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  1. We all need to remember this crazy sport/passion is meant for entertainment, is how I'm lately feeling.
  2. No it's more arabica vs robusta, & Juan Baldez has dubbed me Senor Grinder!
  3. Was it a Nov game, Rekker?(a while back)..How can you forgive that showman, for flipping/flailing around like a landed Coho?!
  4. Had you pegged as an automatic S1, Jan..you'd like the trade-possibilities, I bet!
  5. Hope that's exagerrated, RB. Tell your ticker you're def waiting for a 'Nucks Championship, & you'll go on forever! :^)
  6. Both Canucks & Comets in almost identical positions.

     

    26 games left, & about 6, 7 pts above the PO-bar.

     

    Get'er done gangs!

    1. JM_

      JM_

      The Comets fan base wants Green fired too? 

    2. kingofsurrey

      kingofsurrey

      Comets don't protect their top young talent either..... ?

    3. NewbieCanuckFan

      NewbieCanuckFan

      Comets will continue to lose players from callups.  The don’t have the same option as us as the ECHL are where careers often go to palookaville....some extremely rare excepts like Burrows.  But he’s the exception rather than the rule.  Canucks in a better position to handle injuries and have better depth.  Comets depth is nonexistent.  Continually to be managed poorly.  Amazed Benning hasn’t stepped in and ‘put his foot down’.  

  7. Thought he was half-dead after Bro LouiE bumped into him. Staff, get this Nurse a pink hat & matching uniform! :^)
  8. Ciggy-Freud(the Marlboro Man) would have a field day with the data from this one. Instant grat vs the exhibited patience of awaiting long-term, sustainable pleasure. Hmm..what an experiment! I suspect the line to draw is somewheres in the 30 yo range. Older than that, one can vividly recall the last 2 great runs, & are perhaps of an age that can appreciate the necessity of having to wait(a touch more), for good things that are almost guaranteed. Further, they grew up in an analog world(perhaps?) & prob have the patience for cycles & seasons. Under 30? Forgettaboutit! They want it hazy, smoky, now, Pleasuable, varied..& they want it pronto, mister! Well that would be the perceived stereotype, from this here, 50-something. But I'd also like to think humans are a bit more unpredictable & interesting. I'm sure plenty of youngins would enjoy computer-projecting a powerhouse lineup, after adding such an elite, ELC ingred(or the proceeds from a blockbuster) So would most youth go with the 2nd option?("Not fair..we haven't had our share of epic runs!"). I suspect the majority would So you surprised me a bit here, RB!
  9. Imagine the options if we're sitting on the #1 OA pick? We've got our star #1 C already. Mtl would sure LOOOVE that French kid picked at their hosted draft, wouldn't they? They'd prob relieve our trouble-cap, & send a pkg with Gallagher, Domi, a 1st, etc.... Or Ottawa might have TWO top-7 picks, & they too have an enviable stash of youth. With a ballsy deal, we could have an instant Powerhouse.
  10. Yes, but as series transpired exactly as I've predicted, you'd realize the hockey Gauds have purchased my paintings! edit: btw, I had the Jackets winning that last rd in 6 games. Let's say we host the series, so game 6 is in their barn
  11. A strange hobby, but I like to ponder these crazy things. Two unlikely sequences to wind up this campaign, which one is more palatable? S1 - The wheels fall off. We get a number of injuries reducing key guys from the lineup. Nothing major(complete recovery for all), just misfortunes that'll place guys on IR from 2-6 wks. Slide down the standings, & all of Canada laughs at us. Finish 13th last..basically no-man's-land in the rebuild-realm. But then..lo & behold, we FINALLY WIN the F***ing Lotto(2% chance..or whatever it is?) Woo-hoo!!! Here we sit, with the 1st overall pick in our pocket. 99% of Canada is now insanely jealous :^) S2 - In a spring of PO-upsets, we go on a wild, highly unlikely run. Finish in the 2-slot, hosting Cowtown. Smoke 'em in 5! Then Edmunchuk, who banished the 1st pl. Lost Vegans(they & Winterpeg are WC's). Bounce'em in 6. Unbelievably the Jets emerge from Central, but are beaten up. Still we outlast them in a 7 game, epic thriller. Game 7 OT, Miller from EP & Hughes, in what experts are calling one of the most beautiful OT winners, to ever finish a series. There it is, a Cdn-sweep, all the way to the Finals. We overcome adversity too, with 7 or 8 injuries along the way, we rely heavily on youth/depth on our valiant run. Ironically(for once) almost all of Canada(save bitter Hogtown) fall in love, cheering for our gritty, exuberant cast. Bo, Miller & EP shine, all over 30 pts, after all 4 rds. Jake snipes 14, & OJ is called up & fares brilliantly. Looking like a perfect match with Myers for the coming yrs. On 'tending, both our guys are excellent. With some injuries, they shine & split the wins. The Finals our luck runs dry..although it to is an epic gem. All 6 games go to OT. Their team is perfectly healthy, with brilliant 'tending. Who?..Torts' Jackets..that's who. The small market darling becomes the talk of the league. Green & Torts shake hands after, with honour for both. All NHL cities agree this was a brilliant series, played hard & fair; both sides completely earning the others' begrudging respect. 13 home dates..so lots of loot in our pocket. Our cast is higher in demand, so we can easily deal off extra parts at the draft, & be very cap-compliant. We pkg TD & Gaud for a 12th overall pick. Life goes on with complete optimism for 2020-21 That's all folks..no adjustments please. Which would you prefer?
  12. Current situation is the challenge they both need, & deserve. To make PO's they've gotta battle through this malaise/funk, & truly earn it. edit: for reference, 56 gp & 65 pts(1 pt up on Coilers; 1st in Div)
  13. Schaller is the most useless lump wearing the jersey in yrs. MacEwen & Bailey BOTH should've been inserted(at least 2 games each), to light a fire under the a$$ of some pricey passengers.
  14. Nice suggestion. How 'bout they add Colin White, & we add Gaudette? (they need to retain on Andy, prob to shoehorn this deal) After buying out White(June 2021 perhaps), you're whacking 10,000,000 off the 2021-22 cap!!! edit: It actually almost fits now, cap-wise. But we should add one more redundant contract, like Baer to make this worthwhile
  15. I miss Canada as I remember it(mostly decades 70's & 80's)..the times I've been back, it feels like it's changed quite a bit Japan has helped me realize some personal dreams/ambitions, so the perspective has changed. I actually don't expect to ever live in BC again. Which feels strange, as so Many people would apparently love to migrate there.
  16. Thanks. Was a pretty lighthearted(or headed?), apparently uninspired idea, as I was heading out yest. I don't see enough youth at play(no college, jr games) only hiltes/giffs. Probably will mostly stick with pros in future proposals
  17. Sure hope the league doesn't blatantly revert back to 2 rulebooks. Didn't see the last 2 periods yest, but sounds like we had 2 players knocked outa' lineup in 2 games. Unpenalized crap, no doubt. Has anyone blamed bad karma from staring threads that announce we're "IN" the PO's?! That stuff gives me the Willies.
  18. Thought Bahl was a 1st rounder?(apparently 55th OA). Not much return on Taylor Hall for Devs. Also Simmonds was a bum in Nashville, wasn't he? Sure no guarantees w/this. Maybe Gentleman Jim is setting up a decoy-diversion?!
  19. I'm interested if the Devs allowed this to be expanded, & they take on one or two of our dog-contracts. Van: Baer, Sutter, Madden, Demko Devs: Bahl(220 lb, local lad, LhD), Simmonds, Dopey Domingue That would be 7.7 mill off next yr's cap.
  20. Can they help you at the lost & found?

     

    If one is lookin' for Paradise?

    1. luckylager

      luckylager

      Only if you once owned what they now possess

      You never know what's in that box

      But as it goes with paradise lost

       

      They pave it

      And put up a parking lot

       

  21. Sometimes he was in, but certainly was never on.
  22. It's understandable, Alfer..they don't want the 2021 1st hanging over their heads next season. If someone chased that deal, I'd try to attach Baer, & even settle for a lamer return. edit: like these two to the Habs for a 2021 4th..becomes a 3rd if Habbies squeeze into the dance(Weber hurt, they can drum up space)
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