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Loui's contract looking reasonable.....are words I didn't think were possible but now seemingly are.
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I don't hate him at all. I remain a big fan of his and hope he makes it. Check the history of my posts about the guy (from the start). I have watched him closely since he went from North America and I have watched him decline in my opinion in terms of a guy that needs to work on key areas to translate to effective NHL game. How is a third round pick a "free asset"? You draft someone and have to pay them....how is that free? Again, I am pulling for him but taking his three key development years in his pre-prime age in a league not known for developing Dmen and then choosing to play a non-North American style has not helped his NHL chances. How are any of these facts "hate"? If you watched it.....explain what on earth he was doing during the entire second period. NOT ONE SINGLE outlet pass connected. NOT ONE. He seems to be going through the motions in the KHL. He plays and gets a cheque. Not sure how that is helping his development. Again, do you want people to simply ignore fact and proclaim him a budding superstar? I cannot recall but were you also part of the group that piled on when I said in the Dahlen thread that I wasn't sure his game would ever translate to the NHL? I watch guys play. I make an opinion on what I see. Why is my opinion so important to you?
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In 94 I was pretty young. I am pretty sure I watched it but not with the eyes of an adult and certainly not with anything close to eyes that knew the nuances of professional hockey.
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He was a pylon for the third game - did you watch it? I am not sure what you want me to do - stop watching him or just simply agree with you he is a budding NHL superstar when he arrives?
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I could not disagree more with this statement.
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[Rumour] Canucks inquired about Sabres defenceman
Rob_Zepp replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
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I saw a game where one team simply had injuries catch up with them and officiating was so unlike the regular season that it was probably the least predictable (based upon regular season and even early playoff rounds) than at any year in recent NHL memory. That is what I saw.
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??? I am not even sure what this means. Do I enjoy seeing a team I am pulling for win? Of course I do. I also know that I don't abandon them if they lose.
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OK, I started being a Canuck fan during that run and the team doesn't embarrass me now or then. You seem to have a really strange expectation of people in my mind - I suspect I will be same to you. The riot had nothing to do with the team. The "no finish" had a lot to do with injuries including their best Dman out entirely. Lack of effort? Really?! I often wonder if some of you holier than thou about effort know what it is like to get off a couch let alone play a single shift in the NHL let alone in a Stanley Cup final. The Canucks got within on game of winning the Cup. I guess you feel Bruins this year didn't try in the final game? Golden State in the final? What losers all these people are. I hope you don't get embarrassed by all of them or you must have a red face all the time.
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I don't get embarrassed by other people's choices. The team at that point was severely depleted and the team (coaching staff my guess) decided on a strategy that included trusting the officiating and they got burned. How on earth that is embarrassing to you is a concept I find quite odd. It takes very little skill to punch someone but a lot more to stick to a plan and not hit back. It didn't work for the Canucks in the end but you put Chara out instead of Canucks missing their number one D for that last few games and the Cup is likely Vancouvers and you could have avoided feeling embarrassed I guess. Real life situation - mouthy little guys at a bar who think they are tough (may be bulked up from gym/roids but don't know a clue about fighting). They won't stop yapping. You know in your heart of hearts you could hurt the little fella with one quick punch but you make a choice to walk away because you feel that is the winning strategy. Perhaps you are right and perhaps that is wrong but it is a choice you have. I certainly know it is a choice I have had many times. I don't feel good when I punch some piece of work. Is that embarrassing to you? How many fights did St Louis have in games 5, 6 and 7? Isn't it possible that Chara being injured and not up to snuff was more important to outcome? Unless you were on that team, in that room or on that ice, I don't know how you can feel you know why certain things unfolded let alone feel embarrassed by them.
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Trade or Offer sheet (proposal)
Rob_Zepp replied to J.I.A.H.N's topic in Proposals and Armchair GM'ing
You put out an offer sheet and you paint a target on your back. One thing to do it IF you don't have any impending RFA targets.....another to do if you are Canucks. IF (and be glad I am not) I were in charge of Canuck personnel management, I would only offer sheet those that did not fall in the "first round pick" compensation range. -
Trade or Offer sheet (proposal)
Rob_Zepp replied to J.I.A.H.N's topic in Proposals and Armchair GM'ing
Name an offer sheet that has worked out..... -
I guess you are living proof of the "opposites" attract theorem then.
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So you wanted Sedin to fight? Is that what this is all about? You are embarrassed because Sedin didn't fight?
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Given the likely return of a quality dman and a pick about the Boeser range, it would be a lot to give up unless you were 100% confident of signing the player to a very reasonable deal. Pionk is 23 and just broke through with 26 points on a very weak team. That's one less point than Goldy and three more than Stecher. Add in a "Boeser" slot pick - not sure that Canucks would trade Stecher and Boeser for Trouba...perhaps some would.
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Disagreeing with those that think Rangers won this deal. No way Trouba was re-signing with Jets and they parlayed that into a solid first round pick and a solid Dman with ceiling yet unknown. Trouba is a good player - a Trouba who isn't going to re-sign is a known challenge for a GM to get return. Challenged accepted and sure was a good return.
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[Signing] Sharks re-sign Erik Karlsson
Rob_Zepp replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
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I don't remember 1994 but if Linden could have played in 2011..... Asking Sedin to be Bure or another injured Canuck to be Linden is grossly unfair. You will never know what injuries/extent everyone had not what the coaches asked of the players. To say that one player "wants it more" as he will be more of DBag or is injury isn't as bad seems really disingenuous. Canucks came as close as a team can come in 2011 and fell a game short. Why on earth that is "embarrassing" I have not a clue.
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[Signing] Sharks re-sign Erik Karlsson
Rob_Zepp replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I sincerely doubt it. Sharks window is pretty close to closed. EK is not the answer. EK 2015 would be but he would need others the Sharks do not have any longer. -
[Signing] Sharks re-sign Erik Karlsson
Rob_Zepp replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Their playoff run was nullified once he could no longer skate on the one "ok" leg. He's the guy what? The guy who is broken when it matters? -
You were embarrassed? Those guys fought with all they had and were simply too injured and too short-handed and too out-officiated. How on earth do you find that embarrassing? Good gawd.
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[Signing] Sharks re-sign Erik Karlsson
Rob_Zepp replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
This is the EK the Sharks just signed based upon term and CAP hit: This is the EK they are actually getting: