JM_

someone is getting lucky tonight.....

Not quite as drunk as Brett Hull at a playoff game....

cheers fellas I'm off to the show 

I'd rather just pay him the full salary instead of giving bonuses.  You can't use LTIR to pay bonuses and I don't want any dead cap for the following season.

I'm also hoping we move Garland for cap space and picks. 

I'd like that too if we are are re-signing Miller.

Yea well he just needs to make sure the coin lands how us Canucks fans want it to. Simple.

Correction.

1/2 are mad. The other half are mad at the people who are mad.

I would land in the second half - but yesterday on twitter I'm sure I didn't see one person blowing up about Petey's comments, everything I read was just people blowing up on those people (who I assume actually existed but never saw for myself).

Correction to the correction:

1/2 are ok with it.

The other half are saying it's tails, when it's heads.

Or saying because it's tails, the team needs to change owners, management, and players. 

Negative spin is on hold because they can’t keep up with Benning moves lol

He definitely did well today, these are the deals he should've been doing all along but I suspect there is massive interference from ownership sadly.  Even if poolman is a bust it shouldn't handicap the team, taking on OEL though.... yikes.  What got him to this point deserves criticism but he somehow found a way out that hole and learned from last offseason.  Today was definitely a good day for the team.

I heard him on 650 today, he mentioned something about having some knee issues that he's worked though so maybe he was laying off the hits to heal up. Who knows. But if he finds a more physical side we might have a winner here. 

Another nice thing about European players is that the Euro leagues are more viable for them, so if the CHL or US leagues shut down, we still have a place for them to play where they're comfortable.

really hoping Jurmo and Kunz can, well all of em but mainly those two.

@CanuckinEdm I think the best way to clear some cap is a) use a buyout on Sutter, and b) try to find a 3-way deal, where Loui's salary gets retained twice (see https://www.capfriendly.com/trades?multi-team) this way we might avoid giving up significant assets to dump his full contract. 

if you're looking at it from a cash flow pov and really need the space the year we save 2.333 then it makes sense. Putting hm in Utica is the net best option tho. It all depends on the plan for a season from now. 

Buying out Sutter and Baer covers most of Tanev's new deal. 

@Chickenspear Yes and I was saying I don't even think a NMC can stop a buyout which it cannot.

The process is still there, just with a different outcome.

Jake is looking good too.  Quinn is up to 21 points.  

the team is doing OK imo. Our bottom 6 is trash right now and teams have to play us hard to win. Better times ahead. 

it could if Brock doesn't sign until day 1. 

what are you going to do next year? and the next year? What if Kesler feels like he can play next year after another hip surgery and year off? 

Kesler's career is over, thats not a concern. 

Great, another opportunity for the Canucks to make an AHL goalie look vezina quality.

We have a rich history in bringing out the best in otherwise awful keepers

@luckylager - no we broke the seal with yesterdays win. Backups shall now be crushed. 

Hope so

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.

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

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

I think you're onto something when saying that Green is simply doing his due diligence. If multiple games go by without any shakeup, what then? Green also professed to have watched a lot of Canuck games over the last year or years (leading to the now famous comment about their play during their meeting) so what's stopping him from implementing those changes now?

Buy tickets to the next game to give him a standing boo.

Zero excuse for calling up that bum.

The Vancouver Canucks thank King Heffy for his passionate cheering and his continued purchase of tickets during this transition period for the organization. 

Wondering if our team-philosophy is still, 'Born to be mild'?

@chon derry i know, but the start of the season is aways a buzz and then..... well i won't spoil it... 

onward and upward , starts  in 7 days !

I’ll say:

Stecher $2.5 x 2

Virtanen $900K x 2

That would leave us with just under $15 million remaining. 

Jake will probably get a little more, both around 2 mil I bet 

jake will take more than 900k to sign more like 2

Leafs fans. ☝️

Napalm-sham!

@Green Building i understand that, but it makes no sense to extend Hutton mid-season and not this guy as well. I'll wait to hear what Benning says about this before making a decision but this is the kind of thing this team can't afford, you can't bleed young talent during a rebuild, particularly for nothing. If Benning comes back saying this was a surprise move then its hard for me to continue to support him, you have to be more in touch with your team. But lets wait for the presser. 

I don't understand how those two points are related.

We'll still have Tryamkin's rights because he's an RFA. Due to him bolting, I think by qualifying him we'll have his rights until 2022... so he if wants to return to the NHL, it'll have to be with the Canucks.

This may be a blessing in disguise, though. The good news is that Tryamkin signed a 1 year deal, so he could come back at the tail end of next season like he did last year. That, and Tryamkin's departure (gulp), does pave a way for the Canucks to get Juolevi into the lineup without it being too crowded. It also means a guy like Evan McEney and/or Jordan Subban can legitmately earn a roster spot next year too. Hell, now Pedan may finally be in line to capture an extra d-man slot on the team next season too. Tryamkin's arrival did push Pedan down the depth chart.

Tryamkin probably saw how crowded the Canucks d-core was and bulked at it. With Gudbranson's return next season, it meant that his best shot was being a Number 5 defenseman which probably (and did) not sit well with Tryamkin. That and it seems he was still unhappy with how he was treated last Fall. If anything, it shows that Tryamkin has a bit of a diva behavior so it might be good for him to mature for a year in the KHL before returning to get serious in the NHL.

Either way, losing Tryamkin blows hard.

Oh, you can be certain they want Tanev....and willing to gladly pay that 3rd round pick!

"fire up the rumour mill, boys!"

Oh and if they would want to move Gardiner I'd probably be down to buy low.

Remember the good ol' days when we had the Hoff?  Jake's pretty much the same kind of asset already (50 point D-man, and those don't grow on trees but with the right sheltering he could flourish)

Gardiner was really flashy in the offensive side but absolutely horrid in the defensive zone. He had so many giveaways in a crucial playoff game, YUCK.

I see politics in his future...

he's the best richmond-born defenseman to ever play for the chicago blackhawks

even at 50% retained

he will be an anchor for any team that hopes to contend

and his contract lasts forever still

he needs some sort of resolution via ltir

Isn't this like 17 days late? 

What is with CDC that some folks always want to sign ex-Canucks even when their production falls off the rails?

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Some people have a tendency to re-enter abusive relationships.

did they use straws? 

jimmy

hate to be critical

but you know we are lacking for entertainment

where is the video of this magnificent flight pattern you witnessed

please post it

i'm sure we'd enjoy watching something on here

without having to tilt our head skyward ourselves

with some creativity

we can do things like name the birds

assess them for particular skill and rank them

who knows what enjoyment can be gleaned

record

and post

that should be the new mandate on here

Back in my day they were, what seemed like, 10 000 strong flying over hwy 1 at the boundary exit around dusk.

i thought that was only in newfoundland? sorry.

@smithers joe Joe if our polarities shift does that mean we start playing for the other team?    You know, might we start swinging from the other side of the plate? 

maybe, we'ld become leaf fans. god forgive. that's going from positive to negative. we'ld short out first, i'm sure.

a signed brock boeser rookie card. and if stan smyl is there, can you ask him how his brother harvey is doing? 

I'm not sure if they cost anything, they were offered as part of our season tix 

I"ll try to track down Stan 

Don’t forget Edler’s broken stick.  

No way Boston would pay a 2nd for a depth D, especially when there are still free agents they could sign.

Benn is better than whats left on the market though. Maybe I'm being too optimistic on the pick 

Hamonic and Rutta are better, plus they could bring Chara back.

I would think if they're targeting Benn, it would be for a late pick at best, or just future considerations. Would help with Canucks cap relief so that still wouldn't be bad.

Could be a cheaper fit if Sutter is indeed bought out 

Isn't the window almost closed?

Leivo

I think the buyout window for the Canucks begins today, and is 24 hours not 48 so we don't have long to wait to see if thats an option. 

@hammertimeyes, but it was a turning point in the series - as it fired up the Bruins.

In fairness to this guy, he got taken out by a dirty Tkachunky play in the Edm bubble. But he's in danger of entering that irrational, Naz Kadri, flailing-gomer-mode.

@Heretic @hammertime He was playing quite well too. Shame. 

After the hint it has to be Anson Carter.

It's gotta be Stefan or Peter Sedin.

gotta be this guy ........right?