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  1. when cody got hurt jordan's centre was some ahl plug and i cant even remember his name. hard for a small winger to contribute if his centre cant get him the puck or finish plays off. edit: they were also making him be F1 on the forecheck which is ridiculous, if you watch pat kane he is almost never in the corners as the first guy on the puck, he swoops in and steals the puck with quick hands and makes a play. Have to put players in a situation where they can succeed and in my opinion when they put jordan on the wing he had little to no chance.
  2. another solid game from schroeds very pleased with his game so far that is for sure nothing too flashy so far keeping it simple. - cannata is doing great its kind of funny when he came up arniel didnt even want to play him, played climie a ridiculous amount of games in a row. Now cannata showing arniel he can be trusted and counted upon.
  3. i watched about 10 wolves games this year, i really never noticed schroeder screening/playing in front like he did last night. was i just not noticing it on the wolves? it seemed very apparent last night. might have just been an unfamiliarity of the 2nd PP unit (where i noticed it most)
  4. his first shift was a very good sign for me. he got a pass at our blueline and instead of firing the puck off the glass and out he turned and fired a one touch pass to raymond who was circling through the middle and the canucks broke out of the zone with speed. to me that was a play that showed he can think the game.
  5. i think they will waive one of the two defenseman on tuesday probably after the morning practice. edit: it really isnt even ebbetts fault, the line is just poorly constructed they cant play a corners game with him and raymond they are just too soft and that line needs to create offense off the rush but ebbett really isnt creative enough to do that.
  6. was a rumor when burkie was still in charge, that probably revolved around luongo going to philly and bryz going to toronto. was never really fully established. on the JS front if ebbetts game today didnt cement his callup for wednesday/friday im not really sure what will.
  7. good point, should be an interesting year
  8. that is why a luongo trade for fair value is so important. as it will help set the canucks up for the post sedin era which i dont even want to imagine right now.
  9. i was thinking more tuesday after practice, gives them 2 full practices to decide.
  10. henrique is hurt, they sent him down because of the way AHL players salaries are caculated, in the new CBA players on 1ways in the AHL count against the cap at full value but i assume players on ELC's do not or are calculated at their AHL salary or some crazy other reason.
  11. okay adam henrique was sent down today as well, there must be something in the CBA that capologists are exploiting, i have no idea what they are exploiting but there is more to this than a straight hockey decision.
  12. ok so LTI space works on a basic level like this: you dont gain LTI space or relief unless you EXCEED the salary cap (this year 70.2million) therefore in order to take advantage of Kesler and Booths injury on opening day the canucks would like to be as CLOSE to 70.2 million as possible. So they will pick contracts that will add as closely to 70.2 million as possible. math model: team salary of 65million salary cap of 70.2 player injury of 4million replacement player 1.2million salary cap savings 0$, why they didnt spend to the cap team salary 70.2million player injuries 9.2million (5kes 4.2booth) replacement players (kass ebbett 2million approx) salary cap LTI usage FULL 2million. canucks were at 100% of the cap therefore whatever players they add are full value LTI replacements. this is a very basic understanding of it, i dont even know if the formulas have changed in the new CBA, but this should give you a basic idea edit: forgot there is also the issues of schroeders performance bonuses on his contract. under the new CBA these might be applied to next years cap instead of this years which further muddy the waters. (really not sure on this would need gilman to confirm its very complicated)
  13. unreal, what does a young player have to do to make this team? - hopefully this is just for gilman's cap magic and gets them exactly at 70million to take maximum advantage of the LTIR space.
  14. i dont think they want to put too much pressure on zack, we all know what this market is like.
  15. definitely a good sign for schroeder, now he just needs to play well in the scrimmages.
  16. im hoping booths injury wont be a factor in him NOT making the team. I just cant see vignault playing 2 rookies on the same line. If kass is a 2nd line winger i find it difficult to believe schroeder has a chance over the veteran ebbett.
  17. yup there was one game against chicago last year that cody got a few shifts against chicago's topline and they got totally dominated AV would have had a hissy fit if he had to play hodgson in the playoffs against other teams top 2 lines.
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    Anton Rodin | RW/LW

    really wonder with rodin where he would be if he didnt have that brutal shoulder-growth problem that prevented him from working out for almost 2.5years. Nice to see him play like we all saw at the world juniors where he was a force.
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    Anton Rodin | RW/LW

    rodin has looked great the last 2-3 games. really showing some growth in his his game.
  20. at least benevides challenged to make sure they did take a look at it, all you can ask for. very tough call
  21. tell me about it, fracking mind boggling, the lions veteran secondary have made some huge mistakes in this game. those guys have been so reliable all year and they are blowing coverage all over the field.
  22. lions D seems to have found their stride.
  23. yeah that call was brutal, hopefully zack learns to take it out on the other team instead of the zebras.
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