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It's a troll thread... Op couldn't even take into account what a disaster this team was when Benning arrived..

Well felt your heart in that one debs *hug*

We can only wish.. Burr scored some cray cray goals with the sedins, bar and in, more than a few times.

Wow... even a grown man can say "awww" to that kind of story!

That would have cost too much... nice thought i agree!

And our D has been useless for how many yrs now?

Thinking the cdc would implode if we ever got a cup... then of course demands for a 3peat or 5peat would surely follow and then it'd be a bitchfest if it didn't happen. Sadly people love to complain. I just do it about our government because well... they're useless..

Exactly and i can't believe people like that ugly pathetic skate p.o.s jersey, and the V jersey which was pretty awful too. Our first jersey and orca are hands down the best ones.

Sorry hate to burst the bubble of those who think Nills is a sub par goalie, we haven't deserved to win as many games as we have with our D playing like shi_ as usual as it's been for YEARS but figures that stupid people blame the goalie even though he gets hung out to dry by our D more often than not, nothing new though here. Same ole... meh..

So you'd be incredibly great after hardly playing at all in the last 15 games?

Im actually surprised that any goalie would willingly come to a team that doesn't have much of a D to help him out...

Ummmm as i remember most people knew Lack was a career back-up that at times played great but never on a consistent basis to be a starter for any amount of time...

This season is the same, our defense "sucks" and it will take the whole team to play a great 2 way game as it seemed to last night holding a Jets team of the scoreboard most of the game for even a remote shot at the playoffs and it'll be probably the same for next season unless Benning pulls off some crazy magic and improves the D drastically and this team stops being a goalie graveyard...

What if he actually starts playing? Hmmm hey? Lmao!

Yes i agree and i think that's the biggest part of maturity is know when and where to use his speed and finess then if he gets out of position here and there or on the end of a shift he can rub a guy out and send it back into the o-zone and get off the ice and not be a liability enough for a turn over for a goal either so it's both and that takes time and he has that since he's still really yound and processing it all and he'll get the hang of it the more he plays we hope right?

The last part you mentioned is what his skillset has always been there but as most power forwards it comes with a lot of experience but most of the Jake haters here from the very beginning were not smart enough to get that part. However it was the same way with a certain previous young man on the oiler's team by the name of Messier and many like him given enough chance to mature.

and he would not look out of place on top six..

goon that can go "off the bar and in" repeatedly... punch or score... genius jim... wish we would have gotten him for the sedins yrs back and not eriksson... not granlund.. not even burr because of bigger guys take more liberties and burr wasn't a fighter so schaller with the twins would have been killer. no one would have laid a glove on the sedins... schaller isn't 4th line or 3rs line talent, he's scored wicked goals and will thrown down with nearly anyone... gotta love that, especially with new sedins.. Brock and Elias and hughes is on the way. for once we have someone that you really wouldn't want to make mad and he would be if someone ran our boys... if anyone can't get how important this signing was, need to take a second look...

schaller against maroon now...

Hopefully #1 will be Demko... working his way into it.. i can see nils being traded since he did so well at the worlds and Demko being #2 behind mark for a yr or 2 depending how it works out

I just hope OJ becomes Salo 2.0 Hopefully Hughes bulks up on weight and muscle and get's even faster but if Hughes is even on the same field as Dahlin it's one less spot on the roster to be concerned about.. in spades... However i like a line Greener could use for late game pushes for goals... Guddy and Hughes, Bo, Brock, Elias... but have Elias second line usually to spread offence...

Saw a lot of dahlin's highlights and he's the real deal... sucks we missed him! If he shows even somewhat close to Bobby's skill set we'd all be more than happy with that...

we're bored...

Too young to judge yet... power forwards take the longest to develop, people fault him for consistancy but that's his age showing. developing players is new to vancouver for the most part, either picks have been traded usually. We've had some come through but not near enough... some "busts" too but with this many young guys, some are bound to make it. I think gadgetman will make it....