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Montreal wasn't that tough imo. They were more like we are now. Out oif those 4, I only see Vegas as actually being tough. The other 3 were willing to grind in the playoffs, which is what we need to be successful rather than straight up toughness.
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Honestly, if health is the solution, we're screwed. No one's going to follow whatever protocols you think would work to get us healthier. It's and extremely unfeasiable solution at this point. In our conversaion before, you even said it wouldn't be easy. Well getting vaccinated is EASY.
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Worse than we did when we were in the playoffs a couple of years ago? We weren't even supposed to be there to begin with let alone be thinking about toughness at that time. If toughness proves to be a problem this year then sure, I'll jump aboard that "we need toughness" train, but I'm not seeing that being a problem at this point. We've only have 1 game into the season and panicing about this now just seems pointless to me, especially when we have so many new faces. And, honestly, I see people complain about out "lack of toughness" every year whether it's last year or the year of the 2011 finals or before then. I also look around the league and see so few teams that I would personally think even have toughness. Seriously. Look around the league. Pretend you're a fan of other teams. Ask yourself if you are happy with that team's toughness. I personally think most teams aren't even tough. There are expceptions of course, but if there has to be exceptions, it means the rule is the opposite.
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I mean, you're the one proposing health is the fundamental issue. I'm asking how would you solve it if this is the case. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with it either I might add. I think there's point for and against that thought. The way I see it, we don't really know who is going to need the vaccine and who isn't. We have our ideas on who might (ie. older people, people with underlying health conditions, etc) but even that isn't really enough to accurately figure that out. Not only that, but as time progresses, this virus is just going to get worse as it mutates. We've already seen how bad the delta variant can get in the non-vaccinated. Imagine what things would have been like had there been no vaccine to this date. Then there's the transmission of the virus. The kids 25 and younger, while less likely to be as affected by the virus, can still share it around. Getting them vaccinated helps prevent this from happening. It's about giving the virus as many "dead end points' as possible. For what it's worthI agree with some of your points with the health stuff (although vitamin pills are kind of snake oil in my opinion, that's a discussion for another day). The question would be with the effectiveness of it. People often stick with what they know; therefore, it's not exactly easy to make people change their ways. Making this easier could help, but then the people also have to want help for this to even work.
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The covid infection itself isn't the cultural issue. How people react to is based on culture however is a cultual issue. What's going to work in one culture isn't necessarily going to work in other cultures, and this needs to be considered when doing these comparisons. Mirroring what one culture's doing is not a gaurentee to work. If anything, it's far from that. Let me ask you this: what exactly do you propose we do to get healthier if that's the underlying issue? Health has not only been an issue for decades, but has been getting progressively worse due to higher rates of obesity and an aging population. This isn't a problem you simply solve; therefore, how do you expect this to get solved in the short term for covid purposes? Keep in mind this is the same population with people against vaccines, masks, social distancing, etc...
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I think the problem is though you're comparing 2 very different cultures with each other. Are you expecting us to fit in the mold of another culture? Consider that even what is consider a snack in Japan is much healthier than what is considered a snack here, so obviously their population's going to be healthier than our population in general. So then what exactly does "figuring out the fundamental differences" solve for us? You said it yourself that things are very different over there with the density, the mentality, etc; therefore, what they're doing over there is highly unlikely to be as effective over here because of that difference. I get that you mean well but our problem isn't going to be solved by fitting us into a mold of another culture. If anything, that's going the opposite direction and creating new problems as more ideals get forced on people than just vaccines.
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See, I wish parites would actually address this actual issue with the border, rather than spewing random stuff about buying back guns which essentially does nothing. During the election, I heard almost nothing but random promises that either, a) were going to happen anyway or b) don't solve a damn thing... and this was from ALL the parties which was the most disappointing part.
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This won't fly at all. The last time anything like this was attempted, gun owners were told to register their guns. The government were literally getting registries on items such as nail guns and glue guns due to people against the regulation. The one thing I do agree with though is that tougher sentences have been needed in Canada for a long time. Other than that, this is not a simple solution at all. This also doesn't at all solve the problem of gang members having guns smuggled across the border. It would effectively be a needless regulation that doesn't even solve the problem.
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I think a GM's moves get exaggerated though whenever it's a team one cheers for. If you look around the league, GM's are making similar good and bad moves all the time. Some GM's are obviously going to be moreso than others. Look at the moves Toronto makes for example in getting players like Barrie or Muzzin or signing Tavares. Look at all of the crazy contract buying Arizona's been doing. Look at New Jersey when they traded for Subban. These are literally the 1st 3 teams that came to my mind just now and I'm pretty sure you can look at any team and point out really good trades and moves and really bad trades and moves for the most part. The only real difference is the focus of it being our team since we happen to care more about what goes on here. Think of it like driving. You hear people stating their town has the "worst traffic" all the time because they're focused on their city and not other cities. This isn't much different to that notion.
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I think if we were "elite" at turning draft picks into roster players, we'd have a lot more picks on the team at this point. We have our core of players, but those players were showing a lot of people before being on the team. Remember that Horvat was almost a shooin from day 1 due to his faceoff ability which we were sorely lacking at the time. Remember that Pettersson broke Forsberg's record for points in the Swedish Elite League before joining. Remember that Boeser and Hughes were lighting it up in college. While you can argue this doesn't guarentee a roster spot, it really showed that it was a rather easy decision to let these guys play when they show up wanting to play. Personaly, I'd like to see more bottom 6 and defense successes before even considering the word "elite" and I think they fact that we have neither means we actually could use some work on this front. I'm not saying we're bad at it by the way. We evidently do have draft picks playing for the team and have been able to develop them accordingly, so overall here's what I think: Elite? No. Middle of the pack? Probably. Elite is such an overexaggeration of a word that most teams wouldn't even come close to "elite" in my opinion.
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May I argue that that's partially a cultural thing and not necessarily something we can control? Outside looking in, the Japanese in general seem to have a more "responsible culture" overall who seem more willing to listen to such things such as vaccination mandates whereas here, people are easily polarized already just by political party alone without a pandemic to divide people up even more. The very fact that you immediately chose a side in this very debate while claiming there's "no room for debate" is also part of "our culture" if you think about it. Just as an aside, there always is room for debate btw no matter the topic, just some people are too closed-minded to accept any argument other than their own. Lancaster's post is an interesting thought for sure but, at the same time, I don't think it solves anything either. Simply put, we have a pandemic to solve and it's pretty evident that the only way to solve it at this point is to "encourage" people to vaccinate however that method may end up being.
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I guess my stance at this point, at least with Benning, is he's an average GM. He's not necessarily good or bad. He's made his fair share of mistakes but he's also made some smart moves. It seems like he's been learning from his mistakes which seems promising enough moving forward to where I'm okay with him staying at this point. The real question to me is going to be how this team looks moving forward. Are we a playoff team from the moves made at this point? I guess we'll find out this season. I do think this was perhaps his best offseason to date (after having what is arguably his worst offseason to date) so hopefully things go well from here on out. In terms of the Acquilinis, I have no opinion. The fact that they own the team, in a hockey market no less, means they're going to have a lot of leeway in terms of how they act so I don't see the point in crticizing all that much unless if Eugene Melnyk starts mind controlling them or something.
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The problem is that politicizing covid is essentially the "easy way out". It's the classic ability to blame others for your own faults. Does this happen on both sides? Maybe? There's obviously the non-vaccinated side that openly blames the government as to why they don't vaccinate. The real question then comes with the ones who do vaccinate and whether or not they also are politicizing. So my question then would be this: in what way would the vaccinated be considered to be politicizing? I'd like this to be defined rather than just finger pointing.
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I don't know. Petan's been doing well so far it seems. While I can see the obvious trend of former Winterhawks we've gone through, I don't really see how it would be any worse than having projects from other teams. I tend to think projects are just that: projects. Some will work while others won't. Each will show us whether they were worth taking a gamble or not in their own way regardless of where they are from. Let's also not forget that Baertschi would also be on that list. While he may not even be on the team anymore, where is the point where we say a player wasn't a flop?
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[Signing] Canucks sign Tucker Poolman
The Lock replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I am of the mindset that 500K isn't going to make much of a difference on the larger contract. 500K isn't going to be that difficult to work around at the end of the day and Hughes literally signed a 6 year deal even with Poolman having 2.5K. Keep in mind it's really easy to overthink these things. I get it, but ultimatelty overthinking is a means to strive for perfection, which is the arch-nemesis of coming up with good ideas that work. -
[Signing] Canucks sign Tucker Poolman
The Lock replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I don't think we should be worrying about a few years time, especially when Poolman's contract isn't even still around by that time. Sure, we have to resign star players in the coming year, but also look at who's coming off the books: Luongo's 3mil comes off after this year, Myers' contract ends in 3 years. Hamonic's contract ends in 2 years, etc. Also, the cap is likely to go up in those 5 years. People seems to want to talk about flexibility like it's the holy grail, but keep in mind that having flexibility also means your team likely isn't playing as well as it could. When we were a cup contender 10 years ago, going up against the cap didn't seem like a problem at that point. Why would it be a problem now? -
Don't forget Ossi Vanhamham
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Translation: You have nothing. You're not the 1st person I've known on the internet who will lie and comes up with excuses when challenged.
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Dude. Look at all of the comments in this thread afterwards. Denial won't change things. The statistics have been shown to you literally by a health professional. You're not going to change your mind. You're too stubborn for that clearly, but it clearly is a fact and the evidence has literally been shown to you. Your denial won't change that. I challenge you to look at the facts and consider them for what they are. Put some thought into them.
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But people are using blocking hospitals and using "freedom of speech" as their instrument. Also, people's opinions (or at least the actions from their opinions) in this case are literally killing others. How then is me being against those people authoritarian when you yourself just declassified what I am against as not being freedom of speech?