GUYS

Somebody school me on Grabner, I keep my tabs on the Canucks enough to know about him, and in my book I keep thinking he'll be like a Pavel type player (I really know very little about the Canucks minor league roster, I heard somewhere that he could be that type that's all). So what's with this guy? How come he hasn't even been given like a game here or there? Thanks....

p.s. didn't Fedor sign with some another team? Shit we better not hope he does well right lol.

more like gaboirk without speed and assist

they didnt trade huet away, he was a ufa and chicago signed him. its too bad as i dont see theo doing well in the highly offensive east. if the caps had locked huet up washington would be a top 4 threat in the east and unless the theodore of old (montreal) shows up i think washington may have a long season

you do know that detroit won the cup last year right? with a team full of euros.

uhg..so boring...

Did Sundin, himself, even say he will announce anything in the month of August, or was that media report as well?

It's assumed he'd make an announcement before training camp anyways.

I guess I should edit my original post; Lidstrom is definitely the first European born and raised captain to hoist the Cup.

I read on wikipedia that in the 30s, there were 2 captains that were born in Russia and Scotland, but raised in Canada, who won the cup.

mike gillis needs to take that fucking offer sheet off the table, hes making an ass of himself for waiting this long

Waited this long, might as well wait until training camp.

finally someone speaking my language.

i just wanna watch some fuckin hockey already

drop the offer and pick up some fucking 3rd line losers to move into top line positions??

Woohoooooo.. more line shuffling and mediocrity!

If the offer is dropped, the only moves to be made to aquire legitamite talent are through trades, so it really doesnt matter if the offer is on the table or not.

WHEN exactly does training camp begin?

you're right, but if the offer is still on the table, it limits the kind of trades we can swing. what if get the opportunity to trade for someone like mike richards (not saying its going to happen, but what if) and it ends up taking 3.5-4M of our cap space? kinda makes signing sundin hard to do without unloaded someone, eh?

the way i look at it is, we're in the perfect position to clean up some other team's mess by taking one of their players and offering very little in return in order for them to get below the max. we have $10M to spend whereas a team like philly has 4.5M to ditch, and a handfull of other teams have around 1.5-3M excess.

if we keep sundin's offer on the table while he's up in his room staring in the mirror with gillis waiting out in the driveway with the car running... all those teams with cap problems are going to find other suitors to take their (overpaid??) players to the dance.

I'm sure the Sundin offer is not "open" in the strictest sense. There is nothing happening on the trade side. If there was a legitimate trade presented to Gillis, I'm pretty sure the $10m Sundin offer would be withdrawn in a second.

The chances of Sundin coming here diminishes with every passing day (to almost nil at this point, IMO) and I'm sure Gilles knows that but he also has no real Plan B unless he can find a willing GM to trade with.

the_rickster, the thing u dont get is that, the offer is on the table but it hasnt been accepted. Its not going against our cap, and if tommorow we get a deal where we're getting a player like Drury, then we can obviously take it and the offer to Sundin would be taken off. If Gillis wanted, he would Offer Sundin 10Mil, Sakic 10Mil, Shanahan 3Mil, ect all at the same time, hes only really fucked if they all accept at the same time.

Sundin is going to NYR and Gomez will be moved...here.
I still want Vermette though.

ok there eklund

The secret is out.

Chances of Sundin coming to Vancouver are getting slimmer by the day and quite honestly would you guys pay $10mil for an 'out of shape' 37 year old? I wouldn’t. Canucks fans should learn from the crap we put up with Forsberg.

why are you guys even still talking about Suckdin

If you're anxious for some hockey, Giants training camp is on now, and the first pre-season games will be held at their Ladner practice facility in less than two weeks!

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buddy aquaman is just PUMPING money into this team, it's fuckin dope! lol