JM_

Good idea, im glueing myself to Rogers Arena until we bring back Loui

i'm out of crazy glue but i don't know what i want anyway. they will never please everyone.  nothing will be easy to fix right away. even for cdc.

Joe with the wisdom for the win.

@brilac

These kinds of pants?

No, up and down stripes! Across stripes make me look bigger in the legs and waist. 

1968 is calling.....

Different circumstances but does that mean we could mutually terminate Eriksson's contract in the future with no penalty? I know buyout isn't an attractive option because of his contract structure.

If Eriksson decides to go to the KHL.

@Where's Wellwood thats kind of what I was wondering. Montreal didn't get a cap hit for terminating Streit's contract.... so maybe this is an option? There's 21 million in bonuses they'd have to pay him... but maybe thats best for both? I'm sure Loui wouldn't mind moving on from here. 

I didn't organize the banner

no but you spread Uncles crap. 

Plot twist: Squam is Uncle. 

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. 

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.

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.

Their gm doesn’t like to overpay, day one ufas almost all get over paid Either in term $$$ or both. 

I think Winnipeg did the right thing today.

Don’t they need to extend some of there big name guys soon? 25mill won’t last long. 

Besides They need support pieces that can be had cheaper in a week or two. 

Vanek was signed at the end of summer and he was our best and cheapest signing a year ago. 

I feel a bit for Winnipeg, they should've beaten the Knights, I was shocked really. Jets would, in my opinion, matched up soo much better with the Caps. Now they've lost Armia and Stasny with not one FA signing to bolster. 

they do have some to re-sign but still.... thought they'd go harder to keep Stastny. 

left side's getting crowded and he wasn't showing anything special.

No biggie

I think this might actually be a way for teams and players to avoid the awful and acrimonious process that is arbitration.  In the report about Pouliot (and DSP and the Caps), it's been noted that both sides are still open to working out a deal. 

I mean, there's not only the sticking point with the club that they can't walk away from any arbitration decision that comes under a value of $4M, there's also the aspect of how the club has to basically crucify the player (point out his every flaw and weakness to the arbitrator) to make their case, which is probably not appealing to either the player or club if they *do* want to work things out.  Add that to the fact that the arbitrators *aren't* hockey people, which has led to a long history of questionable decisions.

In other words, this might be more about the arbitration process itself.

According to Rick Dhaliwal, he reports that this decision was based on the want of a 1 way deal. Hopefully we can retain DP at a reasonable price in exchange for a 1 way deal. 

How about those Bieksa trade threads five years ago or so?

Tanev and Canucks 2nd this year for Kapanen,Lilegren, and Leafs 1st

Great players for Raymond/Ballard and a 1st.....

It's starting to look like a good ol playoff game out there!

I've got no idea why the officials split up Buff and Dumbdumb a minute ago... Tanev took a beating as the result.. 

"game management" 

Lol

I know eh

"Let's split up the two biggest dudes on the ice and lose track of one of them."

@Ghostsof1915 the dirt bike is hard to do in 10" of new powder 

I stand corrected. 

^ Check out the vid. That's a dual sport. I am surprised he's getting around with "chains". 

He has one good game. Let's see if it keeps up

All I can say is at least he looked faster than Kyle Wellwood

It's almost as if 5 games in a depth role isn't a big enough sample size hmmmm....

Certain religions and cultures have conservative attitudes towards nudity. It's particularly noticeable in the Muslim world or in the US. Really depends on where you live.

You should move to France, Cram. I mean, Fifty Shades of Grey only earned a 12 rating there (so anyone older than that could see the movie without restriction).

It's nothing new in Canada, groups have been doing this across Canada (including in Vancouver https://www.skinnydipper.ca/) without all the press for years, it's just that somebody complained and now the city decides to "look into it".  

But yeah, typically people over here are super anal about nudity. It's absurd. 

Moving dangerously into the realm of naked ambition...

Happy Holidays! 

Merry Xmas Jimmy and very happy and prosperous New year to you and your loved ones!!

Back at ya Jimmy! A drink to you and yours!

and Bob McKenzie seems to think he's a lock to take over in Dallas. Which would actually make sense as he led their AHL team to a championship the season before we hired him. 

yup, and he'll probably be a better coach there because he go to cut his teeth here. We should be getting a pick out of Dallas

I would be surprised if he lands another coaching job. And if he does, It'll probably wont last long if he continues being stubborn with his coaching decisions. 

the "snowshoe grind" is a really nice trail. I'm drooling over the potential for an early ski season. 

I've actually never done it, but I've liked the idea of it for years. This should the season for it to happen. 

definitely take poles for the way down. its really nice though 

I'm probably getting too far ahead of myself by hoping the last player selected by compensatory pick develops into a Hall of Famer, right?

I'll settle for plays regularly in the NHL, though in a few years.

I just think its funny that in the 100s of proposals that included this pick, we may have ended up with a better player by actually using it in the draft. 

XD

meh... I still call conspiracy! OLD BOYS CLUB DOESN'T WANT DANIEL ON THERE!!!! The milestone tracker on NHL.com is an inside job.

yah buzzed posting never works out for me  oh well 

What a friggin' disgusting pig.

I was ok until he scraped his arm skin against the side of the sauce bucket.... gagged a little on that one.... 

Savage

his minor league numbers are very solid.... I do think someone will offer him more than 1 year. 

I also think we have a good shot at Kerfoot who is a very similar player. 

I'm hyped on him, but mostly for AHL purposes to be honest. I'd be okay with sacrificing a one-way deal if that's what it takes to entice him, but I wouldn't sign him for any more than three years, but would be okay with anywhere between 1-3 years.

I'd say either give him a one-way deal for around $900K or a two-way deal for a bit less ($800K?) and a really nice AHL salary of about $300K. His last deal was $650K/$200K, so a nice raise for his AHL play would be nice.

It's time to Weal and deal.

Unless someone seriously out performs him on the left side and can play 22-24 minutes a night. And put him on second line defence and cut his minutes to 17-18 a night. Can Hutton, Sbisa, Juolevi, McEney, Brisebois do that?

No 'Nuck is an island?!

@Ghostsof1915 Edler is actually averaging just under 19 min's in the worlds and has looked great. For sure I think Hutton can step up and play 2-3 min's more, particularly if he's paired with Tanev. OJ might be able to eat 15-16 and give Edler 1-2 shifts off there too. 

thats what got me asking the question... what's the change? bigger ice? different system? fewer minutes?

less pressure to produce and deal with all the good players. Playing with rookies might not help either even though Stetcher had a great rookie year. IF Edlers willing to waive, this summer is the time to do it.

there's also a system issue apparently (although the method is sketchy as usual with the fancy crowd): http://www.vancourier.com/pass-it-to-bulis/passing-data-shows-serious-flaws-in-canucks-defensive-systems-1.20047286

I think we can throw the book away on systems, I just can't see Green being Willie 2.0 

So jealous right now 

you can do it cheap, i pick up growlers and we buy those full beef tenderloins from Costco, they seem expensive (~120 bucks) but when you do the numbers you can actually have a nice tenderloin steak for cheaper than going to McDonalds. 

I buy my steaks at Costco as well. Good quality for a decent price. 

A lot were deleted as I used to have nearly 1000 posts and then while playing for a bit in Europe didn't log in for two seasons and voila, back down to about 100.   I am sure I am not alone in that.

Doin' my part.

We have an amazing moderation staff. Blessed be all of our mods/admins. Not a job I'd ever want to do lol but they keep the place sane.

Why should he, or any other politician? I don't care how smooth (or not) talking my preferred candidate is, I care that they adequately, sincerely and honestly talk about the issues that matter to me.

Christy Clark is way too disingenuous, and just comes off as smarmy.

Horgan is just a giant blow horn, he even *looks* like a typical figure head/pawn (bought and paid for by the unions).

@debluvscanucks  yah he was pretty worked up. I think Horgan underestimated him a bit tho. 

I didn't get to see much but he was SO intense.  To the point I couldn't listen to him.  As for the "why should he?".   Well you want people to listen...that's sort of the point.  It's not about being smooth, it's about being calm and in control.  He raised my bp.

So they fire the coach that didn't give him ice time, and he then bolts with a lame excuse. Don't blame Benning. 

@Ghostsof1915 Now that I've stopped swearing about it, the nagging thing that remains for me is why only 2 years? From a negotiation pov it seems like Jim left term on the table. Nik may have still said no, but at least we would have done all we could. 

But, its all pirogies under the tank now, or whatever the Russian saying is. 

Borscht.