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no, i don't think they're playing their best. i still don't believe their best is good enough. the canucks have, at most, 3 legitimate top 6 forwards. that's not competitive.

because the canucks as they are currently built, even fully healthy and playing their absolute best, aren't good enough.

my argument, in short, is that this teams primary scoring almost certainly won't start happening with any regularity, and even if it did, it wouldn't be enough to make this team compete with the best in the league.

1. 4 wins in 12 games this year 2. have you watched this team play? they are at least 2 full steps below the teams that are actual contenders.

imo your opinion is wrong.

yeah, and skill + size >> skill - size

how many of them didn't make it because they were too big?

now go look up all the small players that didn't make it.

patrick white is still the better pick.

booth has zero skills and zero brains. you could get the same effect by putting a chimp on rocket skates.

the canucks shouldn't be acquiring any players older than 25.

yeesh

if the canucks miss the playoffs or go out quick aquilini will demand change in some capacity. 10-15 playoff games over a 3 year stretch is an awful lot of wasted money not going into francesco's back pocket.

stanton: 11 pts in 36 gp weber: 5 pts in 28 gp which one brings more offense again?

anybody who thinks for a second that calgary's goons would have attacked the sedins is either stupid or just trying to justify tortorella's lineup choices. it just doesn't happen. especially from a brian burke team. he loves the sedins. that said, the brawl was fun so who cares.

the line brawl was pointless but whatever. who cares. the intermission tantrum was absolute bush league and i hope the league throws the book at him.

passively watched his team get progressively worse for 3 straight years while too paralyzed by fear and indecision to make any changes. in his six years as gm he has added one player to the core that he inherited. not to mention the plethora of brutal trades that have been discussed ad nauseum. what has he done to warrant keeping his job?

you mean during the holiday roster freeze?

you mean during the holiday roster freeze?

or, alternately, i want the most overrated forward with an undeserved, high priced contract and i want to give up every single tradeable asset.

canucks would have to add to edler to get o'reilly. why on earth would florida want booth and his terrible contract back? they got rid of him for a reason. not to mention it would take a lot more than that package to get campbell even at full price, let alone with florida retaining half. hugely overrating kane, just like everyone on this site overrates every name player that allegedly becomes available. i wouldn't trade tanev straight up for kane, since tanev will prevent far more goals every year than kane will score, without the stupid high cost and attitude issues. don't quit your day job.

stastny would make this team a contender the same way derek roy did last year.

well i guarantee they wouldn't have.

sutter built a team suited to small ice and even then they may not have medaled. i don't know why everyone thought an inbred farmer that cant hang on to an nhl job was the country's saviour in the first place. edit: in retrospect i'm not really sure why i posted this in this thread.

you're right, when the problem is a lack of scoring, the 4th liners are to blame.