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  1. Barry, Barry, what you buggin'? besides, canuck fans love ridiculous sidenotes we could be the first team to employ Torts and Trotz woot
  2. and we wonder why we have never won a cup
  3. I don't think many fans understand what they are going through after 10 years of Torts/Jimbo/Wonkie/Green/Aqua/Smyl, I understand fans want this to be over but wanting does not make it so this team is still rebuilding because of the incompetence of the previous regime and current ownership and advisors this team is not the 2019 StLouis Blues
  4. AJ I quoted you for reference This is the NHL If its broke... add a lottery system for those of you who have net been around as long as the OT system the stated goal of OT was to stop teams from "locking down, and playing for a tie" with 10 minutes to go in the third period it did not really work because teams still played for a tie through 65 minutes so 4on4 was added, then 3on3 and loser points now you hear John and John and other broadcasters talking about teams "locking down to make sures they get something out of this game" So, we are now celebrating what was the original problem the NHL was trying to cure When the loser point was added, there was a weak push to move to a 3-2-1 points format Ironically, it was poopooed because moving to a 3-2-1 system would "ruin the record book" so, by NHL logic making all games worth 3 points was bad, but making some games, ( the games they were initially trying to solve) worth 3 points is good Then because that made problems they needed to create new stats, ROW and then RW But that is still not enough because a team that goes 40-40-0-2 is still not a .500 team because they lost 2 mor games than they won So they create another skewed stat that is points % points % is wrong because it does not factor points bled to other teams via the loser point And all this because the NHL could not figure out how to deal with ties It is broke, but adding more teams to the playoffs won't fix it
  5. I don't know who any of those guys are, but I agree with the sentiment when I look at Petey getting concussed in his rookie season and Brock getting a broken back I think there are many players un fit physically to play in the league Its not just the Canucks there was Troy Terry and Zegras in Anahiem I am loving the playoffs this season with the brawls in game one of multiple series I don't want the NHL to turn into womens hockey, sorry, not sorry. I do not enjoy womens hockey, I like womens soccer, and tennis, and I think I can even get behind womens basketball, but womens hockey sucks. and Zegras whining about the Beagle man beating the snot out of the snot nosed Terry was a terrible look for a professional MENs hockey league I know some of you want all flash and dash and diving, but not me. I like the way Calgary is built, and I hope they win the cup I can't wait, (or maybe I can) for Petey to fill out so he doesn't get knocked down 4 times a game He has the height, but not the yet the weight and body strength to dominate this league and yes I think Rathbone was looking really overwhelmed near the end of his stint in the bigs this past season look at other small D Stecher didn't play in the NHL until he was 22, and he played on a bad team, he is a better Dman now Hunt was 25 Biega was 26
  6. So because you and your ilk lack a 200 foot game you think you know better how to run a team the Canucks are not the only team in the league with a minor league (AHL) team all teams have them but you cannot see warts or the need for development no wonder you liked the old Jim so much And I do have other teams I cheer for, none more than the Canucks though I am cheering for Calgary right now do I care that you think that is a crime against humanity? no I do not cheer for other teams to fail well, except Vegas I don't cheer for other teams to fail in our division so Vancouver can squeek into the playoffs I want the Canucks to be dominant I want the Canucks to be a dynasty I hope some of the player that are here now will be part of that, but in that they are not there yet I do not hope for failure around the league so I , and you, can pretend the team is better than it is. when, if, their time comes I hope it is because the team is stacked with stars not because the rest of the division is the weakest in the league I would be happy if the Canucks and the OILERs and the FlAmEs were all top of the league (then we'd have a rivalry) and beating the Leafs and the Habs for the cup for a decade Ya, I'm not like you
  7. what happened to the 2021-22 season prediction thread isn't it supposed to be re-opened like a time capsule afte the season is done? I'd like to see how I made out wouldn't you?
  8. well, I am one of us in that I spend too much time here when I could be contributing to society in useful ways But I am not one of us in that I think player development is a good thing Jack Rathbone looked like a kid in way over his head when he got sent down last season and the Canucks have a really long history of expecting the kids to play above they maturity level Look at Zack Kassian doing exactly what Vancouver wanted him to do 9 years ago and Jake and Guber and Benny the Hutt and Hoglander and Gaudette and people complained about Petey last year and look at Connor Mc D playing physical hockey at 25 years of age Jack Rathbone is not a 1st round pick he has some holes in his game he is not being wasted in the minors he is learning his craft, he is developing physically and emotionally I think Rathbone will be fine I just don't think he is being "Wasted" because he is performing well in his first full season as a pro but not playing on the big club
  9. How do you figure that? Rathbone played 9 games with the big club and was -5 that works out to about -45 on a full season He looked beat when he was mercifully sent down He played well in Abby, matching his Harvard points from 2019-20 Rathbone has done NOTHING to show he is an NHL defenseman He has not scored at a Quinn Hughes rate in the NHL And I am not down on Jack Rathbone, but what is it about Canuck fans that they think every prospect that is not playing in the NHL is being waisted? edity now if he is playing 4th line wing next year, I'll agree he is being waisted
  10. Well, I do remember Tom Sestito pickiing up 104 consecutive minutes in penalties in a 2 game trip to LA/Anahiem I also recall, McKinnon or Landeskog calling out a ref this year. I cheered him for that. there was also the Baumgartner (gosh, not that baumgartner) thing in baseball last week The media, (yes I know Canuck fans hate the media) shredded that Ump this week and the Ump apologized yesterday. The Canucks and the whole league needs to stop being fraiddybabys and call out bad calls when they happen It needs to be done calmly, the players and management, upper management and the media, the much hated media need to be involved Fines will be levied I always wished that rather than go off on the Calgary coach 2 days later, that Torts had embarrassed the league when Sestito got overly penalized Like when Philadelphia stopped playing when Tampa refused to forecheck, you make the offender look bad. Philly changed the game, and how it is called If I were In Tort's spot, I'd have pulled my goalie, I'd claim it was to protect him from abuse once LA scored 50 goal on one powerplay, the spot light would shine on the NHL and their officials then the situation is not Sestito took a huge penalty because he is a bum, but the Ref ruined the game, and the record book
  11. I think one of us misunderstands the term "Amateur Scout" I believe Amateur Scout means, a scout who scouts amateur players it is different than being an amateur player but who knows maybe I have been wrong all this time As far as intellectual property, scouts, amateur and otherwise are under contract, while under contract the team "owns" their knowledge once a team cuts a scout (or a director of scouting, or a GM) loose, the team relinquishes the rights to what is in that persons head. If Travis Green learned anything, (and I am not suggesting that he did) while he was Canuck coach, he is not obligated to forget that knowledge because he no longer works for the Canucks. Intellectual property is not the same as knowledge gained
  12. I love old tyme hockey ... ... ... Eddie Shore
  13. weird, I am in lockstep with Bettman this feels uncomfortable
  14. Well, you kjnow the AHL is a test bed for the NHL So, expect stoopid playoff format to come to an NHL rink near you soon
  15. well, I guess that ref will be promoted to Canuck games next year
  16. those Horvats have really got their Name Game workin"
  17. I am delusional? What has the team done to continually honor LB? an nice bonus? It seems like unnecessary pressure to me People move on, they don't need to play out some weird 15 years past tribute. Have you ever heard Letang mention LB in the last 10 years? or is that some delusion you are having?
  18. no or if it did it would likely be a negative what do you actually think his thought process would be?
  19. Oh just stop! I was just thinking it was nice that 67 didn't bring up that dumb angle but then you had too. Have you ever heard of that happening in any sport ever? Maybe we should send Kuzma down to interview Letang and ask him if he will come to Vancouver for that reason. guys wear their dead friend's number, Bo Horvat, but they don't move across the continent to play for a team that their buddy barely even played for this place, , , shakes head
  20. this is a funny place on one hand people are happy that Franco let the management do their job and on the other hand fans want to kept up to date on management's plan isn't that like asking the chess master for a diagram of how he is going to win his next tournament? " Hey guys, how you gonna fix it?" "Well we are going to try to keep Poolman's headaches under wraps until after we trade him, we are also going to be hush hush about Suttsy's long covid, then we are going to try to fleece Ottawa again and see if we can traded them Dickieboy for Batherson, if we have to we might put out a hit squad on any living player that we are stuck paying who is not still on our roster, and maybe some who are... but these are all secrets, so don't tell anyone"
  21. I like Drance I never watch Sat, Ian or the other guy they have in intermissions with Murph cuz they are all just boring I can't actually comment on their content cuz I just skip them all
  22. its always the wrong time wrong setting. when is the right time, right setting this fan base is way too touchy about this kind of thing no different than all the crying "too soon" when a couple of cronic smokers die
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