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  1. Praying we get the #1 OA  pick.

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    2. Drive-By Body Pierce

      Drive-By Body Pierce

      I held my breath and passed out, followed my inner hockey spirit... and when I awoke, I knew who should receive the +'s...

    3. MJDDawg

      MJDDawg

      Can tell you haven't been a Canuck fan that long.

    4. ReggieBush

      ReggieBush

      Praying we make the playoffs or get the number 1 pick. Anything else would suck

  2. So assuming the Sedins do retire this year do we look at signing Tavares as 14 mill gets free'd up?  Yes I do realize, the Islanders will try to resign him asap but just for discussion...

     

    We get a #1C that could replace Henrik allowing us to get an elite forward, speeding up our rebuild....

     

    Thoughts? His points/ game and +/- stat are better against Western conference teams compared to Eastern (yes there is a smaller sample size)

     

    What does a Tavares contract look like no matter who signs him?

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    2. PunjabiCanucks

      PunjabiCanucks

      I see Kane as a target if we Virtanen doesn't pan out, but he is not a #1C this team needs once the Sedins retire. Pettersson is still 2 years out IMO and we will be forced to play Bo as our #1 and Gagner as our #2 if the Sedins leave.

    3. PunjabiCanucks

      PunjabiCanucks

      I see Kane as a target if we Virtanen doesn't pan out, but he is not a #1C this team needs once the Sedins retire. Pettersson is still 2 years out IMO and we will be forced to play Bo as our #1 and Gagner as our #2 if the Sedins leave.

    4. Alflives

      Alflives

      NO.  He's not going to get us to the Cup.  He will only get us to the middle.  We need to stay at the bottom, and draft our own elite guys, who will grow with our next core.  

  3. "Could be an announcement this week. The Canucks are getting close to a long term deal with Bo Horvat"

     

    As per Rick Dhaliwal

  4. Watch Donald Trump blame Jose for all the destruction caused this year by Hurricanes just because the name doesn't sound 'white'

  5. So with the way Bennett is and the contract talks with the Flames... do we pull something similiar to Granlund/ Shinkaruk trade and make an offer of Virtanen + a mid pick for Bennett?

     

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    2. RetroCanuck

      RetroCanuck

      Subban+3rd for Bennett. Highway robery

    3. Fateless

      Fateless

      I'd only be interest if it was 18-year-old Sam Bennett.

    4. Green Building

      Green Building

      Now is not the time to trade Virtanen. His value likely couldn't be lower, but his drive and motivation is likely the highest its ever been. Look for him to have a good showing at camp. 

       

      I'm really curious what the Bennett group is asking for. It has to be at least around 3 mil per year, if not more, since his ELC was $875,000. Calgary may have offered 1.2 or 1.4 million, and that's rather fair for a young kid who had a $&!# season. 

  6. What happens once the Sedins retire (assuming its this year /next year)?

     

    I doubt Pettersson will be ready, so does Gagner become our 2C until then

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    2. JM_

      JM_

      I'd rather we lock up some of our younger core talent to bridge deals, plus I think Tavares is going to have his pick of contenders out east, he may prefer the easier travel, etc. 

    3. Coconuts

      Coconuts

      Unless our young guys take some dramatic steps forward and high caliber players that don't usually get to UFA make it to UFA we're gonna continue to have some rough transition years. It'll be fun watching our guys develop and take over the team but I don't see the rough years ending for a while yet.

    4. Alflives

      Alflives

      I think the Twins go Year-by-year, starting with signing on for 2018 - 2019.  We really don't have the elite skilled forwards in our young guys (except Pettersson, who is a couple years away) to replace them.  

  7. Assuming we do sign Vanek for short term, low $. Do we see him on the top line with Horvat and Boeser. No offence, but Baertschi is getting lucky with Horvat in my opinion as Burrows did with the Sedins. Not saying they're bad players, by all means they are good at what they do. Vanek did have a good year last year and could get upto 25 G with Horvat and act as a mentor for Horvat.

     

    Gives us a chance to see how Horvat is without Baertschi as I personally don't see Baertschi in our long term plans with Horvat.

     

    Thoughts? I'm all for trading Vanek/ Baertschi at the deadline if the price is right...

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    2. JoesRooster

      JoesRooster

      You just contradicted yaself tho....

    3. canuktravella

      canuktravella

      all these vets arent gonna give our youngsters much of a chance  in the bigs  goldobin, virtanen  seem like odd men out  in all reality id rather see them get spots than vanek or white 

    4. BigCountry18

      BigCountry18

      Did you already forget the amazing chemistry the Bae-Bo-Boe line had at the end of last season?

  8. Rumour has it Bo's contract will be announced next week. 1) Don: "A little birdie has told me early next week." - for an announcement of a Bo Horvat contract - @DonnieandTheMoj from twitter 2) Canucks are going to announce the Horvat contract when @Sportsnet650 officially launches on Sept 4th aren't they..(Speculation) - As per @taj1944 from twitter
  9. Rumour has it Bo's contract will be announced next week.

     

    1) Don: "A little birdie has told me early next week." - for an announcement of a Bo Horvat contract - @DonnieandTheMoj from twitter

    2) Canucks are going to announce the Horvat contract when @Sportsnet650 officially launches on Sept 4th aren't they.. - As per @taj1944 from twitter

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    2. Alflives

      Alflives

      This makes sense.  Give the new station some ammo right off the hop.  

    3. PunjabiCanucks
    4. Nuxfanabroad

      Nuxfanabroad

      Rumour has it..next wk might not survive.

  10. If only Trump was in Texas this week. Also, how come the orange and red flavors of powerade aren't sold out yet? They're the best kind! All jokes aside, hope everyone is safe and they rebuild fast.
  11. So who will be our 2nd alt captain this coming season?

     

    My vote is for Horvat as he is most likely to get the C once the Sedins retire, unless Pettersson jumps into the NHL soon and makes a case of being an elite player.

     

     

    1. Fateless

      Fateless

      Pettersson being a potentially elite player should have zero impact on whether or not he gets a letter on his sweater.

       

      Letters are much more than being good at hockey. They're about being a good leader, knowing your teammates and how to extract the best out of them, and knowing to use both actions and words to get the team to perform better.

    2. MNA

      MNA

      I see Edler, Sutter, Tanev and Bo all having a chance at the A.

       

      Edler and Bo I can see being the most likely, but they might alternate between the 4 players like last year after Burrows was traded.

    3. Cramarossa

      Cramarossa

      Bo....plz....not Edler. It doesn't strike me as though he really has the room. A lot of guys have spoken to his tips/guidance, but he doesn't strike me as the type to give a rousing speech between periods when the chips are stacked against us.  I could totally see Horvat being that person. Bo leads by example with his word, play, and community work. I do think the other guys look up to and rely on him. 

  12. What would it cost us to get EDM 1st rd pick in 2018 draft? They'd need salary relief and most RNH or Lucic gets traded to the Eastern conference....

     

    Gagner goes back to EDM + 2 2nd rd picks? This probably fetches us the 1st rd pick and Lucic (who I don't want... atleast RNH has some upside).

     

    What would you pay for their 1st rd?

    1. RetroCanuck

      RetroCanuck

      RNH+1st for Edler+Baertschi 

       

      Tanev for Kapanen+1st

    2. PunjabiCanucks

      PunjabiCanucks

      I wish we could pull off both.

  13. So with Draisaitl signed, I'd say Horvat gets inked for 5.5 this week

    1. Keenan's Moustache

      Keenan's Moustache

      Sounds about right ::D

    2. coastal.view

      coastal.view

      not a very useful tidbit

      a one year deal?  overpayment, and an overpayment on a yearly basis for any contract not more than 3 years

      7 year deal ?  slight annual average salary underpayment (i say 7 years at 39 million)

      and why this week? something magical about this week? i am unaware

      i think he is signed between now and training camp

  14. https://twitter.com/coreypronman/status/896438935055994886 **Major small sample size alert** but Brock Boeser's (VAN) shot generation was pretty impressive in his brief NHL stint
  15. What a beautiful day to be a Canadian

    1. Ghostsof1915

      Ghostsof1915

      Everyday is a beautiful day to be Canadian. :)

    2. PunjabiCanucks
  16. Whats your opinion on Russian prospects? Is it worth the risk to draft if they may leave....

     

    https://twitter.com/coreypronman/status/895719614302347264

     

    Would you take the risk of drafting Andrei Svechnikov if he is the clear #2 prospect in next years draft and we so happen to have the # 2 spot?

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    2. The Lock

      The Lock

      I think it really depends on what league they're in at the draft. We see a lot of Russians who joined the CHL who have stayed in the NHL through thick and thin. The Russians who seem to dart (ie. Nichushkin and Tryamkin) are the ones brought over directly from KHL to the NHL/AHL.

       

      I think when a Russian joins the CHL, it shows that they are most likely commited to the NHL at that point.

    3. Jaku

      Jaku

      I think that it's worth the risk with the right players. If it was me i would want to talk to the player about his commitment to playing in NA before drafting him but that sometimes isn't always possible. 

    4. The Lock

      The Lock

      The thing is though, it's one thing for the player to claim they want to come over and player over here. It's another thing to show they will have the commitment. It's the cliche saying of "actions speak louder than words". An interview only goes so far whereas actually having come over and showing you want to play over here via the CHL or through some other means shows they want to be here. I'm pretty sure players like Nichushkin said in their draft interview they wanted to be over here. He even showed up to the draft.

  17. Let's just hope we don't create a bad scene and get more than a 1B centre/ 2A centre. That being said, never hurts to draft a top end goalie every 3 to 5 years. (Sure, why not get one every year but need to fill other roles at the same time)
  18. By the time Demko is at his peak, this guy will be knocking. We may have a nice tandem in net and then we trade one 10-15 yrs down the road.
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    2. PunjabiCanucks

      PunjabiCanucks

      If they can play 10-12 minutes a night, while playing smart I'm game for it.

       

    3. JM_

      JM_

      I like the idea, could even be as a "3rd" with Loui-Gagner-Jake and a "4th" checking line with Sutter centring that. Nice to have some bottom 6 options again at least. 

    4. Pears

      Pears

      I've said before but I think we'll be much deeper than most people expected. 

    1. JM_

      JM_

      good read, nice to see EP doing so well defensively too. Once he gets a little bigger he'll be tough to knock off the puck but he seems to be a natural playmaker already. 

  19. Lets say we get a top 2 pick in the 2018 Draft and Detroit's comes a knocking. They would love to get Svechnikov more than anyone so he can play with his brother. I read from somewhere Andrei would love to play with his brother as he said it will make the transition better to the NHL. Now most likely if we get #1 I'm taking Dalhin at the moment and screw what Detroit wants they can trade for #2 with another team. 

     

    But lets say we have #2 in the 2018 Draft and Dahlin is the clear favorite to be #1 and Svechnikov the #2. What would it take for us to trade the #2 pick to Detroit assuming the hype is true for Svechnikov.... We could just take Svechnikov and whatever but lets assume we are in the ball park to trade

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    2. Pears

      Pears

      They'll likely have another top 10 pick next year, so I'd want that to start. Then I'd ask for Mantha and/or Bertuzzi, and their 2nd. 

    3. SabreFan1

      SabreFan1

      @Pears Which one of us were you responding to?  If me, the going rate for a top 3 pick in half decent draft years is roughly what I wrote.  This year's top 3 wouldn't have even fetched my proposal.

       

      If JB could get just a 2nd round pick on top of that, he'd deserve a raise.

    4. numb3r 16

      numb3r 16

      If the hype for svech is true then we shouldn't make the mistake of trading the pick.

  20. Presenting the Toronto Blue Jays the new Toronto Maple Leafs.

  21. Gaudette suprised me, and tbh Pettersson/ Horvat/ Gaudette doesn't look to shabby....Gaunce I haven't given up on yet fully, but he may be our 4C in the future....Now all I can say is we get lucky next year or the year after in the draft. Still take the best player available.
  22. Pettersson: "I'm going to play in the SHL (next season). I need to bulk up and I'm working on that this summer." #Canucks

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    2. Twilight Sparkle

      Twilight Sparkle

      ^Put some kd on that steak xD

    3. JM_

      JM_

      when i hear the interviews with this guy, Juolevi, Boeser, Bo I think why the hell would we want to throw Yakupov into that?

    4. Salmonberries

      Salmonberries

      We wouldn't. And we're not.

  23. I feel Price threatened to leave due to the $&!# show thats going on in MTL. MTL was forced to pay the price ;) for price.

    1. HI5

      HI5

      They def ain't winnin the cup now

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