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Here's the entire draft: Round 1 1. A. Ovechkin Scorcher 2. J. Thornton wha wha? 3. M. Kiprusoff Chris' Warriors 4. C. Pronger drinkinbone 5. J. Jagr Rink Rats 6. D. Heatley flyfisher 7. N. Lidstrom Allan's Team 8. S. Crosby Skillet 9. J. Cheechoo Da Dynasty 10. S. Gagne Rolo 11. S. Niedermayer nighthawk 12. T. Vokoun stonyjoe1 Round 2 1. P. Elias stonyjoe1 2. M. Brodeur nighthawk 3. B. McCabe Rolo 4. R. Nash Da Dynasty 5. D. Alfredsson Skillet 6. M. Fernandez Allan's Team 7. I. Kovalchuk flyfisher 8. M. Naslund Rink Rats 9. M. Sundin drinkinbone 10. D. Phaneuf Chris' Warriors 11. J. Spezza wha wha? 12. M. Hossa Scorcher Round 3 1. R. Miller Scorcher 2. R. Luongo wha wha? 3. M. Turco Chris' Warriors 4. J. Iginla drinkinbone 5. E. Staal Rink Rats 6. O. Jokinen flyfisher 7. S. Zubov Allan's Team 8. H. Zetterberg Skillet 9. C. Ward Da Dynasty 10. D. Roloson Rolo 11. P. Kariya nighthawk 12. W. Redden stonyjoe1 Round 4 1. P. Forsberg stonyjoe1 2. B. Richards nighthawk 3. T. Kaberle Rolo 4. P. Datsyuk Da Dynasty 5. M. Gaborik Skillet 6. B. Gionta Allan's Team 7. S. Gonchar flyfisher 8. H. Lundqvist Rink Rats 9. D. Boyle drinkinbone 10. Z. Chara Chris' Warriors 11. B. Morrow wha wha? 12. P. Marleau Scorcher Round 5 1. M. Gerber Scorcher 2. M. Schneider wha wha? 3. T. Selanne Chris' Warriors 4. D. Hasek drinkinbone 5. P. Demitra Rink Rats 6. T. Bertuzzi flyfisher 7. D. Briere Allan's Team 8. B. Shanahan Skillet 9. R. Blake Da Dynasty 10. M. Savard Rolo 11. L. Visnovsky nighthawk 12. J. Pitkanen stonyjoe1 Round 6 1. J. Giguere stonyjoe1 2. J. Lehtinen nighthawk 3. A. Tanguay Rolo 4. V. Lecavalier Da Dynasty 5. M. Richards Skillet 6. A. Hemsky Allan's Team 7. A. Kovalev flyfisher 8. E. Cole Rink Rats 9. D. Tucker drinkinbone 10. J. Arnott Chris' Warriors 11. L. Nagy wha wha? 12. M. Svatos Scorcher Round 7 1. M. Zidlicky Scorcher 2. K. Lehtonen wha wha? 3. R. Smyth Chris' Warriors 4. C. Stillman drinkinbone 5. M. Malik Rink Rats 6. V. Toskala flyfisher 7. S. Gomez Allan's Team 8. M. Legace Skillet 9. P. Boucher Da Dynasty 10. I. Bryzgalov Rolo 11. C. Huet nighthawk 12. M. Hejduk stonyjoe1 Round 8 1. M. Sturm stonyjoe1 2. B. Stuart nighthawk 3. M. Afinogenov Rolo 4. S. Doan Da Dynasty 5. C. Joseph Skillet 6. A. Niittymaki Allan's Team 7. R. Esche flyfisher 8. J. Sakic Rink Rats 9. M. Commodore drinkinbone 10. J. Liles Chris' Warriors 11. M. Knuble wha wha? 12. A. McDonald Scorcher Round 9 1. A. Markov Scorcher 2. S. Sullivan wha wha? 3. M. Modano Chris' Warriors 4. R. Brind'Amour drinkinbone 5. A. Meszaros Rink Rats 6. D. Cloutier flyfisher 7. D. Sedin Allan's Team 8. M. Rozsival Skillet 9. M. Bell Da Dynasty 10. J. Spacek Rolo 11. K. Timonen nighthawk 12. K. Tkachuk stonyjoe1 Round 10 1. M. St. Louis stonyjoe1 2. P. Bergeron nighthawk 3. M. Straka Rolo 4. P. Kubina Da Dynasty 5. J. Corvo Skillet 6. J. Theodore Allan's Team 7. H. Sedin flyfisher 8. E. Jovanovski Rink Rats 9. M. Ryder drinkinbone 10. S. Hartnell Chris' Warriors 11. M. Van Ryn wha wha? 12. E. Malkin Scorcher Round 11 1. T. Preissing Scorcher 2. A. Sutton wha wha? 3. A. Raycroft Chris' Warriors 4. M. Denis drinkinbone 5. M. Garon Rink Rats 6. M. Ohlund flyfisher 7. M. Havlat Allan's Team 8. F. Kaberle Skillet 9. R. DiPietro Da Dynasty 10. T. Holmstrom Rolo 11. A. Frolov nighthawk 12. M. Bergeron stonyjoe1 Round 12 1. S. Horcoff stonyjoe1 2. P. Prucha nighthawk 3. J. Lupul Rolo 4. R. Lang Da Dynasty 5. B. Rafalski Skillet 6. B. Rolston Allan's Team 7. A. Lilja flyfisher 8. B. Campbell Rink Rats 9. R. Hamrlik drinkinbone 10. B. Guerin Chris' Warriors 11. B. Pothier wha wha? 12. S. Kozlov Scorcher Round 13 1. M. Satan Scorcher 2. M. Nylander wha wha? 3. K. Johnsson Chris' Warriors 4. K. Wellwood drinkinbone 5. D. Zubrus Rink Rats 6. W. Mitchell flyfisher 7. J. Bouwmeester Allan's Team 8. D. Langkow Skillet 9. J. Modry Da Dynasty 10. J. Stoll Rolo 11. R. Emery nighthawk 12. C. Osgood stonyjoe1 Round 14 1. C. Ehrhoff stonyjoe1 2. A. Kotalik nighthawk 3. Ju. Williams Rolo 4. B. Morrison Da Dynasty 5. A. Carter Skillet 6. S. Salo Allan's Team 7. B. Boyes flyfisher 8. A. Auld Rink Rats 9. F. Beauchemin drinkinbone 10. P. Sykora Chris' Warriors 11. D. Vyborny wha wha? 12. G. de Vries Scorcher Round 15 1. E. Belfour Scorcher 2. M. Rucinsky wha wha? 3. S. Samsonov Chris' Warriors 4. M. Biron drinkinbone 5. M. Samuelsson Rink Rats 6. J. Jokinen flyfisher 7. R. Torres Allan's Team 8. A. Brunette Skillet 9. N. Zherdev Da Dynasty 10. T. Poti Rolo 11. M. York nighthawk 12. P. Eaves stonyjoe1 Round 16 1. C. Neil stonyjoe1 2. H. Tallinder nighthawk 3. F. Pisani Rolo 4. F. Modin Da Dynasty 5. J. Grahame Skillet 6. B. Seabrook Allan's Team 7. G. Murray flyfisher 8. S. Souray Rink Rats 9. K. Huselius drinkinbone 10. Ro. Regehr Chris' Warriors 11. D. Aebischer wha wha? 12. E. Nabokov Scorcher

I get ranked in every stat, and then my score is based on that ranking. So things like +/- will come into play as well.

I know. That's why I picked him over Gonchar

I picked Theodore because he's going to play. I also didn't realize Niittymaki hurt himself recently either, because I am dumb. Theodore was my sleeper pick though. Last year was a bad year, but outside of that he's been a very solid goalie. If he bounces back then that'd be nice. Naturally, when I said Subov I meant Zubov Here's my draft order: 1. (7) N. Lidstrom D 2. (18) M. Fernandez G 3. (31) S. Zubov D 4. (42) B. Gionta RW 5. (55) D. Briere C 6. (66) A. Hemsky RW 7. (79) S. Gomez C 8. (90) A. Niittymaki G 9. (103) D. Sedin LW 10. (114) J. Theodore G 11. (127) M. Havlat LW 12. (138) B. Rolston C 13. (151) J. Bouwmeester D 14. (162) S. Salo D 15. (175) R. Torres LW 16. (186) B. Seabrook D

I was 7th out of 12, with a snake draft order, not that that would affect a guy like me in the middle. My picks were: Briere Gomez D. Sedin Havlat Gionta Hemsky Lidstrom Subov Bouwmeester S. Salo Rolston Torres Seabrook Fernandez Niittymaki Theodore.

I'm currently involved in my Yahoo draft. Have Lidstrom, Fernandez, Zubov, Gionta, Briere, and Hemsky so far.

well have you ever seen your average Console gamer with a cracked ps2 or Xbox? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Half the high school kids I worked with at Boston Pizza had their XBOX modded, and the other half were being pressured into doing it. My cousin did as well. I don't know many people that had a PS2. The thing I noticed is all it takes is one person to get "free games." The effect cascades a bit among friends.

I actually think his PP Faceoff % was better than the other situations, as Samsonov and Hemsky gave him additional support. He's certainly better than he was during the 2003-04 experiment though.

I bit if you looked at it game by game, most of Smyth's draws came on the PP, as Edmonton did have the most PP (141) during the post season, and he centered between Samsonov and Hemsky. The other ones would have been when Horcoff was out of the circle, or on the PK when all sorts of wierd things happen.

No, not at all. I was being dead serious, my computer area was on the floor beside the rest of my game consoles when growing up. The monitor was on the coffee table, with the keyboard coming in from underneath. The mouse was beside the monitor on a mousepad, and the computer was beside the coffee table. Our basement was rather cluttered with boxes for many years, and it was the most convenient spot for it, especially when it got swapped in and out frequently. That was my computer area for probably 8 years or so. We moved it down from my bedroom because it was easier for my friends and I to use it. After we had some company stay at our house for a bit while they looked for housing, I had to move it back up to my room, at which point I was finally playing on a desk with a chair again. It was a particularly useful setup whenever I went to a LAN with some friends, as all I needed was a short table to put my monitor on. In hindsight, it was probably crap for my posture, but it worked for me. Could easily watch TV while playing as well, which was a nice perk.

Psi is great for one person in MP.

No you don't. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you want to get rid of it, it seems like a long quest. I need to get 5 empty soul gems, of which I have found 2 (I have found others, but they weren't empty) in the 30 or so hours of gameplay.

I don't know. I played Deus Ex while sitting on the floor, with my monitor up on a coffee table (though I played all my games in that position as well, since that's where my computer was down in the basement.

I wonder if they allow it more now, because it's more well known that it's not as difficult to do that with consoles anymore (not sure about the 360 though).

You become a vampire if you get infected with Phyrric Hemophelia. Which you have a chance of getting every time you get hit by a vampire.

Do they plan on supporting translations?

EB Games was, in fact, one of the places where I was able to do an exchange.

Pegasus Bridge was a good one too, but I just didn't find it anywhere near as intense. I agree that watching the Soviets run up, as the orchestra starts and you see a guy running with you with a flag was pretty cool too. All the T-34s in the courtyard of the government buildings and just realizing "hey, the war is over." The epilogue of the Soviet guy meeting with the Western Allies talking about how, even though he couldn't understand what the man talking to him was saying, he felt like they were brothers, was pretty cool too.

And probably my favourite, from start to finish.

What was that? The only time Smyth was really ever in to play center was on the powerplay. For the most part, the Ryan Smyth center experiment happened on 2003-2004.

Play a Dragon Warrior or Final Fantasy game... all the way to the end... with the music on... your ears will bleed, trust me. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I had no problems with the Final Fantasy music. I loved the boss fight music in FF7 (which is similar to that of most FF games I have played), as well as the Jenova (or whatever her name was) fight music as well. The music of the FF7 fights actually pumped me up.

Well, turning off the music would have eliminated the music from the various nightclubs you visit in Deus Ex. I prefer music for the most part. Just like I don't find music takes away from movies, I don't find music (that's good and appropriate anyways) takes away from games.

You have been fearing since the beginning anyways. God help us if you haven't even begun to fear yet.

that mission is NUTS on hard difficulty. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's no Pavlov's house. I literally hid in a corner and let the tanks shoot holes in the building while people ran up the stairs. Given I had the body count on the highest setting, it was ridiculous how many dead bodies there were the floor I was on. It was intense!

Fortunately they'll be squealing away as you run by, so you'll at least know it's nearby. Even if you can't see it (which does make it spookier).