It might be a step back, but we'll also be only 1 yr from dumping all excess, toxic-sludge contracts.

Everything is up in the air(society & pro sport), so it's pretty early to be too concerned.

As for Jacob & CT, glad they could cash in with nice deals. Hope they play well, but not vs Van.

I'm pretty excited to see more of our youth shuffled into the deck.

You know, Nate Schmidt could have a major impact on the back end.  Not JT level maybe but enough of an impact that he really helps the team.  And perhaps JB perhaps JB is making the right call letting a bunch of young players push for spots.  The opportunity is there-maybe we see some of them seize it.  Team might actually improve all around if goaltending can hold its own.

ya if we kept markstrom wed lose demko  to expansion going younger us key  we upgraded tanev with schmidt  and  juolevi is bigger and has better outlet passes than a small stecher ever had.  We couldnt get out of our zone in playoffs versus  vegas  time to let hoglander juolevi macewen rafferty 

push the vets out. Sutter baertchi spooner  edler benn pearson off books  next yr im sure they will ask edler back on a 1-2 mill comtract   frees up 20-21 mill for hughes pettersson contracts  and hoglander and podzolkin will be on team as well  our cup windows open next 5-10 yrs 

Dan Hamhuis turned down a higher offer to sign here.

^ Not necessarily. Sutter, for example, can go the other way to free up some cap and Arizona could also take some of the burden of the money themselves.

Do we need him? We do not but it would still be nice to have him if the price is right. The fact that he wants to play here is cool.

We only really afford him if say say goodbye to substantial UFAs/RFAs. It makes sense that if we get OEL, we say goodbye to Tanev, so there's one, but we'd likely have to also consider holding off on others that need to be paid like Stecher, Gaudette, Leivo, Fantenberg, and Motte. Not all of those maybe and none of those are huge money, but added up, that could be $5M - $8M possibly. We already know Toffoli isn't staying (probably), but that was almost already a result of the existing cap issues. Virtanen would be possible if he was already qualified, which means we're stuck with him unless we trade him.

Aside from that, they would need to take on cap in return, which would make it a little easier.

Personally, I don't think it's worth it, even if they take a little bit of cap in return, but I'm willing to be wrong.

Is it possible that they can retain only the cap and we pay all of the salary?

Goaltending.

Look at the Canucks as an example of how they’re a threat in this postseason.

It’s not the whole answer...but it clearly starts from there.

They got NHL management right away with McPhee as GM and Gallant as Coach.

And a lot of teams for various reasons made trades with Vegas prior to the expansion draft that gave Vegas extra pieces. If a team's 3 best expansion eligible unprotected players were A, B, and C, many teams traded 'C' to Vegas with the promise that Vegas would not take A. This just resulted in Vegas getting the 'B' and 'C' player from a couple of teams. 

Just like any type of draft, if you get more pieces, the chances are higher you'll strike gold

In earlier expansions, the existing teams gave up the extreme low end of their rosters, so teams like Vancouver, Buffalo, Washington, et cetera got the literal scrapings of the bottom of the barrel and were crap teams for a long time. Vegas had access to the 4th best d-men and the seventh or eighth best forwards from each team. BIG difference. Then there were GMs like Dale Tallon who gave up Reilly Smith AND Jonathan Marchessault, who are arguably better than 7th or 8th best forwards, so he could keep four defencemen. Seattle will have a similar draft, though GMs will probably be a little smarter about who they offer Seattle as sweeteners to take or not take certain players.

the virus is not gone

it is overshadowed by other issues

it should still be a significant concern for everyone

be smart, distance, wash hands, wear a mask if you cannot distance, try to avoid anywhere indoors where there are more then a couple of people

not sure what you mean by phase 2 and plague"

but i hope the second wave of the virus is not worse.. i'm guessing that is maybe what you meant to say

It hasn't just disappeared, it's concerning that people are speaking and behaving as if it has just because BC's done well. We still don't have a vaccine. If BC residents as a large group decide to stop taking it seriously it could very well get bad again. 

Fully expecting a second wave. 

All I can say is good thing we have Dr. Bonnie Henry,she single handedly saved countless lives by doing her job very well to look after the people of B.C.

"Be Calm Be Kind Be Safe" ,words we should all remember when, not if, this stupid pandemic rears it's ugly head again.

i’ve got one of those pot belies. it hasn’t turned into a double boiler yet though. the boys will be fine.

Yeah but you've earned it Joe. 

i wish i wore it better. looks like a bad suit now.

Is it safe to say that Loui Eriksson sucked from the very beginning as a Canuck?

Yes.Yes he has

naslund, - LE sucked in 36 million dollars though

agreed with @Jimmy McGill, if it wasn't him it would've been one of Ladd/ Lucic/ Backes/ Neal/ Nielsen, that UFA class must've been cursed or something for so many flops.  It made sense though since he worked well with the Twins on Sweden.

I don't know about essential, but I have had a similar experience with WestJet.  I booked flights and hotels with them in January but then had to cancel the trip.  The flight was put into a travel bank but I am still waiting on my hotel refund.  They said it would take 5 - 20 business days and it has been over a month.  

I waited on hold for several hours but couldn't get through.  I tweeted them in frustration and they offered to help but gave me a phone number that didn't work and then another that had no idea why they gave me her number.  Now I am waiting for one of their automated call-backs but I am not confident I will actually get any help.

Yes!   So weird.....just came in here after two days of doing just that!  I need info (and don't do online - telephone only).  It's not good enough.  If the liquour store can sell beer, I'm pretty sure the banks should be able to perform their job and have a system in place to cover this deal.  Take the money and run.

I left a call back number twice...nothing.

He wasn't even good enough to make it as a decent ECHLer.  Nothing to be ashamed about as many draft picks don't pan out.  Was a mistake wasting a contract slot on that kind of longshot.  

Heard at the draft he was a "safe pick". Now whenever I hear that phrase I shudder. 

I just remember him as the guy we drafted instead of PK Subban 

I imagine they'd do something similar to the 05 draft and have a lottery involving all teams with different odds depending on if you're in a playoff position or not.

Calculate all the winning percentages against all teams, then apply those percentages to all remaining games, then use final winning percentages, and apply it to the wildcard format, then you will have all teams as they would have placed in the entire league. Then give the lowest 15 teams in the draft lottery.

Pretty easy, really! 

Would  be sweet justice if the Canucks got a top 5 pick after moving back every other year.

If you want an Iphone wait until the end of the year and the 12 comes out so you get a 5g version. Samsung has 5g versions out now if you don't want to wait and don't care what type of phone you get.

@-AJ- If the phone is unlocked and takes a sim card you can be with any provider that uses a sim card. The brand of the phone doesn't matter. 

I upgraded from a Samsung S5 to a Samsung S10 in January.  

Why did I wait so long to upgrade? 

Nothing wrong with my S5 - only upgraded because of work as I needed to be running the latest version of Android.  

@-AJ-

I bought the Nokia over Amazon.ca, but there's cheaper options available elsewhere I think. Yes, it is/was in Canada.

Goldy will be gone. Ferland as Cocouts said will probably be on LTIR.

I hope we can sign Toffoli. 

Toffi is a canuck now book it.

Goldobin goes and lights up the KHL a la Sergi Shirokov.

I hope for Ferlands sake he hangs em up. There are more important things than hockey.

Toffoli stays a Canuck. I see the Canucks moving on from Tanev before losing Toffoli. If there's the opportunity to use a compliance buyout or two, Toffoli will most definitely stay a Canuck.

Goldy is still an RFA after this season. I suspect the Canucks will qualify him and let him chose where he wants to go. Probably goes back to the KHL. Could be used as trade bait this summer too.

Ferland stays on LTIR. He may make a comeback next year but if he goes down with another concussion related injury, his career is done.

People who never played like Barrie.  Stecher is actually a more effective D man.  Barrie is fluff, and way too easy to play against.  

Don't even want Barrie.  And the whole Toronto mindset is off ... Marner's comments after losing to Zamboni goalie was a big "meh, whatever".

Laffs also got a 40+ point forward/center in the Kadri deal

He just needs a couple of good games, and some puck luck. 

I know he's going through a rough time but he's got to be a professional.  His defensive coverage needs work, honestly doesn't look like he's putting much effort in lately.  To me that's the frustrating part, we know how good he can be and this is only a funk.

I actually think he is putting in the effort , he is just in a slump. he will get out of it, remember Bo at the beginning of the year, he couldn't buy a goal. they all go thru it.

Fedor Bure 

like, do you even hockey bro. 

Fedor got Bieksa’s autograph......on his face.

Nail Yakupov, too.

Jared McCann.

Oh wait...

Current crop?  None.   Remember, Kesler was a generational douche so it can be up to 20 years between having a douche of that level on your team.  Some teams have more at one time - it happens - but the odds are with such generational talent is that it shows up, on average, about once a generation.

Good people raised by good people.

Goaltenders are a crap shoot. I wouldn't be concerned about his age though. For goalies, it is about mental toughness more than anything.

he is likely to have an overall better career then marky

who got off to such a slow start

and needed a lot of development

demko has a chance to be more like schneider

solid career for 8 to 10 years

Markstrom is 29. It took him 5 years at age 23 to round into form as a starter. He is now turned into the goalie he was projected to be when he was drafted in 2008.

The only issue on Demko is durability. 

DiPietro's only real issue is he big enough to be an NHL goalie? 

Most high end goalies are at least 6'2".

But there's always exceptions to the rule....

he should still be chl eligible

maybe he needs another season in juniors

might help him gain some confidence

and mature a bit emotionally and physically

i'd take a flyer after the 18 year old, if it was cheap.

^ I just don't know where he would fit? 

He certainly needs a change of scenery probably to the east.. 

Hindsight.  Sometimes you trade a "blue chip" asset for an established one and walk away a winner (Shinkaruk as some have mentioned), sometimes you get egg on the face.  They said he was a proud "lonely star", almost like he was above others on the team.

@Jimmy McGill if you had McCann would you trade him for Pearson, and what would you do if the opposite was true?  (I think it would only be a marginal improvement even if Jared was here since at most he'd be a 2nd line wing or 3rd line C and we could bump Gaudette to play wing).  Would probably be a wash in my books between Tanner and Jared.

Pearson is more valuable to the Canucks as he is a left winger who plays a heavier game with BO.  McCann is a natural centre who has ben converted to the wing, smaller player who will get his points but will never be a high end type player and wouldn't fit in on the current Canucks team.

I think I'd rather have Gaudette than McCann. 

One thing is for sure, Benning sure can draft. 

Seattle gets to help themselves to Dmen from Colorado, Carolina, Boston etc....They are gonna be good in their first year with bonafide forwards and NHL calibre goaltending, the Vegas love kinda thing will stop dead in its tracks! The playoff race is on in year one!!!

Add to the insanity that is the Coyotes the knowledge we Canuck’s fans (who just got slapped in the face by the league with the Luongo ruling) are subsidizing that team.  Our dollars are going to help them exist.  It’s like the league could care less about us, even though they need us to keep spending our dollars on our team.  

They would do better if they moved to:

1. Portland

2. Houston

3. Kansas City. 

We have been subsidizing that stupid club for years along with the league helping them time and time again.

The hot bed of hockey ARIZONA,why do we continue to keep this team in the desert.

The only reason to have that much memory on a phone is if you are a professional photographer/videographer/Youtuber.

Music in FLAC can add up.  Best use will be to put movies/TV onto my tablet though.

Audiobooks, Spotify songs, Pics/Vids, Podcasts.

Sounds good, keeping the phone memory clear is important for battery life. Apps have to be saved to phone memory right?

He always seems to play well against us and that's it.

Oh dude... Foot directly in mouth tonight.

Good call. Lol

57 save plug

2-2 series for the other two 1st seeds. Could potentially be all 4 out in the first round.

Big time gamblers must have lost their shirts,their undies and everything else,

Who would predict the 2 top teams would be out first round.

this is why they have legal gambling on hockey now.