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  1. same with Miller... what a steal! JB pulled larceny on that, the reason I was so shocked and shaking my head after JB went and got us what he said he would, a top 6 and he rocked it out of the park, I was almost giddy when I saw that trade make the news and then the media tearing into it, morons, then people believing it.. ugh lol and at how much the price tag was opposed to a 1st round that may or may not have been any good, but at JT's cap.. wow.. my next thought, go Klim go! same type of player but a whole other level.. people are going to be shocked next season...
  2. Well I still remember his goals again Vegas so I know he has a lot more skill to be tapped.. that left wing goal was much like CoHo on Tim Thomas.. what a rocket, my jaw dropped and it reminded of that
  3. almost, I'd give the C to Miller and an A to Garland if your going to go there..
  4. Some? it's like talking talking to someone who is dual personality, sell the team or plan the parade, all depending if we won or lost that night.... same ole though, been this way for years but mix in, sell the farm and win it all NOW, well didn't that work out golden? more like plastic but...
  5. When his D game takes a major step forward (with experience) that could very well be the case but pretty sick skills offensively..
  6. No I think, like everyone, JB was thinking TG was a good coach for our young guys and somehow inspired our playoff run and he'd be even better with better weapons at his disposal and most thought it was a decent move but then here we are.. imo a calculated risk to see if we could have a very good coach and succeed even better with our young guys performing better than a coach who wasn't since we had/have a young team.. and actually to my rememberance even the media also agreed TG was a good hire since we were still rebuilding and have to rely on our youth. This is true to this day, if we get a coach that isn't very good working with a younger team, we're screwed, and will stay that way until we have 2-3-4+ years on the core.. no thanks...
  7. yeah Demko Miller Petterson Boeser Hughes OEL Podz Garland Hoglander are all bush league, send them out for a bag of pucks for being so useless as they've always been... are you getting my hint that JB needs to stay and TG needs to go obvious yet?
  8. first hatty? *crosses fingers*
  9. Not a bad way to first year the NHL, seems to me he knew he needed work to play in the world's best hockey league and knowing he had a good shot but like Bo coming in, he seems to be working on his D game as well to be more than just offence-minded and not put a world of pressure on himself either by trying to score tons of goals. THAT is just fine with me, i'll take that all day...
  10. I noticed that too BUT a few were having to shoot in that area according to where in the crease the goalie was and that's pure sniping ability, wait until he starts ramping it up. It doesn't look to me he's anywhere near that point yet but as his reads get better and he gains confidence, that will be something to watch! I see the same in Klim.. thinking we should be nothing but happy Podz is essentially a Toffoli in the making except tougher. and actually now that I think about it, same for Klim. Might be able to trade another roster forward for a Dman next season IF Klim can be to his potential and works on his D game he'd make a 3rd line combination a double threat. Or in my dreams make, 2nd line.. wow yes please!
  11. hey now, none of that, this is the CDC remember? Logic will not be tolerated!!! flame time! put on your asbestos suit! run for it!!!
  12. Someone got wind of Babcock being in Vancouver so rumour has it.. was it true? no idea..
  13. tick tick tick.... TG shouldn't have even been the coach in the first place, he had a good record with the young guys so since most of the new core was young I can see why he was hired but should have been the assistant coach not the coach. He could have learned from an old pro and stepped in later with experience like that but it's still not too late, anyway it was a good try, just time to make him an assistant or gone. Benning has slowly put a good team together, and TG seemed to be able to motivate this team vs Vegas but since? no idea...
  14. because this is the CDC where anything can and does happen.. well just when you thought you heard everything...
  15. Podz is getting for sure, ok so only 4 goals BUT those were sniper goals, not one was a cheap or "easy" tap-ins or open net, all 4 were snipes, they looked like they could have came off Petey or JT's stick but our latest Russian is only going to get better with experience and he's eager to learn and with that kind of skill set, looks like a win situation especially on a ELC for 2 more seasons and hopefully Klim has success as well.. would love to see these 2 on a line!
  16. Speaking of idiots.. look in the mirror or actually think through what your going to say before you say it MIGHT help, JB just got a clean slate and the broken team is all gone AS OF LAST SEASON in case you missed it.
  17. lmfao!! we haven't had a sample size yet, we just got the team to where it's at after all the contracts from the MG era are officially gone last season so how the F can you call it a sample size, if JB came in and traded everyone as soon as he arrived you could say that but that was NOT THE CASE! listen to media much or do you come up with this on your own?
  18. We have a cream puff team with no pushback? that's so not true, this team has better pushback than we've had in ages.. but not really the point, the point is that we're 2 addition players short that we would have gotten with 2 cap raises and got 2 more D or 1 more D and signed Toffoli.. we'd be a lot better set up now, but that's where we're sitting now. For long? nope.. Realistically, our roster is young mixed with some vets and JB just plugged up with Chaisson etc BUT that's because not a lot of players available let alone ones who could come to Vancouver and put up with all the b.s. Thankfully we drafted Klim and he might work out but as new players to surround the core even better especially with a D upgrade that's possible but as Podz or Klim steps up in place of Toffoli and we get another top 4 D and probably better coaching to get players playing their hearts out for the team EVERY night for 60 mins, not 20 or 40 but the build isn't quite done, we're in the same spot almost when JB went after Sutter, etc but now we're far enough ahead where we need D shored up and another venter who can PK with motte and win draws. Dude we're not that far off... tearing it all down now would the worst move in franchise history. Trading Bo? hmmm not sure about that one but he does have to go beast mode a lot more often but it seems like players are taking turns playing well most nights but not cohesive for everyone to do it every game, that will take time and player tweaks and if TG can't get it done, bye
  19. and you could tell that percentage of people that the moon IS really made of cheese and they'd believe it, don't believe me? probably the same percentage of morons believed the JT Miller trade was a joke and JB got scammed.. UNTIL JT did his usual bit and made a LOT of people and the media look like the ignorant fools they are.. OEL and Garland say hi too... At this point if JB is fired, this team is F'd beyond belief, it'll go back to the fan pleasing cream puff team as usual, woooohooo!! Doesn't that sound FUN?
  20. ok 1 by 1, this team as it is today is a lot better, no not playing better "atm" but that will come since we're still new but this team sure has made some of our other rosters over the last 40 years look really bad, for now yes on paper BUT leading into 2, with the 10 mil we'd still have Toffi and probably picked up another D and simply with those 2 things we'd have looked a LOT better today and won more games. So yes the cap has a lot to do with it, today we still miss that but thankfully JB, it seems to me took a gamble that Podz would come in and play his style of game but heavier. And execution gets better and better the more we play, and add to that if we do pull off a trade and a pick, a D is all we really need as Garland came in better than expected. Andddd next season, or maybe this season at some point we see Klim but for now this is still a work in progress but plug like players like chaisson, hunt will be gone as better players come available in the off season. However I agree that it's on said roster as it is now, do we have to get better? sure, showing up for a game where we play a full 60 of hard skating pressure well executed hockey is the end all but again we're new so off to a slow and shaky start but I see it coming together. Otherwise there's been glitches that have made it harder than it should have been and is, Alien and Hughes not signed, Podz new, Hamonic out, our 2 best PK's out.. was hardly anywhere near the start we wanted but what Im saying is, the cap not being available to keep Toffi and to sign a tough skilled D would have made a difference even if not a ton, some would have made it a lot easier. I actually do not want to see any picks given unless it's full value, and get our D sorted out. There's enough talent up front that won't be stopped for too long before breaking out but we have to have that D man..
  21. have you actually been watching for the last 40 years and paying attention?
  22. the salary cap says hi... with the 10 mil we probably would have got for 2 seasons of cap raise (minimum) we'd be where JB predicted we'd be but we all know how that went thanks to covid
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