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  1. Absolutely doesn't matter. The Paul has spoken. Made some serious comments yesterday and allegations that Bettman/brass alluded to him that bedard will be in Arizona period. Starts at 2:20:04 Whatever the case, joking or not that's a bold a55 assertion to be making about such an important facet of the game especially behind closed doors Paul Bissonnette made a bold assertion that Gary Bettman told him that the Arizona Coyotes would be winning the draft lottery in 2023. Bissonnette and Whitney went on to talk about how the Coyotes have never won a lottery and how Bettman wants to secure the franchise in Tempe. Basically, the guys are saying first that Bedard will be a generational talent, along with the Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin and Connor McDavid of this world. "He shoots the puck like Matthews, he sees the game like Crosby and he's so dynamic. [...] It's going to be a lottery that will change the course of an NHL franchise's history." And then it gets really interesting: "After what happened with the Chicago Blackhawks (with all the controversies), they won't get the first overall pick. Forget it. And I believe that when the vote is official, and when Tempe (in Arizona) decides to build an arena (for the Coyotes), knowing that Arizona is Gary Bettman's baby, Connor Bedard will be a Coyotes player next season. They never won the lottery, they never drafted first overall, they will have a new arena... Connor Bedard is going to Arizona and it's going to be incredible for this city and for this franchise. He's going to Arizona" And Biznasty then adds (probably in jest, but still): "I know Bedard is going to Arizona. I spoke to Gary Bettman about it yesterday." If what Biznasty and Whitney said was true, how can you not feel that Bettman has leveraged his position in a way that compromises the integrity of the sport and the draft?
  2. He kept his physicality relegated strictly to hotel rooms too soon?
  3. Top player in 2012? Yakupov The consensus 6th in 2014? Virtanen. Top defenseman in 2016? Juolevi Top forward in 2017? Patrick Maybe stop looking at "bpa" and understand that scouts het it very VERY wrong frequently. Looking at vancouvers draft and development record going back to 2006 where we predominantly pick or tried to pick the "bpa" we can see what the mob speak results in. If people have concerns about this pick. So be it. They have a nearly 2 decade run of historical reasons why they are allowed to be a bit nervous about any pick this team makes. If people aren't worried cool, let them be chill. Not anyone's wheelhouse to gate keep another persons fandom.
  4. Fets whiskey kitchen is officially closed. But. Memphis blues in Kelowna just finished their bar. One more shelf to out in and they'll have over 200 types of bourbons and tequilas! Look at some of that. All those woodfords and 6 Blantons. Some pappy's and a Kentucky owl
  5. I wouldn't trade him, but I'd certainly consider it for the right price.
  6. horvat kuzmenko That is max value for return. Must trade? Miller Boeser
  7. Tough decisions need to be made period. It's more than luck, it's sacrifice too
  8. I forgot Petey but didn't feel like editing to include him because I am unsure if he will be here through a rebuild. The core to build around IMO is in fact Petey, Demko, Hughes, Podkolzin, Hoglander, Lekkerimaki. Strictly speaking, that is not much at all to speak of
  9. So, Colorado is an interesting cse. They had the Duchene draft which net them ROR, Duchene and Barrie. Sucked. Got Landeskogg. Sucked. Got MAckinnin. Lucked in to Makar and Byram. But really their drafting has been awful while their pro scouting has been top notch. Since the Duchene trades they've not really done much of anything in regards to successful drafting but wow those trades and signings made them unstoppable last year when it all came to a head
  10. That's just it. he was never given the chance. He was very outspoken about what needed to happen. Lost his job. Torts was lambasted for saying the truth about this team and core and turned out to be right. Gillis never got the chance to actually build anything so we will never know what he may have done.
  11. La did the "proper retool" in which a few bad years a couple mediocre years and smart trades kept their cap limits down and their assets high. Drafted smart for position while maintaining a level of competitiveness. Anaheim saw what was happening and committed to this in 2018 so in 4 years that is their stockpile of youth that are deemed cant miss or blue chip. Our selling off of Burrows Bieksa and Hansen was done 2 years too late for their cap hits and production thus tanking their value
  12. For teams that can pick up Miller this year vs next year There are plenty of teams with minimal roster spots and plenty of cap space that could take him without moving anything for 23/24 when his $8 million kicks in. This year is a bit more of an outlier as currently only 14 teams in the entire league have any available cap space. That being said, he is also as of today only worth $2.9 million if traded based on his current contract of $5.25 million pro-rated. Of the teams that have the cap space to fit him at 3 million only 5 would have the cap space to retain him in to next season without making moves; those being the Coyotes, Sabres, Ducks, Hawks and Wings. 2022/2023: NHL 2022 https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/cap/ Starting for 2023/2024 when his $8 million cap would kick in, the following teams would be able to fit him without any changes at all. 2023/2024: NHL 2023 https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/cap/2023/ Blackhawks, 12/23 roster spots $45 million in cap space Ducks, 14/24 roster spots $42 million in cap space Red Wings, 13/23 roster spots $41 million in cap space Coyotes, 15/23 roster spots $38 million in cap space Sabres, 15/23 roster spots #32 million in cap space When we look at teams able to make moves of $3 million or less that would fit him in, that list triples to 15 total teams that could fit Miller in next year. This is a damned strange year for teams regarding cap space because when you look at the numbers, as of RIGHT now only 14 total teams have any non LTIR cap space and of those teams, 7 of those teams have less than 2 million with an 8th having less than $3 million. Meaning more than half of the entire league has literally zero cap space to work with right now to make any level of moves including waiver pick ups.
  13. As devils advocate, I will say Gillis was never given the chance to show us he was able to be a builder. The moment we lost after our 2nd straight president's trophy and he wanted to rebuild essential aspects of the team he was let go. Or so the rumours go.
  14. Let's not beat around the bush here. The Canucks have had possibly the single worst asset management over the last 15 years of almost any team in the league. This is coupled with arguably the single worst drafting and development in the league since 2006. I wanted to sit and make some long winded bs statements about how this happened; this could have been done in hindsight. But no. It's almost patently clear management again, a new management group again is going to pursue the playoff or bust mentality. Buoyed by a few wins followed by a couple losses oh look we're approaching .500 so we can do this. To no see the forest from the trees is an idiom that means that one won't understand or appreciate a larger situation, problem, etc., because they are considering only a few parts of it or focusing on the wrong things. At this stage we have Horvat Schenn and Kuzmenko who are our most valuable trade assets. We have a core that could/should be built around Demko, Hughes, Podkolzin, Lekkerimaki and Hoglander. We have almost zero depth. No true prospects to take over we can bank on and are down picks over the next few years. The meat and matter of this post is to be comparative. In 2017 the Anaheim Ducks added their last piece for a playoff push. Knowing they were aging, their vets were about done and they were in the same situation we are now in regards to assets; they added Patrick eaves in Feb of 2017 for a conditional pick which became Jokiharju. Since 2017, the Ducks have committed to no major signings or trades that brought long term players in. They; up until this year; had not signed a contract longer than 3 years. All short term, low value contracts. They started shedding players and assets over the age of 25 while still trying to be competitive. Until March 10th last year they were still 2/3 in the Pacific and in a playoff spot while committing to this program since 2017/2018. https://www.capfriendly.com/trades/ducks Some examples of this program regarding trading assets, retaining cap or eating a contract and signing trading players include: Vatanen and a conditional 3rd for Henrique, Blandisi and a 3rd. Henrique is being shopped this year and is rumoured to be one of the hottest forwards available Brandon Montour for Brendon Guhle and a conditional 1st (Brayden Tracey) Ondrej Kase for David Backes, Axel Andersson and a 1st round pick (Jacob Perreault) Josh Manson for Drew Helleson and a 2nd round pick (this year) Nick Deslauriers for a 3rd Hampus Lindholm 50% retained with Kodie Curran for Moore, Vaakanainen, 1st round pick (nathan gaucher) 2023 2nd and 2024 2nd Richard Rakell 35% retained for Simon, Aston-Reese, 2nd round pick (tristan luneau) Through this program they have assembled a roster/non roster crop of young prospects and blue chip assets that re essentially guaranteed stars that looks like this. This is 100% NOT to say that they have not made some questionable decisions; but you can see how management has made efforts and attempts to weaponize their cap space, roster and cap retention as well as trading assets on or near expiring contracts to push forward with an eye for the future. McTavish/Zegras/Gaucher/Pastujov/Perreault/Tracey all at forward and then that defense of Hinds/Zellweger/Mintyukov/Helleson with not a single one of them currently over the age of 21. They are also the front runners for Bedard/Fantilli/Carlsson. One of the top 3 centres available this year, that have been noted to all go as potential 1st overall picks in other years https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/ducks That's not including whoever they draft this year as well with 4 picks in the first 2 rounds and their entire roster over the age of 25 up for grabs including Henrique/Shattenkirk/Klingberg who will return at least late 1sts. This is a group of large bodied players barring Hinds. They are all young, 21 or younger and all cost controlled. They also have a smattering of other promising young assets that; while long shots are. So; this as a comparative is shocking. while maintaining the illusion of being competitive the Ducks in our division have stockpiled one of the deepest prospect pools since 2018 by doing what every fan and analyst has dictated the Canucks should be doing. Why is it our management teams/ownership continue to want to fight our way to the middle? Here are the Canucks trade histories and current roster as a comparison. I would post anything significant but we all know the story and can see the cupboards for how full they aren't. Just scroll back to the same years and look for yourselves. https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/canucks https://www.capfriendly.com/trades/canucks They can't see the forest from the trees and one wonders now if they'll even heard the sound of that tree falling in the forest as it lands on top of them
  15. Regarding that For teams that can pick up Miller this year vs next year There are plenty of teams with minimal roster spots and plenty of cap space that could take him without moving anything for 23/24 when his $8 million kicks in. This year is a bit more of an outlier as currently only 14 teams in the entire league have any available cap space. That being said, he is also as of today only worth $2.9 million if traded based on his current contract of $5.25 million pro-rated. Of the teams that have the cap space to fit him at 3 million only 5 would have the cap space to retain him in to next season without making moves; those being the Coyotes, Sabres, Ducks, Hawks and Wings. 2022/2023: NHL 2022 https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/cap/ Starting for 2023/2024 when his $8 million cap would kick in, the following teams would be able to fit him without any changes at all. 2023/2024: NHL 2023 https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/cap/2023/ Blackhawks, 12/23 roster spots $45 million in cap space Ducks, 14/24 roster spots $42 million in cap space Red Wings, 13/23 roster spots $41 million in cap space Coyotes, 15/23 roster spots $38 million in cap space Sabres, 15/23 roster spots #32 million in cap space When we look at teams able to make moves of $3 million or less that would fit him in, that list triples to 15 total teams that could fit Miller in next year. This is a damned strange year for teams regarding cap space because when you look at the numbers, as of RIGHT now only 14 total teams have any non LTIR cap space and of those teams, 7 of those teams have less than 2 million with an 8th having less than $3 million. Meaning more than half of the entire league has literally zero cap space to work with right now to make any level of moves including waiver pick ups.
  16. Bichsel for me. I hung on to even OJ until it was cemented he was done here
  17. The LHD playing for boston college. Isn't he eligible this year as an over age player?
  18. Ha, never mind. It was you who posted that list. Just keeping in mind that of course these are not or were not guaranteed picks but had they been made like this. The roster make up looks so dramatically different and arguably that back end would be vastly improved over what it is now. *fyi Bichsel was my pick last year.
  19. I stopped getting excited for the draft after the Horvat pick. Going back to 2006. The regularity and frequency of the redundant picks we've made and statements about the who and why left me very meh about everything done at the draft. There have only been 3 maybe 4 picks I actually jumped up in joy for and 2 of them have yet to make any sort of or level of impact. Part of why my comments about Eduard Sale were made. While he would not be a bad pick, for where this club is heading and what it needs Eduard Sale is not the player I would pick based off of the mock draft I saw attached to the team with. Looking back, as someone posted; had we made the pick based on organizational need alone vs "bpa" our entire team outlook would be so dramatically different as to be a potential contender based on them. Would the team have MADE those picks? Well, no we can't say that; but I don't get excited anymore because of how our drafts are managed and run
  20. The fact he was benched is concerning. Nobody can claim otherwise. Whether it was for poor play or potential health reasons that contributed to poor or lacklustre play. The tournament is not one I will put much stock in and never really have. It is always concerning to see a D+1 player not stand out at the highest level for various reasons. But I won't necessarily write someone off because of it. This prospect is a 2-3 year project which may fit our timeline well. But I still had my eyes on other players in the draft and won't write a prospect off until it is obvious the progression is just not there and that won't be based off of a single tournament.
  21. I've some names I am very interested in for D I consider "sleeper picks" in that they are not hugely mentioned in any frequency but would be picks I'd be satisfied with knowing they'd be long shots Gennadi Chaly Daniil Karpovich Magomed Sharakanov Lukas Gustafsson Tom Willander Viking Gustafsson Nyberg Peteris Bunlans Arttu Kärki
  22. I don't think it was directed at you. Myself maybe, but in his post he is asking you what the potato thinks about it
  23. You can respectfully disagree. But when you put the first 150 games of the following players side by side they are incredibly similar. keeping in mind how absolutely horrible those Oilers teams were for Yakupov vs how Lafreniere is being played/sheltered in a solid NY team Lafreniere Galchenyuk Yakupov Now, for fun. Look at the first season of Laf vs Podkolzin. While Laf may be tracking upwards slowly. for a 1st overall, the suggestions of value some give him based on his progression are rather insane.
  24. The Leafs attempted something like that for a time. Rags did too. the early through late 2000s were a fun time to watch the eastern teams rush to break themselves
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