Thorburn to be picked was 20 to 1 on playnow. :)

i know...either would've worked with the roster
i just found it amusing

lol the crowd reaction to the Canucks getting roasted by that kid...even Bettman knows we're fucked for a while

Savage:

EDM-NYI Eberle for Strome

lol wonder if there's a line on Canucks not doing shit today and tomorrow

Big trade, not as big as Hall for Larsson but still big.
Why didn't Oilers get a Dman back instead?

Habs acquire Schlemko from Vegas for 2019 5th round pick

Galchenyuk deal looks like it's in the works as well

man that kid lastnight roasting the canucks was such a huge slap in the face to management...

Seeing Bettman, Daly, and Crosby all laughing. FeelsBadMan

We'll see who has the last laugh at the draft tomorrow. I'm confident that Benning will draft good players for our team.

Fuck those haters! :gun:

Jack Adams winners usually also have a goalie that is a finalist or winner of the Vezina

That makes only one of us because I have hope he does something big but I don't have any faith that he actually will.

They're not as bad on D as we might think. They did well and are mostly intact for next year.

Where they had a pressing need was top 6 scoring (I know I know).

All playoffs they had a conundrum- play Leon with Connor or have Leon play second line center and support a line mostly by himself. By adding Strome who can play either RW or C it adds another swingman who can take a center spot so the Oilers can stack their first line. Or if they need more scoring depth, play Connor-Leon-Strome 1-2-3 or have Strome play somewhere in the top 6 as a winger. The trade makes them more dangerous up front with extra versatility. Eberle did mostly nothing all season (and especially all playoffs), and he most definitely cannot play center.


tl;dr: Van is going to be swept by the Oil in their season series.

^ Also frees up 3.5 mil cap space. They need to get Leon and Conor signed

^ Yup this too. Makes lots of sense for the Oil on multiple fronts.

Plus Eberle needs a change of scenery. All of the old young guys who were given the keys to the team were ruined by the recent stretch of horrible Oiler hockey. Hopefully Eberle can find some chemistry with JT because it's been a while since JT has had a bonafide scorer available to him (aside from himself lol)

^unless JT walks.

They made the trade so JT doesn't walk

From what I've gathered with JT (including wondering why the hell he would sign that extension) is that he's extremely loyal to the Isles but just wants to see progress. If they can pick up an actual goalie they don't have a bad team (and their defence is relatively good and young).

Personally if I was JT I'm going into free agency and either chasing a championship, or getting paid to play somewhere else that has a better chance than NYI. That leaves more than half of the teams in the NHL. But unfortunately I'm not JT :(

Preds are interested in acquiring Matt Duchene only if the price is not steep:


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Nashville is definitely interested in Matt Duchene. However, if trade ask is for a defenceman, the Preds likely aren't a fit by choice

joe sakic asking for the moon for his players don't think anyone is going to trade with them unless it makes sense...

Miller is offered a one year, incentive laden contract:

Canucks are thinking, one-year, incentive-laden contract for Ryan Miller | The Province

That's John Davidson. He looks nothing like Bill Daly.
:heckno:

So are the other 29 teams in the league

Lol, my poker buddy Kirk was sitting in Crosby's seat right before this dressed like a scrub as a seat filler. He was wearing shorts, a button up shirt and flip flops among all these guys in suits.

To quote him from FB when he was asked what the seats cost him.



"The 3 great ones , Wayne , McDavid and I....
Also it was free , didn't even pay $17...
Paid for 2 beers I grabbed one for Carl Haglin before Crosby tapped me on the shoulder for the seat..."

He also gets a text from his mom halfway through, dad was channel surfing and seen you on TV, what are you doing on TV and why are you dressed like a bum?

http://i.imgur.com/zPf70t9.jpg

that's pretty fricken awesome