Bananas Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Fire AV #plusonepost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckistani Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Yeah - I too find Chicago's success this season baffling and can only come up with the same reason as you did: they are just playing better - especially Kane and Crawford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Doctor Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChenWei91 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Right, because with basically 3/4 of the season left before playoffs Edler, Hamuis, Bieksa, and Garrison will not be able to settle down and play some great hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicNuckleHead09 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...
ice orca Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Schneider, Bieksa/Garrison/Edler, Booth to WSH for Ovechkin, Alzner or Carlson, pick/prospect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEAN HARNETT Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 To correct you, it's been 3 losses and for an Elite team, we sure suck against good teams. I don't care about the crapty NW Division, I care about the league and currently we are 8th and the person next to us is the fu&king Maple Leafs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEAN HARNETT Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 While Chicago does not have the 'psychic passing of the twins' in their repertoire, they are crisper passers in general and skate atleast 5mph faster than the rest of us (with the notable exception of Hansen, Burrows & Kesler). Their players like Toews, Kane and Hossa are epic at puck posession, primarily due to either size (Hossa) or blazing speed ( Kane) or a bit of both (Toews). Chicago has always had a better top 5 than us, dating back to the last 3-4 years. The reason they won the cup the year they did is because they also had amazing bottom six depth ( some of the guys who were their bottom six are now top-2 liners today, thats how deep Chicago was) and the reason we KO-ed them 2 seasons ago was again, due to our significantly superior bottom six depth. To put it plainly, Canucks currently, are not the best at either depth (which we were 2 seasons ago) or top 5 guys on the ice and with MG in charge, we are not going to completely expose our bottom six by trying to trade for another 'star' while letting go players like Higgins, Lapierre, Weise because of cap issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I would absolutely love for Gillis to acquire Mike Green. He's the elite puck moving D this team needs to complete its D core (and make no mistake, he's still elite. He's not putting up many points but neither are Ovechkin and Backstrom. There are other issues in Washington). One of the defensemen would have to come out, though. Probably Ballard, via a trade. Edler - Green Hamhuis - Bieksa Garrison - Tanev ^ Sweeeet. Problem is, that's one damn expensive D core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snucks 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...
Samuel Påhlsson Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I just recently got my wisdom teeth out and I'd like to just say this one thing. Watching the Canucks defense the last 3 games has been more brutal then going without pain killers these last few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I just recently got my wisdom teeth out and I'd like to just say this one thing. Watching the Canucks defense the last 3 games has been more brutal then going without pain killers these last few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCammer Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 That's clever, I was obviously trying to say "SUBSTANCE" but phones have that all-elusive crappy Auto-Correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouria Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 No way in hell they trade Evander Kane more like it. It would take something like Kesler plus a first and Tanev (that probably wouldn't get it done either, considering how they want to build up not lose a key piece for an older guy) to get Kane, not Luongo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BedBeats™2.0 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 yup I'd take Drew Doughty's -11 in a heartbeat, and I'd give up any 2 3 of those guys to get him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fagin Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 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...
Line Juggler Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Um I think he is waiting for Kesler and Booth to get back up to speed. By the time the trade deadline comes Gillis will have a clear idea about what the Canucks true weaknesses are. Whether or not we trade one of our goalies plus whoever at that time remains to be seen. There may still not be a partner willing to give Gillis the return he is looking for. In that case we will probably trade a second or third round pick for a gritty 4th line centerman and Lappierre plays on the 3rd line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightHawkSniper Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 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...
DeNiro Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 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...
Honky Cat Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I wouldn't call LA an amazing team, looking how they barely made the playoffs and they played a D.Sedinless team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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