Mathew Barzal

I agree 100 percent. 

Scratch the Sedins for Dowd and Motte?  Uh, no.

Wow, didn't expect that.

It's fun to see a few posters there **** themselves over the thought of the cap space the Canucks have to play with now too 

Bertuzzi Babe?

She's still around.  Different name.

Yup, different name.

BB is an old WN throwback!

It's hitting Netflix next week except in the US, Canada, and China.

I know, it's the kind of movie I'd prefer to experience in theater as opposed to at home though.

Regardless of who's winning the Calder, finally we have a ~40goal scorer. Of course it would be pretty neat if Boeser won it, but does it really matter that much?

I still think Boeser will win. He’s leading our team and we suck bad.

Barzal is playing with a pretty damn good team and with damn good players. 

prime time saliva dump?

@Ghostsof1915 I think he meant it triggered his PTSD.

well at least it wasn't PSTD

big buff's contract is a boat anchor, he's not going anywhere. 

Ehhhh. I'd say the Flames have a couple studs. Johnny Hockey is a high end winger and one can argue that Dougie Hamilton is capable of being an elite d-man. 

LOL. One game and the CDC think tank is already hard at work. Christ, complaining about the Flames first game, no less.

Monahan, Gaudreau, Giordano, Tkachuck, Brodie, Hamilton..

Sweet, that means we're more than 1/2 way there! 

Canucks will win the cup this year. This is our year.

Just because they sucked for a decade, doesn't mean we will. 

People like Clam and the 5th line of course.  Duh

I'm more upset we wasted a pick on Virtanen, who couldnt even shake it in the AHL last season, over Nylander (already a 60+ pt scorer in the NHL), Ehlers (already a 60+ pt scorer in the NHL), Larkin and multiple other superior prospects, than I am over not getting Matthews or Laine over Juolevi.  

The lottery isnt in our control but who we pick is 

I agree. This is taking too long. I feel like it's dragging on too because I wake up every day hoping Bo has signed.

Two weeks from the Youngstars :).

im hockey deprived....CDC isn't as entertaining in the offseason.

@J-23 i think Kes is wondering why there's no pictures 

@J-23 i think Kes is wondering why there's no pictures 

Kes, is that one guy who doesn't try to be funny, but everything he does is just hilarious.

@mll you sure about that? Didn't Higgins play in the AHL on an NHL contract?

@Hortankin How does the Higgins situation have anything to do with the Olympics though. 

@ZhukiniI thought he was saying he couldn't play in the AHL because he had an NHL contract. My bad lol

@Mathew Barzal and i are the cutest boys on CDC, @Cramarossa. It's facts.

@BananaMash Hush bb, I'll never forget it too... and I'd go on but I can't afford to get banned over explicit material on CDC.

If y'all feel like digging deeper you're free to read the piece of literature recounting that fateful evening I will be releasing in the near future ... 'Bananas in Barzal - A Memoir'

@Cramarossa I'll see you at Celebs. Just be warned, if you ain't a freak you ain't for me.

Freaks are where it's at anyway. We all want us a freak.

If I was Bo I would start at 5 years, 6.5 per as my top dollar.

5 years would bring him to unrestricted free agency. But also in 5 years the cap will be much higher and the bar for players like him will be more around the 7M mark. Signing for 8 years would be foolish unless he gets that kind of money.

I'm actually more inclined to sign him a 4 year contract to retain him as a RFA and then go for the long term deal on him.

The more years you buy from his UFA negotiating years will likely cost you a higher caphit which can be dangerous if he doesn't live up to that number.  Plus guys like Sutter will have finally come off his final year on his deal (if he isn't dealt before then) and you can use that money towards Bo.

I would rather sign that kind of deal like a 4x4.75 or 4x5 contract to say okay you earned this but we want to see more too.

As much as it makes me nervous and uneasy, its a good precedent to make for players going forward and future signings for our players.

yes. his agent is just being an agent. probably waited for unsigned offer sheets as leverage. looking at comparables and also at a bit of intangible stuff like "C" material and being a local favourite, i think it'll be in the 6milx8year range, maybe 8 years 50 mil, something like that. 

Sooo the Avs' return on ROR now shakes out to be JT Compher, AJ Greer, and Cameron Morrison?

I thought you typed in Zardoz, I'm like, what's Sean Connery got to do with anything? 

@S'all Good ManI believe there is a rule if you fail to sign a 1st round pick a team can get a compensatory pick in the 2nd round, so no harm in trying, especially late in the 1st round.  Otherwise, I agree, a bit of a risky proposition (with the "tweeners" at least, a lot of the high end Russian players tend to stay).