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At 6th pick- Nylander This guy could end up being the best pick in the draft. His composure, patience, vision and skill with the puck are unbelievable. He's got 1st line future player written all over him. This is the type of player the Nucks need. He's not only good but he's entertaining. With proper coaching and maturity this kid will be awesome. Hopefully we can trade Kesler or edler and pick up another top 12 pick either this year or next. There's a lot of good players in this draft. I think this draft is very underrated

Isn't that the truth!

This is our worst game in ages. Higgy is at the top of the list. We seem brain dead tonight

No way at that cap hit...unless of course he goes on a tear, and kicks but the rest of the season and playoffs! Btw he's not on that tear right now; he's just playing decent. 4.2 mil is a lot of cap space for a guy who just plays ok, and previously was either injured or played horrible

Edler and a 2nd would not get us Eberle! If we add one of the following then maybe...a 1st or shinkaruk or horvat

Michael buble sighting at Harry Rosen today...Sedins haven't been seen for weeks

This team looks lost out there. 2 terrible passes in a row from Bieksa wtfis going on. Wake uppppppp

I couldn't agree more! Our pp looks horrible, and they're both on it 80% or more of the time. 5/5 they look slow, and the other teams first line outplays them practically every game. I'm tired of hearing how its Hansen or burrows fault all the time. Last night we noticed seguin and Benn the whole game and against Minny, it was all parise and koivu; tonight its all kane...where are the bloody twins?

He's done some stupid things, and at times plays with his head in the clouds, but the raw talent is there. He plays like he's a boy still but showing signs of becoming a man in a mans sport; especially as a power forward/ fighter. When he matures(everyone does it at diff pts of their lives) he'll become a good player. It doesn't help that as a whole we are less than stellar as a team when it comes to mental/emotional side of things; when things get down in games, we tend to fall apart and take bad penalties and start chasing the game. Giving up one goal on a turnover or bad bounce tends to lead to bad stretches that lead to the other team scoring in bunches. Kassian is an emotional and immature while on the ice guy, so our leaders, eg edler, bieksa, Kesler and sometimes even the sedins, need to grow up and start showing these guys the right way to handle situations etc

Higgins played well, and he has some sick moves, but he needs to keep his feet moving when he makes these moves.

Completely agree! Really like seeing Booth score a beauty, but the best part of the game was seeing bieksa destroy Boyle

Remember that I never proposed booth for Erat. All I've done is point out that booth isn't worth Erat. Honestly, that doesn't say much about Erat's worth either considering how bad booth has looked for yrs now. I don't want either of them. I want the cap space. I want a big trade. I want to trade players, like you do, that have worth, so we get a great package back. This team is stagnant, and in desperate need of a change. I also never said it was impossible to move guys with ntc's. in fact, most of my earliest proposals involved guys with ntc's and ppl kept bringing that point up rather than discussing the value and needs of both teams; with me assuming that the hockey knowledge on these forums was higher than most. Obviously ntc's can be worked out. It's happened before, so it can happen again but I bring it up so that guys responding don't say " but what about the NTC" etc etc. Gillis needs to figure this out now while these players have decent value, for this yr and on because the process isn't working as well as he thinks

Beautifully put! Maybe all the wannabe mom and dads of the forum group that either don't think their crap stinks or have zero passion for this game or team should just stay off the forums. You're prob the same ppl that go to the games at GM place and sit on your hands...and think " I can't show any emotion because somebody may notice and judge me" boo hoo. I'll take some emotion and passion any day over your boring life; as long as it doesn't lead into fisticuffs why he F would you care?

Is this really happening again? One win and we decide that we don't even need to try again. Where's kes and the twins. This team needs a big trade in the worst way

I'm not saying we would have to give something special for Erat, but what I am saying is that Booth with that contract, his lack of production for several yrs, and his injury concerns is essentially a non starter from wash perspective. If we added an ok prospect and a 3rd then perhaps they'd do it but trying to get someone who's played well for his whole career except a quarter of this one, while being on a new team, doesn't = Booth. There's no doubt that Erat's value is at an all-time low but Booth is much much worse

I agree that Erat's value has come down but booth has zero value at that cap hit. If booth made 2.2 than it would be worth it. Other GM's have an advantage right now because of Erat's performance this yr and that he requested a trade but in saying that how the duck does Booth have any value right now. You think GM mikey has any advantage dangling that guy at that cap hit for this yr and next. If we're going to dangle the dazzling Booth than we'd have to give them an ok player as well; especial considering Erat's cap comes down to 2.5 next yr and booths stays at 4.2. Just being realistic

I think I explained myself quite well! Booth has no trade value period! If Erat had been struggling in his last year in Nashville as well, I may tend to agree with you. Some guys get traded and they just don't fit for whatever reason; family reasons, personnel reasons; hate the head coach etc. you don't write off a guy like Erat you played in a defensive first system for yrs, and put up decent pts, all because of his minimal time playing 3rd line mins in Washington; especially comparing it to a guy like Booth, who's game has been declining for years and has had one injury after another. If you were their GM would you take Booth back or look for a better option? Exactly

I like this trade! I think booth is a hard sell for anyone though; wash would have to think that there's a chance he comes back to decent form. Otherwise, from Canucks side I love it!

Erat is an upgrade over Booth! He's been a consistent player throughout his career, except for his brief time in Washington. Most ppl have been at a job where they didn't either get along with the staff or boss or felt under used. Erat was traded for a top prospect in forsberg. If they're going to trade Erat to us, it sure wont be for Booth. The fact that some of you are actually saying that you wouldn't even take him for Booth shows your lack of hockey intelligence. Is Erat perfect...no but he would play top 6 here and if you decide to widen your intelligence a bit and look at a players overall career and his effective 2- way play rather than this anomaly that's happened in wash so far that may be because of other intangibles we don't know you'll realize that there's no way we get Erat for an often hurt, useless guy like Booth

Hmmmm a couple things here...the rule book got turned around is a matter of opinion. After the Boston series, gillis decided he wanted to get bigger and tougher so he made a few player changes...how have those worked out so far gillis??? Not well buddy. The bruins got away with murder in that series but lets not forget one important thing ok...during those first two home games, the refs called a fair couple games; bruins were tame and then late in the 1st period of game 3 on the road a certain player named Rome changed everything. After that hit, the refs put away their whistles, and the bruins became the big bad bears, and we all know what happened so let's not reminisce. By the way, gillis had a lot of that speed and skill already in place before he got here. He added some great pieces though, and then well...took the wrong path! Just my humble opinion

Well put Momesso! Major breakdowns transitioning from O to D. Of course booth going to the boards was actually a good play; it was Edler who frakked the whole thing up with one of the stupidest timed hits I've seen from him this year...and that's saying a lot with his far to consistent bonehead plays

This one hurts really bad! We played great! 2-3 horrible brain fart mistakes and boom were done. Edler goes for a big hit rather than just grabbing the puck and either playing it behind the net to his teammate or skating it behind the net himself. Stupid stupid stupid. Bieksa brain fart and Kesler fly-by coverage on that 2nd goal, making that pass to the front as easy as it gets. Unreal. I don't blame Lu for most of these games but a big save there would have been nice. His post game comments seemed like he was so down on himself. The guy tries so hard and has done so much, but hey you're a starting goalie and make big bucks, so come back strong big guy and please please give eddy and bieksa a smack for me and tell them to wake the duck up

Thank you for agreeing with my earlier post. Our D is overrated and often makes critical mistakes. We are average at best, and usually Lu keeps us in it. Not tonight though! Friggin sucks how much $ is tied up in our D, and for how long

I love this team but they are frustrating me so much right now. The only time we win is when the other goalie has an off night. We make every opposing goalie look like a vezina candidate. Lu is playing well but when will he steal a game for us? Burr, wow are you either the most unluckiest player alive, or you've lost it buddy. It's so darn frustrating seeing all these other teams in the west win all the time too. It doesn't seem like to long ago that when the nucks are down 1-2 goals that u feel they'll come back, but not anymore. As soon as Chicago scored that weak 2nd goal it felt like heartbreak

We're in a very bad slump right now. Tonight was probably the worst game of the year! Ok it was the worst game by a mile but the seasons not over. We have a chance. We were blindsided (although aren't mngt supposed to see this stuff coming) by the sudden decrease in the cap, were stuck with Booth and his big contract etc. We are right up against the cap. Virtually all our decent players have a NTC or NTM'S. this is probably not our year but we can still make the playoffs, and hey guess what...the good news is that the cap apparently goes up next year, booth will be gone, we have some really good to great prospects etc... I'm reading almost everybody dissing each other, which is quite entertaining by the way, but it's only because we friggin love this team. Things will get better but please let people vent. Don't protect the almighty forum by spending time talking about how stupid someone is or fighting negativity with more negativity or you know nothing about this forum etc etc. Read it, laugh or cry or whatever but all u wannabe gatekeepers please get a life!