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Would love this trade, but as you somewhat implied, it's weighed in our favour. At least for this past year, Tanev was better than Schmidt, although he's slightly more expensive. Remove the pick and retain only 500k and maybe if we're lucky, they say yes, but I'd doubt it.
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I'm in the minority, but part of me actually prefers this logo to the Giants logo. A bit more of a "classic" look to it. Looks a lot like the logo the WHL Canucks used in the 50s and 60s.
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Or a 5-hour drive, knowing traffic.
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Acutally love this jersey, even if I'm not crazy about the logo. The flipped "V" on the sleeves to make an "A" is so neat and I like the green primary.
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Not a huge fan, but I'll live with it.
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I have a few guesses as to what it'll be from the list of given options. Interested in the logo and colour scheme choices too.
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I feel Sutter is just a better version of Beagle, so I'm not crazy about keeping Beags over Sutter, but Beagle still has another year left on his contract, so it might just be easier to do it that way rather than re-sign Sutter for cheap (assuming Sutter is even willing).
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I'd say go for it, personally, unless a potentailly slightly dirty jersey is a huge issue for you. I'd like the uniqueness of a white jersey.
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[DEBATE] Which #12 in their prime are you taking?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in General Hockey Discussion
A bit hard to choose here, but I went with Iginla. In his prime, he was one of the best goal scorers in the game and he could fight and hit too. Also an incredibly respectable guy both on and off the ice. Some comments on some of the others: Adam Oates - One of the greatest playmakers of all-time, but he did have some very good snipers to help his totals (Neely, Hull, and Bondra). Peter Bondra - Led the NHL in goal scoring twice during his career and scored 52 goals on a Washington team that didn't have anyone else score even 20 goals (1997-98). Tim Kerr - I think some younger fans may be sleeping on Kerr. Considered by some to be the best PP forward specialist ever, he scored 50+ goals in four straight seasons, including 58 goals in 75 games 1986-87 (would've been about 62 goals in a full 80 games). Has the NHL record with 34 powerplay goals in one season. Yvan Cournoyer - Great player that was a bit overshadowed on some very good Canadiens teams. Was especially incredible in the 1973 playoffs with 15 goals in 17 games and won the Conn Smythe. Dickie Moore - Set a new NHL record in 1958-59 with 96 points, beating out Gordie Howe's record of 95 points. Bobby Hull beat it a few years later with 97 points. Sid Abel - Oldest part of the "Production Line" and left Detroit right at their peak. In my opinion, often the least acclaimed of the line, but did lead the NHL in goal scoring in 1948-49 with 28 goals in 60 games to win the Hart. Patrick Marleau - Third highest point total of all the names here, but is more known for longevity than being outstanding in his prime. His peak years were 2005-06 when he scored 86 points in 82 games or 2009-10 when he scored a career-high 44 goals and 83 points in 82 games. Was on and off in the playoffs. Was very good in the 2006 playoffs with 9 goals and 14 points in 11 games. Eric Staal - Like Marleau, but with a higher peak and (likely) shorter career. Staal scored 45 goals and 100 points in 2005-06, which is an impressive peak, though he never really approached that again. He'd rank above Marleau on this list though due to his prime being better. Stan Smyl - Canucks legend, but not on the level of these guys. Had an underrated 1982-83 season though. 88 points in just 74 games pro-rates to 95 points in a full 80-game season. His 88 points was a Canuck record that was beaten by Sundstrom in 1983-84, but if he had managed 95 points, that would've lasted until Bure scored 110 points in 1992-93. Smyl also has the unique trait of being the last NHL player to lead his team in goals, assists, points, and PIM all in the same season (I think it's 1979-80). Was a key playoff performer who stepped up his play in the playoffs, with the exception of the 1989 playoffs. Outside of that year, he had 33 points in 34 playoff games and a +5 rating. -
(RUMOUR) PHI to expose Voracek for expansion draft
-AJ- replied to RWJC's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Contract is very expensive, but he's still a good top 6 guy. Don't want him for that much money, but there's a chance the Kraken take him I think. -
I believe it would save about an extra $1M almost next year over burying him in the AHL, but add $1M for '22-23. Depends on if Benning really feels he needs that extra $1M of space and is willing to take the cost for 2022-23 to save $1M next year.
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I'm not sure what our exact situation is, but it might be that we need to keep Virtanen for now to reach the exposure rules for the ED. If that's the case, we probably won't see anything until after the ED and then there's a chance he's bought out, especially because he's so young, making it very affordable in terms of cap expense.
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[DEBATE] Which PLAYER in their prime are you taking?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Not sure about in their primes, but my all-time list top four goes: 1. Gretzky - 2.77 points-per-game in 1983-84--pro-rating to 222 points if he had played all 80 games (and 94 goals). 2. Orr 3. Lemieux 4. Howe beyond that, it's been getting very tough for me, but I often actually have Jagr at #5 these days. -
[Rumor] Canucks Interested in Tyler Bertuzzi
-AJ- replied to CRAZY_4_NAZZY's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I wonder what Todd's relationship is with his nephew? -
[DEBATE] Which #10 in their prime are you taking?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in Off-Topic General
I recognize three of these names. -
[DEBATE] Which #31 in their prime are you taking?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Yeah, I don't think it's fair to compare modern styles to older styles, otherwise those like Clint Benedict would get no consideration, even though they were amazing in their primes. Modern goaltending is objectively far superior, but in a stand-up era when everyone used the same styles, we can compare apples to apples. I'd say those like Roy who popularized the new butterfly technique just had a huge advantage by being smarter than the rest of the goaltenders who wanted to use the antiquated stand-up style and it's part of the reason he was the best. Fuhr is like Fleury to me in that he really didn't usually impress in the regular season when he was with his dominant team (Penguins for Fleury, Oilers for Fuhr), but both stepped up a bit in the playoffs. Also, like Fleury, both honestly impressed me more later in their careers with different teams. Fleury's biggest claim to fame for me comes from his years in Vegas where he's been good all around and I think Fuhr's one year particularly in St. Louis, playing a record 79 games is where I arguably gain more respect for his game. The main reason I went with Price was because the poll emphasizes "prime" and 2014-15 Price was unstoppable and he's also been quite solid in the playoffs, especially the last five times he's been to the post-season. The point can be made that outside of that one year, he's been good, but not amazing, as he's finished 3rd in Vezina voting once along with a 4th and 5th place finish. I suppose it depends on how much you want to consider "prime" to be one great year, or a series of great years. -
[DEBATE] Which #9 in their prime are you taking?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in General Hockey Discussion
In their prime gets tricky. All-Time, I'd pick Howe. Their primes is a lot tougher. I'm personally pretty skeptical of that shot power record all things considered, but regardless, Hull's best days are hard to be certain of. He scored 58 goals at his best in the NHL, but maybe his better days were in the WHA, who knows? The WHA was certainly a notably worse league than the NHL, so his higher goal totals could've been a factor of him feasting on worse goalies and defensemen, but maybe he was just that good. Richard was consistently good, but really had an especially high peak with that 1944-45 season. Howe's peak was probably when he nearly scored 50 goals a couple of times and surpassed 90 points several times. I guess award-wise, Richard won just the one Hart trophy and never led the league in scoring--though he did lead the league in goals five times and I think he was top 5 in point scoring quite often. Gordie led the NHL in point scoring a whopping six times, goal scoring five times (matching Richard) and won six Hart trophies. Hard not to place Howe above Richard. Howe's best year was certainly 1952-53 when he led the NHL in goals, assists, and points with 49 goals, 46 assists, and 95 points (I think the points were a new record at the time). It's insane how far above the rest of the league Howe was in that year, as second place in scoring was his teammate Ted Lindsay with 71 points and it's not until you get to third place that you find a guy who he wasn't teammates with in Richard, who had just 61 points, 34 points fewer than Howe. Hull probably comes down to how much you value his 77-goal season in the WHA with the Jets in 1974-75. In his NHL time, he won just one Hart trophy, but did lead the NHL in scoring three times and in goal scoring seven times. Hull's best NHL season was probably actually when he beat Richard's record in 1965-66 with 54 goals and 97 points (I think also a new record at the time), leading the league in both stats. He won the Hart there as as well. In the end, I think I would go with this order: 1. Howe 2. Hull 3. Richard Howe's 1952-53 season was actually better than I remembered and I didn't realize how dominant he was that year. I don't rate Hull's WHA season that high, especially since he didn't even lead the league in point scoring (Andre Lacroix did with 147 points). I'd consider Hull's '65-66 season to be his best and he truly did dominate, scoring 19 points more than 2nd place (teammate Stan Mikita, tied with Canadiens forward Bobby Rousseau). This is probably the first time I've seriously considered that I might actually rank Hull above Richard when it comes to all-time lists too. I think I sometimes forget how good the Golden Jet was. -
[DEBATE] Which #9 in their prime are you taking?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in General Hockey Discussion
I can't vote, as I barely know anything about other sports lol. -
That kind of fitness does help a guy play well into his later years. I wouldn't be surprised to see Beagle keep going until he's close to 40 or even older if injuries don't take him out of the game.
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[Report] Ducks hire Newell Brown as assistant coach
-AJ- replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
or in reverse, Travis Green. -
[DEBATE] Which #31 in their prime are you taking?
-AJ- replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Price is easily #1 here IMO. I feel that he has carried the Canadiens to much success while both Fuhr and Smith (especially Fuhr) were good, but not amazing starters with amazing teammates. Of these four guys, only Price and Cujo ever led the league in save percentage. I'll rank as follows: 1. Price - Only one here to win a Hart trophy 2. Smith - Won the Vezina in 1981-82, when it moved back to being awarded to the best goalie, but was never a finalist outside of that. Stepped up his game in the playoffs though. 3. Fuhr - Won a Vezina in 1987-88 and was second in 1981-82. Won a lot of games because of his crazy good scoring support. Made some big saves when needed though. 4. Joseph - 2nd in Vezina voting in 1998-99 and was 3rd in Vezina voting in 1992-93, when he led the entire league with a .911 save percentage. Excellent in the playoffs, but never won it all. -
Maybe I'm wrong, but I assumed the rules were in place to avoid abuse by transgender athletes to dominate the womens categories. If the rules are simply to deal with drug usage in other ways like steroids, then a simple drug test does seem to be the most logical solution.
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Cup, not even close. I've seen enough good years to know it doesn't really leave you satisfied in the end.
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I guess maybe a solution is to just increase the maximum allowable testosterone levels? Seems like they have it too low.
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I really appreciate the depth and breadth of your argument and have been swayed by your ground-breaking reasoning.