Personally I don't understand why people would be angry after having their vote displayed. Anyone can go and check to see who voted which way, just like everyone can see your posts.
This is a forum site intended to encourage discussion after all. Posting your thoughts, and to a lesser degree, voting, are the only methods I really know about to do so. Maybe it felt a bit like people were 'calling you out' - and maybe that was the intention - but who cares? I have been 'called out' a number of times for a viewpoint. I wouldn't post/vote/contribute in any way if I was 'afraid' of getting called out.
Just keep contributing your thoughts/ideas on this site. There is bound to be some arguments - even some piling on occasionally - but a large chunk of that list is respected posters (like Itse for instance) who's opinions and contributions I value. A few others you just have to roll your eyes and ignore, as they are known for constantly being negative at every chance (walking the fine line between being a troll).
Anyways.. Woot! Dougie Hamilton! Andersson!! Kylington!!
I must admit, I got a bit less enthusiastic when I saw Connor fall, but one of the posters above me is right - still a lesser prospect than Bennett, Monahan and Gaudreau, though I would rank him ahead of Poirier and Klimuchuk (who everyone forgets about, or just remembers to only include in trade proposals - Klimchuk is going to be a player).
Anaheim definitely exposed Calgary. Hamilton wouldn't have been the difference in that series, but he is definitely a huge step in the right direction as an answer to Anaheim.
In my opinion, you trade a Connor for a Hamilton every day of the week, and I thought Connor should have been selected in the top 10, and will make a lot of other teams regret passing him over. Hamilton will be a huge piece for the next decade.
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