Haha ya everyone was pretty much choked when that trade happened but on a hindsight we definitely should’ve gotten more at that time butit worked out for the best

I should look back at the trade on youtube just to read the comments lmao

I mean Luongo had already expressed his desire to be traded, so it made no sense to trade Schneider in his mid-20s (generally just entering prime years for a goaltender) to keep the aging vet who wanted out.

We ended up losing both of them in a calendar year.

Getting Horvat out of it and Schneider having injury woes over much of the time since the trade certainly makes it look substantially better for us, but judging trades via hindsight is bad practice.

Obviously the trade was contingent on whether Horvat was available or not. Now he’s our captain. Yes it was a risk but a calculated one that has paid off.

Game is on CBC

OMG, so, so cheesy.........

I don't think you can embellish a national anthem anymore than she just did.

It's criminal.

Welcome back AV ... 1st as a Philly Flyers.

Pretty entertaining game so far. Evenly matched and not a lot of stoppage in play.

Bieksa is back interviewing the team after the game today. Funny stuff

Most hockey players are pretty boring during interviews, always with the same cliche statements. Bieksa’s a rare exception, and Anson Carter was a really good speaker too.

i had this exact conversation with a friend on saturday. players grew up watching players be boring and awkward their whole childhoods too lol. only some of them are able to let their character's out and be entertaining for interviews.

I'm sure in many cases they just let their "conditioning" take over since they don't really care:

"everyone played hard tonight"
"1 game at a time"
"it's a process"
"gotta take the positives and move on"
etc

Hindsight, should've taken the Edm deal. Draft Horvat and still had an extra pick.

Also, Schneider might be able to push Edm ahead enough so they couldn't win the draft lottery and get McDavid. lol

Shit sportsnet 650 shit the bed, they let go Jawn Jang and Rick Dhaliwal. Why Rick though? he's the best inside guy. Watch TSN scoop him up.

Rick eh fuck yea he was great in the mornings... he might have just been making too much as a veteran guy unfortunately..

Jawn, i called that months ago.. the guy was another Bro Jake, a radio personality with not very extensive knowledge of sports, his segments when Sat wasnt there would just drag on and on.

Almost game time! Hope Demko does well.

Bwahahahaha............ that didn't take long.

No secret Rogers is hemorrhaging money on this TV deal. Dhaliwal latest victim. Jang wasn’t a loss.

Tyler Hirose from Salmon Arm. Announcers pronouncing it all wrong. Then again, if dude is as banana as most third and fourth generation Japanese Canadian are, he probably pronounces his name that way, as well.

Like teriyaki, kobe, and other Japanese words caucasians can't pronounce correctly. Actually, it happens often with other languages. Like Himalaya, is always pronounced incorrectly. Anyway, carry on carrying on.

Troy from Richmond!

Vancouver D core doing great things this year. Hughes has definitely been a catalyst for that. Detroit fans must be pretty upset they passed on him.

Chinese?

Edler!

Respect your Edlers? Miller tip perhaps :D

Petey!

another PPG!

who needs first rounders when ya got JT miller, amirite?

so far he's looking worth it. can't wait to see how the rest of his time here pans out!

also, 3 game win streak (this happened... twice last year?) as well as 15 goals in that time frame. wow.