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  1. Not suggesting they are the 'same' - what I was suggesting is we have the key pieces....you need a legit 1c 90pt offensive leader, you need a legit puck moving d, a star goalie, etc etc.
  2. Really like Copp and Mikheyev, not a big fan of Lazar...feel he's a bit slow
  3. If you read the post I was referring to you would have seen I said that...but the match was lit by policy - which has cause a mess that will get worse and worse....
  4. Did you watch the whole thing? He didn't really walk it back much....he is still implying the point was correct.
  5. I think its smarter to move Bo As you said, expensive 3c (assuming Miller stays, and in reality one of them has to go). He will likely command a higher value because he is a very good 2c, is seen around the league as a prototypical 2c and leader, but won't have to be overpaid and is younger than Miller....so alot to like on a comparative basis in a cap world. So from an asset management perspective, other than 1.5 years age difference and some money, the better player should always be kept particularly, if the lesser player will actually bring you back more! I also look at this team's core and compare it to say Colorado. Goal - we have a franchise goalie (we are better than them there) Elite franchise Center - MacKinnon / Petey. Clearly NM is better but Petey is no slouch and we have that "slot" covered Elite puck moving, franchise Dman - Makar / Quinn - as above, we have that slot filled Veteran, heart and Soul leader 2c - Landeskog / Miller - match up perfectly Elite RD/LD partner for top offensive dman - Toews / hole for Vancouver Scoring winger - Rantannen / Boeser Power forward - Nikushkin / Podz when you look at our team - the core is not at the same level but pretty darn close. We're better in net, close at center, and really only lack the 1RD and depth. Trading Bo could solve those issues.
  6. You need to read my last post....this is not supply chain issues. The media / politicians want you to think that. This is policy driven. Best prepare for what's coming.
  7. As someone who knows alot of ex OHL players and a few ex pro's, hockey is notorious for awful behavior towards young women. I have heard alot of bad stories alot of these guys just laugh at (sure some may be bs locker room talk, but the volume of it tells me alot are true)....testosterone, ego, immaturity, lack of good morals...you'd be surprised how many of them just say 'meh, I wasn't involved not my issue'. There is a term called a puck bunny...they assume any girl who hangs around the team is open to whatever they want...the fact they have coined a term, says a great deal. Sad and sickening.
  8. If we have Miller and Bo in the lineup, I can't see us not being a team that's not in the wildcard race. No chance we're having a season like we did under green imho. So you have to decide what's your strategy, and get it in place in the offseason. If you want to build for 2-3 years out you know what the right course is. It's as I described If you want to play the same game benning did, make the playoffs and see what happens but not have a contender ever, keep tinkering at the margins...and end up mired in mediocrity
  9. But part of that was Sakic's understanding that the core they had wasn't going to win, and he sold off assets like ROR, Duschesne, Barrie. While JB has been unwilling to make the hard moves necessary. Sakic understood to reset you need to be in a good position to draft high, JB seemed to want to 'retool' and still try and make the playoffs, and in the end, hurt our draft odds. You can tank because its needed to move forward. In business strategy what JB did is what's called 'being stuck in the middle'. Where you try to undertake multiple strategies to please everyone. You can't. You have to be honest with where a team is, what needs to be done, and then go do it, not fiddle and tinker, be decisive. Sakic deserves alot of credit for making very hard decisions and re-setting his franchise.
  10. He probably legally cannot talk about it anyways. If there was a settlement he would likely have to keep things to himself, as would anyone who knows or was involved.
  11. I don't think you get in the Bedard sweepstakes without accepting moving those players in this offseason. Else we middle again, barely make or barely miss the playoffs. It's not about tanking, its about a strategic and deliberate quick rebuild....you accept a year or 2 of not making the playoffs, but know that in 2-3 years you will be making it again and will never look back. I think JR has basically said this by saying his core is Petey, Quinn and Demko. I will be curious to see if they (and ownership) have the courage to do what's needed. Else all they will be doing is kicking the can down the road for another 10 years.
  12. It's not worse yet. Interest / Mortgage rates haven't moved like they were in the 80's if that happens now, we are going to see a depression given how heavily levered the economy (people and companies and banks are). Mortgage rates back then were like credit card level - 18%....Canada will break down if we see mortgage rates above 6% and crumble if we see even 7-8% What worries me is politicians are to blame here and people don't want to call them out (Media). Inflation is not charging ahead because of an overheating economy, its because of: a. An exogenous event (covid) led to more and more printing of money (that was layered on top of the printing since the 2008 crisis) b. Then the match that lit it was a push by the USA and western nations to try and FORCE people out of cars push their green agenda immediately vs a pragmatic transition approach. If you go back and look at biden during the debates, he literally says he will stop oil and gas production in the USA. If you look at the price of oil from the day he won the election (excluding the covid dip), the chart shows a 45 degree angle up. Why? Because when the 4th largest oil and gas producer in the world says they're shutting off taps, the global markets see a looming long term supply crunch and oil marches higher. I am not going to get into the issues of how oil and gas companies are producing alot but not enough to meet demand, because it takes a long time to explain, but the issue is, they are now rationing their reserves because they know long term they may not be able to replace them (given policy). Add in ESG and banks and many institutional investors unwilling to invest in oil and gas (I have see this first hand through what I do for a living) because of the pressure from govts, WEF, NGO's and enviro's and you have the perfect storm of less supply, the inability to fund exploration (thus future supply) and therefore gas prices go through the roof. Meanwhile Trudeau adds more carbon taxes on us. This is all politically driven, by people who have a green agenda and lack the ability to realize, that when you up the price of oil / energy it affects EVERYTHING...It doesn't just affect you at the pump. Its in everything and anything you use/consume because energy goes into everything (and transport for most too). Our politicians have become out of touch elitists who have no ability to do second step, third step thinking about implications of their decisions. ie In the US Buttegieg talking about how everyone should just buy an EV! Thanks Pete, the single mom working 2 jobs driving a 3k beater can't afford a tesla buddy....out of touch, so out of touch. It is only going to get worse because raising rates is not addressing the right variable. Again, inflation isn't because of an overheating economy, its because the lit match of cutting back oil was done too quickly, and politicians will never say they were wrong and start drilling and pulling back on esg and their climate concerns, as then they give up all the ground they've taken trying to force it. And give ammo to the other side. Instead, we citizens pay the price. If you don't solve an equation for the correct variable, you don't solve the equation. What's going to happen is, we will raise rates even further, which will squeeze everyone (but the middle class the most) as borrowing costs go up significantly. At the same time it won't stop inflation because oil policy is to blame. So inflation will keep moving, and the vicious circle begins. You have higher borrowing costs so you have less money. On the other side, the costs of everything goes up materially, so you can't buy as much, have to cut back on even basics (as many are already doing). There is a cost to voting in zealots who don't think. Use your vote wisely next election folks. Do your homework and push those running to understand HOW they will do things and what the implications and costs are....vs we need to be green! We're all going to die tomorrow if we don't do it now! Such alarmist language is designed to create emotional responses in people, and to avoid debate / challenge. That should always be a concern.
  13. EP has to prove it this year...He was lights out in the second half and what I liked is we started seeing the 200 ft compete re-emerge....He will be healthy this season, and he has to put on strength in the offseason (no excuses) and come back and lead the team offensively wire to wire this coming season. Assuming Miller is moved, he will be the highest paid canuck, and needs to play like it. I love him as a player but I'm not totally sold he's a 90-100 pt guy just yet. I hope he is, but I think this next season he needs to start showing that (assuming he stays healthy).
  14. Miller, Bo, Boeser, and Meyers. Stock the hell up on 20-21 year olds who can play and have upside plus picks. Get a good pick(s) this year, who knows maybe get lucky and land Bedard, plus other players from the picks, by the time Petey, Quinn, and Podz are Bo's age, you're where Colorado is with MacKinnon etc...27 years old....and likely a potential cup contender and your BEST players are only 26/27.... Exactly the right move but we like to be a middling team.
  15. Teams can make room...don't forget he's got one year left at $5.5 or whatever it is. Its not next year's cap that matters, its the following and in 2024 the cap is supposed to go up to around 85 mil....so there will be more teams able to pay him than it appears.
  16. I'm curious, and not being facetious, truly curious since I don't know much about Marino. He's become a bit of the "player to target" on these boards, as though he is a but of a savior....I have read pitts has soured on him a bit, and are actively trying to move him because of that. I am asking, how good is he, because perhaps we as fans are getting a bit ahead of ourselves because he's a RD, and over estimating his worth? I am asking as I am curious if any have watched him and have a good look into his skill level?
  17. From what I've read they reached way too far for him. He was really a late 2nd/3rd round pick and probably had unrealistic expectations of him. I've also read that he has all the tools (and a high hockey IQ) and is just starting to put them together. I'm optimistic simply from my reading on him that there's potential for an NHL'er here, and since we only need the kid to play D, perhaps he's a better fit for us. Imagine if we drafted a player like Gaunce late first round as we did, and expected him to be an offensive player too. There would be immense pressure on the kid, and it likely soured him as much as the team. A quote from the draft from HIM was that he didn't expect to go first round! Unrealistic expectations plus a young kid likely soured both sides. If he turns out, great, if not so be it, free asset. But from what I've read and seen of his highlights, lots to like (can skate well, mobile, great shot, very good offensive anticipation), really just needs to gain weight. And given he's apparently quite good defensively already, he's already got potential just because of our dearth of RD.
  18. Well I don't see anyone here being a homer and calling this kid Quinn 2.0. You said you have an analytical bias but shared no analytics to support your view.... which is odd then isn't it? My point was simple, and it would align with your analytical bias....lets wait to see what he's like before we analyze him right? He could be a steal, he could be a bust or anywhere in between. Why not be optimistic and see what he can do before we judge?
  19. Hot dogs! Come on man! What would you have done if you discovered hot dogs! You would have Krutov'd too!
  20. Have you watched him play? I doubt it, so you've assumed a great deal. I have not either but I'm not assuming he's an NHL player or NOT...I will let time dictate that Chris Tanev was never drafted, he was so small and skinny the OHL didn't even want him, he wasn't drafted and has become one of the best defensive defenseman in the NHL, so evaluating players before you've seen them play is a bit silly imho. He has been described as a defensive dman, so his point totals don't mean alot. If he puts on some weight, given his strong skating, what seems to be a good hockey iq from the scouting reports, and from video, what seems to be a very good shot and offensive anticipation, who's to say he can't develop. He's 22. Let's wait and see what we have before we assume he's nothing or he's something. The pessimism on these boards is kinda gross.
  21. signed through 2023-24 in Sweden actually. There is probably some transfer agreement for players in the last year of a contract though is my guess. https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2021/12/wild-prospect-filip-johansson-signs-two-year-extension-in-sweden.html
  22. I was right the first time! https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2021/12/wild-prospect-filip-johansson-signs-two-year-extension-in-sweden.html he's signed through the 2023-2024 season in Sweden. But I'm guessing there must be some transfer agreement with the NHL in the last year of a contract?
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