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  1. Even though there are a small group of teams without a Captain. Every Captain currently listed on an NHL Team is willing to throw down.. Are we going to suffer through this again for another decade or more ? Pick a Captain who looks strong and silent, looks imposing, .. poster boy, scores goals, gets points, has a great jawline, ..but won’t stick it out when he needs to get a game back on track or to rally his team to show they won’t be taking liberties against them. Great point getters can be great point getters without taking on the the WORK and RESPONSIBILITY of a Captain. Captaincy is not a reward.
  2. I don’t expect Hughes or EP to take the Captaincy, I’m hoping that goes to Miller for all the right reasons of attaining a Captaincy. Not given to someone like Horvat on potential,. or anyone else because of point output. A captain should be ready to throw down to show his team they shouldn’t tolerate some aspects of the game . to answer your question, yes, they should be willing to throw down when nessescary.
  3. Our best subtraction became our biggest plus in the last 5 years. It also moved a lane Captain out of the dressing room that preferred to pass along in his career without actually leading anything except the status quo.
  4. This is Earth ? Isn’t it Kenny ?? Has the world and hockey changed that much? The new generations of fans only respect how they look in a uniform and not how they perform , .. it seems a bit pretentious.
  5. Your comparing Horvat to McDavid who has lead the oilers, and put up some of the most remarkable stats in the history of the NHL ?? McDavid has done more as a Leader and Captain in Edmonton even in their years out of the playoffs. You vastly overate Horvat , who will be the undoing of Lou L next.
  6. Thanks for that PB, I had only heard bits of it before. OBrian, .. people ca say what they want about him,. But he did love it here,. Nice to know we’re still on his top 10 list
  7. Captain of an NHL team is not symbolic, OBrian put it best , Bo did shit for this team. You can throw all the analytics / points / stats at me .. Bo was a Ghost . And for you to knock down my comment about a player/ prospect for this Team , that was trying harder than Horvat at that time, .. and bring it up now ??? .. It Shows the fragile world you live in, and relationships you create to try to keep an upper hand in any discussion or part of life. That is Weak.. No different than Horvats comments about the Fans in Vancouver. His Captaincy was dismal,. And OBrian is right, he got 3 Coaches fired.. mayb look at that if you want to dig into hindsight. Rutherford saw it when he got here, and within 4 months stated there were going to be changes, perhaps some that were going to be unpopular. Rutherford recognized poor quality Captaincy back then.…. He came from years of experience recognizing Great Captaincy.
  8. No burn. I was hoping someone could or would push Horvat out.. he was as soft as you. Lammiko had some great games , especially when he got bumped up on lines.… and he was already ON the team.
  9. Obviously you agree with new management and their moves like I do . Bo included. Even back then if I was seeing someone play better than Horvat I would call it out. Thats what I recognized more, Horvats lack of. Someone had to replace “action man” Horvat , I was hoping Lamikko would push for that. Lammiko was a good player, played well for us, had potential. I don’t think I used “excellent” .. dude. But I stand by my thoughts at that time. Your grasping for something , higher ground? Please take it,. This could be more fun than I thought.
  10. This is good for YOUR thicker skin.. Maybe share some with Playoff Bo after the Hurricanes series.
  11. Your really trying to take control of a snow ball head for hell , you ride it out cowboy. I highly recommend the Bag Balm used by Ranchers and Farmers alike for your chafing .
  12. I think he’s a good player but far more overrated and overvalued, he did not live up to expectations here, some or all of which were his own responsibility. Accepting the Captaincy is something that requires brain cels too. I’m glad no show Bo is gone,. But you far over value his time here. He is NOT even ring of Honor material, that would totally devalue that Ideal in whole.
  13. You’re the one grasping , and hanging on to a losing cause of a player who was given the Captaincy.. he was a failure at it. it’s life , it happens. All the BS your spewing is what really entirely wrong with having him in that position and condoning his soft approach to it. It was wrong, you are wrong.. and again, it was wrong to have him Captain, and unnecessary to think there was any value worth keeping him here as a Captain. That would have been discussed in his trade, his value to the Islanders, and how it was a lower value to keep him as such for the Canucks. Management moved him for ALL the right reasons.
  14. Still on this point of the Sedins, Hank never came to the defence of Daniel or anyone else,. They continued to take liberties from team around the league. Sure great Leaders, but perhaps a better Captain should have been sought out. Gillis tried to sign Shane Doan for that very reason , which would have lead to a totally different mentorship for Horvat.
  15. What’s hard to grasp is how you differ the responsibilities of a Captain and make it a position of less value than what it truly is. A isn’t a group therapist. Id say Bo has had a lasting sub par impression on you. A Captain is not mediator , arbitrator, or fund raiser.. He leads by an example that raises every players potential , vocally and emotionally. A Captain is a Leader , not an armband.
  16. Wow, Miller is historically a 1. Ppg player here for 5 seasons and because he dosent wear the lipstick Horvat dose he is a lesser player to you. Its Hockey. I see more emotion in Professional Bowlers than Horvat.
  17. Maybe Horvat should have been more”engaged” and shown as much emotion as either or both of those players.. Horvat is / was a ghost of a Captain. Great for charity functions, and posters. Handsome. But,. A dud.
  18. JB ‘s worst acquisition was hiring W Desjardins in my opinion.. Any information coming from the the bench or room was based on his assessments. Why did we hang on to , or even acquire the likes of Chaput, Megna , and other players who had Junior Lineage/ Affiliation to WD? Why was a player with much potential in NTryamkin shunned and thrown under a bus, when worse players like Sbisa were treated better? Why was Megna getting 300% of Goldoblins ice time? We traded a 2nd round pick for Linden Vey, also a Desjardins Junior player. It was an absolutely incestual time. I’m sure there are more connections. .. and how did we acquire Desjardins?? Lindens affiliation with his alma mater WHL Team , the Medicine Hat Tigers comes into question I think. Nice to see WD is back with them , running them into the ground too. Desjardins was the worst thing to happen to this franchise when that really was the start of the REBUILD. It needed a more seasoned NHL Coach .
  19. I think having a healthy Ilya Mihkey back will help a lot,. But totally agree another gritty forward would back up the play of JT and Joshua .. I like Nik Ritchie who is a UFA this Summer , 27 years old, skates well,. And folding into this team where there is a need for a player like him. Might give him an opportunity that’s been missed. ( 2.5m closing) Perhaps another opportunity if we can trade for PLDubois,. RFA ending @6m .. close to .8 ppg this season .. If we can shed BBoeser 6.5 and Garland 4.5 somewhere, that’s money that could stack our team with physical mobility. EP DUBOIS DRIES JOSHUA (Centering) I’d put Dubois with Miller to double down on Power and Center capability on the 2nd line . im just spitting chicklets ,. Kuzmenko EP Beauviller Miller Dubois Mikheyev Ritchie Dries Podkolzkin DiGussepe Joshua Aman Strudnicka Kravstov (RFA) McDonaugh This makes us heavy and fast on the 2-3-4 lines, with Studnicka Kravstov and MacDonaugh getting the “step up” and “fill in” time at this level they need. Kravstov is going to fill out soon, I like his game. MacDonaugh needs NHL /Abby time. Studnicka is probably going to get one more year of opportunity or lose it to Hogz or Klimovich.
  20. I like and appreciate that assessment @hammertime has posted to start this thread out with. If we have room to develop him for a year or 2 in Abby, I think we, and he should take that chance.
  21. I’d keep Beau over Boeser or Pearson ( LTIR) Id target a player like B Ritchie , UFA . I think Ritchie could be a better player than what he is with the right opportunity. 27 years, 2.5m .. free agent in the Summer. Id also look for other FA ‘s with that caliber of grit and potential without going passed 3.5 m. Be good to get a healthy Mihkey back next season,. He must be weeks into recovery now, possibly skating.??
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