Popular Post Coconuts Posted July 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2021 29 minutes ago, Jack Fig said: Overall, I like that Jim seems to be cleaning up a lot of stuff. Value-less contracts gone, Problem-Jake out, moving on from Edler. This camp should have a feel of newness to it with the core intact but plenty of new bodies coming in, too. Jim has gotten in touch with his ruthless side. It was necessary. It's been an impressive week, no doubt about it. He's made some firm, bold, choices and this upcoming season looks to be a fascinating one because if it. And the offseason has only begun. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JM_ Posted July 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2021 I'm just glad this part is over. If he becomes a better person and player from this thats great. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Last year was so miserable it is good to clear out a lot of the problems from the dressing room. Gaudette, Jake, Louie all gone. Hopefully Sutter as well. Beagle was a consummate pro but just didn’t give good enough return for his contract. Rous was not the same after knee injury. That is a lot of parts out that would have been the veteran voices especially if Edler is truly gone. This amplifies Bo, Quinn’s and hopefully Elias’ voices and really it shows them this is your team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, RakuRaku said: And because we had drafted Jake, we said no thanks to Matt Tkachuk and opted for Juolevi instead... And the rest is history!! What a sad turn of events.... Nonetheless I still have faith in Juolevi... He just gotta work on his slapshots from the point and prove that he can bring his junior dominance to NHL! I'm not sour about not drafting Tkachuk, I'm sour about not drafting Sergachev in that draft. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetterssonOrPeterson Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 He's got the speed, the shot and the frame. None of that matters if you have an absolute bum hockey iq which is what Jake has. This is why for these past years he's only shown flashes and moments of how good he "could" be. Always a tease. It's been worse than going to no.5 Orange on a Friday night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 25 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: I doubt that Jim was looking at Pasta or Tuch, so I'm guessing he wanted Ehlers? Ritchie? I'm thinking Ehlers. Benning doesn't seem to like drafting Canadians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Kind of puts a nail in the coffin of just how bad JB’s first couple years as a GM were. Bad trades, bad drafts, bad contracts everywhere. Started in a very tough situation but did himself no favours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildwood12 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 (edited) I’ll bet their are other things that Jake did that we are not aware of. That caused JB, to finally buy him out. Kassian had to hit rock bottom. Maybe this is Jakes rock bottom moment to turn his life around. Edited July 25, 2021 by wildwood12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 minute ago, DrJockitch said: Kind of puts a nail in the coffin of just how bad JB’s first couple years as a GM were. Bad trades, bad drafts, bad contracts everywhere. Started in a very tough situation but did himself no favours. So far he has only been decent in drafts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSVII Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Good Riddance Jake. Maybe he can mature and turn it around with a new club like Kass, but I'm not holding my breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DeNiro Posted July 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2021 14.5 mil in cap removed from the roster in 3 days. Nk one can accuse him of not being aggressive… 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucksownyou Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Fred65 said: Yet again unless you missed this (28) Canucks draft meeting: Jake Virtanen - All Access - YouTube Funny how you annoying Benning haters trash him for drafting a bust, but when he drafts great players, everyone else but Benning gets credit. Get out of here with your garbage! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetterssonOrPeterson Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 hour ago, smokes said: I feel like drafting hometown kids don't work well. He had no chance to mature and be his own man. Sometimes having family and childhood friends around when you are a young millionaire gets you distracted from the goal. I've never quite understood the hometown kid thing too. Sure the player happened to be born in the city that the team is located in but that doesn't necessarily mean they will thrive. That being said, I think it also depends on the maturity level of the player. Jake seemed to value partying over developing his game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Optimist Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Sad to see him implode his own career, but happy to recoup the cap hit! Go GO Gadget Canucks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 minute ago, PetterssonOrPeterson said: I've never quite understood the hometown kid thing too. Sure the player happened to be born in the city that the team is located in but that doesn't necessarily mean they will thrive. That being said, I think it also depends on the maturity level of the player. Jake seemed to value partying over developing his game. And eating, don't forget his eating. Loved showing up to training camp overweight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballisticsports. Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 26 minutes ago, oldnews said: Virtanen's emotional intelligence wasn't ready for the next step to becoming a professional. His physical frame, his hockey 'intelligence' was adequate (imo - I'm not going to debate this with people that believe otherwise) - but like many (of us as) young men, growing a/the brain, particularly in the social adjustment/maturity sense, doesn't necessarily coincide. In a way I think he was nevertheless quite fortunate, in spite of stupid actions/behaviour - being so young-minded with a tendency to lean in the wrong direction, to have landed with Travis Green, who seemed to have a positive effect on Virtanen in a wider sense than simply his hockey career, even if that needed to run deeper. Virtanen has a chance to 'grow up' - to hopefully make amends - to potentially recover to the extent possible from hurting/injuring someone else, and by extension, himself in the process. I hope he makes the most of his future, and starts by authentically redressing what he's done. I remember hearing for years that is wasn't Virtanen's fault, including this year. that it was Green's fault for not using him on the 1st line or PK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 2 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: BTW, I kind of have to chuckle at how the Twins are being given credit for vritually every move the team makes now..... Has to be true... JB is such a hack, after all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Optimist Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, DeNiro said: 14.5 mil in cap removed from the roster in 3 days. Nk one can accuse him of not being aggressive… Totally agree. I am not a fan of the front office crew but I think they are capable and will steer us back to where we fans want to be. I still maintain that no one forsaw L.E. falling off a cliff offensively the day after he signed his deal and the league is just WRONG on the Lou cap recapture penalty that was a legal deal prior to the league signing a new deal...totally terrible decision by the NHL Commish on that one. So for me, the last few days has been a good outcome to a bad situation. Now let us see how much Petey and the Bear cost us from next years cap and who we can add in FA. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 2 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: BTW, I kind of have to chuckle at how the Twins are being given credit for vritually every move the team makes now..... I hear they've been phoning Brackett for advice. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Fig Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 hour ago, nuckin_futz said: Eriksson, Roussel, Beagle, Virtanen #Worst 6th Overall Pick Ever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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