hmmm this is shaping up...

But at 10mil thats still pretty insane.

did anyone listen to what shorty had to say? i missed it

according to the blogger on Hockeybuzz

shorthouse said
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=16182

Looking good. Next season may end up being better than most expected. The younger players coming up are still the key, but a solid core of experienced players will help with that. I'm looking forward to the upcoming season. I bet Vineault is a happy camper. A great goalie, good backup, decent defense, now some scoring....... not bad. Just hoping the chemistry will be there.

^ i think regardless of Sundin signing it was going to be better then most canuck fans thought lol

but if Sundin comes it's a whole other ball game baby!

sundin + demitra

hot

:werd: That would be dope. I was pretty bummed when nazzy and bmo left but sundin and demitra will fit nicely.

We currently have 13 forwards signed so if Sundin comes here, someone will be gone one way or another, I think it will most likely be Cowan and his 725k

who says we have to get rid of a defencemen, just cause we are basically at max cap space doesnt mean we are over. Sure if someone goes down, we have to replace them. let a youngster take his place. Or we can trade a roster player.

Cowan would probably be picked up on waivers i would think

if we are gonna trade a defensman it would likely be bieksa, likely suitors are tampa and buffalo one tampa poster on hockey futures offered jussi jokinen and a 1st for bieksa. thats not a bad return, if nothing at all we get a good shootout guy and another 1st in a deep 09 draft. the rob davison signing would ease the loss of bieksa's toughness on the back end aswell. davison also played upwards of 20 min a night while he was with the isles last year, though he wont see nearly that with the nucks unless we have the same injury problems as last year.

salo waiving his no trade clause would be a better situation for the canucks though, because despite getting a major raise to 3.75 mil bieksa's contract should be seen as a major bargain considering jeff finger is gettin around the same.

unless it is a long term injury that players and the call up players salary count against the cap...dont think 69,000 is gonna last long when you pay the call up at min 500,000 a year

even though im not a big bieksa fan, i think id rather see Salo moved then him

I lost nearly all respect when i heard a couple different canucks say "Sami is scared of hurting somone with his shot"

.....

putting him on the injured list is a loophole where the injured player salary wont count u can even put healthy players on that list to. plus sending players up and down to manitoba is another loophole.

but i guess ur right to a point.

can someone tell me what the hype of dimitra?

all i know is he can play wing and center with defensive skills + a injury prone

Cowan's role has already been replaced by Hordichuk hasnt it?

Cowan's going to be waived, simple.

funny how everyone didn't want demitra but now everyones stoked since he signed. lol. aw man....i can't wait till the season starts, like i said, its gonna be interesting.

who will play 4th line with hordichuk and johnson then? Wellwood?

its gonna be probably

Sedin - Sedin - Bernier
Demitra - Sundin - Raymond
Burrows - Kesler - Pyatt
Pettinger - Wellwood - Johnson/Hordichuk

putting Raymond on the 4th line wont help his development, and hes no checker. Putting Pyatt who can put a few pucks in the net doesnt belong on the 4th line.

HAHAH dimetra hat trick

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y5VIzrTy-ps

Not much of a Sundin fan and I still think $10 mill is too much but I’ll admit our team will look pretty damn good if he signs. Our d-line is stacked, we have Lu between the pipes and we've got rid of the players who I thought were holding this team back offensively. Imo Gillis, as a first year GM, hasn't done too badly.

^ im kinda doubting wellwood will start the season on the 4th line, especially if we sign Sundin

but who knows, if he's in shitty shape he could make one hell of a 4th line player either way

Demitra isnt really injury prone, the injuries he's had in his career have been freak accidents mostly, he doesnt have the nagging injuries like groin, etc.

He had quite a few minor streaks of groin injuries this past season, but I hope a new workout will fix that for him like it did for Gaborik.

you sure you want your $10mil guy playing on the second line? if anything, the twins should play second line, that way they don't have to face top pair dmen.