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  1. It's awesome to see Jake move up to that second line. I think that line as a whole will be better now, Ritchie couldn't really keep up with McDavid and Lazar. I thinks Jakes speed and offensive ability fits in nicely on that line, and his physicality will also really help. Ricthie only has the physicality. Jake standing up for Lazar after he got slammed hard from behind into the boards was good to see . Shows he's a good team guy and coaches will appreciate it as well. Him and Horvat will look great together in Nucks jerseys once Jake gets here in a year or two. I'm so excited that the Canucks finally have some legit top prospects climbing the ranks. We got some good goalies and forwards coming along, now we just need defenders.
  2. People calling bust already??? He just joined the Canucks like 30 mins ago. wow. Support the guy, hopefully he will become a great player for us in the future. I can't wait to see what he can do in the NHL. He seems like the exact player we need, also someone who Cherry would really like, lol. Good Canadian kid, hits, fights, scores. I'm so excited we got this guy over twigs like Ehlers and Nylander. Although I respect those kids skill, it just we need that mix of skill and toughness. Not just completely one or the other. Welcome to team Jake Virtanen!
  3. Yea really. So much for the the "Canucks won't hire coach until after draft". Honestly, I know nothing about him other than he won the calder cup with Dallas affiliate and that he was in demand, also the mustache, can't forget the stache, lol. So I'm just gonna trust management on this one and will be excited to see him implement his system and try to help this team become competitive again. Welcome aboard Willie! (if this is a legit report)
  4. The better team won, Lundqwist was the Rangers only chance to get by and even he couldn't do it by himself. The Kings were dominating NY, and thanks to Lundy this game was still in reach. It takes an entire team effort like how the Kings play to win a cup, the Rangers were in way over their heads.
  5. When I saw that clip I thought it was an ad for his next "Rock 'em Sock 'em Hockey" lol.
  6. I completely agree with what your saying. I don't think trading Horvat with the 6th overall will get us any closer to getting through this rebuild/retool- whatever you want to call it. I'd rather keep Horvat and take the best available with the 6th. I'd think we'd be better off having both of those instead of just Reinhart. 1-5 in this draft are all good players but they all kinda seem like there of equal callibre right now and theres no one who really stands above (except for maybe Ekblad, but I was thinking forwards, and he very well could be the next Erik Johnson). So I don't think its worth the price to move up this year, it may be worth seeing if anyone falls from the top 5. We'd have the first opportunity to take whoever it could be.
  7. I don't mind him as a scarcely used extra forward. Just as someone who can fill in for injuries on pretty much any line but the 4th. With his good vision he can setup plays with really nice passes. Which is why I'd think he'd be a waste on the 4th with a couple bangers who would rarely ever finish these opportunities. Just don't think hes good enough to be a full time NHL'er. Too bad he can be claimed on waivers, so we couldn't just call him up or send him down as needed. Going to be tough for him to get a lot of ice time.
  8. Yea, he doesn't seem like someone who cares that much about winning. All it seems like he wants to do is score goals in the regular season so he can get a big paycheck. When goals are hard to come by he doesn't try to work harder to get that goal, he just hopes a glorious opportunity will land on his stick. He should go sign with the Oilers, they love to overpay players to get them to go there.
  9. I pretty much completely agree with this post, other than the costed them Luongo part. Luongo had wanted to leave the Canucks way before Torts even got here. Gillis just wasn't able to offload him. You could be right in the sense that Torts was the final straw for Luongo though with that whole Heritage Classic fiasco.
  10. Luckily for AV he got fired from here last season instead of at the end of this one. Now he gets a spot in the Eastern final, good for him. He didn't single highhandedly get the Rangers into the playoffs, the Rangers are just a better team than the Canucks. Had he been here, we still wouldn't have made the playoffs and it would have still been another stale year from the Canucks core and also coach. Everyone would be calling for him to be fired. But instead he goes and has success with another team and now it's a mistake that he got fired? I don't think the mistake was firing AV, the mistake was not making any progressive roster decisions and hiring the wrong coach. At least the moron making those decisions is now gone.
  11. Wow, I really didn't think this was going to go to 7. Good job Rangers for battling back.
  12. Yeah it was definitely a defensive breakdown. They had two people behind the net covering one guy while Brassard was left wide open in front of the net. Even after that they were still panicking and not able to clear the puck out of danger. Not like it would have mattered once they looked at the replay. I just wanted to get in on the Fleury jokes.
  13. Fleury has been known to give up OT goals in the playoffs for quite sometime now, but he outdid himself tonight, letting in 2 goals in one OT!
  14. I was one of those people that was alright with Torts coming back next year, but that was before Gillis got fired and Linden took over. It makes sense to have our new GM pick the coach. It would have been awful if Gillis was still here and was the one who fired Torts.
  15. Tampa seemed like they were playing like a very nervous team without much confidence after game 1. They always looked like they were panicking when they had the puck in their defensive zone, it led to turnovers and lots of scoring chances. When Tampa scored, they normally had an awful shift right after the play resumed. The Habs had the momentum most of the time through out the series, even when Tampa had something good going for them it would never last. The Habs did a great job shutting down Stamkos as well, barely ever noticed him in a dangerous scoring area. Price and Montreals D is quite a bit better then what Tampa has. Even if Bishop played I still think Montreal would have won this series, it just may have not been a sweep.
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