[ jay ] - nah mang perhaps wrong use of words. I love the nucks, loved and stood by them for 20 years now. I'm optimistic about our team this year on paper but waiting to see how we actually do is what I meant.

Fuck Sundin period. Good on Gillis for not rushing to just grabbing somebody for the sake of doing it just because we have about $10mill to use. We have a luxury rite now no other team really has and that is money. Our team is not too bad rite now at all. Arguably we are missing that 1 player. Tons of teams are really close to and some even over atm. With our amount of money left over and with teams with little or no money we could come and get a player from another team for probably less. Perhaps a Gaborik or something part way through the season with his future uncertain there is a possibility. There are also lots of other possibilities but we'll see what happens. Either way I'm hyped for this season like I am every season. Go Canucks!

We are clearly the underdog in our division...but that just makes it better...we will be the surprise team that everyone is writing off! :bigthumb:

atlanta has $18m
toronto has $10m
phoenix has $17m
new york islander have $14m
nashville has $14m
los angeles has $25m
columbus has $11m

and there's a handful of teams that have 6-9m available.
sure, not all of these teams are going to spend right to the cap, but you can't discount any of them, because if the right player came along, all these teams are in the running.

We're probably still better then Colorado or Minny. Minny losing Demitra and Rolston. Colorado having Budaj and Raycroft as their goalies..

anyone see nick kepreyos get punish in the cup festival highlights :haha:

anyone getting a Bertuzzi Flames jersey? Is someone even wearing 44 on flames?

berts wearing 8 i think

nope berts wearing 7


edit; and 44 is taken, Rhett Warrener

wow better than colorado this i gotta see

gillis shouldve made a play for jokinen when he had the chance. he didnt even bother for an offer.

Jokinen: UFA next yr

I forgot what they were asking for.

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They said straight up they didn't make an offer for Jokinen because he's got a shitty attitude.

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and we didnt seem to give a shit about wellwoods attitude. crazy gillis

having a shitty work ethic and good room presence is different then a premadona cancer

^ which was why he was the team captain

i think the price for jokinen was bieksa and kesler type deal. IMO too high for a UFA

and the panthers made the playoffs how many times with him there?

^he was hardly the reason why they didnt make the playoffs...you ever watch him play? 30 goal scorer, 70+ point big powerful center. Panthers didn't make the playoffs due to poor management..eg trading luongo. Besides Boumeester name someone on their defence that is legit Top 4 in the NHL.

Van Ryn (then), McCabe (now), maybe Bryan Allen?

yes I forgot to add we have the luxury of having money and an owner who is more then willing to spend rite to the cap. Sure some of these teams might just spend to the cap too but looking at those teams, yuck. Of course a player might find one of those teams more attractive then Vancouver but I still think we are in a better shape over them except maybe Toronto because everyone wants to play in the center of the universe.

wellwood - lazy but awesome teammate
jokinen - good but probably a whiny bitch that puts everyone down

i said this last yr when the rumor of sedins for jokinen was a joke. if he's so good and with loungo playing there why didnt they make it far? hell, making the playoffs was a challenge. jokinen is overrated. they went nowhere with him.

You have no knowledge about a hockey team. With no supporting cast whats a team with only one good forward and and a great goaltender? They had no legit top 4 defense. Only Boumeester. Forwards that were above average were Jokinen, Weiss, and Horton. With your logic since we didn't make the playoffs last year I guess Luongo is overrated and we should ship him off to?

Van Ryn and Allen. On the Canucks they would be below Salo, Ohlund, Mitchell, Bieksa, Edler..fitting in as our 6th and 7th d-men. As anyone can see Florida's d-men are shit.

They have Keith Ballard and Nick Boynton as well

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We were having an argument about Florida when Jokinen was still on the team. Why are you mentioning players that were traded for him??