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Im impressed we can say asshole on CDC. My day is made.

Eriksson is playing on what is essentially a 3rd line now anyways. The top 3 lines are somewhat interchangeable and can be mixed and matched.

You may have said this before the season started but the majority didn't like his attitude last year and realized it was time to move on. Hindsight is always 20/20 but with 5 goals in his last 8 he looks like the player we thought he was. And he is not playing with first liners. Maybe he can help carry a line on his own and get away from the top checkers. Also, with the top end players making 9-10 million a guy who can pot 30 goals on a good team will probably get 23-25 on a bad team and is worth the 6m. That's the market when 29 other teams might be bidding. I see the Canucks making a soft trade for Kane, and maybe trading a top 6 dman for another 20-25 goal scorer in the off season and/or using the money freed up to get another decent UFA. I can see Hansen getting a 1st rounder from a good team. There is historical proof that he is worth that to a contending team. My lineup next year: Sedin Sedin Kane Baer Horvat Eriksson 25G Fwd Sutter Boeser Granlund Gaunce Labate Dorsett I would carry 8 d-men next year again and trade one of them - my preference would be Edler for a 1st + at the deadline and his no move clause can suck it. Trym Tanev Hutton Guddy Juolevi Stetcher Sbisa UFA/Subban Markstrom 1A UFA 1B With Miller, Edler (a man can dream), Burrows and Hansen out you save roughly 17.5. With Kane(5M), 25 goal scoring forward back for Edler (5M), a 1b goalie (3M) and Boser in (2M with bonuses likely), you add roughly 15. And in my imaginary world we get 2 additional 1st rounders for Edler and Hansen and have a good looking younger team for next year.

yes. yes it is. no. no they shouldn't.

First off, who cares about 6 years from now. If that's you're worry you need meds. Second, the contract was structured so that it's appetizing for a cap floor team in the back end of the contract. It's not THAT big of a deal for a guy of his calibre. I think the Canucks got the best fit for their team and for a reasonable cap hit. 6 mill ain't what it used to be....

how about Banana Hands? Dude is huge.

My Canucks boner is about ye big right now.

Adding Guddy and hopefully a bigger Vrtanen to next year's lineup makes me hope we go for some more goal scoring skill. Who else is left besides Boedker ?

I'd say Eriksson has a much more solid reputation than Vrbata and deserves some benefit of the doubt. This is a much better player.

I really like this dea. I agree that he will most likely age well as he has shown to have a solid two way game. If think this is a better team now than two years ago when we made the playoffs. Maybe rebuild on the fly CAN work?

Why doesn't Lu just play better than the other goalie? Problem solved... Why does it always have to be broken down so deep. He is the one who asked for a trade to start this mess. So what if he lost his spot? Play better than the other goalie and win it back....simple. End thread.