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Status Updates posted by kanucks25
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Update: The Perry trade WILL be announced after the Bruins game Good day to be a Canucks fan!
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@aGENT any thoughts my friend?
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Update: Perry trade still on course 100% announced Sat or Sun.
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Imagine letting Tanev walk.
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Well 42 I'm glad we didn't sign him, so far he's been lucky on the injury front but as he ages he's going to slow right down and not be worth anything close to what he's being paid so F that!
I'm glad he wasn't resigned here and we're trying to get younger. Same with Edler, and even Markstrom is on the wrong side of 30 and they all wanted term and that would have been a HUGE mistake.
I'm with JB on this one, perfect call.
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Any relatively expensive burgers in the lower mainland that are actually worth the price?
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soooo season opener at @bigbadcanucks back yard?
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@shiznak Bin 4's opening one on Boundary, also one in Brentwood as well (from what I've heard).
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Rumor: Hodgson + Raymond + Ballard for Corey Perry
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It's as if a curse has been lifted.
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Welp, turns out I had a lousy excuse of a human in my sig for years. Any suggestions for a new one?
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40 goals.
Thanks Benning.
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@kanucks25 As @Bissurnette has stated, this very thread is an example of this.
People gave you legitimate reasoning as why you shouldn't assume this would be the case had he been here and your response was "copium" followed by claiming you're always right. You didn't provide any insight as to why others are wrong.
Now, of course, I don't expect you to listen to any of this because you're "always right" in your mind. Can't be wrong if you ignore what everyone else says.
I'm also done in responding here. I've said my piece and you can take it or leave it. Otherwise, unless if you're willing to set your massive ego aside, it's just not worth my time.
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How can you be superstitious but not believe in God? Don't they kind of go together?
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McCann 11th in even-strength goal scoring, one spot ahead of Crosby. Thanks Benning.
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I thought they traded him cuz it was leaked that he was some sort of "lone star" egoistical diva who was unpopular? The fact that they traded him for the pylon that is Gudbranson aside, it took him until his third team (Pittsburgh) to really start scoring (2020: 0.75 points/ game), then with this Kraken selection he really broke out (50 points last season, 35 this season already). You never really know for players with ego (read: Virtanen, Jake; some players just never mature, even if people are patient with them).
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@phil_314 When trades are made that may be unpopular, it's not uncommon for teams to leak "information" to the media that may make them look better. Maybe McCann did have an attitude problem, but he was also 19 and rushed into the NHL which is on management. Him not "working out" here says less about him and more about our piss poor development for which there is a lot of evidence.
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The amount of brain cells I've lost over the years arguing with people who defend this management team. Mind-boggling.
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Patel’s autopsy of the Benning and Green regime.
For me, it was that 2020 off-season that ultimately killed us since it must have confused our players.
After signing Myers and Ferland, along with trading a 1st+ to bring in JT Miller, and using Madden+ for trade for Tyler Toffoli, the Canucks finally made the playoffs via the play-ins, took out the defending champs, and came within a game of making the 3rd round.........and then we unceremoniously, let all four of Markstrom, Tanev, Toffoli, and Stecher walk while keeping the lazy and troubled Virtanen on the team.
For me - it was this off season and this off season alone that turned our biggest team strength (team chemistry) into one of our biggest weaknesses.
The Arizona deal needed to happen in 2020 which would have allowed us to move massive cap space in order to sign those aforementioned 4 players. Yes, we would have had to lose Demko and Podkolzin in the process, but all of our bad contracts would have been moved while allowing us to simultaneously sign those 4 players.
To Arizona: Podkolzin + Demko + Player Name + Sutter + Baertschi + Roussel + Virtanen + Gaudette for OEL, Garland, Kuemper.
Miller-Pettersson-Toffoli
Hoglander-Horvat-Boeser
Pearson-####-Garland
Motte-Beagle-MacEwen
OEL-Myers
Hughes-Tanev
Edler-Stecher
Markstrom
Kuemper
Given the Covid situation in 2020, many players were signing “poo poo” one year heavily discounted contracts with the expectation that they’d sign more normalized contracts a year later. In other words, the Canucks would have likely been able to sign a really good player for pennies on the dollar and either duplicate or build upon their 2020 bubble playoffs.
Instead, I believe that the 2020 off season confused our core players of Myers, Miller, Horvat, Pettersson, Hughes, and Boeser.
On top of all this, it looks like Green’s system all along simply wasn’t conducive to maximizing players’ strengths. Schmidt came here and stunk, Virtanen is now doing extremely well in the KHL, while OEL can’t produce points with us. Gudbranson seems to have rediscovered his game while Chris Tanev doesn’t seem to be injury prone anymore largely due to Calgary’s superior puck possession game. Green’s shocking lack of creativity and innovative systems has also sunk this team.
Given the way that Benning had tried to rebuild this team since the 2015 playoff loss, it was absolutely imperative that Benning ran with that Markstrom, Tanev, and Stecher contingent because those were the guys that went through the battles with our core and those were the guys that held the fart down while we transitioned.
Given the way that Benning chose to rebuild this team, losing both Demko and Podkolzin so that we could clear bad contracts AND hold onto those aforementioned four players was absolutely imperative. Benning needed to pull the trigger on the OEL/Garland deal in 2020 much faster........but didn’t since Benning completely lost the context. Benning may have made the right moves on paper, but he sold out his core in the process.
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Your hope has not fallen on deaf ears my friend. It certainly does help. @AV.
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Really hope they don't take Hodgson off the second line, because he'll quickly lose his spot if they put him in the bottom-6. Higgins has been great but he can play well on the 3rd line. Hodgson + Higgins >>>>>> Higgins + Ebbett.
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Hodgson's been known as a two-way centre his whole career where is this purely offensive player thing coming from?...it'll make him a more complete player to be with such hard-working guys like Malhotra and Hansen. He'll still get PP time and can earn a spot on the 2nd line if he wants. We're contenders, not developers.
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Known as a two-way forward?
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn300/laesperanzapaz/lolque.jpg
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Tried Nutella for the first time... definition of over-rated.
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Love how advanced stats go back and forth from being voodoo garbage and not depending on if we suck at them or not lol.
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@buddhahoodlum just an observation, not sure how I'm trying to "feel superior". Talk about reductive.
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Name players you think will get over 40 points this year that have a cap hit of less than 3 million.
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Shocked how many people on this board have said the Rome hit wasn't dirty. It was extremely late, Horton wasn't a part of the play anymore. You can't just go charging at players' head with your shoulder.
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Luongo for Parise. :D
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Getzlaf hit was clean... stop it. Get better Hamhuis
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AV has no idea what to do with Hodgson. Seems like he's trying very hard to limit our most talented player.
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Anybody else here not a total homer that can look at the Canucks objectively whilst still being a die-hard fan? Doesn't look like it.
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AV at it again... Ballard scratched even though Rome was the one who cost us the game.
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Ballard - 2 goals / 3 assists / 5 points in 54 games. If AV wasn't a bonehead he could be a 40 point d-man. Oh well, let's just ride Rome the Legendary Superstar.
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This team is WAY too easy to play against, not going to work in the playoffs. Get it done, MG. :D
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After the Canucks sign Hansen, a 13th forward and an 8th defenseman, they'll have just 1 million left in space. I hope there is a trade looming.