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pretty great. I hope he gets to see the video.

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Wow, This will be my last post. Been here since 2007 and have posted less than 130 times. Great place to lurk, already signed up with a new identity at the new board. So grateful to those who started that, talk about making lemonade out of lemons! Aloha, see you all at the new digs!

I hate replying about Höglander in a Rathbone thread, but dude needs to change his number from cursed Eriksson 21 back to Jannick Handsome 36. Der.

From The Athletic: "The 6-foot, 190-pound right-shot defenceman’s athleticism began to shine through as well. He finished second in overall testing at the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game’s combine after finishing in the top five among the 40 skaters in four different tests (first in backward skating with puck, third in weave agility, third in transition agility, and fourth in forward skate with puck). He performed exceedingly well at the NHL Scouting Combine in Buffalo in June, too, finishing in the top 10 in testing in the VO2 Max (seventh), pro agility (ninth), anaerobic peak output (second) and anaerobic mean output (fourth)." Fingers are crossed for this pick.

Aquilini is obviously trying to make himself look good. Fail. Jagr willed himself to the Penguins. True fact. He told the top 4 teams he would not come to the NHL. "Craig Patrick admits that Jagr told the top four teams drafting in 90 he wouldn't come to NHL. Told Pens he wanted to play with Mario." The Panthers are not up 3-0 in this series, and don't beat Boston or Toronto, without Bobrovsky. Tkachuck is playing great and was a terrific get, but anyone who thinks that this Florida team is being carried by Tkachuck and not Bobrovsky is super delusional.

“Up until 3 years ago”. Dude. That was 3 years ago.

Tkachuck is playing really well, but the cats would not be where they are without Bob. He has been out of his mind.

Sportsnet has a Nylander and Lijegren to Vancouver proposal as well. https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/what-possible-marner-nylander-trades-could-look-like-for-maple-leafs/ Vancouver Canucks get: William Nylander, Timothy Liljegren Toronto Maple Leafs get: J.T. Miller Chicago Blackhawks get: Matt Murray, 2023 Canucks 4th, 2024 Leafs 4th

Iginla was picked at 11. Just sayin. You are correct he is the perfect hockey player.

I hate the Leafs. That is a penalty, and if you are allowing reviews of any kind that should be reviewable. Gudas getting away with it is pretty classic. Siiiiick cheat.

Holy Bitter Betty!! Thought you left this thread for the duration- guess you cain’t quit yer leafs!

How can they make that call? Remember the super obvious high stick going into OT v TB??? Somehow that is let it go but OReilley of the leafs gets a call after play stops with no call??? I have never seen that.

I gotta ask- are you from Ontario?

That’s the whole point. They have nothing to be entitled about, but they act like a bunch of entitled jerks anyway. I have met multiple Leaf fans in Vancouver who have called them “Canada’s Team”. It boggles the mind. And it is not that the media gives them more attention, it is that many members of the “national” media are clearly Leaf fans, when professionally they should be neutral. They cram pro- leaf coverage down the nation’s throat when they should be representing us all. Admittedly, since they have moved away from the CBC this is corporate and I suppose a way to make money. I don’t know who Steve Dangle is. I never implied you were less of a Canucks fan, just not in tune to the leaf blowers in the media.

I cannot overemphasize my disdain for Mike Babcock and the fan base he represents with his “Canada’s Team” comment. This is a coach who was blessed to actually WIN with Canada’s Team- a Gold Medal on Canadian soil in 2010. Then he refers to the Toronto Maple Leafs as “Canada’s Team”?? And @RUPERTKBD says he doesn’t see anything “entitled” coming from that fan base? Willfully blind maybe? The national media is in the same camp as Babcock, TO homers who troll the rest of the country gleefully despite the fact that the franchise has been obviously woefully inept for more than 50 years. Canada’s team is comprised of proud Canadians playing for all of us. The Leafs suck.

Hey @RUPERTKBD I get that you are the voice of reason. Do you remember when Babcock was hired as coach and called the Leafs “Canada’s Team”? If you are ok with that, well, you do you. As a Canucks fan and citizen of Vancouver that makes me barf in my mouth. Maybe you think the Leafs are “Canada’s team”? https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sports/mike-babcock-irks-hockey-fans-by-calling-maple-leafs-canada-s-team-1.2384231

Makar thought the puck was going to come down in the corner. Or so he says. Remember when he called off a penalty against him? Probably bought him some credibility as a player who is not dirty.

In those highlights Höglander is wearing his OG #36, a number with the incredible Hansen heritage. Did he ditch 21, or is this just an Abby thing? I hope he has gone back!

This is a really great site for Canucks discussion. I think higgyfan is suggesting there may be an OEL thread for discussing OEL, why not keep the Johansson thread for discussing Johansson. I personally agree.

They got Schenn as muscle for the playoffs. They don’t care what he does now.

I must have missed the part where Demko plus Miller brings you Bedard. Not happening. You might get Draisaitl for that, but not Bedard.

You don't often strike gold in a later round, but it has been known to happen. We got Bieksa in the 5th round! Here are some others- https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/the-top-25-late-round-nhl-draft-steals-of-the-past-25-years