numb3r 16

watch us trade Pedan cause you know were allergic to size and toughness and re-sign the coaches pet Weber again. 

@SedinMadness hey teams didn't want markstrom when he was waived last year but i sure as hell want him, you can't say that for every player

@Trebreh If we're allergic to size and toughness, why did we draft Demko, Tryamkin, Virtanen, Pettit, Stewart, and trade for Pedan in the first place?

Doesn't Matter it's extremely embarrassing, if I was Montoya I would be pissed.

oh my lord maybe Michel Therrien wants to inflate NHL scoring this year lol

@one one two was just gonna mention that, you beat me to it

Too bad this wasn't the old Forum where the GM's sat right behind the benches

Some high-end talent is really what we need, 

^That too.

The Canucks will finish the year with less than 90 points and miss the playoffs unless they make drastic changes. It's still early.

But I make that statement with 90% confidence.

Usually you don't know what you have in a team really until after American Thanksgiving. Then you can start to make moves if the bad play and boring low scoring hockey and losses continue.

The Canucks are not a good team they don't deserve to be in the playoffs and won't get in because of their great play. There is nothing to get mad about this team is old and dead and doesn't have top end young talent ready to replace major roster holes right now.

You have to pay the price for trading away all those picks and making poor decisions on personnel and handing out no trades like candy to every veteran player but it was in the past because the Canucks were actually trying to do something in the playoffs instead of just settling for getting there.

That's a given.

@Vintage Canuck the irony...

And they will continue to FOR ALL TIME!  

I respectfully disagree, basketball is much more entertaining than soccer imo, idc about how high the point totals are because that's what makes it exciting. So many times your heart is beating in the last minute of the game hoping your team can make the comeback it makes it fun. In soccer I've seen countless times in extra time where the team in has to be an asshole and get hurt by doing some random $&!# and completely using up the extra 3-4 minutes. That's just one of the many reasons why I dislike watching it.

Don't get me wrong tho I absolutely love playing soccer.

No doubt soccer is an acquired taste. If you don't understand or appreciate the subtleties of the game then it's easy to look at it and just see a bunch of guys running around passing and diving.

A discerning eye looks at a game and see's it as a boxing match where two fighters are jabbing and punching but ultimately looking for weaknesses in the other team's defense.

One of the greatest sporting events I've ever seen was the last game of the 2013/2014 Premiere League season where Man City and Man United were tied and were playing across town from each other at the same time. Man United won their game and figured they had the Championship won as City was trailing in their game by TWO goals with just Extra Time remaining. City had to win their game to win the Championship and out of nowhere scored two goals in injury time to win. One of the greatest games ever and one of the greatest calls ever...Aguerooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Still give me goose bumps thinking about it.

@MJDDawg fair enough, the post was just my opinion.

HO-SANG IS BETTER THAN DROUIN AND YOU GUYS ARE STUPID BECAUSE OF YOUR PROPOSALS AND THE CANUCKS ARE THE WORST TEAM BECAUSE OF BENNING AND WHY DID WE PICK JUOLEVI AND NOT SOMEONE ACTUALLY GOOD AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF KEEPING KESLER AND WHY DID WE HIRE DESJARDINS AND HE MAKES US SUCK AND, AND, 

It`s early but the young fella from Surrey seems promising.

I'll take the bullet on this one.

Personally, I'd say I have 16 hours of battery life. If I get less than 8 hours of sleep I'm absolutely useless.

Stop running so many apps at once

Quit playing Pokemon Go and walking 8kms a day!!!

its ok, most things wash off 

@Mr.DirtyDangles That works, especially if he runs into the arms of a better (better for him) woman.

@Jimmy McGill I have a %100 perfect example of something that doesn't wash off, but I might get banned for posting it. It would be a fine wallpaper for the Mr. President thread though.

I am buying my Vegas tickets from their official website only, but then again I'm actually flying to Vegas for a game. Hope you have fun at the preseason, @numb3r 16! I'm jealous. I don't get to see the Canucks at preseason this year; no SJ games.

Haha sounds like a sweet trip, definitely on my bucket list to see a game in Vegas.

I heard that Edm guy is building an outdoor rink on The Great Wall!

A blast from the past; thrust from ol' Prust

Old books on the shelf, slowly gathering dust

No patience for tale

Nor bobblehead-fail

He blew outa' town, at the first windy-gust

Prust is an Idiot - this isn't Bettman's decision people its the OWNERS

1. Owners care about winning a cup and playoffs 

2. Players get fatigued whether we admit it or not (and risk injury) 2 months before the playoffs

3. The players going are also the very best players on their respective club teams so not only are you tiring them, you're tiring your stars

4. Insurance issues as well - no owner wants to see a crosby or ovie hurt for the season or worse playing games they are not paid for

Gary just delivers the news people - Prust is an idiot for suggesting such things but we already knew he was an idiot

Prust should stick to carrying around Maripier's purse.....

what happened now

They play the role of the village idiot.  Since we listen, who are the idiots?

You just noticed now?

Not even debatable as there is no argument against retiring said numbers.

It would seem kind of rude to retire their numbers while they are still using them.

The fact you're even questioning this is worrysome. 

if quantity doesn't matter why are you using >

Didn't understand this until I saw the status update below this one xD

100% of cats would agree with this.  I fear they may be biased though.

On the bright side. Rantanen was drafted 10th overall by Colorado, He has 15 points in 29 games, 6'4" and 211 lbs. As long as we're not drafting guys like Jason Herter. 

Did we take Lias Andersson? If we did, I am happy.

That's like the worst nightmare ever..

Ok, it's open. 

Cheers

Have a good one

the radio talk show 1040. hopefully he comes back a little more hungry. if not, he'll probably go down again..

He is going to evolve into Todd Bertuzzi when he comes back up.

Hopefully inspire him to play like he has coffee in his veins.

Be satisfied with 80 points, only McDavid, Crosby or Kaner is capable of 100 in this day and age. 

@numb3r 16

Duh, of coarse I'm the first one.

*Sniff* I love you bro 

or something like that

If it's straight up points, be really happy with 80 points.  He just isn't the point machine he used to be.

Bless his soul

Wow life can be so cruel sometimes.

dam onions

That's the only goal he'll score this season.

Sbisa also has one goal so I guess it was a fair trade

Ducks creeping back to 0.500

What attributes did you boost?

He probably boosted his shot and passing.

@Nex is my ex yep just like Miller said, shot power, accuracy, passing, speed and vision. He was an 84 overall as a 19 year old, now he's 23 and 91 overall.

PS. I set his potential to high elite

Omg I mean going* to the game

You already know they will be.

Last 3 preseason games are only for guys who have a legit shot to make the team along with established players.

1. Dahlin 2. Svechnikov 3. Veleno 4. Tkachuk 5. Merkley 

Just put in some of the bigger names. 

@ItsMillerTimeimagine if we picked 4th and passed on another Tkachuk... Oh what a day that'd be here on CDC

they have to go with best player available. a dahlin would be a player the team needs but with our luck, he'll be long gone before our pick. but our gm and scouts will watch them all, all year and get us a goody.

He's done that with a bunch of random fans actually. It's really cool of him!

@Mathew Barzal weird thing was that I wasn't following him at the time he followed me lol.

Dang haha, what kind of goodies you got on your insta?  ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@ItsMillerTime he doesn't expect to play for the leafs

Im pretending to be a leafs fan 

Tavares was an obscure, lame, 1970's NY disco band.

Let's bring back polyester bell-bottoms!

B-b-but than Benning will be doing ok. Who will be the next whipping boy?

^ Hischier  because he doesn't score 400 points in his rookie year. 

One thing is for sure. Theres actually a decent amount of strong centers in this years draft. Especially at the top end part. If we pick anywhere fro 1-10 or even lower (or is it higher?...) I think we will walk out with a strong center prospect. Right now I like Hischer, Patrick, Vilardi, Andersson, Rasmussen and more. I believe in Bennings drafting ability. We'll get a stud.