Helle choking? 😆
- Bettmanhatesus

Sure is lol
Game 7 is coming

Dhaliwal: Brackett didn't want to draft Podkolzin. That was a Benning pick. Brackett wanted to take Boldy.

@DonnieandDhali

Dhaliwal: Tocchet talked to Hughes before he made his decision.

I think Tocchet has a pretty good indication about Hughes staying or going...You think he bolted for no reason? I think he knows some stuff that other people don't know.

@DonnieandDhali


He gone!!

Helle choking? 😆
- Bettmanhatesus

Quite possible. Wonder if there is a chance we can pry Kempe and Byfield out of LA if they decide to do a mini teardown?

Dhaliwal: Tocchet talked to Hughes before he made his decision.

I think Tocchet has a pretty good indication about Hughes staying or going...You think he bolted for no reason? I think he knows some stuff that other people don't know.

@DonnieandDhali


He gone!!
- Pacificgem

Pure speculation... but if that's true, may as well him this summer and get a gargantuan return. Hell even eat half the contract.

Nemec, Silayev, Mercer, 1st.

I wonder if another team would give up more for him (with half retained) than NJ knowing he's likely to leave in two years.

Pure speculation... but if that's true, may as well him this summer and get a gargantuan return. Hell even eat half the contract.

Nemec, Silayev, Mercer, 1st.

I wonder if another team would give up more for him (with half retained) than NJ knowing he's likely to leave in two years.
- NewYorkNuck

Yep the real teardown is about to begin. So stupid that they wouldn't face the truth earlier and move Boeser for picks. Hopefully they smell what the Rock is cooking and they get out of the Petey deal before July 1.

Yep the real teardown is about to begin. So stupid that they wouldn't face the truth earlier and move Boeser for picks. Hopefully they smell what the Rock is cooking and they get out of the Petey deal before July 1.
- carsonagenic

Happy 37th Anniversary. Released May 3, 1988.

Happy 37th Anniversary. Released May 3, 1988.


- Load Management

The Mindcrime message is just as relevant today as it was in 1988, actually more so now.
37 years....time flies...old balls, gross.

From Reddit:

3 Years ago, they had a bit of a vision.

These were the guys that praised Malholtra for almost being like another coach on the team. Embraced, and respected Malholtra’s word on the bench as a player. Malholtra if anyone is the man to to be able to head the bench and have the best synergy with the twins to get some mastermind coaching going, it’s him.

Here’s the bit from 3 years ago;

“When he steps on the ice right now, I don't think he sees a lot of options,” Henrik Sedin said Friday when asked about Pettersson. “When
you have confidence and you're feeling it, you only see Canucks jerseys out there. It's like there's no opponent -- they're out of the way, you
don't even think about where they are. I'm sure he only saw Flyers jerseys out there yesterday. It's maybe tough to understand, but that's
the way it is when you are struggling a little bit. I see ourselves in him when you're not scoring.”
“I hate to hear that because the one thing doesn't take the other thing away,” Sedin told Sportsnet. “You can play good defence and still score.
For me, that's a non-issue. You can stay above your guy in the defensive zone, you can backcheck hard, you can get pucks deep when you need to, and you can still score.
“I hate to hear that they're focusing too much on defence or they need to score more. No, they have to play well. They have to play a good,
200-foot game. If you do that, you're going to give up fewer chances and you will score. Every time you go through this where you start focusing on defence -- and this is from our experience -- it always takes time for the offence to come. But the problem you run into if you start to focus on defence, and then especially as an offensive player you're not scoring right away, the teams that get in trouble are the teams where your top players can't stand not scoring, so they start cheating and now you're back to square one. You have to be patient.”

The Mindcrime message is just as relevant today as it was in 1988, actually more so now.
37 years....time flies...old balls, gross.
- carsonagenic

I'm just happy they still work even though they're dangling between my kneecaps. I've got it on vinyl. Just about to spin it and clean the kitchen. Not something I would be doing on a Saturday in 1988. Domestication is a slow and silent killer.

Dhaliwal: Brackett didn't want to draft Podkolzin. That was a Benning pick. Brackett wanted to take Boldy.

@DonnieandDhali



- Pacificgem

Say no more 😂😂

Quite possible. Wonder if there is a chance we can pry Kempe and Byfield out of LA if they decide to do a mini teardown?
- ScotlandVonRickens

On the surface a great idea but highly unlikely given the cost & our assets not what they’d want in return. Imo

I'm just happy they still work even though they're dangling between my kneecaps. I've got it on vinyl. Just about to spin it and clean the kitchen. Not something I would be doing on a Saturday in 1988. Domestication is a slow and silent killer.
- Load Management

"Why do guys like you and me know what a duvet is? Is it essential to our survival in the hunter gatherer sense of the world? No what are then, consumers. We are the byproduct of a lifestyle obsession.
Smoke a fatty, enjoy Breaking the Silence, and cleaning you abode.

On the surface a great idea but highly unlikely given the cost & our assets not what they’d want in return. Imo
- Nighthawk

Byfield is their future and is just coming into his own. Not a chance he is dealt.

Pure speculation... but if that's true, may as well him this summer and get a gargantuan return. Hell even eat half the contract.

Nemec, Silayev, Mercer, 1st.

I wonder if another team would give up more for him (with half retained) than NJ knowing he's likely to leave in two years.
- NewYorkNuck

Intriguing if it’s definitely known he’s bolting. Good thing NJD flops in the PO’s & can use change. Bonus Hughes has 2yrs left here to extract the most in any trade. Consecutive Norris nominee & one time winner are super elite.

Yep the real teardown is about to begin. So stupid that they wouldn't face the truth earlier and move Boeser for picks. Hopefully they smell what the Rock is cooking and they get out of the Petey deal before July 1.
- carsonagenic

Have to believe the offers wouldn’t been great as PA alluded to. Even a later 2nd in this draft doesn’t move the needle greatly but something is better than nothing.

From Reddit:

3 Years ago, they had a bit of a vision.

These were the guys that praised Malholtra for almost being like another coach on the team. Embraced, and respected Malholtra’s word on the bench as a player. Malholtra if anyone is the man to to be able to head the bench and have the best synergy with the twins to get some mastermind coaching going, it’s him.

Here’s the bit from 3 years ago;

“When he steps on the ice right now, I don't think he sees a lot of options,” Henrik Sedin said Friday when asked about Pettersson. “When
you have confidence and you're feeling it, you only see Canucks jerseys out there. It's like there's no opponent -- they're out of the way, you
don't even think about where they are. I'm sure he only saw Flyers jerseys out there yesterday. It's maybe tough to understand, but that's
the way it is when you are struggling a little bit. I see ourselves in him when you're not scoring.”
“I hate to hear that because the one thing doesn't take the other thing away,” Sedin told Sportsnet. “You can play good defence and still score.
For me, that's a non-issue. You can stay above your guy in the defensive zone, you can backcheck hard, you can get pucks deep when you need to, and you can still score.
“I hate to hear that they're focusing too much on defence or they need to score more. No, they have to play well. They have to play a good,
200-foot game. If you do that, you're going to give up fewer chances and you will score. Every time you go through this where you start focusing on defence -- and this is from our experience -- it always takes time for the offence to come. But the problem you run into if you start to focus on defence, and then especially as an offensive player you're not scoring right away, the teams that get in trouble are the teams where your top players can't stand not scoring, so they start cheating and now you're back to square one. You have to be patient.”
- NorthNuck

Adding to that come the PO’s you have to play well on both sides of the puck for success. If D isn’t good you go nowhere & back to square one. 4 rounds to win the cup is a grind that you cannot out score your problems.

Byfield is their future and is just coming into his own. Not a chance he is dealt.
- carsonagenic

Agree but his brain fart cost them game 4. Learning curve.

From SportsNet:
While Pettersson didn’t drive Tocchet away, the frustration the coaching staff had with the Canucks’ highest-paid player isn’t going to lighten the pressure on Pettersson to show up and perform next season for a different coach.

More players on the team than just J.T. Miller were disappointed with Pettersson, who will need to earn back a lot of trust in order to finish that eight-year, $92.8-million contract in Vancouver. And as general manager Patrik Allvin said at his year-end press conference two weeks ago — “I would be, I guess, stupid not to keep my options open” — a Pettersson trade before July 1 is still possible. It’s not a likely outcome or the preferred one for the Canucks, but neither was a Miller trade.
- Marwood

Appreciate the actual evidence. I think the team clearly played better after Miller went. I wouldn’t be happy with EP as a teammate either, but I don’t think that’s unredeemable and he just needs to get his ass in gear.