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  1. This was my go-to forum during game day thread and post game threads for any little plays and insight during a hockey game. It is also a place where I gather info of our own prospects' development all over the years whether they have made the team or a bust. I enjoyed those little features on CDC since early 2000 during heyday of WCE. I'll miss this place for sure. Farewell, CDC.
  2. I happen to agree with you. If it was any other year, giving up mid 1st and 2nd round is ok but it is what it is. I liked this trade and we really need RHD but it is all a bout timing. Had we held on the trade and wait until draft to make a decision, I do not think Detroit would have made a trade, it was either now or never type of deal at the TDL.. We can always trade Hronek since he still a RFA next off-season with sign and trade type of deal where he will need a new deal to recover some type of 1st round draft pick and a top prospect or 2nd, whenever we could fetch for him.
  3. I think that a long stay in Pacific time zone will help the Canucks even if they are in playoff spot, they can always rest a a couple of guys. One game is like a quick trip, not a long stay, also help to get used to the time zone if we end up a wild card spot and having to play first round in Central division team on the road. Not overly a big deal or even the Oilers might help as well. Doesn't matter. They will not be opening the playoff at home anyways unless we surprise the world.
  4. I'm confused with this move, does that means, he will not have to clear waivers when cuts are made after training camp to be sent down or have to go through waivers again for opening day?
  5. Myer will be moved once bonuses are paid for on Sept 15 and teams that struck out in UFA market for a D probably will kicking tires and I think he has 10 team no trade list that has to be submitted on July 1st so GMPA will have a good idea of who is needing a D can make a trade deal. With 1.5 million of cap space left, they can make a pitch for 3rd line center at this price. He is all but more likely be moved for something in return.
  6. I like this deal, non-commitment short term, just one year and get off the book if he doesn't pan out, keep the cap space wide open for next season offseason. It is going to be a ton of cap space with caps coming off the book and NHL increasing cap by projected 4.5 million dollars after the debt is paid off.
  7. It's possible if Petterson or Hughes refuse to resign with us, easy 1st right there in any trade in the future.l No way we'd lose them for nothing. I think they'll sign with us for long haul.
  8. This seems to be recurring cycle theme for last 7 seasons, with at least one home game after team's 6th game. Last four seasons, we opened the season on the long road trips. Is Rogers Arena always booked for other event around month of October? I would not mind opening the season on the road only on the west coast, see April's schedule as an example. They could easily swap those type of schedule in October with April's schedule and I would be fine with that. I do not mind west coast road trip on October to ease them into the season rather than East coast trips every October. I guess the tradeoff with the schedule like this is on March, 3 weeks without sitting on a plane to other city is a bonus especially if the Canucks is in playoff spot by the time 9 games stretch will propel them easily with a lot of rest from travelling and freshen them up for a playoff run if the Canucks do make it. The bad tradeoff is if the Canucks fell behind 8 ball early then this type of schedule easily push us out of lottery as they will be too fatigue due to type of schedule for first 3/4 of the season. The longest road trip of the season is I do not mind because 3 of them are in one same city, NYC teams.
  9. If Hronek can handle 20 minutes along with Hughes and dominates and 3-6 holding their own with sheltered minutes, I think it might be enough. PP has to score at 30% rate and PK being improved and our D prospects are ready to step in with no injures. We still need one more proven D depth in case of injures. We could easily make a trade if bulk of our wingers have improved more than so last year for some D depth in season movement. The most important thing is that the anchor of OEL is gone. I have seen quite a lot of improvement by D after OEL went down due to injury and bought out helps us to move on rather than wondering if OEL will ever bounce back.
  10. Top dollars for one year contracts rather than average dollars for long term lock. I don't mind this strategy, it get off the books right away after one year even one of UFA guy that is undeserving for top dollar but gives him motivation to see what he can do rather than stuck with him for a long time. If he caught fire, trade him at the deadlines if we falters out of playoff spot or that guy helps us make the playoffs. I don't mind rather than being stuck with bad contracts. It helps us for one season. We still need to unload wingers though to offer a top dollars to other area of needs for one year.
  11. No, let him go away. He's out for 6 months and earliest we'll see him back is January, since he will need more time to catch up his conditioning. If we offer him QO, it's cost us a lot more than if we let him go. No guarantees.
  12. No guarantee that he would be back to former self even if he recovers from the injury. Even if he goes and plays the same way he played last season, we would have dodged another bullet and would gladly take this buyout and accept the length. There's no way the NHL would let us use LTIR on OEL even if we wanted to.
  13. I would do buyout all over again, buyout OEL a million more times. This season is perfect time to do it. I've been posting that a few times during winter/spring about that. If we waited next season, no guarantee that OEL will rebound to former self with hefty price to pay, lost draft pick, lost better wingers due to other teams asking for sweeteners and possible lousy returns from any trades we might have made.
  14. This is a way better use of players' asset is buying OEL out. I've been saying that this is the best option we have left despite the long buyout cap hit until 2031. When nobody is taking OEL in a trader market, we use this provision and it saved us from other teams asking for sweetener just to shed a cap. We have hit a perfect time for this buyout with huge saving. If OEL's salary is 8 million this season, the cap saving would not have been possible. 10 million dollars this year alone in salary made this huge cap saving possible. I am honestly surprised that the owner is willing to sign on with this buyout move. Well done. Cap will go up in next 2024 off-season with a possibility of a lost season once CBA is up. For as long as Bettman is in charge, expect this to happen to get what he wants. Even if the owners wanted to have cap go up next season, he refused to do that even if the debt will be paid for early next season from the pandemic CBA agreement with the players.. It tells me that Gary is very rigid with the money. Any lockout will help the Canucks, and cap hit still count a season and still get OEL's contract off the book on 2031 off season. This is still a win-win even if no lockout occurs. We can still use compliance buyout on OEL to wipe off any remaining years of buyout penalty if new CBA includes compliance buyout provisions.
  15. He is in a right place in history, a part of a gold medal winning team no matter what at the cost of a new contract but he will get a new contract regardless but not at the QO price. He'll get one-year contract whenever he comes back and will have a leverage of having a better contract next off-season. If I were him, I wouldn't take a risk. He might lose half million to a million dollar, depending on which team wants or needs his service when he returns. I would be very surprised if he is offered a qualifying offer.
  16. The only move we can make is buying out OEL. OEL's replacement from 2nd half in the time OEL was out were a lot better. Don't want to risk keeping OEL for another lost season. No need to do crazy things like sweeteners to get us out of cap troubles. We stay put, buy out OEL, find some free agent to replace OEL for one year deal or promote from within until our cap situation improves next season then we can explore our options. We do not want to go into 2024 off-season with similar cap troubles because we did something this off-season. Assess our situation next season that would include EP40 salary and roster game plan for 2024-25 season. If our roster improves from within and that is a big win.
  17. If he's injured, not taking a chance of having his service with potential months of missing games with just one year contract and cost of qualifying at a higher salary is not worth it. That is why if I'm a player, I wouldn't risk my career if I'm pending free agent by playing world championships even if it's an honor to play for my own country unless I'm under contract for next season. Let him go UFA and try to sign him at a cheaper rate but I'm thinking teams will risk scooping him up at a lower cost than the qualifying and he choose to go better team than the Canucks.
  18. That is ok. Cap will go up regardless starting next season and is manageable with right planning.
  19. Easy choice, buyout OEL on last day of buyout possible to save our assets if there's no taker on any trade for our winger like Garland. Despite the owner's wishes, you have to buy out or risk having underperforming OEL before buying him out next season without any significant cap savings and losing our assets. You'll have to convince the owner to take a chance of buying him out if he wants to see his father win the Cup asap.
  20. About time and it's too bad they're fined for nothing. And I saw one post saying teams still practice and playing games postseason which is unfair to other teams that is out and I agree. They still get to improve their teams with a prolong playoff run. Last time I checked, they're still under contract until June 30 and it does not make sense to forbid any on-ice training. One year trial experiment. If the players like it, they could extend the agreement.
  21. That kind of talk should be reserved for next off-season if Silvos is able to steal a few more wins as a back-up or higher win percent than Demko or ability to pry Demko away from the starting job. Also if Demko is steady with his strong play, he should fetch us a first rounder, not 2nd rounder and we still control him for 3 more seasons and teams will be desperate for a goaltender after seeing strong teams out of playoffs due to poor goaltending performance while we still churn out the goalie factory for over a decade now. We are in position of a strong leverage with emerge of Silvos.
  22. I would take a hard pass, but wouldn't mind signing him at the minimum and if he doesn't perform, easily waive him and send him to minors without a cap hit attached to our salary cap situation.
  23. I wouldn't mind the draft day moving down and gain 2nd rounder deal, only if they get OEL off from the contract. It is only 19th pick and still a good player out from it, plus 2nd rounder could be a good one. If their BPA is at 11th spot and really want that player, they're better off keeping the pick. If any of BPA is gone then make the move.
  24. Ask me again by end of next season. Too early to say on how he will do once he is 100% because most often than not the injury can set him back for a long while and might never get it back.
  25. Garland will fetch more than Boeser currently. I think that Boeser will have a bounce back and teams are having a second thoughts on Boeser due to his rookie year to current play and it's not the same. If Boeser get his personal life behind him and play better, he is more than an asset than Garland ever will. What I've noticed is that Garland is more of a tunnel visioned type of player. If he could remove that, he will dominate easily even with his smaller stature.
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