Chickenspear

lol, yeah, beliefs are tricky to figure out. I was just using that as an example of the theory I stated in said quoted post. kinda borders on the line of Buddhism (smoked alot of Buddah today). To each their own.

Atheism is about belief or, specifically, what you don't believe. An atheist doesn't believe in any gods. Agnosticism is about knowledge or, specifically, about what you don't know. An agnostic doesn't know if any gods exist or not. I don't believe in gods, period. = Atheist.

Our bodies rot in the ground giving back the basic elemental materials to the universe, while there is a theory that our inner consciousness is reincarnated into a life form just being born. there are people who explicitly remember details of a past life. this could also be a cause of peoples fears, (I've always had a fear of open bodies of water for instance which leads me to believe I may have drowned in a past life). I have nothing to support this, just a feeling. lol (this would also support my beliefs as an athiest. No heaven, no hell, no flying spaghetti monster)

It's thought that the big bang originated in a highly energetic space no larger than the size of an atom, and because of black holes being a point of infinite mass in which light and energy cannot escape, as well as space and time being able to warp without limit, that there could be another universe on the other side of the event horizon. Maybe the big bang in our universe, was the moment in which a black hole was formed in another universe... if that is indeed the case, then we live in a boundless sea of multiverses. This could also explain (in my post-work, weed-addled mind) that the cause of the phenomena of "dark energy", which is accelerating the expanding universe, could be caused by a merger of black holes. Essentially a 2nd big bang. All in all, the universe is fking cool to think about!

And we're sick and tired seeing a player who gets paid $6 million per year lolligagging his lazy uninspired ass around the ice, while everyone else is putting in an effort. He's definitely not an elite player. He can play PK, and that's about all he brings to the table.

I'm not arguing that he's not going to be on opening night roster. NHL experience is invaluable. What I'm saying is that what they did with him last year did wonders to his development. They could start him in Vancouver, evaluate his game, and give him some aspects to work on in Utica where he'll be playing 17-18 mins a game (rather than 11 mins in Vancouver) with regular call ups. Sutter will probably get hurt at some point this season (again). He'll get his time. This is assuming Sutter is still a Canuck on opening night. If he isn't, I wouldn't be surprised if Gaudette is a full time NHLer. Not too many other center options.

Someone should get loui to check out this forum. Might persuade him to terminate his contract!

I may have to visit this thread more often now...

That's the thing I noticed with Gaudette last year. Every time he got sent down with instruction from TG to work on a particular part of his game, he did, and he was just that much better when he got called back up. With 1 year left on his waiver exempt ELC, why not do that again? He's getting rewarded for his hard work, the way it should be. Another year of a split season between Vancouver and Utica, he'll be that solid 3C we need to replace Sutter. Definitely needs more time in Utica as far as minutes and roles go, but needs to be up with the big club every so often for stretches for TG to evaluate and keep giving him feedback.

Speed and Shooting Fueled by RPM TechNHL® 20 introduces the next major innovation in RPM Tech-powered gameplay with Superstar Signature Shots. Your favorite NHL stars now look and feel truly authentic with the trademark shooting-styles you recognize from the real world. Additionally, over 45 new contextual shot animations make shooting more lifelike as players use new tools to get the puck on net.RPM Tech also ignites more speed to gameplay through revamped animation blending that allows players to execute shots, passes, and puck pickups without slowing a skater’s pace; creating faster, more skilled and more fluid plays up and down the ice.Finally, new goaltender A.I. includes full offensive threat analysis, allowing goalies to read the positioning and threat level of every attack before actively controlling rebounds and redirecting pucks away from danger. IT'S ABOUT FRIGGIN' TIME!

Honestly Ottawa isn't really in a tough spot for cap space at just under $22 mil. If it were an Eriksson for Ryan trade, Ottawa would be getting a fairly even contract back, which they wouldn't be forced to protect in the expansion draft, with not a lot of real $ to pay Eriksson while applying a $6 mil cap hit. If Ryan were to come to Vancouver, the stipulation for me would be he'd have to waive his M-NTC, NMC,(maybe with 20-30% retained?). Eriksson gets the fresh start he wants, Ottawa gets rid of a bad contract, which is made a bit less terrible through the NTC,NMC waive, and Vancouver gets rid of a player that doesn't want to be here. Not saying it would happen, there's probably be a couple other pieces involved, but it's a start. If you were to put an Ottawa 2nd in the trade, we'd probably have to give up someone like Baer. Just a thought FWIW.

At least no one would notice loui's half-assed skating this way

You know an article is garbage when the Coilers are ranked #15 for a signing of an elderly, washed-up-has-been goalie.

Aside from the buyout period being over, that would be $6.566 million in dead cap space (GMs generally try to avoid this) for the next 3 years, with the Spooner buyout and Lu's recapture penalty.

Or... we could keep Boeser (4 x ~$6-7 mil as per rumor) and 4 1st round picks, and not pay Marner $12 mil... I would rather have that kind of money to pay EP when his ELC expires.

15 goals (pretty close to 20), 10 assists in 70 gp last season, for a 22 year old that's spent the better part of his professional career working on his 200' game and playing 3rd line minutes. He's shown flashes of the power forward he could become, against NHL players. We know Virtanen's potential in this league, and if he doesn't hit it, he could still be a solid 3rd/4th liner from what we've seen already. Gusev is a small 27 year old question mark who's never played a game in the NHL, and if he doesn't live up to the potential/hype of a Panarin, or Kucherov, etc... there's not really any other spot for him.

Fair enough. Part of me just wants schaller gone. And I'm a little greedy. But I think there could be something in a 3 way trade that would work for all 3 teams.

I'm not sure you read it properly. not gusev and a first. we would only get the first if gusev didn't sign. so it would be gusev OR a 1st and a 3rd. And i'll give you a hit only if you ask nicely, haha

How about a 3 way trade? To VAN: Gusev Conditional 1st (if Gusev doesn't sign, we take VGK 2020 1st) OTT 2020 3rd To: OTT: Eriksson (from VAN) Schaller (from VAN) Eakin (from VGK) To VGK: SJS 2020 1st (from OTT) Palmu (from VAN)

If we could swing it, I'd like to see: To OTT: Eriksson Sutter To VAN: 2020 SJS 1st 2020 CBJ 3rd Or: To OTT: Eriksson Schaller Baertschi To VAN: 2020 OTT 1st 2020 DAL 2nd I'm honestly a fan of Baertschi, but I'm not sure what his role with Vancouver will be this season with the Miller signing + UFA rumors. I'm not putting Virtanen in, because I'm holding out hope for him to become a solid 2nd-3rd liner. He's only 22, yet people crap on him for point production like he's 25-26. And as I recall, WD wanted him to work more on the defensive side of his game when he first came into the pro leagues.

1-Avery 2-Marchand 3-Messier 4-Phaneuf 5-Keith

Probably not the most attractive team at the moment, but things are starting to fall into place here. If we matched term/$ maybe playing alongside Pettersson and Boeser would tip the scales in our favor, maybe not. Really depends on the player.