Aladeen Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 They came first in the NHL and were bounced in the first round, so they drop to 26th, 27th/28th is for conference finalists and 29th for the SCF loser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Upside= saving 5Gz on tickets and bar tabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Yes it's an upside, but it definitely does not make it acceptable to be eliminated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsayin Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 There are actually two major upsides to the early elimination. The first being the time off that the players get. Let's hope they use it wisely. The second being all the time I won't have to spend in front of a tv or at a bar this spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rypper-37 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Finishing as a runner up to the Cup and getting knocked out in the 1st round is the same thang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Whisht Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I hope the longer summer will give everyone time to rest and recuperate. I think Manny will certainly continue to improve, to a certain point, with his eye. I recall early in the year, everyone bitching about how badly he was performing, blah, blah, blah. Geez, give the guy a break - we should be thrilled that he could even ever play again. I heard many times in this playoff, the announcers commenting on how great he was in the face-offs, so that's a huge improvement from early on - unless the early complaining was just this board having nothing else to whine about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I think that the upside in this case is that we get to pick ahead of the other teams that moved on in the NHL playoffs.... Since we finished first overall, we pick last out of the teams knocked out in the first round of the playoffs.... 8 teams left = We pick 22nd overall in the NHL draft That's an upside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradin123 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I think that the upside in this case is that we get to pick ahead of the other teams that moved on in the NHL playoffs.... Since we finished first overall, we pick last out of the teams knocked out in the first round of the playoffs.... 8 teams left = We pick 22nd overall in the NHL draft That's an upside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayStation Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 82 more games to get hurt in next season before you reach that point again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canux4ever Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Malhotra is injured? I'm pretty sure they have already done everything they can with his eye? That's just the way it's gonna be for him from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Doesn't Kesler already need another surgery? If anything this will just be another summer where he'll sit out rehabbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bieksasangryface Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 No. The upside is now I dont spend 200 bucks a week for the next 2 months sucking pints. Wait, thats a downside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead53 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Finishing as a runner up to the Cup and getting knocked out in the 1st round is the same thang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanKeslord17 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I don't believe in this rest bullsh!t. These guys are proffesional athletes, they do not need so much rest. Kesler, yes, the hip surgery, but he had a whole 82 game season to get up to par. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronic.Canuck Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Using your analogy, Kesler was the one with the strained wrist and Linden was the one with the broken leg. Linden played the last 4 games of the Stanley Cup with cracked ribs and torn rib cartilage. http://www.nhl.com/i...s.htm?id=397641 Kesler played with a shoulder injury that wasn't bad enough to even be given a maintenance day down the stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes_4_Pres Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I definitely agree for three reasons: The rest is huge for guys like Ryan Kesler, Daniel Sedin, and Kevin Bieksa. All three of them were laboring at different points within the season and they clearly couldn't play to their full potential due to injury.The off-season will also bring more time for guys such as Kassian, Gragnani, and Booth to get more well-acquainted and used to the Canucks system (though yes, I know Booth should fully understand everything by now, I'm still not giving up on him).The summer means we'll likely have a big trade of some sort on the way. This is very exciting and it could very well be the move that puts us over the top. Just my opinion, but I think that as far as our 2012-2013 run for the cup goes, this early exit is a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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