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DeNiro

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  1. First thing I thought when I watched that chase scene too. Totally a scene straight from terminator 3.
  2. It still baffles me that Gillis used a 2nd round pick to draft Mallet. Laplante is basically Mallet with better skating, work ethic, and two-way play.
  3. I have a feeling Utica fans are gonna love him. He should fit in great on a line with Banks and Hamilton. Great work ethic.
  4. I never wanted us to trade for the first overall or thought it was remotely realistic. I was simply pointing out that giving up the 5th, Horvat, and Demko would be a horrible trade on our part. We'd be creating 3 holes on our depth chart and only replacing them with one player. Dubois + Horvat>>>Matthews
  5. Trading our 5th, Demko, and Horvat for the 1st overall makes sense? Some people overrate Matthews way too much.
  6. This team wasn't good enough to get by the Sharks in 2013 with or without Schneider. When your top players don't show up it doesn't matter how good your goalending is. Again in 2013/14 Schneider wouldn't have been the difference. The team struggled with injuries and players underperformed. We probably would have finished a bit higher in the standings, meaning no Virtanen and no Demko. Last season Schneider probably gets us by Calgary but ultimately the team was not good enough to get by Anaheim. So we finish with a slightly lower draft pick and miss out on Boeser. So no we weren't set back by that trade. This teams chances to win a cup ended after the 2011/12 season. Management didn't do enough to keep the team competitive after that season and the team began to slowly decline. We would be the same team that lacks scoring today with better goaltending. Basically we'd be where the New Jersey Devils are at.
  7. It set us back 10 years? I don't know about that. Would we really be much better right now with Schneider instead of Horvat? Schneider's 30 years old now. He wouldn't exactly be the goalie of the future for us considering where this team is at. I think we're better off with Horvat, Markstrom, and Demko in the long run.
  8. Hey now, this is a family friendly site. Keep your sexual perversions to yourself...
  9. Then we can all be professional athletes! That's the hidden agenda these stats nerds actually have.
  10. Yea I trust McGuires ability to evaluate talent over most at TSN. He's actually done it for a living at the highest level. I also find it interesting that people assumed that it must have been Benning that called Florida and was desperate to get Gudbranson. It was actually the other way around. Florida called Benning and really wanted McCann, and it was then that Gudbranson's name came up. Florida doesn't do this move if they don't have salary constraints. This is all about getting players on cheap contracts because they won't be able to afford to re-sign Gudbranson and their other top centers. McCann is likely going to replace Trocheck because Trocheck is due for a big raise and Florida can't afford it.
  11. Don't know why people are getting so excited, Yost says Gudbranson's numbers suck and they'll never change. Why is this guy not a GM yet. Clearly he knows more than experienced GMs in the league.
  12. I didn't even realize I wrote volleyball. Lol. I definitely knew they were playing dodgeball.
  13. As he gets older and learns what it takes to train like a pro he'll be in much better all around shape. Hopefully he'll learn to spend his energy on the ice more efficiently too.
  14. Yea looks like some of those kids either don't know how to play or don't want to. It's funny to picture Virtanen being the kid in class that's way bigger than the other kids just dominating them.
  15. It's not even June yet, he's got plenty of time. I'm sure if he's training in Van the Canucks training staff have a close eye on his progress. Not too worried. if he can play with the speed he has at 220 lbs he's going to be pretty hard to stop. Just gotta work on that endurance.
  16. Canucks facebook page video. https://www.facebook.com/Canucks/?fref=nf
  17. I'm assuming Virtanen is in some sort of bulking phase of his training right now. He's looking a little portly playing dodgeball with those kids.
  18. You realize how many good Canadian defensemen there are right? It's an honor for him to even be considered. I'm sure he's the last person to complain about being there. Even if it's in a depth role.
  19. I think most people were surprised that Hutton was even invited. We definitely shouldn't be surprised that he's been pushed down to the number 8 spot.
  20. Or a "Benjaminute"? I'll see myself out.
  21. Hopefully he can pull a Gibson and take over the net. Right now it's not looking good for USA. I have a feeling Finland lights them up today.
  22. Condon expected to start. If Demko plays it's likely against France on Thursday or Hungary on Friday.
  23. Look at the positive, he's on a team with a bunch of players drafted much higher than him. The fact that he's on the team at his age is pretty impressive.
  24. Never said on a contender, just top pairing. It's hard to argue Calgary doesn't have one of the better D's in the league though. If a team has really good depth they don't need to have a Keith and Seabrook or Weber and Josi on the top pair.
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