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  1. Vey was not a pick, he was acquired in exchange for a pick. And he's already played in the NHL...
  2. This guy can skate for his size.
  3. EDM isn't the only team what about NYI? CBJ? FLA? WPG/ATL? But that's not my point, my point is a high pick in the draft does not "GUARANTEE" a complete turn around or a player that will be a cornerstone for the future(could be a bust). You have to have good scouts. Furthermore, if you guys are hoping for years of mediocrity good luck with that. Cause firstly, this team is not finishing/ending up in the top 6 of the draft face it. 2nd if you honestly think this team is gonna be even worse next year.... don't hope for a high draft pick. This season was just a series of unfortunate events injuries in santo, daniel, hank, burr, dmen etc. looking at this roster unless we completely get rid of our core, don't expect to be drafting anywhere near the top 10 with garrison, bieksa, edler, tanev, sedins, kesler, burrows.
  4. see that's the thing though... you say years of mediocrity for something beyond a long shot? look at EDM they got RNH Yakupov Hall Perron(from drafting paajarvi) the most sought out dman not in nhl named shultz and still are bottom feeders for how long now? Their best player is a player that wasn't drafted in the top 5 or even top 10 but a late pick in Eberle. Wanting to lose/losing doesn't only not "guarantee" a successful rebuild but promotes a bad mindset of how when things get tough just give up and try again next year.
  5. I made this post to show that 1 draft pick in this draft won't be a big deal or not in order for us to inject youth or rebuild (because like i said we can fill our roster with all rookies if you want to assuming all those players get traded/bought out/don't play etc but like you said is unlikely because there are players with contracts therefore only having 3-4 spots open for a rookie to take) tanking shouldn't be the first option to rebuild but instead trade declining assets such as kesler for youth. and what kind of gets to me is that everyone is saying we should tank so we can get a high draft pick... do you honestly think the players purposely want to lose just because it'll please you guys? seriously they're all professionals and will play to win every game so at the end of the day don't get your hopes up drafting at 6 or something. i'd rather draft 13ish(not bad considering a guy like Karlsson went 15th) and have a chance to play in the playoffs where anything can happen than draft 6-8 just to get a "potential" top 4 dman or top 6 forward that won't even contribute to the lineup until 2-3 years later due to the log jam and not play. And at the end of the day all you guys(bandwagoners wanting to tank) will just criticize the young guy. sound familiar?(we should've drafted nichushkin instead of bo) man....
  6. thank you this is exactly what i've been pointing out. While I don't think it's entirely stupid to be throwing out those percentages and the "We lose 1 game we're out" statement, hockey isn't always like that. Like you said if one team slips and goes on a drastic losing streak of lets say 5 games and we get on a roll... the percentages change. We aren't out just yet.
  7. ok then let's not even say 5 "in a row". lets say out of the remaining 10 games we win AT LEAST 5 and the teams i mentioned go 3-5, 4-5 respectively. now we're in a position where we have 5 games, alongside phx and dallas to make a run for the playoffs. But my point in this thread isn't to say that we're guaranteed a spot in the playoffs or even that we will make it, but instead that as fans we should always root for this team to succeed. cause honestly while a high spot in the draft is nice, it all comes down to scouting and how well we can draft players. they're just numbers and projections. furthermore for everyone asking for a rebuild well have a look at our roster assuming we do a rebuld... Sedin(lock) - Sedin(lock) - vacant (vacant) - Kesler(lock/trade) - vacant Kassian(lock) - vacant - vacant vacant - Richardson/Dalpe/Santo - vacant Hamhuis(lock) - Bieksa(lock) Edler(lock/trade) - Garrison(lock) Tanev(lock) - vacant Lack/UFA Markstrom/UFA/Lack for all those vacant spots we already have so many players in minors that can fill in for defense, Corrado, Sauve, Stanton, as for the 7 open forward spots we have Horvat, Gaunce, Jensen, Shinkaruk, Schroeder, Lain, Archibald, Fox. So as you can we can fill our lineup with rookies next year if we wanted but the thing is... obviously we need veteran presence and we'll be making UFA signings therefore we can expect only 3-4 openings for a forward position, 1-2 spots for the d and yeah. the goal shouldn't be to tank just so we get a high pick but instead 1. Try and make playoffs 2. Scout well so our position in draft won't matter too much 3. If possible trade assets such as Kesler and or Edler for a good package of prospect/pick/player cause honestly, at best even if we tanked we could probably get a projected top 3-6 forward or top 4 dman but do we need that? yes it would help but i don't mind our future top line or dpairing being something along the lines of Shinkaruk - Horvat - Jensen Tanev-Corrado
  8. see that's what i don't understand cause lets assume we win the next 5 games going 5-0 our record 77 gp and 84 points and at the same time PHX goes 3-5 losing the 5 against, nyr, njd, bos, fla, pit record 77 gp and 83 points DAL goes 4-5 losing against losing against, PHI, OTT, WSH, CAR, TAMPA record 77 gp and 83 points doesn't this mean we're in the race?
  9. Seriously it's really depressing how so many people are counting out the canucks. I mean yes the chances are very slim but come on, don't be saying stuff like "winning games at this point is useless" and other discouraging stuff about how the organization needs to start losing games on purpose. if you look at it if we get on a streak we're very much in this. also if you think about it, as much as highly touted prospect sounds great and all, that's another player taking a potential job of one of our current players so finishing strong will most likely be the case for this team. Anyways that's all i wanted to say, don't give up just yet. We still got a chance, and if we get in expect us to do some damage (la kings)
  10. man it's funny to see how when lu was still a canuck his tweets were funny and entertaining and the second he gets traded it's disrespectful, uncalled for etc.
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