Scottish⑦Canuck

All set to 'bottom-out' this season...

its like instead of beating their dog they decided to put that anger into watching the Canucks. Its pathological. 

Until we make the playoffs we can’t do much in the way of rebuttal...best to not just go there.

Rugby, at the elite level, is only second to hockey for me to watch.  

Maybe the Scots need Gavin Hastings to come out of retirement?  

@Alflives  The only time Alf went to a rugby game was when heard about a great hooker on the field....only it wasn’t what he expected.

Rugby is amazing. 

which sucks when you think it's Friday

I have a Pro-D in lieu tomorrow so it's my Friday, woooooooooooooooo!

That is all.

Too real. I just got a job again after being unemployed for nearly 2 months. It's a good feeling.

Congrats SC (and AJ)! Good to see things are looking up. 

@smithers joe I start in mid September, which is quite good as I need to find a place to live and the Fringe Festival is on throughout August so things are crazy expensive right now. 

Chan eil ach beagan Gaidhlig agam

It's my mom's native language and I wish she'd taught us to fluency when I was younger though. So much easier to soak it in when you're a kid.  

My wife just texted that to me as well. Said she saw a Friedman tweet. I haven’t seen anything on it though. 

Apparently they mutually agreed to part ways so Linden can pursue other interests???? Man I’m bummed. Huge Linden fan since I was a kid. 

Could Trevor be sick?  He’s kind of thin.

@VanGnome The line-up is currently set as such (ballpark of course).

Leipsic/Horvat/Boeser

Baer/Sutter/Eriksson

Goldobin/Beagle/Virtanen

Roussel/Schaller/ Gagner

Granlund filling in where needed.

Tanev/Edler

Gudbranson/Del Zotto

Pouliot/Stecher

Hutton/Biega filling in where needed.

Markstrom/Nielsen

Where do you see space for Pettersson, Gaudette, Dahlen, Juolevi, Hughes, or Demko making the team out of camp? The team is saturated with 3rd and 4th liners.

Stecher spending a month in Utica and Boeser being scratched for two games ultimately didn't have a huge impact on their pro careers, so I can live with short-term sacrifice for long-term gain. That being said, I think we'd all like to see Pettersson, Dahlen, Gaudette, and potentially Hughes in the lineup.

There are a lot of bubble players that the Canucks will have to make decisions on. I wouldn't rule out any of those guys forcing a more established player off the team. Even in the worst case scenario, none of those prospects are leaving the organization anytime soon, which is the most important thing IMO.

@Fateless

Pettersson - Horvat - Boeser
Baertschi - Sutter - Eriksson
Goldobin - Gaudette - Virtanen
Roussel - Beagle - Schaller
Leipsic/Gagner

Leipsic and Goldobin could very easily switch places, Goldobin is nowhere near guaranteed a spot on the roster. Imo today's signings have rendered Gagner beyond redundant and makes Gaunce even less.

Hughes - Tanev
Edler - Stecher
Del Zotto - Gudbranson
Pouliot/Hutton

Juolevi is still recovering/rehabing from off season back surgery, he won't be ready to play right away, and when he is ready he will start in the AHL, we may see him as an injury call up/in the event of a Del Zotto deadline trade.

Dahlen is likely to begin in the AHL and get called up in the event of injury/trade. Nilsson can easily be buried in the minors for 1 year if Demko is just that good and forces managements hand. Good problems to have.

Edit: Forgot about Granlund. Guaranteed there will be moves made this off-season. Canucks simply have too many NHL caliber bodies.

Yeah, they were a pretty fantastic band for a while.

The saddest thing is listening to the lyrics of Floating in the Forth. "Is there peace beneath the roar of the Forth road bridge?". Haunting.

makes you wonder was the song part of a plan? ,probably not ,more of a hasty bad decision to end it at the place he wrote about either way ,its a sad story.

Sounds like he had been suffering for a long time.

Gritty effort! Days are won when givin' 110%, eh?

GNFNR

Oh yeah....

It's the All Blacks, getting close is a moral victory. 

Don't worry Trump and North Korea will do more damage than any cyber riot, if those two lunatics get their way.

Get your $&!#posts ready.

<3

Don't judge, there's no explaining a fetish. 

Elliot and Dryers transformation from average common reporter schlubs to "Insider status" is quite remarkable.

*Dreger.

@DontMessMe dont underestimate the value of that type of player in the playoffs- you realize you "LOLd" but ignored that Ferland actually won that series for them right? He got our team off our game, intimidated our Dmen and created space for the talented players. With the Addition of Goldobin, Dahlen, and Boeser, we have somewhat countered the need for a Nylander/Ehlers. Any of those guys could be as good or better. But it also takes a team to win and what Virtanen will "hopefully" bring is going to have a major impact.

The horse you're beating is so dead that it looks like this now...

@Boeser6 I LOL at everything 

I'm thinking they need to change the Score and Win contest from 1 Canuck player scoring five goals in a game to just 5 Canuck goals in a game.

That made me laugh more than it should have 

Should've made a bet on the Blue Jackets today. U would have to donate $100 

Did you take the red pill or blue pill?

OMG..I took the purple one....there was choices???

I think you might be color blind.

Sure has

You bastard...

There, no harm meant

That's a lot of Journey. Don't stop believing. 

My connecting flight got delayed so I'm stuck in Istanbul airport for 12 hours.

constantanople?

I like you though, everyone send desi 5$.

plus, you could leave the rolling hills of the highlands and move to canada's banana belt..canadian beer, canadian women and the vancouver canucks...

Precisely Joe.

This shows up on the status feed now?! I feel violated.

i'm okay lad...hope all is well with you.....i'm still posting once in awhile.....still loving my canucks...what are you up to these days?