they should just do a northern and a southern division, then nobody can cry about time zones or travel because it will all be relatively equal as all teams will cross the country regularly
- MetroidPrime

That might be fair but seems like reaching for the lowest common denominator, plus it means we'd be watching some games at like 4pm, and if you live in Winni the games may not start till 9 if they're in Van. I would assume none of the teams want to do that

We are also good at blowing the Stanley Cup finals alright! 3 times now.

Boom!
- stuckey

how does this have nothing to do with vancouver? the nucks have been playing in the easiest division, it'll be fun to see what they do playing against a real team.
- sensnucksnocups

Agree. It's been similar to Washington and how they won their President's Cups on the back of terrible opposition

which one of them is gonna walk into the locker room and take over the stereo?
- MetroidPrime

They'll have to go through a weasley whiny Heatley to get there, so they may just leave it alone.

They'd fit right in with the new playoffs then if last year was anything to go by.
- AlexF

no poop what a joke, the trap should be called illegal

Time for pizza
- The_Vark

bbqing a hole flatten chiken ......

If either of those guys gets more than 6 years it's probably a terrible contract.
- S Kaspar Rollins

If Semin gets a contract it's a terrible contract unless one of the terms of the contract is "YOU HAVE TO (frank)ING TRY"

I haven't checked out Minnesota's cap situation yet, do they have to dump anyone notable? It's just that I was thinking it would be funny if Heatley got traded again because of this.

If Semin gets a contract it's a terrible contract unless one of the terms of the contract is "YOU HAVE TO (frank)ING TRY"
- nomdreas

But seriously, now that the big dogs are signed, how long until we see the domino effect? tonight? tomorrow? have offers been made already?

Damn when dumba, granlund, and brodin develope wow is minny gonna be a threat. Vancouver has to do something their window is closing even faster now

I haven't checked out Minnesota's cap situation yet, do they have to dump anyone notable? It's just that I was thinking it would be funny if Heatley got traded again because of this.
- S Kaspar Rollins

feaster likes him

Damn when dumba, granlund, and brodin develope wow is minny gonna be a threat. Vancouver has to do something their window is closing even faster now
- LEAFSfan28191

It's true...suddenly when you look at the Canucks lineup they don't seem so daunting.

I'm not just being a hater right now either. It's true.

feaster likes him
- LEAFSfan28191

he would lol

he would lol
- The_Hinter

yup

How come Dreger didn't congratulate Ek?
- CygnusX1

I apologize if I'm dense here but since this is the Internet I can't tell if you're serious.

Wow. Good for Minnesota...they deserve a contender, and just got it.

But wow...13 years? The NHL needs to limit contract lengths, then teams wouldn't feel the need to offer such absurd contracts to FAs.

richard park is a free agent, young up and comer

maybe you guys can sign him
- homiedclown

Damn when dumba, granlund, and brodin develope wow is minny gonna be a threat. Vancouver has to do something their window is closing even faster now
- LEAFSfan28191

Hence why Gillis is trying to rip other GM's off for Luongo. He knows it.

Wow. Good for Minnesota...they deserve a contender, and just got it.

But wow...13 years? The NHL needs to limit contract lengths, then teams wouldn't feel the need to offer such absurd contracts to FAs.
- wolfhounds

i cant believe at the end of it it adds up to 98 mil for parise

- MetroidPrime

Hence why Gillis is trying to rip other GM's off for Luongo. He knows it.
- Juice

If he is trying to fix this by trading Luongo i've got some bad news for him.

WOW! Pitt is officially out on Parise according to many people/ sources on twitter. good for my Sabres. one less East powerhouse to go through
- Sabres2012CUP

One less powerhouse?? Lolololol, were still a powerhouse, unless you get Bobby Ryan, we'll still beat you

If he is trying to fix this by trading Luongo i've got some bad news for him.
- The-Dalai-Lama

Agreed...but he's definitely trying.

It's true...suddenly when you look at the Canucks lineup they don't seem so daunting.

I'm not just being a hater right now either. It's true.
- The-Dalai-Lama

If these signings are gonna be sooo bad for the Canucks, imagine how bad they are gonna be for the other bottom feeders in the NW.

And to all that complain (especially Oiler and Flame fans) about how bad the NW was and how the Nucks feasted off that, isn't our fault your teams are SH!T.

Close to $30M tied up in 4 players

Lots of doh-ray-me locked up there