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  1. Quick vent. "I see/don't see x player as having a place on a contending team" is neither meaningful support or criticism of a player. It's a pointless statement.

  2. CDC won't be happy unless GMJB holds another general manager down at gunpoint and extracts third round picks for everyone. I would suggest yoga.

    1. SliteriousBlackbeard

      SliteriousBlackbeard

      How do I make a status update?

    2. Odd.
    3. Odd.

      Odd.

      what does this update mean? basically what you're saying is that we have to be happy with JB's moves or....?

       

  3. Do people not understand that teams employ pro scouts for a reason? All this talk of 'showcasing players for a potential trade' is bollocks. Teams can pull up all the footage they want and will know exactly what kind of player they get and won't be magically surprised just because you put a a guy in a favorable position.

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    2. coastal.view

      coastal.view

      well i would agree with you entirely in theory

       

      but some can still be fooled

      the canucks built up and show cased a certain cody

      to trade for zack who they hoped was the 2nd coming of neely

      and sabres seemed to bite on the illusion

       

      but maybe they think the same about the canucks and kassian

      that they sure fooled us

      except we didn't turn around and sign zack to some crazy contract

      like they did with cody and then bought him out within a year when they realized what they had done

       

    3. The Lock

      The Lock

      The problem with footage is you only get to see what the footage shows. You don't see what each player is doing away from the puck. You don't see the overall strategies taking place and how specific players are reacting to those strategies and systems.

       

      I'm sure they do use footage in tandem with scouts, but I don't think it would make sense to use just one or the other if you want to get the full picture.

    4. Nuxfanabroad

      Nuxfanabroad

      ^Someone's post looked like song lyrics. I started wailing as I read, searching for a shuffle beat...

  4. Gilman: You can't just put 16 young players on a roster and expect good things to happen. They need to be surrounded by players that have character, by guys that bring foundational elements. You want them to be in an atmosphere where they go, not where they're fighting to survive.

    People who subscribe to 'trade all the vets because rebuild' are nuts.

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    2. peaches5

      peaches5

      @Tre Mac Virtanen has shown he sucks. Goldobin looks as if he doesn't care half the time. 

    3. coastal.view

      coastal.view

      who are the 16 year olds on our roster?

      or on any nhl roster for that matter

      what world does gilman live in ?
      it's clearly different then mine

      or i am in bad need of an updated education

    4. Winter Soldier

      Winter Soldier

      Where exactly do you get '16 year olds' from that sentence?

  5. This daily poll is a farce, Bobby Sanguinetti is going to score the most points at the Olympics and he will finally prove Doug Lidster wrong.

    1. ReggieBush
    2. apollo

      apollo

      lol didn't know he was on the US team

    3. VanGnome

      VanGnome

      Pretty good chance the poll is referring to Canadian ex Canucks, ie the guys on Team Canada

  6. AJ is quite possible the best wrestler in the world. That's the difference between him and Roman. He's also only got about a year and a half left before he retires unless something changes so WWE would be stupid to not let him have a run at the top.
  7. The tease from the newest episode of Being The Elite, tho.
  8. "We could have had Konecky."

     

    :ph34r:

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    2. smithers joe

      smithers joe

      we could have had gretzky. but we didn't.

    3. -Vintage Canuck-

      -Vintage Canuck-

      Bobby Sanguinetti, too! :lol: 

    4. -AJ-
  9. Bobby Sanguinetti the Olympian.

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    2. Coconuts
    3. Ghostsof1915

      Ghostsof1915

      Desi has probably bought a jersey already.....

    4. gerry35

      gerry35

      He's here - King of Surrey..............

  10. I wonder if Desiboy will turn out like Apollo and believe to the end of time that Konecny will always be better.
  11. Nilsson is a friggin' giant in person.

    1. smithers joe

      smithers joe

      biggest spiderman i've ever seen. 

    2. Alflives
    3. NewbieCanuckFan

      NewbieCanuckFan

      I was always told that size isn't everything.

       

      Note that I have very big hands....:P

  12. A vote for trading Gudbranson is a vote for making the Canucks an easier team to play against. Hard no.

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    2. Odd.

      Odd.

      ANALYTICS!

    3. King Heffy

      King Heffy

      Lock him up please.   I'm not worried even if we overpay a little for his skillset; he's the kind of guy you regret letting get away.  Just ask Florida.

    4. Winter Soldier

      Winter Soldier

      Granted, if he doesn't want to stay, then by all means trade him. But the idea that he's a garbage player that we must get rid off is so far off the base it's not even funny.

  13. What was it that finally made TOML stop posting here?

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    2. Toews

      Toews

      The Canucks will never win because rigged.

       

      TOML

    3. Coconuts

      Coconuts

      His profile says he was here in February, so he may lurk on occasion?

    4. Down by the River

      Down by the River

      We really need one of those 'remember poster 'X' threads'.

  14. The next person to seriously suggest that Bettman and the league rig drafts is getting slapped.

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    2. King Heffy

      King Heffy

      The league has rigged multiple cup finals.  Given the level of corruption in that office, I would be very surprised if they'd magically cleaned up their act.

    3. Winter Soldier

      Winter Soldier

      I won't deny the possibility of corruption at all. It's just not a blatant 'league wants things to work so Arizona will get Matthews and Vegas will get first overall' sort of deal. 

    4. SedinMadness

      SedinMadness

      did toronto drop last year and seriously nj and philly 1 and 2. what ever you say... u can slap me as much as u want but it is rigged... i guess the only good thing is avalache finishing 4th.

  15. Ominous signs don't matter in a rapidly globalizing world. You make more money trading with the rest of the world than you do waging war on it.
  16. Dan Murphy on Twitter "Am told #canucks offer to Tryamkin was at the high end of what comparables were."

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    2. canuktravella

      canuktravella

      we have his rights for 5 yrs  he may become bored of khl time will tell. Hes only gonna better over time so if he comes back in 2 yrs sweet 

    3. Ghostsof1915

      Ghostsof1915

      If he comes back. Koltsov never did. 

    4. Hairy Kneel

      Hairy Kneel

      He's obviously a very passionate player, always thanking the goalies, always upset if gets a penalty and wreaked havoc on some of his hits.I think he took the early press box scratches the wrong way. In his interviews he said he knew he could help. Esp watching Larsen get pushed around out there. I'm glad we have his rights for 5 more years maybe there can be a reparation of any rifts or him knowing that Vancouver wants him back on a long term deal.

  17. What happened to the 'asset management' crowd? Gotta trade off vets for seventh round picks but sure let's toss Guddy and Sutter aside. Not like we gave up assets to acquire in the first place!
  18. I doubt anyone would be sad if Virt turned out to be a Ladd. I love that guy.
  19. Lots of clamoring for instant gratification in the 'we support rebuilding' crowd, it seems.
  20. Anyone remember the poster that conflated 'Canucks Sports and Entertainment' with 'Sports Entertainment' and declared that Hockey was rigged?

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    2. Wilbur

      Wilbur

      actually @HerrDrFunk that probably would be fair

    3. HerrDrFunk

      HerrDrFunk

      @Wilbur *Checks Avs and Coyotes number of wins* Oh damn, you're right. Alright, let's make it the Flames and Predators to make things interesting. 

    4. Wilbur

      Wilbur

      Now I have a mental image of Johnny Canuck wrestling a sabre toothed tiger, but not just any sabre toothed tiger...one lit on fire.

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