lol, just hug it out.

it was close but i'd say Naslund had the better hugs

lol hugs ftw

FREE HUGS

YES!
ahaahahhaha

a much better nazzy fight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJhlHdIlwjY

bwahaha

why mess up with the chemistry of the team? maybe bring in a veteran character guy who's been to the playoffs for raymond, pyatt or wellwood. Other than that, we're fine. Our big splash was landing Sundin.

hmm i dont mind picking up jay bouwmeester , but pretty sure florida wants 1st pick.

i doubt the canucks will be doing anything major come trade dead line. i would like to have bouwmeester here though

i think pronger is the better pickup for us both in what we need and what we would have to give up

I'd prefer to have Pronger as well just because a defenseman would have to go back the other way with Bieksa being the likely candidate. Ohlund is pretty much all but gone after this season and it sucks because he's been my favourite player besides Linden over all these years. A guy like Pronger would be able to make up for the toughness and scoring left by those 2 guys.

The thing with Pronger is that he has 1 year left @ ~6 mill. He could potentially walk away after next season. I guess you could say the same with JBo but I'd have to imagine that the Canucks would have to have some sort of guarentee that he'd re-sign before Gillis even thinks about making the trade.

what about Mark Streit

Burke asking for a lot for Kaberle..

1st rounder
prospect
player that can play immedately and can produce

Alot for probably one of the elite puck moving offensive Dmen in the league?

alot of teams have either, solidfied their scoring or has found the touch, where as defencemen are always rare..especially the elite!

Kaberle is far from elite. He doesn't even make the top 10 in the league. But Philly offered Jeff Carter and 1st Rounder last year for him but he didn't waive his no trade clause. Imagine if the leafs got Jeff Carter.

I don't think that's a fair assessment. This year hasn't been his best, but considering the Leafs totally suck, it could be excusable.

He's currently 26th in D-man scoring, but he also missed a bunch of games this year due to injury.

Going by points per game, he's currently ranked 15th this year.

Last year, he had the 9th most points by a D-man. The year before that, he was also 9th. And the year before that, he was FIFTH.

So he definitely is among the top 10 for offensive defensemen.

Grabner has been called up to replace Demitra, he's expected to play Friday against Tampa.

http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?ser...LPage&id=18196

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=268759&l...=topStory_main

Wow good deal for Anaheim... I mean Whitney isn't exactly stellar defensively, but I think he's capable of being a point-a-game D-man. We couldn't jump on this why? I'm sure we could have done better than Kunitz and a guy who hasn't played in the NHL yet... although he looks to be a half decent prospect from his AHL stats and size.

Gerber placed on recall waivers today.

Wrong.

Tangradi is a good prospect. He is the same size as Malone and plays the samy style. A tough power forward with offensive skills. Give him a year or two and you'll see him playing the wing with Sid. Tangradi >>> Any Canucks forward prospect right now. Anaheim's prospect pool just got even thinner with this trade.

I'm pretty excited to see what Grabner can do in the NHL.

Hence why I said "although he looks to be a half decent prospect from his AHL stats and size."

I'll believe it when I see it though, lots of guys rack up points like crazy in the AHL and can't do crap in the NHL.............

True.

He's just got more potential to be better than any Canucks forward prospect we have right now.

werd prime example is Krog. Wasn't he the points leader last year? Yet he can't even crack a NHL lineup