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The 6 mil is in reference to how much hes going to be making next year if we resign him

Demko has slightly better stats and Markstroms stats have been far from elite. I hope they give a Demko a solid look because letting go of Marky is 6 mil we can spend on a real winger for Horvat

Its one game. All the top goalies in the league have games from time to time when they let in some softies.Hell Rask let in a few softies in game 7 of the SCF lol. I think its too early to say he isnt a starter, and I'm hoping he is cause itll save us a lot of money and make us a better team

Being a Canucks fan doesnt mean wishing ill towards other teams or on young kids trying to fulfill their dreams or hoping for all other teams prospects bust. Its completely ok to be a fan of hockey as well as the Canucks. I'd personally like to see as much talent in the league as possible, an as much parity as possible, but for the Canucks to still end up on top. Every year. Forever. Nothing wrong with that.

The Raptors rested Kawhi cause they already were in a very comfortable playoff position and didnt need to win every possible game. They wanted him rested for a long playoff run. We, on the other hand are far from a lock to make the playoffs and need every possible advantage to win as many games as possible. No point in resting a player because they might get burnt out when they may never make it far enough for him to get burnt out in the first place.

Wins matter just as much now as they do at the end. No sense in risking losing games in the early and mid season by not utilizing one of our largest weapons, and likely one of our biggest contributors to the teams change of status this season, because we worry he might burn out, which may never actually happen.

Boeser wanting a shorter deal isnt necessarily mean he wants to leave. It more than likely means he's betting on himself and that he thinks he'll be worth a lot more than 7m when he has UFA status looming. To be honest, if I was him I'd want a shorter contract too. Id be confident in myself and I'd take advantage of the salary cap continuously going up, especially with the Seattle expansion, and subsequently star players contracts going up continuously as well.

They snuck into the playoffs? They were a point away from 1st in arguably the most stacked division in hockey and were 9 points ahead of the last wildcard spot. St Louis is legit, and will likely have a lot of confidence heading into this season. Theyd be at the bottom of my list of teams that might mis next year.

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You couldnt post this in the Miller trade thread?

Dallas had an average capacity of 97.7% in 2018, 2% higher than our attendance percentage. Anaheim had 96.9% in that same year, which was higher than ours as well. All the Cali teams, Dallas and Vegas all had higher attendance percentage than us. Arizona was the only "desert" team below us in attendance.

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Sure it likely isnt a big deal this year or next, because the only big ticket we have to spend big money on is Brock (although there is some big ticket right shot D such as Barrie and Larsson that are UFAs next year and we may want the cap for them and other UFAs) but year three, it likely will be a big deal, when not only does Brock have a new contract, we probably spent money on UFAs because our team is getting better and we want to support our core, and Hughes and Petterson need new contracts.

I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this one. But I'm not sure what metric you could possibly be using that wouldnt show Virtanen has been thoroughly outplayed.