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CanadianRugby

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  1. Canucks defensemen continue to absolutely suck for how many years now?
  2. The reffing was so corrupt in the 2011 finals that it kind of destroyed me to the point that I expect the reffing to be bad. So I don't get mad at all at missed calls anymore, like.. at all. It's a Zen like state, a peaceful existence.
  3. What? That makes zero sense. As does freaking about about lack of goals in a preseason where your two best offensive players are unsigned. One where you're trying out youngsters with low potential and fringe players.
  4. Well, at least we won't have to put up with people defending the Virtanen and Juolievi draft picks anymore.
  5. Somewhere out there @oldnews is still arguing Virtanen was a great draft pick.
  6. You're overthinking it. He's ultra competitive and just wants to win. The Canucks have been straight up awful more often than not in recent years. If you get out of the CDC bubble, analysts, hockey people and even Canuck players have wondered what Benning and ownership is doing. That's where these comments come from and if the team looks like it's becoming a Stanley Cup contender (not just a playoff contender) then these comments go away. If they don't, he gone.
  7. Teams already have kinda figured it out, at least Vegas did. Pressure him as soon as he gets the puck so he doesn't have space to do his thing. Hopefully he improves overall, and a legit top pairing guy to play with (so, not OEL) wouldn't let teams just skate at him and leave his partner open.
  8. Hey I'm all in for "following the Tampa route" but to follow that route you need a GM capable of pulling it off.. a winning team to make taking discounts be worth it, and/or an internal cap where nobody gets paid more than your stars like when the Sedins were here. The Canucks have none of these things. As far as the Toronto thing. Pettersson isn't Matthews.. and there's no reason for the Canucks to pay youngsters the way that Toronto does, any more than there's reason for Toronto to pay bottom 6 forwards and average defensemen the way Vancouver does.
  9. Why would Hughes take less than OEL when he's better in every way?
  10. Good. Keep the anti-vaxxers to their rallies and monster truck events.
  11. I think they'll make it but wouldn't be nothing would suprise me with this lineup. Lots of change.
  12. I disagree. If the Canucks don't become a legit top tier team for the next couple years, they'll continue to "go for it" regardless of results. Ownership just went through an 8 year rebuild. They'd rather beat a dead horse than go through another one.
  13. Imagine still having a deep prospect pool due to all those picks instead of selling your future and cap flexibility just to ice a competitive lineup.
  14. I think you have to look at it through the context that this was one of the worst teams in the league. You don't rebuild by trading your picks away.
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