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  1. Well to start off with Schaller didn't work out but was brought in like Rous to protect the assets we already had, it wasn't bad at all in that respect, for years we had the Sedins who were punching bags a lot of the time HAD to be addressed, especially towards our new Sedins in the form of Petey and Boeser, and that was the reason he did those deals but that's the best that was out there available and willing to come to a younger team. Stech wasn't all that good sorry, Hughes, Hamonic, Myers, OEL are top 6 and Burr middling D same as Stech. both 3rd pairing D's, Rathbone is "experience" away from passing where is Stech was plus much better at quicker pivots by far. So back to where we were before TG was fired, we still need a D upgrade which we would have already if not for the flat cap thanks to covid but no one saw that coming. However here we are either way, we need help. Keeping old players with long history of injuries was not going to help us and cost us wins as they did when they went down on a regular basis, which is hard for any team having it's 2 best D out that much.
  2. So if I'm tracking with you, it would have been ok to keep a middling D (at best) in Stech, an often injured, AGING pair of Dmen in Tanev and Edler both and they all would have wanted term? Think about that for a second, that would have been the worst thing to do. Plus Toffi would have been redundant as well with Podz showing up.. Demko making Markstrom redundant as well.. Just no... Those were all the right moves... The Nux have a horrific past when it comes to injuries, in the last 5 years especially but even before that, for years and then keeping players with long histories of injuries like Eddie and Tanev would be just asking for more.. not a good idea.
  3. shhhhh lol we need a peacemaker around these parts
  4. I disagree, if I was Benning, and I had a chance to take a demotion to get a chance to learn the finer points to being a GM from a guy like JR, I'd take that any day just as I've worked for less money in my life at time to do the same thing in my own field of work and it worked out even better than I imagined. I wouldn't use an assumption to back up a point especially if it's a demotion that will still keep you working and JR himself said he loves to mentor so your argument isn't 100%...
  5. dude you should know as much as anyone that with the exceptions of names like McDavid, Crosby, OV etc are a crap shoot at best and even 1st overall have turned out be huge busts so the best you can do is make an educated GUESS.. some work, some don't. This isn't going to change anytime soon, unless someone has a crystal ball the rest of us don't know about.. it will remain risky at best. That was and is my argument to giving away a 1st on JT Miller, why risk a crap shoot shot in the dark, against something already there and proven? But of course the media and a LOT of fans said otherwise.. wonder how that dose of crow tasted?
  6. I don't give a f if you remember it or not or how you remember, I followed that closely hoping for a tough fast bigger player for the twins, the last big name player was LE and up to that point he was the hope that fans wanted for the twins but I wanted someone else like Anson Carter-ish but clamour people did lots, tons of speculation, that ended up pointing out he was the last player that would fit the twins but I disagreed, wanting a tougher player for them. So you remember what you want to remember, exactly how you want to remember it but that's not the way it went down. And JB was also wanting leadership and grit which was fair because a lot of people including myself (to this day) wanted a team that wasn't soft as butter... we all know how that goes!
  7. yeah yeah Everyone luvs Deb... your not allowed! Your stuck here missy! however if it had of been Burrows we'd all understand!
  8. I sort of agree, however I think Demko is our main guy but JT is right up there...
  9. The first 3 of LE Rous beags.. yes for sure.. Of course they didn't want a rebuild, hence stupidity, but enough people made enough noise including the media, which was actually a lot more and the usual suspects followed along and got loud enough as it still is today.. Nothing has changed... at all.. stupidity still reigns and again a psuedo playoff team without depth as usual will start the process all over again and this shouldn't surprise anyone. wooohooo!! (eye roll) Let's continue the 40+ year drought since it's so much fun right? unbelievable....
  10. No certainly not legendary but got pretty good at it as he progressed in all areas of the job, he just should not have bowed to the regular fan base who were screaming for a top 10 FA when the dust settled was LE after the popular destination teams got theirs, then picked up Beags for leadership, and Rous for grit and to mentor JV as an example for JV to strive to be like and better if possible. There were reasons why he did what he did, but anyway he should have just waited but bowed to a lot of stupid fans which Vancouver is full of now just as it was then. Ditto for the same thing as TG was hired and was widely popular among fans for the youth on our team. AGAIN this is what you get when you bow to idiots who listen to the joke media Vancouver has. Is this new? no.. I sure hope JR has the balls to tell people to f off when they know better than the media or fans do. If not, we're due for another year down in 2-3 years... blah.. same ole b.s.
  11. Yeah and if I was Aquaman, I'd have directed JB to let go of TG and his coaches less ian Clark. Brought in JR as head GM and JB to AGM. Brought in Bruce like he did. We'd be in this exact position BUT it still won't matter if we don't toughen up this roster somehow IF we made the playoff's this year we'd get eaten for lunch...
  12. that was the funnest thing about the B.C. Lions games, some nice looking women but you could always count on seeing smokin hot cheer leaders!
  13. cool, we need another stay at home, who would be willing to gloves down if necessary. Ok I'm curious, in that scrap, did he win or hold his own?
  14. Actually OEL may or may not be a problem, a problem if covid keeps the cap down then yes but if it doesn't, a top pairing D will be his cap or more in a cpl of seasons. Especially with the calibre of forwards there are and on the way. It's all to do with the cap, we already lost 2-3 players that 10 mil of projected cap if covid never happened. We'd be much further along as a team BUT it's not looking good. Next season's cap is only 1 mil raise (projected) but again who knows but OEL was worth every penny and Garland coming along with him was great!
  15. yeah I'm thinking if it starts getting worse it may involve the bubble again... ugh! If there's a positive in this and I know just a sample size of what I got to see in the bluejackets game was a few very noticable shifts by Juulsen where he stuck to his check and covered him well as the play shifted and from being heads up on a swivel, he dropped back, covered his check and never lost position for the following play. Plus he has a look about him, like ummm oh yeah, the Darcy Hordichuk look.. like I dare you.. I'd be down. Just a mean tough 'i could F you up look" but I didn't get enough watching of the whole game to see how he did before and after that series of plays I noticed. But the positive in this is we're getting a look at him we might not normally have had and he might be able to stay on the roster. Would be nice to see a guy improve the team on D out of seemingly nowhere but who knows... one can hope..
  16. That's been my gripe for awhile and often time is well telegraphed and only recently did they even start to clean that up but needs a lot more work still..
  17. I missed the Podz response, if he scores 10-15 goals and like tonight make the difference in a game then that's fine for me in his first season and he's just warming up.. quote me on that at the end of the season.

     

    1. N4ZZY

      N4ZZY

      He’s already got 6 goals right now. I think he’ll pass 10 goals for sure. 

       

      15 is a stretch I think. But he’s been playing on the top line with Garland and Petey, so he’ll get his goals on that line with those two guys. 

       

    2. Curmudgeon

      Curmudgeon

      The main thing I notice about Podkolzin is his hockey sense and vision. Add in tenacious forechecking, a heavy physical presence and a big league shot and you have a kid who raises his game when he plays with elite players. It is really enjoyable to see him improve game by game. 

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