Canucks News N Notes 2020-2021

[Blob Mckenzie]

If I heard the idiots on the radio correctly Vancouver has 39 players signed. Still room for some one way 1 million dollar guys that could be buried in the minors if they don’t make the team. Unless the Italians have cut off the purse strings?

I think it was the correct move to not buy out Sutter. Not that I’m a fan, but having dead money on the books for 21/22 doesn’t make much sense.

JB already said a while ago (last week perhaps??) that he wouldn’t be using buyouts. Not sure why the radio guys would even be speculating that

The buyout window is closed. My point is, that perhaps they may sign a couple guys on 1 million dollar deals that could be buried if necessary. Cheap depth as they can’t run the team and a farm team with 39 players.

[Madcombinepilot]

Ah. Gotcha. Now I see what your getting at.

That 39 number, it prolly is just the NHL contracts. How many straight Utica contracts does Utica have?

[Megaterio Llamas]

Don't need buyouts. Ferland to LTIR and Eriksson and Baertchi to Utica opens up around $5.7 million in cap space. That's plenty of space right there for our purposes. Sutter can continue to take shifts on the fourth line when healthy. He's still good in the room and Jimmy has always dug his room game.

[dangler]

Don't need buyouts. Ferland to LTIR and Eriksson and Baertchi to Utica opens up around $5.7 million in cap space. That's plenty of space right there for our purposes. Sutter can continue to take shifts on the fourth line when healthy. He's still good in the room and Jimmy has always dug his room game.

Yeah but he likes country music..........so there's that
#fuckinbirdbones

[Megaterio Llamas]

Don't need buyouts. Ferland to LTIR and Eriksson and Baertchi to Utica opens up around $5.7 million in cap space. That's plenty of space right there for our purposes. Sutter can continue to take shifts on the fourth line when healthy. He's still good in the room and Jimmy has always dug his room game.

Yeah but he likes country music..........so there's that
#fuckinbirdbones

I'd like to see SportsNet or the Canucks mic up Sutter between periods one day just to experience what a world class room game sounds like. You know, force 'Sutts' to wear a wire. A side of the game the public doesn't often get to see. From what I have picked up over the years just from captured audio isolated here and there, Sutts is what the pros call a 'holler guy.'

[dangler]

Don't need buyouts. Ferland to LTIR and Eriksson and Baertchi to Utica opens up around $5.7 million in cap space. That's plenty of space right there for our purposes. Sutter can continue to take shifts on the fourth line when healthy. He's still good in the room and Jimmy has always dug his room game.

Yeah but he likes country music..........so there's that
#fuckinbirdbones

I'd like to see SportsNet or the Canucks mic up Sutter between periods one day just to experience what a world class room game sounds like. You know, force 'Sutts' to wear a wire. A side of the game the public doesn't often get to see. From what I have picked up over the years just from captured audio isolated here and there, Sutts is what the pros call a 'holler guy.'

Absolutely! He bleeds hockey, Did you see the vid of him interviewing his team-mates on the plane?
His versatility & experience is invaluable
#birdbonesdepth

[Cousin Strawberry]

Don't need buyouts. Ferland to LTIR and Eriksson and Baertchi to Utica opens up around $5.7 million in cap space. That's plenty of space right there for our purposes. Sutter can continue to take shifts on the fourth line when healthy. He's still good in the room and Jimmy has always dug his room game.

Yeah but he likes country music..........so there's that
#fuckinbirdbones

So does Capt Bo

[Megaterio Llamas]

Don't need buyouts. Ferland to LTIR and Eriksson and Baertchi to Utica opens up around $5.7 million in cap space. That's plenty of space right there for our purposes. Sutter can continue to take shifts on the fourth line when healthy. He's still good in the room and Jimmy has always dug his room game.

Yeah but he likes country music..........so there's that
#fuckinbirdbones

I'd like to see SportsNet or the Canucks mic up Sutter between periods one day just to experience what a world class room game sounds like. You know, force 'Sutts' to wear a wire. A side of the game the public doesn't often get to see. From what I have picked up over the years just from captured audio isolated here and there, Sutts is what the pros call a 'holler guy.'

Absolutely! He bleeds hockey, Did you see the vid of him interviewing his team-mates on the plane?
His versatility & experience is invaluable
#birdbonesdepth

He has this Alberta farm technique where he can flap his arm like a chicken wing with his hand over his armpit and make barnyard noises. Keeps the guys loose in the room.

It's just the tip of the iceberg, The guy's room game is elite.

[Madcombinepilot]

That’s the most PC description of armpit farts I ever heard.

[Megaterio Llamas]

That’s the most PC description of armpit farts I ever heard.

Sometimes that technique gets the guys too loose and he has to start hollerin' at em to get their heads back in the game.

It's a delicate balance.

[Megaterio Llamas]

That’s the most PC description of armpit farts I ever heard.

It's a family forum MCP. I have forgotten that myself a time or two, but thankfully not this time.

Speaking of hockey's culture carriers, here's a couple of photos of the grain elevators of Kole Lind's hometown of Shaunavon.

Kole hales from a two elevator town.



Jimmy was pretty impressed by the sight of the 'C' elevator when he drove out to meet Kole and his folks. Drafting Kole was a foregone conclusion.

[Mickey107]

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Kole Lind is entering the final year of his entry level, "incentive structured" contract. Be great to see him make the big club and in doing so, displace an air thief (and coach's temptation), currently occupying one on and off. Ye-haw!

[Todd Bersnoozi]

Question mark for who?

Us fans who never see anything,

Or management and coaches who see the prospects daily (when they are playing)

Question mark in that we're getting an unproven player, so we don't know what we're going to get. The player could be really good or pretty bad. Even coaches, mgmt and scouts who sees the prospects all the time can be high on a certain player, only to see the guy fall flat on in face. Happens all the time.

[Chef Boi RD]

Kole Lind is going to be a player. Watch out for this kid

[Madcombinepilot]

Question mark for who?

Us fans who never see anything,

Or management and coaches who see the prospects daily (when they are playing)

Question mark in that we're getting an unproven player, so we don't know what we're going to get. The player could be really good or pretty bad. Even coaches, mgmt and scouts who sees the prospects all the time can be high on a certain player, only to see the guy fall flat on in face. Happens all the time.

Fair enough. But the anxiety comes from fans (and media who build it) because we haven’t seen the player play. While you don’t know what you have until a player has 25-30 games under their belts, they do know some things. Skill sets, attitude, coachability...