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Everything posted by Ralph.

  1. Man, I love this guy. Too bad we couldn't afford him.
  2. 1. Get Loui to retire, make him GM in Utica; he can re-name the team the Loutica Comets. 2. Bump Ryan Johnson up to Canucks GM. 3. Make GMJB President. Boom, all problems solved.
  3. Call me crazy, but I want their team to do well. I want a rivalry. Flames and Oilers can have their Blunders of Alberta, we'll have our Clash of the Coast.
  4. Maybe a little. Must be betting on him to continue improving. Edit: It does make the Ferland deal look even better, indeed. I still can't believe how pleased I am with our signings this off-season.
  5. Yup. Fun fact: That contract buy-out basically screwed the Panthers out of signing Panarin. The Rangers had retained $900k in the trade to the Oilers, and when it was bought out the hit was reduced to $300k, allowing the Rags to up their offer. Province article on it here. So we got them back a bit for the Luongo recapture.
  6. Bob changed his whole Twitter page for his vacation? That's adorable.
  7. Send him back to Boston... For Brendan Gaunce. #AssetManagement
  8. I thought you guys were taking about our Tanev, comparing him to Dzingel and was like, "Wow, CDC's taking more drugs than I thought. "
  9. One time I was visiting my parents back home and dug out my old net and a stick, dragged it to the edge of the front yard, went into the street, took one shot, and hit the second-floor living room window. Luckily it was just a ball and it bounced off without smashing anything. Sure p'd off the dog tho. ITT: Old dudes comparing twigs.
  10. As per CapFriendly: Quinn signed on March 10th, 2019, making his signing year 2019. His birthday being October 14th, he turns 20 between Sept. 16th and Dec. 31st, the slide does not apply. A list of potential slide candidates for the league for 2018-19 (as well as 19-20) can be found here. And a supporting article about his signing, dated March 11th, 2019, here.
  11. Did Vanek have a NTC? CapFriendly isn't showing one for that contract (maybe they just don't have all the information from back then), but regardless, he was traded anyway. With the rest of them, obviously they have them. However, the smart thing he's doing with them is these clauses all deteriorate in power over the courses of their respective contracts. For example, Roussel's NTC goes from a 15 team no-trade list last season, down to an 8 team no-trade list for the next two seasons, and finally a 5 team no-trade list in the final season (the Beagle, Ferland, Sutter contracts all change similarly). So regardless of them being given out, it's not like he's giving full NT/MCs, where there's no way out in the event the player under performs. Even Eriksson's contract, by far the worst of them, changes to a 15 team no-trade list after this season (which might not matter anyway, as both sides seem to be looking for a way out). I don't know how this compares with other teams, but since Eriksson's signing, he's put a bigger emphasis on this aspect of his contracts. No GM signs a player expecting to trade them right away, so if said player wants a NTC for the first year or two, that's really not a problem. It's after that, when the team may want more flexibility, that matters more in this regard. If that list of contracts you just provided is any indication, he's learned how to use these clauses to his advantage pretty well. Hell, throw Myers in there too (I believe his contract was specifically designed to make him the most appealing option for the ED). This isn't a counter to your post or a taking of sides with HW — just an observation. Not interested in the rest of your post.
  12. "The #FakeCanuckBase will never admit it, but the 2020 draft will be the draft of the century! Bigger and better than ever! We're going to have a little chat with the league, and make sure this obsolete "lottery" system is done away with and the Canucks will pick first overall, this year and every year moving forward! No more concessions will be made without getting our fair share in return! Oh, and the Chinese will pay our players' salaries too." - Jim Benning, 2019
  13. Pettersson Oct-Dec: 1.083 PPG Jan-Apr: 0.771 PPG Boeser Oct-Dec: 0.897 PPG Jan-Apr: 0.750 PPG EP was still getting quite a few chances and driving play post-New Year's, just had bad puck luck. I don't see how this can be characterized as Brock inflating Petey's numbers at all. They both dipped. I do agree that he gets more than $5.5M on a 4 year deal though. Probably $6-6.5M.
  14. I suggested something like this earlier in a thread; garnered some negative feedback. They want to get rid of the Boedker contract; I would suggest Loui and Tanev (50%) for Boedker. Swapping Loui for Mikkel is a bad-for-bad situation, while Tanev at 50% can make up for the extra cap+term on Loui's contract. Add in/swap some picks to fine tune value and bam. Make a pick conditional on Tanev re-signing with Ottawa (not unlikely; he's from Toronto and would be closer to home — Only threat might be him wanting to bolt to the Leafs). Who knows tho.
  15. Ah, knew I was missing something somewhere. Feels like it's been forever since we had a contract slide.
  16. The slide thing only applies to Junior players, playing in the the O/W/QMJ-HLs if I recall correctly. Different rules for players coming from college.
  17. Gotta update your sig now, dude! Thank God no Lucic.
  18. CapFriendly has updated their Canucks page. Roster reduced to 23 (without Ferland and Boeser signed), showing a cap space of about $8.5M. Just FYI for people who pay attention to that.
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