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  1. Great 1st period. Canes looking very good.. definitely looks like the better team so far.
  2. Jacob Slavin is one of my favourite players in the entire league.. Imagine having a Dman like him on the Canucks.. Need a guy like him to win Cup. And he only makes 5.3 mill for 5 more seasons after this. Crazy. One of the best contracts in the league right there with Makinnon and Pastrnak contracts..
  3. NYR are going to be a very good team pretty soon. This is going to be a hard fought series. Should be a good one. Rangers in 5
  4. Ya his QO is what close to 3 mill i think... But he's a decent player 3rd pairing on a bottom 10 team might be worth it.. But you're right. He pbbly goes UFA
  5. Ya going to have to add. Stecher is the only piece I think has some value and JB would want to move. Might get a late 1st..
  6. For who? If we re sign Marky long term then i think Demko goes this summer. We need a 1st round pick or a RHD with size
  7. It was really hot cpl days ago. Today was nice. I just got home from a 45 min jog about 20 mins ago... Nice cool breeze. Yesterday was similar to today. Did 45 min jog as well. The 2 days prior to yesterday were 30+ and sunny. Too hot to go for a run and if you wait until evening the mosquitos here are huge and vicious. Last week I made it 1 km before having to turn around run back home. They ate me alive. Vicious I tell you. As far as Covid it's really not a big issue here. Life is pretty normal.
  8. As im typing im eating pizza hut super supreme.. So yummy...
  9. I dont know if Jersey would trade him.. but if we sign Marky long term I'd offer Demko and JV. No point losing Demko to Seattle in expansion draft.. or we're gonna have to give them a significant piece to take someone else and leave Demko..
  10. Virtanen and Stecher for a mid round 1st? (15 to 25) Both are RFA.. I dont think hes going anywhere but IF he does... I'd like Virtanen to be part of a package for a RHD with size but JB really wants a 1st in the draft. He doesn't have a pick in the first 2 rounds.
  11. 20 Avangard players got covid-19. The team is quarantined. Former Canuck Linden Vey signed with them but hasn't arrived in Russia yet. No word if Canucks prospect Manukyan is one of the 20 who have contracted the virus. Positive note Podz had 2 goals in his last scrimmage game before heading to Sochi for tourney.
  12. After his 3 mill bonus is paid this summer he's only owed 1 mill for next season and 4 mill his last season. That's 5 mill for next 2 seasons. He knows the writing is on the wall. I think he finishes this season mostly in the press box, takes his 3 mill bonus and goes back to Sweden. I dont think he comes back next season..
  13. I dont think they're going to break up that 3rd line of ... Roussel Gaud Ferland That line has everything a 3rd line needs. Sandpaper attitude and some offense.. looked good last night.. When Virt makes it into lineup it'll be on the 4th line to start and see how it goes from there...
  14. I'm pretty sure Green knows Jake is the better player at this point. But when one guy comes to camp in shape and works hard whilst the other guy comes to camp out of shape twice in 1 season you know the coach is going to give him some tuff love. Jake came to training camp out of shape and it was the same thing back then.. now after covid shutdown he did same thing. Coach's job is to hold him accountable and he's doing it. I don't have a problem with Jake sitting out cpl games to start the Minny series.
  15. JV isn't going any where imo. He's come a long ways. in another 2 years he'll be a dominant player. Some players take longer than other on and off the ice. Bertuzzi took time to develop but when he got going boy did he ever. JB knows exactly what he has in Jake. He's not trading him unless it's part of something big. Like a big RHD with similar upside to Jake. Couple more hard practices and some off ice work and I can see Jake in lineup in game 2 or 3 of Minny series.
  16. Minny has some size and grit to them. I wouldn't mind seeing Mac on the 4th line instead of Motte.. I love what Motte brings. His energy is infectuous.. but the size and grit Mac brings might be what's needed against the Wild.
  17. I watched the game again. It was on repeat on sportsnet again, just ended.. OJ needs a full training camp and then brought along slowly.. See how he does as 7D with favourable matchups next season and go from there He can't handle the speed of the game. Couple bad giveaways and doesn't feel comfortable enough to make a play with the puck.. just tries to clear it. Made one good outlet pass in the 1st period. On 1 shift he had 2 giveaways .. Jets came very close to scoring. Needs to get used to the pace of the NHL game. Not there yet.
  18. I agree with most of your post... I watched Minny vs AVS game... Minny played a very good structured defensively sound game.. They didn't let Avs use their speed except for MacKinnon on his beautiful goal.. we dont have a MacKinnon.. They are a big heavy team and played a very good game.. going to be a very tough series for Canucks.. I could see it go to 5 games and it's anyone's series..
  19. Both our top 2 lines were scored on today and minus players.. . Bottom 6 were even.. Top 6 can't get too fancy. Going to have to take care of their own end first.. goals will come but defense first .
  20. Our D will have to work hard on the boards.. Wild are very physical and relentless on the boards in the O zone.. Hughes and Stecher will have hard time due to their small size.. they'll need busy sticks and positionally sound play to be successful.
  21. Very solid performance by Canucks.. Had a bad 10 mins in 2nd period... couple giveaways cost them 2 goals and the game. I'd like to see them tighten up a bit on the D side.. Minny plays a heavy and structured defensive game. Their board work on offense is solid. A bit more physicality and tighten up defensively we'll be fine vs Minny.
  22. That's nothing.. Minny doesn't need that to motivate them. If that's the case they have no chance. They are already motivated. Good strong leadership on that team. Stall Parise Koivu all great leaders. Big strong team with very good, structured, defensively responsible playing style.. They will come ready to play..
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