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Mustard Tiger

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  1. Happy for this kid and very happy for us. Looks to be driving the offense in JR and was JUST a 7th rounder. Hell ya!
  2. The key factor everyone seems to leave out is the 31 other teams. Next season there is 26 teams trying to make the playoffs. 10 or so spots are locks and maybe 6 are up for grabs as the usual teams should be expected to make it. So who are we passing exactly? Who is going to magically fall off a cliff? Whos progression is going to come to a hault? As it sits right now we have: Boeser 6.65 Garland 4.95 OEL 7.2 Myers 6.0 Poolman 2.5 Pears 3.25 ( I think lol ) 1/3rd of the cap isn't just wasted, Its invested into players who bring a negative impact to the team. The AHLers who can understand a basic system are proving that. This is unique to the Canucks, there is not another team at our level with our goals who has this sort of horrible cap outlook. We can pretend all day it's easy to move all that money out.... But at what cost? More futures? Well that kind of eats away at any sustained success. Buyouts? Nice so that overlaps with the hronek and EP new contracts. There is no path to contender. This is why our management only says playoffs. We have the stars who can carry and go on a run once in the show for sure.... Cant count out high end skill. But what type of plan is that? "Anything can happen once you get in". This is the hill us and the flyers die on... We see the results since our existence. Canucks = playoff team + decently high scoring team means guys are getting paid as well. How is that going to help any long term success when we have no pipeline to replace guys? I'm going to cheer regardless and i hope we do make the playoffs next year as we all really need it still. Also I'm not responding to anyone else's quotes from earlier as I'm already sick of talking about pure hypothetical scenarios so just pretend I also quoted you other fellas lol
  3. This is not a recipe for a cup contender. Again a team with a top 10 player in EP. A top 10 dman in Hughes. A rookie on pace for 40g and PPG... A 2C on pace for PPG... Demko has played like 20 games this year. It's March 10th and they are 3 points back with just a star winger in Keller lol. I can see this being a playoff contender next year as with fulltime demko and a fixed PK we win 10 more games than we have lost this year and thats good enough for playoff contender pace.... but we are soooo far away from a cup contender it's not even funny
  4. So a team who ices a maybe 40m dollar roster while the other half is all artificial caphits essentially with zero superstars and maybe 1 star... How is this team 3 points behind us. We have 90m worth of players who played this year lol. You can't use "we didn't have demko" excuse here
  5. Meh Buffalo has a cool young core with tons more to come but when you have all that capspace that's on you. 10ga at home lmfao
  6. The real disconnect is those who believe the team should be going in a certain direction while refusing to listen to what they are being told the direction is. We can all complain we don't agree with that strategy, But nobody is drinking Kool Aid by hearing the goal for next year is playoffs and understanding we have been taking small positive step towards being as prepared as possible to hit the ground running next year. Obviously those waiving pom poms saying we are 1 dman away from contending have no clue, But we are a top 4 dman and supporting the core properly away for maybe a small window if everything goes right. We also are witnessing our greatest dman is history and what damn well might be our best forward ever... Once you mix that combo with this new goal for next year damn rights people are going to be interested and finding the positives in what we are doing! Most just needs to understand what they want vs what the team wants are two polar opposite things and probably will be for the length of FA owning the team. I don't agree with our plan but what's the point in going full drance every day over it anymore. Once PA traded those picks and said playoffs it's game over for us in the rebuild crowd! I've just learned to accept it lol
  7. The question needs to be asked. Will we have the capspace to sign Bedard as a UFA in 2031?
  8. The team is going to keep doing the opposite of what the fans want! its the one thing we are good at besides scoring on the PK
  9. We either scoring 8 goals or getting shutout. I'm honestly not sure what's more likely lol
  10. *Gavrikov has entered the chat* ( Dan millstein beside him )
  11. Breeezer is going to be insane for us in the 2047/48 season at the rate he's been developing over the years! Atta boy
  12. Myers is such a interesting case once that bonus is paid. Being against the cap will have all the vultures circling looking for picks on top. But at the same time a bottom feeder might see that as a flip able asset + big dollar to yet to the cap floor ( Chicago has soo much capspace next year ) I can't help but laugh when typing that out thinking someone will gain assets for Myers... But remember it's only us that can't do that! Nearly everyone else has proven they can convince others to take on a bad player and get paid to do so
  13. Please never suggest east coast Myers again. We want nothing to do with yet another massive retirement deal severson is seeking
  14. Myers cost us at least 10 losses a year. We absolutely cannot have playoffs in mind next year while also having him in the top 4. If we had 10 more wins than losses right now we would be in the playoff battle
  15. We need more accountability though. Look at Minnesota. They have a young puck mover in Addison. They sit him frequently for ONE defensive issue in a game. Can't just allow these guys to keep fumbling plays over and over while not doing nearly as bad as the previous guy so we all give him the "HES GOOD" treatment when that's really not the case. All I can suggest to everyone is pick a good east team you like and start watching them as much as you can. You will see the major differences between a bubble at best defense vs a top teir defense in 1 shift haha! I couldn't agree more with livingstone. We need to he gathering up as much free NCAA / euro prospects looking for opportunity as possible. We won't have many high picks ( probably just our 1st ) for the remaining length of this "window" with EP and Hughes. More free talent the better!
  16. I would look at moving beauvillier this off season. With a 4x1 that's a easy asset (2nd) + capspace. We would all prefer to move Garland but I just don't think anyone wants him lol. This off season will be spicy one way or another. I'm sure boeser is a given to be moved. Guy is at a low point and his stats still reflect a quality 2nd liner but he obviously needs to score more to be worth his pay. I want enough cap to sign gavrikov. Find it very interesting he's a gold star client and refused to talk extension with LA. Apparently told them he wants to test UFA ( don't quote me on that )
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