Coconuts

Lindholm would be interesting, I expect Edmonton finds a way to retain Larsson though. But who knows?

Don't like the idea of Dumba, I don't think he'd be worth what it'd cost. 

If the Canucks offer Larsson what Edmonton offers, then yes, no chance in hell we pry Larsson away.  If the Canucks offer 5.5-6 million however, then I don’t think the Oilers would match.  People might be upset if we overpay on Larsson but we REALLY need an Edler replacement badly.  Hughes and Schmidt are our only top pairing caliber dmen but neither guy can ‘shut down.’  At this stage of his career, Edler isn’t a top pairing option any longer.

I love Edler, but no, he's not. That seems like quite an overpayment for him though, not too keen on that. Especially in a Covid cap world. 

Hopefully we can just pluck a D from a team who doesn't wanna lose him for nothing. 

Oh no, opening some of us cap space would absolutely be an asset. I've never believed he lined up with our timeline. That's cap that could be reallocated to our defense, or somewhere else on the roster. 

We've seen moreso over the last couple seasons than ever that cap space in itself is an asset. 

But no, I'm not looking to dump him for a 5th. 

I've been trying to figure out our cap situation next year if we keep JT, Boeser, Garland, Myers, etc...  

I have us at 80 million even with everyone back next year, and a 24 man roster that includes Poolman on LTIR.  That leaves us with 3.5 million in cap space.  

Alvin and the chimpmunks analytics team say this is false

Rumour- All 32 teams would want Bedard.

Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

..oops

Hail to the chief 

@Phil_314 It's a longg, unlikely tale(^ up above was the Coles Notes). Guess I'm an introvert who's had trouble fitting into any organized society. There's been lonely times, & I don't recommend such a path.

Somehow I tracked down a beautiful lass here, & hitched up(almost 30 yrs now). We run our own school. I'm prob happiest on long, 200-300 km bike rides. Ironman races taught me miserable-hard training are the most beautiful experiences to look back upon. Lacking requisite energy now..but always yearning to get back to it again...

I've been called a F***-up by many loved ones. Sadly, I walked completely away from all of them. If I returned to Canada today, would just feel like some lost imm/refugee. Aside from my Lovely Couz, all bonds were severed. Going through all this almost killed me.

So you're teaching in Japan now too?  Glad that it's working out for ya :^)

I very vividly remember the agony of multiple projects coming down to crunch time in November. Literally worse than final exam time for me.

Takes one for me! I'm allergic though, so results may vary

eat strawberries

its quicker and easier on the system

I don't count shrimp by individual counts.  I count them by the number of the shrimp cocktail platters from Costco, or the number of seafood towers at Blue Water Cafe.  I would say, at least three full Costco trays...and at least four of those seafood towers at Blue Water Cafe.  More if you're sharing.  I'll see you guys at the Chelation Clinic getting all the heavy metals removed from my system.

Ive never been that enamoured by Malkin.  Probably the same sort of thing w/ how other team’s fans view EP.  @Coconuts is the Malkin hate related to VAN proposals to go go after him? He’s in the Spezza contract category now if u ask me.

It is, I don't want him

The best Willie Mitchell hit!

Here's hoping! I'd love to see more D from our 1st and 2nd round picks

Is there an Ekblad type of player in this coming draft? 

that guy could shoot

Underpaid or not, those who are hired to do a job but who achieve subpar results typically don't last 

Now, if I was Green, I would be more like Sgt. Hartman (warning swearing):
 

Keenan made movies?

eh tu, Coconut?

I've been $&!#posting on forums for 17 years, I will not be stopped 

what for?

&^@# the Oilers too, it's a toss up between them and Toronto who I hate most. 

Leaves, Coilers and Lames all belong in the S*%T Abyss.

I've actually come to realize that I spend more time laughing at the Leafs than hating them.

You can have all my pig's feet, I don't want em 

let me try...

bacon gives me high cholesterol.

doesn't work for me.

Saw this on a sign shop in North Van.

"I want to start growing my own food. Where do I find bacon seeds?"

It makes me sick to my stomach that there is an award named after the POS Messier, when the likes of Gretzky, Lemieux, Howe, Orr, etc. who are soooooo much more worthier. 

It still makes no sense to me that we've got this fluff Messier award but no award for leading the league in assists. 

You didn't think Mess showed leadership when he chopped down Trevor Linden as he was struggling to get to the bench?

Man, can he get a third?

Still plenty of time!

If he gets a hat trick damn.. couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Except it turns off every time I change a page here!  grrrrrrrrrrrr

@-AJ-

ohhh, where is dark mode?...i can get behind that

@Toni Zamboni Stealth is gunna be working on the site this week, so stuff will get better and gunna make an option to do dark mode pretty sure.

Too many blackouts against Canucks games too!

@BoKnows I'll take Niagara On The Lake over Brampton. Even though there's too many old folks there. 

I'll take anywhere over Brampton, well maybe not Wawa.  Niagara On The Lake is beautiful.  Endless wine tours for when you retire.

@mll I already understood the revenue part of it and why the league might cater to those two Canadian teams in particular, but it's nice to see the numbers 

Understanding the financial piece aside, it's still a pain in the ass and I still hate it 

you'd think they would want to bump it to 5 pm PST/ 8pm EST for the games out here to maximize the western tv revenue. 

You might be on to something, because they'll have to balance maximizing getting as much as they can out of Canada as a whole this coming season vs catering to just Montreal and Toronto. 

collecting cerb

he is still number 1 in our hearts.

I kidnapped him, Sick of his sh!t. Who does he think he is? 'Mr know it all' !?!

@Cramarossa

re: Dudes and Dudettes....

What about those that identify themselves as being from both Box A or Box B?

Then there's Alf.

Hump day.

I'm over it.

Woohoo

I made it through!

Two more days... Ugh

"The 28-year-old has an expungement hearing scheduled for July 2 in a California court to remove the no-contest plea from his record. If that request is granted, he will have no criminal record and can then apply for reinstatement into the NHL."

Let's incarcerate drug offenders for a decade but pardon the 200lb athlete that assaults women. 

Punish the poor, and middle class, but let the wealthy get away with whatever crimes they want.

How the hell is removing that from his record even on the table?   Only excusable reason is new evidence he didn't do it, which doesn't appear to be a factor.

Bo needs to comeback for Boesers Calder race and cause he's out #1 guy. Boeser needs Bo back on his line, Gagner has been slacking recently after his 4 point game. Plus Bo will make our team feel fast again.

seasons over who cares   draft in top 5 get another piece, move sine vets out  get a few more picks  find a few gems to speed up our rebuild 

Management and coaching likely care, you want a team that competes and commits to it's systems and each other. You would hope the players care because a fair number of em will be back next season and there's still half a season left for em to progress and build on their game. I care, other fans seem to care.

The incentive to bottom out isn't what it used to be, if we're destined to pick 5-7 again I'd rather be competitive and score some goals on our way there. Chips are gonna fall where they will regardless, may as well support the guys along the way.

I keep craving pizza after seeing this. Thankfully, I know I won't give in.

CDC, come for the hockey. Stay for the food. 

True that, true that

I bought these really pretty gift bags the other day to put gifts in.  I even bought more to put my cassettes in under the TV table.

I have a 4' X 3' Doll house to build tonight...

Gift bags are the only solution.

It'd have been more fitting if they'd played Chicago or Montreal or something, nothing against Jersey but the NHL could have found a better fit.

@Brad Marchand They would.

I don't love it since octopi are highly intelligent, and tasty food, but what are you gonna do PETA, fight tradition? Pick your battles as you're unlikely to win this one. 

@Coconuts What's also weird is the game was played against a team that isn't even in their division 

Now that you mention it, that is strange

Daredevil

Luke Cage

Iron Fist

Jessica Jones

In that order. More watchable than Jessica Jones, not as good as Luke Cage. No where near as good as Daredevil. I bet Punisher comes out on top when it comes out. Not because of the character. But because Jon Bernthal is a fantastic actor. 

@Ghostsof1915 it was the exact opposite order for me, but I with agree with you on Punisher. Bernthal is an amazing actor.

The deal with Luke Cage was it dried up after Cottonmouth. Daredevil I just couldn't get into, although Daredevil himself is a pretty great character played by a person who's pretty good at playing him.

<--- collected Daredevil comics when I was young. So I have a soft spot for the Man Without Fear.