canucklehead44

Canucks fans are probably worse, as much as it hurts for me to say that, but they are still pretty annoying. The media situation is strange. Toronto is a massive market compared to every other Canadian city, plus the media outlets are all based out of Toronto. Also consider so many NHL players come from Ontario compared with anywhere else so again there is even more built-in bias (a lot of media are ex-NHLers). To be honest it never really bothered me as I have always put 98% of my attention into the local Vancouver media vs the hockey night in Canada / national media. Why would I pay attention to national media when local media knows the team so much more intimately?

He is probably very overrated but SO fun to watch. Such an oddity having a 6'8 Russian dman join the team. I thought he was going to suck but he wasn't too bad. The sample size was small at 13 games. The following season it started off rough with the healthy scratches but he ended up playing pretty solid. His size and ability to skate at his size generate a lot of excitement but he will probably be a Bryan Allen calibre NHL dman. That said still so fun to watch!

The Raptors as a franchise have worked hard to represent Canada as a nation vs the city of Toronto. Toronto isn't just another NBA city - they are the oddball being the one team in a different country. It is always about being from Canada. They are the massive underdogs. The red headed stepchild of the league. Almost the antithesis of what the Leafs represent. Even in Toronto about half of Ontario's born hockey fans cheer for a team other than the Leafs. A lot of Sabres, Red Wings, Canadians fans in Toronto with a spattering of Senators and Penguins fans. The city of Toronto is great, people are nice, but Leafs fans truly are the worst.

6 points since leaving Vancouver what seems like ages ago. Good on him for getting a solid contract.

No way they do that trade straight across. I'd consider moving the 10th overall pick and Hutton for Ghost, he is an excellent OFD. For Montreal it would probably be Shaw, Mete and their 1st for maybe Ghost and a 2nd coming back. Ghost is also on a steal of a contract (4.5 million) for four more years.

6 million per for two years is a good deal. 6 million per for three years with a NMC is awful. I think he will be fine next year, mediocre the year after and a bit of a liability in that third year. We also don't need another 6 million dollar replacement level player on the books with EP and Hughes contracts coming up. Last year Hamhuis was outplayed by Yannick Weber and he is three years older than Edler - so potentially a similar trajectory. The fact that Edler is slow and pretty banged up as is doesn't bode well for longevity.

I don't care what we pay him on a two year contract. But if he wants a NMC during the expansion draft good riddance. The guy hasn't played over 70 games any of the last four seasons and is turning 34 next year.

Granlund is the least of our concerns - I think he gets an unfair wrap. He is a very bland player, but is versatile and decent for his salary. We paid him $120K per goal last season. Eriksson cost us $545K per goal. Schaller $663K. Beagle $1M. Sutter $1.1M. I don't mind re-signing him and just fitting him in wherever there is a gap. He can play all four lines, all forward positions, penalty kill, power play. He doesn't do anything well but he is a short-term piece of duct tape where we need him.

This works out well for both teams. Anaheim doesn’t have any huge contracts coming up (Kase or Ritchie won’t break the bank) vs Vancouver with Hughes and Pettersson. This gives Anaheim more cap space for signings in the short term.

I would consider this it EDM retains 1.5 million per year of Lucic’s salary. This would even put the amount remaining on their contracts. I really like Hutton for Pulijujarvi but only make the trade if Edler is locked up

stay away!!! We need to stop wasting space on complimentary players who are going to get overpaid, overplayed, and be absolute garbage. UFAs I would target: Tim Heed (RHD) 1.5 million Jordie Benn (LHD) 2.5 million Ryan Dzingel (LW,RW,C) 6 million Artemi Panarin (LW) 12 million Either we go depth for D or get a first line LW. I like Dzingel in that he is still young, has great wheels and can play all forward positions. I am hoping his poor playoff performance hurts his value.

I wouldn’t call him a first line player but he is a good second liner. He would have been 4th for forwards on the Canucks and he was 4th on the Leafs. If we were a bottom tiered playoff team and a top 6 forward short/needing speed etc he would be an awesome pickup. However JB needs to focus on finding a 1st line winger and top 2 defender before this team as the luxury of chasing a Kapanen.

This is one thing I failed to include was the fact that Eriksson said he was unhappy with his playing time. This is a risk on Vancouver's end as well. If Wennberg takes another step backward we have a big contract with an extra year on it. The case for both teams is that the players involved, if they were to turn things around, would work out to a win-win deal.

They save quite a lot of hard cash on a player who performed similarly PLUS can squeeze some additional assets, perhaps a 2nd rounder, a swap of picks, or another player who can help them win now. Another option would be Eriksson for Dubinsky straight across. Eriksson is owed 10 million on his contract compared to Dubinsky at 11.6M. Reason Vancouver does this deal is to clear off that last year of cap space when Pettersson and Hughes need to be re-signed. Problem is Dubinsky has a NMC and I doubt we waives for Vancouver.

Now as crazy as this sounds a deal might make sense for both sides. CBJ is a small market team not near the cap limit. Wennberg is going to get paid 5.35 million per year in salary for four more years. Signing bonuses are paid in July, meaning that Eriksson would cost CBJ only 1 million next season and four million the remaining two years for an average of 3.3 million ( a savings of 2 million per year). Canucks save 1.1 million in cap hit and get a younger player. Eriksson averaged .36 PPG to Wennberg's .33 so he is coming off of a similar season. Given Wennberg's age and potential upside maybe the Canucks a pick or two but fundamentally this trade could be a fit for both sides and give two struggling players a much needed change in scenery.

To Toronto: Tanev w/salary retained Goldobin Future Considerations To Van: Kapanen Marleau Vancouver buys out Marleau, takes is 6.25 million dollar cap hit. Leafs re-sign him for cheap.

Maybe hate is too strong of a word. But in most cases they were either overpaid, under performed, or took a spot away from other guys we wanted to see

Zaitsev will get bought out or traded to a team trying to reach the cap floor, not a fit at all in Vancouver

I liked Sopel Then again I actually didn't mind Booth either and included him, so obviously some inconsistencies there haha. Also forgot Roy baby.

For Canucks? Messier is obvious. I didn't become obsessed and on CDC until the early 2000s. Here are some that fans loved to hate: Potvin Cloutier Brochu Hlavac Malik Rucinksy Nathan Smith Weinrich Carney McCarthy Goren Bouck Ouellet Noronen Pyatt Bulis Smolinski Chouinard Santala Isbister Bernier Rome M Schneider Alberts Sturm Booth Sbisa Megna Chaput Eriksson Gudbranson

Trade would have looked better of Philly didn't steal McKenna - but still, we blew a 7th on Mazanec and signed Leighton around the same time which pretty much nullified the return on this deal. JB made up for it by moving Del Zotto for Schenn and a 7th.

Toronto's housing market is much more varied in a sense that there are far more neighbourhoods and housing types (Vancouver is mostly detached and condos). In Toronto a lot of the growth is people moving up. Buy a house for $500K with $100K down, house goes up to $700 K, buy a house for $1M with $350K down etc. Foreign investment played a part but you can talk to enough people who did this type of thing. In Vancouver I don't know anyone who owns a house, especially in their early 30s and self made. Some of the data Andy Yan collected suggests foreign buyer influence could be in the vicinity of 80% of the detached market. In Toronto and San Fran I know a decent chunk of people but again they have high salaries and in the case of Toronto live in neighbourhoods where the average income is 1/3 of what they make. The people In San Fran can actually afford their $8,000 per month mortgage.

Owning a house, no. I am a little under that and my wife makes six figures as well. We moved to Toronto which is also horrifically expensive but a decent chunk lower than Vancouver. We live in a very poor neighbourhood, drive a 13 year old car etc. pretty much live a lower middle class lifestyle. Even in New York you can buy a big house with a large yard 30 minutes via train from Grand Central Station for half a million. The company I work for has offices in Cincinnati, Toronto, and San Fran. These are the houses I would be shopping for, all within about a 20 minute drive. There is no office in Vancouver so I used Gastown as a reference. Cincinnati - this mansion on an acreage. Toronto - 2 bed 1 bath WW2 bungalow in a poor neighbourhood. Vancouver - I'd have to stretch my budget but I found this gem near the Burnaby border - $100K off too! San Fran - Above 2000 sq ft, fully renovated on a nice sized lot.

1st line centers score 55+ points and 39+ points EV on the low end. Nelson at 53 and 44 would put him in the range of a high end 2nd line center, just a shade below a low-end first liner. Not a bad contract, not great. Pretty much fair market value.

Are they under 30 and own detached homes in the city they paid for (20% down) with no parental help? I don't see how they can afford a 1.6 million dollar average priced home on a lower income than me unless 1. they are older or 2. their parents gave them a major assist.