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Dekey Pete

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  1. Hate the term witch hunt since I feel it gives credibility to Trump's endless ranting, but in this case I agree. This whole drumming up things that happened 10+ years ago in order to sabotage someone's career has to stop. If we're talking about a crime being committed (rape, sexual assault etc.) then you don't get a pass no matter how many years ago it happened, but people are getting all up in arms about words being said and in some cases some minor physical contact. Yes that makes those people crappy human beings (at that point in time) but it fails to recognize that people grow and learn as life goes on. If Babcock is still treating his players like crap the GMs around the league will hear about it and probably choose not to hire him, and that's their call. But there's no reason why the "court of public opinion" needs to be involved at every turn.
  2. Well, yeah. Every decision in the NHL is done to make more money, that's the nature of business. I imagine they charge a lot more for advertising during those events too.
  3. Brain injuries are complicated though, sometimes you start to feel better and then regress. I certainly wouldn't rule it out.
  4. Only caught the 3rd but the refs sure are letting a lot go. This is playoff style hockey and the canucks are holding their own
  5. This team is the real deal. I cannot wait for April.
  6. Doing this while playing around 10 minutes a night.
  7. Edler is probably our next best option actually. It's just that he is no where near a Quinn Hughes on the pp. What a weapon we have in Quinn.
  8. Markstrom standing tall! Anaheim and their 4 extra striped attackers can't capitalize
  9. I wouldn't be surprised if this is just his concussion symptoms from last year reappearing. It's no secret that Ferland has played fairly cautiously to this point, not like the Ferland we remember from the playoffs a few years back. If I had to guess he may have pushed himself to return to the NHL a little sooner than he should have, and a few knocks to the head the other night was enough to bring those symptoms right back. I don't want to get ahead of myself but unfortunately this might be it for him, he's already quoted as being worried about the number of concussions he sustained over the past few years. At the very least he needs to sit out until he is absolutely at 100%, it's not worth risking it coming back too early.
  10. I worry about this. It almost looked like Ferland took the fight to see if he could sort of ignite some of his old intensity, but he did not look comfortable at all. If he's still battling concussion symptoms from last year he needs to sit out and look after himself.
  11. I'm so happy about this. I really like Sven and I hope he can make a case to stick around here. Also DEPTH
  12. I don't think the window is closed, he's still a very intriguing player with an incredibly rare combination of skill and hulking size. I just don't think he's guaranteed a roster spot like some on here believe. By the time this hypothetical rolls around we might be dealing with injuries to the back end anyways, and earning a spot might be a lot easier for him. Edit: before someone jumps all over this, when I say skill I mean skilled enough to play in the NHL, not elite skill.
  13. If his only condition to coming back was a guaranteed roster spot (like last time) I would say no. If he wants to come back and accept that he'll have to earn a spot over the guys that have got us to where we are so far, then by all means I'm for it. In no world should he have a guaranteed spot in the top 4 (or even 6) of our D.
  14. The way I see it, Jake has showed maturity this year already. He started training camp in Travis' dog house, which didn't look great I'll admit, but he actually handled it very well with both the media and on ice. He's finally growing up, unfortunately it just took longer than most of us would have liked it to.
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