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Unpopular question but have we confirmed that QH will be maxing out his performance bonuses regardless of whether or not he gets an AS nod? Found this on Twitter:

Love it!

From the outside looking in, I'd say Trent Cull is looking like another Travis Green in the making. Other tham Palmu and Dahlen, he's really got the most out of his players and now that the dust has settled, I can't blame him for the Palmu/Dahlen situations. I'm sure it was a good learning experience for him as a coach. But Gaudette, Demko, Boucher, Lind, DiPietro, MacEwen, etc seem to be doing very well under his tutelage. So he's good in my books.

Why is there absolutely no talk about this kid? CDC has hyped up so many trash proapects over the years, what about Lockwood? By all accounts he's actually pretty decent. Can we show him a little love before he decides to sign elsewhere? I see NHL potential there.

That would make sense. Probably more so than my proposal. But who would you be willing to give up to entice LA? Rathbone? Woo? I think we need to hang onto our D prospects. I definitely wouldn't give up Lind, Podkolzin or Hoglander. Not sure how we make this one work? Would Rafferty be enough to get them to take Baertschi? I don't think so.

And the stats don't tell the full story. Lind plays with an edge and has an above average 2 way game. Plus he's only just scratching the surface. He finally figured things out at the pro level this year and here we are at the 33 game mark of the season. He just turned 21 and is only going to get better. Once he makes the jump, he's a player that has the potential to play anywhere in your lineup. The clock is ticking on Kole Lind's AHL career. I'd expect him to get the Adam Gaudette treatment going back amd forth to Utica for a bit but I expect him to be a full time NHL player within the next 2 years. Edit: And I hope Gadjovich isn't too far behind. He's showing promise in his 2nd pro season but he still has a ways to go. Look for Gadjovich to be next year's breakout player in Utica.

Toffoli can't be expensive. 2015-2016 was a long time ago. Check out his stats since. I'm thinking this package is close: 4th round pick Goldy or Boucher Linus Karlsson or Toni Utunen

Bo would have some serious growing to do. Offensively, he can get there. Defensively I wouldn't bank on it. Bergeron has been an elite center over the past decade. He might be the best 200 foot player in the game. Probably a toss up between him and O'Reilly.

Not only that but Bo was 64th in scoring amongst NHL forwards last season. Put Miller and Boeser on his wings and tell me he isn't a top line center. He did all that with any top wingers.Not to mention the hundreds of D zone faceoffs and being matched up against the other teams top lines.

I don't know man. Bo scored 60+ points last year. That's 1st line production. He is for sure a 2nd line center who can fill in as 1C if needed. Not sure why you'd think otherwise? He's just scoring a little less than he was last season. But I'd put money on things evening out by the end of the year. I'd also argue that Pearson is most definitely 2nd line material. He's on pace for 51 points. That's excellent production out of a 2nd line player.

Are those our untouchables or just every prospect that you could think of? 3/4's of your list is in no way untouchable. The only prospects I can think of that are missing from that list are Gadjovich, Palmu (if you even consider him a real prospect), Jasek (same as Palmu), Brisebois (same), Teves (same) and Lockwood.

I'm not sure why you think Edmonton and SJ are better than us? Edmonton is free falling and SJ is a bloody mess. Neither team has goaltending they can count on. So they're both going to finish below us IMO. Nashville and Calgary are a toss up as well with Vancouver. We have a real shot at 3rd in the division, possibly even 2nd if we go on a run. Nothing is a given but I think you're overestimating some other teams in our division.

I think the Miller trade was a good one too but you cant roll into the draft with only a 3rd round pick out of the 1st 4 rounds, not in the current state that we're in as a franchise.

I don't know man. We'd be in danger of potentially losing our 1st, 2nd and 4th in the same draft either this year or next. That's no bueno.

So $9.4M in dead cap space and Troy Stetcher, a 3rd pairing defenseman that doesn't play special teams. Sounds about right for CDC. I'd rather give Stetcher+ for someone to take Loui or Baertschi off our hands and free up a few mil in cap space. That's where we should be looking. Stetcher + Baertschi is almost $6M combined. Nevermink PK. That money is better spent elsewhere.

Biega was a fan favorite and for good reason but OF look like a very solid # 6

You're not wrong, it's just a deep dive into society and in this case I'm only here for a cheap laugh. I don't agree with camping out and ambushing athletes in their private time, but in a vacuum I think it's pretty damn funny

That's true. I agree that we all deserve our space and privacy when we're off the clock. But the flip side of that is as a player is you have to know what you're signing up for when you sign in a hockey market like Vancouver. You have to have thick skin because it gets a whole lot worse than that when times are bad. I can almost guarantee you that doesn't happen in Florida.

I don't know man, it was pretty innocent IMO. I don't know if you've ever been heckled before but that was about as bad as "we want a pitcher, not a belly itcher". Almost every professional athlete in the history of sports has had to face worse than that. Personally, I thought it was pretty funny. If Loui wasn't making $6M a year, it wouldn't be offensive in the least. If you can't take a drunk sarcastic guy yelling in your direction for 5 seconds, you need to grow thicker skin. Not that I would do that myself, but come on, that was about as minor as heckling gets.

Lol maybe try listening with sound

Not sure if this video has made it's rounds on CDC yet but it's a gooder. https://streamable.com/dpwae

I get it, but as long as we're in the race, Tanev is a Canuck.

Hindsight is 20/20 my friend. Wasn't long ago that Benning "fleeced" Ottawa for Dahlen.

I see what you did there but an escalating cap is good for everyone, owners included.

What's the over/under for goals scored? I don't bet on games but if I did, I'd go HARD on the over.