Time to Change the Oil.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Thank you !

[SKYO]

You guys act like if the Canucks had gotten Laine or Mathews that the rebuild would be miles ahead of where it is now.And you'd be totally wrong

I'm sorry Blobbo, you probably want a mulligan on that comment, because that was truly one of the dumbest things I've ever read on this here board.

So the fact that they'd have one ,and ONLY ONE top line forward prospect instead of an alleged top line d prospect would propel the rebuild further ahead.

Matthews yes, imagine Toronto without Matthews? Nylander wouldn't be as awesome without the superstar Matthews leading the way.

[Hockey Widow]

You guys act like if the Canucks had gotten Laine or Mathews that the rebuild would be miles ahead of where it is now.And you'd be totally wrong

Trying to figure that one out too.

[Blob Mckenzie]

You guys act like if the Canucks had gotten Laine or Mathews that the rebuild would be miles ahead of where it is now.And you'd be totally wrong

Trying to figure that one out too.

Meaning it would be great to have Mathews/ Laine for sure. Then I guess Subban would be the teams best prospect on defence because Juolevi wouldn't be here. I thought Mathews was garbage anyways seeing as how he is constantly crapped on by Dude and Doc .

I don't deny the team would have been better with one of Mathews or Laine. I have a hard time believing that they'd be way better off. It's still a very thin system in terms of young guys who can make an impact right now or in the very near future.

[Chef Boi RD]

And the hole Bubbles is digging for himself is getting, deeper, deeper, deeper...

McDavid - Generational Player. Oilers with 3rd best odds win the lotto and draft him. IN sings the Oilers praises for a good rebuild

Matthews - Generational Player. Canucks with the 3rd best odds lose the lotto and don't get to draft Matthews. IN slams the Canucks rebuild

Turn the tables, Oilers lose lotto draft Hanafin, Canucks win the lotto draft Matthews, oh, just oh, how things would be different around here. The long and short of it? Luck baby luck!

[Blob Mckenzie]

Yeah there's no hole ..... either way the depth of young impact players and prospects in Toronto and Edmonton is greater than Vancouver by a good margin. I'm done here. I'd have better luck trying to get a 3 year old to recite the Gettysburg Address than getting you to talk a modicum of common sense.

[Mickey107]

Yeah there's no hole ..... either way the depth of young impact players and prospects in Toronto and Edmonton is greater than Vancouver by a good margin. I'm done here. I'd have better luck trying to get a 3 year old to recite the Gettysburg Address than getting you to talk a modicum of common sense.

I'll help you out a bit in saying that none of the above mentioned young stars would have done anywhere near as well
on the Canucks with the atrocious, deplorable on ice coaching and development system, or lack there of, that this team has had the last 2 years. Almost the worst I've ever seen!
Bo got good all on his own through his own will power and desire, not coaching or, ha, ha, mentoring!
Tryamkin gave up, simple as that.
My problem with the BenLinden duo is that they either didn't recognize "Houston We Have A Problem", or someone was stubborn and didn't do anything about it when clearly, it was real bad.
Green hasn't even coached a game yet and I at least have the solace in knowing, IT CAN'T GET WORSE !!

[Strangelove]

I thought Mathews was garbage anyways seeing as how he is constantly crapped on by Dude and Doc .

Simply not true.

I've said dozens of times that the Leaves lucked-out in winning the lottery.

And that Matthews might end up with $14M-per if he keeps it up.

Sure I've pointed out a few times that he's a pigman...

[Island Nucklehead]

And the hole Bubbles is digging for himself is getting, deeper, deeper, deeper...

McDavid - Generational Player. Oilers with 3rd best odds win the lotto and draft him. IN sings the Oilers praises for a good rebuild

Matthews - Generational Player. Canucks with the 3rd best odds lose the lotto and don't get to draft Matthews. IN slams the Canucks rebuild

Turn the tables, Oilers lose lotto draft Hanafin, Canucks win the lotto draft Matthews, oh, just oh, how things would be different around here. The long and short of it? Luck baby luck!

If your aunt had a cock...

The Oilers would be doing fine with Eichel.
The leaves would be doing fine with Laine.

When the Canucks win the lottery and jump from 3 to 1, I can't wait for the "we were due" and "luck has nothing to do with it, the GM put us in a position to win the lottery".

[Chef Boi RD]

I can't wait for the "we were due" and "luck has nothing to do with it, the GM put us in a position to win the lottery".

Sort of like what you're saying about your beloved Oilers rebuild?

[Chef Boi RD]

The Oilers would be doing fine with Eichel.
The leaves would be doing fine with Laine.

Try this for size ya twat - how about like the Canucks, the Oilers with the 3rd best odds fell back to 5th pick and drafted Hanafin instead of McDavid. Eichel? Fuck off ffs

The leaves would be fine with Laine? WTF is this? Hey IN, stop dodging [mod edit] and answer this - how would the Canucks look with Matthews and the Oilers look with Hanafin? Both teams had the 3rd best odds at drafting a generational player one did, the other fell to 5th. [mod edit]

[ESQ]

I can't wait for the "we were due" and "luck has nothing to do with it, the GM put us in a position to win the lottery".

Sort of like what you're saying about your beloved Oilers rebuild?

Yano, I think most Canucks fans are intelligent enough to understand that the Draft Lottery is the one element of the game that is pure luck, plain and simple.

Probably most Oilers fans are as well. I don't know what your's and Blobbo's major malfunction is on this point. It was pure luck that saw the Oilers get McDavid, and one full season with McD got them back in the playoffs for the first time since Dubya was president.

Keep shovelling though!

[ESQ]

Blobbo after the turn this thread has taken:

[Cousin Strawberry]

Yano, I think most Canucks fans are intelligent enough to understand that the Draft Lottery is the one element of the game that is pure luck, plain and simple.

Blob and IN aren't unreasonable. Until this past trade deadline Benning has been making moves that indicate he sees a contender and proves it by adding pieces like Eriksson. He put gold spinners on his 87 hyundai pony.

This past deadline he finally made moves like GMs do when their teams suck the kind of ass this team has sucked.

That first regular season where they got absolutely destroyed by one player (ferkland) was exactly what many saw on the ice all year despite the apparition of success they enjoyed in the standings.

That season set this franchise back 5 years and fooled genius Jim into fiddle fucking around right up until this past March.

Blob and IN are not in the minority

[Cousin Strawberry]

From: Canucks Way (ok sure not mainstream but who cares...neither are any of our opinions on here but they get fluffed up into a frenzy that seem to lend artificial credibility to what 3 or 4 on here hammer away at until it almost becomes believable...with the passion comparable to religious zeal! Aloha snackbar!)

https://thecanuckway.com/2017/05/05/van ... st-nhl-gm/

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