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Gaudette Celly

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  1. Okay, this is where it just doesn't add up. If in the first three years they were effectively going backwards but only the last two going forwards, we would still not be caught up to 2014 when they started. It's the JD Burke "Gudbranson trade set the rebuild back 4-5 years" mantra. If all of this is correct, we are now in around 2013. Does anyone seriously believe that? Little wonder there are still some asking "When are they going to start rebuilding?"
  2. So you somehow expected better? CDC is what it is; once you realize that then there's no surprises.
  3. Then why bother checking on it at all? Just wait until you see a new one like, "Canucks say they're keeping Eriksson" or "Eriksson traded to X" etc.
  4. This is the key difference between the media in our market versus others like Edmonton and Toronto. There, they are often apologists for the team. You would never EVER see an article like that here. If the Vancouver media wrote about Eriksson, they'd come up with "10 Reasons why no NHL team should touch Eriksson".
  5. What's good is that we are going to be able to play any way we want. If it's a speed game, we have plenty. If it gets more physical, we have guys that can play that way, too. If they want to get rough, we have guys that aren't afraid to mix it up and drop if need be. Teams like the Flames and Leafs are limited in that they cannot afford to do the latter, since their few players with grit will be taken out when there are altercations.
  6. Where's Dhaliwall with his, "56 days until training camp and Eriksson is STILL here"...
  7. No room on the roster. Perhaps if they moved Tanev or something, but would think Ben could find a bottom-6 role somewhere.
  8. "59 days until training camp, and Brock Boeser STILL isn't signed" - Rick Dhaliwal Fortunately those "wingmen" he always complains about put him in his place.
  9. Now that we have others with physicality on the team, he won't be relied upon to have that physical presence or set the tone, so hopefully that'll also reduce the likelihood of further injury. Everyone can just play their game without obligation to be an enforcer or otherwise, like it was when Dorsett, Prust, and Gudbranson were basically on their own here.
  10. Buying out Sekera was a puzzler, unless maybe there's some underlying residual medical issues we don't know about. Or maybe they expect Bear, Bouchard, or even Broberg to step in this year. Yet, as one Oiler blogger pointed out, is this all they're doing with that cash they freed up?
  11. Yes, and why also I don't think Holland is prepared to pay what it'll cost. Especially not to a divisional rival. But who knows, maybe he'll realize he can't just wait it out and will pull the trigger to get things moving. I remember back at the time of the Grizzlies, Washington had three massive long-term contracts eating up their cap, all of which were vastly under-performing (Strickland was one). I figured they were stuck for years with nowhere to go, but they managed to move them somehow and start rebuilding the team within a short period.
  12. You CLEARLY stated "certain people are the douches" of which you took particular effort to necro-mine two in particular out of a 3-year-old thread. Silver Ghost simply brought to your attention how you are making yourself look, for your own benefit. You've shown no evidence of that, but to the contrary are simply emoting because people disagreed with you. Go ahead, show how I "looked down on" (whatever that means) anyone who "sided with caution". If you're going to quote mine and attack someone with name-calling, at least quote something that substantiates your contention. Maybe you think this is also "looking down" on you, but the reality is you're just embarrassing yourself here and we're trying to spare you from it. It's just a message board and I do not seek nor expect an apology, but you need to realize that mods also have a job to do and will see this.
  13. The Oilers and their lack of secondary scoring and abysmal PK could use Eriksson. Positive value. The Canucks have no use for Lucic. Zero value. In fact, negative value. That is only one aspect of why it's not just a simple swap with a teaspoon of sugar.
  14. Right, so now you call me a "douche" as being one of the "usual suspects". For simply declaring a statement of FACT that was not debateable, and was not refuted by anyone, because it was factual. Or did you respond that "Eriksson is not a top-6 player"? Would love to see that post. You need to quit while you're already behind instead instead of continuing to dig a hole you shouldn't have started.
  15. Eriksson had just come off a 30-goal season, after being a consistent producing goal-scorer his entire career. So how is declaring him a top-6 player in any conceivable way wrong? How is that in any conceivable way "tunnel vision" or a "blind eye to risks"? As if there's ever zero risk to anything? When they signed him, was he a top-6 player or not? Yes or no? #fail
  16. Let alone a slower, less effective, more expensive one. Loui is not likely to play on this roster again, and if Lucic were traded here he likely wouldn't either.
  17. For years now, we've wondered what will happen when the team begins its ascension out of the rebuild, and the media and fans who doubted all along and admittedly had no idea what had been going on suddenly wake up to the reality that the Canucks are a playoff team and eventual contender. At the time I figured it would be an off-handed "Benning just got lucky", but apparently we have our first attempt at an answer. Basically about as creative and insightful, which matches the lack of insight the past 5 years and already setting the table to dismiss any success to come. I guess it'll be, "Benning fluked out those cups, musta been millyunz of horseshoez." Will be interesting to see the excuses from public buffoons like Ray Ferraro, but rest assured, they've so bought into their narrative of ignorance that none from this crowd will ever give Canucks management any credit for it, let alone Jim Benning.
  18. NHL’s Top 10 UFAs remaining: Latest rumours, reports Gardiner: Hutton:
  19. Not sure how that makes sense. If Loui wants out, why does he veto, unless he wants a narrow choice of teams? Most contenders won't have the cap to take him. Would seem he's not wanting out that badly, but it can only be causing friction when the team is trying to accommodate both sides. Now that his agent is going public trying to shine things over, hopefully all parties are working together to get it resolved.
  20. From the Oilers? That would be some high-fructose corn syrup.
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