RetroCanuck

trade him to who, which team will give us a 2nd and 4th. need to know which team will do this?

Do you know how much those poker players are sweating in their chairs though?

Vancouver is full of scumbag hockey media. Ed Willies was apparently suggesting that Pettersson has an attitude problem 

Petey doesn't entertain trash questions and gets visibly annoyed by them.

Ed Willes is stirring the pot because Petey probably stared him down during some scrum.

good luck lad, may this year be even better.  have a brewsky on smithers joe.

I really hope our kids take a step forward, our "expendables" (Gagner, Sutter, Dorsett, etc.) have good years, and our veterans (Sedins, Eriksson, etc.) have down years.

Its obvious why I want the kids to improve. We need them to improve if this rebuild is going to work.

I want the "expendables" to perform well to give them value at the trade deadline so that we can have one final strong draft before actually rising in the standings.

I want the veterans to do poorly so that we can still finish at the bottom of the table and take a franchise changing player which is exactly what our future core needs. We won't win a cup with our prospect group until we gain that top-end elite player and I don't believe we have them yet. 

5th - Cody Glass

33rd - Nikita Popugaev/Maxime Comtois/Morgan Frost/Jarret Anderson-Dolan

CBJ 2nd: Jake Oettinger/Mason Shaw

64th: MacKenzie Entwistle

95th: Stuart Skinner/Adam Ruzicka

112th: Eemeli Räsänen

188th: Trey Fix-Wolansky

I want Glass or Vilardi 

Casey Mittlestadt. 

Gaudette has 5 games

Demko has 1.

They have the early edge. 

Gaudette is the best bet for sure. Juolevi will probably be second on that list followed by Demko at 3rd, largely because I think Demko will backup Markstrom in 2019-20 and won't be a start until late in that season or 2020-21. Dahlen still has to prove himself in the AHL before even making the team, so he's a wildcard.

Says a lot there’s nobody better on the farm than feces right now.  Can’t blame Gillis in this.

Ask and you shall receive  Woo it is

Good deal! We've gotten two of the guys I really wanted! Riley Sutter please!?!?

i’ld rather see jake with petey and brock. goldy looks good at times but if he isn’t creating offence, he isn’t helping this team. hopefully jake can learn to be petey and brock’s burrows. 

goldy might flourish on a line with gaudette and roussel, if he is still on the team, next season. i suspect he’ll be moved, but i’ve been wrong before.

I think Goldy is done here. Green was petty blunt when mentioning he's had 2G and 2A since before Christmas. In Green's words, he has to produce to stay in the NHL. Doesn't look good.

@-AJ-, yes but they had the key pieces you could build around. You need stars and those now come through the top end of the draft. Much harder to find gems in the later rounds like Detroit did.

Modern NHL you need that top end talent and then build around them. We have a few of those guys in Bo, Brock, Pettersson, Juolevi, Demko but we need more, especially on D if we wish to succeed and win cups.

I beg to differ Retro, our team is weak on D prospects. And defensemen are always in demand. 

I'd like to see our first 3 picks as d-men. The next 3 on bpa. 

- Dahlin (ok wishful thinking)

- If Samuelsson is still available in second round, otherwise Stanislav Demin.

- Xavier Bouchard 

The smallest d man in that group will be 6'2".  Because Utica needs some d-men too for developing. 

Differ on what Ghost? The trades? Because I agree with you and do think we need those D prospects you refer to (I like Miller over Samuelsson) and trading pieces away for high picks and ending up near the bottom of the league are the way to get them.

Our problem isn't necessarily that we don't have D prospects, we  just don't have elite ones that you usually get through the top end of the draft.

i trust that benning knows what we need and will do his best to get it for the team. 

Quality over Quantity, but you still need Quantity of good players to go with the elite. Just ask Edmonton lol

Its amazing to think of what Benning has done with this team, especially through the draft. You can already see a lineup forming.

_____-Pettersson-Boeser

Dahlen-Horvat-Lind

Virtanen-Gaudette-Granlund

Lockwood-Gaunce-Gadjovich

Juolevi-_____

Pouliot-Stetcher

Tryamkin/Brisebois- Chatfield

I think we need two more elite players. A top pairing RD which we hopefully get in this draft and a top LW via trade or signing. Potentially Kane?

Totally agree.  Kane costs only money, and fills an important need.  And it’s our turn to win the draft lottery!  Dhalin!!!

Tampa Bay is the top team in the league and Cup favorite right now and they have 4 top prospects just on Team Canada. Now thats impressive.

At the end of the day, it's his choice it make. If his doctor think's he'll be OK to play again, I don't have the credentials to argue with him.

Makes me wonder if he'll be able to play anymore, if that side-swipe did that much damage. Hate to see a skilled player suffer injuries like this, before he even hits his peak. It would be nice to have Baertschi back, but the Canucks do have some depth to fill in. Baer's got to do what's right for him and his future.

Salo laughs at the term “Iron Man”.

The hockey gods must have a sense of humour as I think Salo was the only fully healthy D in the 2011 Finals (I don’t count Ballard ).

I agree, not a fan of lucky "lotto". Should be called the Jackpot line. PP is the Extra

It's a play on Lotto 6/49. Their jersey numbers are 6-40-9 (just in case people actually don't know). Don't think anyone's implying they're getting lucky.

@Brad Marchand It's just when you say lotto, luck is pretty much the next word you'd think of. I understand the whole 6/49 thing, but jackpot is kinda more of a fitting description of how that line actually plays.

Coastal, it wasn't my intent to "disparage an entire industry".

I just wanted to stress the importance of bringing in someone who understands the actual structure from foundation to peak and is actually allowed to remove/move materials in order to make those assessments.

The home inspector didn't find anything other than some funky DIY sink plumbing in the bathroom, two electrical sockets that weren't up to code because they were too close to the floor, and he recommended hard wired smoke detectors. All of those things had already been identified by the time he came through anyways.

@RetroCanuck - tldr: be diligent in the inspection stage. Get your tradesperson friends to take a look and buy em scotch for it. If you dont have those kinds of friends, look for referrals for a good contractor who does inspections. I believe most will as it gets them a foot in the door with a new homeowner who will most likely be doing renos.

Sometimes I just wanna' yurt in a rainforest.

Pay for a home inspection and make sure it is by a responsible company,that way you will have a list of projects that should be addressed in time.

Put a bit of extra money aside because there is always something to give you a headache and unless you are super handy or a contractor you will need that cash for something.

Always make sure you can handle the mortgage without starving.

Get used to not having extra money to go here and there,but once you start to build equity the banks will love you.

Talk to people in the neighborhood if you get a chance to find out a little about the place you are going to purchase(was it a drug house,was someone murdered there,is it a good neighborhood for kids etc.)

GOOD LUCK!

When my wife applied(late 90's) we hired a lawyer to expedite the process. It worked pretty smooth way back then..good luck.

overpayment by us. Isn't skille a UFA? Id rather offer that 4th for them to take Dorsett

Noooooo take Sbisa open up a spot for Juolevi this year.

There's been rumors that the Golden Knights will take a few UFAs so that they're not saddled with too many bad contracts and can be players in free agency this year. Makes sense that they'd target a Canucks UFA. They could easily sign Skille to a year deal and send him down as a depth guy too, doubt Skille turns down any contract or just letting him walk.

Them selecting a guy like Skille over a guy like Sbisa only happens, though, if the GK's go for Bogosian over Ullmark.

calgary likes to burn through its coaches

the coaches seem to be recognized by the experts and league

as being a top coach in 1 year

and they are booted by the organization the next year

clearly the problem has been poor coaches

let's see how long the new one lasts

Calgary the epitome of mediocrity, nobody does it better with a sold out house.

I look forward to see what Edmonton does this off season, they will be under the microscope early on next season with a lot of pressure.

The ref is not required to assess a double minor if there is blood. It’s an option the ref has at his discretion. Options being a double minor, a major, or a match penalty, IF there is a obvious/visible injury. I’ve seen double minors assessed when there wasn’t blood. 

Don’t agree with the call tonight, but it was within the rules. 

Stecher showing his displeasure 

'Tis but a scratch..merely a flesh wound!

Boeser, Pearson, Leivo, Virtanen, Baertschi and Rousell as it stands now will be our top 9 next season in my opinion. Ideally Virtanen and Rousell get shifted down to the 4th line with additions though.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Goldy here next training camp though. Make it seem like a fresh start and if he cant cut it then you trade him if you can or waive him.

Honestly Green isn't making a lot of sense with his decisions lately.

Tanev will likely be moved at some point in the next couple of years.