The_Rocket

Aight so now we’re just trolling, eh?

So Boston won the Wheeler trade? and what about a trade where neither side wins the cup? Who won the Luongo trade? What about when Brian Burke worked some draft floor magic to get both Sedins? Canucks lost those trades as well?

Only one I got off the top of my head… 2015 5th rounder Ethan Bear

After googling Danielle Horvat I can confirm I believe we should trade Bo for Danielle, one for one

Good point. Extension would have to be in place for trade to go through

Outside of Kent Johnson (who is still a prospect), CBJ does not have a surefire top 6 C. This gives them one.

They produce similar 5v5 (Bo a bit more). Bo is far better PP and 3v3 player. Plus 2 years younger. CBJ needs a Bo Horvat player more than Van does

He’s been one of my favourite players for a few years now lol. I want him on the Canucks so bad!

Andersson has been up and down in his career. Last year was by far his best season of his career, he still has 4 years left on his contract, and he’s 25. This is probably the most expensive he will ever be to acquire via trade. not worth the cost imo

Trade: to CBJ: Bo Horvat, Travis Dermott, A. McDonogh to Van: Boone Jenner, Vladislav Gavrikov jenner’s 3.75 million cap hit fits in much better with Vans cap structure, and he actually scores nearly identical numbers to Bo 5v5 (Bo gets a few more assists). gavrikov is the real prize here. Top 4 caliber D with size and mobility and good puck skills. Comparable in terms of overall impact and skill to OEL but will come in much cheaper on an extension (probably under $5 million AAV). canucks give up Dermott and a prospect to help offset the value and positional loss for CBJ

Also worth pointing out that tomorrow they can move di guisuppe to LTIR, freeing up that 146,250 as well, giving them enough space to send down Klimovich and recall Karlsson even while Mikheyev, Myers, and Dermott are all still counting against the cap

Rachel Doerrie is still pretty active on Twitter; at least, she is “liking” stuff and updated her bio and everything. Makes me think no obvious public resolution will be coming soon and instead she is looking to simply move on from it all. just speculation though

They need to shed salary to fit him. One of the main reasons Ethan bear is available

I recall in that same “point shot” interview she was also quite critical of JT Miller and his alleged refusal to follow Covid policy. to be honest, I was surprised she accepted a job with the Canucks given how critical she had been of the org and the players in the past. That said, she had decent experience for some one of her age including working as an analyst for Scotiabank and worked in the NJD organization. I think the belief is she was some one who could grow with the team and advance up the ranks. obviously, other circumstances came into play

What does edmunson bring the gudbranson doesn’t?

carlo is a pretty good defensemen but bo horvat is the better player. canucks lose on-ice value. the reason why carlo is worth so much in a trade is he is a right handed defenseman who is on a good contract with lots of term. the reason why bo horvat is worth so much in a trade is because he is a very good centreman. horvat is better just doesnt have a cheap contract to compete with carlo's trade value even is rathbone/studnika end up being a wash, canucks still lose this trade imo

edmunson sucks. big but bad. left handed gudbranson

whats familiar about it

Both players (Kyrou and Thomas) are coming off their bridge deals at 2.8 AAV. They are 2 years away from UFA. If St Louis bridged again they give even more leverage to the players on their next deal similar to Andrew Copp in Winnipeg, mark stone in Ottawa, Trouba in Winnipeg, Mikheyev in Toronto, nurse in Edmonton, or Boeser in Vancouver. Signing a 2nd bridge deals puts the team in a position where they may have to trade a player, lose them for nothing, or overpay by even more in order to retain them. That being said, this a huge risk but the blues kicking these players in for that long. They should have waited till next summer imo

Imo massive risk by St. Louis signing both Thomas and kyrou after career years where each of them shot over 14% 5v5 and had over 12.5% on-ice shooting percentage 5v5. Both players are due for regression based on statistical averages. 8x8 for each of them is steep as they could be 65 point players masquerading as point per game players

A lot unfortunately. Especially over the last 2 years when everyone was trying to get into the housing market. worth remembering that the qualifying rate was 4.79% in 2020/2021 (meaning in order to borrow money you have to be able to afford your mortgage at 4.79 even if you’re only paying 2% or whatever). The point of this mechanism is to build in protection against defaulters if rates rise… now people are going to be renewing into 5.5% which could be higher than their TDSR suggests they can afford. tough situation

tough to say to be honest. we likely see another 0.25% bump maybe as soon as october. that being said, a few weeks ago there was some optimisim we would see interest rates hit an inflection point early 2023 (maybe Q2) and start to come down again. now, things are less certain with not only the 75bps bump this past week but also the BoC stating in their press release for the rate increase that they will probably increase again. that said, yield curves remain relatively flat and long term fixed rates already priced in increase to 3.5% overnight rate. with Variable rates being around 5% depending on your lender, fixed rates (5 year specifically) probably only around 0.25% more. if rates do go down next year, a variable will be huge win. if they don't, could cause some problems in the long run. IMO if you have the cashflow to increase your payments mid term, i would go variable as it has higher upside. however, if youre very conservative or if you are already at your maximum you feel you can afford, locking in is the better way to go and just take your lumps if rates do fall.

the Kevin Lebanc special i see

Luke Schenn!!

plus im a big Original Joes guy. an a triple O's in the parking lot now too!