-AJ-

Great takeaway by Dickinson.

Eager to see if Myers can continue looking good against a much stronger offense from Calgary tonight.

So happy to see Shorty and Cheech. These are the good days with legends casting the games. Savour them, folks.

Looks like Calgary is icing a much more NHL-esque lineup than we are. Keeping this game close would be a victory. Winning would be phenomenal.

I wonder if they'll play Sunday or Tuesday first. I'd love Sunday, but wouldn't be surprised with a Tuesday debut against the Kraken.

I don't think he'll ever come back. His heart isn't in it.

I knew you couldn't keep yourself away from Brock that long.

From what other posters have told me, the QO is only based off of the AAV now, not the final year of the contract. It was apparently changed in the most recent CBA.

OOOH BABY. Hughes is pricy, but we bought UFA years (1 or 2, I can't recall). Petey is a fine price for three years. Overall, these are solid deals IMO--not bargains, but not overpayments.

Didn't see a GDT up and the game starts in like 4.5 hours so I figured I'd whip this up real quick: Radio: SN 650 TV: SN1 Time: 6pm PST Expected Goaltenders: Canucks: J. Halak, S. Martin (Maybe Demko?) Flames: J. Markstrom, D, Vladar No idea on who's playing tonight. Someone halp. ALSO HYPE:

I do recall hearing something about that. Does it work retroactively to deals like Boeser's?

Dangit VC, my heart jumped when I saw that you posted.

Forgot about the high QO, but you're probably right. Wouldn't be surprised if it was something like $10M or thereabouts.

Any day now...

I'd be shocked if at least one of the deals isn't a bridge deal and I expect that both of them will be bridge contracts. Probably 2-3 years for each of them.

I thought he looked great in the scrimmages, but I'm still looking to see him impress in the pre-season games.

Does look like they both work together, but it looks to me like Brisson is the primary one for them and Barry may just be a co-worker who's also involved.

If Hamonic does sit out, I would expect us to snag a late cut from one of the better teams right before the start of the season, assuming we have the cap space.

The catch might be that neither player was willing to sign early. It could be that if Benning had refused to sign any other deals, we would have lost out on all the other players (insert running out of time reference) by waiting on Hughes and Petey. He would've had more money to sign Hughes and Petey, but at the cost of the depth we've signed so far.

I think the key difference was that Kesler wanted to win regardless of where it was. For Kesler, I get the feeling the priority was 1. Winning 2/3. Money/Loyalty. For guys like the Sedins (who maybe set an unrealistic standard), they prioritized loyalty first, winning second, and money last.

I'm giving the players some breaks until the regular season and it depends on the contracts they end up with, but I think we have to always consider the fact that Brisson is paid by both Petey and Quinn--they ultimately have control over what happens with their contracts. Brisson is merely an intermediary. As much as I don't like Brisson, he's doing his job and if the players wanted to have team-friendly deals or play all 82 games this year, they have to force Brisson's hand, which they can do. At the end of the day, either guy has to realize that they may end up either leaving Vancouver for a big payday or forcing the Canucks to be a worse team. If Petey signs for $9M a year, is he willing to accept that Hughes won't be on the team anymore? There is a cost to getting paid. Players on the Bruins said it in the past and Kesler also said it of the 2011 team--if you want to win, you need to be willing not to get top dollar. They have to decide what is ultimately most important to them. A payday (maybe not in Vancouver), or being on a competitive Canucks team.

You want creepy, go check out this guy's comments on Eriksson. Very quick and willing to dehumanize.

Not quite yet, but if this draws on into the regular season, yes, my feelings on those players will be affected. That said, I will always hold out a bit of hope until I see the contracts they end up with.

I feel like you may be right. If he's that good or has the serious potential to be that good, we'll likely know by the deadine.