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anything over 45% in his 1st year would be great, above 50, phenomenal. 

But some of the classiest guys too: Kariya, Niedermayer, Salic, Smyth, Iginla, Brodeur 

*Sakic 

Remember when we won a playoff series?

He skates like Tavares too huehuehue.

@Jimmy McGill With the helmet on and all a bit I think.

dropped to 17oa ….see if we were a middle of the pack team he would fallen to JB.... the guy cant lose at the draft , but he did better than this guy even with WOO ,

we don't want eklund.

@smithers joe we want botchford 

OK

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

he likes kittens for snacks. i can hear him purring from here.

I was picked on for a couple years in middle school, but I don't hold it against them anymore too much. They made me stronger today.

I don't forgive them. But I don't dwell on it. I moved on. I assume they have as well. 

PALMUUUUU

jesus, no excuses for not going 3-0

Bruh it's too far away. I can't wait.

@Fateless sure, doesn't change how your other arguments were poorly thought out. Also your dismissive and idiotic comment about weed not being legal. 

Loui Eriksson was 31 when he signed his contract and his slower style of game wasn't a fit. That's not a good analogy. That and being 6 million bucks a year for 6 years knowing you can't be moved. Kadri is no Eriksson so I just don't get why you're pushing that so hard to crap on him. Kadri is a decent player who has wheels and Christ, as I pointed out, Kadri isn't scoring only because of his line mates. Nor am I suggesting we ship out Dahlen for Kadri. How does it help? Grit, toughness, scoring? All three things everyone was complaining about last year. Oh man. 

I'm not even that invested in the idea, I'm just completely baffled by how blind and biased some Canuck fans are. 

Not even going to comment on Pettersson. If you watched the World Championships you'd know he's a player. Already creative than Backlund. Won't be a super star next season, but he'll be a heck of a player. 

one step further , gudbranson gets a suspension  for uttering threats after a game which is as bad as kadri's on ice stuff , but do you really think there would be any cohesion , sign matt martin well were at it...…...

@NHL'er - The pot comment was clearly a joke. I apologize for your feelings getting hurt.

Its not about being biased towards Kadri. He's a good player. He just doesn't fit on this team (in relation to how much we'd be giving up to acquire him). He's going to be a productive player for another 3-5 years. The problem is that by the time our team is contending for a cup, he won't be productive anymore. 27 isn't old, but its too old for the core that our team is building. By the time Pettersson is in his prime (24 years old), Kadri will be 32(?) and well past his prime. Then Kadri is just taking up roster space and likely on an overpaid contract (assuming he plays as well as you think he will for the next few years and Benning hands out his usual bloated contract extension) while we're trying to load up the team with complementary pieces. 

I stand by my Eriksson example. No one thought he was going to regress the way he has. He'd just come off his best scoring season in his career. He met the criteria you're claiming we want Kadri for (grit, toughness, and scoring). Yes I know that he was further along in his aging curve and had a higher risk of regression, but my point is that the aging curve isn't an exact science and the further Kadri gets along that curve, the more likely the bottom falls out of his career.

Not to mention he's like to have a career ending injury over the next season or two considering how much he's disliked - particularly if he puts on a Vancouver Canucks jersey. Then we REALLY wasted Tanev and Sutter.

Is that a picture of the nosy neighbor and her husband who thought she was nuts?  I haven't watched that show in a long time.

Yep the Ochmoneks 

alf will be pleased that the ochmoneks are back together  , no more sneakin into the basement to listen to them . 

That’s who it was! Was trying to place it

Whoa @c00kies are we SURE they're not related??  The resemblance is uncanny.

@Phil_314 haha that's what I thought too. Maybe he has a second identity

England loss + Trump visit + alcohol = ????

I'm thinking the following remake of the Oilers management for the past 10+ years would be a far greater box office smash hit!:

"We still believe, we still believe
It's coming home,
It's coming home, it's coming
Stanley's coming home
It's coming home,
It's coming home, it's coming
Lord Stanley is Coming home"

Music video is in Stanley Park

@Canuck Clay when we get a better team would you up for something like this

Haha sure....loop back to me.

Lol no.

It's a good question, and the answer for me is no.....

I'm gonna say absolutley No!

Too bad he's playing for such a poor team.

Good pickup.  Reminds me a lot of the Malhotra signing where people were moaning about overpayment at the time.  That skillset is just so underrated here.

Yeah, but even I lost fewer draws than him.

@Undrafted Me and you are a perfect combo. You first of course 

Oops You and I 

Nic Dowd to replace Beagle. LOL. 

@coastal.view give Tanev the C just to make botchford shut up about trading him

"C" for cast or cane maybe if we're talking Tanev. If the team doesn't go all "A's" this season I suggest Edler as Captain until passing it to the next young guy. Horvat it is, just a matter of time.

I thought the Canucks were trading Tanev and Edler? 

@Brad Marchand as long as it's not the same as Edler

Wooooo!

Makar was drafted too high for sure.  His numbers were way inflated playing in a very weak AJHL.  Hughes is a far more talented and better player.

Hughes is almost exactly 1 year younger and produced better numbers.

Do you really think that will stop the Trade Tanev threads?

so you are saying no one will cheer for him?

arena will be silent whenever he is on the ice ?
 

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Juolevi looks like he's more of PS4 guy.

Problem is for a while we were never the worst team in the league, just meh.  This was before there was a lottery for the 1st round (where finishing dead last meant you did get the first overall pick).  Could mean the difference between getting a guy like Gilbert Perrault instead of Dale Tallon.  Look how the Pens got Lemieux, Crosby, and Malkin.

@NewbieCanuckFan  I don't buy that. If you suck at drafting and developing you find a way to suck: Nugent Hopkins, Yakupov.

Suck at developing?  Schneider didn't suddenly get better after being traded to New Jersey.  Sedins didn't become Art Ross winners overnight nor Kesler a Selke winner immediately.  Gillis was lucky he inherited a good coach.  Who heard of Bieksa before he became a legit top 4 guy or Tanev.  A shame Gillis couldn't draft well to sustain the teams success.  

Bettman decided we were all too passionate and decided to put us on time out

someone in accounting

forgot to pay a certain bill

and a certain board got cut off

and needed a day and half to sort things out

AJ how can it be logistical? Did they move the servers?

He was much like Edler. Did the best he could but reality he was a 2nd line centre that was thrust into 1st line role. Maybe a 1b centre? 

In his top season, he was probably a bottom of the line 1st line centre, but aside from that, more of a good 2nd line centreman who could complement players very well.

You could even say he was the best of the line in playoffs, coming up with big goals.

Outcasts? 

Buttman gives them a sweetheart deal in the draft, and in addition allows Vegas to do side deals so instead of taking good players that were available, they allow them to do side deals.

The only outcasts in Vegas is the GM and their coach. The coach was fired by their stupid GM in Florida.

The GM was fired because he made a boneheaded deal with Nashville. 

There's no outcasts. That's all media spewing garbage on an NHL spin.

This is not Columbus/Minnesota type expansion where they got 4th line plugs and are on some plucky luck with a former 1st overall goaltender.....

Ya, neither team is spoiled... Both are where they are on merit. I'll cheer for whoever wins the CF to win the SC.

MAF is about to implode.  Jets win this series in six.