is ready.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Don't know if I'll be catching the beginning (),  and just in case, I'm giving an early shoutout...

                                                MATTHEWS!!!!

                                              ]GO LEAFS GO!!!!

 

[Jolly good show chaps]

Will be well after midnight for me by the time the first pick is announced so no chance of staying up. Will have a cheeky peek at my phone in the night and hope to see thst we picked twice (as long as we keep first overall).

 

[Boston Leaf]

Pretty excited for tonight and tomorrow..  should be fun

 

[Al14]

Pretty excited for tonight and tomorrow..  should be fun

Really 'should be fun'???

It WILL be FUN!!!

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

I honestly could not sleep last night.

I have a wife and child for goodness sake!

 

[TBLeafer]

TODAY'S THE DAY!!!

 

[iwas11in67]

OK it's here!

Silly question though - so the telecast starts at 7pm but when is the actual first pick announced?

 

[Bullfrog]

My body is ready.

I haven't started my stretches yet. Important not to pull a muscle mid-fist-pump.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

7:00 EST on Sportsnet?

 

[Zee]

7:00 EST on Sportsnet?

Correct.  Or you can listen to all day radio coverage on TSN1050 too.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I gotta leave the house around 7:20, hopefully the picks start before then.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

7:00 EST on Sportsnet?

Correct.  Or you can listen to all day radio coverage on TSN1050 too.

Thanks!  Would that I could.

 

[McGarnagle]

My body is ready.

I haven't started my stretches yet. Important not to pull a muscle mid-fist-pump.

I took the day off work. Didn't want to risk anything.

 

[Peter D.]

Happy Auston Matthews Day! 

 

[herman]

My body is ready.

I haven't started my stretches yet. Important not to pull a muscle mid-fist-pump.

I took the day off work. Didn't want to risk anything.

Should not have wasted my day off on my wife's birthday

I'm getting some shoulder stiffness in my primary fist pump arm, so I might have to go leftie. Which is the same side that Matthews shoots.

 

[bustaheims]

OK it's here!

Silly question though - so the telecast starts at 7pm but when is the actual first pick announced?

There's usually 15-30 minutes of preamble.

 

[iwas11in67]

OK it's here!

Silly question though - so the telecast starts at 7pm but when is the actual first pick announced?

There's usually 15-30 minutes of preamble.

Thanks Busta

 

[rdowdall]

How many are going to clench up if before the Leafs make their pick, Bettman gets up to the podium and says "I have a trade to announce..."?