tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472432574729293751.post3205984095351350183..comments2023-07-07T01:30:15.363-06:00Comments on bringing back the glory: The spectacle of draft dayshepsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630724826854481046noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472432574729293751.post-89833958220922502722009-06-29T08:18:44.311-06:002009-06-29T08:18:44.311-06:00On a more practical note: I think the Oilers didn&...On a more practical note: I think the Oilers didn't do a bad job at the draft. <br /><br />According to my draft day decisions, they only accomplished one of the tasks: to move a lesser light (Brodziak). I didn't think it would be him, but they got what I suspected for him (a 4th to 6th round draft choice).<br /><br />I like the fact they traded their 7th rounder for next years 6th rounder (with OTT). I like MAP as the first round choice: speed, and more speed. Toni Rajala and Olivier Roy look like steals in the late rounds (if one turns out to have more then a cup of coffee in the NHL, or if one is traded in a winning trade for the Oilers then it is a win). Don't mind giant defenders (Bigos or Hesketh) and we need one of them to be able to be at least a 5-6 defender in the future.<br /><br />Over all: if one of Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson r Anton Lander make the Oilers 2nd line one day in the future. One of Kyle Bigos or Troy Hesketh, become a depth defender (5-7 NHL or 1-2 AHL wth call up ability). If Cameron Abney can ever play in the AHL. And lastly if one of Toni Rajala or Olivier Roy pan out as a NHL player. This might be one of the best draft class in recent memory. I think it would be a success if we have two of the 7 players make it to the NHL with over 150 GP (and one of them makes second line forwards, or 3-4 defense).<br /><br />PS: Sean I think Tambo did walk up to the mike and eat a bady in the third round. That baby was named Cameron Abney.B.C.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10155683434536762565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472432574729293751.post-24714926584998956282009-06-29T08:05:22.721-06:002009-06-29T08:05:22.721-06:00{Devil's advocate mode ON]
We can take this a...{Devil's advocate mode ON]<br /><br />We can take this agruement one step further (one step more towards a pomo purity of thought) by questioning if the spectacle is a representation of something Real at all, ala Baudrillard. <br /><br />What would happen if we considered the draft an image of an image, or a Simulacra.<br /><br />Then the draft is not even about what these young players even appear to represent, since they are only representation and never presentation. These young men stop being men at all: and only are the charts, mock blogs, and finally their draft order.<br /><br />Even outside the rink, they stop being anything but a commodity. Just as Steve Kelly or Jesse Ninimaki are only ever commodities that fail to work, and never people anymore. There is a permanent disconnect between the being and appearing; that they are only every appearing and we can never get back to having (might as well being). <br /><br />[Devil's advocate mode OFF]B.C.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10155683434536762565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472432574729293751.post-22958086691830535352009-06-28T12:03:55.648-06:002009-06-28T12:03:55.648-06:00Good stuff, Shepso. Nice perspective on all this n...Good stuff, Shepso. Nice perspective on all this nonsense.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190620732067746768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472432574729293751.post-7179225111566601072009-06-27T19:33:36.012-06:002009-06-27T19:33:36.012-06:00Very nice. Society of spectacle is a pretty apt ev...Very nice. Society of spectacle is a pretty apt evaluation of the past 2 days. Judging from some of the hysterics going on in the comments section of ON or LT, you'd think Tambo walked up to the mic and ate a baby. <br /><br />This draft did do a pretty entertaining job of replacing real social life for a few hours, and the Oil didn't stink the place up like it was 1997. I think we'll be in a pretty decent shape in 2-4 years.seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652046209017333512noreply@blogger.com