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  1. I'm hoping Kassian is hrowing his weight out there hard to tell Witt amateur highlites
  2. Not "the best player in a few years from this draft good" like Feaster claims
  3. We have a Joe Thornton on our team? I'd be happy if we had a Joe Thornton in our center position....H. Sedin, Thornton, and Kesler down the middle?! Yeah THAT'S a terrible situation to have...
  4. The Weeknd this Weekend...ROLL CALL

  5. 1. That looks like something that came out of The Jetsons 2. The Oilers are softer than a slice of soggy pizza. 3. Dubynk can go either way like Schneider?! HAHAHAHAHA Oh man thanks for the good chuckle. 4. I'm not sure if you're talking about the 80's. 5. So in other words, he's a part of why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Gotcha. 6. How does it not make a difference? This window to compete soon is going to close quicker than King Kong on the Empire State Building.
  6. Would love to see Connauton make the team this year and show everyone wrong. They'll be asking who is Justin Schultz and while Schultz struggles to find his game which I suspect he will due to the development in Edmonton Connauton will prove us all wrong again. Few years down the road Corrado and McNally. We're fine, Schultz would have been nice...but too small and not what we need. I talked to a Oilers friend just now congratulated him, but I said to him Oilers dont' need another young guy, they need a veteran guy and he agreed. He said he thinks they'll send him to the minors to develop. I said Oilers are the only team to guarantee him minutes. He's like well that's ???? great....lol
  7. A big hit away and this kid's career is going to change. Just like Hall's. Hall plays in such a rugged way that he won't be the same player. Has he even played a full season yet? Yeah young I know, but man you have to feel for that kid. EDM is so soft even with Eager on that team. They're going for the Chicago build, but the difference is Chicago has a decent coach and had a good Dcore. Chicago that won the CUP > Edmonton for the next 5 years.
  8. Disagreed entirely. Very beatable and their progression of rushing kids has not done them any benefits. I guarantee they will be nothing like the Pens. Difference? Pens did it right, Oilers don't have guys are difference makers.
  9. He trains in the Gary Roberts nutrition program. RIFT!!!
  10. Before I start, I would like to say I had a perfectly written post that addressed so many things I might miss now due to the boards crashing and giving me some error................................ Regardless, Over the last 20 years of being a Canucks fan, I have come realize that being a Canucks fan is extremely frustrating. We have had so many ups and downs that we literally whine about everything. I'm not speaking on all posters, but majority of the posters will find something to nit pick about in particular order: The goalie situation The Powerplay Kassian & MAG vs Hodgson & Sulzer Kesler Why aren't we scoring? The list goes on.. And on... ... So where shall we start first? Well quite frankly we won't start, as a matter of fact, I'll just throw all of it together and say what I need to say. As a fan base we strive for perfection. I'm curious as to why? Why does it matter if we finish first in the entire league in every statistical category? Why do we have this win now approach? Would you rather not be successful for years to come? There are other organizations such as the Red Wings, Pens, Rags who are successful organizations because of their fan bases. Yes all of those organizations have WON a cup, and I can sense that these boards are fearing that if we miss this 'window' that won't be able to do it again. I disagree entirely. You look at this organizations and you can now they are doing it the right way. You look at their fan bases and they don't have much to complain about. So why does ours? Does this make us any more passionate? No. Their fan bases don't panic when their team comes under scrutiny and their fan bases certainly don't go on assess every little thing that goes wrong. Take Luongo for example. One bad game and the whole city throws their arms in the air saying "Trade him for a bag of pucks!" "He hasn't done anything in his career!" There only has been one year where I can say we legitimately had a shot in winning the cup. Obviously we all know what year that was. The whole team played like crap and there were issues with our defense that I don't even want to go on and rant about because there's no point. Everyone assumes once the team makes the playoffs we're legitimate contenders. Fact of the matter is when we played the Ducks and we lost, we weren't. Ahh yes the first go around with the Hawks in 08-09...how were we supposed to fair? Not very well. Our team wasn't built to match the Hawks so we played the 1-2-2. How about when we played against the Hawks in 09-10, did you honestly think we were favourites to win that series? Nope. Everyone had pegged the Hawks to be serious contenders in the West. How about in '10-'11? Yeah I could say we were the favourites. Most definitely. But to blame Luongo on all those faults is just plain selfish and it's like you're looking for an excuse. We as a team lost in the SCF. We as a team failed and we as a team weren't good enough in the SCF plain and simple. There's a reason the Stanley Cup is deemed the hardest trophy to win in sports. You need all 22 players doing their part and did we get that in the SCF? No we didn't. I like how no one pointed out how Danny said the Canucks were going to win it at home and every media outlet focused on Luongo "pumping" Thomas' tires. Gimme a break. Side note: What about when Ryan Miller was struggling earlier this year? Did you see Buffalo fans calling for him to be traded? No. Enroth was playing lights out when he was first injured. Regardless, now everyone is going to say well what about Kesler? How do you explain his play? I don't. He came off major surgery and if you can't see that it's clearly affecting his play than you're clearly naive again and expecting that he replicates a 70 pt season. Also if you haven't noticed that he got more than half his points on the PP last year. How's our PP doing this year? Clearly it's not as potent. However, Kesler is more effective at doing things that don't necessarily get his name on the score sheet every night. He's also had a rotating door of Wingers.. how do you expect for him to find any consistency for him regardless. Is Kesler an elite player? Sure you can categorize him to be one, he's a great two-way player. Not all two-way players are expected to light up the lamp. A 60 Point campaign by any 2nd line center is considered a great season. Sure he's off that pace right now, but let us not forget that he's also missed a good month and a half due to recovery. By that time, everyone's already in game shape stamina. Yeah you can argue it's been the whole season, but believe you me, hip surgery recovery is no fun to deal with. Now we arrive at the PP. What's wrong with it? Is it me or did we all not notice how predictable our PP was becoming and teams started to pick up on it by the WCF especially during the SCF? So what's wrong with it this year? Hrmm well quite frankly having Kesler on the point has been a like and dislike moment, but to me this just them testing out what will work just incase if the original PP doesn't work. I can assure you that we will be seeing that patent drop pass in the center ice when it comes down it because it worked and it wasn't broken why fix it. You'll see because again individual success does not add up to team success. The players know it. Teams are also figuring to pressure our PP a lot more to make quicker decisions it's an adjustment that all teams have made while playing against us on the PK. Just wait and see again, we don't need to be first. Finally, we arrive at the Hodgson and Kassian debate. Was this trade worth it? In my eyes yeah it was worth every god damn letter in Hodgson's last name. Why? Well quite frankly he addressed an organizational need. He plays a great cycle game that AV is coaching and his board work is great. Yeah but Hodgson was just as good and has a way better offensive upside!!! Hold onto your panties before they get into a fisherman's knot. Yeah Hodgson is better offensively, but how do you know that he was able to throw up points without ever seeing him play in the playoffs? We all know the games are 10 times more physical, there's more hack and slash and with teams really clamping down in the West, not the east, but the West, it was evident that Hodgson was going to struggle prior to the trade deadline. There were some teams that were jockying for position already so that they didn't have to worry later. Big goals in big games you say? So what's with this Kassian kid? Obviously you're a supporter of this trade so your opinion is biased. No not really loved Cody, but love the potential Kassian brings more. I don't look at Stats, I look at what he does without the puck. Sure you can say he's rushed due to Hodgson was a roster player, but the fact of the matter is that he couldn't even play in the AHL even if we wanted to send him down at the time. We all say that this kid has an incredible first 5 games and said wow I see what Gillis saw in this kid. Some were saying I heard he plays well because of his adrenaline rush. Now it's gotten to the point of this kid is invisible. You see how bipolar half these boards are? I argue this, if you think this kid plays off adrenaline, would it not make sense that you give him a chance in the playoffs? That's what the playoffs are all about. It's a 16 game adrenaline rush and I'm positive he will strive. He played with it when he played for Team Canada and he'll play with it again. All in all CDC, thanks for making me realize why we're so hated and when I'm telling people I'm a Canucks fan, I'm automatically deemed the idiot who knows nothing. Relax it's just a game. Stop being so anxious as this team will be competitive for years to come. That I promise. You stay classy CDC. You stay classy.
  11. What level is your Dark Elf? Dark Elf has a +10 I think in destruction type skills and have a resist against fire spells as well. If this is your first character I would suggest just reading guides. Do quests, and grind it out for a bit. To enchant items at an early level, you can go to Whiterun and talk to the mage inside Dragonsreach. There's an enchanting table and an alchemy lab where is he located as well. You have two ways to enchant weapons. 1.)You have to learn the spell Soul Capture. Soul Capture (under the School of Conjuration) basically lets you cast a spell on a foe (before you defeat him/her), you have 60 seconds to defeat him/her. If you defeat him/her, their soul will end up in a Soul Gem (empty). Soul Gems have different levels. Each soul gem can has a level cap. You can google it. You then need to learn an enchantment. You learn an enchantment from disenchating a weapon you find. I only learned this yesterday and realized that enchantments that were on armor, must be placed on armor and weapons must be on weapons. IE. You disenchant a helmet that had an enchantment on it, you can must place the enchantment on another helmet that you wish to put it on. 2.)You can also buy Soul Gems that are filled already saving you the time. Same process though. You must be at an Enchanting table to place enchantments on weapons / armor. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong. Fairly newb myself haha. 2.)You can purchase Soul Gems, but make sure they are filled.
  12. Lol I just started my Wood Elf put in about 10 hours to get to level 10 and I'm just doing quests and nothing much Archery is almost at 40. I guess I suck? Playing on PS3. Still figuring out things my way before I start looking for "hacks" or tips from other players. Really focusing on the part where I don't die haha. Still in Whiterun.
  13. I have experience in fantasy pools previously but haven't had the time until recently. Just wondering if there are any leagues who haven't drafted yet. Message me as I'm looking to compete against some fellow CDC'ers
  14. Quote me. Philly is getting slammed so hard, but I believe they'll be contending again. Younger, Faster, More Skill.

    1. Slender Man

      Slender Man

      "Philly is getting slammed so hard, but I believe they'll be contending again. Younger, Faster, More Skill."

    2. Kassian

      Kassian

      quote ME "Voracek will forget how to play hockey, schenn will put up a whoping 17 goals and whoever they draft won't sign with them" Heard it from me first.

    3. The Kassassin Train

      The Kassassin Train

      Sure lol Philly is going to surprise

  15. I have friends on Twitter stating that Tsunami Warnings have been issued for them. He spoke with a friend on the phone. Taiwan now has issued Tsunami warnings as well... This is just tragic news, especially after the Canucks win. ( Yes I know it happened during the game.)
  16. Apparently the hit against the goalie has a back story to it. Something happened earlier in the game.
  17. I was told I look sexy with thick framed glasses. #Nerd #ILoveThickFramedGlasses

  18. LOL Based on what? Based on the fact that half his points came on the PP? Please. At this point they are both on par.
  19. 13GP and the coaches around vote him the smartest player AGAIN in 13 GAMES..... What are you smoking? Give me some.
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