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  1. Im not sure reading everyone's replies here if anyone noticed that JT came back after taking a shot on the knee earlier in the game. I was surprised he came back but thats the type of player he is. He was slowed when he did come back and injuries suck at any time. I for one give him credit for even playing the third. If the team was comfortably in the playoffs or already out he doesnt play after the injury. Than you to JT for his effort. tough to play hurt.
  2. I get your take and thats really the question. I have asked the question a couple times this month on what we do with Brock?We cannot afford him back at 7 Mill+ For what he brings to the team we just cant get that deep with him. my take is we walk away from him. Use the cap space to add to the team either a D man in FA or sign Miller with the extra money. Its a different way of looking at it and losing an asset for nothing is always difficult but i dont see BB bringing back more than a 3rd rounder pick and thats not a sure thing to develop into a first line player anyways. teams will know we dont want to qualify him at that number. they will just wait it out.
  3. No one is giving you a top 4 d man for Brock Boeser at this point. floats way too much and might garner a draft pick. maybe a 2nd if they are desperate for scoring. They know we have cap issues and we arent likely to want to sign BB to 7 mill+ they can just wait and when we walk away from him sign him for nothing
  4. I havent missed any games this season all anyone is saying is they havent seen from Petan what BB must have seen because of the players on that bench last night he would probably be the last one in my list. I might have let Demko have a shot before him. I think Demko may have more points than him as well. Doesnt really fly with me that coaches never make mistakes or that someone will defend them. Marc Crawford made a lot of good decisions as a coach also but leaving Gretzky out of the shootout in Nagano was not a good one. Boudreau could have picked Hughes, OEL, Richardson, Dickenson but went with leading scorer Petan he of the hefty contract deserving one assist this season. If you are only going to play him 9 minutes last night he wasnt really a threat to score was he?
  5. This i can agree with. I think the leadership is there but having Horvat out changed the lines and the players that have to do certain things. No shame in losing we just didnt have the same jump as the night before.
  6. Have you watched Petan play this season? silly to focus on one point in the game for sure but its not crazy to ask why when you do have better options on the bench
  7. This might be the one situation where i would consider we lose the player for nothing. Salary cap is needed to improve the D. Without Brock we were scoring although I dont think we bring Chaisson back. Podz is developing nicely. Hoglander comes back healthy. Teams are not going to offer us much knowing we dont want to sign Brock at his QO. so we would get a third or fourth round pick for him potentially. This could turn out to be an insignificant player anyways. Or we could be held hostage to pay Boeser 7 mill next season and lose him anyways. What i am suggesting is we dont qualify Brock if we are not going to keep him in our group long term. I like what he has done the last couple games.Its certainly not an easy decision but if we lose Brocks 5.5 Mill salary we have enough to sign Miller to a long term deal and perhaps add more to sign a FA RHD. If i have the choice between Brock and Miller I sign Miller. Top 6 Podz Miller Garland Petey Horvat Pearson Hoglander I'm not saying its the best solution but its something to think about
  8. One of the more frustrating games to watch all season. Many have pointed out the way they have played down to the opponent. Ottawa, Buffalo, Detroit, You dont make the playoffs losing as many games to bottom feeders as we did this season. easy pickings but true. I didnt like the Halak injury. That's one on the Ref for not blowing the whistle. Demko should not have dressed for the game. If he was sick or tired or whatever they want to call it or deny, he obviously wasnt prepared for the game. If you needed to give him the rest than they should have made sure he got the rest. We lost anyways so why not at least get what you needed for him to complete the season ending push? What decided this game was the second period and the inability of the Canucks to widen the margin despite having about ten Grade A chances. One of the achilles of this team all year has been they dominate for long stretches and cannot score. I dont know how many chances they had where they didnt even hit the net. Its too bad because that was some exciting hockey to watch with no reward. whenever that happens to us we usually are out shooting the other team pretty bad and they get a lucky one to go against us. Ottawa hung around and then we fell asleep. Brock played well and maybe he will have some trade value after all. Some posted earlier in the thread that the bottom 6 had a good game. I might disagree especially in comparison to the Dallas game the night before. They had way more energy Monday night than Tuesday night. the whole team did. Let down game for sure. Dickenson turned back into a pumpkin. Dries, Petan, in OT? Petan in the shootout? I saw someone say Richardson would have been a better choice. I agree on that. Dickenson as well. How about Hughes? OEL? Podz? Petan is going to be a career AHL player. I dont care what his shootout record is in the A. in the NHL he doesnt have the skill set. Our shootout set is usually Petey Miller Horvat. We missed the captain there as well as his face offs and his scoring against a team we should have beat. I hope the boys dont give up until we are really out for sure. Play hard. Bruce there it is should only be chanted at the end of a game we are going to win. second minute of any game is a sure way to fire up the other team.
  9. This kind of debate drives me crazy We have arguably a top 5 goalie that has just gotten his 31st win of the year, We have arguably the best Offensive Defenseman we have had in Team history We have a great center that is pushing 100 point territory, but we want to trade him for futures we have a captain that leads the team in goals and we bash him calling for others to be captain, we have young upcoming players in Pettersson ,Podkolzin possible a few more as they develop We are back in the playoff hunt after toying with being last in the league in December We have almost all of our players tied in for next season whether we make the playoffs this season or not. Theres lots to be happy about. But some just cant be
  10. Hull Oates and Lemieux did not play in todays NHL with todays salaries. Players of those calibre would be looking at 11 Million or more in todays league
  11. every contract is a crap shoot. I agree theres risk. there is with every player but Miller seems to elevate the play of the players around him. I like his attitude towards losing , I like that he has made Petey Boeser and now Podkolzin better players and that he has become a 100 point player. Those just dont come along often enough. we dont have anyone else at that level and some may argue Petey but he has yet to show that. I dont think you trade a special player you build around them. This is when the younger players you develop get to play with a player that shows them how to be good pros. This is when you have a leadership GROUP which includes players of differing ages and experience levels. This is how a team that was out of things in December is back in the playoff discussion in April.
  12. I dont remember Louies 100 point season. what year was that?? Also Miller makes the players around him better. Boeser, Petey, Podz now Thats what makes him special
  13. no team ever has all their players in perfect line for payday contracts, Hughes and Petey now will come up at different times. Demko Horvat every player needs a pay day. Miller is in line for his and deserves what he can get. I would rather we pay him keep him and enjoy his play for at least the n ext 5 years., He wont stop us from being able to sign the other stars on the team in those 5 years and these players may compete for a championship given the way they are playing now. If this was 10 or a 20 game sample i could see being unsure but these guys have played very well since Boudreau took over. I think they deserve to be invested in
  14. You dont think they will be better with a Podkolzin a year older playing with Miller? Or the luongo penalty gone and adding another piece that way? Maybe Rathbone develops into another good piece?
  15. If , If , If And if he wins the Conn Smythe If he scores 50 next season. If he takes this team to the Cup finally after 50+ years Lets deal in Ifs but not all negative Ifs
  16. So what? so he wants a good pay day. He has earned it and we have enough cap space to fit him in. I wouldnt trade him at this point because he is driving the bus along with Demko. There are ways to move him if he is dead weight at 35 but i dont see this player with this attitude being dead weight on any team
  17. we have the whole next season to find out. If he isnt willing to sign here at any amount we will know by next trade deadline. Then we can make the deal. At this point i would do everything i could to sign our first 100 point player since the Sedins left
  18. I disagree. But we can have a differing opinion. The recapture penatly ends this year I believe. 3 Million. Boeser leaving adds 5 million. Miller was making 5 .5 adding 3.5 million and you still have 4.5 of that to sign another player
  19. So if he does sign here and he gets 9 Millions , deserved you are ok with that especially as he wont affect the salary cap that much?
  20. This is what I am saying. Trading someone who is performing now for players that MIGHT develop is risky as hell and we cant get Miller back if they dont pan out
  21. How do you judge this team without looking at what they are doing now? We have some good talented young players coming up in Podz, Rathbone may make the team and we lose the Luongo recapture soon also. 3 million added as well as Possibly trading Boeser or losing his 5 mill in Salary also help
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