I bought a resort style house here for less than the price of my Yaletown condo..slowly trying to leave Vancouver haha
- CanuckDon

Don't blame you

In extremely important and breaking news
https://www.thescore.com/...-puppy-bowl-xiv-announced
- neem55

Blueberry Pie looks like a game-breaker.

Come on Sweden 20 more minutes

I agree but imo it's better to have your primary scoring sorted out first, it's easier to supplement those guys with some gritty players through ufa/trade or later in the draft(Gadjovich/Gaudette type picks).

Bo and Brock is a nice start and hopefully EP translates into a guy who can be relied on for primary offensive in the NHL, but ideally you have a 4th forward to join them. You can then create 2 dangerous lines and have complementary players join each line to create a nice top 6.

But yeah, Canucks definitely still need more toughness that can actually play in the top 9 and we all know the defense needs a lot of help.
- Nucker101

Agreed, personally I wouldn't be angry with Tkachuk or Zadina. Can Zadina play LW?

A future top 6 of

Tkachuk-EP-Boeser
X-Bo-X looks good

JV-EP-Boeser
X-Bo-Zadina would look good as well.

JV is not a 1st liner, but EP and Boeser would be enough to compensate IMO.

Don't blame you
- VANTEL

Just need to figure out how to work from here.....

I bought a resort style house here for less than the price of my Yaletown condo..slowly trying to leave Vancouver haha
- CanuckDon

Nice but idc to live in America bro.
Hope it works out for you 👍👍

Just need to figure out how to work from here.....
- CanuckDon

Contraband

I want to continue from the last blog seeing I was at work earlier. I am not angry at anything that has happened this year but I think some things could have been handled differently.

With Gudbrandson and the urgency to move him I blame on Canucks. He was a RFA last year and Canucks had hand (George Castanza) . Why not sign him to a 2 year show me deal or bridge contract ? This gives you plenty of time to evaluate ,sign , or move him.

I don't understand wanting to bring back certain players to another year or two as prospects mature. For three years we have seen a pretty boring product and the sooner it changes the better. We know what those players bring (as most of you use in your pro signing campaign) , it is not pretty. The times it has been exciting has come from the youth.

Like Marwwod said he does not support Benning but he is not sure what is better. I am on the same thinking.
- VANTEL

Agreed on the Gudbranson contract length, but I am thinking that has more to do with him being difficult to negotiate with. He couldnt come to terms on his rookie contract for 13 months and then rejected a 4-year $18m deal with Florida right before they traded him to VAN

Agreed on the Gudbranson contract length, but I am thinking that has more to do with him being difficult to negotiate with. He couldnt come to terms on his rookie contract for 13 months and then rejected a 4-year $18m deal with Florida right before they traded him to VAN
- WhiteLie

That's where Canucks needed to play hardball IMO He was RFA. Tell him you will oblige a trade but you need time.

So Scott Cullen of TSN analytics prospect rankings r whom?

Fox sure goes down easy this tournament. He should change his name to Louganis


Nice goal Sweden

So Scott Cullen of TSN analytics prospect rankings r whom?
- Nighthawk

Dangerous way to rank prospects. Too many variables.

Agreed on the Gudbranson contract length, but I am thinking that has more to do with him being difficult to negotiate with. He couldnt come to terms on his rookie contract for 13 months and then rejected a 4-year $18m deal with Florida right before they traded him to VAN
- WhiteLie

his agent seems to be 'outrageous demanding' him out of the nhl

Dangerous way to rank prospects. Too many variables.
- Nucker101

Thats right. Analytics is for nerds only.
Doesn’t assess character, work ethic, engine nor maturity nor anything tangible.

What a play by EP . Hank who?

3-0

4-0

Bye bye USA

What a glorious day this is becoming.

Bye bye USA

What a glorious day this is becoming.
- Nighthawk

Two Shorties

Bye bye Cry.S.A

Pettersson outshines Mittlestadt.

Man TSN website sucks. I want the box scores so i can see if Petterson got any assists to go with his goal.

That's where Canucks needed to play hardball IMO He was RFA. Tell him you will oblige a trade but you need time.
- VANTEL

I dont think they had the leverage on him (paid high price to get him + 1 year away from UFA freedom), but it would have been mutually beneficial for him to play himself into a better situation for sure

So Scott Cullen of TSN analytics prospect rankings r whom?
- Nighthawk

Thing with statistics is: I can run the same regression and come up with the same stats. You don't use them to pick a player, you do use them to say "top5 pick is clearly more valuable than trading down. Look at the statistics that back that claim up." The scouts will already based their asessments on the attributes you mentioned and come up with consensus picks for the top 5 players. in this case, it's very likely Tkachuck and Zadina round out the top5 at this point and not d-men.

Man TSN website sucks. I want the box scores so i can see if Petterson got any assists to go with his goal.
- Retinalz

I looked as well. What a crap site indeed.

This is my favorite tie to play "born in the U.S.A."

I looked as well. What a crap site indeed.
- Nighthawk

None - two short handed goals on one US PP 😂