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Maple Leafs Win Draft Lottery

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LeafsNation called ‘foul’ last year after my beloved Oilers won the draft lottery (again) but, this year, they would not be disappointed. And Leafs fans get to enjoy a little schadenfreude as the Oilers drop out of the top 3 into 4th place. We got McJesus last year so whatever. 

Basically, Auston Matthews is the top prospect for the upcoming draft and the Leafs now have the first right of refusal for drafting him. The only way Brenden Shanahan isn’t going to draft him is if Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff kidnaps Shanny’s family and holds them at gunpoint during the draft. Even then, Shanahan might decide its “family expendable.”

Calgary Flames General Manager Brian Burke had the quote of the day though:


‘If the Oilers win the draft lottery, I’ll beat the snot out of someone.’ LOL 

The Florida Panthers & Scott Mellanby’s “Rat Trick”

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This is just one of those great hockey stories that the players, the organization and the fans got behind to make history;

As the team prepared for its home opener against the Calgary Flames on October 8, 1995, a rat entered the dressing room, startling several players. Scott Mellanby reacted by shooting the rat across the locker room with his stick, killing it. He then went out and scored two goals in a 4–3 victory over the Flames, leading the Panthers to their first win of the season. Vanbiesbrouck described the incident to reporters after the game, stating that while Mellanby failed to score a hat trick, he did manage a “rat trick”.