Canucks News N Notes 25-26

[Chef Boi RD]

Yeah Bud died around when Covid started I think.

Yeahno....there was no poker invites.

I know a couple trade guys I use myself who go every year

Do you still see Pierro?

Every once in awhile I see him at Renzullo’s on Nanaimo. I don’t know him. My plumber does. Pierro owns VanBurn Construction. Commercial Excavation contractor. Does big projects.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Yeah Bud died around when Covid started I think.

Yeahno....there was no poker invites.

I know a couple trade guys I use myself who go every year

I'm more involved with Beedie these days......don't work for/with the others...

...anyway...before Corn yells...Gaglardi/Beedie...sigh.

Beedie, they have that major project happening on the waterftont in Coquitlam called Fraser Mills. That’s quite a project.

I fear it might be an eyesore. It was a mill. More casinos on a busy street with a filthy dump down the street. Furniture warehouses and flooring outfits just off the asshole of the world for traffic. HA clubhouse over the way and the shitty Two Parrots Pub.

[Chef Boi RD]

Yeah Bud died around when Covid started I think.

Yeahno....there was no poker invites.

I know a couple trade guys I use myself who go every year

I'm more involved with Beedie these days......don't work for/with the others...

...anyway...before Corn yells...Gaglardi/Beedie...sigh.

Beedie, they have that major project happening on the waterftont in Coquitlam called Fraser Mills. That’s quite a project.

I fear it might be an eyesore. It was a mill. More casinos on a busy street with a filthy dump down the street. Furniture warehouses and flooring outfits just off the asshole of the world for traffic. HA clubhouse over the way and the shitty Two Parrots Pub.

The big drywall dump is there, wonder if that is getting the boot?

[Chef Boi RD]

Yeah Bud died around when Covid started I think.

Yeahno....there was no poker invites.

I know a couple trade guys I use myself who go every year

I'm more involved with Beedie these days......don't work for/with the others...

...anyway...before Corn yells...Gaglardi/Beedie...sigh.

Beedie, they have that major project happening on the waterftont in Coquitlam called Fraser Mills. That’s quite a project.

I fear it might be an eyesore. It was a mill. More casinos on a busy street with a filthy dump down the street. Furniture warehouses and flooring outfits just off the asshole of the world for traffic. HA clubhouse over the way and the shitty Two Parrots Pub.

It’s all going to be an eyesore 20-30 years from now. The lower mainland is not going to age well when all these condo towers start aging out. The future slums

[Megaterio Llamas]

Scooter scuttlebut:

Quinn Hughes was frustrated with Elias Pettersson’s work ethic

Key takeaways

Trade Impact: Quinn Hughes was traded to the Minnesota Wild, ending his frustration with teammate Elias Pettersson’s work ethic.

Work Ethic Concerns: Hughes and others were frustrated by Pettersson’s off-season effort, which hasn’t matched his natural talent, affecting team dynamics and performance.

Performance Drop: Pettersson’s points per game have declined from 1.28 → 1.09 → 0.7, currently at 0.79, partly due to preparation issues and recent injury absence

The big news of the year was obviously the monstrous trade that sent Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild.

The return was astronomical, but when you have the chance to add a player of Hughes’ caliber, you have to take your chances.

The Vancouver Canucks haven’t been doing great since last year, and they led us to believe that Hughes would be available on the trade market this season.

Last year, the Canucks traded J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers because of a misunderstanding between the latter and Elias Pettersson. However, we understand that Miller was probably not the problem in Vancouver.

Indeed, Patrick Johnston, a journalist covering the Canucks, recently wrote an article about Pettersson and Hughes.

According to Johnston, Quinn Hughes was frustrated with the Swedish center’s work ethic, and it’s nothing new for a teammate to dislike Pettersson’s off-season effort.

The two former teammates drifted apart when they played together in Vancouver.

Now that Hughes is in Minnesota, he doesn’t have to worry about Pettersson’s bad ethics.

“Pettersson has been a frustration to his teammates in the past. He’s a player whose off-season efforts don’t match his natural talent.” – Patrick Johnston

It is indeed quite frustrating to see a teammate not take it all seriously. To be a good player in the NHL, you have to have a minimum work ethic and you also have to prepare accordingly, even during the summer.

By falling behind in his preparation, we’re seeing a drop in form since his 102-point season three years ago. Going from 1.28 points per game, to 1.09, to 0.7, hurts your résumé and your coach’s confidence in you.

As Johnston mentions in his text, when you’re a leader on the team, your teammates have certain expectations of you in terms of the effort you give.

This season, the Swede’s production isn’t quite as bad as last year, with him producing at a rate of 0.79 points per game, but he’s still below expectations.

Pettersson hasn’t played in over two weeks due to injury, and the date of his return to action is uncertain. It shouldn’t be too long, however, if Canucks head coach Adam Foote’s comments are anything to go by.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/wnba/q ... xmode=ruby

[Chef Boi RD]

Petey has to go. We need a clean slate here.

[Megaterio Llamas]

If anyone is looking for a brooding Swedish hipster making $11.6 x 8, we have just what they're looking for right here.

[donlever]

2.76
4.31
6.51
10.06 X 3
2.16 X 6

...buyout per Puckpedia.

Gonna need a trade partner and be willing to retain.

A challenge.

[Blob Mckenzie]

2.76
4.31
6.51
10.06 X 3
2.16 X 6

...buyout per Puckpedia.

Gonna need a trade partner and be willing to retain.

A challenge.

Canadiens?

Piglander
Peter
Kudryetsev

Beck
Hage
Anderson
Gallagher
2nd

This team needs a bath.

[Chef Boi RD]

Yup, get this lazy ass clown outta here, he’s caused way too much shit here. He’s the remaining constant to the whole drama, the heart of it, fuck him off I say.

[dbr]

That MSN article is just the Patrick Johnston article, with even more reaching.

Personally I think if the franchise is serious about rebuilding, unless Petterson is a genuine locker room cancer (and not just a persnickety little weirdo who is hard to work with) you’ve got to just run a couple of years off his deal and hope he rehabilitates his value.

The buyout will never not be egregious, but a couple of seasons playing like a one-and-a-halfth line center would do wonders and by July 2 2028 you’re looking at four years left at about $8.3m per in real money. Teams will do that for a top six center, particularly the ones whiffing in the free agent market (and as long as the cap continues to rise, that’ll be most of them).

The full NMC will probably always be an issue, though.

[Meds]

Someone better PM JPP and tell him to avoid this thread…..he’s not gonna like that article clip by Megs.

[Blob Mckenzie]

That MSN article is just the Patrick Johnston article, with even more reaching.

Personally I think if the franchise is serious about rebuilding, unless Petterson is a genuine locker room cancer (and not just a persnickety little weirdo who is hard to work with) you’ve got to just run a couple of years off his deal and hope he rehabilitates his value.

The buyout will never not be egregious, but a couple of seasons playing like a one-and-a-halfth line center would do wonders and by July 2 2028 you’re looking at four years left at about $8.3m per in real money. Teams will do that for a top six center, particularly the ones whiffing in the free agent market (and as long as the cap continues to rise, that’ll be most of them).

The full NMC will probably always be an issue, though.

Good to see you dbr. I yave a decent response for this. Just a bit cloudy with the Mëds right now. And not that 7 foot 8 Ambo driver from Whitehorse type Mëds. That Dude used to kick folks with his size 21 earthpads from three rows back for fun when he flew in for the odd game

[dbr]

nice to see you too Blob - whatever the years have taken from you they haven’t got your way with words

[Meds]

That MSN article is just the Patrick Johnston article, with even more reaching.

Personally I think if the franchise is serious about rebuilding, unless Petterson is a genuine locker room cancer (and not just a persnickety little weirdo who is hard to work with) you’ve got to just run a couple of years off his deal and hope he rehabilitates his value.

The buyout will never not be egregious, but a couple of seasons playing like a one-and-a-halfth line center would do wonders and by July 2 2028 you’re looking at four years left at about $8.3m per in real money. Teams will do that for a top six center, particularly the ones whiffing in the free agent market (and as long as the cap continues to rise, that’ll be most of them).

The full NMC will probably always be an issue, though.

I actually had hoped that we were seeing him become that "one-and-a-halfth" line C that plays 200 feet of decent hockey. He may lack the physical game of a guy like ROR, but his PPG and defensive IQ are commensurate.

While I agree that plenty of teams will pounce on a guy making $8.3M in real money when they are trying to run through their open window, if there are a few more of these articles (like Johnston's), the player will be sporting a "buyer beware" placard around his neck for the duration of this contract. Even though it's hard to nail down how much of this is or isn't true, what we can count on being true is that players, coaches, and GM's, around the league talk, and if even half of this is on the level, any former teammates or coaches, will certainly let it be known (what is and isn't true) to their current organizations if they get wind of the possibility that their new team is considering bringing him on board.

The only thing that could possibly offset the above would be a return to the post-season for the Canucks in which "Bubble Petey" made a consistent appearance.

The buyout is certainly prohibitive. There is no point along the line where it is really a feasible thing.....it was why I was adamantly against the contract for this player, and hoping like hell that they traded him before July 1st of this year.