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Still raining here downtown and has now washed most of the early morning snow away. I agree with Vintage though.. not liking this slush and hoping its all gone before the commute home.

Would there be anything to stop the US if they just decided to roll the army across the border and install Trump as Grand Emperor? Would he MCGA as well?

Its actually changed from snow back to rain downtown - at least where I am now walking past the trade and convention centre.

Trump for Emperor of North America!!

Nah I think its more along the lines of if they dont play in the league in their draft year they are a complete bust... Or maybe thats only for D-men?

The word is out (has been for a while) that its open season on Vancouver Canuck players... They have no push-back and even if they did, I think it is well known throughout the league that any Canuck indiscretion will be punished by said league to the full extent possible. Players on other teams are not stupid they see how it is and know what they can get away with when playing Vancouver... Unfortunately until we get some more toughness, drop the dead weight, and Aquaman actually 'mans up' and calls out the league on this BS (Benning cant as he will be fined into oblivion) nothing is going to change.

I agree. I think he has shown a lot of improvement but there is a ways to go yet. Although with injuries he may be up for a while but I think he finishes the majority of the year with Utica and will hopefully be ready to take on a full time spot with the nucks next season.

Without the latest ASICs it has to be prohibitively expensive even with the latest GPUs im thinking.

Opinion. I just think that the situation left a bad taste in his mouth... Would i like him back? Absolutely, but not holding high hopes.

He is not going to play for Vancouver again.

Needs quite a bit more work away from the puck. Small steps

The time to buy bitcoins was when Jordie and his crew in LS were extorting Microsoft, Sony, Blizzard et all... If you got in then youre laughing.

While Jake has obviously made some progress over the last year. In my opinion it is still best if he plays at least another year in the AHL. He had a pretty good preseason but you have to take it with a grain of salt as definitely not playing against everyday NHL competition.

Pretty much what I have noticed since he got to Vancouver. The guy has all the skill in the world but seems disinterested at times which I think leads to him looking slow out there and chasing the puck most of the time. While I dont hold out high hopes that he sticks with Utica, I would love to see him develop his game down there this year and try again with the big club next season.

True... Its as if all those players already have 5 years in the NHL under their belt.. Hard to say that we passed on better players when only a few have made the NHL and have 1 year of experience.. but, but, but... Tkachuk ;P

Completely agree! Although I dont think you will find too many with the same patience. No need to rush any of the young guys right now.

cut this dude loose already imo.... Not worth it.

I do admit that I overestimate in some cases but definitely not as a slight against the player themselves more to temper expectations. I really dont want to see anyone rushed in just to fill a spot at the expense of development.

Patience is not a virtue for a lot of posters.... I would still take OJ at 5 and think it was one of our best picks as a franchise despite all those jumping on MT's d^*k because he played in the NHL last season.

Hell definitely get a shot this camp but he is still young and Dmen take a while to develop so I wouldnt be surprised to see at least 2-3 more years in the AHL before he cracks the nucks full time. That said, most have already written him off as by then MT should probably have at least 3 first ballot all star selections plus a couple Conn Smythe trophies.

Can definitely see Dahlen as a solid prospect for us in the future but I think it will be after a couple more years in Sweden then a few years in the AHL developing his NA game.

My apologies, I didnt mean to compare his playing style to Fox just that I feel he will end up in the ECHL (AHL/KHL max) one day.

Because he is playing in Sweden next year and there is probably at least one player selected in the draft behind him that will play a few shifts or more in NHL next year, can we label him a bust yet? I mean thats how it worked for OJ.

I hope he will one day turn out and play for the nucks but all i see is another Dane Fox.

Couple of more years marinating in the AHL and learning to be a pro and hopefully Jake can turn it around as he has started down the right track i think. He is still young so lots of time to develop before he gets labelled a complete bust.