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Ah yes. A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush!!

I have a feeling they will both be ok.

Appreciate all you Canuck fans! Twas a great place to learn different perspectives on building this team, LOL at all the banter, have some harmless fun, get worked up over trades or signing only to come on here and read alternative view points which shifted my thinking (excluding the Miller signing) AND troll the Leafs at every opportunity. I can't stand most of the Van media and this was an awesome place for us to engage in the fandom and build up the community. Hoping the org can continue to make strides in all areas, so that we can become a power house starting '24-'25. Draft, develop, build the culture and accountability. Everyone who works for the nucks should know it's a privilege to be part of the NHL and it's most beautiful city! Go Canucks Go!!!!!!!!!!!

Fire in the belly. Most players his size don't engage in scrums, post whistle stuff. But he can get testy. See below.

Did he tell the media that for free?

Jack?

TB also had incredible depth at all positions over the past several years. Those players have all been shipped out now due to cap constraints, yet they keep on winning. Johnson, Palat, Killorn, McDonagh, Maroon. These players were key cogs in the TB machine. Now they are hoping players like Jeannot, Hagel, Cirelli, Sergachev can fill those voids and I think it is still a very well built team and with a core of Hedman, Kucherov, Stamkos, Point and Vasi- still a team to be reckoned with for a few more years.

Motte scored one of the best goals in the bubble playoffs. Made AP look like a pylon!! Good memory

Joking. Patterson is a douche. I love Miller. Think he is captain material.

Jeff Patterson started a rumour that JT Miller said he would only accept the captaincy if the org agreed to shut this site down. So, I guess JT has already been chosen as the next captain and he may yet get his way in terms of this site potentially shutting down. Now the haters can really sink their teeth into some solid trade proposals

That's the body of a man putting in the work to seize this new opportunity and to cash in on his next contract.

Feels like they spent a dime when most teams would have spent a nickel on this player at this point in their career. Not much of a sample size. Good news is that Ottawa is on the upswing, full of young talent. Dorion is all in with his young core- BT, Stutzle, Norris, Chabot, Sanderson. Fingers crossed Korpisalo holds down the fort.

I hear ya. I have the same outlook more or less. Just putting out an "all in" proposal to improve the team based on the thread "Canucks MUST make the playoffs in 23/24." If that was the direction from ownership, that is what I would try and do. Go out and get an awesome, complimentary partner for Hughes who could play on this squad for years to come.

To me, if Pesce is willing to sign a long term deal and become Hughes partner for the next 5-6 years, he would be my #1 target/priority. Assuming it would take a good haul to land him from Carolina prior to the start of this season. This would be my offer. To Carolina: Myers (retain 1.8), plays 3rd pairing minutes. Big body for playoff hockey, plays with some underrated edge. 1st unprotected 2024 Hoglander- young player with promise to be gifted offensively but needs some more seasoning on his defensive game.

If we can have Hronek lead the 2nd unit PP on the point, he would give our 2nd unit a bomb from the point and having 2 dangerous PP units would be a nice weapon. Also have that internal competition b/w PP units that Bieksa mentioned his Canuck teams had over the years. 1st PP Unit: *Beau Kuzmenko Petey Miller Hughes *Pad his stats and inflate his numbers on our top PP, simply to up his value for trade if he ain't in the long term plans. 2nd PP Unit: Garland Boeser Mik Hronek *Hirose *Showed lots of composure in his stint at the end of last season. Could see him performing well as a set up man for Hronek's 1 timers!