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Pretty sure you could build condos on top of a multi purpose sports facility with practice rinks. That would be the best of both worlds. All that needs to be decided is who pays for what.

They don’t. And buying a dilapidated stadium that was built with public funds would just be bad optics. The Aquilinis want it built across the street I’m pretty sure they’ve had their eye on that land for awhile. They need to be able to sell it to the city and and the province though in order for them to kick in funds. Gotta wonder if the 2030 Olympic bid that was dead and then wasn’t plays into that.

The fact that they think Zach Hyman is Canada’s best option for first line left wing tells you all you need to know. I legit thought they would have Tavares there so I’m a little surprised. They made up for it with Reilly in the top 6 though!

People need to consider that Aquilini just might not be one of the developers in the back pockets of our politicians. We all know how long it takes for anything to get developed in Vancouver. Unless of course you know the right people… My guess is there will be a long back and forth of who pays for what if it ever gets decided. We’re probably 10 years from getting this team a practice facility.

Is Tocchett gonna be on the panel while coaching?

You said Pysyk was a 4B now he’s a 4A? He’s not a top 4 I can tell you that. Soucy, Cole, Myers are all good 5A that will need to play up. Even Hirose looks like he could be a solid 5A. If we’re going for more D it needs to be a legit top 4 otherwise we have guys that can play the role he can.

We have enough 5A’s though. If we’re gonna upgrade the D it needs to be through trade. Otherwise I’m happy to see what we have from the farm.

Let’s hope we have better young players ready to step up than a guy on a PTO…

Yea but even teams that stockpile picks are lucky to get a superstar forward and D man that’s my point. Just cause you have the picks doesn’t mean they pan out. See Buffalo. Also Eichel jumped ship much like Petey certainly would have had we entered a never ending rebuild. Not saying our build was done great but at least I recognize that they’re trying to get out of the never ending tank cycle. That’s gonna equal an average prospect pool over the next 5 or so years. As long as we start to make a progress as a team I’m fine with that. In the meantime who’s to say Lekkeramaki and Willander won’t end up being better than some of the players taken top 10?

We were 4 goals off being a top 10 team offensively. 3 goals less than NYR and 4 goals less than Colorado and LA. Add to that we were only 8 goals less than Toronto and their loaded offense. I would say we were a top offensive team. The question is how will committing more to the defensive side affect those goal outputs, and can some of the younger guys step up and boost those stats? Can they fill the void left by Horvat, and can Kuzmenko keep scoring at the same pace?

Teams that are pushing for playoffs typically have average prospect pools. You don’t just go from having top 5 picks to playoffs like that. We got our superstar forward and D man with those picks. Some teams take a few drafts with at least one miss to get those players. The idea that we’ll keep getting top 5 picks when we have young star players entering their prime is just wrong. Teams that do that never go anywhere.

Lower the goals against and we’ll be good. That will have to come from an improved pk and a healthy Demko. We have enough offense to win games, even if we sacrifice a bit to play better defensively. Teams that make the playoffs typically have at least seven or eight 15+ goal scorers. How many do we have? Petey Miller Kuzmenko Boeser Beauvillier Garland Mikheyev Suter? Can Podkolzin or Hoglander reach that level? Can Hughes up his goal totals?

It starts at the top. As long as we have an owner who’s personal life keeps creating distractions for the team it won’t change. Really wish we had hands off owners.

Hopefully they have an elevator to the press box. Stairs are too much work…

OEL-evator is pure gold. Did you come up with that or was that your empties?

I don’t see why everyone is surprised. He accomplished exactly what their goal was, which was to win a round. Definitely a deserved extension based on the standard they’ve set.

No one can predict the trajectory of 19 years olds not even scouts. Not sure why people on here bother trying. Sure Kemmel could be better but it will still be based on a guess on your part. Just root for the guy we did choose and don’t obsess over every player we could have had.

Bases loaded 0 outs…Lol. This team doesn’t deserve post season.

Wonder if the Canucks will sign any PTOs. Seems unnecessary with all the young guys pushing. Could see them offering one to Bailey though.

I think he means if Myers re-signed for cheap.

Pretty sure that was like 15 years ago now.

Stop trying to make Milky happen…

It would take a serious injury to McDavid or Draisaitl for that to happen.

Great timing with the World Cup around the corner… After all they built he’s jumping ship now?! Another reason to hate Toronto.

It’s actually quite a bit bigger. Like almost 500 square feet bigger. They gave the specs in another article that said the Rogers place one is like 850 square feet and this one is like 1300.