Comments on: Matt Moulson is the NHL’s First Star of the Week http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/matt-moulson-is-the-nhls-first-star-of-the-week/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Thu, 23 May 2013 07:49:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: bcisleman http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/matt-moulson-is-the-nhls-first-star-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-22915 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:31:23 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=58256#comment-22915 The way you know an organization is headed in the right direction is when it consistently picks winners in the later rounds as the Isles have been doing under Garth.

]]> By: Mike Halford http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/matt-moulson-is-the-nhls-first-star-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-22843 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:47:34 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=58256#comment-22843 Yeah, the late rounds in that draft were insane. Pavelski went 205, Shane O’Brien went 250 and David Jones 288.

]]> By: bcisleman http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/matt-moulson-is-the-nhls-first-star-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-22834 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:10:33 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=58256#comment-22834 263rd actually just after Enstrom and Byfuglien and just before Halak and Elliott.

]]> By: Mike Halford http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/matt-moulson-is-the-nhls-first-star-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-22793 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:25:40 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=58256#comment-22793 Didn’t Pittsburgh draft him like 300th overall in 2003?

]]> By: bcisleman http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/matt-moulson-is-the-nhls-first-star-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-22781 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:01:26 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=58256#comment-22781 When the Islanders first drafted Matt in the summer of 2009, I was excited by what I read about him in Hockey’s Future. He seemed the ideal linemate for JT. I had read that JT was supposed to be another Espo and I thought that Matt and maybe Kyle Okposo could be JT’s Cashman and Hodge.

When I broached that idea with one sports writer, he dismissed the possibility, saying that the Islanders would be crazy to put a 9th round pick on a line with their #1 overall. He also rejected the notion that Matt would ever match Cashman’s stats. I have been keeping count and, for the record, Matt has 197 goals to go to match Cashman.

A Kings beat writer was even more dismissive. Matt had been given every chance to make the Kings roster by GM Dean Lombardi and had not shown that he could do anything well according to this report. Given Matt’s scoring proficiency and the Kings’ offensive struggles, Lombardi has undoubtedly had many occasions to regret his decision.

Matt is just one more example (others include Mark Streit, Michael Grabner, PA Parenteau, and Al Montoya) of how Garth Snow steals other GMs lunch money. Yet somehow Garth is dismissed as an incompetent boob by many. Go figure!

]]> By: govtminion http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/matt-moulson-is-the-nhls-first-star-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-22780 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:58:51 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=58256#comment-22780 Caption: “Matt Moulson stars in: Machete 2…”

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