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  1. If I win the 50/50 tonight I'll buy CDC a beer!!!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    you'll have to take turns splitting it. 

    1. MJDDawg

      MJDDawg

      Get in line Jimmy. I already have the winning number.

    2. Nuxfanabroad

      Nuxfanabroad

      Sure beats your confused face! :^)

       

      It's heads or tails..& you NEED to call it!

  2.  Went skiing today for the 1st time this year, and I feel great. I love everyone right now. 

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    2. Nuxfanabroad

      Nuxfanabroad

      Lucky Devil! Haven't been skiing since the late 80's(Sunshine, at Banff)

       

      There's nothing like it, eh?

       

      btw Deb..also haven't been shopping since the 80's..knit/make all my stuff at home :^)

    3. JM_

      JM_

      Doesn't Japan have some great  ski resorts? get out there man. 

    4. luckylager

      luckylager

      Yeah

      World renowned tree skiing. Crazy deep champagne pow...

       

      A buddy of mine worked at a back country lodge in Japan. Best riding he's ever experienced, and the dude's been around the globe with his snowboard.

  3. I like it @StealthNuck - very clean. I'm a big fan of whitespace.

    1. Violator

      Violator

      Im offended by the word "whitespace" please use either "non descript space" or "neutral space"

    2. JM_

      JM_

      self-identified Caucasian peoplkind space? 

    3. Violator
  4. skiing opens in 1 week at Manning park :) 

     

    1. Shift-4

      Shift-4

      Thanks for the reminder
      I still need to validate my Nakiska pass!

    2. JM_

      JM_

      opening day for skiing is my favourite time of year. Screw Christmas, give me skiing. 

    3. Shift-4

      Shift-4

      lol
      right on
      I haven't been on skis in 17 years.
      Bought some equipment on sale last spring.
      Looking forward to relearning

  5. apparently my moon is in leo. 

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    2. JM_

      JM_

      my daughter had a friend over for dinner last night that was into this stuff. I did my best to be polite. 

    3. luckylager

      luckylager

      Did you politely point out that the astrological calendar was based on a 360 day year and is now approximately 5 months out of sync with the real calendar?

       

      I like to mention that little tidbit.

    4. JM_

      JM_

      nah I was on my best behaviour. And only a couple of drinks in. 

  6. Is the "lack of pushback" about about building a playoff team? Seems like the guys are far more committed to a win than reacting to cheap shots, and you do need to have that mindset to overcome everything to win in the playoffs. Maybe thats the design here.

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    2. luckylager

      luckylager

      They're very focussed on doing what it takes to win. 

       

      I may not like it, but I applaud their discipline.

    3. JM_

      JM_

      it is very frustrating, even my wife last night who's usually quite calm about these things was like "where's the &^@#ing response for Boeser?" :lol:

       

      Maybe they're rope-a-doping the league. 

       

      Whatever it is they are committed to it. 

    4. Brad Marchand

      Brad Marchand

      The common thread is that they've won all the games where their players have taken noticeable cheap shots (Pettersson vs. Florida, Baertschi vs. Vegas, Stecher vs. Chicago, Boeser vs. Colorado).

       

      I think we'd all like to see some more physical push-back, but if they keep responding to that kind of crap with wins, I'll take it.

  7. @StealthNuck we're gonna need more bandwidth 

    1. -SN-

      -SN-

      The forums are happy crashing. I'll pick up some more gerbils tomorrow. 

  8. Granlund needs to be put in bubble wrap otherwise we'll need to bring Gagner back!

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    2. JM_

      JM_

      I missed that one Funk. Meh, if a guy is going to whine in the media like that good riddance imo. 

    3. HerrDrFunk

      HerrDrFunk

      @Jimmy McGill Yeah, someone in Toronto interviewed Gagner a little while after he was sent down. He claimed Benning didn't speak to him, which was true, but Gagner tried to spin it like Benning didn't have time for him. What actually happened was that Green was the one who told Gagner he was being sent down, Gagner was offered the chance to speak to Benning about it then but Gagner declined. 

    4. JM_

      JM_

      what did he think, that he'd be able to change Jim's mind? maybe he was on the phone with Dubas trying to get him closer to his family, thats something Jim didn't need to do that doesn't benefit us at all. 

  9. what happened to Nilsson? cap friendly has him listed on the IR this morning. 

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    2. goalie13

      goalie13

      Fractured finger during morning skate.  Out 2 - 3 weeks.

    3. JM_

      JM_

      it figures. I guess at least it wasn't during super skills.

    4. Nuxfanabroad

      Nuxfanabroad

      Not one for gossipy-rumours..but I hear Nlisson argued with Roussel about bad pims. Ruse then ran down his Missus, with the language of love. Nils flipped the banned-Byrd, & AR promptly hacked it off!

       

      Again, this is just 2nd hand hearsay, & not usually my style eh? But what'll we do?!

       

      Then it moved onto the wives of twitters(tbc)....

  10. Vancouver has a good online vote planner if you're feeling overwhelmed by the # of choices today: https://vancouver.ca/plan-your-vote/index.aspx

    1. Ghostsof1915

      Ghostsof1915

      Thanks Jimmy. It's ironic, provincially and federally we don't have choices. Locally we almost have too many choices. 

    2. JM_

      JM_

      yeah I had to use this to vote today! its nice you can print it out and take it with you. 

    3. NewbieCanuckFan

      NewbieCanuckFan

      Or one could follow Alf's selection method:

       

       

  11. Can there really ever be enough stories about the Leafs? 

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    2. Toews

      Toews

      The obvious answer for why they get coverage is because they get ratings. The more interesting question is how they get those ratings. You don't have to be good or even popular to drive ratings but you have to be something that people care about. I think the hatred for the Leafs actually drives ratings for the networks. In response we should treat them with indifference. Now how do I convince people to stop hate-watching the Leafs. 

    3. JM_

      JM_

      @Toews oh for sure. CBC has used that for as long as I can remember, piss on Vancouver to get them mad and watching while being fluffers for whoever is coming to town for the HNIC game. Works like a charm. 

    4. Shift-4

      Shift-4

      no leaf game tonight
      Which means only 42 minutes of leaf coverage on the one hour TSN SportCentre show

  12. You can stand up for your players and win the game, its not either or. 

    1. Green Building
    2. Jam126

      Jam126

      Yes, but what people last night wanted was to hurt Matheson. I think a fight would have sufficed. I don't believe in diverging all of your attention towards one player and trying to injure him. The lack of response was concerning I guess, but in their defense the hit was behind the play and they don't have the luxury of replay like we do.

  13. So much to like from the 1st two games this season. We could easily be up 2-0.

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    2. MikeBossy

      MikeBossy

      Don't forget with Brock that he is in his second year and teams know what he can do so he gets more attention by other teams checking lines.

    3. johngould21

      johngould21

      IF, Goldobin scores that one, the Canucks win. Smith made a huge save.

    4. stonecoldstevebernier

      stonecoldstevebernier

      Defense is a bit of a mess but once Boeser and Baertschi get going we should be entertaining to watch on a nightly basis, if we can maintain two reliable scoring lines. Goldy's been a pleasant surprise so far and Pettersson alone has me glued to the TV every time he's on the ice

  14. "Pettersson! Pettersson! Pettersson!" I'm still buzzing from last night. 

    1. smithers joe

      smithers joe

      all that buzzing is keeping me awake.  could you rig yourself for silent running?  what colour of the light, red?

    2. Master 112
    3. Brad Marchand

      Brad Marchand

      I'm starting to think they nicknamed Pettersson "Alien" because his helmet looks too big for his head.

       

      Hope the Canucks release some video of his postgame speech.

  15. So that 2nd power play unit... maybe go with just one this year? 

    1. ReggieBush

      ReggieBush

      Meh. They most likely will have limited ice time anyway. Plus JV and Leipsic are pretty good in terms of zone entry

    2. BananaMash

      BananaMash

      Jim Benning is gonna have to lace them up and only go out on the ice for 2nd PP QB duty.

       

      1:00 TOI per game.

  16. how about we don't care about wins and losses this year and just enjoy the development piece? #playthekids 

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    2. luckylager

      luckylager

      All I can say is if we waive Motte but keep Gagner around, I'm gonna lose my $&!#

    3. Shift-4
    4. Mike Vanderhoek

      Mike Vanderhoek

      This is what we are supposed to be doing, expecting wins will only lead to disappointment. I think the team has a bright future but they won't start scoring or moving the puck out of the defensive zone much better over night. Should be fun to see the young guys develop and establish themselves.

       

  17. Oh man, I give up. Just trade the poor guy.

     

    "Loui Eriksson out with a bone bruise" https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/loui-eriksson-out-with-a-bone-bruise

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    2. SabreFan1

      SabreFan1

      @WarhippyThat's why I said 2nd round pick and a decent prospect instead of a 1st round pick or a blue-chip prospect.

       

      Since the Canucks have a Top 3-5 prospect pool now they can afford to part with a "B" level young forward and a 2nd round pick in order to free up 6 million in cap space to bring in a new top free agent to replace Eriksson.

    3. Nuxfanabroad

      Nuxfanabroad

      In my opinion, gentlemen..this is just one more case where we just ship OUR problems on down the road, to someone else. I'd like to work with him..I think we can help him...

       

      (paraphrasing Nurse Ratched :^)

    4. SabreFan1
  18. Is it just me, or has Bob McKenzie had nothing interesting to say about the Canucks for years now? 

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    2. Apple Juice

      Apple Juice

      Listen to his podcast. He talks a fair bit about the Canucks whenever he's asked a question from listeners. Besides, his job as an analyst and broadcaster is to talk about whatever is hot and popular that feeds the interests of many and the Canucks aren't a hot topic to talk about right now.

    3. BlastPast

      BlastPast

      There is no such thing as a media insider.  They can call themselves whatever they want they're just guys sitting in a room, by a phone waiting for someone on the inside to tell them what's going on. Some just have more integrity than others.

    4. 5Fivehole0

      5Fivehole0

      The Canucks haven't been interesting to talk about.

  19. Biega or Bieksa for the #8 D spot? 

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    2. DollarAndADream

      DollarAndADream

      Typo more than anything. But I'll keep it there.

       

      Also, Lalongo is one of my favourite goalies.

    3. Phil_314

      Phil_314

      @DollarAndADream "Bingo Bango Bongo" #TBT

    4. luckylager

      luckylager

      I figured as much @DollarAndADream

       

      Can't just pass up a golden opportunity to bust your balls though. 

       

      Bieska

       

      Ftr, I'm a huge fan of Tony Stretcher.

  20. Where do you fit on the
    global income spectrum? Interesting calculator link:

     

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/business/global-income-calculator/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f28988529088

     

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    2. -AJ-

      -AJ-

      I'd guess my household (still with my parents for now), is probably very high since we have three full-time workers and a part-time worker in my mom. Individually, I'd guess at about 90th percentile or so.

       

      Results:

      Family: 94th percentile globally, 70th percentile in Canada

       

      Individually: 97th percentile globally, 90th percentile in Canada

       

      Very surprised to see myself so high individually in Canada, but I guess that goes to show how blessed I am. Great reminder on how grateful we should be with what we have. Thanks Jimmy.

    3. luckylager

      luckylager

      92 global

      60 Canada

    4. JM_

      JM_

      yeah its really something to see where we're at - with all the bs out there right now I thought it was a good piece of info 

  21. Need some help understanding the reserve list from the cap guru's out there. Two of our guys (Tryamkin and Zhukenov) are listed as "indefinite" for a date we need to sign them by... how does that work? Doesn't there have to be a specific date or does their going to the KHL extend the must sign by date? 

     

    https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/canucks/reserve-list

     

     

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    2. JM_

      JM_

      yeah it confused me too because I don't think under the CBA Tryamkin is considered to be a "defected" player, but maybe thats why its indefinite? or CF is wrong. 

       

      But if CF is correct that kind of makes things interesting if Nik can't ever be an NHL free agent. 

    3. Wilbur

      Wilbur

      Couldn't find anything official, but from what I can tell, because the KHL doesn't have an official transfer agreement, the NHL team retains the rights to a player that signs there indefinitely.  However, (and this is where I'm using blind trust from a post on the internet) if a player signed any sort of contract with the NHL club at any time, that player can become a UFA when they are old enough to become a UFA (so 27).

       

      My expectations would be that Zhukenov is Canucks property for as long as they keep him on their reserve list.  Tryamkin will be until he's 27.

    4. JM_

      JM_

      So looking at the CBA this is why I don't think Nik is considered "defected" - so maybe CF is correct and we have his rights indefinitely. 

       

      p33 of the CBA

      10.2 (b)(i) (C) A Player who plays out his final season and enters into a contract for a period including the following season with an unaffiliated club or with any other professional hockey club shall not be deemed to be a "Defected Player"

       

      and then on p34 of the CBA:

       

      Application of League By-Law Section 15. Anything to the contrary in this Section 10.2(b) notwithstanding, until all of the conditions specified in Section 10.2(b)(ii) have occurred, the Club with which any Player covered by Section 10.2(b)(i) was last under SPC, or in the case of defected Players referred to in Section 10.2(b)(i)(C), the Club which now or hereafter owns, through an NHL Entry Draft or through a proper transfer or assignment from another Club or otherwise, the professional rights or the right to negotiate for said professional rights, shall be deemed to continue to hold such professional or negotiating rights and the provisions of League By-Law Section 15 shall be applicable.

  22. Would you be upset if Hutton got picked off waivers? 

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    2. King Heffy

      King Heffy

      If he's waived, it's because a younger player earned his spot.  I'd be shocked if he couldn't get at least a late pick back if we retained a little salary though.

    3. -AJ-

      -AJ-

      Depends on the situation. If he got waived because he was miserable during the pre-season, I wouldn't mind it too much. If I felt he showed some promise of a better year but was still waived and then claimed, I would be pretty miffed about it.

    4. Silky mitts
  23. Patrick Stewart to reprise role as Jean-Luc Picard in new Star Trek series.My inner nerd is so happy right now. 

     

     

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/patrick-stewart-star-trek-picard-series-1.4774860

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    2. 48MPHSlapShot

      48MPHSlapShot

      I'm just stoked we're finally getting some new Trek set in the prime universe. I was getting so sick of these time jumps and reboots and whatnot. This will be the first piece of Trek set in the prime universe since freakin' Nemesis!

    3. Alflives

      Alflives

      Love Star Trek in all its forms, except Wesley Crusher - of course.  

    4. Ghostsof1915

      Ghostsof1915

      STD? Doubt even he can save that series. 

  24. 3 more hours...

     

     

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    1. NewbieCanuckFan

      NewbieCanuckFan

      According to Alf's wife, "it" is more like 3 seconds.:P

  25. my daughter has me eating kale chips, like some kind of dirty hippy 

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    2. Western Red

      Western Red

      VanGnome you're a very weird man. 

    3. VanGnome

      VanGnome

      @Western Red lol, thanks?

      It's crazy though, how much of the food supply is large factor in the overall health crisis in North America. I mean, most of it is propagated by poor dietary choices and lack of exercise by many, if not the majority, but if not for the temptation of that quick and cheap and crap food, the same people who make those poor choices would still have far fewer health issues.

    4. Western Red

      Western Red

      Oh dude, I thought you were referring to veggies and fruits. You're still VERY weird tho.

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