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McBackup

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  1. I cant imagine willingly subjecting myself to that. You'd think a Steve Dangle podcast would be banned by the Geneva convention
  2. Arguing over which city is better is incredibly dumb. It's like someone who prefers blondes arguing with someone who prefers brunettes which is better. Everyone has their own subjective criteria for what makes a place to live good/bad.
  3. I think Benning is a good GM, not a great one. He has his warts, but so does everyGM. He's a fantastic at the draft, hit and miss at trades and poor at signings, but his record in the latter two categories is improving. The thing everyone in the 'Fire Benning' camp seems to neglect is that if you can him he does need to be replaced. And it seems nobody who wants to fire him has his next in line lined up, and you can't just get rid of him and watch the team magically win the cup without a GM. I'm convinced most people in that camp are just part of the vocal minority of canucks fans who look to complain about everything.
  4. There's a lack of education in our society in general about the long term risk of pain medications. There's a crisis going on right now that is largely unremarked on aside from the occasional flippant comment about fentanyl being bad.
  5. I beat Vintage Canuck once. It was merely by seconds and the post was rife with errors, but I did it.
  6. So much for "wanting to win". I guess Buffalo is going for first overall again.
  7. Not to mention he'd be cheaper and is clearly a liked character guy in the room
  8. Isn't Ristolainen getting absolutely caved in in Buffalo and the fans are all champing at the bit to drive him to the airport? Legitimate question, that was the last I heard from Buff fans, but maybe I'm confusing Risto for someone else.
  9. Nothing against Tanev or Markstrom, this was their opportunity to cash in and you can't fault them for taking it. They're great guys and I'm glad we got to spend a sizable chunk of their careers cheering them on as Canucks. I wish them all the best personally, but they chose to go to the Flames, and their success will only help Calgary, so I have no choice but to hope they crash and burn.
  10. Benning might be expecting to have multiple rookies on the back end this year. Pick your combination of Rafferty/Juolevi/Woo/Chatfield/Brisebois/whoever else might surprise at camp.
  11. Maybe but it sounds like Stecher isn't wanting to sign for less than what his QO/Arbitration would give him. I like Troy and wish him the best but if Barrie decides he wants to bet on himself and sign a short term low cap hit deal hoping he rebounds and cashes in, I'd take that bet.
  12. Barrie would be a fine addition if the contract makes sense.
  13. They put themselves over the barrel. Nobody is "mad" but it doesn't seem right that they asked him to leave and harumphed the return.
  14. Don't want to see the Laffs ever coming out ahead but this probably ends up as a great deal from their perspective.
  15. Did not expect someone like this to get waived.
  16. Right but why are you assuming they're the same people? CDC isn't a hivemind. People can't even agree on a jersey here.
  17. I'd be very interested in your source on that.
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