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  1. I dont see the conundrum. Our defense is barely more expensive than our defense from last year. We have young ELC players taking over the team. After Boeser, our next two players to get big deals will be EP40 and Hughes. As those 2 guys ELC's expire a number of contracts for aging vets expire giving the team a great deal of flexibility. The pipeline is good. We have young prospects with really good upside. These guys will come in and take over those positions being vacated by the aging vets, not all, but a good number. Paying a good young player a ELC rate to replace Sutter for example, saves the team 3m in cap space. We are an attractive destination for FA's. Myers signed a club friendly deal with only a 9% raise and is not expansion protected. Benn signed a club friendly deal, Edler signed a club friendly deal. That doesn't happen if we have to attract FA's. We have great young players and a great city. The team is on an up swing. People want to play here. JB is still at the helm and Brackett is still here. In other words, we will still be very good at the draft table. Management has improved a great deal since JB came here. Yes there were mistakes. One thing I have noticed, JB learns from his mistakes. One thing needs to happen, Eriksson needs to be gone. This mistake needs to be addressed prior to starting this season. Both sides need a fresh start. If Edmonton can trade Lucic, to calgary of all places, then JB can find a new home for Eriksson.
  2. Cough... cough .. Nedved is Czech. He joked at his draft that he was the second best Czeck in the draft.
  3. Not alike in any way on the ice. Garrison lacked mobility and Myers is very mobile.
  4. The next best puck mover in the org is likely OJ. Agreed, we don't need another Quinn Hughes, we have Quinn Hughes.
  5. Waiving is an almost certainty at this point. With the new additions, where would Loui even fit? He got his bonus, wall away and play a year in Sweden. He could play his way back in to the NHL if he dominates the SHL. Should be no problem for the 6 million dollar man.
  6. Bo's deal is a steal of a contract. Brock could easily say, look at Nylander, I am as good, if not better and look at his deal. Getting Brock at under 6 is not likely. The club isnt in cap trouble, but does need to lose dead weight.
  7. Rather send him to Utica. Entitlement. You are paying me alot of money, but you also have to make me happy and sacrifice other club assets and salary to make me happy somewhere else. Utica. Send a message to guys who don't put in the effort.
  8. Boeser for 6m is optimistic. I have him around 7m. So in that case agent, we would be over the cap. Schaller needs to be dealt and someone else hopefully. Having some cap space is a good idea.
  9. JB keeps improving as a GM. Better drafting, better trading, better FA signings. Most if not all current issues are hangover ones, Eriksson and Sutter. One could play their way out of trouble, the other should walk away.
  10. Plus getting Edler for 2x6m and the draft. Getting Podz and Hogs was great, getting Keppen and Malone, steals in 5 years. All of them. He paid fair market value for Miller. Not a steal, but that deal will look way better now with Myers, Benn, Ferland, Fattenburg plus others on the roster. But hey, JB sucks right?
  11. Kicking ass. Best off season I can recall in years and years.
  12. With incoming depth improving into next year and beyond. This team is well stocked and beyond clearing out the rubbish, well on it's way to becoming a west coast contender. They have 'fixed' all their problem areas with veteran players and incoming talent (Hughes, OJ and Demko). Under 25 talent not on our current roster. Underselling OJ and Woo. Both are blue chip top 4 d men. Trymakin is available to come back next year. Plus interesting guys like Utunen and Rathboone. Podz and Hogs are both blue chip guys, along with Madden and Lockwood. Keppen and Malone were very savvy picks. Lind is and was poised to bounce back. Gads also finished his rookie pro year on an up swing. McEwan looks ready. Dipeitro is an ahler now. That's just naming guys not yet on the roster. Include like Hughes, Pettersson, Bo, Gaudette, Virtannen, Boeser, Stecher, Demko who are under 25 and are roster players. This team is going to improve during the season. Because the core group of top players have not even begun to show how good they can be yet. They just got a ton of support. This team is going to pass other teams. Not one team in the west besides Colorado has improved as much as Vancouver this off season.
  13. So th team has a top six and a top 4 with 2 caveats. Boeser needs to be signed and that will put us over the cap. The cap that has the Luongo cap penalty on it. Now that Florida shoot itself while screwing with us is a beautiful thing. JB made a good move adding Ferland. I see a cap fairy coming before the season starts. The luongo rule is not something the league really wants be an issue. I think one of our cash rich deals is taken with little hurt. Either that or Eriksson is walking away.
  14. Idk about Podz for Jokiharju. If Jokiharju has that value, Chi lost big time.
  15. Exactly. St Petersburg is as close to a European city in Russia. Lots of russians speak English or teach it Going back to the cold war. Just ask Goosifer 2000 or any of the russian hackers, they know English too.
  16. I would give up 4 first's to land Marner and/or Laine. Ep40 with Laine and Boeser... Ep40 with Marner and Boeser. Both solid first lines that will produce at the top of the league. Glad JB already took us out of the madness. I don't see Laine staying in the Peg. Great team and great fans, but the Peg isn't a place I would ever want to live. I would, but if I could live in Montreal vs Winnipeg, no question of which I choose.
  17. Aho stays in Carolina. The biggest not news of the off season. Did Montreal even want Aho? They had to know the contract would be matched. Makes me wonder if the move wasnt a telegraph to TO and the Peg. Look we will offer sheet your guys, make a deal instead. It also tells guys like Laine that he can stick to his ask. Montreal could be around the corner with a better offer.
  18. Kadri is effective, provided that he plays for a league darling. If he pulled half his $&!# in Vancouver, he would be suspended all the time. He makes Burrows look like a saint. He is such a d bag. Hit and run Kadri.
  19. The island is incredible. Born and raised there too. Dont miss the ferries or the cost of living. Miss the mountains and parks. I live by a great bay in Nova Scotia, sandy beaches and warm water. I gotta say one day I will spend my summers and falls in Nova Scotia and my winters and springs in BC.
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