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Elias Pettersson

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  1. This is true. But I think short term Risto would help us much more in this years playoffs than Gaudette. Risto is a big upgrade over Stecher and we have Fatenberg and Benn who can rotate on the left side. Our defence would be able to match up with St. Louis and Colorado. Sutter would be fine playing 3rd line minutes. He’s playing just as well as Gaudette right now and has much more experience. Plus he’s much better on faceoffs. So simply for a playoff run I would do it. But long term I’m not so sure.
  2. Short term I like this deal, especially for the playoffs. Sutter can easily step in as 3rd line centre without missing a beat. And Risto is a big (literally) upgrade over Stecher. We’d be able to have a really good playoff run I think with this deal, especially if we added a right winger to play with BO. However, long term I’m not so sure. Risto will be a UFA in a couple years, so not sure what he does. Gaudette hasn’t even entered his prime yet so he could top out as a 2nd line centre. Which would be a good problem to have since we have BO already in that position. Another thing to consider is if Madden turns pro in the summer. If he does and impresses then you have to look at trading one of our centres for a top tier defenceman. We are looking at potentially changing at least 50% of our defence over the next 2 years so with all of our youth up front we could definitely flip one of them for D help. We could also just wait it out and see what happens in a couple years with Risto and where Gaudette and Medden will be. That would be my preference. But getting Risto for this years playoff run is very tempting. He could be the missing piece on the back end to help us win the division and potentially make it to the Western Conference finals. Our only real competition in the West is St. Louis and Colorado. Add Risto to the back end and all of a sudden we are competitive with both of those teams.
  3. Can I change mine to “Petey”? I promise to bring cup to Vancouver soon...
  4. Good. With McJesus gone and now Kassian, Edmonton will fall like a rock. We have a great chance to finish first in the division now. Let's see how the boys play the next few weeks, but my prediction is Edmonton will fall out of a playoff spot and the Canucks will maintain and even extend their lead in the Pacific division...
  5. So he admitted to "kicking him". He should be suspended for the rest of the year and re-enter the substance abuse program. He obviously has fallen off the wagon again after the McJesus injury. I don't see any other explanation as to how an NHL player would purposely kick another player in a position like that unless they were "off the wagon"...
  6. Kassian must really miss McJesus. He’s gone off the wagon me thinks.
  7. I see. So then the question becomes what will Shea Weber the stand up guy do? Also, wouldn't the NHLPA check to see if the player can actually play? If he has a foot injury that doesn't heal after 2 years doesn't that signal he will never return? I can't remember how they handled Pronger. How long was he on LTIR? I'm sure it wasn't for 6 years. EDIT: Now that I think about it he was on LTIR for a long time. And the same with the TO twins, Clarkson and Horton. Luongo was the only one dumb enough to retire, but I guess Florida is now paying him to come into work with a suit on so he didn't care and didn't give a sh*t about the Canucks situation. Luongo should never should be put into the ring of honour, never mind retire his jersey, just for this bs alone...
  8. I highly doubt Montreal will be able to put him on LTIR for 6 more years. Plus Shea is a stand up guy. If he can't play I'm sure he will just retire, perhaps after next year. Wouldn't insurance cover most of his contract for himself so he can still get paid?
  9. It's a good year to tank for Edmonton. Lafreniere would look good on Conor's left side and they could move Draisaitl to the second line to play with RNH...
  10. Kassian's numbers are gonna plummet. Lucky for him he already signed his extension...
  11. I told him second intermission. Told coach to play Bailey with me...
  12. Bailey might be faster than Virtanen. He can fly. He needs to play in a few games. He could be a beauty.
  13. Love the black uniforms. They should be our permanent uniforms...
  14. Hopefully we call up Kole Lind and stick him on RW with Petey or Gaudette...
  15. You know you need more truculence in the lineup when the goalie is the only one going after the guy cheap shotting our star players...
  16. Both Ferland and Simmonds would drop their gloves with Lucic. That’s why I want them in the lineup, especially in the playoffs...
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