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  1. John Shannon mentioned recently that he'd been told that the next expansion will be by four teams, not two. He listed Houston, Salt Lake City, Atlanta and Quebec City. Seems a little far-fetched to me, but Shannon has solid connections in the hockey world.
  2. Addenda Other sites of interest to Canucks fans: https://www.nhltradetracker.com/user/trade_list_by_team/Vancouver_Canucks/1 Chronological listing of every trade ever made by the Canucks https://thepolygon.ca/news/the-canucks-a-photo-history-of-vancouvers-team/ Historical photos. https://abbotsford.canucks.com/ Abbotsford team site https://theahl.com/ Scores and stats for Abbotsford https://abbotsford-canucks.mixlr.com/ Web-based live game play-by-play http://www.mynhldraft.com/NHL-Mock-Draft/ Annual mock draft, but with historic draft rankings, player profiles, mock drafts and actual drafts https://www.reddit.com/r/canucks/ Enter at your own risk.
  3. Here are my top five go-to sites to give you all the information you need and want. https://www.hockeydb.com/ Database of everybody who ever played hockey. Standings for every league in North America and Europe. I check the 2023-2024 Morning Report every day for scores and transactions. https://www.capfriendly.com/ Salary information for every team. Has an interactive armchair GM piece where you can build your own team. https://www.hockey-reference.com/ You can find line scores for pretty much any game in the last 40-50 years, as well as regular stats and fancy stats https://www.eliteprospects.com/ Stats for anyone playing hockey anywhere hockey is played. Has several good mock draft lists every season. https://canucksarmy.com/ Local coverage. Chris Faber is the hardest working guy in Sports journalism, and his Blackfish Report on Tuesday is must read Canucks stuff. https://www.forumcanucks.com/ Our new home.
  4. How will the Canucks monetize that social media? Who is going to pay them for information, data and opinion that is freely available everywhere? They can pound sand as far as I am concerned. Already there. Go here and sign up: https://www.forumcanucks.com/
  5. Let it go. Why would you want the guys who killed CDC to be involved in the new forum? Don't you get it that the new forum is now free from being pressured or influenced or monitored or suppressed by ownership/management? The new forum will prove to be as good or better than CDC. Embrace the change.
  6. So to keep Pearson, who would you have moved to get under the cap? I'll wait.
  7. In the recorded history of the world, whenever authorities have sought to silence dissent, the dissenters simply found another, more untouchable alternative that would likely be even more extreme and more critical, only without ownership's muzzle. I've already signed on to the new forum and encourage everyone who believes in the exchange of information, the expressions of opinion and lively debates to sign up, too. There used to be a lot more trollers and contrarian posters on CDC, but over the years this forum has grown up a lot from what it used to be. I am hopeful that the new forum will continue to provide what we all value so much, and that is to be part of a community of shared fanaticism in all things Canucks. I look forward with hope that the all the regular posters make the move. In the meantime: I think folks here are struggling with the stages of grief: denial, anger, depression, bargaining and, finally acceptance. It sounds like this: I can't believe they'd do this. This can't be true. I am so mad that I will never watch a Canucks game again. I want to harm somebody. I am immobilized and can't get off the couch. what am I going to do for the four hours a day I spent on the forums? If we try hard, maybe we can persuade them to change their minds. If we lay out our case, surely they'll change. I understand the decision is final there is nothing I can do but move on and not look back. A-holes gonna a-hole.
  8. You obviously haven't been paying attention. Just so you know, I have kept track of every transaction that Allvin and company have made. It is anything but meh. Signed FA Arshdeep Bains Signed C Linus Karlsson Signed Swedish UFA Nils Aman Signed LD Christian Wolanin Signed LW Andrei Kuzmenko to Entry Level, one-year deal, bonus laden. Then extended him for two more years. Signed C/W Curtis Lazar to 3-year contract for $3 miliion, $1 million AAV. (Later trade for 4th roind pick 2023) Signed RW Ilya Mikheyev to a 4-year, $19 million contract, $4.75 million AAV. Signed C Dakota Joshua to a two-year, 1-way deal for $1.65 million, or $825 AAV. Signed G Collin Delia to a one-year, one way contract for $750K. Signed LD Wyatt Kalynuk to a one year, $750K contract. (Later traded for future considerations) Signed LW Phil di Giuseppe to a 1-yr, $750K contract. Traded C Jason Dickinson to Chicago for LD Riley Stillman (Later traded to Buffalo for LW Josh Bloom) Traded G Mikey DiPietro and D Jonathan Myrenberg to Boston for C Jack Studnicka Traded 5th Round 2023 to Carolina for RD Ethan Bear and minor leaguer C Lane Pederson Lost C Lane Pederson on waivers to Columbus Traded C Bo Horvat to NY Islanders for RW Anthony Beauvillier, C Aatu Raty and a conditional 1st round pick, either in 23 or 24 Traded RW Will Lockwood + 7th 2026 to New York Rangers for F Vitali Kravtsov Traded D Riley Stillman to Buffalo for prospect LW Josh Bloom Traded D Luke Schenn to Toronto for 3rd round 2023. Traded NYI’s 1st round 2023 and Van 2nd round 2023 for RD Philip Hronek and Detroit’s 4th round 2023 Traded Curtis Lazar to New Jersey for 4th round 2024 Traded D Wyatt Kalynuk to New York Rangers for future considerations Extended D Guillaume Brisebois for 2 years at $775K ($375K in the AHL) in first year and $775K in second year Signed LD Kirill Kudryavtsev to a 3-year, entry level contract Extended LW Phil Di Giuseppe to a two-year, two-way contract Signed LW Aidan McDonough to a two-year, entry level contract Extended Christian Wolanin to a two-year, two-way contract ($775K NHL and $500K AHL) Signed NCAA C Max Sasson to a two-year, entry level contract Signed NCAA LD Akito Hirose to a one-year, two-way contract Signed G Nikita Tolopilo to two-year entry level contract. A Latvian, Tolopilo played with Sodertalje in the Allsvenskan. Signed RD Cole McWard to two-year entry level contract. From Ohio State U, 39GP 9G 12A 21PTS Signed LD Elias Pettersson to three-year, entry level contract. Will play one more year in Sweden with Orebro., SHL Signed RW Jonathan Lekkerimaki to three-year, entry level contract. Loaned him to Orebro, SHL Signed D Jett Woo to one-year, two-way deal. $775K at NHL level and $100K at AHL level. Bought out D Oliver Ekman-Larsson Signed C Pius Suter to two-year, $1.6 AAV contract. Played last year with Detroit. NHL Entry Draft at Nashville Round 1, 11th : Tom Willander, RD, 6’1”, 185. Played for Rogle in Swedish J20. 4-21-25 22PIM +7. Will play 23/24 at Boston U., NCAA. Round 3, 75th : Hunter Brzustewicz, RD, 6’0”, 190. Played for Kitchener OHL. 6-51-57 12PIM +8 Round 3, 89th : Sawyer Mynio, LD, 6’1”, 173. Played for Seattle, WHL. 2-26-31 40PIM +50 Round 4, 105 : Ty Mueller, LC, 5’11”, 195. Played for U.Nebraska-Omaha, NCAA. 12-13-25 4PIM +9 Round 4, 107 : Vilmer Alriksson, LW 6’6”, 214. Played for Djurgardens J20.12-9-21 22PIM. Will play 23/24 at Guelph, OHL. Round 4, 119 : Matthew Perkins, LC, 5’11”, 156. Played for Youngstownm, USHL. 15-29-44, 77PIM Round 6, 171 : Aiden Celebrini, RD, 6’1”, 187. Played for Brooks, AJHL. 5-16-21 82PIM. Will play 23/24 at Boston U., NCAA. Free agency day : Teddy Blueger, LC, 1yr x $1.9M. 28 years old, 4-12-14, 14 PIM, -2. ATOI 12:55 : Ian Cole, LD, 1 yr x $3M. 34 years old, 6’1” 225. 3-14-17, 61 PIM, +13 ATOI 19:23 : Carson Soucy, LD 3 years x $3.25M. 28 years old, 6’5”, 208,3-23-16, 68 PIM, +18 ATOI 16:18 : Matt Irwin, LD, 1 Year, $775K NHL, $450K AHL. 35 years old, 6’2”, 200, 2-3-5, 36PIM, -8. ATOI 13:02 : Zach Sawchenko, G, 1 year, $775K NHL, $200K AHL. 25 years old, 6’1, 185. 1-2-1, 3.35 GAA, .901 Sv%
  9. Did anybody here go the Burning Man this year? I didn't, but the mud reminded me of prairie gumbo that accretes to your boots with every step until your feet weigh five times more than usual. Today I learned that tickets were US$575. Imagine that.

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    2. Ghostsof1915

      Ghostsof1915

      @Citizen Erased I saw a heck of a lot of RV's and SUV's. Don't think I saw one single Prius. Not even a RAV4 hybrid. But that's just showing the exodus today. Can you recharge a HUMMER electric at the festival? B)

    3. Citizen Erased

      Citizen Erased

      I highly doubt it haha. I’m surprised nobody drove a hybrid or electric vehicle though to half-ass prove they’re all for the environment. 

    4. Bell

      Bell

      Can't believe people pay 575 bucks a person to be stranded in the desert

  10. Excellent. I don't have enough room to grow enough Jalapeños to make it worthwhile pickling them, but I bought six pounds a couple of years ago and pickled them and you are right, they are better than anything commercially processed. I do grow tomatoes in containers and have usually made and canned ripe tomato salsa, and one time peach and tomato which turned out pretty good. This year I had an abundance of green tomatoes so I made and canned green tomato salsa verde. Five pounds of green tomatoes (plus onions, red bell pepper, garlic and cilantro) made six 500ml jars. Nice late summer project.
  11. If that's a winning formula, then I'm all in. Tired of losing out year after year. And what is more boring, playing a tight defensive game and winning or playing a wide open Boudreau style that bleeds goals and piles up losses? I'll take tight defence and let whatever happens happen because what they've been doing for the last 12 years clearly hasn't worked.
  12. What does this even mean? His cap hit for the entire 23/24 season is $6 million. His salary is irrelevant, it's the cap hit that is the killer.
  13. I don't see anything unusual in Pettersson's approach to negotiating a new contract. A possible eight year deal takes him through his most productive years and he wants to makes sure he is adequately compensated for carrying the team to the best years of their franchise life. That's the ideal. So far he has had two good seasons and a great season but wants to show next year he can do even better. By then we will know how much more the salary cap will be and what would be a fair chunk for Petey. I am pretty sure it's going to start with a 12 or 13.
  14. Lahaina Relief? Anybody out there know where I can donate and be sure the money is actually going to the on-the-ground relief efforts? There are dozens listed from a simple Google search but I don't know which ones are the most reliable. Please and thank you.

  15. Four or five. Maybe the most flagrant headshot ever. I know Scott Stevens delivered some brutal hits, but Bure went headhunting and put everything he had into that elbow. It's a shame that Churla was never the same after that.
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