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  1. He reminds me a lot of J.T. Miller, actually.
  2. Great game for him. Now the question will be consistency. There's a reason he's at only a .906 save percentage. A consistent Demko would be huge for us.
  3. I too notice that Petey is getting more frustrated with the reffing in this league. I can't imagine how frustrated he'd be with playoff officiating.
  4. Ah, apologies. You are correct there. My mistake.
  5. I'm betting he'll beat Jovo's record of 6th in Norris voting someday.
  6. Hockey Reference says 26.
  7. Toffoli is a pending UFA (not RFA), so there's no qualification necessary. He simply becomes a free agent on July 1 if he's not re-signed.
  8. Ehh...a bit rich IMO. If we sign him for that, we're giving up something else that's more valuable, I think. A dream for me would be $2M for a good long time (like the 5 years you suggested), but the fact is he's probably worth more than $2M on the open market, so I'm skeptical he'd do that.
  9. Well he's unlikely to play the rest of the year except for maybe the playoffs if we make it there. Injury proneness will probably reduce his contract, though I don't think one injury will have a significant effect.
  10. Agreed, I just enjoyed the opportunity to do some research, haha. Benning & Co. have impressed me time and time again, so I'm excited to see what they do this time.
  11. When Virtanen signed for $1.25M, he had just had 20 points in 75 games for a points-per-game of 0.27. Gaudette is currently at 28 points in 51 games for a points-per-game of 0.55. He's a far superior player to when Jake signed that deal and on top of that there's a bit of inflation, since by July, it will be 2 years ago that Jake signed that deal. I'd put Gaud at $1.5M if he signed for one year, but a two-year deal probably pushes it to at least $1.75 or $2M I think. On the same day that Virtanen signed his current deal (July 1, 2018), Sven Baertschi signed for 3.36M over 3 years. He had just finished a year of 0.55 points-per-game and 0.51 points-per-game the year prior, though was showing some injury problems. Virtanen is currently at 0.54 points-per-game, very similar to Baertschi, though unlike Baer, he's only done it for one year so far. However, unlike Baertschi, he also has had far fewer injury problems. Again, Baertschi's deal was signed two years ago, so there's also a bit of inflation to factor in. I would say Virtanen is probably closer to $3M right now, assuming he signs for 2 or 3 years. Sounds like you mostly agree that Tanev is worth probably more than your suggested contract, but just that Tanev won't be willing to leave Vancouver for it. That could possibly be the case and would be a great boon to us. Personally, I have Tanev at around $4.75-$5M right now, given that he hasn't deteriorated since signing his current $4.45M deal way back in March of 2015, when the cap was only $73M. Assuming an $80M cap for next year, inflation alone would put Tanev's pay at $4.88M--anything less would be a pay cut, which I don't makes sense.
  12. I think you're probably not too far off, but I see Gaudette, Virtanen, and Tanev all getting a bit more than you, so that's probably where I see the potential issue. Bridge deals may save our bacon with Jake and Gaud though, especially with Gaud.
  13. I think if Loui's cap did somehow disappear, we wouldn't really be adding--we'd be looking to keep more pieces than expected. I think with all the raises and LTIR room we're currently using, we'd need substantially more money to keep the team we even just currently have.
  14. Does retention extend to actual payment of cash as well as cap hit?
  15. Underrated probably defines much of Eddie's career, to be honest. He's the backbone in a lot of ways and his veteran leadership is hugely valuable, but I would say that Hughes is our best defenseman overall.
  16. Got big time hooked on it this past summer. Just getting back into it now with the 1.1 release. I found Witcher 3 very hard to get into as well. Very much got the feeling you had to play the previous games first, which I haven't done.
  17. I think this is his only chance at remaining with the team. I love Stecher, but we just don't have the money for him next year unless he signs for very cheap.
  18. Anyone with an opinion will be subject to permabans.
  19. The reason it's not mentioned that much (and the same reason I don't think retirement is realistic) is that it involves Eriksson straight up walking away from millions of dollars and job security. I think he at best would get a contract for about $1M if he was a free agent and even then, his stock has fallen so far I'm not sure he gets even that if he terminated his deal with us.
  20. 3 hours of sleep. Desperately want to figure out some way to avoid work today, haha.

    1. -DLC-

      -DLC-

      That's me every day lately:  bun needs meds at 6:15 am (x 2); 8:15 am; 6:15 pm (x 2); 8:15 pm; 10:00 pm.  If I'm behind on one it sets the whole schedule back.

       

      Hope you (we) both survive ... Mondays suck.

    2. luckylager
  21. I can't believe it, but I honestly think Hughes might actually be a better young player than Pettersson. Scoring 60+ points as a rookie defender (which it looks like he can) while remaining solid defensively is far more impressive than what Petey did as a rookie.
  22. How cool would it be if he hit 100 goals, 300 assists and 400 points in the same game.
  23. Dang that sucks. I love learning about the history of the Canucks, so his name is familiar to me. Was probably a legend in Vancouver for bringing the team to the playoffs in '75.
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