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But I thought Jim Benning was a 'horse whisperer' in amateur drafting!  All those Calder finalists must mean we've got a farm system full of close to ready NHL prospects!

Imho, I personally think it's a smart move by the Canucks to buy Slafkovsky dinner and asking him to mention their interest in him as a C:

• The Canucks are letting everyone with a high draft pick that they're serious about moving up.
• The Canucks are letting everyone know that they're interested in potentially unloading one of their 2 centers who are going to be a free agent after next season.
• The Canucks may be letting those 2 centers' agents that they're willing to move on if need be if the price isn't right.

Isn't New Jersey "rebuilding"?  Not sure why they'd want to go for a player who in all likelihood be too old by the time they actually get competative. 

Trading Hamonic was a good move to get that 3rd round pick.  But then trading the other 3rd round pick for a 25 year old 3rd pairing Dman is what got Benning into trouble and what everyone was complaining about in regards to asset management.  When Allvin does the same thing it is totally fine though.  As for Motte, he would have helped us at least try and compete for a playoff spot.  Richardson on the other hand is a few years away from his pension and isn't much of an upgrade on any of the plugs we have in Abby.

rumour was they were pushing hard to trade Pearson and myers, imo I think that is exactly what we need to do, I know myers fills a big need but he is not a top pairing d man, he played admirably in the bubble and for the first 30 games of the BB era but he is too mistake prone to be a top pair d man on a good team and he is too expensive to be a 2nd pair d man, I so hope these guys can be moved in offseason just to free up cap space, that would be >9 mill and tbh I think there are utility players out there who can fill Pearsons role for around 1 mil

I expect a lot of changes over the summer to address cap flexibility, including changing up the leadership of the team. No guarantee that Bruce there it is will be brought back either as he wasn't the choice of this management team and didn't exactly get an endorsement from Allvin when asked about it in the last couple of days.

Should make for an interesting summer round these parts.

Not really. Welcome back.  

Thanks Vintage. 

Cheers.

One would think he's earned a spot. It would be really hard to pass on Gaud just to keep lazy guys like Goldy and Schaller from waivers. A contract shouldn't mean a roster spot. 

@Ossi Vaananen Couldn't agree more. Time to cut ties with the dead weight. JB has done it before, let us hope he does so again!

Will JB put his money (Aquilini's) where his mouth is?  I'm really hoping the message is clear that this team is about winning (that's what the signing of Myers, and Ferland, and Benn, and the trade for Miller are about)  Management has said we are in the win now mode.  It's obvious that Gaud will help the team achieve that goal.  

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@Brad Marchand  Is a team that can’t spend a lot of money and is propped up by the rest of the league.  My grandmother can be a GM of that club and not do worse.....and she passed away a decade ago.

its because we are paying plugs 3million plus

Fake tough guy sam bennett.

He can't be 18 forever, let's just wait a few seasons.

we have our own 18 year old Sam Bennett his name is Jake Virtanen. 

Hip Hip Hooray for Petey,

I am so glad for our new humble star and glad that the league in general knows talent when they see it.

Congratulations to Elias Pettersson.

We are so lucky he's ours.  Proud of him both on and off the ice.

Nice of ya to acknolwedge Botch at a time the Canucks make a positive impact in or on the NHL landscape!

A pick swap may be more enticing with Krebs likely to slide. 

I would take Lucic over Eriksson in a heart beat. D'ya recall that push we made after the losing streak where we were in a playoff race and what did Eriksson do...crickets!

He was awfull when we most needed him with those scoring chances, unforgiveable!

Hell, I can't make sense of why Milan's parents would want Lucic.

It'd be so sweet if this finals is the turning point that sends Boston into a championship drought. 

 sure I get you about karma, but I don't hold grudges, life is too short!  2011 was a lifetime ago. there has been a lot of hockey since then. 

And the Bruins are still a bunch of gutless, cheap shoting floppers that cry like babies when they get exposed for the cowards that they are.  Love seeing these goofs get what they deserve.

Buffalo, Oilers and Avs in top 3 would have given me an aneurysm.

The fans here in Vancouver must be frustrated with a fourth year in a row of utter BS,NO SKILL INVOLVED DRAFT LOTTO.

I know that I'm very dissappointed that we do not get the LUCKY OF THE DRAW!

AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.AND AGAIN.

IT STINKS ON ICE.

@DADDYROCKYou can't even believe how frustrated I am. No lottery luck at all. EVER!! Meanwhile the Blackhawks, who've won 3 Cups in the last few years and who still have a good team jump 9 EFFING spots into the top 3. The Devils jumping up to win the lottery twice in the last three years.  I mean FFS hockey Gods... C'MON MAN!

The Aquillini's own the team and former Flyers Goalie Robert Esche leases it so this ain't surprising. 

One of the most profitable teams in the AHL despite being a mediocre product. 

Love it! Utica seems like a great town with a great fan base for our affiliate!

if it aint broke... nice to see management not diddle with something when its working. 

nothing trumps clint malarchuk. nothing

^^True. That one was sickening in a life and death kinda way.

Wonky schedule and baseball playoffs.

MLS and MLB 

Makes sense. Forgot about those. Especially the MLB. Would rather watch some of the baseball than these early games anyway.

Can't figure out how Mahomes can move so elegantly with those enormous balls of his.

MahomeBoy

The real Commander-in-Chief. 

@The 5th Line I'm pretty sure most of us would like to finish as low as possible, I just really dont get the people  are mad at a win.... Like there is no way we could try and lose harder with this team. Jokinen was our top line rw yesterday... i believed he was waived by Columbus and not picked up by anyone. I just dont see how we could tank any harder, apart from pulling our goalie when we're ahead or not shooting it when we have an open net, or just plain not even try

Finisihing last DOES guarantee a top 4 pick.

The best is when all the ones that think these wins mean anything come here and cry and complain when we lose the lottery and draft 9th. And get to select a player 3-4 years away from even being in the nhl. 

Then they can revisit these pointless victories. 

I don’t get mad when we win but I see more value and long term gains in losing at this point. 

Sure hope Judd Bracket can scout and draft some more gems for us. 

As for a losing environment do you mean like 3 of 4 years finish near last. But yeah we should worry about the last ten games of yet another loser season.lol.

we're the team that gets to pick 5th. We were never going to out tank Buffalo, they have that down to an art form now. 

I expected it in the Toronto Columbus game as well, to be honest, and was a little surprised when they didn't do one. I guess it happened a bit too close to game time for them to know enough details to warrant one.