Thursday . . .

The stuff posted here this morning is dedicated to Graham Tuer and all of the WHL scouts who approached me Wednesday night and Thursday during the draft to let me know how much they enjoy Taking Note. . . . Gentlemen, all of this is for you. Enjoy it with your morning coffee. . . . And to Peter Loubardias and Bob Strumm and Jamie Heward and Kurt Wickenheiser . . . it’s always great to relive the memories. . . . And it was great to see all of you. . . . Now on to Brandon. . . . Oh, wait, there's a hockey game in Calgary on Friday night, isn't there?
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THE MacBETH REPORT: F Tyler Beechey (Kootenay/Calgary, 1997-2002) signed a one-year contract with the Frankfurt Lions (Germany DEL). He had 24 goals and 33 assists in 56 games for Augsburg Panther (Germany DEL) this season. That was good enough to tie for ninth place in DEL scoring. Beechey led the DEL in playoff scoring with five goals and nine assists in 14 playoff games. . . .
F Garrett Festerling (Portland, Regina, 2003-07) signed a one-year contract with the Hamburg Freezers (Germany DEL). He had two goals and three assists in 18 games for the DEL-champion Hannover Scorpions this season. . . .
F Joni Lindlöf (Kelowna, Lethbridge, 2002-04) signed a one-year contract extension with Briançon (France Ligue Magnus). He had 14 goals and 10 assists in 22 games this season. . . .
F Björn Svensson (Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, 2003-06) signed a one-year contract extension with Timrå (Sweden Elitserien) He had 12 goals and 11 assists in 55 games this season. . . .
D Brad Zanon signed a one-year contract with the Coventry Blaze (UK Elite). He had one goal and 11 assists in 68 games for Florida Everblades (ECHL) this season.