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This team is pooched, why aren’t we playing the kids?
NewbieCanuckFan replied to D.B Cooper's topic in Canucks Talk
Oops. Not the last time I'll say something stupid.. I will give Jim Benning credit by not honoring the NTC when he acquired him (as was Benning's right) Tampa. Brilliant move all around that trade. -
This team is pooched, why aren’t we playing the kids?
NewbieCanuckFan replied to D.B Cooper's topic in Canucks Talk
Better time might not be until the offseason (gives more teams to work in his cap hit and I too think he'll rebound & raise his market value). -
This team is pooched, why aren’t we playing the kids?
NewbieCanuckFan replied to D.B Cooper's topic in Canucks Talk
Because he was asked to waive it near the end of the trade deadline. He didn't leave anybody in the lurch. Jim Benning "ran out of time". His watch has been broken for 7 years. Jason Garrison *ALSO* used his NTC clause to nix a deal but in that case, Benning actually worked ahead of time to unload a guy with a bad groin & got an ok asset (2nd round pick) without taking any salary dump in return. He didn't wait until virtually the last minute to unload Garrison. -
This team is pooched, why aren’t we playing the kids?
NewbieCanuckFan replied to D.B Cooper's topic in Canucks Talk
Yeah that letting Tanev go was the bigger mistake. No planning ahead. If you want to move on from a player, you don't let him walk for nothing (especially somebody that had value like Tanev). -
This team is pooched, why aren’t we playing the kids?
NewbieCanuckFan replied to D.B Cooper's topic in Canucks Talk
Benning from what I call had the old "ran out of time" excuse (eg., waited far to long to decide to move him; which is silly because unless Hamhuis was playing like dog****, you trade a guy you have no intention of signing far earlier in the season rather than close to the trade deadline). -
This team is pooched, why aren’t we playing the kids?
NewbieCanuckFan replied to D.B Cooper's topic in Canucks Talk
It's not garbage in a sense of lacking offensive skill. It does lack any blueliners much less forwards that are better than average defensively (seems like OEL is hitting that wall that all athletes hit - father time). That places A TON on pressure on Demko. -
This team is pooched, why aren’t we playing the kids?
NewbieCanuckFan replied to D.B Cooper's topic in Canucks Talk
He still ended up being better than any "replacement". Chris Tanev, who knows how to play defense on D (strange concept) *might* be still the best defensive D on the Canucks if he still wore the uniform some *EIGHT* years later. -
Brock in the Buff [Proposal]
NewbieCanuckFan replied to hammertime's topic in Proposals and Armchair GM'ing
heartbeat...it's a lovebeat... -
[PGT] Anaheim Ducks at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 03, 2022
NewbieCanuckFan replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Ask Potvin, he'll tell you himself. Nobody with a bigger ego than him. Granted he was legit elite (which probably makes me more mad lol) That's what I liked most about Orr (despite him being a Bruin lol). Humility up the wazoo. Problem with Orr was that the medical procedures at the time were pretty bad. That and he rarely avoided taking a hit in order to make a play/pass. -
[PGT] Anaheim Ducks at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 03, 2022
NewbieCanuckFan replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
I had to look up what the word facetious meant. -
[PGT] Anaheim Ducks at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 03, 2022
NewbieCanuckFan replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
If JR's defense, Boeser's "qualifying offer" was pretty much around what his current cap hit was. JR only had limited choices, trade him (which would've netted little value considering the "QO" required to sign him), let him walk free; or re-sign him. -
[PGT] Anaheim Ducks at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 03, 2022
NewbieCanuckFan replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
No playoff team is going to take on Boeser's contract right now (which btw will put them several million over the cap) and his zero goals (Mayfield actually has scored more goals than him this season so far - difference being a fringe player like him makes "only" $1.5 million. Isles GM would laugh & hang up on the call if JR called him. -
[PGT] Anaheim Ducks at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 03, 2022
NewbieCanuckFan replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
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[PGT] Anaheim Ducks at Vancouver Canucks | Nov. 03, 2022
NewbieCanuckFan replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Why on Earth would the Isles want Boeser for Mayfield? -
To be fair, we were never in a position to draft Yzerman & we did draft future hall of famer Cam Neely in that draft. Course we dealt Neely & a 1987 first round pick for Pederson. That 1987 draft year saw some nobody center from Burnaby (drafted in a position where we could've selected him had we kept that 1st round pick). Some Joe Schmoe....(Sakic )