canuckfan85 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Sure glad you're not the GM. Throw in Kassian? this guy is going to be the next great power forward with some more game experience. Have some patience, it's not like the Canucks are on a big slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonderTwinPowers Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Seriously, we have what ~3.5M in Cap space, we have 2 Goalies that are spectacular and either of them can be moved to free up a huge amount of Cap space and we have too many players that makes the team disjointed. What I mean is that we have a first line that is solid, we have too many players competing for the 2nd line and AV puts the wrong players on lines. We have Higgins, Raymond, Booth, Kassian who could all be on the 2nd line and then we have a great 3rd C in Schroeder and a great winger in Hansen, Raymond has been stellar on that line, so no reason to blow that up. Are we happy with the AMEX Line being our 2nd line? I don't think so. Instead trade one of them along with one of our goalies and get someone of SUBSTANCE. Look at what the past Cup winners have done, made huge acquisitions before going onto win the cup even though on paper they already had an amazing team. Case in point? LA Kings acquiring Jeff Carter. Moreover, by not having a solid 2nd line it leads to our 4th line being weak as a skilled player who isn't tough is on a line that is meant to be rough and tough. Our 4th line should be Weise - Lappy - Volpatti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester13 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I'd like a defenseman who actually knows how to play defense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberz21 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 No one will give us a Jeff Carter type of player with Luongo. Stop drinking the GMMG juice, it's not true that there is a lot of interest for luongo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar baby watermelon Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I second that. Get us a game changer. Not another David Booth. Evander Kane would look great here. But no way in hell Lou waives his NTC for peg. So a three way deal would have to get it done. To Van- Kane To Florida- Luongo Raymond and a first then To Winnipeg- Raymond and Weiss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardB Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 The owners are happy they can put a couple of extra mil in their gucci's and the sheeple keep buying tickets no matter how their treated same as Toronto why would they mess with success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 gillis needs to swallow his pride, accept the many bad decisions he's made, realize that the window for this core is closed and start focusing on winning 3 years from now. either that or update his resume. which might be preferable actually. maybe we can replace him with someone that every other gm in the league isn't leery of. i mean this guy made his nut by selling snake oil and gouging nhl gm's for every last penny, often using underhanded tactics (nylander to edmonton anyone?) logic and history both indicate that gm's don't like dealing with him. i wish dale tallon wasn't locked up in florida, but i'd be willing to give jim nill a shot too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWheeler Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Until Kesler is gone, there is really no move that can be made that will improve our top 6. He is not a good play making C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorrcoq Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 "we have a great 3rd C in Schroeder" = all your credibility lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc_devil Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Most of the issue seems to be with coaching and line-ups, and the mix-and-match style AV apparently adores to tinker with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 "we have a great 3rd C in Schroeder" = all your credibility lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 How did he lose credibility? Schroeder seems to be doing quite a decent job. What are you expecting? A point a game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaMacNamedDre Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Last night showed us, this team is nowhere near playoff built for a deep run. Too soft, no intensity, endless mistakes. They didn't show up and play for 60 minutes against the best team in the League. Where's the character ? like a broken record with these guys. 3 breakaways in the first 10 minutes ? what a joke. it's not the loss so much as its the complete lack of effort in the 2nd period. This is a reoccurring theme for this group, unable to compete hard for a full 60. same old Canucks, too bad 2x Shane Doan types aren't in the room, the nice guy routine from the Captain and the joke cracking coach can't motivate this bunch. The core group appears to be way too comfortable. MG won't do anything this year accept maybe trade Volpatti and Kassian and replace them with guys under 5"9 170 lbs and resign MayRay for 5 million a year. Kumbaya Canucks. Luongo got run the other night and not one player did a single thing. Same old same old. i guess its time to resign myself to the fact that this will never change, these guys wont fight for each other, they only play for 40 minutes and just enjoy a team that sometime plays an entertaining brand of hockey, wins a few more games in the regular season then it loses and not expect anything else. Expecting anything else is too frustrating. I wonder how long an Aquilini is going to spend to the cap ceiling before he starts going Harold Ballard on the fan base ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Trade Luongo for a a real coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman60 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I second that. Get us a game changer. Not another David Booth. Evander Kane would look great here. But no way in hell Lou waives his NTC for peg. So a three way deal would have to get it done. To Van- Kane To Florida- Luongo Raymond and a first then To Winnipeg- Raymond and Weiss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 You are trading Raymond to two teams? Wow he must be worth a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 no. he's saying: from van to fla - luongo, raymond, 1st from fla to wpg - raymond, weiss from wpg to van - kane still nonsensical though. florida gets luongo and a 1st for weiss, essentially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5minutesinthebox Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Who says MG is the one that is waiting? If there's nobody out there with a serious offer, he can't beat it out of them. You want him to trade for somebody that has food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Seriously, we have what ~3.5M in Cap space, we have 2 Goalies that are spectacular and either of them can be moved to free up a huge amount of Cap space and we have too many players that makes the team disjointed. What I mean is that we have a first line that is solid, we have too many players competing for the 2nd line and AV puts the wrong players on lines. We have Higgins, Raymond, Booth, Kassian who could all be on the 2nd line and then we have a great 3rd C in Schroeder and a great winger in Hansen, Raymond has been stellar on that line, so no reason to blow that up. Are we happy with the AMEX Line being our 2nd line? I don't think so. Instead trade one of them along with one of our goalies and get someone of SUBSTANCE. Look at what the past Cup winners have done, made huge acquisitions before going onto win the cup even though on paper they already had an amazing team. Case in point? LA Kings acquiring Jeff Carter. Moreover, by not having a solid 2nd line it leads to our 4th line being weak as a skilled player who isn't tough is on a line that is meant to be rough and tough. Our 4th line should be Weise - Lappy - Volpatti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I don't think our roster is the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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