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If I were to open a hockey bar, I think I'd call it Toques and Suits

what when did that happen? It seems like it was only 6 years ago that he was putting up 6 goals a season for us

how is she performing now?

Well i am remembering several posters on this site that said, "Green is a good coach for now, but he will be replaced when the team is ready to win". does that still make sense? maybe good coaching from a young age is important Ol Jimmer talked about the "Age Gap" maybe he should have talked about the coaching gap I think Tocchet will force some of these bad players out of town or it will come down to Tocchet or Allvin then we will have another coach on the payroll

I think the only sport Jimmy P is interested in is making money

I wonder if Kuz goes the same way as Baertschi Baerts was a perimeter player who learned to take his lumps then got injured repeatedly and disappeared

shoot

I agree that he didn't ask out but some things get old real fast PA was not here for Bo's last foot drag on a contract but If you are GM and your Captain is foot dragging as Free agency and the Trade deadline approach, do you start to wonder if he is your guy? Kind of a funny comment, "I thought I'd be a Canuck for life" after all of that maybe it was more agent than HORVAT, but no one should be surprised by the outcome that trade is Allvin's best piece of work to date

the New York fans are pretty fun chanting I Gor at the Ranger game and Hor Vat last night. I think they were rubbing our noses in it a bit with that last night and yet Beauvillier scored the winner which was poetic justice and the NYI fans get their first taste of the , "We need to learn from it " speech other than those of us that want a big old L if they were going to win one, last night was the best game to win

I think you mean, mean like some want him to knock heads that you cannot ask for but he was touted as Johnny Toews #2 I think that is why he was dubbed captain the day he was drafted we needed a guy that was as good defensively as Kesler, maybe not the smack talker, but that good defensively Horvat never grew into that player if he does, NYI could have the next P Bergeron or P Datsyuk but he never gave that to the Canucks that is the player I was lead to believe he would become If he did he would be in a class with Trevor Linden in Vancouver He didn't and I feel mislead and all this talk about "Playing the right way" rings hollow

I don't really mind the seasonal tank its pretty hard to do, but Boston seems to have mastered it Its too bad I hate Boston, because I like the way they keep their team relevant its the years long tank like Edmonton did that I disapprove of I too made a whole plan, I just gave you the Coles notes version

it was probably the "Playing against Bo Bump" I wouldn't expect it to last

is that true? when did this happen? I have been calling for this for years and years I believe the lottery is not only flawed, but an unnecessary side show I put forward an idea years ago (back when Edmonton won every year suggesting that teams should not draft in the same spot ever within a 5 year period no draft necessary Just teams dropping out of the top 5 problem solved I am sure I have oversimplified, but it could be made to work, and work much better than the lottery

Noooooo, that is when we trade our fist for help squeaking into the playoffs

man, that is golden Is that Heffy or Alf? c'mon guys tell me it was one of you!!! wasn't Bo supposed to be our shut down guy? that would have solved one problem It looks like it might be Petey

then how did we get here? one more run retool with NHL ready scraps because we didn't have time to wait LOUI I'll stop now and agree to disagree holding on to the past is/was the problem as I said "beating a dead horse" trying to get the Sedins back to the cup when they were failing was another example of beating a dead horse

No, I feel like I am beating a dead horse but The Sedins contracts are what brought about the mess we are in thought it would be over when Loui E's contract expired, but Lo that got morphed into the OEL contract and onw we can add Miller's contract you call it driving a line I call it driving the bus this is why we can't have nice things

but they were not playing down the line up they were playing 1st PP , scoring 33% of their points on the PP and being a combined -65 over their last 2 seasons they were driving the bus that lead us to where we are now

isn't that what was said about the Sedins?

how can you say that? in 50 + years this team has never won the cup either ergo (I love that word, it makes me sound wordy and lawyerish) trying to win a cup is not a viable option either If we have a core, then we don't need a whole core (that sounds oxymoronic) then 2 great pieces might be enough to send us over the top

last night it was Ethan Bear did you see him get knocked over near the NY net, think about going after the D-man that put him down, then smile and skate away He looked like he knew Horvat had his back we are not there yet One day far, far in the future, I hope we have 5 D that are over 6'3" and 210#, and Hughes and a tougher tough guy than DakJo (the sniper) It still feels like a fairy tale to me

4 goalies in a row drafted after Thatcher D in 2014 Too bad Thatchy isn't in net to play against them has there ever been a better year for drafting goalies?

ahahah this is so ironic First let me say that I enjoyed the game last night, even enjoyed the win even though I was cheering for a loss, as I always do these days but you know every team wins some games sometimes, so why not enjoy them too I really enjoyed the interview with Bo Horvat after the game, "...dat da dat da da, learn from it" it was like old times! I have been on team tank for about 6 years before that I was on team rebuild and way back about 2012 I was on team retool during that time I have watched in awe as one management group or another has made a series of stupid, ( one might say ignorant ) moves (one might say mistakes or even gaffs) that have delayed this teams reconstruction and rise to win on a consistent basis as any long suffering Canuck fan knows, it will only take a 3 game win streak, or a Bump like Bruce gave us last year, and the incompetent management will be selling draft picks to TRY for a wild card spot- that is not what we need So for you to be calling other fans Ignorant is ironic and quite frankly ignorant Also your mis-use of the term literally is literally ignorant thanks for the laugh

I jinxed us sorry

ITS funny but that is the same rational I used for signing Mik but not Boeser but the consensus is that Alvin HAD to sign Boeser because he was an RFA easy $2,65M overpayment