i sure hope so.

vancouver hockey riots: 2
edmonton hockey riots: 0

now who's laughing
- therealagent

Montréal riots : 15

Yeah well....
Edmonton's cups: 5
Cannots: 0

You will get to pick first overall. Soon enough. Soon enough.
- EdEagle

Living in the past sweety!

Back to the point!
Did first overall picks have anything to do with those cups?

Hmmm, so in comparison to that Edmonton is great at missing the playoffs, picking first overall, and again.......not making the playoffs?

I know which option I'd take, not to mention the fact that we have not even gotten into the city bashing yet
- Whiskey-Tango

Sure I'd rather have Vancouver's recent "success" over Edmonton's. I'd rather have Edmonton's overall history, and current roster than Van's. 1st overalls or not, Edmonton is on the rise, Van is on the fall

Living in the past sweety!

Back to the point!
Did first overall picks have anything to do with those cups?
- Whiskey-Tango

ask pittsburgh and chicago how they feel about getting high picks. the difference is that they both created well balanced teams. the oilers are high on top end potential and everyone else is absolutely terrible. i don't even know how some of them get a job in the AHL.

5 cups...
- EdEagle

Still, its the Canucks, you sound like a 5 year old.

Living in the past sweety!

Back to the point!
Did first overall picks have anything to do with those cups?
- Whiskey-Tango

Nope.
Have Kessler, burrows, sissies, luongo, etc done anything for any cup? Or just the same as those 1st overall picks?
Living in the past and the bright future! Oh yeah!

ask pittsburgh and chicago how they feel about getting high picks. the difference is that they both created well balanced teams. the oilers are high on top end potential and everyone else is absolutely terrible. i don't even know how some of them get a job in the AHL.
- therealagent

How original......

Still, its the Canucks, you sound like a 5 year old.
- Conflict076

Well, they suck, however you want to call them

How original......
- Iggysbff

okay. not totally fair. pittsburgh and chicago are also destinations for UFA's which helped them.
i said this in a previous post but get rid of Lowe and the Oilers turn the corner.

Nope.
Have Kessler, burrows, sissies, luongo, etc done anything for any cup? Or just the same as those 1st overall picks?
Living in the past and the bright future! Oh yeah!
- EdEagle

Has Eberle, Hall, Hopkins, Gagne, Shultz, Yakupov, etc. etc. etc done anything in the playoffs?



Owwww so original, i know

Two can play at that game my friend.

Has Eberle, Hall, Hopkins, Gagne, Shultz, Yakupov, etc. etc. etc done anything in the playoffs?



Owwww so original, i know

Two can play at that game my friend.
- Whiskey-Tango

No, but they are awesome. Not a bunch of retards.

okay. not totally fair. pittsburgh and chicago are also destinations for UFA's which helped them.
i said this in a previous post but get rid of Lowe and the Oilers turn the corner.
- therealagent

They also started with a lot of good pieces before the slew of high picks. So expecting Edmonton to follow the exact same path to the cup is ridiculous.

uhhhh no.

allen/elliot > luongo. in fact, i am worth more than luongo, because i dont have one of the worst contracts in all of hockey.

edler < pietrangelo. maybe for canucks fans all your players are suddenly worth 10 times more, but not to anyone else.

sedins <<< backes and tarasenko. sedins will be ppg players at most, and backes has more grit than both of them combined. tarasenko has one of the highest offensive upside on the blues......nice try.
- sensnucksnocups

Yes yes, you're more worthy than a multi millionaire, I realize that...makes perfect sense

If you think Pietrangelo and Edler are that far apart talent wise, you aren't paying any attention to the players that are listed...you've just implied that Pietrangelo is worth 10 times more than Edler...and i'm the one that doesn't know what he's talking about?

Blues need scoring more than grit, they have the most defensive coach in the nhl

They also started with a lot of good pieces before the slew of high picks. So expecting Edmonton to follow the exact same path to the cup is ridiculous.
- Iggysbff

actually chicago was awful as was pittsburgh. they made good trades and good signings.

the risk with a young team is that you don't surround them with vets to learn from and all they do is learn to lose. the isles suffer from this and the oil are following that same path. it's been several years now and they still have not added a single top 6 established forward to help the kids. this year is the first year they've done something right on D by getting Ference who will be a great addition.

Teemu's Back!
- mlindsay

In a kinda funny way too:


https://www.youtube.com/w...er_embedded&v=sRkcl_RHwoc

Such a Rat!
- Whiskey-Tango

Oh he is a turbo rat! But he's my rat

[quote=therealagent]actually chicago was awful as was pittsburgh. they made good trades and good signings.

the risk with a young team is that you don't surround them with vets to learn from and all they do is learn to lose. the isles suffer from this and the oil are following that same path. it's been several years now and they still have not added a single top 6 established forward to help the kids. this year is the first year they've done something right on D by getting Ference who will be a great addition./quote]

Agree. Winning vets is what helps. Guys like Ference and Recchi were very helpful when Boston's core was younger and less experienced.

Oh he is a turbo rat! But he's my rat
- glove_was_stuck

he'll be team canada's turbo rat in the olympics. no way you can't bring bergeron and marchant to russia after their playoff performances the last few years. they just show up. all the talk about nash, thornton, carter, richards makes me puke.

should things get dicey? This is how I know you make poop up. There is a mutual agreement between the Canucks and the Sedins to get a deal done before the start of the season and all indications are that it is just a matter of when not if.....

he'll be team canada's turbo rat in the olympics. no way you can't bring bergeron and marchant to russia after their playoff performances the last few years. they just show up. all the talk about nash, thornton, carter, richards makes me puke.
- therealagent

Vanishes when it matters most. I would even consider him period IMO.

EDIT: Marchand is such a pest. I can understand the frustration. I would hate his guts if he was wearing any other laundry. However for a tournament I would seriously consider him even though you can measure it, he pots some clutch goals when it counts. Bergeron is the same guy night in/night out. Works and plays his ass off, great leader, penalty killer, has scored some clutch goals himself.

Vanishes when it matters most. I would even consider him period IMO.
- glove_was_stuck

Same with Nash

Same with Nash
- Conflict076

Still think NYR made a grave mistake trading away Gaborik. Happy to see him go. He (frank)ing kills Boston. (frank)er...

should things get dicey? This is how I know you make poop up. There is a mutual agreement between the Canucks and the Sedins to get a deal done before the start of the season and all indications are that it is just a matter of when not if.....
- chompsey

of course but you can't argue with the fact the sabres make sense. they already have erhoff and coho and the canucks have shown that they can take the bruins to at least 7 games so pegs gets at least a few home playoff games. you also can't argue with the fact the blues make sense. hitch has a raised hitch over luongo - always had - and he'd be part of that deal as well since the blues have all sorts of cash lying around.

he'll be team canada's turbo rat in the olympics. no way you can't bring bergeron and marchant to russia after their playoff performances the last few years. they just show up. all the talk about nash, thornton, carter, richards makes me puke.
- therealagent

haven't seen anybody predict Thornton makes the team...

haven't seen anybody predict Thornton makes the team...
- Big_Lightnin

the fact he's on the invite list is enough.