Goal:thecup Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 12 minutes ago, Gawdzukes said: Oh yes. Sorry sir. I apologize for expressing my thoughts again. Silly me. I will leave this site again. It's all yours. Prickly this morning. Sorry I pissed you off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Gawdzukes said: Yep, we're pretty much out of options. Just have to go with what we got. Could still be a problem in 36 months time as we'll be trying to squeeze blood from a stone as they say. JR/PA are going to have to get aggressive in shedding salary soon, unless something miraculous happens and Dickie suddenly finds his game and Poolman is healthy and performing like a top 4 d. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Goal:thecup said: Didn't we just do that? Kept Miller and added Kuzmenko and Mikheyev. Can we just quit panicking and see what comes of training camp? No, we didn't just keep everyone and add. Players come and players go. Bailley is gone Chiasson Hunt Richardson Halak and a few others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal:thecup Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 15 minutes ago, JM_ said: JR/PA are going to have to get aggressive in shedding salary soon, unless something miraculous happens and Dickie suddenly finds his game and Poolman is healthy and performing like a top 4 d. Soon as they all get to camp, Dickie is going to realize how much better he is than all the guys who aren't gonna make the team, and he'll be back up to 'snuff'. Poolman is looking pretty good too in the short clips we have seen of both of these guys. I am positive that we are going to have a great year, starting H-O-T right out of the gate and catching those 5 away teams unawares. A bunch of Canucks records are going to fall this year and several Canucks are going to have career years. That last month or so of the season is a cake walk to first in the division and then: the Greatest Of All Time Sweep! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 14 minutes ago, Goal:thecup said: Soon as they all get to camp, Dickie is going to realize how much better he is than all the guys who aren't gonna make the team, and he'll be back up to 'snuff'. Poolman is looking pretty good too in the short clips we have seen of both of these guys. I am positive that we are going to have a great year, starting H-O-T right out of the gate and catching those 5 away teams unawares. A bunch of Canucks records are going to fall this year and several Canucks are going to have career years. That last month or so of the season is a cake walk to first in the division and then: the Greatest Of All Time Sweep! I've been thinking that the 5 game road trip to start the season might be the most important trip of the year. You know, not to put too much pressure on it If they guys gel in camp, come out fierce and do well I can see it really setting these guys up for a confident season. One thing I've been wondering as well is, have we seen guys practicing before camp this early before? seems like there's a lot of good work happening already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal:thecup Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 49 minutes ago, gurn said: No, we didn't just keep everyone and add. Players come and players go. Bailley is gone Chiasson Hunt Richardson Halak and a few others. gurn to the rescue again. Alrighty then! Key guys for sure. I should have thought about them. Sorry about that Chief. Frick'n prickly in here today; DROP THE PUCK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Goal:thecup said: Sorry about that Chief. I'm not your Chief, pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal:thecup Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 17 minutes ago, gurn said: I'm not your Chief, pal. Old Maxwell Smart quote; sorry about everything I have done incorrectly gurn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, Goal:thecup said: Old Maxwell Smart quote; sorry about everything I have done incorrectly gurn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoastcanucks777 Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Goal:thecup said: Old Maxwell Smart quote; sorry about everything I have done incorrectly gurn. Scrap it out boys no scratching 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSam Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 7 hours ago, gurn said: No, we didn't just keep everyone and add. Players come and players go. Bailley is gone Chiasson Hunt Richardson Halak and a few others. Those guys have great potential too I think we’ve upgraded, quite a bit actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure_Pavel Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Excited to hopefully get him signed to be our 7/8th Dman. Averaged over 16 mins per game over the last two seasons may excel with a smaller role and more rest. Sounds like he body has some hard miles on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 11 minutes ago, SilentSam said: Those guys have great potential too I think we’ve upgraded, quite a bit actually. I agree. forward group is looking good, if Kuzmenko has an easy adjustment they are a bit better than good. The D is still concerning, but if either Hughes or O.E.L. play well on the right side, then the d will be decent. Need the special teams to be good, and consistent, unlike last season. Clean up the break outs and this should be a playoff team- except for injuries to the major core. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSam Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 34 minutes ago, gurn said: I agree. forward group is looking good, if Kuzmenko has an easy adjustment they are a bit better than good. The D is still concerning, but if either Hughes or O.E.L. play well on the right side, then the d will be decent. Need the special teams to be good, and consistent, unlike last season. Clean up the break outs and this should be a playoff team- except for injuries to the major core. I agree, I quite excited actually,. Preseason will be fun to watch. I’m wondering how Dekeyser has been skating,. Back injuries usually translate into skating troubles. Dekeyser was an exceptional skater before the injury,. Hope he has healed and looking for redemption. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 11 hours ago, Westcoastcanucks777 said: Scrap it out boys no scratching I’m okay with scratching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman64 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 On 9/9/2022 at 7:56 AM, Ilya Mikheyev said: Ex BCHLer! Don't really see how he would fit in Vancouver OR Abbotsford, but PTO-based camp competition never hurts. Pretty sure that's the only reason, can't have too much competition for spots available. He has had some serious injuries so I'd not bet on him. Would having him as depth hurt? No but we still have cap worries until something changes, or he's willing to take a 2 way for sure, pretty sure he's here to push and that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Played liked a 7/8 guy last night. I think he needs a little more time to show that veteran presence. Hopefully his foot speed gets a bit quicker because right now, it’s a liability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 7 minutes ago, Sharpshooter said: Hopefully his foot speed gets a bit quicker because right now, it’s a liability. He's 32yo and played 547 NHL games. Are we really expecting him to improve his speed at this point in his career? I don't mean to sound negative, but we have to be realistic - he's likely not a step-up from anything we have already - but he could be some depth to keep in Abbotsford for when the inevitable injury happens - and we know it will unfortunately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, Fanuck said: He's 32yo and played 547 NHL games. Are we really expecting him to improve his speed at this point in his career? I don't mean to sound negative, but we have to be realistic - he's likely not a step-up from anything we have already - but he could be some depth to keep in Abbotsford for when the inevitable injury happens - and we know it will unfortunately. I don’t expect it but I hope for his sake it improves slightly moreso. That, making solid plays, before more defensively sound or doing things like better positioned takes the focus off his foot speed. That ought to help his cause. Right now Rathbone is winning the battle to be a regular. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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