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  1. I'm surprised more people don't realize that, of course it is, how could it not be under the circumstances. New players, PK guys were out, just one we got back. Podz new to EVERYTHING, TG too all over the place trying to make things work with 3 important pieces off the roster and not including Petey and Hughes. IMO leave the lotto line alone after Petey got back until it started to click but whatever... it's over BUT to think this team would come in at the beginning of the season and blow everyone's socks off? omfg! SMH!!!!
  2. no just the truth as much as some don't like it...
  3. last time I looked, a owner can do whatever the F he wants to do with it. If I was frank, I'd politely tell the fans and whoever doesn't like they can go cheer for edm, cgy, or seattle .. because imo IF fans are stupid enough not to get how the past before JB even got here affected how things are today then definately go cheer for another team and let the real fans waiting it out for the few tweaks left to do and the team completely gel for a change. BUT whatever everyone has an opinion...... IMO this is just another reason for players NOT to want to come play here but whatever right?
  4. If this team gets as bad as Dan Murphy's hair I'll stop watching altogether...
  5. well Shawn, we could always leave it in the hands of most of the fans and we could have a rebuild every year...
  6. not sure about this as the retool was just to keep seats full while the last year's of the old core was filtered out due to all the ntc's we had so there's that BUT I disagree on the fans, the majority of fans are completely clueless and follow what you mentioned as in clueless media and believe ANYTHING the media says as if it's gospel and not to be questioned. Owner the problem? a bit maybe, JB certainly not, TG a bit ok BUT the worst thing about this team is the fans. We are the laughing stock of the NHL, not because of the team, because of the fans. exhibit one.. rioting over a game?? I have no words for that except completely disgraceful and that's going easy on it.. I have stronger words but anyway. The laughing stock of the league is embarrassing, but not surprising.
  7. I want to directly know what makes most Canucks fans be complete idiots.. shall we start with the riots, JT Miller trade and work our way to the fire benning bit... yes we can leave TG out of this. The rest is something that has made me wonder for a long time.
  8. uh huh he did! Markstrom who? actually we just couldn't afford to keep both but it would have been nice!!!! Well hopefully MD will slot in as back up soon. Good to let him get acclimated to lots of shots and let him take his time. One more season or maybe 2 that we'll actually get to see.
  9. well first you have to start thinking that Hogs was up against the league's best but Podz has been eased into it. Have to take that consideration into the equation to be fair about it so it can be objective which optics would have a hard time with so yeah maybe harder than you think...
  10. well he didn't come out and say other things he had to deal with but strong hinting "personal reasons" and could have been something else involved besides the vax. It would make sense however if the game was to have some sort of involvement so the down time while the team went stateside didn't turn into rust but hard to tell but there may be more to it than either side is letting on which could be a personal family issue that's nobody's biz in detail wise. Hard to know 100%...
  11. disagree, we'll agree to disagree on Miller, his leadership is from hating to lose, and yes he gets emotional about it.. that's the sign of a leader, takes it to heart and wears it on his sleeve. Markstrom? no way was he the goalie capable of what he was able to do "consistently" and only proper coaching can overcome that usually and his mechanics needed a lot of work but when all that was addressed he did great "consistently" as we all saw but with Demko being well coached too, made Marky redundant and it was Demko who would demand a increase and we couldn't afford both with price tags that big.. same as luongo and schnieds. as JB said himself, it was no cap increase that really messed $&!#e up and he was clearly right. His gamble was Podz would work out and he was right again. Garland might be redundant by the time his contract comes due ala Klimovich seems to me that Klim is a super sized Garland. (thankfully) or the salary cap increases more that a million like it's only supposed to do next season..
  12. news flash... Eddie was/is injury prone and wanted term so that was a good call, a younger Edler/Tanev would still be here.
  13. Eddie would have wanted term and at his age and injury history that's a pretty big risk... Poolman is a stand in, he won't be here for long. We need Rathbone with some more experience, there were game where he was one of our better Dman out there but when he made mistakes they were the glaring kind but any new Dmen do on any team but in our position it stands out like a sore thumb.. I have no doubt with more experience he'll be night and day better but experienced takes time obviously..
  14. firstly Markstrom wasn't Markstrom when he arrived, OUR goalie coach got him to where he is. Tanev is so on the wrong side of 30.. Stech was/is a middling Dman at best.. Toffoli was lost due to covid and no cap. Miller is worth more than a first, not only all that skill and drive BUT a character player who is a real leader. Garland? well obviously he'd a stand out and brings a lot of game. easily worth a 1st... OEL is no risk, was played into oblivion and lost his will to try and make a losing team turn the tide and needed a change of scenery to get back to playing on a team where it's being built into competing and is not far off VS Arizona. and throwing off players we didn't need in return was a no brainer when we had Sutter and Motte for PK made them redundant.
  15. Well thankfully I don't care what people think... I never forget that most of it comes from media originally and some people will believe anything their told.
  16. Future thinking? After decades of "win it all now" and screw the future is still the flavour of the day... weird to read that for a change but good on you for it .. welcome to a very small club.
  17. well your basing all this on "previous' things that ANYONE could have learned from and don't you think it obvious how much it's shown? he absolutely stole JT Miller, OEL and Garland? score!!!! and we only need easy fixes from here on in.. however I like this roster but it's getting close to done, especially if Klim makes it on a ELC next season and let go of a forward since all we need is D, we have lots of firepower BUT without a D that's above average your going to go nowhere so that's our last need, Demko has it covered in net so we're golden except for a experienced proven NHL coach and obviously a D pairing upgrade and that's it but no GM can make anymore players available than what there are AND players who actually want to play here... which is less than most people think... I do not envy JB in the slightest... even a new GM that could only get players who were available and then get flamed large for not being a magician and making make believe players appear out of nowhere like fans seem to think...
  18. My thoughts on that? nah JB has done fine lately.. TG? not so much...
  19. I can't agree with the fairness of what your referring to UNLESS it has something to do with TG being fired then whatever but JB has done as well as can be expected under the situation of no cap increase in 2 years which would have given us D depth with the projected 10 mil over that time and we'd be in a lot better position as it should be NOW.. Picture yourself in JB shoes and trying to get a better roster with the unknown of what Petey and Hughes would command and what kind of money would be left over? Not an easy position to be in and on top of that not knowing if Sutts would be back or not. Then trying to match the player to what we want whose available, exactly how it was when what was available in signing "you know who" Rous and Beagle, and on top of that unknown if Podz would perform to expectations or how long to adjust. on D the question mark was mainly if 3rd pairing would be ok and it wasn't so what to do with that AND no true top Dman so with OEL he solved that and Garland in for a Podz insurance policy... So now we're still lacking in D but it's not like there aren't many out there but still they need to suit the team too. I don't know what people are expecting while all this is going on and we're as close as we've been since 2012 to having a really good team but JB has done well gaining experience and using it for us. So like I said, TG? ummm If I was JB I'd be looking to keep him as assistant coach and simply say this was asking too much of you without much experience so would you take it? if a incoming coach was ok with it that is so there's that option BUT I'm on the fence on him but not on JB...
  20. you fell for it hey? yeah he's good.. if you hadn't of then you'd have just realized it had zero to do with gender at all.. my kid (boy) watches that show on drags (as they refer to themselves as "drags" so I'm not being derogitory and my daughter is bi.. do I care? certain not! So yes you actually did fall for the troll, people make their choices and who am I to judge or care? WHAT this is, is about a hater who has nothing better to do. we have had interactions before and my answer was and still is, don't like the way the team is, there's other teams to cheer for out there.. This fire Benning has been nothing short of embarrassing especially since the majority of fans if asked.. today if it's fire or extend JB, most of us would say extend... and do haters hate that? sure... and I'm not against opinions since everyone has one about something but this is getting old.. way old... BUT at the end of the day you just got trolled LARGE... sexist? me? omg lmao! not likely..
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