RetroCanuck

Now thats a great typo!!!!

Suddenly Benning doesn’t seem so bad

Any chance someone on here works in immigration? Fiancee was sent back her permanent resident application without a letter/list explaining anything. Just trying to figure out if this is common.

If anyone on here can help it would be appreciated as the government site is not very good at providing info to questions such as this

This game should be a wake up call to Canucks fans as to how this is a transitional year.

Now is not the future folks. The Canucks have a bright one ahead, but let the young kids grow

Well 2019 was a good year for me. Graduated university, got engaged and saw the continued  growth of the Canucks young core. And no those aren't all equal . Heres hoping to good years for all of CDC in 2020!

Happy New Years!

That trade screams Benning wanting to save his ass and entertain the crowd.

With that said it could be a trade that works out well for us in the long run, but Miller will have to consistently score 20 goals

This pick tells me the Canucks have a timeframe in mind for being competitive. More of a longterm developmental pick considering the type of player, but I couldn't be more excited with the pick!

Those times in the past you made proposals including Roope Hintz and everyone was saying he's a redundant prospect.

Kids good

Virtanen looks just plain stupid out there sometimes

Trade Sutter(20% retained) for a 2nd and a 4th.

Draft Drew Helleson and Michael Gildon with the 4th.

Sad how we are only 5P out of a wildcard but 6th worst in the league. The West was truly bad this year

Why in the absolute f.ck am I still having to watch Pouliot play on this team.

Every time he's out there he &^@#s up.

Crazy to think the Canucks are 18th in the league but only 5 points separate them from 28th. A lot of western conference opponents in a compact 3 week schedule before the deadline. Will be interesting to see how this team handles the pressure and whether their conditioning holds up. If they fall out of the race I can still see us becoming sellers.

Ive basically accepted that the Canucks are going to fall in this lottery. But a top 5 pick is great and definitely what this team needs. It would just be an added bonus if we pick 1st or 2nd. Im my mind third overall doesn't really matter as there are so many players in the same bracket there.

Canucks look tired both physically and mentally. They've had a hard schedule this year with a lot of injuries.

Not a pretty year so far.

Going to be nice next year to have guys you actually WANT to see called up from the minors. Whether thats Gaudette, Dahlen, Chatfield, Demko, Brisebois, MacEwen, Palmu, Lind, Hughes?etc. It will be fun to have the ability to call up some of our best prospects.

I don't care if the Canucks win but it would be nice to see them score a goal at least.

On a side note I think Goldy is looking very good tonight!

Wow we have a lot of potential top 6 forward and goalie prospects doing extremely well. But we definitely need some top end D prospects. Hoping Benning takes 2 defenders in the top 3 rounds next draft. Although Im a believer in draft best player available we need some D prospect depth.

Forwards- Pettersson, Dahlen, Goldobin, Lind, Gaudette, Gadj, Palmu, Lockwood. Not to mention our young graduates like Bo, Boeser, Baer, Granny, Virtanen. Theres also others that could surprise such as Jasek, MacEwen and Zhukenov.

Defense- Juolevi(LD), Brisebois(LD), Chatfield(RD). All have top 4 potential but besides Juolevi not much top pairing potential. Young graduates include Stetcher and Hutton who have top 4 potential. Other more unknown guys like Pouliot, McEneny, Tryamkin, Subban have potential but whether they will be full time NHlers is questionable. One unknown Im looking forward to watching is Rathbone as we took him in the 4th round and scouting reports have him rated highly.

Goalies- Demko, DiPietro...enough said, were good. 

To some up we have some amazing up and coming prospects but are currently lacking top end defensemen. Definitely what Benning should be targeting in upcoming trades and the draft.

Cant believe how deep Toronto and Edmonton are at forward yet both so far seem reluctant to deal a piece for a good defence man. Hoping we trade Edler at the deadline, could fetch us another nice piece. And if not Edler then Tanev.

What Ryan Pulock worth in a trade? Would Baertschi do it?

Just thinking about last season when Burr/Hans were traded at the deadline and it got me thinking of how I enjoyed cheering for them on other teams. Then my thoughts turned to the Sedins and it left me wondering...would I rather watch the Sedins in Canucks colours for they're whole career but lose non stop in the end of said career, or watch them get traded to a contending team and cheer them on to a potential cup? My mind set is Id rather see them contend for a Cup and cheer them on since they will always be Canucks in my eyes! Therefor I think we should trade the Sedins if they wish too contend and give Canucks fans something to cheer about!

When thecanuckway guys write this lol

"If at least five of these guys can play up to their respective potentials in 2017-18, the Vancouver Canucks just might own one of the NHL’s most prolific scoring machines."

Lets be real. Canucks are not going to be good next year as we have no star power. We have past stars and potential future stars but to say we are going to be a leading goal scoring team in the NHL is ridiculous. Sedins are most likely going to be like last year or decline a little more, maybe 30 goals between them. Many other guys like Sutter, Dorsett, Eriksson, Gagner have reached their peak and may be consistent producer at what they are producing now. 17, 8, 20, 15 goals respectively.  And then you have our young up and comers.. Bo, Baer, Gran, Boes?  are the only ones I can see potting around 20 goals. Add all those up and assume everyone performs to their potential and doesn't get injured. Add in the few other goals scored form others and you arrive at roughly 180-200 goals which is just above where we finished last year in NHL goal scoring.

Definitely not a prolific goal scoring club but I am hoping for young guys to truly exceed expectations

I don't know what the market will be regarding Markov this offseason but he'd be a great guy too sign on a one year deal. Especially if we trade a vet. Guys 38 but had 6 goals, 30 assists, +18 and played 22mins on average! Would be a great player for the short term and then just flip him at the trade deadline!

Great night of hockey! Boeser and the triple B line just lighting it up! Will say that if Virtanen isn't going to play more then he should be in Utica playing big minutes and having the ability to practice more.When Gaunce comes up, send virtanen down