By most accounts Gost has sucked goat balls this season. Was a healthy scratch earlier this season. Dale Weise is a Hockey God.
- Marwood

I guess they don't him the Dutch Gretzky for no reason..

We aren't the only franchise to make head scratching roster decisions.

Philly scratches Ghostisbere (sp?) and Konecny. In comes Nick Schultz and Dale Weise...
- Codes1087

Dale Weise must have a killer personality, because on the ice he looks like poop.

I guess coaches love those kind of guys. That's why I got to believe a guy like Hansen has some value on the trade market.

By most accounts Gost has sucked goat balls this season. Was a healthy scratch earlier this season. Dale Weise is a Hockey God.
- Marwood

It's possible he may be the greatest career 4th liner in NHL history...you could make an argument for it.

#underusedandappreciated

Not cool...WD always tells them to skate towards the oppositions net. #systems
- CanuckDon

I'm just (frank)ing around.

Got to be consistent with your message...

Maybe the coach knows the players better than the fans do.
- Marwood

AV sure had Hodgson pegged. TBH, I questioned AVs sanity in the way he dealt with Cody. Boy, was I wrong.

Dale Weise must have a killer personality, because on the ice he looks like poop.

I guess coaches love those kind of guys. That's why I got to believe a guy like Hansen has some value on the trade market.
- bloatedmosquito

I think I would sooner compare Skille to Weise than I would Hansen. Hansen would probably be offended if he knew he was compared to Weise lol.

I think I would sooner compare Skille to Weise than I would Hansen. Hansen would probably be offended if he knew he was compared to Weise lol.
- Codes1087

True.

My thought process was, in the playoffs, they would play similar roles. 3rd or 4th line agitator that crashes and bangs with a bit of skill around the net.

We kid about Dale but he was a 4th round pick and has had an interesting career. Seems to be in demand considering his limited skill set.

2008-Feb-26 Draft pick rights traded from New York Rangers to St. Louis Blues for Christian Backman

2008-Jun-21 Draft pick rights traded from Nashville Predators to New York Rangers for round 7 pick in the 2008 draft (Jani Lajunen) and round 4 pick in the 2009 draft

2014-Feb-03 Traded from Vancouver Canucks to Montreal Canadiens for Raphael Diaz

2016-Feb-26 Traded from Montreal Canadiens with Tomas Fleischmann to Chicago Blackhawks for Phillip Danault and round 2 pick in the 2018 draft

2016-Jul-01 Signed by Philadelphia Flyers

I'm just (frank)ing around.

Got to be consistent with your message...
- bloatedmosquito

Oh I know. It was a good chirp

I'm just (frank)ing around.

Got to be consistent with your message...
- bloatedmosquito

- WhiteLie

I've been reflecting on the Philip Larsen trade.

He was drafted 149th overall in the 2008 Draft. That's the second last pick in the 5th round. JB trades a 5th round pick in 2017 for him (probably in the 130th pick range).

Can someone tell me why that trade was made? He's not a NHL Dman.

True.

My thought process was, in the playoffs, they would play similar roles. 3rd or 4th line agitator that crashes and bangs with a bit of skill around the net.

We kid about Dale but he was a 4th round pick and has had an interesting career. Seems to be in demand considering his limited skill set.

2008-Feb-26 Draft pick rights traded from New York Rangers to St. Louis Blues for Christian Backman

2008-Jun-21 Draft pick rights traded from Nashville Predators to New York Rangers for round 7 pick in the 2008 draft (Jani Lajunen) and round 4 pick in the 2009 draft

2014-Feb-03 Traded from Vancouver Canucks to Montreal Canadiens for Raphael Diaz

2016-Feb-26 Traded from Montreal Canadiens with Tomas Fleischmann to Chicago Blackhawks for Phillip Danault and round 2 pick in the 2018 draft

2016-Jul-01 Signed by Philadelphia Flyers
- bloatedmosquito

That trade to Habs worked out well. Diaz is on pace to make Alex Stoyanov history in trade value

Well then the interviewer is an idiot, not your GM.

I suspect even the biggest of homers here know there is no chance is hell the Canucks make the conference finals (which would be winning two rounds).



Quite simply, very unlikely. There has been 1 draft in the last 20 years that produced more quality players than career AHLers in the 20th pick range.

Was that the interviewer that said that again?
- prock

1986 - PHI - Kerry Huffman 401 games
1987 - PHI - Darren Rumble 193 games
1988 - MTL - Eric Charron 130 games
1989 - NYR - Steven Rice 329 games
1990 - NJD - Martin Brodeur 1266 games
1991 - EDM - Martin Ruchinsky 961 games
1992 - MTL - David Wilkie 167 games
1993 - VAN - Mike Wilson 336 games
1994 - DAL - Jason Botterill 88 games
1995 - CAL - Denis Gauthier 554 games
1996 - FLA - Marcus Nilson 521 games
1997 - FLA - Mike Brown 34 games
1998 - COL - Scott Parker 308 games
1999 - BUF - Barrett Heisten 10 games
2000 - LA - Alexander Frolov 579 games
2001 - SJ - Marcel Goc 636 games
2002 - BUF - Daniel Paille 582 games
2003 - MIN - Brent Burns 848 games
2004 - NJ - Travis Zajac 749 games
2005 - FLA - Kenndal McArdie 42 games
2006 - MON - David Fischer 0 games
2007 - PIT - Angelo Esposito 0 games
2008 - NYR - Michael Del Zotto 463 games
2009 - NJ - Jacob Josefson 262 games
2010 - PIT - Beau Bennett 169 games
2011 - PHO - Connor Murphy 225 games
2012 - TB - Andrei Vasilevskiy 68 games
2013 - DET - Anthony Mantha 45 games
2014 - CHI - Nick Schmaltz 33 games
2015 - MIN - Jeol Eriksson-Ek 9 games
2016 - DET - Dennis Cholowski 0 games

I've been reflecting on the Philip Larsen trade.

He was drafted 149th overall in the 2008 Draft. That's the second last pick in the 5th round. JB trades a 5th round pick in 2017 for him (probably in the 130th pick range).

Can someone tell me why that trade was made? He's not a NHL Dman.
- bloatedmosquito

Let's see at the time they had nothing for puck moving D that could improve the PP. It was a swing for the fences deal. Unless you think Bartowski was a better option to resign?

I've been reflecting on the Philip Larsen trade.

He was drafted 149th overall in the 2008 Draft. That's the second last pick in the 5th round. JB trades a 5th round pick in 2017 for him (probably in the 130th pick range).

Can someone tell me why that trade was made? He's not a NHL Dman.
- bloatedmosquito

Because the Canucks typically use between 11 and 15 different players on D over the course of a season, so burning a 5th for someone who didn't make it first time around but has had recent success in KHL was one way to get a little extra security. They probably could have had an equivalent player via free agency, so in hind sight it looks like a poor decision.

Good morning—game day at last!

New blog is up—with a quick look at the Sharks and Alex Burrows talking about how excited he is for this playoff push.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com...-work-vs-Sharks/194/82644

if it takes getting a McDavid, Laine, Eichel, Matthews to make a team competitive then no one's going to be getting up off the mat until they draft in the 1 or 2 slot...

Canucks are trying to make it happen with being as crap as Leafs and Oilers were for years and years...
- kaptaan

oops...

it should read "without" being as crap as Oilers and Leafs were for years and years... big change in meaning.. that's what happens when rushing to type something...

By most accounts Gost has sucked goat balls this season. Was a healthy scratch earlier this season. Dale Weise is a Hockey God.
- Marwood