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Mathew Barzal

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  1. Watched a bunch of footage and interviews with this kid and he’s the first person since Horvat I’ve got captain vibes from. Some people like Hughes/Pettersson but I just don’t see it with those guys. Willander commands himself like a leader, mature beyond his years and has confidence to back it up. Big fan of this pick.
  2. Would love it if any fellow pirates could help a peg legged fellow out, privately… Arrr
  3. People are looking at his points and not realizing that Hronek does nothing to address the fact that we need defenseman that can play defense more than anything. Hronek is not a strong defender. He’s the kind of guy you add to man your powerplay if you have no offense coming out of the back end like Barrie or Krug. He’s not someone a team who has Quinn fukcing Hughes should be paying a 1st and 2nd for. Absolutely pathetic trade.
  4. I think this short term spurt against a string of strong teams gives us an opportunity to see what we have in our forward core. If we put together a solid winstreak in Boeser’s absence and scoring consistently I wouldn’t be opposed to packaging Boeser ++ for a top pairing RHD. if you’re going to go all in, do it right.
  5. As someone who is contract illiterate, is OEL’s contract buyout friendly in the latter years? I can’t imagine the team will want him sticking around for more than 2-3 years going forward. Especially at that cap hit.
  6. Miller only makes sense if our Cup window is the next 3-4 years, which it isn’t. We are 3-4 years away from even being a threat in the playoffs. Primarily because we are loaded with bloated contracts that have resulted in our horrendous defense. And there’s nothing we can do about it for the foreseeable future. Ship Miller off, he deserves to see playoff action in his prime. Get the absolute haul that GMJR will get for him, and retool into a team with an identity and clear timeline. Benning built this ugly Frankenstein thing with slabs of crap added to a good core.
  7. If I had to choose one, Horvat. If I had the option to choose who to sell, both. We need a hard retool around Hughes and Pettersson.
  8. What a waste of time and resources spent on this guy by the organization. Lot of POS players seem to be born out of Vancouver.
  9. If Boudreau ends up being a plug lover this honeymoon phase is about to end. Those line choices in OT were borderline sabotage. Trade Hoglander if you aren’t going to give him the respect he deserves as one of the team’s top offensive threats.
  10. I hope we get a GM before the deadline who can sink their teeth into Miller trade talks. For what he can fetch for us Miller has to be dealt. We are not going to compete in his prime so it makes zero sense to keep him around. Get that young RHD and a 1st.
  11. Quite jealous of the Ducks rebuild. They’re in a real good position moving forward.
  12. So what happens when the new GM comes in, he doesn’t get to pick his assistant?
  13. I believe we can make the playoffs. Anything can happen with a functional offense and Vezina caliber netminder. I’m not going to pretend like I think we’re in a better position heading into the playoffs than last time though. Our defense is putrid. We’ll get eaten alive by the big boys of the conference in round 1 or 2.
  14. Even the way the firing was handled reeks of incompetency. Waiting to hire a coach before you fire the guy behind the bench. Hiring a coach before you hire a GM. Everything is short term band aid fixes with this management and there is zero foresight. Just, ugh.
  15. Wow, looks like I can come back to being a full time fan again after like 3 years. Both Benning and Green gone, yeesh. Not particularly hopeful for anything done properly given Aquilini is still at the top but at least Boudreau coached team will be fun to watch.
  16. We have a ton of good pieces. Fire the coaching staff, sell off players over 25 and hardcore retool.
  17. No, Pettersson has an attitude problem, not an overrated overpaid problem IMO. He’s purposely sucking to get the coach fired and I truly believe that. I would put money on him returning to form soon after Green is gone.
  18. Even if we get a decent coach we’re going nowhere with the current defensive core. We’ll have regular season success and get slaughtered in the playoffs by well built teams for years to come. Benning needs to go, he forced the team into a competing window that wasn’t necessary. Currently, a retool of this roster is necessary if we want to salvage having a Cup contender with this core. Winning the Cup with the current team makeup is impossible with the cap restraints and Myers and OEL making what they are. I hate to say it folks, but enjoy Petey before he leaves at the end of this contract. We are not going to be a good enough team to retain him. He wants to win, he has Kesler’s fire and he deserves to be with a competent franchise.
  19. Need to fire Green asap if we want a chance at salvaging this season. This group has too much talent be held scoreless against the Rangers.
  20. How did this man ever score 20 goals in the NHL? Get this grinder outta here.
  21. Dump. Chase. Lose race/ Lose board battle Back check. Regain control. Pray for an odd man rush. Realize it isn’t happening. Rinse. Repeat. We were blessed with puck possession leaders in the Sedin’s. This is awful north south pond hockey. I’m taking a break till things change. I’ll peruse the PGT’s until then. #FireGreen
  22. It pains me to say this but I loathe the style of game the Canucks play under green. Just sheer grinder hockey, we have the talent to not need to do that and it’s stifling our more creative offensive players.
  23. Well, looks like Schmidt is fitting in nicely with Winnipeg. Imagine if we had actually utilized him properly.
  24. Based on the couple of pre-season games so far, Pokdkolzin should definitely be playing in the AHL this season with Klimovich. He's raw, and the last thing we should do is Virtanen him.
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