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Vinny in Vancouver

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  1. Josi gets my vote as well, but it's interesting that Johnny Gaudreau is not getting more love. I would have had him over McDavid - he finished second overall in total points (within striking distance of McDavid); he has 70 even strength points (the highest since the mid-1990s); he finished the regular season at +64 (the highest since Gretzky years). Disclaimer: I'm not a Gaudreau fan: see playoff performance.
  2. Same here - it was enough to cool a bedroom and a half in our townhouse and that was good enough for us.
  3. To be fair, JR said they pulled Miller out from the trade market after they decided to go for the playoffs as well as decided to try to re-sign him first.
  4. I always thought it's to embarrass the rest of the players - i.e., no goalie in the world would want to play behind you the way you're playing right now.
  5. I'm enjoying reading the doom-and-gloom posts on reddit.com/r/CalgaryFlames. They are actually talking Rebuild right now.
  6. I read that KHL FA Kuzmenko's top choice is the Oilers, but if they end up signing him, they may not be able to keep Puljujarvi, who is a RFA...
  7. The title of this thread says that Klimovich is a center. Is that still the position that he's expected to play?
  8. Apparently, Kuzmenko's a skilled player whose KHL numbers compare favourably with other KHL stars who had success after moving to the NHL - e.g., Panarin and Kaprizov. That said, he's on the older side compared to when those others moved to the NHL. I've been a Podkolzin fan as well since seeing him dominate in that tournament in Edmonton (iirc). The only other player I was hoping the Canucks would have drafted was Zegras, but Benning wasn't able to trade up, unfortunately.
  9. I very much hate to say it, but the Leafs are looking pretty good. They seem to win all the key faceoffs - obviously, Manny Malthotra's influence. Marner and Matthews are looking a lot more even-keeled out there than prior years. Their bottom 6 plays their roles very well. Even my friends who are Leafs fans are not too cocky - they are not talking about planning the parade but just getting out of the first round. If the Lightning somehow beat the Leafs, then I'm going Lightning all the way.
  10. I thought it was us here at CDC that dd the recommendation? I kid!
  11. I did say their first rounder pick + 1 player in the NHL and another player not yet in the NHL.
  12. "No" for me as I value Quinn that highly, but I'm sure we can all debate it. The main problem for me is Shane Wright - from what I've read, he didn't show the growth that people expected this year. Some people are now pegging him as a solid 2C.
  13. My guess: they will contact the JR about Quinn Hughes and dangle this first rounder (even if it's the top overall pick) + a young highly-touted player already on their roster not named Jack Hughes + one of their most highly touted prospect not yet in the NHL and not named Luke Hughes. Canucks say 'no'.
  14. Btw, I thought that was what Travis Green was trying to do. Didn't Hirsch emphatically say that there was nothing wrong with the system but that one Alpha Dog in the locker room didn't believe in it?
  15. I haven't done enough research on this, but I read that there's actually technology to remove carbon from the atmosphere, but it's too expensive. What I don't get is how something like climate change could be "too expensive"?
  16. While he has looked below replacement this season, he looked pretty good last season. It would be good to find out if anything was ailing him this year.
  17. I wanted him to get to 100, but in a way, maybe 99 is fitting as it speaks of unfinished business.
  18. I'll make your day then! If the Canucks trade for the 1st round pick of whoever wins the Cup this year, you'll get your wish.
  19. Imho, given that the team didn't make the playoffs, those are some high marks. I'd like for you to be my kids' university profs.
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