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  1. At the time Horvat was named captain It was him or tanev or Edler, everyone else was trash or just brought in... He did his best with the disaster line up and lack plan attitude the team ownership had at the time. We all saw how Tanev was treated .. and elder also walked. They clearly expected a quicker turn around. Draft Horvat, Jake, Demko, Boeser, OJ, etc And team built.. I know that order is slightly out Wasn't till Petey and Quin were on the back burner the real build started, even Demko if he doesn't perform this year and next will be moved, its really a perpetual thing... but blaming Horvat for being the captain after the time following a 10 year up doesn't make sense. Naslunds career was ruined by a cheap shot that was rectified but albeit aggressively... Or he would maybe have helped a cup final so... What your point?
  2. Is this a lotto max commercial? Okay they will win the 3spot in the Pacific, Edmonton and Vegas loose in the first round. They beat Colorado in 6 games for the conference final. Go on to best Florida in 5, win the cup. Yeah.
  3. Man we have a few great players on this team, if Boeser, Garland can take a step back to what they can be.. if Petey, Miller, Kuzmenko repeat their seasons or improve, and the added upgrades on defense come as advertised. It'll be a hard grind but they could win that wild card spot.
  4. Agreed, I love how he went after Reaves
  5. Yeah I was gonna say Bo even at 7 would be worth it, that'd be ideal to have Miller taking draw with Petey but playing wing. Sucks Bo needed that 8 +
  6. When I see this guy's last name my brain auto corrects it to Dangles. Am I alone in this haha?
  7. Totally, With the right partner eventually Hughes defensive stats will go up even more too. He's already drastically better than his second year.
  8. Yeah bud, I hope they get some cap space moved or simply trade for a better backup (in case Demko does go down) although Martin had a good run there for a bit.. it's def unsettling haha
  9. If Hogz comes in flying I wouldn't mind seeing him in that #2 LW spot even,thats a dream situation if they can move Myers and move out Beau too and bring in a upgrade on RD, that is massive win this off-season!!
  10. Just seeing Edler in a couple preseason games at least would be awesome
  11. Dude Demko was pretty bad to start the season too(injuries/bad start) he has to start the season in good form injury wise and mentally, and when Martin came in he was really good not for long unfortunately or we might have made it because of him, if he could maintain the first few games he played. The team played terrible enough to get a coach fired after one season. Three coaches in such a short time says it all, this core (the same -boho) has a hard time staying competitive! It's not a sure thing we make it to the playoffs either. Last year we had a red hot Bo horvat too that helped us get some points. It's just not so one sided. It's quite close to 50/50 if we make the post season, a lot of other teams improved their chances too. Good teams make it past bad injuries. If we weren't so cap pressed you go out and trade for a goalie if your #1 goes down and then I bet we would have made it last year.. since we're rolling in with the same goalies minus Silovs steps forward, quite the rookie still nhl wise too. We could easily see an injury to a key player keep us out of it again. Overall the teams better but by how much? Definitely not contenders this year to easily make the post season. No one I'm the biz has us making it easily. I don't get why your so cheesed! Pretty realistic to say we could be in or out this year..
  12. If anything I'd say this interview with Petey shouldn't come as a shock, at all really.. it should put some fire under some butts though. I like the improved D and think it can be a 2000% decrease in GA (exaggerating obviously) but should be way better. But I still don't like seeing how a lot of people's line up includes Beauville in the #2 LW spot. Imo that guys showing last year was typical of a new team boost followed by a more realistic finish. I'd love if they can find a way to move a winger with a pick and a prospect for a more bonafide #2 LW. The top line should be Petey, Kuz, Mik as they were dynamite, a true top line and young enough to improve drastically! That leaves Miller most likely Boeser with, Hogz, Beau, Podz, (some people's options) PDG etc.. none are ready as of now (Podz/Hogz see where they're at) to be consistent 20+ goal scorers and/or top gun play makers. Also none are the pwr forward type to create space and be worth it in another intangible way.. if they want Petey to sign long-term let's take that one last step to go from fringe a playoff team to competing with Vegas/Colorado/Deadmonton /LA?
  13. Yeah the continuous spending/lengthy contracts. Now we got another that will nullify the raise in cap for the next several seasons... Yay! I think there's a chance though that we make the playoffs still so don't loose hope, IF I'm still watching every game after the all star break I call that a win. The last few years I watched a lot of partial games or skipped them completely so.. it'll be nice to be that loyal 82 game family again, I grew up watching every single game I could it's been hard since my two boys have been on this planet. Not a lot of ups!
  14. We always have a tough start eh, a 5 game east trip or something in the first 6-7 weeks, it's tough being the furthest west team (considering florida and Tampa etc, not just east coast Canadian teams ) It's nice Seattle offers us some more (3/4 a year whatever it is) close games. We only have so many east coast road trips but I guarantee they hit us/edm/cal/sea harder. Definitely us the most screw those other guys. Haha cheers
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