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actually, daigle played IN the dead puck era, whereas kesler played after it. and that point difference amounts to 0.6 ppg vs 0.53 ppg. sure, it's a difference, bit really it's only a difference of 60 points over 600 games, which is what, about 8 points per season? and kesler has had he luxury of playing on far better teams.

interesting that you mention alexandre daigle. daigle: 616 gp 129 g 198 a 327 p kesler: 633 gp 175 g 209 a 384 p hmm.

its really fun. i do it often.

so spelling mistakes are a peeve of yours but grammatical accuracy is unimportant? that's ridiculous. spelling something wrong in most cases has no bearing on the understandability of the message, but incorrect grammar can change the entire meaning of a sentence.

i don't capitalize anything other than for emphasis, and i can take or leave apostrophes. its a stylistic choice, not laziness or ignorance.

so kesler is going to put up 40 goals, 70 points, and win the selke this year? because that's the top of his game. though that isn't the point. the point is that warhippy implied that any prospect (his words) is worth less than a roster player that's proven he can produce.

ignorance of spelling is far worse. it drives me insane when people can't spell properly in their own mother tongue. written expression is a crucial part of being literate in my opinion. typos are easily excusable. everybody makes them, yourself included (about 3 posts back). not to mention you made a bunch of grammatical errors in the very post i'm quoting.

right, so whatever team drafts mcdavid next year should be willing to trade him for dany heatley prior to the start of the season since heatley has demonstrated an ability to produce in the past.

or perhaps it's apathy as far as spell checking before submitting a post? personally, i post almost exclusively from my phone, i get no red underline (i believe this is browser specific), and frankly, its too much of a pain in the ass for me to bother scrolling back up through the text to check for typos.

i didn't say tampa SHOULDNT trade drouin for kesler, i said they WOULDNT. and i agree with you to an extent about drouin. that said, he does possess the potential to be a franchise player, which kesler will never be. and your description of kesler is a bit much. kesler will never again score 40 in his career. he can't play wing on a second line, let alone a first line. his shutdown abilities are worse now than they were 3 years ago and its only downhill from here considering he's a 30 year old with a ton of wear and tear and he's grossly injury prone. additionally, comparing both horvat to drouin and kesler to toews is absurdly moronic, as toews and drouin far, far exceed the players you compared them too.

allow. for. players. to. have. some. say. in. where. they're. traded. to. typing vertically is a pain in the ass. i don't know why you'd choose to do it.

no chance. kesler wouldn't get drouin straight up.

doesn't hurt that he wears a certain number in honor of a certain retired player.

and yet a typo is irrelevant when discussing the intelligence of others.

big difference between a spelling mistake and a typographical error, fella.

mike richards got simmonds, b. schenn, 2nd. kesler would get no more than that.

jason garrison is a terrible hockey player. 4.6 x 6 still boggles the mind after one decent season. i said it at the time and i'll say it again now: that contract alone should have been enough to cost gillis his job. its exactly the same as the jeff finger contract.

yep, i was thinking about it this morning actually. it took the flames 9 YEARS after their cup run to accept reality and offload their assets. it took those same 9 years for them to draft a player that has a legitimate shot at being a star 1st liner. as great as horvat, shinkaruk etc will hopefully become, nobody in the canucks system has the high end skill to become a consistent 80-100 point player, and frankly, until the team accepts reality, they won't be replacing the outgoing stars via the draft because they won't be drafting top 5.

vigneault was the problem and tortorella is the answer though, right? where are all those morons from the beginning of the year?

its not just about the assets they got in return, its about roster turnover, making room for young players developed from within, and shedding dead weight salary to remain competitive.

yeah, it takes a couple years to reload (if you're lucky, or have good enough drafting/development). you think the canucks are primed to go to the finals this year after their two "down years"? of course not. if the canucks unloaded their old supporting cast this year, they'd still be 5 years away at least because of their abysmal drafting. but the clock won't start ticking down on those 5 years until they unload.

how about what the hawks did with campbell, versteeg, ladd, byfuglien, niemi etc? seemed to work ok for them didn't it?

fans should have high expectations. so should gms. fans should also be loyal to the players that have bled for them. gms should be significantly less so. the problem is that gillis has hung onto these players long enough that instead of being remembered positively after departing, they now instill a sense of bitterness and disappointment. look at guys like bill belichick, or even wally buono. they have no remorse when it comes to cutting ties with beloved fan favorites and the result is teams that can perennially compete.

if you can't overcome injuries you're not going anywhere in the playoffs anyway.

that's because those guys are the bargain versions of all those things. you get what you pay for.