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  1. You’re not supposed to drink 50 shots before trying to pick up a woman. I think that’s your problem right there
  2. The never ending Canucks injury curse continues to rack up the body count in quick succession suddenly. Bailey’s got wheels, but I’d much rather MacEwen.
  3. Giant grain of salt as “analytics”, but fwiw during the Bruins game it was found that Markstrom has stolen 8 games with his saves on shots that would be goals if he didn’t stop them. 16 points were gained from him being in net. Tukka Rask another Vezina candidate with similar stats to Marky has stolen 1 game this year. He is the reason we are in the hunt for the post season right now if these stats are to be believed. He is our rock, our MVP and it will be a big loss to not have him for crunch time on making the playoffs. That all said Demko is a great goalie too and one player’s injury is another’s opportunity. I hope he takes the mantle and runs with it. If we didn’t have Demko then I would be more panicked by this terrible news. Relying on the unknown Domingue would be a huge risk. As it sits though despite the big loss we are positioned about as best as you possibly can be when your #1 guy goes down to injury. Let’s see what happens.
  4. Here’s a fun stat. It’s kind of crazy to see us only having outright lost 36% of the games we’ve played this year. Such an improved team across the board from last season. We’ve earned at least a point 64% of the time. Playoffs are coming to Vancouver again barring any unexpected setbacks.
  5. And by all accounts Pearson seems to love it here with the Canucks and living in Vancouver, so he could sell Toffoli on staying. Kind of like an ace up our sleeve considering their close relationship. A player deciding whether to stay on or leave a NHL team is not always going to base their decision on dollars. Every player is different and has varying priorities for what matters most to them. We tend to forget as fans that these players are all human beings and have more to consider then just how much they are paid.
  6. And just like with the Miller trade you along with most of CDC will be surprised again when Toffoli ends up “over-achieving” what his points/play level was like prior and does really well here. People will be more shocked after Toffoli re-signs with us. I’ve seen enough Jim Benning trades to know even if I feel iffy on it at the time he knows what he’s doing more then me and things will likely either a) workout great for us or b) not cost us anything after a wrong move. Wait and see what he does here, you’ll be happy.
  7. I may not be a doctor, but to me if it’s a rib area fracture that sounds more like month to month considering the time needed to reheal and then slowly introducing physical contact to the body after to get used to NHL play again. It seems like if we see him it’ll be in April at the earliest.
  8. I love this trade, Toffoli always gives me nightmares when we play against him. Happy to have him on the other side for a change. So basically we traded: - A 3rd round smaller in size prospect at a position we are set in for years to come with 3 NHL C’s (Petey, Bo, Gaudette) already ahead of him. - A 2nd round pick with a 30% chance of getting any NHL player 3 years from draft day. - A 4th liner NHL bubble guy. - A conditional 4th round pick with a 5% chance of getting any NHL player if Toffoli re-signs. For - The absolute best you hope a 2nd round pick could turn into: A Stanley Cup winning playoff experienced in his prime top 6 NHL forward mired on a terrible team who has previous experience/chemistry with Pearson. CDC’s reaction of course: How JB manages to swing trades like these without giving up our top blue chip prospects is a mystery to me. We now finally have a legitimate 2nd line, which we’ve been missing since the Sedin era. Toffoli is going to make a lot of people here look silly just as JT did before. Bargain deal for a top 6 RW’er
  9. I said this in another thread a while back and I’m sticking to it. He should hang up his skates. Dude’s young, got a whole life in front of him and risking his health further is just not worth it. We saw some great glimpses of what could have been, but sometimes luck and bad injuries derail a persons promising career in sports. Wish him the best in his future endeavors. A side note, I’ve been extremely pleased with management of this team since WD left and have made it known, but collectively how they’ve handled Ferland has been awful. Why even play him in Utica this season? What’s the rush? After the 2nd concussion out he needed to be done for the year, why they decided to put him in so soon is a complete mystery to me. And he got reinjured in the game, AGAIN. How many times does a group need to learn a lesson before changing what they’ve been doing? Incredibly frustrating to see and might have ruined a promising career.
  10. How is it a trend after only one game? How many games have we given up 50 shots in this year? We have games where goalies steal us points and others where the opposition goalies steal points for them. We have games where 1 player carries the team to victory, others where 1 player costs us a victory. That’s just hockey filled with imperfect human beings who have good times and bad times in life and on the ice. Now if this were say the 2nd or 3rd game in a row we gave up 50 shots I’d probably share some of your concerns, but for now I’ll chalk it up to a one-off.
  11. People don’t give a healthy Sutter the credit he rightly deserves. Had some bad luck with injuries over his time in Vancouver and some think he’s worthless. He’s a guy you want on your side of the ice and is worth every penny when he plays. Hope he keeps it up to prove the naysayers wrong. Love the guy.
  12. If we had lost this one then I would’ve started to worry about the team and our playoff chances. But we didn’t. Now we’re at home and can string some wins together to hopefully get some distance in the division. Great game on a big night.
  13. Hot take: Miller is worth double what we paid if he plays like this consistently (which he has so far).
  14. Fair enough, the Blues PGT gave me a different impression and I didn’t see these points made elsewhere, though I may have just not read the right thread.
  15. Am I the only one seeing Green’s plan behind moving Boeser to the 3rd? To me it all makes sense. The coach is satisfied with his offensive skills, but sees defensive work is needed to become a more complete 200 foot player. So he decides to switch Brock and Jake from the 1st line to the 3rd. This allows Green to take a closer offensive play-driving game look at Virtanen who has earned his shot to see if he can be that play driving top line power forward we hoped to get. Brock at the same time then gets to work on his overall game with two less defensive minded line mates. It is setting him up nicely if all goes well to fit on the line with the 2 other defense/offense 2 way players in Bo and Pearson, replacing Eriksson. And even while tinkering with the lines the team keeps winning. A great result a lot of other teams wish they had.
  16. There’s a lot of people that don’t understand by playing players in different positions then they’re used to helps to round out and further their game even if the stats don’t show it. Brock playing on the 3rd won’t be forever and he’ll gain valuable experience early in his hockey career by making mistakes that will pay dividends for him later. I remember as a lurker the outrage when Bo played on the 4th line a couple? seasons ago. Look at him now. Same with Gaudette taking face offs as the 3rd C even though he’s losing a lot of them. 2-3 years down the road the lessons he’s learnt will be paying off in the face off circle. Both will be better more complete players for it.
  17. Playoff game, playoff win. Against the Stanley Cup Champs. Ready for April.
  18. Yes because JT Miller obviously plays on the 3rd line with Pettersson. I’m talking about in hindsight, what we know now, would other teams trade 2 1sts + for a 1st line 75-80 point player signed cheap for 3 more seasons at 26 years old? I’m saying yes. That’s my hot take.
  19. Here’s a hot take. We got a 50% discount. Miller is worth 2 1sts and 2 3rds. 26 years old, on pace for 75-80 points at $5.25m per year cap hit and signed for 3 more seasons. Try to tell me teams wouldn’t give up 2 1sts + for a non rental player like that.
  20. Patience is a virtue. Jake looks like the first rounder we drafted. I’m really glad Green, Benning and everyone involved with the Canucks organization stuck with him through his mistakes and learning curves. The payoff if he continues like this could be the 1st line power forward we were hoping for. Worst case he’s a solid 2nd or 3rd liner who can play up and down the lineup when injuries occur. He’s finally learned that by improving the defensive side of his game it frees him up for more offense at the other end of the ice. Kudos to all involved with Virtanen’s development especially after the WD era seemed to knock his confidence out. And of course cheers to Virtanen himself for continuing to work on it even with lower ice time in games. He earned this chance to play with the top line and Green’s gambit to split up the lotto line moving Boeser to the 3rd while controversial here so far is paying dividends both offensively and defensively.
  21. The date and time games are played and who we play against. Do I get a prize?
  22. So you‘ve been a fan for 40 years. You watched Game 6 of the Stanley cup final in 1994 live and that in your mind makes you more knowledgeable then the coach currently on a 7 game win streak in the toughest hockey league in the world? I’ve been a fan for 20 years, doesn’t mean I know more then the guy actually paid to coach.
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