Kelly McGillis: From "Top Gun" to "1 a Minute" (EDITED Interview) FB JoyBeharHLN for full vid).
Es mssen schreckliche Minuten fr Kelly McGillis gewesen sein! Die Schauspielerin, die an der Seite von Tom Cruise in "Top Gun" ihren Durchbruch feierte, wurde in ihrem eigenen Zuhause angegriffen.
Licht im Badezimmer, Tr unverschlossen
Die 58-Jhrige schilderte die Tortur selbst auf Facebook. Demnach ereignete sich der Vorfall bereits vergangene Woche. Als McGillis am Abend von einem Vortrag zurckkehrte, sah sie noch Licht im Badezimmer ihres Hauses in Henderson County, North Carolina.
Auch die Tr war nicht verschlossen. Beim Betreten ihres Heims fielen ihr zwei Paar Sandalen auf, ein schwarzes und ein kleineres pinkfarbenes.
In dem Moment kam eine Unbekannte schreiend auf den Hollywoodstar zugerannt. "Ich fragte sie, wer sie sei und warum sie in meinem Haus ist und sie sagte: "Du weit warum, du hast mich auf Twitter gestalkt". Das stimmte natrlich nicht", schrieb McGillis. Schockiert sei die Schauspielerin auch gewesen, weil die offenbar verwirrte Frau noch ein Kind dabeihatte.
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Ruber brachen in Rita Oras Haus ein. Dahinter knnten Serientter stecken, denen bereits ein anderer Prominenter zum Opfer fiel.
"Ich schrie, so laut ich konnte"
Kelly McGillis versuchte die Polizei zu verstndigen. "Sie kam mir nachgerannt und fing an, mich zu schlagen und zu kratzen und mir das Telefon aus der Hand zu reien", so McGillis. "Ich schrie so laut ich konnte, in der Hoffnung, dass mich jemand hrt." Da sie die Autoschlssel in der Hand hatte, konnte die Schauspielerin die Einbrecherin mit dem Autoalarm ablenken. Nachdem sich McGillis losgerissen hatte, sprang sie ins Auto und fuhr davon.
Die Polizei konnte sie aber erst mithilfe eines "guten Samariters" verstndigen, der mit seinem Wagen anhielt.
McGillis nimmt Schietraining
Die Beamten nahmen die Einbrecherin fest. Ihr wird Einbruch, Diebstahl, Stalking und Krperverletzung vorgeworfen.
In einem weiteren Facebookpost bedankte sich Kelly McGillis fr die Anteilnahme ihrer Fans und erluterte weitere Details zum Vorfall. So sei in den vier Jahren, in denen sie im Haus wohnt, nie etwas passiert. Deshalb war die Alarmanlage nicht eingeschaltet. Die Einbrecherin soll das Garagenfenster zerbrochen haben und hindurchgeklettert sein. "Sie hat in der ganzen Kche Hundefutter verteilt, um die Hunde abzulenken", so McGillis.
Das Ereignis brachte die Schauspielerin auerdem dazu, sich eine Waffenlizenz zu besorgen. Erst am Donnerstag (23. Juni) teilte sie das erste Foto vom Schietraining.
Im currently in Girdwood,Alaska. You may wonder what has caused the gay European population of Alaska to climb, well, 100%, and the answer is that I am in the United States because I no longer recognise the Europe I grew up in.
I most often talk and write about the United States these days, but today I must talk to you about my homeland and the problems itfaces. It is important that Americans understand these problems because Europes problems today will be Americas tomorrow if yall dont act to prevent them.
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For hundreds of years, Europe was a mesmerising and unique continent packed with fragile and remarkable cultures in a comparatively tiny area. It really is small. You cantake a train trip through several countries and experience half a dozen different cuisines, styles of music and people in the same time it would take to drive across an average-sized state in the US.
But I worry that my Europe the Europe of Mozart, Wagner, Rembrandt, Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke and Hume is rapidly disappearing. What has replaced it is a confused place with no clear identity, clouded with fear, run by unaccountable and incompetent globalist bureaucrats.
Its people are afraid. Theyre afraid of something the media and political classes seem intent on encouraging, against the wishes of the people.
Im talking about the rising tide of Islamic immigration.
This is a difficult subject, and one that many Europeans dont want to talk or think about, for fear of being branded racist or bigoted. But, to my mind, its the most important dimension of the referendum, easily eclipsing questions about GDP, import tariffs and even national sovereignty.
Europe has bent over backwards to accommodate Muslims, hoping with every placation that Muslims will integrate with their host cultures.
But thats not happening. Instead of integrating, Muslims have got more segregated and extreme in their beliefs and practices.
Think about some of the news stories weve seen about Islam.In Rotherham, 1,400 girls were raped by Pakistani rape gangs because the authorities were too afraid of being called racist to investigate their crimes properly.
So-called rapefugees are flooding Europe. We dont see many women and children flooding into our cities under the cover of western compassion. We do see a lot of fighting-age young men with iPhones.
There is now a Muslim crime wave in Europe that governments wont recognise. In Sweden, recently crowned the rape capital of Europe, police have even been banned from mentioning the ethnicity of rape suspects. Why?
The terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels were committed by a mixture of homegrown terrorists and so-called refugees that is, ISIS operatives who came in because were too dumb to vet migrants properly.
France, motherland of Berlioz, Sartre, Debussy, Monet and Czanne, is today full of police no-go zones. Calais is now known as The Jungle and the Paris Metro looks like South Sudan and is about as safe.
In my home town of London weve elected a Muslim, Sadiq Khan, as mayor. We call him a moderate, ignoring his past history with some nasty characters, the fact that his wife immediately donned a hijab after he was elected, his idiotic beef with Donald Trump and his move to ban body shaming ads on the Tube.
He has vowed to ban images of women in the public square in the name of feminism. But that sounds eerily like what happens in the Middle East, doesnt it?
The people of Europe have started to realise they have not a radical Islam problem, but an Islam problem.Some Europeans might find this difficult to hear. They might even call it islamophobic. But consider the evidence.
A Gallup poll a few years ago showed that 100 per cent of British Muslims believe homosexuality is an unacceptable lifestyle choice.Over half of them want it made illegal, too.39 per cent of British Muslims believe a woman should always obey her husband.And a quarter of them want sharia law in the UK.
I was in Orlando last week, the site of the deadliest mass shooting in American history. And it wasnt a troubled white male loser gunning down a school. It was a Muslim described as not particularly religious by his dad who killed 50 gay people and maimed 50 more.
There is no reason to suppose thatMuslims in Europe have any better opinions of women, gays, blacks, latinos and, lets face it, everyone else, than Orlando killer Omar Mateen.
Dont make the mistake of considering Islam a problem for gays. Muslims have a unique ability to be offended at anything. Its us today. It will be you tomorrow.
Again: this isnt radical Islam. Its Islam.
European elites have suggested adding Turkey to the EU. Turkey, once a country headed for a secular, progressive future, is now a hotbed of Islamic extremism. It is the home of the Islamic creationist movement and a dozen other deeply regressive strands of Islamic thought.
Turkey does not belong in a political union with the United Kingdom.
Englands Brexit campaign is a positive step to regain its national sovereignty and prevent an influx of Muslim refugees. The EU, certainly, is not willing to do whats necessary to make people safe.
In the past, immigrant meant someone who wanted to improve their familys future. Muslim immigrants do not fit that definition. They want to turn Bradford into Baghdad.
Leaving the European Union is Britains best chance of avoiding the fate that Germany and Sweden have chosen for themselves. If I were you, I would vote Leave.
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It"s time for financial markets across the globe to eat a big slice of humble pie, Jim Grant said Friday after the shocking result from the United Kingdom referendum on European Union membership.
"It"s a great day for humility," Grant, the founder and editor of Grant"s Interest Rate Observer, told CNBC"s "Squawk Box."
Financial markets across the globe tumbled after the U.K. voted in favor of leaving the EU, a decision markets were not expecting. Ahead of the vote, several polls and bookmakers showed support leaning toward the remain camp.
On Friday, U.S. stock futures implied a lower open of more 2.5 percent, while major European indexes shed more than 4 to 8 percent.
Independence Day: Resurgence | A Candid Conversation: Larger Than Life [HD] | 20th Century FOX
They definitely messed with the wrong planet, as the Independence Day sequel is now officially opening on June 24 and not July 4, as previously stated.
The original Independence Day epic science fiction movie dates back to 1996, when the film starred Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, and Bill Pullman. Its been a few years since then, but as announced by 20th Century Fox, the sequel is finally coming to the big screen on June 24 this year.
Dont mess with Earth. Watch the new trailer for #IndependenceDay: Resurgence, in theaters June 24.https://t.co/3tHkTiyEwV
Independence Day (@IndependenceDay) April 22, 2016
That sequel finally arrives 20 years after Independence Day took $817 million at the box office. Reportedly, there was talk back in 2002 of a sequel inspired by the fear and paranoia generated by 9/11 but Roland Emmerich, director of the first film, didnt like the idea.
Everything sounded like a repeat, and we dont want to do repeats, Emmerich explained.
His producing partner, Dean Devlin, said, If we ever did one, it would have to be as original to the first film as James Camerons Aliens was to the first one.
She has arrived. #IndependenceDay pic.twitter.com/sbbwrGjyOa
Independence Day (@IndependenceDay) June 8, 2016
It also turns out the sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence, almost didnt happen, as Smith was unable to reprise his role as Captain Steven Hiller. For this reason, Emmerich reportedly almost lost interest in making the sequel. In fact, he said back in 2011, Will is such a big part of this movie, I wouldnt do it without him.
According to the Mirror Online, Emmerich, along with scriptwriter and producer, Devlin, asked Smith to reprise his role in Resurgence, but at that time, Will had just completed filming Men in Black 3 and was still busy filming the 2013 flop Sci-Fi movie After Earth, which also starred his own son, Jaden Smith.
Emmerich added that his timing was bad when contacting Smith about the sequel and that this was confirmed when the MIB actor responded in the negative, saying he couldnt do three science-fiction movies in a row.
In related news on the Inquisitr:
While at first Emmerich was disheartened and lost interest in the project, he changed his mind when scriptwriters Nicolas Wright and James A. Woods said to have rewritten the second half of the film got involved.
This involvement led to a change in the story-line of Independence Day 2 which will now center on the orphans whose families were killed during the first alien invasion.
This means war. #IndependenceDay pic.twitter.com/aFOAkSyRdq
Independence Day (@IndependenceDay) June 10, 2016
According to a report by Empire Online, the fact that the films script was rewritten also attracted new stars to the Independence Day franchise. While the cast still includes both Goldblum and Pullman, there is the major addition of new cast members, including Liam Hemsworth, Travis Tope, Angela Yeung, Jessie Usher, and Maika Monroe.
Of interest to note, in the film the U.S. has a female president, with Sela Ward playing President Elizabeth Lanford and sounding remarkably like presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton in the trailer above.
The title was the next problem. At first Emmerich toyed with Independence Day: Requiem and Independence Day: Retaliation, but ended up settling on Resurgence, saying that We call it the War of 96 in the film.
Its like a post-World generation thats unified, and thats amazing to see a world come together with a common enemy. Thats a resurgence.
Emmerich also realized he had always wanted to make a sequel to the movie before he retired, telling Empire Magazine, Maybe its the fact that Im turning 60 this year. I have a little feeling of Oh gosh about it.
I have a lot of crew members who are in this business because of Independence Day Finally, I just sort of said to myself, Well maybe before I retire I should really do this.
So, luckily for fans of the first film, Emmerich did, indeed, go ahead with the sequel, which is reportedly the first time the German director has ever directed a sequel to any movie.
Now in the latest news, the sequel is scheduled for release on June 24, despite the fact that it was previously said to be getting a rather more appropriate July 4 premiere.
After 60 selections were made over two grueling hours in the 2016 NBA Draft, we have carefully considered how each team executed. Our serious, comprehensive analysis includes trades made before and during the draft in addition to the picks. We have incorporated robust assessment of teams" roster needs and applied rigorous tests to assumptions about how each new player will fit. We feel our model accurately assesses Thursday"s events looking ahead.
Here are your 2016 NBA Draft grades, with the teams broken into six distinct tiers by performance.
PASSED WITH FLYING COLORSSixers
Ben Simmons is a confirmed Australian. How very delightful! Timothe Luwawu"s last name reminds me of a Jimi Hendrix guitar solo. Furkan Korkmaz is both the 76ers" second ever player named Furkan and its first to share a name with a League of Legends champion. Well done, Sixers!
GRADE: A+
Knicks
The Knicks did not get into the draft, and went without a pick for the first time in decades. You know what that means? James Dolan could play his harmonica in peace, Phil Jackson could follow Brexit ballot results closely and Carmelo Anthony had no reason to shake his head. The Knicks: a calming presence in a world of chaos.
GRADE: A+
Wizards
No selections for the Wizards either. But that"s OK, because the District is currently in the throws of Nationals Fever! Very gracious of the Wizards to let the baseball team shine.
GRADE: A+
Blazers
Portland acquired the rights to Jake Layman, who grew up in Massachusetts, played at Maryland and has four brothers. Hey, that"s pretty cool!
GRADE: A+
Clippers
The Clippers aren"t typically known for draft savvy. But they landed Brice Johnson in the first round. Before the draft,he tweeted photos of himself receiving a haircut from SuperCuts. Thrift, what a great life skill to learn before joining the NBA!
GRADE: A+
EXCELLENT WORK!Lakers
L.A. grabbed Brandon Ingram at No. 2 and Ivica Zubac at No. 32. Ingram showed incredible style, wearing a short chain in place of a tie. That"s hip! Zubac is Croatian, which means the Lakers have finally captured the all-important Zach Lowe endorsement. The world is smiling upon Los Angeles this morning!
GRADE: A+
Kings
Wow! What a night for the Sacramento Kings! They drafted Georgios Papagiannis, whose name can be anglicized as George Dadjohn or perhaps George Johnfather. Papa John"s is definitely going to be expanding its presence in the Sacramento Valley now. Later on, the Kings picked up Malachi Richardson, who has some incredible hair and a great name (sense a trend?) and Skal Labissiere, another Kentucky big man with a phenomenal name. With the penultimate pick, the Kings took Isaiah Cousins, who is NOT DeMarcus Cousins" brother but would force the Kings to produce new Boogie Cousins jerseys that read "D. Cousins." You don"t want to be seen in a confusing old "Cousins" No. 15 jersey. The Kings are going to make money off of this selection. Smart move!
GRADE: A+
Bulls
Denzel Valentine could be the lead character in a Tyler Perry movie. Paul Zipser sounds fast.Jimmy Butler is still in town.
GRADE: A+
Pacers
The Pacerstraded out to get Thaddeus Young, who is just about the most pleasant combo forward you"ll ever meet. (Presuming you"ll ever meet Thad Young.) But in the second round, the Pacers took Georges Niang. Is that multiple Georges? Did Indiana get two Georges for the price of one? Bold move, Larry Bird!
GRADE: A+
Thunder
OKC traded Serge Ibaka and drafted Domantas Sabonis with part of the package. Does Arvydas Sabonis come along, too? Because if Arvydas Sabonis took this opportunity to join the Thunder"s broadcast team, well that would just be phenomenal.
GRADE: A+
NICE EFFORTNets
Whoa! Sean Marks is already making moves! Strong effort to get into the draft. Brooklyn took Caris LeVert, who showed his Michigan pride bywearing an amazing maize and blue suit. Local pride is really commendable. As such, what a thrill that the Nets picked up Coney Island"s own Isaiah Whitehead in the second round. The Brooklyn Nets are a model franchise in the changing NBA.
GRADE: A+
Nuggets
Look at all these new players! The Nuggets had three picks in the top 20: Jamal Murray (Kentucky guards almost never disappoint), Juan Hernangomez (whose brother w***y Hernangomez is slated to join the Knicks this season) and Malik "Don"t Call Me Michael" Beasley. Sounds like the Nuggets were busy. Nice effort, good follow through, way to play through the whistle.
GRADE: A+
Rockets
The Rockets picked up Chinanu Onuaku in the second round.He shoots his free throws underhanded. Rick Barry is now going to pick Houston over Golden State next season. The Rockets also got Zhou Qi. He looks nothing like Yao Ming, but that won"t stop a lucky shopper from seeing him inside Whole Foods in The Woodlands and racing to tell his friends all about the time he considered the ripeness of pluots next to China"s most famous athlete.
GRADE: A+
Hawks
Isaia Cordinier is almost assuredly in a French boy band. Coming soon to Apple Music and Spotify, no doubt. Can"t wait for the Future feature. Taurean Prince is positively royal. DeAndre Bembry -- hey, St. Joseph"s sure was a great place to get an education, eh?
GRADE: A+
Raptors
Jakob Poeltl is in fact NOT Austrian for Rafael Araujo.
GRADE: A+
WAY TO GO!Suns
As some hero tweeted on Thursday night, by adding Dragan Bender to a team with Alex Len, the Suns have created the BLENDER frontcourt. Nice! Marquese Chriss is from Sacramento; the city"s Great Humans Per Capita rating is out of sight, so there"s a strong probability Marq is awesome. Tyler Ulis was the Suns" second-round pick. He joins Eric Bledsoe, Brandon Knight, Devin Booker and Archie Goodwin as Kentucky Wildcat guards on the Suns roster. Hey, aren"t Aaron and Andrew Harrison free agents this summer? HINT HINT.
GRADE: A+
Bucks
They got ...
THON MAKER /Shot taker, #TeamCaker? /Nice work Mil-wau-kee!
GRADE: A+
Mavericks
Dallas got A.J. Hammons, whomChad Ford described as having "second-round intangibles," which I don"t think was meant as a compliment but should ABSOLUTELY be taken as one. Try it out today. Someone holds a door for you? "Hey, thanks! You really have second-round intangibles!" A colleague responds to an email promptly? "Nice second-round intangibles, Martha!" Excellent service at the caf? "This macchiato looks lovely. Here"s a tip for displaying those second-round intangibles."
GRADE: A+
Hornets
The Hornets looked at this draft and said, "No, thank you.We"d prefer to have Marco Belinelli. We have a diverse roster, and would like to aggressively make it even more diverse. Plus, it"s time we allow other teams to have draft success. Have at it, NBA." What a considerate team.
GRADE: A+
Cavaliers
Kay Felder in the second round? Pretty cool! Maybe he canlet J.R. Smith borrow a shirt?
GRADE: A+
YOU HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURETimberwolves
Tom Thibodeau declared that Kris Dunn can play alongside Ricky Rubio. When has an announcement that a point guard could play alongside Ricky Rubio in Minnesota ever gone wrong before? Way to be bold, Thibs!
GRADE: A+
Magic
Serge Ibaka is pretty cool.
GRADE: A+
Grizzlies
Memphis traded into a spot to take Deyonta Davis (a lottery talent) in the second round, where the Grizzlies can attempt to squeeze him for every dollar. Money matters, and Memphis knows that. Perhaps they can pay him in pounds sterling? Anyways, Davis really stuck it out in the green room. Great sticktoittiveness.
GRADE: A+
Celtics
Lots of folks are giving the Celtics grief over picking Jaylen Brown at No. 3, taking some stash players later and generally not trading a bunch of minor assets for a superstar worldbeater. But hey, we might get to hear Tommy Heinsohn say Guerschon Yabusele someday. Look on the bright side of life.
GRADE: A+
Spurs
Of course the Spurs landed potential lottery pick Dejounte Murray at No. 29 overall. Of course.
GRADE: A+
PERFECTLY CROMULENTPelicans
"My Buddy, My Buddy, My Buddy, My Buddy. Wherever I go, he goes. My Buddy, My Buddy, My Buddy, My Buddy. My Buddy and me!"
I can"t wait to see a Vine of Anthony Davis singing the single best jingle in world history to his new teammate Buddy Hield.
GRADE: A+
Jazz
The Jazztraded their first-round pick for George Hill, helping relieve Indiana"s infestation of Hills and giving a shout out to the Rocky Mountains.
GRADE: A+
Pistons
Henry Ellenson grew up in Wisconsin, played college ball at Marquette and is headed to Detroit. Finally, someone to bridge the Lake Michigan divide! The hero the upper Great Lakes region needs.
GRADE: A+
Heat
It"s supposed to rain next week on Miami Beach. How considerate of the Heat to avoid taking any players in the draft, which means no press conference on Monday will be necessary. Those beat writers in Miami could use a break.
GRADE: A+
Warriors
Damian Jones is not to be confused with Damion James, but I could see how that would happen.
By a 52-48 percent margin, the popular vote in the United Kingdom last night moved to detach the country from the European Union.
It"s been a momentous event, building up for months with anticipation and anxiety domestically and abroad, marked by bitter campaigning, sharp regional disagreements and the murder of an anti-"Brexit" member of Parliament, Jo c*x.
But if you judge a country"s interests only by prevalent Google searches, it was after the polls closed when British voters started to think seriously about the implications of their choice.
According to data from Google Trends, the searches for "what is the eu" and "what is brexit" started climbing across Britain late into the night. The polls closed at 10 p.m. local time.
The search for "what is the EU" was popular across all parts of the U.K., in this order: Northern Ireland, Wales, England, Scotland.
Google Trends, on Twitter, has highlighted a few local spikes, too, with "what is Brexit" " a top search in both Northern Ireland and Scotland. Both of them voted in favor of remaining in the EU.
Londoners specifically did a lot of googling for "move to Gibraltar." (Gibraltar is a British territory in southern Europe.)
Like many in the U.K., people around the world are starting to figure out what Brexit is and what it means. Driven in large part by concerns about immigration, Britain"s unexpected decision to exit the EU won"t be settled for a few years and leaves a lot of uncertainty about the future of trade and cooperation.
Jim Benning Talks Prior to NHL Draft (June 23, 2016)
BUFFALO, N.Y. We have a trade to report
Lets face it: Who wants to watch tonights first round and see all 30 clubs draft in order? Toronto is taking Auston Matthews, Winnipeg will take Patrik Laine, and Id be stunned if after all is said and done, Columbus doesnt select Jesse Puljujarvi.
But after that, wouldnt we rather have National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman speaking into the microphone at No. 4, than Edmonton general manager Peter Chiarelli?
The Edmonton Oilers have traded centre Leon Draisaitl and the fourth pick to the Montreal Canadiens for defenceman P.K. Subban!
Doesnt that get you going more than, The Edmonton Oilers are proud to select, from the London Knights, Matthew Tkachuk.
Or at No. 6: The Calgary Flames have traded the sixth pick to Pittsburgh for goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and the Penguins 55th and 61st overall picks
OK, both those deals might need a little fleshing out. But the market is open, and Edmonton needs top-pairing defenceman as badly as Calgary requires a goaltender.
They tell me its good to have one, joked GM Brad Treliving. Were in a bunch of different markets on that.
Its no secret were in the market for a defenceman, said Chiarelli a few moments later. Were fully engaged and weve got a pretty high pick. Itll ramp up (Friday).
Would he trade the pick?
I am listening to offers for it. I wouldnt rule it out.
This is the perfect recipe for a stunning draft day: A GM with a history of making big trades (as Bostons GM, Chiarelli dealt both Phil Kessel and Tyler Seguin); a team that has lost for long enough and is ready to make significant changes to its roster; and a nice high pick that just happens to make francophone centre Pierre-Luc Dubois available to Montreal, or defenceman Olli Juolevi, if ongoing conversations between Montreal and Edmonton about Subban get consummated.
Chiarelli wants a right-handed defenceman. Vancouver, which picks fifth, has as many needs as Edmonton just in different places. But GM Jim Benning may do his work on July 1.
Its going to take a lot to get that No. 1 pick away from us, said Benning, whose pedigree is built on drafting savvy. Besides, he has his eye on pending unrestricted free agent Milan Lucic, a chase that will begin after the draft concludes.
Hes from Vancouver, hes been a good payer in the league for a long time. A unique player, a power forward. We would definitely have interest in him.
Then it was Kevin Cheveldayoffs turn in front of the microphones. He would barely speak Laines name, but did admit that there have been plenty of GMs trying to lift that No. 2 pick in a deal.
Lots of conversations, he said, but nothing Im willing to step away from (making the pick for).
As we awake on draft day, clearly the sexiest story out there is the growing willingness of the Canadiens to move their superstar defenceman before his no-trade clause kicks in on July 1. Benning would move his No. 5 plus much more to get his hands on a Norris Trophy-level defenceman.
So would approximately half the GMs in the NHL, roughly the number of teams without a genuine No. 1 blue-liner on its roster.
How many true No. 1 D are there? asked Chiarelli, not speaking specifically about Subban. There are 30 teams and maybe there are 12 No. 1 D-men. To think youre going to get a No. 1 D (in a trade)? Its tough.
Should a deal of that magnitude go down tonight in Buffalo, it would be the continuation of a trend that saw Boston deal both Lucic and Dougie Hamilton in separate deals at last years draft. Or 2013, when Vancouver moved Cory Schneider to Vancouver, a deal announced while the Devils were on the clock for the ninth pick overall.
Toronto still has 11 picks, including two each in rounds two, three and four. The most difficult thing to do right now is move money, Benning said Thursday, yet surely Toronto is a place where a cap-cornered team could send a player under contract for draft picks in return.
Isnt that why Toronto hoarded all these draft picks in the first place? To augment their prospect pool with some players who can help right now?
Thats why youll be watching tonight. Its the only night all year when the hockey world wants to hear Gary Bettman talk.
