Tystick

It really does....because if we can take away some positives and learn new things. that's the half full glass.

Kids are super resilient and also will feed off adults.  If adults are moping around about "having to" do things, kids will pick up on that.  So you present it as an opportunity to try new things.  It's actually easy to get kids on board in the narrative is done correctly...wish adults were so adaptable.

Package Eriksson with Sutter to Ottawa along with a pick/prospect or two since they still need $10M or so to hit the cap floor, then use that freed up space on Pietrangelo. 

trade for Carlo and offer sheet Cernak.  Virtanen is Neely 2.0

Toronto inferiority Complex on full display. Its sad really. 

Yeah... that's all on Armstrong. TSN just can't pass up an opportunity to crap on Van city. 

Bunch of jealous bitches.

Toronto Sports Network at its finest. 

You know what I like that idea too, let's do it

Here's hoping, hopefully tomorrow is Christmas and not Halloween 

Yup here's hoping

If he wants more than 5 years I'll drive him to the airport.

If he signs great but i really think Demko should have his shot

It just sucks to lose Marky for nothing.

  hope oel trade happens in morning get it over with 

1) You have to give an attractive enough offer for that other player to sign (else all you do is end up making an enemy and can except an offer sheet from the Bolts in retaliation when might least expect it).

2)  We don't exactly have a ton of cap space either  (it's like going 'all in' a poker hand when you only have $100 left).

Something's gotta give for this cap space. They're gonna have to allow some emergency cap space for teams though. There's only a few teams that do have this cap space, but otherwise, this tight cap space will affect all the competitive teams.

Canucks don't have tons of cap room either. 

At least it wasn’t his eye as initially assumed. Those eye injuries can finish careers. 

ok so this is not serious ...................

man jb sure has learned to play hardball in contract negotiations

marky would not re-sign before the tdl

so now he will sit out for a while to soften him up a bit

hope he signs soon

Woke up saw the marky news ...freaked the F out then thought now is Demkos time to be a Legend : D

That said, might have to take it back since Carolina just traded for Skjei.

oh man, Dubas 

Looks like he's staying put, and I'm good with that.

Oh man yes please @King Heffy.

Let's face it,

who would not like to see a big nasty defenseman join this team.Tryamkin can be that guy but having another real honest to goodness crusher on the back end would do wonders for our CANUCKS.

This to me is our biggest weakness,a defense that rarely hits anyone.

They'd have to give US a pick + prospect to eat Simmonds contract.  We'd be better off just using Bae at this point in Simmnonds career.  He's 'done like dinner'.

Saw in the paper today, the Canucks players love this trade. Toffoli is a very good player, puts pressure on CGY and EDM. The players could care less about losing Madden and the 2nd. I tend to agree. Let's get into the playoffs and have some fun. If Benning can manage an upgrade on D, I really like our chances.

@Tystick

i tried hugging a teddy bear; it lost its stuffing.  

My dog is happy though.  He shared in the shredding of said stuffy.  Now I’m better. 

Severson..... 

@NUCKER67 Absolutely. Always lit us up.

I don't see why Toffoli wouldn't sign unless he's adamant on maximum dollar and term.

I just wished Brock was healthy as well so we could see the type of damage we can do at full strength.

@Trebreh that'll come in the playoffs. 

Stecher has struggled in just a 3rd pairing role this season at times.  Putting him in the top 4 might be wishful thinking at this point.  

Sign Tanev to a short-term deal if you can (again, assuming reasonable cap hit).  Pretty hard to replace his minutes.  We ain't that deep on the blueline.

Would he take a 2 year cap friendly deal?

trade him and stecher for pics call up oli and rafferty   we wont miss a beat. 

Bertuzzi had 25 goals and 50 points at age 24.  So Jake is on pace to match his production at age 23.

A few of us at preseason had him pegged for his first 20 goal season and possibly eclipsing 50 points. We weren't sure if Green would give him the minutes to do so.

Green has done a nice job in growing his game.

green will find the best combo’s eventually. they watch how each one plays or practises with each other. we just have opinions. 

they already tried Miller,Pettersson and Virtanen and it didn't work  out, Jake scored his goals on the 3rd line

I want:

Miller-Petey-Brock

Jake-Bo-AG

Rous-Sutter-Motte

Schaller-Beagle-Loui/ZackM

He’s terrible. Soft, slow, disinterested.  

@Alflives blame Dallas

It's either him or Goldobin not both.

Russian quota limits and all.

...Lets start with Playoff window

I'm not saying it starts next season, just saying we're close.

The rehab is over, time to play with the big boys!

Boston fans say... two years ago Gardiner was the best Bruin on the ice that night in game seven with a minus five!

Was also a standout for them this season.  Just an absolutely brutal hockey player.  I feel sorry for the poor team that gets stuck with that pylon.

Hopefully Jake Virtanen is watching this lol. Its your time to shine kid!

I just have a hard time with a 25 tear old rookie, like Binnington.

But with Mr. Cherry telling everyone he(Binnington) should win the rookie of the year,who knows.

I would love to see Petey win it,that's my idea of rookie of the year.

Cherry had problems counting to five (two many men on the ice penalty that cost them a Cup).

Okay, I didn't know the votes were already in.

Thanks everyone 

@Roberts it's just my prediction based on what I see. His skating is NHL ready and almost dominant from my view. He'll be able to step in and move the puck seamlessly. We'll see what happens. Should be joining the team before playoffs.

I supposed he can't be any worse than Pouliot, so no matter what he should be a great addition

@Roberts Haha yeah he's been underwhelming. I still think he can put it together though.

He has his moments once in a while lol.

I was at the Sunday game, and his shot from the top of the circle seemed to be in the net before the goalie knew Pettersson had shot it too! =)

RFA's: Baertschi, Virtanen, Granlund, Pouliot, Stecher.

UFA's: Dowd and Archibald.

If we sign a big name UFA like Tavares, that depletes our cap space significantly.

We have $22 million to work with.

I think we can make it work, but if someone offer sheets Baertschi $4-5 million a year, I don't think it's worth it when we can replace his production in free agency or from an upcoming prospect like Pettersson.

It would actually be a great scenario IMO.

no ones offer sheeting baer  its rarely done now i could see some one offer sheeting boeser  if we dont extend him to a massive contract  the guys gold 

You never know 

But yeah, typically only happens to the superstars.

@coastal.view it's impossible to say who they would be targeting specifically. However, EVERY team, regardless of where they are drafting with the picks they have, scout and rank the players 1-31 in every round so that in the event that an opportunity arises where they might be able to pick a player they covet they normally wouldn't be.. .they have a basis for negotiating.

Are you saying that Benning et al haven't done their homework on the T5 and if an opportunity presented itself wouldn't be ready to make a deal to get a specific player? Same premise applies. Stop taking the pessimist narrative on damn near every proposal as if it somehow makes you appear more conscientious; it actually makes you appear contemptuous, arrogant and frankly annoying.

reality sucks for you i guess?

makes you unhappy? annoys you?

makes you think i'm a pessimist? rather then a realist?

and thanks for all those other attributes

i'm sure you can come up with even more

if that makes you happy

so tell me 

how many of these great proposals are realized ?

well under 1% in my experience

but you prefer fantasy land

so have fun

@coastal.view proof is in the pudding I suppose, thanks for proving my point. The point of posting proposals is not to be as factually correct with the reality of the deals that actually get done in the NHL, it's to suggest in a fan's opinion what might seem like a plausible scenario, and to foster constructive discussion.

So, taking that context into account, apply your behavior and overall perspective as it applies to this scenario, wouldn't it be better to provide some actual discussion about who you think at 7 the Islanders might be interested in (personally I haven't the foggiest idea, but I do know that NHL GMs do their homework and are always prepared to make deals if it makes sense), instead of going Debbie Downer on a proposal in order to feed your egotistical, self absorbed need to "be right"? At least that's the assumption I have when reading your responses to not just proposals but just about anything.

You are incredibly disagreeable, combative and seemingly incapable of fostering constructive discussion. Just an observation, take it for what it's worth (which being on the internet, isn't much if anything at all. Hard to say how people perceive the things I write about them).

other than Dobson going to Edmonton, they need to trade him for another F..... 

Okay bud, relax, I was just wondering where his reaction was.

Why not wonder where Hansen’s reaction was? Or  any other teammate? Seems like you were hoping there wasn’t one from Kesler

There's more controversy around Kesler so that's why I was wondering since I hadn't seen anything from him and I thought he wasn't going to say anything. 

Remind me to never speak my mind on these forums lol.