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  1. Ya I'd take it to the bones. Would love to keep Bo but would understand if he wanted to move on. Trade Boeser, Miller, Bo, weaponize the cap space build through the draft. Skill: Pete Agility: Hughes Power: Pod
  2. 52.5% this is a hard number to reach the math tells me he either won 21 of 40 or 42of 80 cuz there's no way he got involved in 160 board battles. Ask yourself when you are watching Bes are you actually saying to your self wow that Brock is elite on the boards........... My bet is he won 21 of 40 board battles on the entire season. Whoopdi doooooo! Elite.....
  3. I just don't really feel we're a trade or 2 away from being a contender. The team isn't hard enough skilled enough or fast enough. When Jim started his re build/re tool he didn't have tradeable assets and he didn't have any youth to build around. We are actually in a really good position now to do this thing the right way.
  4. Which I think is where we should be.
  5. I would absolutely agree if Brock had another aspect to his game. If he PKd real good threw his 210lbs around, got zone exits/entries, got involved after the whistles.... Played like he cared about winning would be nice. But since he really doesn't do that. I hope he finds somewhere else where he can play disinterested.
  6. Hot streak or not it shows that even a replacement level player can produce if given Brocks minutes. His stats are inflated pure and simple. I would argue that many players we currently have if given Brocks deployment could produce similarly if not better. Now Brock on the other hand if given those players minutes could not handle their assignment. So that's where I'm at with Brock I have no doubt that he will one day hit 30 goals but he won't consistently and if he can't consistently do it............. He has to be better at hockey! To me he seems like a guy who's playing shinny at his local outdoor rink who can snipe bar downski! It's really cool when he does it but he's basically playing touch hockey with a beer in the cozy on the boards at the bench. He needs to have some aggression to his game. He needs to be more interested. I'm not seeing a guy who when he isn't scoring can hang in this league. I think he's just too nice of a guy.....Nice guy's n all that.....
  7. In Chiassons last 5 games he has 3 goals 2 assists PPG player he's arguably doing a better job in Brocks spot than Brock.
  8. Well the Gallant bus left. I think you're wildly under rating Maurice as just a .500 coach.
  9. Maurice 100% I like Boudreau but come on the guy is too old surprised he didn't break his hip at practice he can barely skate.
  10. Na bro he's right Pearson is straight up better at hockey. You see Chaisson putting up points in Brocks spot. Brocks a tick above replacement level. He's been spoon fed.
  11. To be fair Hossa was IMO the best player of that era for them.
  12. Here in lies the problem. Um we don't really have much of that and even if we did..... "a team like that" is fragile and needs a certain amount of intimidation to keep teams honest. Intimidation we have none of. I appreciate the effort from Burr Schenn Myers in this regard but the reality is there's too much bread and not enough PBnJ. I know a couple peanut butter lovers but the Jam was that teams identity embrace the hate has been for decades from Ruutu, Jovocop, Bertuzzi, Cooke, May.....to..... Kes, Bieksa, Burr, Rypien, Max Lap, Torres. For me this team is slow and soft. It needs to be built around Pete, Hughes, Podkolzin. I'm fine giving Miller the money but Brocks gotta go and I think we have to prepare for the real possibility that Bo may want to test UFA.
  13. All things being equal If I had to pick 1.... I'd also prefer Domi. Neither are worth 6m. Buuuuuut at least we could probably sign Domi under 5m.
  14. Lost and directionless like Detroit? give it 2 years. They have #1 Goalie Cossa and top D pairing Edvinsson Seider up front Raymond Zadina and their hard mins 3c Veleno they are building correctly they just aren't there yet. They are putting the right pieces in place though to be able to do a tweak here and there to get them to contender status long before the canucks will.
  15. Ill take Eric Lindros over Paul Kariya. But in the end physical attributes or not Scott ended them. In this case I think I still take Nemec he plays well through all kinds of adversity. Jiricek is a bit chaotic love him one minute curse him the next.
  16. The reality I struggle with is there's no second wave to propel us to contender status. The nucks might make the playoffs even put up a struggle in the first/second rounds but the reality is....... They aren't really good enough to reach that next level without a push from the farm. Any success we have won't be sustainable. I'm down for the deep dive. I'll still watch I think once you trade Miller it really forces you to tear it down Bo deserves to play on a contender I would love him to stay but I would understand 100% if he wanted to play the market as a UFA. Brocks gotta go for whatever I wont be mad if a 3rd is the best offer what we can't do is re sign him. Garland we keep as a culture carrier. We need the kids to have a guy like him around who gives 110%. OEL too he's very smart and plays the game the right way. He's a great #2/3 guy with intangibles. I think we gun for as many 2023 picks as we can get and try to go all in for Bedard/Michkov. I also think Pete is at his best when he's "the guy" I think it's time to throw him in the deep end and see if he swims. Give him the chance to earn that big boy contract. Paying for potential is over rated. I think he swims and earns the payday. Follow the avs/det blue print.
  17. Canucks fans have endured decades of suckkage. I think by and large most fans would buy into a full rebuild.
  18. good lord he's a 25 goal scorer who doesn't do anything else. maybe if he pkd hit fought was still on an elc but even if you sign him for 6m those deals are pipe dreams.
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