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The thing is, without CDC, I have very little reason to look at the official Canucks website. Once they realize that their traffic is way down, they'll probably keep CDC. That's what my crystal ball says. They make a certain amount of money from website traffic I'm sure. Why throw a revenue stream away unnecessarily? However small it may be. Advertisers won't want to pay as much if traffic falls off significantly. CDC is essentially volunteer fan operated and costs them very little to run. My 2 cents

I think that there are a number of players who are filling spots for the time being, particularly in the top 6 D. Overall, PDG, Joshua, whoever the 6D is on any given day for example. Tocchet is smart enough to know this.

The CDC site looks like it has been shut down. I had given up on it until I was corrected on the unofficial site.

One last upvote for Vintage

To all those delusional folks who thought that ownership was reading CDC and taking their comments to heart: I thought it was all BS but I guess you are having the last laugh because you were right and the fools are pulling the plug. I've been on CDC for about 12 years and it has been a wonderful source of the latest information and often accurate criticism of the team If they think that we can be muzzled, well, they're dumber than they look. I will be looking forward to talking to you all on another venue and under another alias. Cheers everybody

It was blind speculation and Miller got pinned with being that guy. Turned out it wasn't true at all. Was it Horvat? No proof at all. Making comments like that to explain the teams underperformance with absolutely no knowledge is a tad irresponsible don't you think?

Didn't I hear that Cheech will be doing Wednesday night games?

The guy who started the locker room cancer rumour?

For his own sake, I just hope OJ shows up fit.

Buntcake?

You're selling Horvat short but at the end of the day, I agree the return for him was quite good.

Ya, I agree, they certainly have options this year. They're bigger on the back end too. Soucy, Cole and Irwin are all over 6' and north of 200 lbs. And can play either side. But Cole (34) and Irwin (35) are here for the short term on year by year contracts I think they re-sign Bear too. They just aren't counting on him. I take a healthy Bear over Juulsen so it's up to him to make an impression until that happens. Also, Brisebois showed that he is a capable call up but at 6'2" and 175 he's a bit of a string bean and won't be getting physical with anyone. I don't think that he fits the Canucks profile (physical)(many don't) Wolanin I think is capable of being a #6 Hirose was a nice surprise but he's undersized at 6'0" 170 imo and may become a call up level player but we'll see if he is a good enough skater to make the bigs. I suspect that Myers stays, as I said earlier, but if they do get an offer, they have the pieces to get along without him. But I think that Allvin still has his eye out for a longer term replacement on the right side.

Depends on when Bear is ready right? But seriously, Myers is here still because of the reason you suggest, they just don't have anybody better. It's a question of availability and cap hit. Allvin said himself that Myers was going to play. Allvin also said that they like Juulson so likely they have Hronek, Myers and Juulson on the right barring some very fortunate circumstance. Bear looked like a good fit but of course, they have to play the odds and based on his injury and likely rehab, they can't count on Baer even though they like him. Hard call but you have to like Allvin's pragmatism. On the left, the have Hughes, Soucy and Cole which will be just fine. Over all, the D is much better than last year This is a short term solution and the D will be much better. They're going step-wise and that is ok by me. Next year will be another step.

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First pick is Hughes for Norris Second is Pettersson for Selke Both long shots but if I have to name names

Ya but 39 points in 5 seasons and -22. I think it's comical how people lament this "opportunity" To quote Gordon Gecko, he's a dog with fleas.

For starters, I can't even pronounce Lyubushkin. Secondly, I think he's overpaid as well. I don't think that he'd move the needle and at 29, he's not exactly young. The Canucks would be better off with $6 full million off the cap so why not be patient? Regardless of individual opinions, I think that they stand pat with everybody's favorite giraffe. I'd prefer if they were able to re-sign Bear tbh

Are people still thinking that they're going to move Myers? Allvin said he wasn't. If the offer was right though.... but Myers is the answer to no ones dreams. The best way to get out from under the most cap with Myers is to just let his contract expire and he can go to free agency in a year. There is no way in this trade climate that they will be able to move him without taking back cap.

The grim reality of the Benning era is that very little was actually accomplished. Back in 2014 we all knew that a rebuild was necessary but it never came. And when the Rutherford / Allvin regime took over, there were serious problems with the way the team was structured even though, inexplicably, there existed 3 very good building block pieces in Pettersson, Hughes and Demko. I would discount the 8 years under Benning except for these 3 players but it is frustrating that besides them, the team cap structure and prospect pool was still holding them back. Now, enter Rutherford and Allvin and they need a number of seasons to clean up the mess. I see, stepwise, cap issues and depth improving and this is all that any reasonable fan can hope for. As long as there is movement in the right direction, and we are seeing it, I cannot complain. If the Canucks make the playoffs next year, that would be wonderful but if it takes longer so be it. There will be no pressure from this fan for the Canucks to make the playoffs this season. There is still work to be done.

It's possible that some players knew. But nobody was talking after the fact. Was what happened at the the player level normal hazing? Because hazing has been part of the hockey culture. Or was there more to it? It's all pretty murky at this point. Anyhow, I think he's done too. He had a helluva career. Not the only jerk to ever lace em up.

Do you think that's why there are no offers? Or is he just getting old? I read a lot of the Beach report when it came out and other than being a bit of a jerk, Toews and Beach had almost nothing to do with each other. Beach was a career minor leaguer and played zero games for the Hawks. He finished his career in Europe after essentially 5 seasons with the Icehogs. edit: Not condoning what happened to Beach. What happened is despicable and those involved should be punished. However these things aren't talked about by those involved and the Beach report concluded that only a handful of the top brass knew anything about it.

You mean we coulda had Ekman-Larson bumped off and saved all of that grief?

What I mean to say is that they're going to have to work on this. Top of mind for this offseason had to be improving the D and bringing in a 3C all of which could also help the PK. I think that to one degree or another Allvin has been successful. It remains to be seen how successful though. The job is clearly not finished. Cap efficiencies need to be found, bottom 6 improvements made and organizational and prospect depth improved. Who knows, we may see prospects moving up to the big club. Wouldn't that be something?

You're right Garland (4.95) and Beauvillier (4.15) in the bottom 6 are inefficient use of cap and this needs to be corrected. I think that Hogs and Podz eventually replace them and they need to be careful how much salary they pay those 2 if they're going to be top 6 / bottom 6 tweeners. The most I can see paying a 3rd line winger is what Pearson is getting (3.25) but only if that player is a jack of all trades type (PK, up and down the line up); like Higgins and Honey Badger used to be.

Until giant holes in the line up get filled, this is what's going to happen. I have no problem with the moves that Allvin has made. After the Horvat trade, free cap was used to sign a top 4 RHD, Hronek. Giant hole filled. After OEL buyout, no major single piece added but size, grit and depth added to D, Soucy and Cole. Also a defensive 3C, Bleuger, who is good on the PK and can win face offs. When they get cap space, it's going to be used. Would you rather they didn't deal with the D and the PK? Are these permanent solutions? We'll see. But they won't need permanent free cap space of $7M or so until they're cup contenders and want to add at the deadline. In the meantime, they need to be able to improve the team and still be able to navigate contract renewals. EP and Hronek are coming up for renewal. The cap is going up and if they need more space, Myers and Beauvillier are expiring and expendable.