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  1. Agreed. Anybody making a play for Byram will have to accept two things: 1) he will have a career hampered by injury and will be an LTIR candidate each season - hard to define a lineup when you have players like that. 2) COL will want the moon for him and the ask and eventual deal will exceed the value given up. Right now I imagine they’d do a 1 for 1 swap with Bo and Byram, and we need to fetch more than just that if trading Bo out
  2. …About his next contract. Love Horvat, but we’ve only seen this guy previously in the playoffs. Reg season when team pts count to get to playoffs? Not so much. Yes he’s a model of consistency and I highly respect his captaincy and value to this club as both player and person, but make no mistake about what is motivating him right now…just like what motivated JTM last season. Just have to be honest about it.
  3. See MacKinnon have a mini tantrum because Newhook didn’t pass to him on the far side? Haha, what a b!tch.
  4. Very much so. I don’t care if we take on a 3-5 year rebuild. I just want to root for a club that works hard for a full 60 and wears it on the sleeve. If they can’t be victorious, at least have made the other team really earned it…like being known as a team that will play hard hockey against you and is consistently going to leave you fatigued after the game. A team with real blue collar pride.
  5. Yeah, a slight but skilled Swedish winger who can shoot. Not a Dman or something we really need to focus on but if the price is right, ok I guess. Former 1st round pick. https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/430916/oskar-olausson Again, likely just heresay (hopefully anyway).
  6. Read some heresay earlier that Avs showcasing Oskar Olausson for our scouts tonight and that the two GMs are scheduled to meet…?
  7. I hope you're wrong because that will likely involve Podkozlin ++ going the other way. Or Hoglander and two 1sts. It's too late to be adding status players like Chychrun now anyway. Best is to bring in young, future assets and picks. Make a realistic enough/wholesale change through this season that it renders the best pick possible at the draft. If this is the year to be strategic regarding reshaping the franchise's future, then go balls out and quit riding Benning's coattails to cover for your own failures, mgmt.
  8. Unfortunately he’s loved by teammates in OTT and considered a member of the nucleus. Can’t imagine he’ll be allowed to move on unless there is some serious discrepancy in salary negotiations. never say never but likely a long shot unless by/through trade
  9. I think this was probably discussed at the draft and is just rehashed reporting. Zaitsev is AHL bound, barring any further injuries on OTT D. Makes no sense for us to deal out right now when we could do this kind of deal with Myers around the deadline with relative ease, imho
  10. Is it just me or does Andrew Brunette (while coaching) look like he’s: a) on a bender and totally confused b) high AF and totally bewildered c) both of the above
  11. Nice goal! How’s that passing structure there, JR? Maybe it’s not all on Bruce… execs always passing the buck.
  12. Yeah as mgmt insinuated he provided grit and some size/speed, but I have also hoped for more. Common theme. I have to say, aside from the addition of Lazar, this team, the way they play, the excuses, the “we have to’s” is all too similar to what we’ve seen for the last few years. I’ll root for them while I also root for a complete overhaul and imho there’s nothing wrong with that perspective. If you’re a fan of the team you can do both. Tired of hearing the bullshit from both sides as to what makes or represents a true and loyal Canuck fan. Some people need to accept that wanting change isn’t a negative perspective. In fact it’s the opposite - simply a belief that success comes from another direction. Regardless, GCG.
  13. GMs meet this week and hopefully JR’s trigger finger is getting itchy.
  14. Same thing said about JTM. imho, the time to cash in on our assets is now and create options for our future. we have had arguably the top 2 UFA rental trade pieces this year and last year. We should have already capitalized on the JTM situation. No sense in repeating it.
  15. I think he’s playing through injury or adjustment post surgery and it’s affecting him psychologically. it’s what it looks like to me anyway, but what do I know. He’s not fighting the puck, he’s fighting his own confidence.
  16. He’s probably available to coach your beer league team in the playoffs
  17. Maybe there’s nothing worth saying to the media though? Personally I don’t mind him excusing himself from the scrum. It’s all pretty much scripted Q+A anyway, and everyone know the media are like flies on shit when it comes to picking a player apart.
  18. Feel bad for Bruce. Some great talent here but not enough done by mgmt to really give him a chance to succeed. Lame Duck coach.
  19. And what should that tell anyone with half an effing brain…? it’s not the coaching. it’s the players. why the fock we’re still toying with the idea of catering to this collective roster of players is beyond me. enough of this shit show.
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