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People though Virtanen had nothing to prove in the OHL either but maybe it would have been better for him to play another year. For his offensive confidence and with knowledge of what to work on on an OHL playing schedule if nothing else.

@Where's Wellwood Virtanen played in the WHL

@RRypien37

Meant to say CHL

Lived in Toronto for 5 years. I didn't like it. It's not the worst place in the world. At least the transit system is good. I visited Montreal for a week. I really liked it. Has a more international vibe. The people in Montreal are very nice. However leave the city and go to Quebec City. Then you get the Quebecois attitude. 

(Basically if you don't speak French they hate you).

Ironically when I was in Paris. Outside of the scammers. I loved that city. And as long as you were trying to speak French, they will go out of their way to help you for the most part. (The woman at the metro was horrible though. I was using my map giving her the destination and she looked at me like I was from another galaxy, maybe she thought I was American.)

Vancouver is end game, while toronto and particularly quebec are the spawn zones of canada. You be the judge.

Love visiting Montreal.  Never had to speak a lick of French every time I have been.

i agree with the gallagher being worst comment

he just irritates me more than others

i can almost always predict what he will say

and he will take positions contrary to an earlier position

if it suits his anti canuck viewpoints

Gallagher loves skill and he's grumpy when the Canucks aren't doing all they can to get skill.  He was by far the happiest (well, happy for Gallagher anyway) when the Sedin's and Vigneault were the Kings of Vancouver.  He has high expectations and a realist, which can come off as being anti-Canuck, but if you know that slant going in, he doesn't seem so doom and gloom.

tony had a grudge against pat quinn. he used his column to attack quinn. every column. one game, the canucks won like 7 to 1. tony's column said the canucks played well, and then added in, no thanks to pat quinn. when pat died, tony wrote, i don't know why it took me so long to like him. i always thought the province should fire him for that but maybe he sold papers. i quit buying the rag.

Yeah, mtn hikes are great. Gardening/landscaping too.

Stay away from sad songs and sappy movies. 

Play games, listen to music, exercise, etc. In rare cases, I might just take a nap. Sometimes eating some comfort food is good, too. I try to distract myself from whatever's bothering me.

I took the timber scaling course and exam this spring out of Nelson. 90% certain 100% roughly 60 of us failed. Several of my cohort who did worse than I took the same test in burns lake and passed. Pretty un impressed thankfully it was just an add on for what I do and my livelihood wasn't depending on it.

Wow great stuff, Turns out this could have been it’s own thread lol. Never had so many notifications from a status update 

Thank you all for your awesome stories It's been a helpful distraction from mine! 

I'd prefer Trotz.

Priceless!

I think the Toronto fans are about to lose their minds,4321,ouch

This is why I love this game,I genuine guy comes in and a HERO IS MADE.

This is what happens when you put all your cap into the offense. 

Oh damn eh? 

I'd be open to bringing him in as a 3-4c, but I'm not sure he'd have any interest in Vancouver. 

Staaling for a PTO?

I think I saw some report recently saying he wants to sign with an American team.

why choose?

having a sex partner addicted to drugs and alcohol, would be the worst unless she owned a beer wagon.

I think they're all bad. Alcohol is legal, but the other ones are not. Legally speaking, you'll be in trouble if you get caught doing either one or both.

That being said, excessive alcohol is just as (if not more) destructive to the normal lifestyle of a person.

I have the opinion that drugs should be decriminalized, but heavily regulated. Criminalizing it is not fixing the problem. It's actually making it worse (the drug problem). It's not like people are gonna throw their hands up in the air and say "oh well, it's illegal. Guess I can't do blow."

If they're crazy or crazy optimistic, Lazar.
Probably Horvat (if Petey and Miller each center their own lines).

i want 3 balanced scoring lines. that means JT, petey and BO as the centers. not 1,2,3 but whatever line is going each game gets the most ice time. if JT is traded hoefully we get a good center back. like mcleod or sillinger or whoever.

who would you rather have: Pettersson, Boeser, Bo, or Hughes?  We have them all!!!!!!!!!

Garrett made a good point this morning. Jake seems to think he has to score and use his speed. He pointed out he can be physical and score, it’s not mutually exclusive.

apparently  ncaa players aren't eligible ,  just read that in the new QH thread.

Depends on the price. If he’s willing to sign for cheap and not a long term I think it would be worth it over resigning Hamonic

I agree, he definitely would be.  He probably would have been the best fit, in terms of that much-needed RHD.  But the recent talk out of Edmonton is that they're closing in on a deal for him and likely going to let Barrie walk instead (who we wouldn't need).

@logic Hutton scored 25 in 3 fewer games. Hutton's also on pace for another 25-30 point season. Maata this year is on pace for 10 points this season.

Yeah, slightly bummed as well.  Of course an offensive-type D-man is great but when he's not producing that's not that valuable.  Plus, he was projected more to be a big-minute all-rounder in the mold of OEL, Lindholm, or (dare I say it) Lidstrom, so yeah.  Getting an Ehrhoff would be underwhelming.

yes. bummed...need him to become a Lidtsrom!!!/Selanne ....cuz he is Finnish, right?

Uh, I'd want a lot more than Hartman. That's not an ordinary cap-dump, it's a long-term anchor. One decent player isn't enough to eat it.

It's unlikely they trade their 1st because they're hosting the draft but we could probably get one of their kids for sure. 

Nope, not enough payment to take that on.

Interestingly Hartman was the guy I wanted where we took Shinkaruk.

If he stays healthy, I think Dumba will have more goals. I think point totals will be very close. Dumba probably has the edge in +/- as well. There is also the potential for the dreaded "sophmore slump" for Dahlin, though I wouldn't count on that for a player of his calibre.

You could also look at if you are doing the opposing GM a favour by upgrading him in goal. 

I think I have convinced myself the other way from choosing to go for Dumba. Coming off injury as well... Keep Dahlin and Kuemper.

No love for Sammy. 

I'm not sold on him not being a #1 centre, but I think at best he'll be a fringe #1 centre. Maybe 60-70 points in his best years. Good, but not great as far as top line centremen go.

Sam isn't going to be a 1C. I love Sam and I will always cheer for him there is no other player I have followed so intensely and for so long. 

His development hasn't gone the way a lot of people thought it would. He won't be that perrenial 70+ point center. He's more than likely going to stay as a wing and be a 55-65 point player. I could see 70+ as a career high.

Keller hands down

Tkachuk.

Keller McChuk

and? No.

Tanev + Granlund maybe

More like straight-up or no dice.  

Stevie Y will be in a bind financially, needing to re-sign him, Palat and Johnson (all R.F.A.'s) and media are already reporting that either Johnson or Drouin would be dangled as trade bait if things get tight money-wise (they can move Johnson with Brayden Point's emergence).  If they want to patch up that right-side defense they better be willing to offer Drouin straight-up for Tanev.  No to adding Tree.

He scored that exact same goal for us once. 

And that was it. Poof.

Yah....but....they still lost. 

He was a plus one too. PK was a minus two.  

I'd say, right now it probably goes

Tkachuk

Toss up between EP and Dahlin

At this point for me its Petey , then Dahlin and then Tkachuk. However you can not discount the Eastern Media - not so much as Bias as they don't get to see Elias play as much. Kind of like the Linden - Leetch race. Elias needs to run away with it in order to win IMO

Tkachuk is scoring at a higher rate than EP is

Carly?

Wasn't until a few yrs back, heard in an interview that Mic J was singing background vocals. All them yrs of radio (AM/FM..tune popped up everywhere - GREAT song); yet I hadn't realized it was Mic

Also Klaus Voorman on bass. He came up with the funky riff to start the tune. Good bud of Lennon/Beats from Hamburg daze, & he did the awesome cover art design on Revolver LP.

@NHL'er Hey!  We have the same birth "day"!