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  1. I remember we had a poll a few months back and people seemed to side with Petey as most valuable player. I maintain that Hughes is this franchise’s most valuable player due to position alone. You don’t get very many mobile offensive defensemen of Huggy’s caliber in the league. Deserved.
  2. I was obviously referring to the Lightning’s ability to responsibly manage their cap. Give good players to inept cap management and you get Toronto 2.0.
  3. Maybe by a few hundred thousand but we definitely overrated him here. Led by the conveniently-absent OldNews.
  4. The Lightning signing Motte for that much (instead of overpaying for a bottom-six motor player) is why they’re a dynasty and we’re not.
  5. We need to limit this thread to actual updates. I've lost count of how many times I've clicked on this thread expecting a decision from Hockey Canada.
  6. Going “all in” with a playoff tweener team could be the worst thing to happen to this franchise’s future.
  7. Gudbranson is with Columbus now? Will he be able to rack up a dozen teams by the time he retires?
  8. Messier was, what, 36 when he came to Vancouver, no? Louie was 31 when he signed and was only ever seen as a placeholder while our core developed. Virtanen was one of our first “foundational” pieces after management admitted to needing to move on from the Sedin era. Not even drafting Pettersson rivaled the hype surrounding Jake. He was supposed to be the hometown golden boy that was going to jumpstart the rebuild.
  9. This is still a crumb imo. The question we should all be asking is what trade is JR going to pull off to alleviate the cap situation. I’d imagine it’s something much more considerable than this.
  10. You sure about this one? Assuming no other sponsor steps up to the plate, pretty sure Hockey Canada at the very least needs to blur out the Nike logo from now on if they continue to use Nike jerseys. Maybe there’s someone here with more legal clarity on this. One thing’s for sure: no more Nike money. Hopefully now Hockey Canada takes these things more seriously.
  11. With the Canucks having given Virtanen and Cole paychecks, maybe Galchenyuk and DeAngelo see Vancouver as a viable destination. I kid.
  12. Wow, I've been so out of the loop that I missed Jake getting kicked out of a second division Swiss team! Jake's truly the gift that keeps on giving (entertainment value wise).
  13. And the same time, people were fighting tooth and nail to excuse all of Virtanen’s shortcomings on the basis of him being the local boy and a “power forward”. There was zero consistency across the table. CDC was super toxic back then.
  14. This. Zack’s a great guy but he’s not gonna elevate the team to new heights. Not even with a limited role in the bottom 6. Wish him all the best in Ottawa.
  15. Brisebois is turning 26 in less than a month. I wouldn’t consider him a prospect at all.
  16. This question was once asked in the Juolevi thread and posters got mad but I believe it’s time to ask the same about Woo. When does Woo enter potential bust territory? He turns 23 in less than a month.
  17. Overager Bad skater undersized This pick is perplexing to me.
  18. Drafting for immediate results has hardly worked out. Why insist on it?
  19. I say this - and without exaggeration - Benning is the worst GM in Canucks history. If you thought we’d be seeing Vancouver win the Stanley Cup in this decade, you can forget about it. But maybe in 2030, once this core gets old and we have to start rebuilding again (assuming we don’t have to worry about dead cap and anchor contracts), maybe (just maybe) we’ll have a GM that’s worth his salary who’ll rebuild the right way. I just hope that new core wins the cup because if not, I’ll start having doubts about seeing this franchise win the cup in my lifetime. Thank you, GMJB.
  20. I can’t believe people are actually asking management to give this guy one more year too see if he can recover. Between Arizona and Vancouver, how many “one more year’s” has this guy been given? Also, Benning’s desperation moves continue to cripple this franchise. WOAT GM.
  21. It's fitting to see Miller mentioned on here so much if only because he's the most relevant Canuck comparable to PLD in terms of attitude. I'd take PLD over JT based on age alone. He's a great player.
  22. I wish it were as simple as evaluating what’s left at the end of his tenure. Doesn't change the fact that we were saddled with contracts like Eriksson’s and Gudbranson’s throughout his tenure.
  23. What I want to know is why we’re excluding OEL. Hell of an anchor to omit.
  24. Where’s OldNews when you need him? He’d have already written a dissertation on how Kravtsov packing his bags to Russia makes this trade a home run win for the Canucks.
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