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Loui hits 45 goals 

Sedin's notch 85 points each

Guddy destroys McDavid, then beats the tar out of Lucic on same shift. McMuffin sits out entire year. 

Hutton hits 50 points. 

Hansen gets traded to Rangers for two 2nd rounders. 

JB then trades one of the 2nd round picks and next years first for Blake Wheeler at the deadline. We pick up Sam Gagner for the 4th line. 

Finish 3rd in the pacific behind the Sharks and Kings and roll into the playoffs with the following lineup. 

Dank Hank Loui

Baertschi Bo Wheeler

Burrows Sutter Virt

Gaunce Gagner Dorsett

Granlund 

 

Edler Tanev

Hutton Guddy

Sbisa Tryamkin

Juolevi Larsen

 

JM

Miller

 

 

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The Sedins will have a great start to the year, and people will keep saying, "See! The Sedins are no where near being done! They have tons of good hockey left in them!". Which will be true, however, they will fade near the end of January. Although they will prove they are still great players, they will also prove they cannot keep that consistency through a 82 game schedule, and in my mind, should be pushed back to the second line to take some of the pressure and ice time off their shoulders.

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The Canucks will surprise a lot of naysayers, including some trolls on this site:

 

Without a doubt we will bounce back and finish second in our division, San Jose will get first.

 

Like this:

 

1. SJ   No final hangover 

2. VAN Team is healthy and back to winning, a LOT

3. ANA  Just behind us.

4. EDM  Wild Card SPOT

5. LA    Sucks from start to finish.  Doughty still gets nominated for the Norris somehow

6. ARI   Just doesn't have the players

7. CAL   Gets beat on by everyone else in this division, but wins against other teams

 

 

We finish with 107pts, a ten game winning streak helps this and teams start hating to play against us again.   The Sedins finish top ten in scoring and add snarl to their game, they push back and even start hitting to give them more room.  Errikson also finsishes top ten in scoring and pots 42 goals.    Horvat continues to improve and gets 56 pts.  We have six 20 goal scorers as follows:

L. Errickson 42

D. Sedin  31

Bear 28

Horvat 25

Sutter 22

Hansen 22

Virtanen just misses out with 19, he scores 10 of his goals in the last month heading into the playoffs as one of the hottest goals scorers in the leauge.

 

Our defense also helps out by scoring 50 goals.  We are the most improved team in the league, finishing with 256 goals for and 178 against.   Special teams plays a big part in this, we rank 2nd in the PP and 3rd in penalty killing.   Miller gets injured and Markstrom steps up and beats him out of the #1 spot with a SP of .929 and GAA of 1.64.   Demko backs him up and posts even better stats of .943 and 1.45 GAA, another goalie contraversory is in the making but we don't care.   Miller returns to the line-up and is sent down to the AHL to become the highest paid player in that league ever (lol Redden).  

 

ANA and DAL  "big" centers try pushing the Sedins and our smaller forwards around during the pre-season, and Guddy, Try and Virtanen come in an absolutely pummel the opposition.  This continues with a few other teams early in the season with similar results and other teams starts to back off. The plays a big part into why the twins play with more snarl and finally stop taking abuse.  Horvat hits Johnny from CAL in October so hard that he is out for half the season.  

 

Then we sweep our first two opponents in the playoffs, win the conference final against DAL is 6, and beat Tampa Bay in 5 for the cup.

 

The Hockey News posts a written apology when they publish their cup winning magazine about their continued pokes against Vancouver management and lack of direction etc.  The Sedins are immortalized by the show they put on in the final and for the first time ever the Conn Smythe is shared, by both Daniel and Henrik.  We win at home and they do a victory lap carrying both the Smythe and the Cup together and the fans give them and the team a 30 minute standing ovation that culminates around the city, and the province.  Some fans take this as riot time and get busy but are stopped outright by the better part of the citizenry and tied to telephone poles for the police to clean up.   The Premier makes a new B.C. Holiday marking the day (June 3) as Canucks Day.

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Pacific                                                                               Team Leaders -

1. San Jose                                                                        Goals - Loui Eriksson - 43 G

2. Vancouver                                                                      Assists - Henrik Sedin - 60 A                                                                        

3. LA                                                                                   Points - Daniel Sedin - 82 Pts

4. Calgary - Wild Card 2                                                                                

5. Edmonton 

6. Anaheim 

7. Arizona                                                                          Overall Record -  46-25-11 ( we still can't win shootouts) 

                                                                                          Home Record -    27-10-4

Central                                                                              Away Record -    19-15-7

1. St  Louis - P

2. Dallas

3. Chicago 

4. Nashville - Wild Card 1

5. Colorado 

6. Minnesota 

7. Winnipeg 

 

Atlantic 

1. Tampa Bay 

2. Florida

3. Montreal

4. Ottawa

5. Boston

6. Detroit

7. Toronto

8. Buffalo

 

Metropolitan

1. Washington - Z

2. NY Rangers

3. NY Islanders

4. Pittsburgh - Wild Card 1

5. Philadelphia - Wild Card 2

6. Columbus

7. New Jersey

8. Carolina

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12 hours ago, IBatch said:

The Canucks will surprise a lot of naysayers, including some trolls on this site:

 

Without a doubt we will bounce back and finish second in our division, San Jose will get first.

 

Like this:

 

1. SJ   No final hangover 

2. VAN Team is healthy and back to winning, a LOT

3. ANA  Just behind us.

4. EDM  Wild Card SPOT

5. LA    Sucks from start to finish.  Doughty still gets nominated for the Norris somehow

6. ARI   Just doesn't have the players

7. CAL   Gets beat on by everyone else in this division, but wins against other teams

 

 

We finish with 107pts, a ten game winning streak helps this and teams start hating to play against us again.   The Sedins finish top ten in scoring and add snarl to their game, they push back and even start hitting to give them more room.  Errikson also finsishes top ten in scoring and pots 42 goals.    Horvat continues to improve and gets 56 pts.  We have six 20 goal scorers as follows:

L. Errickson 42

D. Sedin  31

Bear 28

Horvat 25

Sutter 22

Hansen 22

Virtanen just misses out with 19, he scores 10 of his goals in the last month heading into the playoffs as one of the hottest goals scorers in the leauge.

 

Our defense also helps out by scoring 50 goals.  We are the most improved team in the league, finishing with 256 goals for and 178 against.   Special teams plays a big part in this, we rank 2nd in the PP and 3rd in penalty killing.   Miller gets injured and Markstrom steps up and beats him out of the #1 spot with a SP of .929 and GAA of 1.64.   Demko backs him up and posts even better stats of .943 and 1.45 GAA, another goalie contraversory is in the making but we don't care.   Miller returns to the line-up and is sent down to the AHL to become the highest paid player in that league ever (lol Redden).  

 

ANA and DAL  "big" centers try pushing the Sedins and our smaller forwards around during the pre-season, and Guddy, Try and Virtanen come in an absolutely pummel the opposition.  This continues with a few other teams early in the season with similar results and other teams starts to back off. The plays a big part into why the twins play with more snarl and finally stop taking abuse.  Horvat hits Johnny from CAL in October so hard that he is out for half the season.  

 

Then we sweep our first two opponents in the playoffs, win the conference final against DAL is 6, and beat Tampa Bay in 5 for the cup.

...I'm in awe...

...like he said...it must be so...says so right there, in fine detail...it's just gotta be so,,,

 

,,,i suppose I should make it my own by cutting Erickson down to 35 goals but assigning 15 goals and 25 assists to Rodin...!

Whooh whoooh!!

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Canucks win first game vs Calgary

Canucks miss playoffs   :( 

CDC bitches about Desjardins

John Garrett release cookbook - 'Entertaining with Kraft Dinner and Peanut Butter'

Hutton leads D-Corps in scoring

Henrik top point producer

Daniel top goal scorer with over 30

Gudbranson punches people

Canucks still finish ahead of Oilers

Buffalo finishes last in league

 

I scream my face off during every game

GO CANUCKS GO

:towel::canucks:  :towel: 

 

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Canucks finish third in the Pacific behind San Jose and Anaheim and beat Anaheim in 7, but are ousted in the second round in 5 games. 

Sedins 65+ pts

Eriksson leads the team with 32 goals

Edler pots 12

Hutton has 32 assists

Baer pots 25

Horvat hits 50 points 

Sutter scores 19 goals

Virtanen and Hansen each score 16 goals

Granlund moves to LW and Gaunce cements himself in the lineup as 4c

Miller and Markstrom combine for 2.45gaa and a .919 save %

 

 

 

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PACIFIC STANDINGS -

1. Anaheim

2. San Jose

3. Vancouver

4. LA - Wild Card 1

5. Edmonton

6. Calgary

7. Arizona

 

CENTRAL STANDINGS

1. Dallas -Z

2. Chicago

3. St. Louis

4. Nashville - Wild Card 2

5. Minnesota

6. Winnipeg

7. Colorado

 

METROPOLITAN STANDINGS 

1. Pittsburgh

2. Washington

3. NY Islanders

4. NY Rangers - Wild Card 1

5. New Jersey

6. Carolina

7. Columbus

 

ATLANTIC STANDINGS

1. Tampa Bay - P

2. Detroit

3. Florida

4. Montréal - Wild Card 2

5. Boston

6. Ottawa

7. Toronto

 

Playoffs - 

Round 1, Western Conference

 

Anaheim  - Wins in 7

Los Angeles 

 

San Jose

Vancouver - Wins in 6

 

Dallas - Wins in 6

Nashville

 

Chicago

St. Louis - Wins in 7

 

Round 1, Eastern Conference

 

Tampa Bay

Montreal - Wins in 6

 

Detroit

Florida - Wins in 6

 

Pittsburgh - Wins in 6

NY Rangers

 

Washington - Wins in 5

NY Islanders

 

Round 2, West

 

Anaheim

Vancouver - Wins in 7

 

Dallas - Wins in 6

St. Louis

 

Round 2, East

 

Florida - Wins in 6

Montreal

 

Washington - Wins in 6

Pittsburgh

 

Round 3

 

Dallas - Wins in 6

Vancouver (as much as I want the team to win the cup, these are powerful teams)

 

Florida - Wins in 7

Washington

 

STANLEY CUP FINALS

 

DALLAS - Wins in 7

Florida

 

Other Predictions

 

Awards - NHL

Steven Stamkos - Art Ross

Jonathan Toews - Ted Lindsay

Connor McDavid - Lady Byng

Carey Price - Vezina

Auston Matthews - Calder Memorial

Erik Karlsson -  James Norris

Jamie Benn - Conn Smythe

Roberto Luongo - Bill Masterton

Jon Cooper/Willie Desjardins - Jack Adams

Jonathan Toews - Frank J. Selke

Marc-Andre Fleury/Matt Murray - William M. Jennings

Brent Burns - King Clancy

PK Subban - Foundation Player

Alex Ovechkin - Maurice Richard

Erik Karlsson - MM Leadership

Jim Benning/Tom Rowe - GM of the Year

 

Awards - Canucks

Ryan Miller - Molson Cup

Henrik Sedin - Cyclone Taylor

Brandon Sutter - Fred J. Hume

Daniel Sedin - Cyrus H. McLean

Sven Baertschi - Pavel Bure Award

Chris Tanev - Babe Pratt

 

- Arizona finishes 30th.

 

- Bo reaches 55 points

 

-Baertschi reaches 20 goals and 45 points

 

-Gaunce makes the team

 

-Sedins both reach 70 points, Daniel with 30 goals, Henrik with 50 assists

 

-Eriksson pots 30+

 

-Sutter is healthy, pots 20 goals and ~30 assists

 

-Burrows bounces back, 18 goals, 25 assists

 

-Rodin comes back from injury, pots 20G, 20A

 

-Virtanen has slow start, gets sent to Utica, but gets fired up and works hard to get call back up, pots 15G and 18A

 

-Etem reaches 15 goals  WAIVED, CLAIMED BY ANA

 

-Granlund has a good year, 10G, 17A

 

-Dorsett has a better year, 15 G, 13A, 250PIM

 

-Skille has a good year, 13G, 15A

 

-Hansen reaches 20 goals

 

-Defense gets over 100 points combined

 

-Miller: 28W, 19L, 5OT 916 Sv%, 2.42 GAA

 

- Markstrom - 17W, 8L, 5OT, 920 Sv%, 2.09 GAA

 

Lineups -

 

D. Sedin - H. Sedin - Eriksson

Burrows - Sutter - Hansen

Baertschi - Horvat - Virtanen

Skille - Granlund - Dorsett

Gaunce

 

Edler - Tanev

Hutton - Gudbranson

Sbisa - Tryamkin

Biega/Larsen

 

Miller

Markstrom

 

Call-ups (if necessary):

Richard Bachman

Jayson Megna

Borna Rendulic

Joe LaBate

Troy Stecher

Mike Zalewski

Alex Grenier

etc.

 

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Sedin's, Eriksson

Gaunce, Sutter, Hansen

Baer, Granlund, Virtanen

Burrows, Horvat, Dorsett

Skille

Rodin starts season on LTIR

 

Edler, Tanev

Hutton, Gud

Sbisa, Larsen

Tram, Biega

 

Miller

Markstrom

 

Season opening rosters.

 

By end of season

 

Sedin, Sedin, Hansen

Rodin, Horvat, Eriksson

Granlund, Sutter, Skille

Burrows, Gaunce, Dorsett

 

Edler, Tanev

Hutton, Gud

Tram, Stecher

 

 

No noticeable improvement in the line up other than health. I predict a break even season 82 ish points. No playoffs, no first overall, just middle of the pack.

 

Virtanen will be sent to Utica once Rodin is off LTIR as he will not show better than Gaunce

Tram will take over Sbisa's spot later in the year.

Benning will look to trade Miller & Burrows at deadline without success

 

Henrik will lead team in assists

Eriksson will lead team in goals

Edler will lead defense in goals and points

Hutton will have a 30 point season

Gaunce will end up with 20 points

Rodin once healthy will be a weapon on the PP and make it better, leading the team in PP goals

 

That's my 2 cents

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On 6/28/2016 at 7:37 PM, Rick_theRyper said:

D.Sedin 32g 49a

H.Sedin 17g 61a

L.Erickson 36g 32a

 

A Burrows 21g 24a

B Sutter 19g 28a

J. Hansen 25g 17a

 

S. Bearcheese 16g 18a

B. Horvat 22g 26a

J. Virtanen 12g 14a

 

D. Dorsett 11g 15a

M. Granlund 15g 12a

E. Etem 15g 11a 

 

B. Gaunce 3g 7a

 

A. Edler 12g 21a C. Tanev 8g 23a

 

B. Hutton 10g14a E. Gud 7g 11a

 

L. Sbisa 5g 12a N. Try 7g 10a

 

Larsen 12g 13a ( pp time) Sbisa trade may end up with more.

 

Miller 36-18-8

 

Markstrum 16-4-0

 

Canucks finish 52-22-8 (112points)

 

Sedins and Burrows and Erickson all have timely good seasons and Marky shows he's ready to take the lead from Miller. Bo jake and Sven continue to contribute decent 3rd line scoring. Sutter proves he is worth his contract and makes up for missing an entire season. Hansen has repeat season. 

 

 

 

YES!  This is what I am talking about!   This team on paper looks ok...BUT... the potential is there to just dominate if our young guns keep stepping up and taking the pressure off the veterans (Sedins).  So much potential.  I think we will finish second in our division, and just clean up on certain teams.  Vancouver is not going to be an easy stop anymore, and a lot of naysayers are going to be eating crow pies.  It's going to tough on teams entering our zone this year, and coaches are going to have fits trying to figure out which line they should concentrate on given we have basically an elite first line and two excellent third lines with players who will get hot at different times.  Nice job!

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I will go out on a limb and say that the Nucks get the wildcard spot in the west. It will be a dog fight, but exciting. 

Starting line up:

1st line: lw Danny, C Hank, Rw Ericsson (typo)

2nd line: Lw Bertchi, C Horvat, Rw Virtanen?

3rd line: Lw Kenins, C Sutter, Rw Hansen

4th line: Lw Rodin, C Cassels, Rw Dorsett

Defence

1st pair: Edler, Gudbranson

2nd pair: Tanev, Sbisa

3rd pair: Trymakin, ?

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If the Canucks have a player to step into the top 6- Then they finnish top 3 and the Sedins get 80 points each.

 

If Knowbody steps into the top 6 then we finnish near the bottom of the play-off race and the Sedins struggle to get 60 points each, and are shut out many nights after Jan.

 

If the top 6 do well and the third line developes chemistry this team could be in a dog fight for the presidents trophy.

 

If injuries plague the team then, we only dominate Edmonton and Toronto in the standings.

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What's the point of reserving a post? Just post when you're ready. Or are you worried that your posts need to be as close to the main page as possible for e-points? No, seriously, if there are e-points at stake then I want in. 

 

My prediction is simple.

 

We make the playoffs with a decent chance at seeing the second round. Huge bounce back year that sees the team become very competitive again. Young players take a step forward, new additions contribute, and our vets lead the way. It will NOT look like last season. 

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Pacfic

Anaheim.  105

San Jose.  97

Vancouver. 95

LA Kings.    85

Arizona.      75

Edmonton.  74

Calgary.      72

 

Central

Dallas.        110

Nashville.    106

Chicago.      100

St Louis.       95

Winnipeg.     90

Colorado.      83

Minnesota.    78

 

L Eriksson 32-38-70

D Sedin.    30-33-63

H Sedin.    12-55-67

 

 

 

 

work in progressB)

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