The fact the Preds asked about him is an indication that he’s valued outside the organization as well. This was outright denied. Do you have a link showing otherwise? My bad. Going on bad recollection. So, we don’t know for sure what folks around the league think of him. I don’t think it changes my ...

Hells to the fucking yes.

Honestly, either would work for me for different reasons. RJ is more familiar with the waters he will have to negotiate with ownership and the various parts of the organization. Gold brings a fresh approach and a good body of work from Boston. You think about it, RJ has paid his dues in this ...

As I said before, McKenna/Stenberg and even more so Malhotra are sea of ganlund guys with Nuge upside. Complimentry 1st line, decent second line potential. They may make the team next season either by earning a spot or forced into one and fans will oooooh and ahhhh. There is still alot of trash to ...

Too bad the guy can't have a career-ending mishap in the upcoming training camp and ride out his contract on LTIR. He'd be more valuable to the team there than in that dressing room. Rumour has it that Matt Cooke and Steve Downie are being coaxed out of retirement on PTO’s for the Canucks. If I was ...

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2026 4:50 pm So we have a one in 4 shot at McKenna but a better than 1 in 2 chance at Malhotra/Verhoeff/Reid? Sheesh

Prepare yourselves for Manny Jr

Kotkaniemi 2.0 more like.

The pickle I think the team is in moving forward is that it will be exceedingly hard for that dressing room to move forward with that pathetic Eeyore in the room. It's not even a matter of the $11.6 cap hit. How is any kid going to work hard or commit to the right habits when they see Pathetic Petey ...

Good OP, only change I would make is Oghren from green to blue. Think we have a 2nd line winger with him. I think he's more realistically a good third line option. That said, good third line wingers with his size and speed don't always grow on trees. If only he liked punching people... Not anyone I ...

I went with RJ. None of the names appear to have the clout to manage ownership any better than the Old Fart, so I would opt for the guy who has the most experience - even in a tertiary observational role - with this ownership. Johnson strikes me as more steak than sizzle compared to many of the ...

Craig has the Canucks picking Caleb Maholtra at 3. Days he has 1C potential, that is the first time I have head of that. Craig also has Stenberg falling to 4th. I just don’t see Malhotra being demonstrably better than his dad in the NHL. His numbers look gaudy, but this is also the first season w ...

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2026 7:47 pm That McKinnon hit on Boldy...what an obliteration

That was an actual thing of beauty. Got to love a 1C who can score and lay a good hit.

I saw one of the hockey media posts say that Toronto is replacing Marner's high-end vision and skill, but not his defence.

Pretty much sums it up - and they couldn't get to the conference finals even when they did have Marner.

Good luck, Gavin...

Looking back at the 3rd-overall picks over the years, you have a number of players who have done well. Stutzle, Cooley, and McTavish look like good pieces. There are also your Dachs, Kotkaniemis, and Drouins as well. 3OA has also seen the likes of Heiskanen as well as the immortal Erik Gudbranson ...

Hockey Widow wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2026 5:22 pm Rutherford just announced he is stepping down as POHO after the draft and will stay on in an advisory role.

Big news!!

So he won't be around to shoehorn Letterkenny, Cootes and whoever they pick in this draft onto the roster just to entice the fans with puppy-power. I'm down...

Even if Stenberg was available at #3, I would expect the old fart to pick Malhotra regardless as a way to entice his Dad to stick around. Worked so well the last time… fucking retards.