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  1. It's early days still in this free agency period. Also, there is lots of time to make a trade or two before the season starts. I'm not worried. I think Benning will pull through and help the team. I'm happy we didn't sign Markstrom (as much as I loved his play) as the contract would be too long (and the NMC) and we'd definitely lose Demko to Seattle in the expansion draft. Holtby and Demko will be a solid tandem. Also, I think it is time to give one or two of Olli, Brogan or Jalen a shot. Both Brogan and Jalen are right shot D so one of them could replace Stech as the 3rd pairing D. We still need a top four right shot D though. No reason to panic.
  2. Tanev was a great Canuck! I wish him well in Calgary (my second favourite team - having lived out there for 10 years after growing up in BC). It's neat that he will still be protecting his buddy Markstrom. Tanev is a real warrior. I just remember him taking that shot to the teeth and the pain he must have felt. I wish him all the best. I hope that some day, when Covid is history, the fans give him and Marky a great tribute when they return to Vancouver.
  3. I wouldn't say Quinn got robbed. Makar and Hughes were neck and neck and it could've gone either way. They are both great young defencemen.
  4. Well, I hope you're right and the price is reasonable. Time will tell.
  5. Not likely to happen. Regarding trading for Killorn and Cernak, these players will come with a high price - not Sutter, Roussel, Beagle, Motte, Pearson or Virtanen, unless high draft picks are involved.
  6. We could have won if we had bigger stronger D who could move the puck out of the D zone better/faster; and if we had bigger wingers who hit hard and who didn't lose so many puck battles on the boards (especially in the D zone). We will never win the cup if we don't add more "truculence" to the lineup (we need to be able to go hit for hit with teams like Dallas, St Louis, Tampa Bay, Philly, Islanders, Boston, etc. - like the strong teams of years past in the Pacific Division). We also need more team speed (quicker/faster) like Colorado has. Actually, I think, if Colorado could adds more truculence and better goaltending, they would be a stronger cup contender than the Canucks (as much as I hate to say it). Having one of the best players in the world (if not the best), in Nathan MacKinnon, doesn't hurt.
  7. Wow, that is an unbelievable overpayment for Eichel. Plus, high draft picks (and weakening our future)? Eichel is a great player but no thanks! I want to see what Podkolzin does with the Canucks first before I consider trading him (I like what I saw in the World Juniors). Now, maybe if it was for Connor McDavid
  8. Marky wouldn't sign a contract without a NMC let alone a NTC. He'll definitely want a NMC so he can't be exposed to the Kraken (he won't want to be packing his bags again just after he signs a long term contract somewhere). Only a NMC prevents him from being taken by the Kraken (players with NTC can still be taken in the expansion draft). I don't know why Marky signs a contract without an NMC. If I was him, I wouldn't. He deserves an NMC - just not in Van when we have a younger talented goalie whose age is closer to our core players. Plus a goalie (Demko) who comes with a lower cap hit when we are already pushing the ceiling of the cap now. Marky was fantastic this year and I wish we could keep both goalies but we can't because we are going to lose Demko in the expansion draft (we can't afford to lose a young talented goalie like Demko for nothing). Given the cap and the upcoming expansion draft, I'd let Marky walk and sign his long term contract with a NMC. I wish the best for him. The only other alternative is to trade Demko but I don't favour that option unless it involved a first round pick and a prospect.
  9. Don't forget the wildfires burning up California. That might also be a concern.
  10. Try to find players like Marchessault, Smith, Stone, Chandler Stephenson, Carrier, Cousins, Tuch and Karlsson. Or more players like Motte (but bigger). Easier said than done though. I'd like to see us as much more physical (but fast and quick) and be able to pound players like the Vegas players did to us every chance they got. I really wish Ferland would have worked out but his career appears to be in jeopardy.
  11. Personally, I would prefer to stick with Demko as much as I love Markström. Demko is closer to the same age as our young core players. Also, we have to remember that we can't protect both our goalies in the expansion draft (and we can only keep 3 of our older D and 7 older forwards). When I say older I mean players who aren't in their rookie or sophomore season in the NHL. I wish we could keep both Demko and Markie but one will likely get taken in the expansion draft. I want to keep Tanev. He has been awesome as Hughes' partner. You won't find another D as reliable, who can skate and who blocks the shots like Tanev on the UFA list unless you want to pay over 6 or 7 mill which we cannot afford given that the salary cap could fall due to Covid and the loss of revenue. I'm a big Stecher fan. He may not be big but he is hard to play against and he is good positionally and he made some great long passes to the forwards. I agree we need some bigger D but our D are not the reason we lost the series. The Vegas forecheck was better than ours and more tenacious and they hit way more than us. I want to keep Motte as he is great on the fourth or 3rd line if needed. The player I am most disappointed in is Boeser. He loses way too many puck battles on the boards and he isn't fast enough or a good enough skater to keep us with a team like Vegas. Also, he wasn't scoring which he is paid to do (and he gets a 5 mill plus salary next season). I really like the kid but he is not worth 5 million a year. He is very good against slower teams but the NHL is now a much faster league.
  12. Very proud of all the guys and the coaching staff. They exceeded expectations. A few of our injuries (Ferland, Miller, Toffoli and Myers - for an example) caught up with us and Vegas was just a stronger and deeper team. In the off-season, we have a few areas to upgrade. I think some of our wingers needed to do a better job on the boards and win more puck battles to compete with Vegas. Vegas was just bigger, stronger and faster and they often beat us to the puck. The Vegas forecheck was very good and they pounded our D and were first to the puck in the neutral zone. I hope we can keep Stecher, Tanev, Markie and Demko.
  13. Awesome team game and so much for all the whiners complaining about our bottom six forwards. Early in the series when the complainers were whining about our bottom six, they forgot that it was those same bottom six players that were keeping the score down, winning crucial faceoffs and keeping us in the game. Marky has been fantastic. Stecher is giving us lots of reasons for re-signing him and Motte is an energizer bunny that is tenacious on the forecheck. Sutter had a great series against the Blues. Roussel has picked up his game. Same with Virtanen. Even Louis is solid. Horvat has been a beast. Green continues to adapt and respond and shows why he is a very good coach with this young team that is playing very well against better teams (on paper). No, I am not Green's nephew and I am almost old enough to be his father. I don't know him at all but I know he is a proud BC boy like me.
  14. I'd prefer 650 for pre-game. Also, for the post-game, I find 1040's Blake Price, Jeff Patterson and Matt Sekeres are too negative and too critical of a team that isn't quite where it needs to be (personnel wise) to win the cup.
  15. Great to see Stech get the GWG. Great team game and Marky and Bo were awesome!
  16. The Canucks looked a little slow out of the gate but showed great resiliency in coming back from deficits. Marky has bailed out the Canucks many times (won games for them) and this time the team rallied around him and bailed him out. Great to see. Good team win and great to see Tanev get the winning goal (he has done so much for this team over the years).
  17. We have no problem at centre with a healthy Gaudette, Sutter and Beagle (Petey and Bo are one and two). I think there is more concern with our wings on the third and fourth lines. Toffoli, when he was healthy was a good fit for either the first or second line right wing position.
  18. You need Bo to centre the second line. I don't see the point. Bo has always played centre as has Petey. This would not be a good idea. Bo's second line plays against the other team's top lines. There is a big difference between playing centre and wing. If you asked Petey or Bo how'd they feel about switching, I'd bet neither would be eager to switch.
  19. Hey, I don't agree with you. We can agree to disagree. I will respond to anybody's comments in any way that is respectful; therefore, I choose to use emojis to express my opinion. I don't feel the need to continually post like many on the Canucks forum. There is no down vote (fortunately) so the confused emoji is the next best thing when I disagree with the poster or if I feel the poster is off base. The problem is with the personnel on the team, not the coaching in my humble opinion. I think many fans think this team is much better than they really are. I will not be drawn down this vortex of poster bashing. Have a nice day.
  20. I don't think there is anything wrong with Green's coaching. It's on the players. Not enough net presence in front of Stalock. Too many passes and not enough shots getting through (Green has been preaching getting shots through and shooting more all season - but still the players are looking for the pretty play too much). Our young players showed their lack of experience (they tried but they couldn't produce). Petterson needs to get stronger. He's a great player but he gets knocked down too easily (spends too much time with his butt on the ice). The only way we will beat Minny is if we can disrupt Stalock with an in-your-face agitating presence in front of him. Stalock is a very good goalie and I saw that during the regular season. If he can see the puck, he'll stop it (at least if he continues to play the way he did last night). Last night was a lot like the Jets exhibition game where we didn't have any net presence and we ran into a very good goalie (Hellebuck is a Vezina candidate). We can't take out all our penalty killers but I'm thinking that maybe Virtanen can be brought in for Roussel who wasn't very effective other than taking needless penalties. I wouldn't take out Motte or Sutter as we really need them on the penalty kill (Sutter and Motte had a decent game last night). If we could squeeze in MacEwan, that would be good but I don't know who I would bring out. I wasn't impressesd with Gaudette last night and he showed his inexperience (he also needs to get stronger). One thing, we need is four centres - Sutter could take Gaudette's spot as 3rd line Centre. Beagle is our 4th line centre. I'm more concerned about the management of the team given the number of draft picks and cap space we've lost since Benning has been the GM. However, I'm not a Benning hater. How many people thought the Eriksson UFA signing would be a bad deal? I didn't, given the success he had with the Sedins at the world championships. We need better D and we need more draft picks and we need to continue to rebuild before our young stars get past their prime.
  21. Rest in Peace Eddie Shack. Somewhere in the next world, someone is yelling "Clear the track, here comes Shack". I enjoyed the energy and personality that Eddie brought to the game.
  22. The boys played well but the top 4 D for Minnesota were too much for our forwards. Also, Minny has a very good defensive structure to shut down our snipers. Stalock was dialed in. A couple of adjustments are needed: get traffic in front of Stalock (a lot more traffic!), we need to get more shots through and more shots period. I think we should try to get Virtanen in (maybe for Roussel) and, hopefully, he can get is big body in right in front of Stalock. In my mind, Green's coaching is not the problem. We are a few players short of being a quality playoff team.
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