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iceman64

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  1. sadly that hasn't worked for him yet..... oops edit: Maybe that's his problem?
  2. Your just being a silly goose, i've been saying the same thing to myself for the last few years.. I gave up hope finally..
  3. no but a place in yaletown with a Ferrari might help get over that a bit...
  4. well he's still gathering speed, he's not the same as before getting injured but he'll get better and more noticeable out there.. it took me almost two season's to play hockey again without thinking about my knee injury that made me tentative, until I didn't think about it anymore, then I was back to full out every shift but it weighs on you, trust me on that..
  5. 5-1 again, for Vancouver.. might as well keep it going..I mean we have to give them one for showing up
  6. just needs a reality check or something, he asked if I started watching in 2013. now that's funny.. I've been listening to, since we didn't get a black and white tv until 76-77 or something so it was the radio back in 74... He's wrong yet again but comes across like he has a clue about this franchise or the things that surrounds the entire game of hockey to begin with obviously but whatever lol you can listen to the media all day but it doesn't mean they know a whole lot of anything either... Seems to me he likes their cool-aid..
  7. yeah and that was one of the years I referred to.. gdo you read or what you want to read.. and that year we had no business being there but because of goalies who stood on their head like Demko did last season's playoffs.. if you have to rely on the goalie to that degree, the team simply isn't good enough..
  8. That's ridiculous, previous management had a contender? your on something good, we had next to zero depth, no team wins a Stanley Cup without it unless they have a crazy run of luck in the playoffs and no one gets injured but that's a rarity, an extreme rarity! and even worse, JB built a core, he is going to trade away or something? really.......... Ok then somehow he inherited more than he did??? That's.. ummm.. nevermind.. So with the glaring needs about to be met as contracts come off do you not think this team will have a legit shot and not just that, a legit shot with depth? Sorry but your wrong, mark my words 2023 is our year but if you just want to keep ranting on JB for something that no one else could have done under the same exact instances is beyond anything I thought anyone could come up with but I should know better I guess..
  9. No I just want a team that has a legit shot at the cup every year instead of depending on right circumstances to appear like 94 and 2011 to come by once in a blue moon.. you can't do that any other way but bringing in players 1 by 1 as needed, which was what JB inherited and that's all he can do, most fans think, oh we can just trade this guy for that guy or sign the ufa or that one without even a thought of willing to come here at all with the history or you have to overpay them.. that's been the story all along until we finally have a core that's bait for someone to actually WANT to come here for a change and that's where we are NOW, because we proved it last year that we're not far off... maybe you just want to see something else rather than reality like the actual players do as they have said in person to media numerous times but if you want to believe otherwise, fine.. you can keep it up but the core is pretty much JB's doing and like it or not it's here to stay..
  10. I don't know if Pearson will be on the block but I'm pretty sure JB will be looking to trade him +someone or a pick for another top 4 D if he can pull it off which isn't a stretch... I don't see him trading our 1st round pick in with it but if it's another JT Miller type trade but on the back end.. I'd be happy with that, but I'd rather see our 2nd round pick go instead
  11. I'd rather have a team that has a shot at the cup and has a GM that's working in that direction rather than a PC trophy team that can't make it past the first round.. (again for the 42nd time) ok 40th if you want to be technical, 2 times we took a decent run with no depth (hence no cup) geeez that was so much fun over and over again... Yeah that was really f'n working for us wasn't it?
  12. truth hurts? it's called reality.. you want to go back where we were as a high skilled soft cream puff team or not? answer the question then.. at least JB knew we lacked toughness but everytime he recognizes a need he at least goes after it and actually have a core built team and incoming assets to surround them with and he's almost done and Aq is smart enough to let him get it done.. like it or not, end of story..
  13. well Benning is here to stay so you might want to consider heading over to the Oiler's, Flames board or the Kraken's new one when it's up and running
  14. well we don't have a cup do we? back to talking about our old cream puff team are we?
  15. That's pretty much it in a nutshell but seems there's plenty of nut jobs out there thinking something else is going on other than the truth of the situation... probably nut job media b.s. isn't helping either but whatever, maybe they'll catch on eventually, I'm sure one can only feel like an idiot so many times before feeling led on by someone who really doesn't know shi_t
  16. Hi, sorry I went into another thought with that, that was a bit more aimed at people who may read it more than anything, it was late and I hadn't slept much in days.. have that 24/7 high pitched ringing in my ears called tinnitus so was brain tired too, sorry bout that, only thing I can think of that happened.. and a bit of a rant I guess too.. just getting tired of all the crap going on here too and most of its for nothing really, seems to me that Aquaman understands reality and is very aware of where we are as a team in the (whatevertheFyouwanttocallit) and we're close but plainly not there yet but Aq won't fire JB until it's done and IF doesn't work with what he brings in.. and that's fair.. besides it's his team and he can do what he wants with it anyway. ok so bringing it back to what you said and my response that was a bit off aimed in another direction so sorry for that..
  17. your serious? I read that and your mistaken, first Benning isn't going anywhere until the re-tool is over, you can't really label is a rebuild because it took time to replace the core who usually came off 1 by 1 or maybe 2 each year. Their only bad transactions in the eyes of short sighted people who can't see far enough ahead to realize without the proper mentors we'd have turned into nothing more than the Oilers with all their young led by practically no one, and how did that work for them when they had all the 1st picks in the line-up, ummm well.. look how that ended up for them, if they'd have had proper mentorship through reasonably experienced players with them spread evenly they might have gone somewhere with that team but look at what happened and I'm glad we didn't do the same, our young guys got that and it will show up when it's needed but that's not right now, we're still a cpl of players away from done but our youth were surrounded by a good supply of support.. And it's got nothing to do with forgiving, it's about _ucking reality, JB inherited a shi_t show team with zero depth with a spent core, who were locked in long term until slowly coming off and that was most of the team not just a few.. and people think that some other GM could have miraculously done something else in a situation like that is just plain STUPID beyond belief.. seems like reality doesn't apply to many who think it is all just that easy.. lame!
  18. to me the TT vs Podz thing is sort of 2nd requirement, we need D and I bet TT didn't want to stick here on a one year contract until Podz showed up plus that money we're going to need to set ourselves up to get this build over with finally, after the mentor contracts and LE and Luo's recapture is done we'll have a great team and we'll fine because I bet JB will continue the bridge contracts to balance the books so we ice the best team that's ready for a push..
  19. Marky can only do so much as we all saw here, your right but he will get another D but I don't want the aging injury prone one back Ty very much... a 1/2 pairing capable guy is too hard to replace when a injury hits especially when you have been targeting at forward position, knowing that D will need an upgrade too.. meh this is all practice for the big show we're going to take a run when said tweaks are done and imo we're so close and the players needed are so obvious anyone can or should see that all we really lack is a top 4 PMD, Podz can easily fill a role we need in the top 6 so we don't have to spend a ton of cap there at all, so there will be $ left over to pick someone up.. win or lose, every game is experience and we need all we can get before the push and grow as a team, the final requirement to win a Stanley Cup not only with skill, it's just a warm up these days, nothing to get freaked out about.. it's not like we haven't had a constant turnover of players trying to get the best possible player at each and every position possible but that doesn't grow co-hesivenss until it stops so why be unrealistic until it's done? patience young Jedi... the force is not strong enough yet! But get there we will..
  20. No matter if we win or lose tonight, I'm just glad we're the ones not getting outshot..
  21. If Marky gets injured... their done! not that I wish that on anyone, just a point.
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