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I have to admit I'm a bit disappointed in not getting to see an Oompa Loompa line of Rossi between Hoglander and Garland

Imagine, for a moment.... if you will, the circus. Imagine them all piling out of a phone booth, or riding that bike with the giant front wheel

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 3:42 pm I have to admit I'm a bit disappointed in not getting to see an Oompa Loompa line of Rossi between Hoglander and Garland

Imagine, for a moment.... if you will, the circus. Imagine them all piling out of a phone booth, or riding that bike with the giant front wheel

Yeh. I had similar thoughts. We are already full of shrimps. Jumbo shrimps, baby shrimps. Swedish shrimps. I'd rather have Pavel Zacha. Soft, but at least he has some size.

Tciso wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 7:57 pm

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 3:42 pm I have to admit I'm a bit disappointed in not getting to see an Oompa Loompa line of Rossi between Hoglander and Garland

Imagine, for a moment.... if you will, the circus. Imagine them all piling out of a phone booth, or riding that bike with the giant front wheel

Yeh. I had similar thoughts. We are already full of shrimps. Jumbo shrimps, baby shrimps. Swedish shrimps. I'd rather have Pavel Zacha. Soft, but at least he has some size.

Zacha brings us more depth to the Chytil, Raty, Blueger middle six category

Pettersson threw a ring on his Instagram honey bunny the other day so hopefully he's going to be focusing on hockey more than chasing squirrel this year. All signs point to a strong resurgence.

Chytil sounds like he's finally moving past his concussion issues and had a strong summer training.

The Canucks upgraded angry black guys

Demko sounds like he's ready

Probably the strongest defense and goaltending in our division

There is legitimate reason for optimism

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Sat Aug 23, 2025 7:56 am Pettersson threw a ring on his Instagram honey bunny the other day so hopefully he's going to be focusing on hockey more than chasing squirrel this year. All signs point to a strong resurgence.

Chytil sounds like he's finally moving past his concussion issues and had a strong summer training.

The Canucks upgraded angry black guys

Demko sounds like he's ready

Probably the strongest defense and goaltending in our division

There is legitimate reason for optimism

Sure, but we are still a team of mediocre wingers and no proper second line and no proper 2nd line level quality centre. Chytil is not a legit top two line level quality centre even when his brain is sitting stable in his skull.

Everything’s hinges on Pettersson and Demko staying healthy. Even so, we need an injection of an elite level top two line player. It’s a big drop after Pettersson, IF Petey returns to form

The defence is ok, it’s stable, but it ain’t marvellous

Chytil was tracking very well before his string of concussions in NY. Even played some top line minites, the numbers back this up. I saw a big guy who can skate pucks into prime scoring places. He has a nose for the net and might be a surprise.

The defense is best in division, possibly the conference. Not sure what more we need back there for you to acknowledge they're pretty close to marvelous.

Demko and Pettersson are the caveat sure but both have done exactly what they needed to do to return to form this offseason.

The difference between the 23/24 team that came out of nowhere and scooped up a division title are not that far from this group in overall talent. Minus JT Miller hurts but a deep defense like this with young up and comers instead of scrubs on the bottom pair plus MPete is almost a break even in my eyes.

I'm drinking the coolaid because positivity is way better than pessimistic tendencies

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Sat Aug 23, 2025 9:08 am I'm drinking the coolaid because positivity is way better than pessimistic tendencies

Yep - as of now, we're still in the running to win the Cup. May as well be optimistic at this point, and wait to see what the season brings.