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On 7/8/2022 at 10:08 AM, Salacious Crumb said:
Erm. You might want to check out that Mcdavid video again and who he was at the bar with. It makes me sad when someone relapses but Zach was pretty glassy eyed in the video.
What a $&!# head (McDavid). You're the Captain for pete's sake, you don't go to the bar with an alcoholic team mate and watch them drink! If he orders a beer you pull him aside and have a heart to heart, see what's going on that's making him reach for the bottle again, try to help him out. Call his wife if you have too. Pisses me off, look out for your teammates.
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Special teams in the first ~25 games of the season killed us. Despite the aweful record the team was even in goal differential at 5 on 5. If the PK was league average, we're a playoff team
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Yep. The first couple months were painful but after that the games were a lot of fun.
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Petey and Miller both sitting at 29 goals, when is the last time we had 3 30 goal scorers?
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That's great! I liked what he showed in his few starts with the Canucks this year. Can't beat that price either.
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5 hours ago, IBatch said:
ARI could retain 50%, in that case his current value is probably on par or even a little better given his accolades and the possibility for a resurgence with better teammates then Pearson. A second sounded about right, or at least could have...
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On 3/28/2022 at 9:16 AM, mll said:Probably lack of cap space. He has a 6.8M cap hit and Arizona had already used up their 3 retention spots so they had to trade him at full cap hit.
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25 minutes ago, Warhippy said:
At days end, I believe we should be doing what Turkey is. Drones.
Their new age Bayaktar (sp) is capable of air to air fighting carries a solid amount of air to ground and now has a full 5 hour flight time while being ridiculously fast and agile.
A fleet of these say 100 strong is more than enough to secure our arctic sovereignty and at a literal fraction of the price
It's subsonic, short range, and can not go head to head with manned fighters. It's a great tool for anti-drone, transport, helicopter, and slower attack aircraft work. It's a great piece of kit, but not a replacement for a 5th gen fighter.
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16 minutes ago, DeNiro said:
Wasn’t there a whole issue with it not even being the proper plane for the missions we need to fly over the arctic?
Most of the criticisms were out-dated arguments about it being single-engine (and there for not reliable enough to patrol the arctic). Both the finalists were single engine aircraft, and single-engines are plenty reliable. The other largest criticism (that I could tell) is that it only has 4 weapon hard-points in the internal bay (it has 6 more under the wings). If it uses the under-wing hardpoints, it loses stealth. I think that's a valid criticism when it's doing strike missions in contested air space (why pay that much for stealth when you'll render it moot if you give it enough weapons to both hit targets and defend itself from aircraft). But I don't think that is particularly relevant for arctic interdiction missions: You want to be seen.
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Canada selects the F35 for its next fighter:
It's a more mature product than it was a decade ago when Canada first sought to buy the F35. Now in its 4th 'block' of production: purchase and operating costs have fallen by about 15% and reliability has improved.
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21 minutes ago, King Heffy said:
A cheap and effective way to improve our military would be to ease up on the bilingualism requirements so good officers who may struggle with French can advance.
Good officers who struggle with French get paid to take French classes so they can meet the requirements.
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It'll be interesting to see the DND section of the budget in a few weeks
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2 hours ago, gurn said:
The Amphibious component is just one capability of the Mistral type of vessel.
The multiple helicopters on board- approx 16, can extend the range and enhance the ability to do anti submarine work.
The hospital capabilities are of potential immense value, both in times of battle, and disaster relief.- As the climate changes this will become more important.
There is enough room aboard to designate this vessel as a flag ship
What the RCN has been for the last 80 years does not mean it has to stay in that spot.
The world is changing, reliance on others is seemingly not as good a strategy as in the past.
Downside to the actual Mistral class- Z drive/azipods steering. While highly maneuverable there is a hit to top speed.
Bigger crew- more yearly cost.
The Joint Support Ships have hospitals and strategic sea lift, both the JSS and CSC can have flag bridges. Adding a helicopter/drone carrier would be great (if a bit of a pipe dream). But why dedicate so much of the ship's tonnage to vehicle decks and a flooding well deck if the primary purpose is aviation?
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17 hours ago, gurn said:
Few years back there was an opportunity to purchase a Mistral class helicopter ship from France- as Russia had just been sanctioned for taking over Crimea.
Comes with a full service hospital, with dental and all.
Ability to carry a few tanks
a couple of fast attack boats.
Can carry a large amount of soldiers for a decent period of time.
Just from a disaster relief point of view I believe a case can be made for purchase.
Would have been a good option, buy one, get others built in Canada, to go along with the new frigates, arctic patrol ships and the new icebreakers.
15 new frigates would equal 5 on each coast
6 helicopter ships - 2 on each coast- could also carry drones.
Bringing Canada up to it's soon to occur NATO financial commitment would mean about $5 billion in extra funding for each of the 3 branches of military, per year.
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Probably want 9 of the amphibious assault ships as a normal rotation has 1 at sea, 1 prepping for sea and 1 in refit.
Also provides enough ships to have a fleet doing duty, helping out in the world; not just on our coast.
There is a huge list of priorities at DND ahead of having a mechanized amphibious cabability. Not sure they would provide all that much utility to the RCN unless you forsee them storming some beaches. The Harry De Wolfe ships can carry two platoons of infantry with light equipment (snow mobiles, etc) and deploy them directly onto the ice, which suits our Artic needs just fine.
The RCN is (and has been for 80 years) a premier anti-submarine force which is capable of supplementing and escorting our allies carrier or amphibious strike groups, but has hardly ever had the strategic need for fielding its own amphibious strike groups.
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Rempal is just up to as an extra forward. He's on a two-way deal and his NHL salary is 6 times higher than his AHL salary. He's getting rewarded with some $$ as the team continues to rotate their spare forwards.
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Interesting, for sure. I feel like my knowledge in the area is pretty limited, but I'd be keen to learn more. Thanks for sharing that link, I'll give those videos a watch
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3 hours ago, -SN- said:
Don't bother replying to AC30 anymore.
Thank you!
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Pettersson is now riding a 4 game multi-point streak.
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3-1 Canucks, Horvat
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2 minutes ago, BlastPast said:
OK, then it is a matter of semantics because that is not what I was implying. I literally meant best defensively = least goals allowed. I think that is where some misunderstanding came from. That having been said, goaltending is part of the equation. There could be teams that have better structure but their goalie can't make the save. If the puck goes over the line, what difference does it make?
Yeah, just a difference in opinion on what "defensively" means. I was just trying to shed some light on where I thought the actual disagreement was.
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4 minutes ago, BlastPast said:
Goaltenders aren't part of the team ?
Of course they are, and that's an area where the Canucks are among the best (if not the best) in the league. I think when a lot of people say "defensively" they are talking about all the things the skaters do to prevent goals. Shot supression, denying zone entries, etc. The Canucks are not among the best in the NHL in that area.
It's pretty common (imo) to talk about defensive play as separate from goaltending.
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UFA, not RFA, but yes. I'm pretty sure most people take this into account. That's why there is discussion about trading him at this year's deadline; then the receiving team would get him (cost controlled) for two playoff runs, not just one. But 'rentals' are traded every deadline, sometimes for significant return, and the receiving team only gets ~3 months out of that player.
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5-2 Canucks, Pearson
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18 minutes ago, JayDangles said:
Ok I just have to point out. I love Schenn and what he brings to our team, but has anyone else noticed he isn't exactly chippy? I mean he is hardly in any scrums and I can't remember the last time he dropped the mitts. Maybe he is really just picking his spots but he isn't giving off that "tough guy" vibe anymore.
January 25th vs Winnipeg, he fought Lowry after he took a run at Hughes. That was only 15 day (5 games) ago
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10 hours ago, -DLC- said:
I'm so damn stoked to be going to a game again tomorrow. Been WAY too long, it's like being deprived of oxygen.
I'd HATE to see Miller gone from this team....we'd be in big trouble.
Glad to see Petey finding his form...and Brock with a goal too. Bo (silent but he doesn't need all the hoopla).
Then there's our goaltender, the All Star who saves his best for his team.
And Burroughs....7 hits and 5 blocked shots....can we just talk about that for a minute? And he always stands his ground. He's gold.
Bo had a goal and an assist too, Deb.
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[GDT] Friday December 23 2022 - Vancouver Canucks @ Edmonton Oilers - 6:00pm PT/7pm MT/9:00pm ET - Rogers Place
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Will be at the game in enemy territory tonight!