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I've sung this song before, but it really is all about having a core that is good enough to be competitive to win the Stanley Cup one day. Getting that core is usually the result of some good fortune in the draft, though occasionally a core player can be discarded before they are good enough to be i...

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:09 am Since he's like a week between posts, I figured it must be because he's hitting the 5 3 times for an L and shit

Strangelove wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:42 pm Leaves spent the first two periods going:

"HEY! We're not wimps any longer!! Watch us go way out of position to prove it!"

Bruins just laughed and took the easy win...

This!

Donny and I have been saying similar through the season. Big structured teams have been difficult matchups for the Canucks throughout the season. My feeling is it has a fair bit to do with Vancouver's small forward corps being unable to fight through their checks. I think there's some truth to this...

I don't think Tochet is in the 'rest'em ahead of the playoffs' school of coaching - at least not this year. Besides, I don't think they play until Sunday so that is a decent amount of rest before Game 1. The only reason I would see him resting some skaters - I can imagine the likes of Cole or Myers...

These are the teams Vancouver lost more than one game to. Do you see the similarities in the line ups? 2 Phi 2 Seat 3 Av 2 Veg 2 Min 2 Dal 2 StLou 3 LA Good post; something to think about. On the one hand, there were loses to Minny, Colorado, Seattle, and LA during that mid-to-late February window ...

One of the few exceptions where I will park my hatred of all things Bruins, just to cheer for them to stomp on the Leaves. :twisted: It's almost an annual tradition. Actually, the Eastern Conference is going to be perhaps the most entertaining in the first round. Florida/Tampa is going to be a good...

Hanifin signs for $7.35M AAV. I think that's a pretty fair comparable to FH17. Plus, Hronek has one more season of RFA, so it should lower his contract a little. I agree that Hanafin is a pretty comparable player to Hronek. But note Hanafin's contract has 6 years of no trade, and is modified no tra...

The 3-1goal that benched Hughes for a while woke the sleepyheads out of their slumber. The team has the ability to turn it on but need to start turning out at the drop of the puck. ... Lafferty seems to be slipping DiGiuseppe over Podkolzin? Tocchett is weird ... The Coyotes are a team of the futur...

What I've noticed about Pettersson is he stops skating when he has the puck now. He used to be shifty and create alot of space/separation by dancing guys one on one, taking pucks to the net. This is a good observation. And the one period in the last 6 that Pettersson has looked good, he was making ...

Point was UW, that the shitty contracts have fucked the team more than COVID. Could have easily retained Tanev and Toffoli without a couple of the useless pieces of shit taking up space on the 4th line. Yes, there are more than Tanev and Toffoli’s contracts in bad contracts. But then you missed my ...

The thing is, Beagle earned a sweet retirement contract for all his years of loyal service to the Caps culminating in a Stanley Cup. When Washington didn't have the room to make that happen it was awful thoughtful of Jim and Mr Aquilini to step up with that offer. Players notice that sort of thing....

They’ll need to whittle that down by seven to start the season leaving them with 23 on the roster and 6 on the taxi squad. Those seven, unless they are awesome at camp, will likely be Michaelis, Lockwood, Gadjovich, Elliot, Brisebois, Woo, and Teves. Hopefully they have a Utica team to play on this...

Oh ya that guy. :hmmm: Hes another one of those enigmatic players with all the tools but limited hockey sense. Correct. It isn’t just that he is a poor defensive player, he looks lost. He is a chaser, with no concept of assignments. At least that’s what I saw in the brief call up with minimal ice a...

Sven as a bubble call up may be a role for him. In Utica, Vancouver gains ~$1M cap relief. Is signing a cheap vet looking for a job a better option? That depends on what is on the market shelves. the stiffer competition he face is from a developing rookie. Are the Canuck's resources better utilized...