Pears

Nah, they've actually made some pretty good improvements worth buying this year.

I hope the hitting mechanics aren't as brutal as 12.

The hitting was sooooooooo bad, and yet funny sometimes too. I don't see how when you go to hit a player, the player either drops to his knees, loses balance and drops onto all fours, or fall forward like he got hit from behind. Also what I don't get is how you can hip check a guy and he goes up into the air like your back is a springboard.

@Pears You're correct, but it can be surprisingly hard to catch a team when they're playing decently. Although we're only a few points behind, we need to play better than teams that are already pretty decent teams, so we need to play quite well to catch stronger teams. It would be easy to make up 5 points against teams like Arizona or Montreal, but teams like Edmonton, Anaheim, LA, and Dallas don't lose nearly as often, making it surprisingly difficult to pass them all.

I find that it becomes pretty clear what kind of level we need to play at when you do the actual calculations of what it takes. Currently, we need to play at about a .650 level for the remainder of the year to catch up to the bottom of the playoff line. It would become a lot easier if we went on a 5-game winning streak right now though.

With out how many teams involved and multiple with games in hand it is going to take some serious luck to squeak in. Could happen but I sure wouldn't wager on it. 

Odd are we're sellers at the deadline. 

I think it's worth noting that having games-in-hand is not necessarily a good thing with the compressed schedules caused by all the postponements.  Having played more games earlier in the season might actually work in the Canucks favour in this particular situation.  Some of the teams who haven't played as many games are going to be playing more than an average of one game every two days

This clown needs to be gone ASAP!!!

@goog16

Just because I'm not a huge Trudeau fan doesn't mean I'm going to vote for a racist piece of garbage who supports barbaric social policies.  Cons need to lose the social conservative garbage if they want to be considered electable by me.  As of now, the only non Trudeau option is the NDP.

Really selfish reason:  "I want him on LITR (re: Canucks cap situation)"

How one should feel:  "Hope he's healthy"

if he is healthy then it does solve a top 6 issue for us, I do like the idea of Pearson-Bo-Ferkie as a 2nd line, and if Hoglander makes the team Bo-Ferkie is a pretty good line to begin your career on. 

Ferland would actually put us over the cap if he were healthy.  We would need to trade Baertschi or Sutter to fit Virtanen and Gaudette under the cap.  Probably be easiest to try and trade Sutter at 50% retained.  

It's the pitch for families.  They initially won't be allowed inside the bubble until a later stage of the competition.  Edmonton has made arrangements for them to tour around until they can join the bubble.

The best part of Edmonton is the departures area at YEG.  It's an awful airport, but at least if you're there, you're getting out of that hellhole of a city.  Good luck getting the NHLPA to agree to bringing their families to that dump.  The less they show the city, the better their chances though.

I get the nuance behind the video, but there's something hilarious about basically sending the message 'Come to Edmonton! We'll actually help you spend less time in Edmonton while you're here!'

Did it at work 5 years ago still hasnt healed properly

i was told that if they aren’t treated at the time, it can lead to arthritis in later years. 

Pain in the ass!

Expectations.....fair or not, when you’re a 6th overall pick vs 26th overall pick.  

Except Hockey players don't follow a linear path. 

Some take longer to develop than others. Every player is different. 

@Ghostsof1915  As well as positions they play.  Not hard set rules but it logically often takes a center, D, or goalie longer to develop than a winger (who doesn’t have nearly the same responsibilities as those other positions).  But as you said, there are no set time periods.

You playing Leisure Suit Larry again, @NewbieCanuckFan?

In some ways, it probably depends on what kind of computer you use.  I switched to Mac in the 00s and back then, it was infinitely better than Windows.  OSX Leopard was a fraction of the size of WinXP, more stable and genuine "plug and play" as opposed to "plug and pray"; Mac processors at the time (Motorola G4/G5 series) were also way ahead of Intel back then.  I still have a functioning 2004 Mac G5 tower that I use as a backup server and "jukebox" for my stereo (sure, I could use my laptop to do the same thing, but I like giving the old computer something to do).

I still use Macs, but I'm not nearly as enamoured of it as I used to be.  Today's OSX has become just as bad as "bloatware" as Windows is.  So for me, I kinda look back on the 00s as a "golden age"; at least as far as Mac users are concerned.

We've got the best technology available ever (as far as we know?), but I'd kinda like to be in an era where my movements can't be tracked just about anywhere I go.

This surprises no one.  Ottawa won't have a team in 2 years if their owner doesn't sell it to someone willing to at least attempt to ice an NHL team.

Nick Alberga‏Verified account @thegoldenmuzzy

Seems like something the hockey world has "known" for quite some time now.

@RetroCanuck I second this. See how he performs without Pettersson first in the AHL/NHL.

landing Dahlen, Goldobin and the pick that became Jack Rathbone was some nice GM-ing at the TDL. It should help to revise any doubts about previous TDL ability by Jim. Sure its all prospects but some will pan out and we really had very little before. 

@S'all Good Man The 95th pick was our own pick, we got the 112th from San Jose. I still wish we had taken Popugaev at 95 tough. 

i don't care at all about getting a return, I'd let them go for free if they really had another shot at a cup. 

It's selfish for the Canucks and fans if they don't even explore giving the Sedins a chance to win a cup with another team. They can always sign back for one year here to finish their career.

if the sedins wanted to go, the canucks would try to move them but would have to eat a lot of their salary. again, they want to retire canucks. 

all of them

Facebook, since it's full of smug Canucks haters who bash the team even though they don't even follow hockey.

Facebook. It's full of people who pretend like they know the Canucks and know hockey better than they do.

I don't know if any of you have seen Anderson, but he's bordering on Maury/Jerry.

Honey Boo Boo's family is a 3 hour drive from where I live. :\

Dracon, you need to go meet them. It's your destiny.

we had great top 10 options this year, and they're even better next year. I'll start narrowing it down next spring. 

Dahlin would be my pick today but based on what happened this past year where Liljegren slipped really bad due to mono, anything can happen. He has franchise player written all over him along with a couple others like Veleno, Svechnikov, Tkachuk and many more. Quite the luxury!

Don't worry, I'm sure the Canucks won't get a sniff at either of them once the lottery happens. So we won't have to stress about which one to pick!

So who do you think will be worse than the Canucks? Knights? Red Wings? Avs?

No way the Canucks are any better. They haven't made any significant improvements anywhere. If anything the Goaltending and Defense got worse. It's going to be a bottom 5 finish again for sure.

The best-laid tanks can get untracked?

No one is bringing up the potential of moving up? #7 in a package for top 3?

JB “build through the draft” .......

we haven’t had an extra pick since Jim’s ”rebuild” began.  

Judd Bracket has turned the drafting around give him the opportunity to pick more gems like boeser. 

Tanev is the most value trade chip and he should be turned into future help instead of a diminishing asset.

@RRypien37 #7 is in play. to get more picks. period. that'd be sweet.

He's only 18. He is easily smart enough, but I'd be fine with him playing at least 1 year in Utica before coming up. No rushing required.

It's crazy how far the defense has come from March to now.  The Canucks have gone from kinda embarrassing to very promising on the back end.

A smooth, talented back end is eye-catching.

I'd die laughing if that happened.

It's not like it would be unexpected. CP seems to be content with the one win.

I started a thread to fantasize about this! :^)

@King Heffy  Yeah, they have not played in the Playoffs since 1979.  I was born in the 1980's, so yeah.  You know, the Toronto Maple Leafs were the first NHL team I ever knew of.  I was 5.  I knew no different.  

Montreal and Toronto meeting in the playoffs hasn't happened in many people's lifetime is because the Leafs never make the playoffs and when they do...it's one and out.

@112 I wasn't going to reply to you originally, but than I saw you mentioning the same thing on another user's wall, so hey.... it's not going to happen... Just let it go, and remember, we got Petey at #5

I think we're pretty decent with our C depth, and now with Pearson looking back in form, maybe Leivo, Jake progressing, etc. we've got lots of middle 6 Fs to go around. Petey needs a LW, thats really the only hole.

Assuming of course we have a d group that can actually help move the puck next year so the Fs can actually spend more time on actual offence. I wonder if a guy like Dzingle or Panik is a fit there? Panarin at 10 mil per worries me.

More than anything we need d upgrades imo.

Dzingel would be a good fit. Panarin is a legit 1st line LW so I’d be ok with paying him what he wants. I’d love Karlsson but I really don’t like how often he’s been injured lately. 

Probably Juice. If Kassian isn't playing.

The more likely scenario is that no one will do anything. Which will disappoint me. They should have to answer for their bullsh!t comments.

**Henrik goes after Seguin**

Price is done the entire playoffs.

Entire playoffs doesn't mean out for the rest of the East Final...

I read that even if MTL wins this round they wont have Price available to them.

Georgia to Granville, and I’ve already got a secured spot for my scooter! 

Enjoy it boys and girls. The ride might not last but it’s a good feeling for now.

wat.

Kodos he basically defended Thornton for assaulting Orpik...

Not really surprising, PJ Stock is a complete and utter tool

No one cares.

Don't waste your time by posting needless hate comments

I was kidding.

I love you, man. I love you.