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  1. I'm pretty critical of Green, but calling the timeout when he did was the best decision he could have made. Props where they're due.
  2. Yes. Madden. It's simultaneously amusing and frustrating how one of our top prospects suddenly becomes garbage after being moved out.
  3. Still not a fan of the trade but Sticky Toffee is one hell of a fit with this team. 5 points in 3 games so far. Hopefully he'll keep up a good pace and his improved production can give him some extra initiative to stick around.
  4. Life without Marky going about as expected so far.
  5. Was Bracket in the war room today?

  6. I hope to god you're right. If nothing else, this could go a long ways towards putting our "goalie controversy" to rest one way or another.
  7. The beautiful thing about the Miller deal was that the conditional 1st gave us a one year buffer top sort things out if it went wrong this year. Miller was also signed long term at a reasonable cap hit. It was a move for now, but also a move for the future, and I'll defend it every single time. This trade didn't come with the same type of assurances. Not even close. As far as Miller goes, if we fail to make the playoffs this year, the pick falls to next year, and even if we fail to make the playoffs the year after and lose a high pick, we still have Miller signed for two more years. We still have the asset. Right from the get-go the Toffoli deal was a huge risk, and was pretty much completely dependent on the idea that we would be able to sell Toffoli on the idea of signing in Vancouver after this season wrapped up. If we miss the playoffs, which is a huge possibility with our ace goalie out, Toffoli has much less initiative to resign, and we end up with nothing for our troubles. You can say that whether or not I agree that this was the course is irrelevant, but that doesn't mean for a second that it should be free from criticism and it doesn't mean for a second that, if all goes bad, it shouldn't be a stain on Benning's record as a GM.
  8. Marky ain't just a starting goalie though. He's been a damn revelation, and is probably the biggest single reason why we're in the hunt. As a team, we bleed high risk chances, and with anything other than outstanding goaltending we'd likely be well on the outside looking in. Maybe the team will learn on the fly to play a better structured defensive game, maybe Demko will find his NHL groove and truly become the goaltender of the future. These are big ifs though. More than anything I'm just pissed about the Toffoli trade. Not a slight against the player, but it's just not the type of move that a bubble team that's heavily reliant on their goaltending should be making, and with our playoff chances severely hurt with Marky being out, that's less initiative for Toff to resign, and we essentially end up losing Madden and our 2nd for nothing.
  9. Obviously we're better with him than without him, but with Marky out for what looks to be pretty long term, it may not matter. Marky is the single biggest reason we're in the position we're in, and with him gone, there's a strong chance we don't even make the playoffs, and if we do miss, Toffoli is obviously much less likely to resign, at which point we've given up Madden and a 2nd for 23 games of Toffoli during a season in which we don't even make the playoffs.
  10. Anybody who states that either is clearly better than the other is out to lunch and should be ignored.
  11. Unfortunately, we just lost arguably our best player and the biggest reason we're in the hunt at all, which could end up rendering this acquisition moot.
  12. Screw it, I'll be the asshole that gets dumped on by everyone. THIS is why bubble teams that rely heavily on their goaltending shouldn't be splurging on rentals. Flame away.
  13. Figures it's the Bruins that end our season.
  14. Pretty crazy considering they have the name amount of points as us.
  15. A tangible asset is far more important than any sort of hypothetical "damage" done to Bergevin's reputation. What happens if Berg's "line in the sand" is hard and nobody is willing to cough up a 2nd for Kovi? Then they get nothing for him. I can't imagine that being less damaging to Bergevin's "reputation".
  16. Again, he just got a 3rd rd pick for nothing except a very small amount of money. If Benning had done something similar he'd be getting showered in praise by this board right now.
  17. I wonder if all of this "trade Boeser" crap will be as persistent when Toffoli isn't averaging 2 PPG as a Canuck any more.
  18. I'd much rather it not be a sign and trade tbh. No idea how our cap situation works if the plan is to sign both Bear-not-cheese and Sticky Toffee.
  19. If this does go down it better be a hockey trade and not a "let's trade picks and prospects for a rental" type trade.
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