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  1. You must be new here. Vancouver doesnt “move up” draft spots. They could lose every game in a season and still drop to third pick.
  2. Hahahahaha still “retooling”? “We need something to bash this nail into this hard surface. We’ve tried screwdrivers, a micrometer, a measuring tape, and a plunger. We will continue to try out various tools, even though we know that a hammer is the obvious choice and theres a risk of ruining the nail and/or surface.” I wouldnt be surprised if JR retired in the off season.
  3. The core is rotten. The team is good enough to win when things go well for them, but doesnt have enough heart or character to fight through it when things go bad. Absolute worst thing to be if you want to contend for the cup. I fear that Horvat is copying miller from last year and playing for a contract, only to half ass it after signing. I worry that other key players like pettersson and hughes will follow suit. I question demkos health and whether we can rely on him. Most of all i dread the thought of this management group doing eff all to fix anything (again), re-signing players to bad contracts (again), signing more goddamned wingers instead of dealing with a terrible defense (again). Benning at least had enough backbone to try to improve the team. Allvin and the chipmunks might just end up spearheading canucks hockey down to a level that rivals the keenan years.
  4. Except there comes a point where you cant blame coaching anymore. The core gave up on Green and wouldnt play for him. Boudreau came in and “yay we are happy again we will play better now”. Now they are pouting again. Its like deja vu.
  5. And then an awakened force kills the Star Wars galaxy, and some magical beasts whisk the memory of Potter and his story into Azkaban with the rest of the things that shall not be named.
  6. As much as i like McGriff, i dont think he compares to clemens, bonds, or even schilling for that matter. Even with the PED scandals. Then again, pete rose still isnt allowed in the hof. Also, wasnt it shoeless joe jackson that was banned from playing over unproven accusations?
  7. Shorten the season, add more teams to playoffs. 82 is a long grind for a fan let alone a player. Besides, the playoffs are all but set by game 65 anyway.
  8. “To beer! The cause of....and solution to, all of lifes problems.”
  9. Oof. About the only thing the writers took from tolkiens work was a handful of names. They might as well have drawn a moustache on the mona lisa and claimed they “updated it for modern audiences”. Lords of amazon sucks hard.
  10. True story. I firmly believe that the only way to build a consistent contender to even give yourself a shot at the cup is through the draft. Draft and develop players well and you can use them to upgrade weaknesses from a position of strength. You know, instead of trading “fifth round picks” for a warm jockstrap. The old “so and so round pick has a 10% chance at playing 100 games in the nhl” is such an inane excuse. You could also say “why is that team willing to trade this player for a 10% chance on 100 games?” Its like sticking a bandaid on a bullet wound. Scorched earth is my opinion for this team. The core is rotten and will be too old (for the most part), by the time they have enough talent and depth to really compete anyway.
  11. This management group hasnt done anything different than the last, it just has more people. Im not even sure what three of them actually do. That in mind, i expect a 17-21 in the point totals; just miss playoffs and have a middling first rounder. Another year of utter mediocrity. It is only ten games, and it is “possible” things could change for the better but i havent seen anything from management to give me much hope.
  12. Honestly its probably wishful thinking. Its more likely they keep allvin and co around for six years, “retooling” with 24 year old castoffs in the hope that one sticks.
  13. It has very little to do with “5th round pick”. Its all about canucks management still trying to put bandaids on obvious team issues. Bennings tenure was riddled with “trade pick for 24 year old player” and while we might have gotten use out of some of them, the canucks were still...mediocre. The current management group had an offseason to address serious deficiencies but did absolutely nothing. Jeebus, they started last season better than this one did they not?
  14. Before the season started, i said i would give the management team a full year under their belts before i would make a decision on whether the diverse commitee approach was going to work. This is a nothing move in the grand scheme of things, but its not exactly comforting to realize after a month without a win (havent seen pgt highlights yet sadly dunno if they beat seattle), their priorities are focused on dipietro. He should have been dealt before the season, if it was a “good will towards a player” move. I think a 7th round pick is more exciting than a 24 year old whos not skilled enough for top six, not gritty enough for bottom. This just smacks of perpetual mediocrity. Sigh Still.
  15. Ive just been diagnosed with diabetes in the last two months. I know what you mean about counting carbs. Id kill for a pizza right now though.
  16. Oh gawd they massacred the wheel of time. Unfortunately from what ive seen of the rings of amazon, its worse. The dialog and acting is brutal. Its like a bunch of teenagers started writing a screenplay for their grade 10 drama class. Its confusing and muddled, and it “map jumps” to a different story thread at times where it feels like it shouldnt....much like a bad 80’s soap opera. The worst thing about the amazons of power, somewhat ironically perhaps?, is that they turned galadriel into an unlikeable toxic male who bullies, doesnt “lead” just “commands”, is impatient, whos only emotions seem to be anger or some variation of frustration that shes not getting everything she wants when she wants it. People can deflect criticism all they want, but in the end bad entertainment is still bad. Unless people stop consuming the garbage that these corporations are pooping out, theres no reason for them to change. Come on.....with the world in the state its in....there was nothing else amazon could have spent 500 million dollars on that would actually make the world a better place? And people are defending this poorly written, badly acted mess of expensive scenery?
  17. Sam Steel sounds like a name out of an eighties adult film. Hes even got the moustache to back it up. Bow chicka wow wow
  18. I’ll reserve most of my judgement until next season is over, but as it stands i’m not convinced this management group is all that much better than the last. I cant help but feel like its the illusion of change. Allvin hasnt impressed me and gives off a milque-toast vibe. Rutherford is clearly in charge but hes old and theres no indication his “plan” is any different than anyone elses. The other two, not even sure what they do. The only “moves” they have made have been, what could possibly be, two bad signings. Ones a semi long term contract that could go either way, the other is one year hoping that khl “success” translates to nhl. For every panarin theres a....wasnt vegas first ever contract signing some russian who didnt even last the year? At any rate, these moves arent much different than moves done by previous regimes and im skeptical. How much different would things have been if ballard and booth had played 20 mins a night/scored 25 goals a year? What if eriksson was a perennial 30 goal scorer along side the sedins? Its fine to be optimistic, but temper expectations a bit. *link to vegas player https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadim_Shipachyov
  19. The team wont last through a rebuild, especially since they completely screwed themselves in year two and have literally nothing left for prospects or futures. Another nail in the coffin. Good. Hated them from day one.
  20. Why are you wasting your time posting!!!!? Get your resume done and get your real career going! You are wasting your potential, posting your proposed trades on a non political hockey website. Take the hockey world by storm, i beg you. Deliver us from this world of cap hell, and bestow the gift of “all trades win” to...... well whatever team you want in unicorn farts smell nice land.
  21. Fan mentality. Armchair GM illusion of alacrity. Pure hubris. Whatever you wanna call it, these real GMs are at the top of their profession, and to think or...assume...one will “win” a trade is.....what?
  22. I guess ill point out the obvious reason, and thats because a team is in direct competition with their trading partner in the same division not just for a playoff spot the year of the trade, but every subsequent year. Makes sense not to potentially improve your rivals. Looks fair enough if it ends up being a true hockey trade where both teams get equal benefit i suppose, but what if it ends up a terrible trade? It happens. Drouin, sam reinhart....cam neely to the oilers for a bag of pucks. Does it not make sense?
  23. Not sure whos brain child it was, but the money spent on those fast cat ferries could have been useful on something else. If im not mistaken, they were sold to egypt for 1 million apiece? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_ferry_scandal
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