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  1. I don't think when he starts will matter to his UFA status. He will get to 27 before he gets 7 years at this point. If he signs an ELC this year it has to be 3 years and if he signs next year it will be 2 years so he gets to RFA status the same whether he signs this year or next unless they can burn the year next year. It would have been beneficial if the Canucks had the ability to burn a year this year like they did for Tryamkin and essentially turn it into a 2 year deal but BC making the Frozen Four ruined that.
  2. I just hope they can somehow convince him to sign at the end of next season. I'd hate to see him go into his senior year at BC. Then they basically have a short time before he's a UFA. At least the Canucks can burn a year on the ELC to make it more enticing.
  3. I was there so it was hard to follow a particular player but Crouse stood out all night. He was really strong. Duclair was easily the best player on the ice.
  4. Donald Sterling has owned that award for a long time. It's too bad the Clippers are actually good. It's in spite of him for sure.
  5. The Storm are stacked. They have been the best team in the OHL all year. That wasn't a surprise. They have 12 players drafted on that team including a few first and second rounders.
  6. Not to mention that Nashville is ahead of the Canucks and playing Dallas and Phoneix but can only win those games and no others! Straws are being grasped at for sure. I'd say the Predators, as slim as their chances, actually have a slightly less impossible chance to make the playoffs. Still impossible but more likely than the Canucks.
  7. Phoenix has two more ROWs right now so they would hold the tiebreak if that held.
  8. You are right on! If they go 4-3 in the next seven I will be really pumped for next year. I'm not sure anyone thinking they can go 9-0 has looked at the schedule.They are a combined 1-6-4 against the 5 teams they are playing in the next seven games. Colorado x 2, Anaheim x 2, Los Angeles, Minnesota and the Rangers are all playoff bound so maybe they let up a little but I doubt it. Heck, if the Canucks pull ten points out of these games I'd say they would be scary to play in the first round. It will be really interesting to see if they can continue to score against what they are about to face. At least by Saturday night we will have a pretty good idea of the chances. Tough back to back in Denver and St Paul and then home to the Ducks who want to catch the Sharks. Get three wins in there and I'll start to believe.
  9. What is happening to the Canucks now is what happened to the Leafs a number of times in the 9 year playoff absence. Team would be out of it but put on a valiant run with a young goaltender and lots of AHL players only to miss out on the last weekend of the season. Team drafts 11-14 and doesn't get the impact player that is needed. The other factor is that they really aren't on much of a roll yet. Just playing a more entertaining brand of hockey. It's good to see young players perform well and I think players naturally relax when the pressure is off. I think there has been a general sense that this team won't make the playoffs so now they are just playing again. It's pretty common. Once they stop gripping the sticks everything gets easier.
  10. I think there are some problems surrounding this letter as well. The fact that he hasn't mentioned the coaching staff is problematic to me. Not a positive or a negative. I think that the coaching staff is sort of important to the direction of the club. And to the point about the salary cap. There now seems to be more information coming out the cap won't be rising nearly as much as anticipated due to the decline of the Canadian dollar. It could be as low as $68 but he has it at $71 in this letter. Even if the information currently coming out proves to be wrong you would think that he would have the sense to temper expectations. And long term if the dollar stays low it means the cap likely grows at a lower rate. And the Canucks are dealing in a 10% decline in revenue due to outside economic factors before any dip in sales because of this down year. No playoffs also means a big loss in ticket sales, concessions and mech. Revenues are going to be down in Canuck land this year and that is tough for an owner to swallow. This is going to get ugly before it gets better. Under this current ownership group the team has enjoyed unprecedented stability. Now for the first time they are facing the music and a lot of us forget that Vancouver isn't always an easy sell. This isn't like Edmonton, Calgary or Toronto where the fans just keep coming whether you win or lose. Winning is more important to overall fan support with the Canucks. It is interesting to see that Gillis is on the offensive when it comes to selling season tickets. Kind of ironic when you think of the season!
  11. They aren't shareholders, they are customers. The best customers. It's not so much that you ignore other customers but you treat the ones that pay you over $10,000 a year for a pair of good seats a little better. It's common sense business practise but sports is different because there is a sense of civic responsibility that other businesses don't have. Even though you may not spend thousands a year you are still emotionally invested. Other corporations don't have that issue. It is hard to appease disappointed people that aren't really your core customer base but are still huge fans and supporters of the team. And they do spend money and often times more of their proportional income. However, very soon season ticket renewals are going to be due with deposits and that has to be the main objective at this point. In 2011 it would have been easy. Send the letter to the STH and charge the credit card on file. Now it's going to be much more difficult to convince to people to drop their money with all the uncertainty. He is trying to appease that group of fans first because to go forward with the plan Gillis needs to know that the funds are there.
  12. Whoever thought giving John Tortorella a five year contact was a good idea should be fired. And it seems as though Mike Gillis is maybe starting to take some issues with Tortorella's way of doing things. Why is he never at the pre-game skate? How much coaching does he actually do? Are Sullivan and Gulutzan doing all the actual coaching? And why during a pre-game skate in March is an assistant spending 12 minutes on a forechecking drill? And I get that Kesler is awesome but 25 minutes in a game against the Flames? Come on. This team has fallen that much that Tortorella trusts one forward? I just think Tortorella is not a relevant NHL coach anymore. The veteran guys who were highly desired last year have fared much better. Ruff has things going well in Dallas and AV has done a solid job at MSG. I would say that neither one of those teams was in a better situation than the Canucks but now they sure seem to be. And I'm tired of hearing about Tortorella's system. By his own admission he isn't a strong tactical coach. I'm not sure he really has a system save for block shots and collapse around your own net.
  13. Canucks have 37 losses. Last time they lost 37 in a full season was 2008-2009! That was their first year at 100 points. That streak is probably over as they have to gain every point here on out. Out east we will probably get the Sharks Habs anyway so we won't be subjected to this one.
  14. Oh my goodness. If Jensen is that soft then he shouldn't be here. You have to earn minutes. You can't just be protected all the time.
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