Pears

@Coconuts

Id make the suggested trade for Stone.  I know he’s a coming UFA, but I think him playing with Petey would convince him to sign long term with us.  Stone is a friggin’ hockey player.  And yes; I’ve been into the whisky.  

Stone would be intriguing but I figure he'll also make UFA tbh. Someone could trade for him and blow his socks off financially but I doubt it. These guys know if they hit July 1st there will be a bidding war for their services. I'd love to have him though.

Problem is he's the type of a player a contender goes after to push em over the top, we're in a dogfight just to make the playoffs. Only way I'd consider a trade is if there was a concrete extension involved.

I don't wanna lose assets for nothing and potentially miss out on someone great.

Very much agree. I doubt Benning makes any trades unless its a player for player trade with term. Cant see Benning trading any picks with the way he keeps talking about the upcoming draft in Vancouver. I do think a Sutter trade right now makes a lot of sense. Maybe a team like Pittsburg hows looking to solidify their middle comes knocking.

Ferland is everything we need in a LW but I bet teams are lined up for him.

I hope he makes it to UFA if we don't manage to get him for scraps and a pick or two..

^ Yeah but not every team has a Pettersson which could make this team appealing to some players/ufas. Count me in on the Ferland sweepstakes. 

Most players are attracted to $$$ especially for those like Ferland (might best time for him to sign a big money deal - it’s not like he’s made Eriksson money in his career so far).  Unlike Hamhuis who signed here at a discount because he has ties here, Ferland will go to the highest bidder (my opinion).

edit:  another thing, while I agree Ferland is having a solid season...but since when is he a bona fide top 6 forward?  Bae has put up more points than him in his career in fewer games (heh, because he's hurt alot, he's been out alot but still...).  His career year of 41 points (last season) I *think* he was on Monahan's line for a good chunk of that.  If Goldy played with EP all season long, he'll likely hit that point level (he's on a 40+ point pace this season as it is).

I'm thinkin Dr Drai to Habbies for Drouin, Kotkaweirdo & a 2nd, eh?

no. Leave him there, anywhere else and he could potentially hurt us. 

Maybe Chia flips him for a Karlsson rental?

LOL he's a ufa people he's not getting Virtanen and Gaudette and a first LMAO!! Man....ya they can ask for that but for a dude who might not even be resigned bc he's a ufa, they ain't getting that.

If traded, he's going as a rental, so he'll get the late first from a high seeded playoff team plus a B to B+ prospect and if he re-signs with the team who traded for him, probably a conditional second.

Anyone thinking Ottawa is getting a haul for a guy who a team has no years of control over past July 1 for the acquiror, is not thinking clearly.

Guys like Stone if they become available for trade will cost a ton, whether you like it or not. 

Rather sign Brock Nelson. Then we have two players that Brock Hard. 

I think they do need another high pick. They show a ton of heart and can find ways to win games, but I don't think that that is enough to get them to where they want to be. This team still has holes on the back-end especially that get exposed against better teams. Another top-4 dman on the right side and a guy to play on Petey's LW is what they need... but I won't cheer for them to lose just so they get those things. 

I think this team has the tools to start winning very soon and doesn't need another top pick. While the team may not yet be good enough, if Juolevi and Hughes can join the team and make an impact, our team is instantly much better. I'd rather barely missed the playoffs and pick 15th than go on a bad losing skid and pick 7th. Our boys need to feel some hope. Too much losing does bad things to a team.

I'm just hoping Benning finds the next PK Subban, or Shea Weber in the 2nd round. 

But if a team is willing to give up a 1st round pick for him... Just promise him a job in the future...

If he truly cares about this city and this team, he would waive if it meant improving the team's future. Could he be part of this team's future? Maybe. He could Nicklas Lidstrom it.

Just so Edler knows, I have tremendous respect for Burrows and Hansen. No judgement either way, he earned his spot here.

I'm definitely on the fence with this one. We've been proposing trading him for years, but now he's actually playing well consistently and is statistically our best D in Canucks history.

If the canucks arent in the position to push for the playoffs then trade him.

If someone loves it here, is playing some of the best hockey of his career here, and is willing to take a discount  on an extension to provide a needed vet presence on a young D group going forward, you don't even ask him to waive.

@Phil_314No kids.  I decided in my mid-20's never to marry or have children.  I may end up breaking the marriage thing once I reach my mid-50's and the dating life slows down, but I'll never have children.

I'm in my 40's now so I have plenty of philandering left to do.

@SabreFan1 I could ask him since he’s making it sound so easy why doesn’t have a girlfriend himself. 

@Pears That should shut him up. 

Makes me feel old, Pears..Your B-day is exact same as my son's(5-30-96), albeit in Japan, so I guess he's a day your senior! :^)

Btw, JM has been superb(nice stats)

He had a .920 SV% over his last 20 starts of last season iirc so he has been solid over not insignificant stretch before.  Hopefully he can keep it up.

Ian Clark is a goaltending wizard and the Canucks must do everything in there power to keep him in the organization for as long as possible.

That said, I'm very happy with how Markstrom has been playing and I cannot wait to see how Ian Clark works with Thatcher Demko. If anybody is going to get Demko to the upper echelon's of NHL goaltending, it'll be Ian.

hey man i hope you have a good time

Pretty crazy. Although I don't understand how Karlsson get's a hearing for his hit whereas the no name that hits stetcher doesn't even get a fine for a hit that I thought was worse.

What are guys like Tom Hyka and Danick Martel even doing in the NHL in the first place? Pretty obvious what their intents were. 

Should have been done years ago.  Sutherland alone should be facing criminal charges for his corruption.

Agreed..& it's always been so.

#riggeddeckleague

Its only going to get worse as the season carries on. FML

At what point does it become tampering when a company that owns over a third of the Leafs  (Rogers/Sportsnet and Bell/TSN each own 37.5% of the Leafs) uses its media to make sales pitches to players that are under contract.

The Leafs are using the TOR media to make sales pitches for them. Our media just puts down the Canucks.

do you know any site that track primary points? I'm curious how this stat looks vs the rest of the league. 

I mean really why not? Play him beside Horvat or Pettersson and see what he can do.

Not like its going to hurt us to claim a big young man that can yell Russian beside goldy and confuse opponents 

sure. can't have too many tweeners to experiment with

Sooner or later a tweener steps up and earns a spot. One could argue goldy is doing just that this year.

Hopefully. 

DREAM ON.

Who’s us? 

I could see the ?Canucks winning if Demko is here.  We won’t win nothing with our current goalies.  They are yucky 

Our original closer bailed on us a half hour before his shift which screwed me over, then the kitchen had to send one of their guys in to help me which in turn screwed them over and one of my friends was having a really bad night so I had to spend an extra 5 minutes on my break trying to calm her down. Overall just brutal. 

keep on passing, the open window.

I don't miss the "industry" at all. Food and bev is such a grind

Didn't feel anything here in Langley.

Hopefully they’re just minor and have no major impact. The “big one” has been looming for sometime.

Isn't the more little quakes that go on, the chance of the "big one" is less? 

it's a great time to be alive

BC bud is just. that. good.