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Quite. The group of Elk is... Elk. Look at that Elk over there. Those Elk are a pain in the ass, eating from my garden. It'd be like somebody saying the "Frankfurt Fishes" rather than "Frankfurt Fish"

Them and the Oilers. Tie it all up in two guys, lose. Nate MacKinnon in Colorado is on a team friendly deal (and lets be honest, it's not hurting him either) and as a result they have... more than one line. I'll be shocked if they don't win it, but I don't see anybody in "the west" who is going to stop that juggernaut. Sakic's built a hell of a powerhouse.

One Loui Eriksson plus one Jake Virtanen. Those two for One, no salary retained. That's about the only way I'd say "meh why not".

I'm just sad you beat me to posting this lol.

Anybody at 3 or less in cap it's probably "better" to just bury them in the minors. Holtby would be the only one even remotely 'in the zone' for a buyout, but we come back to the actual problem at hand - "what do we need the cap space for?" As you point out, we still need "a" backup, and Holtby showed he can do that job, albeit at a very expensive rate, but he's insurance. In a longer season, getting reliable 1b goaltending means Demko isn't as thrashed going into the playoffs - I remember the heady days of Luongo and (blank) where (blank) was a warm body who wore pads. As a result, Luongo was just gassed going into the playoffs, because they knew the backup wasn't going to win their 50% of the games needed. Holtby will probably maintain a 50% win rate as the backup... which is fine. Is that worth 2m of dead cap and no player to save maybe 1.3 this year after finding another backup and paying them? Probably not... because we're back to the problem - who are we targeting as a new pickup? If we had 12m of "free cap" after re-signings are done that changes the game entirely... but if we're only looking at 1-2-3m after the re-signed people are re-signed... then buyouts aren't going to get us an impact player. Besides, I'm not sure free agency is a direction we should go anyway. Nobody good will be affordable, and almost every time a big FA signing happens it screws the team who signs them. See: Everybody not named Tavares in the past 6 years.

For me it's "losing the right way". A team phoning it in (like the Oilers in McDavid and prior years) is not even fun to watch. They just suck. BUT, a team that loses a lot, but is 'always in it' because they are doing the right things generates excitement. Our worst games in the past few years were when guys weren't doing "anything" to generate the game. It's like one or two (usually Hoglander) wanted to be there and everybody else couldn't be bothered for a few days. It isn't fun watching that kind of tire fire. Watching vets get ice they don't deserve, doing nothing but skate a lap and go sit down. I'm hoping the team engages with the body more in the next couple years. No more Gandhi hockey... not saying run guys or get out of position like Byfuglien trying to make just huge hits... but rub-outs on the boards, contact 'when possible' on the forecheck. TRY to generate offense from your defence - tire the other team out through the (clean!) battering they will endure. Make teams not want to play in your building, make them take retaliatory penalties from frustration from the clean hits. It also forces 'your team' to remain engaged in the game. It's 'neat' how making a hit gets you into a game. If you recall the good ole days with the WCE, and if Bertuzzi got a chance to level a guy early in the game (or if someone got him) he was just going to wake up and take over. It's not an isolated phenomenon. Obviously a guy like Hughes isn't going to hit like MacEwan. But what's to stop him from really learning how to throw his hips out there like Hamhuis did? Use what ya got, get better as a group and play hard. That's how you win and lose at hockey the 'right way' imo. Support teammates, generate offence from defence and recognize that it's a whole lot harder for the other team to score when you have the puck 160+ feet from your net. And the more the team plays that way, the more they will find they win, and they'll always be exciting.

Travis Green: "Hey Sekeras, do you feel like a jackass now, framing all those questions like I was guaranteed gone?" I doubt that comes out but... yeah... you know somebody wants to say it.

It's the "hurr durr I'm the only woke one" 'feel' of the posts that gets irritating. Just like that ridiculous 'cap hit' copy paste of a couple months ago. Spamming a bad take repeatedly doesn't make it any less bad. But I suppose there was a buffoon running the media cycle for 4 years down south who did exactly that, so naturally there are some emulators out there.

Scenes when Ottawa gets it from the position we'd have held if not for "tankathon" lol

Stockholm Syndrome is real. He's never had anybody else in the pro leagues... so yeah. Maybe they're nice guys, but they aren't helping you play defense.

If you'd have told me two years ago that the Canucks were going to be playing their final game of the season in Mid-late May I'd have said "that's seriously optimistic". Here we are, the Canucks played their final game of the season in mid-late May. I dunno, that sounds pretty successful to me.

Postgame: We're doing good things, next game I think we'll be better.

I wonder how loud the fire Benning chants will be in the stands today... --Cut to the taxi squad just chanting it--

You know, I think Gadj might be sitting out because of scouts. Source: CDC poster. I mean it was said with enough vigor that it must be true.

Yes to Clark, no to everybody else. If Green can't either fix what his assistants are screwing up, or recognize that they're screwing it up at all, then it's on him. Beginning of the year I was still Yes Green. Now I'm not. And the covid record has nothing to do with it, it's the manner of play and our lack of improvement in the same areas game in, game out, hell even play in, play out. Maybe he's a good coach, but I think his time here is done and we need a new voice. "Time expired" as it were.

Play the kids. Hopefully Eddie can get 100. I'd go crazy on the powerplay now. 2-D formation, classic shoot-first style just to see if Eddie can get his 100th. Not like it matters... clapper from the point with traffic in front.

I apologize for making a bit of an assumption on the age, but deriving on the meme, I'm assuming 'the 70s'. As for what to be embarrassed about... Cool Cars Hot Fashion And "Brown and pee" Home Decor The music... lol. The good stuff was legendary. The "pop" music from the 70s......... yikes. I grew up being forced to listen to LP's of that rubbish. Thank goodness I was also saved by the LP's of the good stuff. The 70s was home to the highest highs and the almost lowest lows (nothing tops the 80s for lowest lows) There was plenty about the 70s that wasn't necessarily hot.

So everybody gets drunk and goes to the tailgates instead, and the 5-6 keeners on every team who nobody likes anyway because they take it too seriously just play with each other?

Oh, that's what it was. I was already in Jim Mora mode, so I didn't actually notice.

The graphic is interesting... apparently both teams lost last night

Non star player offense. And a Canuck. Surprised it wasn't a lifetime ban.

All he had to do was slew foot the guy into the ice, then it's fine.

That would be different from now how?

My only issue with the losing is the 'nature' of the losing. Yes, outbreak, and yes, we weren't particularly good even before it. But the exact same mistakes are being made game in, game out. Our special teams is atrocious and the structure isn't sound. There's insufficient pushback physically even when "we are losing" - if it's a quasi playoff series and you're getting bounced in a game, make the other team *feel* it, so next time you play they've got their heads up a bit more rather than just walk you consistently. This Canucks team is not fast, not physical, not smart, not defensive, not offensive. They have zero identity, they're just skating around seemingly 'okay' with losing. The exact thing a team wants to avoid, lest you become like Buffalo. We have 'access' to 26 roster players, some of who were never sick. There should be ample time on ice for guys who are in good shape, and managed minutes for those who clearly aren't. If guys like 'Miller' look tired (read: aren't playing well or are lazy) they can have a seat, let somebody who has the energy to play take the spot for 5-6 shifts until 'Miller' feels better and wants to get back out there and play properly. Green really seems to bench the rookies a lot, and if a 'star' isn't quite right they get more ice to 'fix it'. Had enough of that lack of accountability for some.