Odd.

Love to see it, I hope they thrive together 

@Coconuts, It’s sad to say but it’s even hard for this HATER OF ALL OTHERS to not still love Bo 

Tell anyone and Alf will just deny it. 

Hate you Bo! 

You don't have to root for the team to enjoy the player, for example I haaaate Edmonton but I'd give up a lotttt to have a Draistail on our team

Dude is an absolute stud player

https://vocaroo.com/

Fantastic target. 

Why would he not sign with Buffalo?

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/342286/erik-portillo

They have 3 goalie prospects who are ahead on the depth chart. He’s highly unlikely to sign with Buffalo it’s being reported. 

@naslund.is.king How many times are you going to cry about AV? This is pathetic.

@Dazzle bad day? It's just the interweb. Go read a book relax

@naslund.is.king You need to pick a better role model.

I just hope we don't have to trade "Forsberg" to get "Lindros".

Hughes 3 1sts unprotected Boeser 2 of our best prospects and probably a couple of 2nds

id do it tbh lmao

How about offering Bedard a $40,000 computer?

Homme putain

Yeah but Robo has been good for a couple seasons already and will continue to be for seasons to come. No shade on Linsanity though - loved how he broke into the scene.

In a second. Would flip him for pieces at deadline since won’t commit to re-sign but to get out of that contract, well worth it. 

This would be a fail.

Dubois is bending over backwards to play for the Habs.

That's why you sell Dubois and bring assets back. 

Wait til they get Hughes and Nemec on the backend there 

Some folks think they'll crumble but I just don't see it

Sabres, NJ, Anaheim, Kings

Drafting  top ten, two 1st overall franchise defining defencemen, while also trading a ppg 2nd overall forward and packing in those 1st and 2nd round picks for a solid decade will do that for a team.  They're looking all world right now

Draft history:  https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr00005054.html

Trade history:  https://www.capfriendly.com/trades/sabres

In the last 10 years, 16 first round picks; 10 in the top 10, two 1st overall and two 2nd overall.  16 picks in the 2nd round.  Damn.....

I hope they finally turn it around, they've been suffering longer than Edmonton fans did. 

Incidentally, blowing might be the only team this thing is good at.

Well the reality is I like Rogue One, and the Original Trilogy and that's it.

But the prequels were better than the sequels by Disney.

Just my 2 cents.

Everyone has different opinions.

Prequel has the best memes and gave us the Clone Wars animated series which is honestly peak Star Wars content in my book. I didn't even watch the third part of the most recent travesty, like you I substitute reality for my own. 

Yeah I watched The Force Awakens, and was so disappointed. I stopped watching afterwords.

ironically over a guy named lil baby 

Zoomers unhappy that the no talent hack didn't show up lol. Lock the vandals up, and don't let them out until they've listened to the entire Beatles catalog 50 times.

Hip Hop festivals/shows are crappy...  I'll take an electronic festival over a hip hop one all day, every day. 

Do we know of any former Canucks who practice as therapists or psychologists? 

Demko has a degree in Sports Psychology....

Virtanen’s success depends totally on which Jake shows up to camp.

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 was actually out golfing with some random flames fan today and I broke the news to him... he was not happy in the slightest! 

Not to mention there’s literally only 400k difference in taxes Lfmao 

Going to CP?  That's like walking down East Hastings street at night waiving a few hundred dollars in each hand.

Canucks could have used him this past season. He would have helped

with faceoffs and the PK, as well as chipping in the odd goal. COVID sucks!

I think his career is over. His post covid symptoms seem serious. The interview he did on Sportsnet at the end of the season showed how bad of a state he was in, could barely get through the interview. His breathing still seems to be an issue in everyday life. Hopefully he's improved. I think the move for Sutter would be to take on a developmental role... possibly with the Canucks (Van or Abby).

The pinned draft thread?

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. 

@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.

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. 

i've never been in their dressing room so i can't picture this country club atmosphere. do they drink too much champagne in the dressing room? if it is a mantality, they must have spent a lot of time in the dressing room. if it's their on ice play, then are they not playing up to their ability or are they not capable of performing like stanley cup champs?

My take is they are too relaxed. being more comfortable than involved

Not tenacious or physical, just enough effort to get by

The goal is set at a low bar. Players are satisfied with the status quo. No accountability to each other. Not pissed off when losing.

@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.