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Man so thankful that the farm teams in our back yard now for Covid and other emergencies. Get r done tonite boys! 5-0

One area we've "nailed it" is with tenders in the past 13-14 years. Luongo, Schneider, Marky, Demko and Demmer could be the best because of his calm demeanor and consistency. Excellent pick from "the Benning era" Remember when we were the graveyard for goalies until Louuuu came along?

Pearson has a 7 team M-NTC 2022-2023 so I can see him getting traded for sure. Boeser seems to be the logical one to trade compared Millsy and Bo depending on how we're playing and what our playoff hopes look like. I like Brock, but Miller and Bo bring more intangibles to the team at center, and championship teams always have a solid core of top 3 centers. I don't mind Hamonic at 3M if he can stay healthy once he returns from this injury. He's a great pairing D man with Quinn and brings some badly needed toughness to our team. In the end I like the fact that Rutherford will not hesitate to make a move once he's evaluated the team by the end of January. Whatever it takes to build this group to a contendaaaa!

We're finding ways to crack through that tight Carolina D game. Just shoot! as BB says

having Petey and Hogs break their slumps a huge lift! First time Petey smiled in ages... Ohhh lordy DEMKOOOOOOOOO!

What? Brad Hunt with top corsi at 83% Bonafide NHL'er

The fact he built a winner in Carolina was quite the feat. Just pleased that we have a 3 cup prez, and one of the winningest coaches right now. They may be old but they know what it takes to take us to the next level and command the respect that we have been sorely missing. We have a Norris caliber D man in Hughes, Vezina caliber tender and deep forward crew at the right age. a few trades, tweaks and we could be there sooner then people expect with the right guidance.

So in a week we go from the least experienced management and coaching to the most. Looking forward to seeing who the GM will be, but pretty confident he wont be new to the roile. yeah, good with that!

3-2 Canucks BB pots another for BB against the BBB's

Good point, yes Myers may have a gaffe here and there , just like Edler use to. But he adds size, Offense, hard minutes, and most importantly a level headed voice in that room. I would say he's #3 on the roster behind Bo and Miller for leadership and someone to take issues to.

Wow, dare to ask what's with this new age coaching style of common sense?

We will be seeing many more of these with Bruce F'ing Boudreau at the helm

I want to see the old Horvat that would break a stick, beat up the competition, and slam the bench door once in awhile. Boudreau sounds he will want this as well More emotion, less keeping calm at all costs under Greens suppression system

Hope we're right

Haven't seen this combo through all the line blending ... Net front presence with Chiasson still so will see. While offense is more interesting, looking forward to seeing his PK combo's with a more aggressive attack I hear. Just win BB!

Get a win for BB with a game winner from BB

This. Retool was all about the Sedins and being loyal to arguably the best players in franchise history. Benning had built a decent core to work with and they're still young. Add muscle, and D depth and we can still be a contender in a few years, should be a playoff team next year.

Bringing back any ex employee under the same ownership, generally is a recipe for failure so I hope he doesn't.

This is deja vu with Gillis hiring Torts as a last gasp for the existing core , and Bennings doing his hail mary trade with Phoenix. Both under Aqua pressure to make the team competitive now. Main difference is the current team is in or entering their prime so there's a good chance the new kids can right this ship. We have the horses I believe, just need to shore up the D depth. A Miller trade for a true top 4 D man would make sense. Hate to see him go but he's our most valuable asset right now

Boudreau and Miller will get along just F#@$ing fine

Winning record in reg season with all 3 teams, and playoff bound 12 out of 14 seasons. That's a start... Coaching Record Regular Season Playoffs Season Age Tm Lg GP W L T OL PTS PTS% Finish G W L T W-L% Notes 5 yrs ANA NHL 352 208 104 40 456 .648 43 24 19 .558 5 yrs WSH NHL 329 201 88 40 442 .672 37 17 20 .459 4 yrs MIN NHL 303 158 110 35 351 .579 10 2 8 .200 Career NHL 984 567 302 115 1249 .635 90 43 47 .478 2007-08 53 WSH NHL 61 37 17 7 81 .664 1st 7 3 4 .429 2008-09 54 WSH NHL 82 50 24 8 108 .659 1st 14 7 7 .500 2009-10 55 WSH NHL 82 54 15 13 121 .738 1st 7 3 4 .429 2010-11 56 WSH NHL 82 48 23 11 107 .652 1st 9 4 5 .444 2011-12 57 WSH NHL 22 12 9 1 25 .568 2nd 2011-12 57 ANA NHL 58 27 23 8 62 .534 5th 2012-13 58 ANA NHL 48 30 12 6 66 .688 1st 7 3 4 .429 2013-14 59 ANA NHL 82 54 20 8 116 .707 1st 13 7 6 .538 2014-15 60 ANA NHL 82 51 24 7 109 .665 1st 16 11 5 .688 2015-16 61 ANA NHL 82 46 25 11 103 .628 1st 7 3 4 .429 2016-17 62 MIN NHL 82 49 25 8 106 .646 2nd 5 1 4 .200 2017-18 63 MIN NHL 82 45 26 11 101 .616 3rd 5 1 4 .200 2018-19 64 MIN NHL 82 37 36 9 83 .506 7th 0 0 0 2019-20 65 MIN NHL 57 27 23 7 61 .535 6th 0 0 0

Oh no! does that meaning our diamond in the rough Baumer is gone?

Boudreau was the first choice. Maybe there's hope!

I'm not sure how much weight that has as Tampa , Colorado and Toronto have 1 draft in their top 4 as well, but must admit that our stable of D men is not great. Rathbone has the potential of a top 4 in a couple years and maybe Woo can slot into a top 6 position in 2 years Juolevi was supposed to be our Edler replacement that could log hours, PK work and be that defensive LD man that we desperately need right now.