Ilya Mikheyev

sign me up for homertown mayor but I think the Canucks will win the division this year if the Miller contract isn't a cloud over the whole team - Calgary lost their two best players. Yes - they replaced the star power with Hubby - but that guy already has hinted twice about only staying the season. They were a tight team last year, but could that fall apart? Still depends if they make another trade with their overstock of D. They don't really have 4 top-6 wingers yet, could change - Edmonton took a huge risk signing Campbell - who has pretty poor high danger chance stats... Critique Toronto's D all you want but have you seen Edmonton's...? I think they could win the division based on McDavid & Leon alone but their defense is pretty bad and I think Campbell is gonna have pretty bad stats next year. - Vegas...well see my post above. No depth. - LA - good chance they win the div, especially with the addition of Fiala over D Brown. But Quick is 37 next year and has been wildly unpredictable already the last few years. Depends what Quick can handle and what steps the youngins take. - San Jose - Noooooooo way Jose - Anaheim - nOPE - Seattle...is a bit of wildcard to me to. Can either of their goaltenders bounce back? Can Beniers and Wright take it to another level already next year? If they both do Seattle's forward depth takes a huge leap, but I kind of feel they're one more year away. - Canucks - vastly improved their PK, incredibly deep on the wing now, didn't lose anything but haven't improved their right-sided D. They will improved their transition game a bit with Rathbone taking up the 3rd pairing and Bruce There It Is having a full coaching year there's still time left in the off-season but I'd lock in my rankings, but as it sits rn I think: Vancouver LA Edmonton Calgary Seattle Anaheim San Jose

he looks like one

Vegas is a huge wild card IMO. They basically have no depth - they have 12 forwards signed including the potentially injured still Nolan Patrick, they have exactly 6 defensemen including Ben Hutton who wouldn't make the Canucks top 8 D, they still don't have a backup goalie unless they play Logan Thompson - but they don't have the cap space to bring him up rn - or sign any depth to any of those positions. They lost their only PPG player for nothing, they lost their 3rd highest goal scorer for negative value, they lost Janmark who is good depth for nothing, they lost a decent 6th defenseman for nothing, they blamed on their coach and fired him (altho they got a very solid replacement). Their season hinges on a 1C who hasn't played a 60 game seasons since 2020-2021, and never a playoff game on top of that.

Finally someone mentioned Miller Garland, Pearson for Severson, Sharangovich Re-sign Miller

Still believing in a NJD - Vancouver trade

Lol - Lou still controlling the Devils with vibes

Yea - I would've liked him potentially as a 13th forward or call-up, but definitely see Lazar as an upgrade for the team in a few ways - even though they have comparable general stats, Lazar: 1. Team had a much better SH SVP with him on the ice, even tho Juho had the benefit of Demko in net. Canucks desperately need PK help 2. The physical side of the game - Juho has a lot of tenacity, but Lazar is bigger and throws his weight around way more 3. Right-handed - luck of the draw for players themselves, but Canucks needed another right handed player who can face-off - even tho Juho was good on faceoffs last year Even tho Lazar isn't a *huge* upgrade on paper, those three minor things are definitely worth the 150k cap hit increase IMO.

a little surprised he couldn't land a league min. contract or decent two-way considering he comes to play and can play all three forward positions, but a good get for the Lions - he'll probably come 1st or 2nd on their team in points with Azevedo starting the year hurt. Gronberg will like his tenacity no doubt.

sry i've made enough jokes this thread i agree the 2023 draft is deep and Allvin should be very cautious of moving any picks at all from next year

with a first pairing of Hughes and Dobson the Canucks will be picking 32nd overall anyway

from today:

if anyone is sleeping on ILYA MIKHEYEV i am here to wake them up

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Yea fair - I was kind of hoping Mason Beaupit would fall to the Canucks, but I now that I know more about Young, I think he might be just as good of a pick.

ah yes, that makes sense. ~~ anyway the whole context is premised on a joke. I know the Canucks are not gonna offersheet Noah

I think it can be divided by 7 years unless I'm reading this wrong?

it's interesting that he was born a year later than the #1 ranked NA goalie, who just happens to play on the same team as him, and had slightly worse stats than Young. Really like what Clark said about his competitiveness. Would like to see him give Brennan a run for his money this year in Prince George.

dude i was just joking Capfriendly has 8.4 set to a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd - which Dobson is definitely worth:

ok but hear us out. Allvin does it just to troll old man Lou Lam he has 18M in cap space - Dobson gets offersheeted for 8.4 Suddenly he has 9.5 to re-sign Bellows and Romanov and attempt to sign Nazem Kadri, as well as be mindful of Barzal's raise next year

Yeah I think Mangiapane will get more TOI this season, but I don't think he'll be first line Hubby - Lindholm - _______ (Dube? FA?) Magiapane - Backlund - Toffoli On the other hand trading Zadorov for another top-6ish winger would help them have a solid top-9. I proposed Pearson for Zaddy as good fits for both teams, but there's plenty of teams with overstock on middle-six wingers.