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Greyhounds, cuz with a farm team so close we are gonna see a $&!# ton of player movement.
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[discussion/poll] Trent Cull - next coach of the Canucks?
xereau replied to JM_'s topic in Canucks Talk
I sense a sword of Damocles hanging above Benning's head right now, and I can see him getting canned at the end of this season, or perhaps after the draft cycle is done. 60/40 chance this happens, and no I don't have any insider information, it's just a gut feeling I have. Whether it happens this offseason or not, it'll happen, and again, I'd bet my finest steel that Aquaman replaces him with a first timer, and that the coach too, is a nobody. -
They didn't let him walk, he 100% had his eyes set on the original 6 team for which he played his entire career...
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[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Should be 2 and 2. He fell on purpose. -
[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Lind looks good with Bo and Pearson. Huh. He supports the puck well, and it follows him around. -
[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
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[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
TBH this team could use Mike Sillinger to center the 4th line. -
[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Green's team systems to me seems designed to squeak past/ befuddle teams 55-60% of the time in the regular season, and it offers zero counter to any team who simply wants to play keep away in the playoffs. Playing the same team 4-5 times in a row in the regular season is no beuno for this style of system, and we've seen the results of both 'extended look' types of play (playoffs, covid schedule) to conclude that its complete lowbrow nonsense. Statscapades™. -
[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
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[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
The thing is, the Coil still have bad games, and we play them so many damned times. Their D and G are on the level of the Laffs. No way this team goes 0-fer. -
[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
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[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Randomly watched a fighting documentary last week called Tough Guys.. coach comes on of one of the teams, and I'm like.. wait a minute.. that's Craig Coxe. The doc followed 5 bubble fighters struggling to stay in the game, and they never once mentioned that the coach was one of the all time baddest asses in the NHL.. wtf? -
[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
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[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
I can see Jimbo getting the axe after the season. -
[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
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[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
He's unrespectable with the way he goes about his business. -
[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
What a passive aggressive douche post this is. Finally? Like they were holding back on him? -
[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
100% reminds me of Darren Archibald. -
It'll be great to see what he's got. These guys like Gadj and Lind have both been very loyal to the team so far, and they are finally seeing the long game play out for them. It's more a sign to those further down the chain in the system that it does indeed payoff to put your nose to the grindstone and work for it. Looking forward to seeing if he goes to the front of the net.. a big guy like that's gonna draw a penalty or two a game vs Nurse alone.
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[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers l May 3, 7 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
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[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks @ Toronto Maple Leafs l May 1, 4 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
http://www.cksn.ca/2021/01/whats-wrong-with-the-nhl-and-why-hasnt-a-canadian-team-won-the-cup-since-1993/ What’s Wrong With The NHL? (And Why Hasn’t A Canadian Team Won The Cup Since 1993?) January 21, 2021 1:01 am I love hockey. I love watching hockey. I cheer for my favourite Canadian team. I cheer for all Canadian teams in the NHL. And that is where my frustration begins. The last time a Canadian NHL team won the Stanley Cup was 1993 when the Montreal Canadiens accomplished the feat. Indeed, only a small number of Canadian NHL teams have made it to the finals in the last two decades. That means that it has been 28 years and counting since a Canadian team has last won the Stanley Cup. Does that seem as totally unlikely to you as it does to me? Well it should. Lets discuss the basic statistics behind this series of events to better understand how truly unlikely it is. Let’s presume that every NHL team has an equal chance each year at winning the Cup. I know you’re thinking thats a huge presumption, but bear with me as I present this basic argument. I realize that every team doesn’t have the same chance to win, but in my mind, an exciting NHL would have that kind of parity. And over almost 30 years, the law of averages should take affect. So, with 7 Canadian teams in a 31 team league, the odds of a Canadian team winning the Cup should be 7 divided 31. And that means that the odds of a Canadian team not winning the Cup would be 24 divided by 31. For this to happen 28 consecutive times the odds of this event occurring would be 24/31 to the exponent 28. If you have a calculator, you will see that the product of this calculation is 0.0007. That is less than one tenth of one percent. Seven chances in ten thousand! No gambler would ever take these odds. It is outrageously unlikely. So what’s wrong? The usual answers I have received when I posed this question to friends and other hockey fans are as follows: Canadian teams are poorly managed. I really don’t believe this. Some teams have poor management for a period of time, but not all 7 Canadian teams are poorly managed collectively for 28 years Canadian teams don’t pay as well. All NHL players are paid in USA dollars. So that isn’t it. It is true that taxes in Canada are higher, but does that prevent quality players from joining Canadian teams year after year NHL Players don’t want to play in a cold climate Nonsense. Would a NHL player turn down an opportunity to play in the hotbed of hockey? Honestly, there are some warm climate locations in the NHL, where people, in general, don’t know what hockey even is. In some warm weather locations in the NHL, hockey coverage comes well after most other sports. Final Thoughts So what really is the problem? That’s a great question to ask Gary Bettman. I think its got a lot to do with revenue streams to the NHL, television rites, marketing, drafting players, expansion and so on. At any rate, when you start to get old and cynical like me, you wonder if NHL hockey chooses the winners in advance like the WWE. I really hope I’m wrong. I’m sure that you have an opinion on this matter. Share it with us. By Garth Vanstone _____________________________________________________ Though the math isn't 100% accurate, given that several teams joined in the interim, it's close enough. This league is a mafia. -
[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks @ Toronto Maple Leafs l May 1, 4 p.m. l SNP
xereau replied to -SN-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Only time I ever saw Gretzky live the Canucks won 8 or 9 to 2. Gretz was invisible. Kurri was the best player on the Kings. And someone 3 seats down from me hit some dude named Johnson who beat the crap out of Dana Murzyn at the end of the game. Was down in Vancouver with my sis who was in the hospital for epilepsy testing. cant remember the year.. was somewhere 92-94 heh. -
Finally dawned on me why we let Gaudette go for so little in return
xereau replied to Harold27k's topic in Canucks Talk
Reminds me of that old reoccuring sketch on Mad TV.