Odd.

Should have just started a thread LOL

Who's gonna give us a LIST of laggard CDC'ers who kick-start gossipy Stat updates?!?!

Normally, I wouldn't be a fan of hiring Mike Babock since he's been known to verbally and emotionally abuse players but in Petey and Brock's case, it just might be what the good doctor ordered.  

I mean, I can easily double up yes.

3-4 packages of bacon per day. minimum

squat

@JM_ not sure if Josi is better defensively. Makar played more minutes against elite forwards, by a far margin than Josi, despite playing 3 less games. 
 

Makar - 500+ mintues

Josi - 450 minutes
 

Makar also has a slightly better xGA and less giveaways than Josi.

just eye test I guess, might be personal bias on my part. 

You probably just hate Makar if you think Josi is “better” defensively. 

Bedard is a very special player. The only GM I can see trading him for 2nd OA and a bunch of stuff is Allvin.

Can we get to 100 replies on a status update?

...I mean, #2 or #3 pick, do we really need them?

I still think there's gotta be a GM we can confuse with an offer around our spare Elias Pettersson. 

@Dazzle I just want to clarify that I'm not trying to win an argument here - I just want to present the views of people like my wife who is against abortion. Here's another way she just put it to me: "when I hear of an abortion happening, I feel sad because I believe somebody died." 

@Vinny in Vancouver Men don't generally have to feel ashamed that they are masturbating, with some exceptions. However, a woman's body and its functions have been much more scrutinized. This can include having a woman be 'tested' to see if she is a virgin, or the fact that a woman's dress can apparently influence a man's decision to rape her. My answer to your scenario is that women have never been treated well compared to men, at least by 'western' standards, for the most part.  Therefore, it's a fallacious comparison to use shame to measure the impacts of men and women for sexual health.

Miscarriages are terrible. Those are unwanted. Abortions may or may not be wanted. Certainly we have heard about forced abortions. We have also heard about chosen abortions (for whatever reason). Surely you are not trying to simplify the topic of abortions as to how the woman 'should' feel.

To be fair, your wife is just one perspective of a woman, and she may very well be exposed to more perspectives than you and I. That being said, your wife's opinion of abortion has certainly shaped the way you think about the topic, to the point that it's affecting your ability to properly weigh the discussions.

@DazzleOh absolutely, we are all influenced by our background and our own experiences, and as I mentioned above, I'm definitely only sharing the pro-life view because as I said, I believe there are stereotypes out there that do a disservice to my pro-life women friends. I am by no means vilifying those who are pro-choice. I'm actually in agreement (or at least sympathetic) with a lot of things you mention - most countries will allow for abortion in the case of: rape, incest, fetal health, risk to mother's life. Imo, that one is an easy ethical decision. Personally, I wish that the current debate is centered more on the holistic view of the health both mother and child that goes beyond the pregnancy and birth. That will give the discussion a greater chance of moving forward because there will be a greater focus on coming up with pragmatic action items. I find that my pro-life women friends are concerned about a lot of the things that my pro-choice friends are concerned about: reasons why a woman would consider terminating a pregnancy (the ones I mentioned above are easy, but others [e.g., career] are harder); having a safe abortion; reality that the woman will bear most of the burden of having a child not just during pregnancy but afterwards; can the mother take are of the baby; lifelong impact (both positive and negative ["challenging" is probably the word they will use] of having a baby on the mother's life; how easy it is for men to just relinquish themselves of responsibility; how there's no impact on the man's body but there's huge impact on the woman's body; abortion pressures from cultures that prioritize males over females; lack of adoption services; lack of enough services to be able to raise a child (e.g., education, daycare, etc.); contraception; sex education; sexualization of women; maternity leave; fertility services; career advancement for somebody who has the burden (some of my friends will scold me for using that term) of also raising kids; post-partum depression; pressure to have children; at which term will the baby (fetus) feel pain; etc. Unfortunately (imho), the discussion is almost always being framed from the context of rights, and I find that to be often contentious because the first statement that comes out of everybody's mouth is "well, it's my right to...". A right is binary: either you have the right or you don't. Rights can sometimes infringe - freedom of expression is a good example of that.

Dude if I was playing skins and shirt bball with my bro you think I'm a girl? LOL duuuuh

Girls shirts, boys skins?  

I think its pretty obvious

@PunjabiCanucks U sir are smart

Lainey looks slow.  Injured? 

Love how the Canuck haters come here and pretend to be fans must have a boring fan base.

you ruined it nux4lyfe we were having so much fun you could have just waited a lil longer before telling him

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GOOOOD DAMMMIITITTITITITI

its been a while since a post has caused me this much pain.

That sounds cool most of the ones I've seen haven't been that impressive.

I guess it's different in different places. I grew up in the Fraser Valley and I probably see a few rainbows every year. Saw one yesterday as well. 

Didn't the Stones write a decent lil' ditty about them?

Let me know if you want to put something worse in your mouth  

Perhaps unrelated(?)..but have heard that chicken sh** makes excellent compost!

Oh man the McDonald’s on Main & Terminal. Haven’t been there for years since I don’t work in that area anymore but it was brutal. A lot of junkies and homeless people hung out in that area. Also near the Starbucks by the skytrain station and the Burger King nearby too. I hate that area. 

I'm gonna have to change my name to Odd the Criminal

You should do it

there is always room for the odd criminal.

I'll probably just stay up to watch it.

@J-23 According to the schedule, Sportsnet will play it. 

A game this early I'll probably just wait and watch the highlights but the spotlights of the venue in China makes me want to think otherwise. I might tune in late 2nd and beginning of 3rd. Excited for this one

Sweet! If it's on TV I'll watch it. This reminds me of the Canada bs. Sweden gold medal game. It was early, I think it was at 3am. My mom ended up watching the 1st period herself because no one could get up lol.

I should probably stop or I'll get banned

good  I'm way over my head

miller for verhage and weegar

Done, and, done

Ekblad is a nasty piece of work. He is famous for hacking and slashing ankles all game long. 
Kind of like a Chelios, he takes so many cheap shots the refs can’t call everything so he gets away with it. He doesn’t quite have the propensity for nasty cheap shots after the whistle like a Chelios did. 
One year of JT for Ekblad is a no brainer in my mind.  Ekblad is something we don’t have, need badly and would shift the identity of this team in a much meaner direction. 

I guess I should care, but I don't. 

@JM_ But I mean don't think I'm judging you or that I think I'm morally/ethically superior to you or anything like that, I just think that after all the jokes have been made we should also point out how f-cked up the reaction was on twitter (and the whole situation all together)

I think when we get McDavid shoved down our throats endlessly by the media as being the 'best ever' and all that there's bound to be some blowback. They'll be fine. 

Damnit, now I gotta find crappy streams. Worth it though.

I haven't watched a single World Cup game. Im thinking whether I should watch the final? 

It's been great hockey. I was cynical at first, but it's been awesome.

Canucks usually stream the preseason on YouTube, I doubt you'll find a crappy poached stream... Should be on SN-scam1?

Anyway, I have my own opinions about things. It's been kind of weird lately on this forum to say the least.

I do thank the moderators on this forum who’ve done a tremendous job keeping this community in line and making it an overall enjoyable place for discussion. If they feel it was the right move to close the thread then I respect their judgement at the end of the day, even if I may disagree.

@Odd.

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there’s been some screwed up stuff said in that trial

could you elaborate a bit?

I came here for @King Heffy's input and I wasn't disappointed.

McDavid only has 6 more points than Petey 5 on 5. Imagine if we won the lottery and added Bedard to our power play?  I could see Petey and Bedard pushing 130 points easy. They could compete with McDavid and Draisaitl for the scoring title. 

Bigger question for me is how many cups would he have by now if he played on a real team and not Edmonton

Lol her broomstick and chicken feather duster will be your one-way ticket to LTIRobidas Island.

She'd probably improve the penalty kill.

still a better option than Myers

I'd be surprised if "Fire Benning" was chanted any time soon, most fans I've spoken to seem to think he's alright

There's a lot of Green-related frustration bubbling though 

when you say everyones chanting, does that mean me too? i hadn’t planned too.

with the opponents coming up, we may not win another game tis year. maybe one or two. 

Don’t like Laine’s character. If he’s traded, would be his third team in a short span. No thanks. 

Laine is not the droid we are looking for. He's was a good goal scorer sometimes, but has rarely entered his own zone on the back check and has never met his goalie. He put up 138 goals in his first four seasons, but only 18 in his last two and a half. Do you think maybe other teams have figured him out and that he has no more tools in his toolbox?

Yeah. I’d say no to Laine. One trick pony 

McDavid likely demands a trade to an NHL team within the next year or so.  He'll be approaching UFA status by the time the Oilers assemble enough talent to avoid embarrassing themselves, let alone contending for the playoffs.

@NewbieCanuckFan Edmonton had freaking McJesus, Hall, RNH, Eberle and they still couldn't make the playoffs once. What makes you think two players can do it?

They have the same issues as they've had for so many years. They drafted the wrong players organizationally and neglected the other aspects of their team.

How many "oil changes" do they think need before they realize that they need a new car?

@Dazzle  Actually my post said that I don't see them finishing in last place because of those two *but* that doesn't mean I believe they will be in contention for even just a wild card spot.

Sorry. He's bigger than I remember 

6', 195. 

My mistake

someone should put some illicits in his suit case ala  L.A. Kings

I hope our PP isn't as bad as last years, or I might lose my mind. I'm hoping for Stecher and Hutton to be on PP with Horvat, Boeser, and Baer. 

-VC- used to be cool. Now he's a robot.

first 2 pages especially

poporov, werenski, zobril, pilon, rasmus anderson all are better

POPOROV LOL. Theres no off button on this guy

he got 3/5 right give him some credit. How do you spell Baertschi again