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  1. Besides Toffoli, would would be ok with the contracts given out to Tanev and Markstrom (love those guys btw) or would we be complaining in 3/4 years when Petey, Hughes, Boeser are up for huge raises and we don't have cap space because we have a highly paid goaltender in his mid 30s and an injury prone dman?
  2. We just need the expiring contracts to expire. JB has done a good job since his first few seasons of signing veterans. He's been smarter with the cap. Losing Toffoli sucks but that was the result of his first few seasons blunders. Everyone was fine with him last year. Not much has changed but now we all want someone's head
  3. Maybe if he is exposed in the expansion draft, seattle will pass because they have no idea how he plays lol
  4. I've been breezing through these games now lol. Watched an entire game in 15 min skipping 30 seconds at a time after they go down by 2
  5. I think most ppl were happy with the Toffoli trade. They question was whether he would get re-signed. Canucks were on a playoff push and losing ground with Boeser out. The move was to make the playoffs (which they did). Ppl wanted him re-signed. Problem was, the cap problems from years past reared its ugly head. It goes both ways. We got Miller when Tampa was in a cap crunch we got Schmidt when Vegas was in a cap crunch. Mtl got Toffoli because we were in a cap crunch. It sucks that guys like baerstchi, Erikson, Sutter, Rousel, Beagle, Ferland, Luongo were the reason we couldn't sign him But to also call for bennings head now seems a little late. This wasted cap has been there for years and a lot of us saw this coming. For me though, his moves the past few seasons have been great. Most of these issues were from many years ago which was forgiven by his last 3-4 years
  6. Professional athletes aren't ok with not playing hard and getting blown out. They wouldn't have made it the NHL if they were ok with that. The issue is with the team being out of sync and being mixed up in their assignments. Most of the problem is between the ears. If they were losing by 1 or 2 goals, sure we can chalk it up to not having the horses while playing in a tough decision. What we've seen for the past 4 games isn't that
  7. I for one thought we had an improved d core. Now ppl are saying Markstrom bailed them out (which is probably true) but id like to see stats of high danger scoring chances faced which back this up. There is no way this team is bottom 3 in the league and not only that but losing in lopsided affairs with consistency
  8. Well looks like our win percentage is tied with team 29 lol I would consider that pretty much bottom of the league
  9. Agreed, as captain, it's Horvat’s time to step up. He is built like a bull. This means finishing his checks with hard hits and playing the right way and becoming more vocal about team accountability
  10. Have they even had a closed door meeting yet? I thought guys like Miller would grab the bull by the horns but it seems like the vets are checked out and the youth is in over their heads. I thought signing guys like Rousel, Beagle Sutter was there to insulate the young guys so they develop in a competitive environment? The lack of fight back further exposes the wasted cap space. I still think we have a bright future but the Calgary series, the 2 Mtl series and the Toronto series show that our bottom 6 vets aren't good enough to stabilize our young core
  11. Never seen a team throw in the towel like this for 4 consecutive games in blow outs. Even perennial loser teams don't do that. Aren't they already at the bottom of the standings?
  12. We are definitely under achieving. Team is not this bad. Last years playoff experience was to take another step forward not take 5 steps back. Team loiks disjointed. The Winnipeg game was the only one when they seem to be on the same page
  13. Oh man... In hind sight, thank God we have up our first rounder last year for the Miller trade. This year would have sucked lol
  14. I've liked debrusk's game from what I've seen. Why is he trade bait For a project like Jake?
  15. I just don't want any panic moves to salvage the season. I like our young core of Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson Hughes, Hoglander, Demko I like the secondary young guys like AG and JV Chatfield and Juolevi, Motte I like 25% of the vets. The turnaround will take time (some bad vet contracts to run out), our young guys to develop. I mean develop in terms of learning the 2 way game. Now's not the time to trade out the above pieces for a quick fix because that might make us competitive right now but less competitive in the long run
  16. LOL what do you mean? Finishing checks can be done by everyone. Petey was even doing it tonight. I would like to see Macewan and Jake in next game with a specific instruction. Finish every check There should be no reason that the opposing player can skate, play the puck and keep skating past a canuck who stands there flat footed but that's what I'm seeing every game. A lot of this is on our forwards for making it so easy for opposing team to break out with speed
  17. The good news is I watched the entire game just now in 10 min.... Lots of time for other things now
  18. How many years are we away from being a contender? Do we have the right pieces in our young core (as they are still developing) The vets that we do like (Miller, Schmidt Myers, Edler) will they still be high performing players when we are ready to go on a cup run? When are all the bad contracts coming off the books? What are we missing? Do we have time then to fill the holes rather than making a trade in desperation when it doesn't really matter?
  19. I think Green wants to call time out on the season but it's passing him by...
  20. What's his ice time in relation to the tire fire of a team we are seeing? I see the problem more with decision making of the team as a whole. I see turnovers from everybody but with Quinn, the problem is, he doesn't have the strength or size to battle the opposing forwards when the puck gets turned over. You're right in that this isn't a good look for a defensemen (someone who's bad at defending) but his role fits a puck possession team (which we should be) but we are making a ton of mistakes right now which exposes his weakness
  21. LOL playing that many games in such a short condensed time does matter regardless of whether its beginning of the season or not. Its not like grabbing a controller and playing NHL at home.
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