[murd0c]

Another fresh start to the year, I guess congrats to Vegas but 23/24 is finally the year for the Canucks right? All I know is the draft is on the 28th and I think Allvin is going to make some shocking moves.

All I know is GO Canucks Go we got it this year!! :fuckyea:

[MG1]

IN!


So happy Vegas won................

[bobbinka]

Canucks will win 3 cups this year

[SkinnyPupp]

Canucks vs Kraken in the western finals, Canucks win, sweep the Bruins in the cup finals. Plan the parade now! :awwyeah:

[tonyzoomzoom]

Nucks will trade their next 10 first round picks for Connor Bedard ;)

[Infiniti]

First page for the first time

[mb_]

In first page!

[Tim Budong]

first page awwyissss

[rb]

Tank for celebrini. Another kid from Vancouver whos slated go no#1 and wants to be a Canuck

[Teriyaki]

First pageeeee. I think.

[keifun]

First page of yeah!!.

Well hope the Canucks make it to the playoffs this season. Then see how it goes from there. Petey gets the C . That's my take.

[AzNightmare]

First page. Wee....
in 6 years, lost in semi finals twice, and went to the finals twice, and won the cup. What a franchise...

[vash13]

Yo first page...

[EvoFire]

First page!

[Gumby]

Canucks won't win the cup in my lifetime...

[pastarocket]

First page!


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[spoon.ek9]

First page! woot woot

hope we can accomplish something this year....

[JqC]

First page!
I want to be excited for the upcoming season. But looking at our current roster is pain.

[Eatman]

ready for another disappointing year of canucks

[Liquid_o2]

First page, finally!

I'm feeling positive this upcoming season, just like every year for the past 35 years :lawl:

[TOS'd]

:toot:

[murd0c]

First page for the first time

You know you said the exact same thing last year :fullofwin:

[68style]

WE ARE GOING TO THE PROMISED LAND THIS YEAR BOYS!!!!

[punkwax]

^

https://media.tenor.com/5XslWB2qt_QAAAAM/i-like-you-but-youre-crazy.gif

[spoon.ek9]

I wish! We are nowhere near being close to any contender lol... :okay:

[68style]

We're reasonably close to Vegas... only 2,000kms or so!

[whitev70r]

Seattle wins Cup before Canucks ... :ahwow:

[teggy604]

how does Vegas win the cup with left over players?

[pastarocket]

how does Vegas win the cup with left over players?


Vegas won the Cup with a depth of forwards and arguably the deepest 6 defencemen in the NHL.

I remember Bieksa complimenting Vegas on their defensive depth.

Pietrangelo, Zach Whitecloud, Shea Theodore, McNabb, Martinez, and Hague.

Then you add some players who were overlooked. Marchesseault was undrafted out of junior hockey.

The only star players on this team are Eichel and William Karlsson.

Eichel asked to be traded from the Sabres after disagreeing with the Sabres medical team about having fusion surgery on his neck, instead of a disc replacement. Eichel chose to have disc replacement.

You have a bunch of forwards, that for various reasons other teams did not want on their team, and yet have talent and mental toughness to become better players for Vegas.

Players who played with a chip on their shoulder.

Their captain Mark Stone went into beast mode in the Finals, and especially game 5.

The Vegas GM also made a good trade in acquiring goalie Aiden Hill.

Eichel wins a Stanley Cup before McDavid hahaha. Both players were drafted no. 1 and no. 2 in the 2015 draft.

[68style]

... William Karlson is NOT a star player.

Stone and Pietrangelo are way bigger stars than Karlson will ever be and Pietrangelo has slipped significantly the last few years.

[pastarocket]

Vegas' defensive depth is the main reason that they beat the Panthers.

This team is well coached and very disciplined on defence.

I cannot remember any time that the Panthers had any sustained pressure in the offensive zone during the Finals when both teams played 5 on 5.

Golden Knights' defence is big, physical, and fast. They move the puck out of their zone quickly. Remove any gaps in open ice quickly between their players and Florida's forwards. They have defencemen who can skate well and can make the quick first pass to their forwards. Vegas also has big defencemen who can punish opponents with their physical play.

You compare the Vegas top 6 defencemen with our Canucks defence to see a big difference in calibre between a championship team and lottery pick team.

Like I said before, Bieksa complimented Vegas on their defensive depth.

Vegas' biggest weakness is their penalty killing. 77 percent on the PK during the regular season. Their PK during the playoffs was not that good either.

Their defence in terms of 5 on 5 play is stellar though.

[teggy604]

hey don't forget Mikko Rantanen. He won the cup with Avs before Jack, and Connor. And he was pick #10 lol.

But I agree defense wins cups. "unlike scoring defense never quits" a little quote from Mighty Ducks 3 Coach Orion lol.

[Razor Ramon HG]

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1669797150677409810

[pastarocket]

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1669797150677409810



Finally! It is about time that the Canucks, and Aquilini, open up their wallets to buy out OEL to create salary cap room.



This is what would happen under a buyout scenario for the team:



Ekman-Larsson has four years and $29 million remaining on an eight-year, $66 million contract he originally signed with the Arizona Coyotes in July 2018. He was traded in a blockbuster deal to Vancouver in July 2021 with Arizona retaining 12 per cent of his salary.



According to PuckPedia, the buyout will allow the Canucks to save $7.1 million against the cap this upcoming season. However, it will now keep a portion of the contract for the next eight seasons.

[68style]

I was a big fan of doing this even in the middle of last season and I hope to god they follow through. Not only is he fucking up our salary cap, causing us to lose other good players and wasting a spot on our roster... he's also preventing the development of other players and prospects. Best thing that happened during last season was him getting hurt to show it for real. It's super super worth it, I think we eat like 2.5 mill in cap space every year for 8 years after... but it's fucking worth it. Overall they also save salary dollars. Here's the details:

OLIVER EKMAN-LARSSON BUYOUT RESULTS
A Oliver Ekman-Larsson buyout spans 8 years, has a cost of $19,333,333 and savings of $9,666,667. Ekman-Larsson is 31 years of age at the time of the buyout; therefore, the buyout ratio is 2/3. With $29,000,000 in salary remaining, the cost is $19,333,333, and the savings are $9,666,667. Buyouts span twice the length of the remaining years and because there are 4 years remaining in the contract, the buyout length is 8 years. The buyout cap hit is displayed in the Cap Hit Calculations table below.

This contract was involved in a retained salary transaction. The resulting costs and cap hit are therefore split between each team based on the percentage of salary retained by the respective teams.
Arizona Coyotes: 12%

Buyout Date
June
15
2023

Cost Calculations
BUYOUT DATE BASE SALARY REMAINING S.BONUS REMAINING YEARS REMAINING BUYOUT LENGTH AGE BUYOUT RATIO TOTAL COST TOTAL SAVINGS ANNUAL COST
Jun. 15, 2023 $29,000,000 $0 4 8 31 2/3 $19,333,333 $9,666,667 $2,416,667


Buyout cap hit for 8 years will be $2.417M

Just another fuck you from Dim Jim

[whitev70r]

Damn ...paying for Benning's worst trade! OEL thanks Allvin as well, now he can retire like a king.

[Razor Ramon HG]

2023-24: $146, 667

24: $2,346, 667

25: $4,766,667

26: $4,766,667

27: $2,126,667

28: $2,126,667

29: $2,126,667

30: $2,126,667

The cap hit in 25/26 is gonna suck.

[Hondaracer]

Can hate Aqualini all ya want, can’t say the guy doesn’t spend the money required though

If I was him I’d be calling every team making sure Dim Jim never got hired again lol fuck

[bobbinka]

Ah yes, making room for Connor Bedard

[68style]

.. or Pettersson?

I'm so happy about this honestly.

When Alvin was walking around at year end saying buy-outs weren't an option I was like fuckity fuck fucks!!!

[winson604]

Now the Loui E contract officially extends into 3 different decades if you look at the trade tree lol

[murd0c]

We needed cap space and now we have it, love it or hate the buy out it had to be done. At least it gives the Canucks a lot more room to do what they want and I'm very curious what trades Allvin will have in store in the nest week and a half.

The best part is is screw's the Coyotes out of a buy out spot for the next 8 years now LOL

[highfive]

Coyotes loses 1/3 retaining salary spot not buy out.

[bobbinka]

https://twitter.com/ThomasDrance/status/1669846530994446337

[6thGear.]

Can hate Aqualini all ya want, can’t say the guy doesn’t spend the money required though

If I was him I’d be calling every team making sure Dim Jim never got hired again lol fuck

I've always said the same thing. He's not afraid to throw money at the players

[MarkyMark]

Yeah he's not cheap, unfortunately with a hard cap and lots of teams willing to spend to that cap you're only as good as the people you put in charge and not handcuffing yourself with garbage contracts.

[spoon.ek9]

shelling out the money hasn't been the issue. it's the meddling with decisions made within the club to try and move past the 2011 era that have burned this club for the last decade.

we'll see what management does next here because i swear to god, if they fill up this new cap space with another boneheaded contract i'm going to be pissed. lots of work to be done especially with Bear out until approximately December. our lack of depth in defense is still a glaring issue.

rumours persist that garland, boeser and myers are being shopped.

[Razor Ramon HG]

I feel like we're going to move some assets around and overpay for Matt Dumba, lol

[Hondaracer]

Wonder if OEL retires

[68style]

Fuck I hope so, he was an absolute embarrassment last season.

[bobbinka]

Guy's gonna sign a league minimum deal somewhere, play the best hockey of his life again, and win a cup

[mb_]

Buying out OEL was the only option to overhaul the defense. If they were serious about it, they wouldn't have waited 4 years until his contract expired which is exactly what happened.

Frees up a roster spot too which I noticed wasn't mentioned a lot in social media :lol trade would've been ideal but he has a NMC which he was reportedly unwilling to waive.

[Alpine]

Well let's see what the follow-up moves are...

[68style]

Lol William Karlsson so hammed

https://twitter.com/taj1944/status/1670316150314668032?s=46&t=ikCqB51UVrJA-GWS58K4yA

[pastarocket]

More proof that hockey players are the toughest athletes in the world.

https://clutchpoints.com/panthers-news-paul-maurice-shocking-aaron-ekblad-injuries-bruins

Ekblad played through multiple injuries, including a broken foot, Maurice told TNT on Tuesday night. He also suffered two separate shoulder dislocations and a torn oblique this postseason.

Maurice says Ekblad's foot broke all the way back in the opening round against the Boston Bruins. In fact, he wasn't the only injured Panthers player in that series. “The vast majority of our injuries came in the Boston series,” the Panthers head coach revealed.


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[Tim Budong]

safe to say fuck boston lol

[bobbinka]

Travis Green joins NJD as assistant coach

[Durrann]

Travis Green joins NJD as assistant coach

Interesting..

[whitev70r]

Hearing that Boston might be interested in OEL ... obvious question is why? I thought he was like an anchor ... even at vet minimum ... is he usable as 3rd line D?

[mb_]

At league minimum, it's a low risk signing for someone like OEL even if he's a 7th d-man

Boston was his only other choice to waive his NMC

[68style]

MAYBE if his broken foot is recovered??? I mean it's still a huge risk if you ever put him on the ice and he gets worked the entire game.

His on-ice stats last year were absolutely atrocious.

[spoon.ek9]

watch him join Boston for $1-2M and absolutely fucking light us up. tis the canucks way...

[Alpine]

Hearing that Boston might be interested in OEL ... obvious question is why? I thought he was like an anchor ... even at vet minimum ... is he usable as 3rd line D?

He had a bad year last year but he also had a significant foot injury in the offseason. He was okay the year before and even managed to make Myers look respectable. If BOS gets the OEL that made Myers respectable then he'll be a bargain if he's signed for cheap.

[blkgsr]

what happens when a player gets bought out and signs with another team?

they get the buyout and the new contract?

should be that if the player signs a new deal the buy out team get's a reduction on the cap hit. i'd say it should also reduce the payout based on the new contract but then they new contract would just be league min so wouldn't help the original team much but anything would help

[whitev70r]

^agreed. a player's salary cap shouldn't be on 2 teams but NHL doesn't work on common sense.

[bobbinka]

To discourage the signing of large ridiculous contracts that need to be bought out.

If theres no cap penalty for buyout, then the richest owners would be able to throw money at any player they want knowing they would be able to buy them out.

If you can reduce the cap penalty, you'd be able to game the system and buy cap space back by offering to pay a team to sign the player to a higher new contract.

With a cap penalty, teams have to think twice about buyouts because it will hurt them for years. Otherwise a contending team that doesn't have cap space to add McDavid could say to the Oilers, you buy him out, I'll pay the buyout amount for you, then I'll sign him for 1 yr $1mil. He comes back after he wins the cup and gets paid, I win the cup, you get a boatload of assets. And all it cost us was money.

[whitev70r]

With a cap penalty, teams have to think twice about buyouts because it will hurt them for years. Otherwise a contending team that doesn't have cap space to add McDavid could say to the Oilers, you buy him out, I'll pay the buyout amount for you, then I'll sign him for 1 yr $1mil. He comes back after he wins the cup and gets paid, I win the cup, you get a boatload of assets. And all it cost us was money.

No ... sorry, no one thinks like this. You can always put in some wording to prevent this kind of collusion loophole.

[bobbinka]

No ... sorry, no one thinks like this. You can always put in some wording to prevent this kind of collusion loophole.

?? It's the reason why there's a cap today....

[whitev70r]

C'mon man ... wth is going to say to another team, "You buy him out, we pay you under the table the amount, then my team will sign player $1M and then player comes back to you after the one year ... c'mon man, put your thinking cap on.

[bobbinka]

You're focused on the ridiculous example that you've missed the point.

No cap penalty give rich teams an advantage because there's no consequences to giving out big contracts. You bet you ass teams will game the system, obviously not like the exaggerated scenario I gave. I thought it was pretty obvious that that was an over the top unrealistic example. The NHLPA would never allow mcjesus to sign for $1mil. The player doesn't have to go back to a team, I only said that because if youre the oilers, you would never agree to let him go.

[whitev70r]

you just keep on digging a deeper stupid hole bro. Please stop.

[bcrdukes]

Chill, gentlemen.

[MarkyMark]

If there was no salary cap, or a soft cap who do you think the top spenders would be these days? Do we have the cash to buy a championship? Lol

[bobbinka]

Team 123 has player X at $5mil cap hit entering the last year of contract. Player X can play and contribute, but is only worth $3mil and is not needed for a team that's retooling. Team 123 needs all $5mil cap space and wants to get rid of this contract, but no one wants to take on this player at $5mil without some serious sweeteners (draft picks you dont want to give up).

Currently, Team 123 would only be able to trade and retain (but have to keep some cap hit) or buyout the player and have a cap penalty for some years. Neither is optimal because they need the cap space.

Team 789 is a contending team that wants player X, but can only take the player at $3mil cap hit. Unless team 123 retains (and therefore, keep some cap hit), team 789 can't do the deal.

If there's no cap penalty for buying out a player, Team 789 with its deep pockets can trade peanuts for player X, buy them out with 0 consequences to their cap, and then sign them to a new contract for $3mil. Why would team 789 do this? Because they can get the player they want at the cap they need, and it only cost a few extra million bucks for the buyout. Why would team 123 do this? Because they wanted to get rid of the contract to make cap space to begin with and the cheap owner doesnt have to pay for the buyout.

Teams already game LTIR to stack the roster for playoffs and utilize other team's retaining slots to reduce cap hits. They would 100% do this.

Why wouldn't the league want this? Because it will give rich teams an advantage. Because teams will sign inflated contracts to get the player they want knowing that they could get out of it scott free down the road. More OEL contracts.

But hey, it's a stupid hole.

[68style]

Your theories only work so long as the NHLPA doesn’t exist.

The NHLPA will step in and pressure any member signing under value to not fuck up average valuations for other equivalent players.

I agree there needs to be a cap, but not for the reasons you’re stating, it’s a non starter with the union.

[keifun]

No more specialty warm up jerseys next season. (Pride, lunar new year, Diwali, fight against cancer etc.)
https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/nhl-bans-canucks-from-wearing-special-warm-up-jerseys-including-for-pride/wcm/4e2e70ca-127d-41da-b37c-fb2fa7148819/amp/

[MarkyMark]

That's the best decision the NHL has made in awhile

[SkinnyPupp]

The snowflakes win again! :alonehappy:

Some of those jerseys were really cool, but they were priced out of range of most people so yeah, why bother

[whitev70r]

^ you mean like this ? :heckno: you think they sold 10 of these beauties?


https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/gvfGY6KsSDPQ8hOgHDT._w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTcyMDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/cbc.ca/bf90ecba952b82633849efd5f0ad020b

[SkinnyPupp]

The face on that tiger is jacked, but the concept is pretty good

[AzNightmare]

The snowflakes win again! :alonehappy:

Some of those jerseys were really cool, but they were priced out of range of most people so yeah, why bother

I feel more like the snowflakes shot themselves in the foot.
Instead of appreciating the players that participated, they spent too much time criticizing those that didn't.

So now there's no appreciating at all. Already had 95%, try to take the last 5% and now you get 0%.

[murd0c]

With the jersey's being $750 each there is no loss that special warm up jersey's are no longer allowed. If no one made a big deal over a couple players personal decisions the NHL wouldn't of had to come to this decision.

[whitev70r]

I feel more like the snowflakes shot themselves in the foot.
Instead of appreciating the players that participated, they spent too much time criticizing those that didn't.

So now there's no appreciating at all. Already had 95%, try to take the last 5% and now you get 0%.

I see what you did here ... using the term 'snowflakes' interchangeably.

[68style]

SP did say "some" of the jerseys, not ALL. The Diwali jerseys were pretty fire every year, but totally unaffordable. I wish they had made like a t-shirt version with the artist's creations on it that would be fun to have too!

[SkinnyPupp]

With the jersey's being $750 each there is no loss that special warm up jersey's are no longer allowed. If no one made a big deal over a couple players personal decisions the NHL wouldn't of had to come to this decision.

*jerseys
*players'
*decisions,
*have

[MarkyMark]

Thank God the grammar police showed up to decipher what was being said.

[punkwax]

Thank God the grammar police showed up to decipher what was being said.

As an atheist, I’m offended by this comment. Only the grammar police need to be thanked here.

RS, pls send a thanks to the most useless reply.

[whitev70r]

^ Canucks were going to have an Atheist theme night with jerseys and all ... but then they pulled the rug on any focus groups.

[spoon.ek9]

as I understood it, the event nights will still occur and merch will still be sold. the only thing really being removed is having the players where them on the ice during warm ups.

[pastarocket]

Interesting.

According to CHEK TV's Rick Dhaliwal, Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin would like to move up from 11th overall in the first round on Wednesday night.

Dhaliwal went on to add that the Canucks really like Russian forward Matvei Michkov, who scouts say is arguably the second-most talented player in the draft behind Connor Bedard. He's also reporting that the Canucks have already interviewed Michkov and are expected to do so again before the draft on Wednesday in Nashville.


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[punkwax]

I’ll build a rocket made out of pasta if Michkov falls to 11.

[pastarocket]

Boston and Chicago make a trade.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/boston-bruins-trading-f-taylor-hall-to-chicago-blackhawks-1.1977690


The Boston Bruins have traded Taylor Hall and the rights to Nick Foligno to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for pending restricted free agents Alec Regula and Ian Mitchell.

The move clears Hall's $6 million salary from the Bruins' books. He is signed at the cap hit through the 2024-25 season on the four-year extension he signed with Boston in 2021.Foligno is a pending unrestricted free agent.

[Tim Budong]

I’ll build a rocket made out of pasta if Michkov falls to 11.

looking forward to this lol

[bobbinka]

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1673484184000638976

[whitev70r]

Any surprises for the NHL Awards ... or more like, 'Who the hell cares??!!'

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/2023-nhl-awards-follow-along-for-full-list-of-winners/

[Tim Budong]

Any surprises for the NHL Awards ... or more like, 'Who the hell cares??!!'

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/2023-nhl-awards-follow-along-for-full-list-of-winners/

Annual recognition of individual accomplishments, its neat to see, but i enjoy seeing the voting results...who did the guy that voted mcjesus 5th, vote for at no1 lol

https://www.sportsnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hart2023.png

[68style]

^ He voted for Pastrnak

[teggy604]

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1673484184000638976

bet he would trade every one of those for a couple cups rings lol.
Its a team game, so you can never really say you did it on your own.

[bobbinka]

https://media.tenor.com/JKmvX6rE8uQAAAAC/do-something-comeon.gif

[EvoFire]

^ At this point, I kind of rather they do nothing.....

[68style]

Wow... big trade for Dubois!

Kings get: Dubois

Jets get: Alex Iafallo, Rasmus Kupari, and Gabriel Vilardi and Montreal’s second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft.

I can understand Winnipeg wanting a guy like Iafallo to be part of the deal... but they need to do their research, the dude literally lives in a van by the ocean and does nothing but surf when he's not playing. He's going to fuckin hate it in Winnipeg and may not even go there let alone stay there.

[murd0c]

Winnipeg at least has fantastic beaches, real shitty surfing tho lol

[pastarocket]

C'mon Allvin! Make the first round pick and the five other picks in the 3rd and 4th rounds count!

-gonna be a good test to see how good the the team scouts and analytics work are for the Canucks in terms of tonight's draft.


https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/canucks-plan-to-make-every-pick-count-by-going-into-draft-ready-for-any-scenario/

Todd Harvey, Canucks director of scouting:

The No. 11 pick will be the franchise’s highest since 2019 and its six picks in the first four rounds are the most for the Canucks in 29 years.

Harvey believes this draft will prove to be as special as everyone thinks.

“I think it is,” he said. “You look at the top guys and you've got some really, really good players at the top. And then moving down the list, it's strong. You can probably get similar players anywhere from 12 to 35. I mean, it is a deep draft. And I think there's real value in those later rounds. So we're excited to make some picks in the third.

[xxxrsxxx]

No surprise, bedard goes first. Let's see what the nux do!

[whitev70r]

It's today?

Yah .. OMG ... what a surprise, Chicago picks Bedard.

This Russian player Matvei Michkov is also supposed to be a stud but the risk of picking Russian player in this global climate ... roll your dice whether you waste a pick or not.

[bobbinka]

Lol, Carey Price

[xxxrsxxx]

Tom Willander (D) for nux

[pastarocket]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230629/5f9132e9e2f6b0c9e8263e98e9816177.jpg
A two way D man. Our first round pick.
Welcome to the Canucks, Tom!

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[roastpuff]

Swedish player trend continues

[68style]

Gaunce
Horvat
Virtanen
Boeser
Juolevi
Petey
Hughes
Podkolzin
Lekkerimaki
Wallinder

Only 3 of our last 10 first picks have been Swedish actually

[spoon.ek9]

Right shot 6'1 Dman with 2-way potential. At least they drafted an actual need? Was he best player available?

[whitev70r]

as long as he doesn't turn out to be the next Olli Juolevi ...

[bobbinka]

https://twitter.com/BradyTrett/status/1674202960480595968

[punkwax]

I’ll build a rocket made out of pasta if Michkov falls to 11.

looking forward to this lol

Sorry to disappoint.

[Tim Budong]

Sorry to disappoint.

LUL LUL LUL

[winson604]

Right shot 6'1 Dman with 2-way potential. At least they drafted an actual need? Was he best player available?

Without looking at the entire list I know for sure Zach Benson was rated higher and was still available but ultimately went 13th to Buffalo. Small dude but plenty of interest and the reason most people here know of his name is because he's from Langley but oh wells I heard Wallinder's name come up quite a bit pre draft as a potential and it desperately fills a need so doesn't appear we went off the board in a wtf pick.

[68style]

I was looking at the Canucks draft history from the last 10 years and it is downright shocking how few players even if they did make the NHL barely did or aren’t playing anymore.

There are like 3-4 draft years I skimmed through where nobody on the list made the NHL or, even if they did, played a couple of games before disappearing. Our drafting is pretty fuckin trash.

[whitev70r]

^I think that is actually the statistical norm. Out of 100 players drafted, maybe 15-20 make it to NHL...

[Razor Ramon HG]

Without looking at the entire list I know for sure Zach Benson was rated higher and was still available but ultimately went 13th to Buffalo. Small dude but plenty of interest and the reason most people here know of his name is because he's from Langley but oh wells I heard Wallinder's name come up quite a bit pre draft as a potential and it desperately fills a need so doesn't appear we went off the board in a wtf pick.

People just don't want another Juolevi where we drafted for need instead of going for Tkachuk. Although I guess the hype around getting Tkachuk was a lot higher than Benson.

[Tim Budong]

^I think that is actually the statistical norm. Out of 100 players drafted, maybe 15-20 make it to NHL...

I think the canucks have picked up guys good enough to actually play in the big leagues out of the first round.

at the very least, with the exception of Juolevi who had a cup of coffee with the big team, the rest of the list here has played or been on the roster for most of the year.

Gaunce
Horvat
Virtanen
Boeser
Juolevi
Petey
Hughes
Podkolzin

[whitev70r]

I read some stat that 50% of all players drafted make it to NHL but they used a very low bar, played 1 game in the NHL. Most of us would use a more common sense bar eg. played one season or cracked a lineup consistently. I still think it's close to 20% of those drafted would make it to this common sense criteria.

[whitev70r]

The only 'surprise' came in the 2nd & 3rd picks, as the Ducks took Leo Carlsson at No. 2 instead of Adam Fantilli, who went third overall to the Blue Jackets.

Fantilli saying, oh shit, I have to play for Babcock for at least 2 yrs !! (Who incidently, will be off Leafs salary tomorrow, June 30th :lol)


Welp, he got his wish.
https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1674201880203870209

[keifun]

OEL goes to Panthers . $2.25M for 1yr

[TjAlmeida]

Carson Soucy 3 yr @ 3.25m aav. Seems to be their big signing, seems like a decent 2nd pairing LD. Couple other show me contracts which are good, Ian Cole 1 yr 3m and Teddy Bluegar 1 yr 1.9m.

[pastarocket]

More player signings:


General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the #Canucks have agreed to terms with the following players:
- Ian Cole (one year, $3M)
- Teddy Blueger (one year, $1.9M)
- Tristen Nielsen (two-year, entry-level contract)

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[winson604]

I'm just happy to not see us throwing 4 or 5 year deals at players.

[bobbinka]

Luke Schenn to Nashville 3 yrs @ 2.75M
Troy Stecher to Arizona 1 yr @ 1.1M

OEL to Florida 1 yr @ 2.25M
Kyle Burroughs to San Jose 3 yrs @ 1.1M

Lucic back to Boston 1 yr @ 1M
Ryan O Reilly to Nashville 4 yrs @ 4.5M

[pastarocket]

More player signings:

Left hand shot d-man and a goalie.

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[whitev70r]

OEL goes to Panthers . $2.25M for 1yr

Damn !!! Why the hell would the Panthers want him at that price, maybe vet min, $1M a yr ...? So you're saying if Canucks retained $2M/yr of his salary, they could have made a trade? Even if it for a pick in the 4th or 5th round?

[winson604]

Damn !!! Why the hell would the Panthers want him at that price, maybe vet min, $1M a yr ...? So you're saying if Canucks retained $2M/yr of his salary, they could have made a trade? Even if it for a pick in the 4th or 5th round?

Lol it would have been interesting to see him traded with the Nucks retaining salary and then OEL sucking so hard that the new team ends up buying him out down the road meaning 3 teams would be dinged with using a buyout spot don't think that has ever happened before.

[bobbinka]

It's only 1 yr and they didn't have to give up a draft pick

[spoon.ek9]

OEL's contract was shit and the entire NHL knew it except for Benning. No one was going to take it on.

[Tim Budong]

OEL's contract was shit and the entire NHL knew it except for Benning. No one was going to take it on.

u say that, but did Allvin try to talk to Lou Lamarello about OEL as well?

seems like they love these extremely long term contracts

[whitev70r]

I'm just shocked as hell that one of the SC finalists want OEL ... at $2.25M

Panthers' D core looked pretty damn good ... why would they want to add a pylon and waste that cap space ??!!

[pastarocket]

Good one on one coaching from Higgy during development camp:


https://youtu.be/f6PLEIWZ8qM


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[mikemhg]

Went to Elisa on Friday night, saw Francesco having dinner with Rick Tocchet and some Canucks execs.

Francesco is such a pimp. He had a hot glitzed up young chick with nice tits sitting at a table on the other side of the restaurant away from them, by herself. He'd periodically leave the business table and go sit with her and chat and then head back to the big wigs.

I found it so amusing watching this chick sit solo and try to busy herself on her phone while drinking champagne between his walk over visits.

Power move -- Sit by yourself woman until we're done talking business, then I'll come over and join you for the night :lol

[teggy604]

Since Aquilini group owns Elisa steak house, he probably does business there more often. Every time you go, there will be another hot woman sitting there alone while Aquaman conducts business. lol.

[murd0c]

Since Aquilini group owns Elisa steak house, he probably does business there more often. Every time you go, there will be another hot woman sitting there alone while Aquaman conducts business. lol.

and it's also a tax write off which is the major thing. May as well give himself money then someone else.

[whitev70r]

^ do you mean the steak house ... or the women?

[murd0c]

Steak house but I'm sure he some how gets a tax write off on the woman as well lol

[6thGear.]

Escorts = business entertainment = tax write off

[68style]

So Canucks posted jersey number picks for new players:

Ian Cole #28
Cason Soucy #7
Teddy Blueger #53

Canucks comment threads are just wild with people saying it's too soon for #53 and also that nobody has worn #28 since Luc Bourdon passed away... any thoughts on both?

I don't think Bo did enough to warrant a number reservation, but bold move still on Blueger's part haha... Ian Cole though I think might want to reconsider, seems like asking for bad luck???

[Razor Ramon HG]

Bourdon's number should be unofficially retired like Maki's was (until you know who showed up and demanded it). I think Rypien's is unofficially retired as well since no one has used 37 since.

Don't really care about someone else using 53 though.

[68style]

Wow Ian Cole made a press release saying he is changing his number to 82 after being made aware of 28 having been Luc Bourdon’s number.

Classy move, too bad the organization itself didn’t give him the friggin heads up.

[snowball]

Wow Ian Cole made a press release saying he is changing his number to 82 after being made aware of 28 having been Luc Bourdon’s number.

Classy move, too bad the organization itself didn’t give him the friggin heads up.

I bet the organization didn't even remember it was Luc's number; that's how much respect they have for Canucks fans.

[whitev70r]

Leafs going to give Matt Murray the Joffrey Lupul treatment ...

[pastarocket]

Blockbuster NHL trade.

Eric Karlsson plays with Crosby and Malkin now:

Pittsburgh acquires defenseman Erik Karisson, forward Rem Pitlick, forward Dillon Hamaliuk and San Jose’s 2026 third-round
draft pick. • San Jose acquires Pittsburgh’s 2024 first- round draft pick (top-10 protected), forward Mikael Granlund, defenseman Jan Rutta and
forward Mike Hoffman. • Montreal acquires Pittsburgh’s 2025 second- round draft pick, defenseman Jeff Petry, goaltender Casey DeSmith and forward
Nathan Legare.


Per the Penguins, SJ retains $1.5M of Karlsson’s salary…Pittsburgh retains 25 per cent of Petry’s.

The Penguins will also retain 25 per cent of Petry's salary ($1.5 million) for the next two seasons.


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[SkinnyPupp]

One last crack at the title?

[AzNightmare]

https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/vancouver-canucks-agree-to-terms-pius-suter/c-345574698

Canucks sign Pius Suter, 2x1.6m

[Razor Ramon HG]

So Izzy just got owned and he's on the cover of UFC5, which is coming out next month. That reminded me of the EA cover athlete curse.

I remembered lining up for a special version of NHL where the Sedins were on the cover. I Google'd and they were on NHL 11 and you know what happened that year. FeelsBadMan

https://content.invisioncic.com/Mnhlcanucks/monthly_2020_07/IMG_20200717_164610.jpg.87dabf93ff372c898b47e15d66 da2441.jpg

[Hondaracer]

Pretty sure I saw Baertschi at Disneyland..

Didn’t want to ask but the guy looked 99.9% like him lol

[pastarocket]

Captain Quinn! It’s official. The 15th captain in franchise history. Captain Huggy Bear.


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[68style]

Good choice, seems to have a lot more personality and honesty than Horvat tbh... I didn't have a big problem with Horvat but I felt like he was just towing a company line all the time and it was grating as the failed to show any heart so many nights.

[murd0c]

Perfect choice and even better announcing it now so there is not that distraction during training camp.

[AzNightmare]

Pretty sure I saw Baertschi at Disneyland..

Didn’t want to ask but the guy looked 99.9% like him lol

lol, I bumped into Edler way back. We were lining up to get into the same restaurant. Trying my best not to make it sound weird, but I googled his wife just to see if the woman beside him was the same person, and since it was, I was able to confirm it was him. lol

Then asked for a pic and he was cool about it. He was injured at that time and had a big walking boot on.

[68style]

haha I hope you never run into any hockey players when they're out with their sidepiece :D

[Alpine]

No offense to Quinn, but I shudder at the thought of our media hounding our best defenseman during the first losing streak of the year. Personally I don't think we need to burden our best players with the C.

[Hondaracer]

I think this was a strategic move because of all the rumblings of reuniting the brothers etc lol

Harder to up and leave when you’re the captain of a Canadian franchise. Not to say it won’t happen down the line but if you want to be great, having a C on your sweater is a big part of it

Think I might cop a new Hughes jersey now

[68style]

I'm worried that the Canucks are in full scramble politically/internally... lots of rumblings of Petey refusing to sign long-term and if that happens watch Hughes demand a trade to play with his bros... be the beginning of some real dark ages (not that they're bright to begin with).

[winson604]

Captain Quinn! It’s official. The 15th captain in franchise history. Captain Huggy Bear.


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Love how they showed 14 of the 15 captains in the pic and left out Messier lol.

[bobbinka]

Love how they showed 14 of the 15 captains in the pic and left out Messier lol.

And they included Luongo, lol

[blkgsr]

Harder to up and leave when you’re the captain of a Canadian franchise. Not to say it won’t happen down the line but if you want to be great, having a C on your sweater is a big part of it

uh Horvat?

[Hondaracer]

Horvat wasn’t worth what he got, especially to this team

Canucks have never had a 1A dman, you can really pay Quinn market value and still consider it a decent deal imo

Fewer and fewer teams in this league have that top tier dman

[Razor Ramon HG]

And they included Luongo, lol

https://twitter.com/strombone1/status/1179153497637507072

I'm never gonna forget this tweet, lmao

[teggy604]

I'm worried that the Canucks are in full scramble politically/internally... lots of rumblings of Petey refusing to sign long-term and if that happens watch Hughes demand a trade to play with his bros... be the beginning of some real dark ages (not that they're bright to begin with).

I doubt Petey will sign long term here. It will probably be another short term 3 to 4 year deal similar to Matthews. Enough to take him to UFA and then he will test the open market.

[Razor Ramon HG]

As a player, it's more beneficial to take a short term contract that takes you to 28-29 and then in your prime years sign a front loaded long term contract that carries you until you retire.

[whitev70r]

^ yah a 8-10 yr one that covers your twilight years into like 35, 36, 37.

[N.V.M.]

why can't I attach an image. holy smokes.

[68style]

Gotta use imgur or something else

[murd0c]

it's such a hassle to post images now, I don't even bother lol

[SkinnyPupp]

image attachment has been shut off for like 15 years LUL

Use imgur.com or postimg.org or twitter

Could probably turn it back on since the forum is so small now though :considered:

[SSM_DC5]

Turn it back on. Using a third party site is a lot more work for me.

[murd0c]

image attachment has been shut off for like 15 years LUL

Use imgur.com or postimg.org or twitter

Could probably turn it back on since the forum is so small now though :considered:

Please do

[Razor Ramon HG]

Lol, I always thought it was just broken and SkinnyPupp was too lazy to fix it.

[AzNightmare]

Why use imgur?
Don't you just put (picture url)
?

That's how I've been doing it for 19 years...

There's also an image icon you can click which then prompts you to put in the image link, and then the [img] tags come in automatically.

[SSM_DC5]

^ you might be able to do that if you're trying to post someone else's photo, but if you want to show your own car for example, then you'll need something like imgur to upload the photo, get the picture url, then use the url here.

[68style]

Why use imgur?
Don't you just put (picture url)
?

That's how I've been doing it for 19 years...

There's also an image icon you can click which then prompts you to put in the image link, and then the [img] tags come in automatically.

That doesn't help anyone trying to upload their own pictures

[N.V.M.]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53186046385_6af1769683_3k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2p2SoBK)IMG_20230910_145221_128 (3) (https://flic.kr/p/2p2SoBK) by N.V.M. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/61891343@N05/)

2 groups of Canucks teeing off right before I did. this was last weekend, Saturday.

[SkinnyPupp]

Lol, I always thought it was just broken and SkinnyPupp was too lazy to fix it.
Nah with so many old accounts it's just not worth the risk and hassle to have on.. Those images pile up really fast and get around. There are so many free resources to use, it's pointless. Imgur still works here (they block a lot of 3rd party forums) so that is the best and easiest one to use.

If there wasn't an imgur or postimg then it might be worth considering, but those are good, free, and easy to use.

[bobbinka]

Go upload your dick pics elsewhere, guys

[N.V.M.]

still waiting for my large avatar for catching those spammers, 15 years later.

[AzNightmare]

^ you might be able to do that if you're trying to post someone else's photo, but if you want to show your own car for example, then you'll need something like imgur to upload the photo, get the picture url, then use the url here.

Ahh ok, misunderstood what he was trying to do.
Yes, I use imgur to get the link and upload it with the [img] tags.

[whitev70r]

Mountain out of a mole hill? Babcock was supposedly accused of looking at the pics of the player's phones.

https://x.com/FirstUp1050/status/1702668903644537310

[68style]

How can this guy literally lose his job and get blackballed out of the league for this type of shit... and then finally make a comeback only to do the same shit again?

Insanity.

If this does come to fruition, the online community owes Bissonette and Commodore a big apology lol... they been getting torn apart saying they made all this shit up.

[murd0c]

It's hard to believe he was the best coach in the NHL at one point

[whitev70r]

I wouldn't say he was best coach .. at any time/period ... he won 1 Cup (with Lidstrom, Zetterberg, Datsyuk, pretty well all-star team). Finals with Anaheim, finals with Wings and lost to Pens. There are others like Quennville (oops, what happened to him) with multiple or Jon Cooper with back to back. I like the Wings and even I thought he was a bit over hyped. As for Olympics ... just glad his coaching didn't lose the gold medal for Canada. I think most of us could have coached that team to a gold medal ... haha

[murd0c]

He was the best coach and that's why when Toronto hired him and paid him 5 mill a year. Don't you remember when he became available all the teams wanting him because everyone thought he was a step above all the other coaches? This is way before Jon Cooper so he shouldn't even be in the discussion. Quennville of course was at the top as well but Babcock was considered a step above him since it was claimed he knew how to get the most out of his star players which is why the Redwings won the cup. Also don't forget about him coaching team Canada in 2010, Winning the world jrs and and the world championship's which is the only coach that has won all three so far.

[whitev70r]

I know that people thought he was the best ... what I'm saying is that his record doesn't put him in that category. He lost more Cups in the Finals than he won. He was always seen as a bit pompous ... but I guess you need that confident edge.

And I'm comparing him to other active coaches today so Cooper does count.

It's my opinion ... you're entitled to yours.

[murd0c]

I'm talking the past and why people used to think he was the best coach in the NHL it has nothing to do with today and I was personally never a fan of him, I always thought he was a cocky prick and every that has come out shows that's the case.

I think after these current actions he doesn't belong any where in the NHL and I so hope he gets fired and blackballed for life. In order for him to be a coach in today's NHL he needs to change everything about his style, just like Torts did. If Torts didn't change his style he wouldn't be a coach in the NHL today.

[whitev70r]

Not to belabor the point but I hear you. I was a Wings fan during the Lidstrom era. And Babcock couldn't get it done back to back.

I mean how did he do in Toronto in the years he was there? And then he got fired. That to me is quite telling.

[bobbinka]

Lol, Babcock resigns. What a shitshow.

[MarkyMark]

Not a fan of Babcock or anything but you get the feeling if it wasn't this it would have been something else and anything he did was going to be blown up by the media all season long so it's probably for the best that he got out now.

[Hondaracer]

He’s clearly fucking psycho lol like duck you can’t keep your nose clean for 5 minutes?

[MarkyMark]

Sounded like he had some weird team building exercise idea that some players were cool with and others weren't, it wasn't like he was caught jerking off to the photos or something lol (although you never know with sports coaches)

[spoon.ek9]

holy shit lol.. see, at first I thought maybe this was just a nothing story being blown up by shit disturbers. if there was really no merit to what was being reported, I don't think he would have stepped down so quickly. fair point about not wanting to be a distraction to the team but c'mon... something was fishy here.

[Tim Budong]

its like anything else in the work force
there are aspects of my life that you keep separate from your professional life.

too bad so sad, don't let the doorknob hit you on the way out

[murd0c]

and the worst part about it is he did this outside team facilities as well. I'm so happy he's gone from the NHL and this guarantee's he will never be back as well. Fuck that guy

[spoon.ek9]

his comeuppance is well deserved. so many stories about his shitty character and the way he treated people. ever since mike commodore went on air and told hilarious stories from his encounters, I have never looked at babcock the same :lol

[spoon.ek9]

Pearson and a 3rd rounder in exchange for goalie Casey Desmith (MTL)

I guess it had to be done. Pearson probably didn't want to play here anymore anyways

[68style]

We were 1 mill over the cap with Pearson so he had to go.

That said, what the fuck are we doing trading for DeSmith? Dude got away with pretty badly assaulting a woman in college, he's a fuckin scumbag in addition to being a shitty goalie.

Do these guys not do their research before making deals???

[EvoFire]

We were 1 mill over the cap with Pearson so he had to go.

That said, what the fuck are we doing trading for DeSmith? Dude got away with pretty badly assaulting a woman in college, he's a fuckin scumbag in addition to being a shitty goalie.

Do these guys not do their research before making deals???

Trade for him then unconditional buyout? Give away a 3rd rounder to get rid of Pearson.

[bobbinka]

Did we forget that Spencer Martin had a 4.0GAA last year?

I dont get it.... people wanted Pearson gone well before he was injured, well now he's gone and we get back a backup goalie who's had a 0.91X Save percentage. It cost a 3rd rounder cause we're over the cap and teams know a move needed to be made.

Silovs can get another year in to develop/dominate the AHL and then come up.

[68style]

I got no problem getting a backup, but you’re hiring women into positions of power and touting yourself as a forward thinking organization you don’t get a backup goalie who literally was found guilty of punching a woman repeatedly in the face and spitting in her face while pinning her on the ground and then fought all the cops that came to arrest him.

Guy is trash.

[SkinnyPupp]

I got no problem getting a backup, but you’re hiring women into positions of power and touting yourself as a forward thinking organization you don’t get a backup goalie who literally was found guilty of punching a woman repeatedly in the face and spitting in her face while pinning her on the ground and then fought all the cops that came to arrest him.

Guy is trash.
Wait what?

[68style]

https://www.fosters.com/story/news/crime/2014/12/06/ex-unh-goalie-agrees-to/34927787007/

[spoon.ek9]

dayum :pokerface:

I dunno what their plan is, but i guess maybe he's just a stop gap until Silovs gets more time in the AHL or Martin perhaps regains his confidence? I believe Desmith's contract expires after this season so we aren't anchored by him for long.

[murd0c]

Their plan was to move a player to create cap space and to bring in a back up goalie to help Demko when needed. Silovs needs way more playing time and him sitting on the bench in the NHL isn't the best for his development. Yes it sucks giving up a 3rd in the process but it was needed and it doesn't bother me what so ever.

[Liquid_o2]

Agree that Silovs needs another year of seasoning in the AHL. Hopefully he gets another 40+ starts and then is ready for prime time next year. No point in him riding the bench for Demko as a 22 year old.

DeSmith is perfect for the backup role. A tidy piece of work by Allvin & Co.

[whitev70r]

Did anyone check the pics on DeSmith's phone ...

[Hondaracer]

I got no problem getting a backup, but you’re hiring women into positions of power and touting yourself as a forward thinking organization you don’t get a backup goalie who literally was found guilty of punching a woman repeatedly in the face and spitting in her face while pinning her on the ground and then fought all the cops that came to arrest him.

Guy is trash.

There was some discussion about this in threads talking about the trade, people from Pittsburg etc. we’re saying he’s actually been decent in the community and had ongoing training and victim service stuff etc.

Not to say if justifies anything but I guess people get a second chance it people like Dany Heatley and Craig Mctavish can pretty much commit manslaughter and get a second chance

[Alpine]

I got no problem getting a backup, but you’re hiring women into positions of power and touting yourself as a forward thinking organization you don’t get a backup goalie who literally was found guilty of punching a woman repeatedly in the face and spitting in her face while pinning her on the ground and then fought all the cops that came to arrest him.

Guy is trash.

Well that's the ugly part of hockey. It's an "old boys club". Just look at Babcock and how long it took him to get exposed. No doubt there have been whispers/stories/rumours/etc for years, but he was still hired by Toronto and Columbus.

If sweeping it under the rug leads to making $, it will be done.

[whitev70r]

I know it's preseason but still ... getting shutout 10-0?!

[spoon.ek9]

From the comments I saw, it was basically the Abby Canucks vs a nearly full Flames roster. Still though, losing 0-10 is pretty appalling lol...

[bobbinka]

i'll wait for the season to get under way before getting disappointed. No point starting early.

[Alpine]

Don't be too discouraged. 90% of the players that played tonight aren't NHL quality and I expect most of them to be cut after tonight.

[whitev70r]

So no possibility of Jett Woo cracking lineup? What a cool name ... I still remember the moment he got selected. What is his future ... a career Adam or Peewee coach?

[68style]

He was looking like he wasn't going to turn out at all, but then he took big steps last year and probably the 2nd best dman after Wolanin in Abby last year! Hopefully he can continue but his chances are pretty slim at this point.

[murd0c]

So no possibility of Jett Woo cracking lineup? What a cool name ... I still remember the moment he got selected. What is his future ... a career Adam or Peewee coach?

He had a great year last year so lets hope he progresses this year in the AHL. Ya he was on for 5 GA yesterday but in reality that means nothing since the entire team played pretty shitty other then Hirose, Hogs and Raty.

[pastarocket]

Another player signing:

Vancouver, B.C. – Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the club has agreed to terms on a three-year, entry-level contract with goaltender Ty Young, who was originally selected by Vancouver in the fifth round, 144th overall at the 2022 NHL Entry draft.

“Ty has made some improvements since we drafted him last year and we were pleased to see him play meaningful games in the WHL playoffs,” said Allvin.


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[spoon.ek9]

OEL had 3 assists in his preseason debut with Panthers. Watch people complain about him being bought out now :lol

[SkinnyPupp]

OEL had 3 assists in his preseason debut with Panthers. Watch people complain about him being bought out now :lol
He could have had 3 assists and 6 goals; none of it matters in pre season LUL

[spoon.ek9]

yep, that's the point i'm making. some of the fans online are already calling the team a bust after one PRE season game. gotta love idiots.

[AzNightmare]

He could have had 3 assists and 6 goals; none of it matters in pre season LUL

Even if it was reg season, I wouldn't care. He clearly couldn't do it here. Even if he magically becomes a 40 pt player again next season, he was never gonna be that guy here.
Can't be hung over people who play better if change of scene was what triggers it.

[68style]

Maybe he’s playing hungry, can’t be easy to be a pro and be so bad a team pays you to fuck off… he seemed to think he had it easy here and it showed in his lazy play.

He started with a bunch of assists here too if I remember correctly.

[MG1]

So no possibility of Jett Woo cracking lineup? What a cool name ... I still remember the moment he got selected. What is his future ... a career Adam or Peewee coach?

Jett Who? :lawl:

[bobbinka]

Cory Schneider retires

[spoon.ek9]

So WHL coach Kevin Constantine has been suspended. Anyone know what the allegations are this time around? He's been in trouble in the past for how he has treated players.

[pastarocket]

An announcement about Luongo being inducted into the Canucks' Ring of Honour:


Vancouver, B.C. – The Vancouver Canucks announced today that former goaltender Roberto Luongo will be inducted into the club’s Ring of Honour on December 14, 2023, when the Canucks host the Florida Panthers. The organization originally announced that Luongo would become the eighth player in franchise history to receive the honour on November 30, 2022.

“We are glad to officially have a date set for Roberto’s incredibly well-deserved induction to the Canucks Ring of Honour,” said Jim Rutherford, Vancouver Canucks President, Hockey Operations. “He is one of the greatest players to ever represent this team and his legacy continues in Vancouver to this day. As proud as we are to recognize Roberto with this achievement, it is as much of an honour for the organization and our fans to be able to celebrate him again in our building.”

Luongo spent eight years of his Hall of Fame career in Vancouver from 2006-2014 and was widely recognized as one of the League’s elite goaltenders during that time. Throughout his Canucks tenure, Luongo was nominated for several NHL awards, including the Vezina Trophy (2007, 2011), Lester B. Pearson Award (2007), Hart Memorial Trophy (2007), and the William Jennings Trophy (2011) which he won alongside creasemate Cory Schneider for the lowest goals-against average in the NHL.

[pastarocket]

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[punkwax]

Not mad about those AHL assignments. Obviously not great that players like Podkolzin haven’t taken a step but a few of those names probably would’ve made the roster over the last season or two.

The new brass and coaches have made our team better/tougher to play against in fairly short order SeemsGood

[SkinnyPupp]

Kind of awesome the Canucks have a player named Jett on their roster (my cat's name). Hope he does well enough to get called up so I can cheer him on!

[AzNightmare]

Did Hoglander get bumped up?

Kind of disappointing Podkolzin is still an AHLer.

[68style]

I’m concerned for Podz, he looked really lost out there in preseason.

Not a good look if he’s a bust and we’ve got Juolevi, Virtanen and Podkolzin all as recent top10 busts to show for 3 draft years.

[pastarocket]

Another Canucks trade:

Trading for a Leafs forward:

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[spoon.ek9]

I see people slamming the trade but also failing to realize we needed a right shot forward who can take faceoffs and kill penalties :lol

[Hondaracer]

Leafs fans seem to love him? Seems like a low price to pay

[pastarocket]

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[teggy604]

I thought Pods was sent down to Abby?

[68style]

They’ve been playing yo-up’s with the lineup and Abby assignments and recalls this whole week… they sent Wolanin down and called up Hirose and then immediately sent Hirose down again

[pastarocket]

Another NHL season begins tonight!

Crosby and Bedard face-off. Classy greeting from the ref Sutherland to both players.

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[murd0c]

I'm so happy it's finally game day, My fricken TV died Monday night so I of course had to go pick up a new one yesterday since I can't miss opening night LOL

[68style]

Maybe my 13 year old 40" Samsung should also... die... and then I can search for a replacement

[mikemhg]

Maybe my 13 year old 40" Samsung should also... die... and then I can search for a replacement

40"...?

Brokie.

[68style]

Hey man it was legit when it was new!!! :alone:

[murd0c]

I had a 15 year old 47" Sony and bought a 65" Samsung QLED and my god its incredible. I'm so excited to watch the game on it tonight. I didn't want to have to buy a new TV out of the blue but it is what it is lol

[SkinnyPupp]

Laffs getting T bagged at home, love to see it

Or not! Hatty for Matthews as they score 2 goals with the goalie pulled!

[bobbinka]

fucking leafs cutting into our game

[MG1]

Leafs WIN!!!!


Go, Leafs, GO!!!!!



It's always a good day when the scHabs lose.


Now that I'm no longer a Canucks fan, going back to cheering on my favourite Original Six team.

[MG1]

fucking leafs cutting into our game

Always a silver lining behind a dark cloud............. we didn't have to listen to the slay a tooth blessing before each game. Spared we were............

[bobbinka]

Lol!