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  1. If Arizona can, anybody with a 5000 seat capacity can. LOL
  2. I'm not superstitious but let's not tempt fate...Please don't let him wear Virtanen's old number. The memory of wasted talent on a high draft pick is still too fresh. LOL
  3. Jonathan Lekkerimäki with an assist today in a preseason game against his old club.
  4. I'm going to go out on a limb and say... based on our draft history and name recognition The canucks are proud to select from Sweden.... Lucas Pettersson C 5'11 Pretty sure the Nucks are trying to corner the market on Petey's LOL His nic name will undoubtedly be 3-Petey
  5. My understanding is Myers 5 million bonus is paid out around Sept 29th or just prior to the start of next season. (not July 1st) Most teams will have spent their available cap space by then. After that point he could become an attractive option for teams. Not sure if the teams that have the cap space will be intrested, as most of them won't be contenders. I suppose 2 or 3 of those teams trying to reach the cap floor could have intresest...i would add the blackhawks to your list as well. His 10 team no trade list may handcuff us a bit. If he didn't want to be traded, he could submit a no trade list with every team that has cap space for his contract.
  6. Alot of new faces and additions this season...would love to see this team go on a deep run and develop a tight team chemistry this post season.
  7. Agreed, he & McDonough need to spend the off season working with Yogi and Mackenzie Baird...truthfully so could some of our regulars.
  8. Given the same opportunity and playing partner (Miller) I feel he could be a better option on that line. You'd have to accept the fact he will make some mistakes as he adjusts to the NHL level....keep in mind you could also also be saving 5.65 in cap to allocate elsewhere in the lineup. The upside is he can battle on the boards, retrieve pucks and set up scoring opportunities...and playing with better players should equate to solid point totals. He would need be able to play in the defensive zone though to gain Tocchets trust...especially playing with Miller. LOL
  9. Agreed, he's acclimated well to his level of competion though the last couple seasons...would still have prove it at the NHL level though. He's faster, feisty(ier), plays the boards and goes to the dirty area's... Tocchets kinda player. Beoser has (or had) a better shot but I haven't seen it lately, plays soft (IMO) and around the perimeter.
  10. Boeser's replacement if we could trade him...and save $5.65 million in Cap space.
  11. I think you see Hoglander and/or Karlsson before McDonough...I would love to see klimovich given a chance as well but think he's AHL bound for 1 more season (Which is fine) Honestly....You could probably trade all of Garland, Boeser & Beau for draft picks or package a couple for a D-men or Center. I think we could fill the spots from our prospects and clear over $15 million of CAP in the process. Only issue is that's alot of rookies in the lineup at once. There's gonna be some learning curves and sheltered minutes for some. We have alot of good prospects knocking on the door for a regular NHL job right now. Time to start integrating some of them into the Canucks lineup will clearing CAP.
  12. I agree, I think he has a legitimate shot to play in the NHL next season...if there's no drastic changes (trades or UFA signings). I could see him potentially in the 3rd pairing or 7th defenceman. Playing limited minutes in those situations would allow us to ease him into the lineup and put him in a situation to succeed. I think he has the skill, size and hockey IQ to make NHL... a good partner might be OEL (if he's still here). The only question mark with him (IMO) is his ability to adjust (quickly) to the smaller ice surface. Time and space on the smaller Ice surface are sometimes an issue with Euro players, sometimes they need a little time to adjust. He didn't play junior hockey in North America and think his only expierence on smaller ice would have been internationally or the World Juniors.
  13. According to article from Canucks Daily Filip Johansson is eligible to join the Abbotsford Canucks for the playoffs in their chase for the Calder Cup. The last line of the article stats "Many reports on the defenseman stipulated that he'd be causing a surprise when he comes to camp next September" I don't think anyone that followed him season will be surprised...but I'll temper my expectations and see how he preforms with Abottsford during the playoffs He did have 5 points in 12 playoff games for Frolunda before they were eliminated, so he should be game shape but may expierence an adjustment period to the smaller Ice surface. Abbotsford is going to have a great team this postseason once they get all their players back from injury and reinforcements like Johansson in the line up. Would like to get out to a game or two and see them in person.
  14. Get him on a plane over here ASAP and into the Abbotsford line up.
  15. I think a potential landing spot for Myers this offseason (after his 5 million bonus is paid out by the canucks) could be the Chicago Blackhawks. Chicago Blackhawks projected cap space for 2023-2024 season is $45,453.211. Toews and Kane will be off their books...they have a ton of cap room to sign players and need to get to the cap floor. They could essentially trade for him (and his $6 million cap hit) and only have to pay him $1 million in actual salary. To top it off, the Hawks could unload him at next years trade deadline and probably get a decent draft pick for him...he would have less than 400K on the rest of his deal. Seems like a some shrewd book keeping. JMO
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