IMO, BPA is "Highest ceiling" combined with "Best chances of reaching their ceiling" instead of "Highest floor". When you look at recent whiffs on 'organizational need' picks like Juolevi and Virtanen, in a draft like this it has to be BPA and if it's a choice between McKenna or Stenberg leave it to ...

The next step is collectively celebrating the failings of the Edmonton Coilers That's a given. Love how meh they are this season. Almost like a window starting to close... :twisted: As depressing as it's been so far - with the exception of last Saturday's game - the team has been holding up its end ...

Bad luck defines the club's drafting history as much as bad selections. Bourdon, Holden, Hodgson - hell, IIRC Juolevi had post-draft back issues or something that hampered his development as well.

I’m glad they didn’t get to beat the losing steak record. The vets responded as I wager Foote would appreciate.

Can’t lose’em all…

A bar so low it couldn’t trip a toddler.

Can ice and all star team of 1st round never-was'ers. If using 400 NHL games as benchmark (majority under 100)... N.Jensen - J.Holden - J.Virtanen N.Smith - C.Hodgson - D.Woodley S.Antoski - P.White - A.Stojanov J.Schroeder - L.Polasek - J.Gillis H.Shinkaruk - B.Gaunce - R.Blight O.Joulevi - B ...

If he can be better that Raty or Bluegers, it's a draft win already. Hell, if Cootes turns out better than Josh Holden Nathan Smith or Libor Polasek it's a win for this organization. Oh Josh Holden - really taking me back now to my youthful optimism. He was the first Canucks prospect I was so ...

Regardless how many applicable players are on the roster, I don't think this team has earned the right to have a captain - a face of the franchise. They don't have a face of the franchise to sell to the fans outside of Petey - and he's as valuable from a fan-engagement PoV as month-old grease in a ...

I actually think Cootes may be a lot like Brendan Morrison, so really it will depend who he's playing with. But having a defensively responsible centre is necessary for any playoff contender without question. He does have a good shot as well but he's likely to max at a 20 goal, 50 point guy. If he ...

Sure Wood is dealt. Decent value. Stout player, wish we’d had a whole team of him One problem this team has had is that its high-character/leader players had questionable skill, while its high-skill players had questionable heart. I could count the players on the team who have both on one hand - ...

Hronek has a NMC, and his agent went on record the other day saying that Hronek has no interest whatsoever of playing anywhere else. I guess we found our tank commander. Wait a year when he's had enough of this shit. Hopefully his trade value will not have cratered by then by playing on this shit ...

It's more a rudderless ship cruising along than one that's on a course. I think they had a destination in mind, but ended up playing improv when the bets they made on players went to shit. I don't think they lacked a plan so much as they lacked a Plan B. Everything hinged on them hitting on all ...

It is to wonder why the organization had to take on Clayton unless it's to make the number of contracts work. He's a virtually worthless AHL scrub. He doesn't even fight. Essentially it's Sherwood for two 2nd-rounders. Quantity over quality, I guess. Probably the most beneficial part of the deal is ...

Bluegar and Chytil set to return. Pleased about Bluegar, means he is tradeable and in the meantime is a serviceable centre. The tank should look more entertaining. Chytil …I guess the upside case is that he is all done with concussions, like Sid The Kid who had a bunch and seemed like he would take ...

I suspect they were thinking of using Boeser's money for a #2 centre that never materialized. When the music stopped and they still didn't have their #2 centre, going back to Boeser was likely plan B. They were just lucky that nobody was making Boeser an offer he couldn't refuse.