Torts is looking like a genius for sitting Hill and going with Carter Hart. I think he knew what he had in Hart from his Philly days, and now he’s getting that with Hart behind a much deeper and defensively aware team. Hart and Marner would be the two leading names for the Conn Smythe if Vegas p ...

Topper wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 6:34 pm Are you really trying explain isostatic rebound to me?

Wow.

Ok, I think I'm picking up what you guys are putting down

Carry on.

Sigh.

He is asking what did they do/have they done to be elevated to this role in what might be the most important half decade in Canucks team history (along the lines of real, long term fans are ceasing to give a fuck and a new give a shit base is not being generated for various reasons). Though this ...

I just know its not really fair to put the entire Player Development/Scouting at the feet of the Sedins, But somehow it is fair to give them benefit of the doubt and assume they did an exemplary job with near zero results. I guess we'll just have to disagree on "near zero" - as a championship isn't ...

He is asking what did they do/have they done to be elevated to this role in what might be the most important half decade in Canucks team history (along the lines of real, long term fans are ceasing to give a fuck and a new give a shit base is not being generated for various reasons). Though this ...

Scouting and player development are the Research and Development departments of a hockey team. They can not be separately silo'd. The departments might be working together, but that does not mean all of the employees are. I work with our legal team constantly, on contracts etc. But I don't work ...

So they were going through the motions and cashing cheques? Or they turned mediocre AHL players into decent NHL depth players? I have asked this question repeatedly over the years and no one can answer it. "they didn't have anything to work with" - did they not have input on young players? Was the ...

Topper wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2026 4:40 pm So they were going through the motions and cashing cheques?

Or they turned mediocre AHL players into decent NHL depth players?

donlever wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2026 7:53 pm Carter Hart may be the best goalie left playing this post season.

And it may not be close.

Too bad he is a douchebag. Another reason to hope Vegas screws the pooch in the next 4.

Money and ice-time both talk with loud voices. A good point here - perhaps target some vet coming off a down/injury-plagued season who is looking for opportunities or ice time to get noticed for a final contract somewhere else but can steady the ship for a year and a half on a lucrative 2 year deal.

donlever wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2026 10:28 am I still think we end up with Stenberg or McKenna.

Love the optimism Donny!

Like a repeat of the 2017 draft, when EP40 fell into our lap - when some unlucky GM drafted Patrick.

I can only hope the leaves or SJ are dumb enough not to draft them.

UW's Post I agree with you that he wasn't the only problem, Management/Ownership first. The guys who had the issues, second. Leadership in the room distant third. For sure. He is a hell of a defensemen. No question. One of the league's very best. Since joining the Wild, I have seen in various ...

I'd just say, I hope they've learned the lesson on drafting American-born players in the top 10. Lesson being that you might only get 6 years of the best defenseman in franchise history, a player whose presence solved “secondary scoring,” at 25+ minutes a night without a downgrade in play (meaning t ...

By "lied to me" - you mean you simply mis-read the information presented clearly on that site, right?