JustABandwagoner

@filthycanuck 3 years is plenty long to judge a GM when you've got Mcdavid and Draistaitl.  

@filthycanuck Kind of hilarious because you've been avoiding criticism of Gillis entirely, especially the years after his core had diminished due to old age.

Ive already made my point about the Gillis Benning debate. Dont really care if we agree or not. The fact your stalking my posts, clearly you have nothing else better to do. 

If you think youre right, guess what, grab yourself a medal in the dollar store

@Where's Wellwood Are play-in's considered playoffs though? 

According to LeBrun, no

@Where's Wellwood Ahh ok thanks! That addresses my concern then. If we LOSE in play-in to wild we keep our pick. If we win, then the pick goes to NJD!

It's a tough call. On one hand, I really like what he brings to the plate as both a player and a mentor to Brock Boeser. It also helps that he's clicked really well with Boeser and Gagner. However, that magic may be more because of Boeser then anything else.

On the other hand, selling high on him does yield the most return. The problem is, Vanek has a history of being a so/so rental at the deadline so some teams may shy away from paying too much for him (just look at his tenure in Florida last season). It really depends on what he'd get the Canucks in return. If it's a 2nd or a B level prospect, I'd be happy to make a swap and convince him to come back in the summer. That and his exit does open up a spot for a guy like Goldobin who needs to play more and/or Gaudette who's bound to make the jump from NCAA to the NHL this spring.

i say  let vanek keep on point spreee max his value  ask him at deadline if he will come  back following yr  for an arranged deal  trade him at deadline for a late first  any contender nashville, tampa, caps, pens for cup run. reunite next yr with boeser   buy low sell high rinse  repeat.

aquiring picks is key with bennings drafting look at gaz, , juolevi, dahlin, lind, petersson ripping it up  more of these type players please

As Toni Zamboni said, buy low, sell high. If we sign free agents and they get to be better than expected, trade them and sign more underdogs next year. We will not succeed with a strategy of only trading the duds. But if they can't get a good return, different story. 

@luckylager

What makes YOU think he wont even crack the top ten. I think Button said Nolan Patrick is another franchise type player... 

Lucky meant last years top ten, not this years. Take what Button says with a grain of salt, but Patrick will be a fine player.

Mackenzie is way more reliable than Button.

 no tanking we probably beat wild in play in round  kool and see wat happens in playoffs if not  we get a 1/8 chance to draft the french kid   its a win win situation 

@luckylager "Get out there and play to lose" said no coach ever.  The on-ice product during Willie D's time  sure felt like he said that to the players when he was here 

PR purposes or not, I don't see why he would say he wants to lose.  Even recreational athletes wanna give it their all and win.

Just an FYI my young friend... Nothing is guaranteed..well maybe paying taxes and death

^ you hear that guys he GUARANTEES we lose in the first 2 rounds where 12/16 teams get eliminated LOL

bold prediction my friend :roll:

@DontMessMe This is pretty close to my view on things as well. Also don't be surprised if Tkachuk is available at 7, and this would be perfect for us because he's exactly what we need to round out our young depth on forward. At the end of the day though I'd be very happy with one of Wahlstrom, Hughes, Dobson or Tkachuk. It's likely that two of these guys will be available at our selection.

@Herberts Vasiljevs Exactly what im thinking. 

Consensus is that Tkachuk goes before Wahlstrom, and that suits me fine, it sounds like Wahlstrom suits this team better.

Take out the 2nd and it's fair.

@King Heffy

But are trades ever fair?  GM's love to one-up each other lol

Then we keep our assets.  

1. Born and Live in Van-City

2. Sedins. Nuff said.

3. My dad was a huge fan.

I was a Canadiens fan as a child, then my family moved to BC and because my dad was already a fan, helped. But also more exposure to the team made me fall in love(more so) with the team. I always really liked the Canucks growing up, Pavel Bure was my favorite player even as a kid but when the move happened I really got into it.

Born in Van-city, became a huge fan when we traded for Luongo

15-20.

Benning made bad pick. #controversy

Shoulda picked McDavid

first overall.

@Tre Mac I dont know why you are getting so upset. I am entitled to my own opinion and so are you. I am just asking because I'm curious to see who feels the same way. I guess you just have a proud sense of nationalism. I personally do NOT see any point in playing the anthem and I'm sure there are a fair amount of hockey players that just stand there and dozz off or at least maybe tune it out during the anthem. The only reason y I feel its still played is because of tradition. 

In terms of your comment of putting my face out there, I ain't got time for that. Thats why im just here asking people's opinions and how they feel about it. Boy.. you sure are nationalist. 

Oh and to your previous comment, yea I told my grandparents Im not a fan of any national anthem and they were like whatever. U do u. 

Imagine being offended by someone not caring for anthems at games. 

I like the anthems, but I wish they were done quicker, with a little more pep 

Maybe we could make a trade for Shinkaruk? Think they would take Granlund straight across for him?

Of course they wouldn't, because that would be hilariously and stupidly one sided trade for us.

Yeah but we got Patrice Bergeron in return so it's all good

I wonder if Flames fans follow Baertchi as closely as CDC will follow Shink?

don't worry, yjey will take the best player available regardless of size.....they know hockey.

too many i want's

we need someone with size, so I hope Draisaitl is available

I also doubt we will see much if anything done. Not because we don’t have valuable tradable assets but ......

However i am looking forward to what jim is truely is unmatched in doing and that’s making excuses.

imo, we will have lots of players available to trade before the draft or into the summer. 

no trade is better than a bad trade. We can't fire sale our D depth and hope to be competitive next year. Vanek? we'll see. Maybe a 4th. 

He will make NHL  and I agree. Cant wait to see Boeser. 

Boeser and Horvat duking it out for captain xD 

Almost as excited as I am to see how Juolevi looks in 5 years.

Ehhh im not too excited about Juolevi. I dont know why tho

But im realllly excited about Boeser and Demko 

Gaunce is struggling big time to put up any sort of numbers at all. On the flip side I suppose we can't be too upset because the other half of this board was yammering for Henrik Samuelsson and he's looking even worse - he's supposed to be an offense guy.

He plays with Chaput and Skille

/nuff said

He's dealing with a terrible coach who''s playing him with complete trash and setting him up to fail.

What do you mean "IF"?

There are only three certainties in this world...death, taxes and the Canucks dropping three spots in the draft lottery.

technicolor vomit? riots? its hard to choose. 

Its going to happen though, I'm 99% certain of it. The hockey god's have a sadistic sense of humour. 

Yeah it's been going downhill ever since they stripped you of your mod powers PK.

CDC not enough for you, huh. You have to go there. Next thing you know, you'll be going to Calgarypuck.

I much prefer 4chan over Calgarypuck

Obviously Tiger's back in for force and got all your panties in a bunch!

He has a NTC and trading Tanev is much easier to do with a lower cap hit.

This rumor is nonsense.

Tanev doesn't look like he's being traded, so Benning is fine with the status quo.

It would be a HUGE mistake to trade Edler.

I shall dream that Bo Horvat can replicate Toews production xD

Good enough xD 

B-But he's the best player in the league!

IS he??  nah

I wish we can just lose. We need a #1C. Where will we get that? 

Probably not anywhere. Over pay to get Stamkos he thinks he is a #1 C instead of a elite scoring wing. Also need a #1 D. Juolevi is top 2 potential but not a number one.

He reminds me of Dan Hamhuis.

lucic and erickson both want long term deals from what i have heard. and will probably want to cash in with the final contract. hopefully we do not give any free agents nmc or ntc.

I mean... I feel like MTL will be asking 5th + Horvat as a starting price and we add on from there 

It's tough because Subban is still fairly young and just entering in his prime while Horvat and the 5th will be a big part of our future.

yea but we are getting a #1 D. Gotta give up something good if u want something good 

That opinion ain't fact. And even if it was I'd sooner retain the known quantity in Tanev than flip him for a second round lottery ticket. I don't imagine we'd have much trouble signing him to an extension so it's not as if our hands are tied and we've got to get something for him.

Tanev’s trade value is moot, because we’re not trading him.  He’s on our second pair with Olli.  And that’s going to be a great pairing!!!

If that's all we get, keep him.  Prices would be likely to go up near the deadline anyway and he's an easy contract to fit with retention as a rental.  I also have no issue with keeping him around in a role similar to Salo.

Trading Virt would be very foolish.  Virt is built for playoff hockey.

Playoff teams need depth throughout the lineup. Virt gives us that. 

Frustrating as he can be, I'm not interested in moving Jake. Not terribly interested in Toffoli either. We've got too many forwards as is. 

Only benefit of acquiring Toffoli in an exchange for Baer is that Toffoli's contract is about to be up whereas Sven's got another year. Is Baer, Goldy and a 2nd worth the cap flexibility LA would gain by flipping Toffoli or letting him walk? 

Would we be acquiring Toffoli to let him walk? 

Its definitely some crazy stuff, like something out of a movie type thing. Makes me kinda wonder how often this goes on and the person doesnt get caught? Crazy stuff 

Sounds almost like Double Indemnity, with a few twists and a farm.

i had a boy whose father used to beat up his mother right in front of him and then beat him up for trying to help her..he was one of my best players, but it affected him sometimes...can't imagine how much this affected linden...i hope he can get past it...