When will the Canucks Next make the playoffs

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When will the Canucks next make the playoffs?

2018-19
11
29%
2019-20
18
47%
2020-21
8
21%
2021-22
0
No votes
2022-23
0
No votes
after we're all dead and buried
1
3%
 
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Re: When will the Canucks Next make the playoffs

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rats19 wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 1:09 pm
dangler wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:05 am thought i was at hf for a sec
Why did you type that out? :wink:
Don't leave us dangling....
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Blob Mckenzie wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:37 am
Strangelove wrote: Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:37 pm
Blob Mckenzie wrote: Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:33 pm I see I’m the only one so far that has voted for 20/21
The question is... will you change it later like that last poll? :drink:

Just kidding brah, nice to see your faith in Jim Benning!
I think we both know why I changed my vote. I originally gave him a C + for his work at the draft.
Why yes, yes we do know why, here was the last post in that exchange:
Strangelove wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 7:55 pm
Blob Mckenzie wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:26 am
micky107 wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:20 am OK, like, for the record I voted C+.
I mean that's good. It's not a C-, which means barely pass or have to cause the kids getting too old for his class-mates.
I also did but then I changed it an F to balance out the 38% of zealots
Soooooooo.... total troll move on your part.
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Reefer2 wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 1:11 pm
rats19 wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 1:09 pm
dangler wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:05 am thought i was at hf for a sec
Why did you type that out? :wink:
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Yes, please play with us...
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Reefer2 wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:45 am Great Strangelove - we are waiting for your response, put it down for the world to see your predictions and provide some whys. None of us are wrong as so much can happen but I want to see your thoughts.
Well I've been predicting that the new core would lead us to the playoffs by spring 2019... since the summer of 2015.

I based this upon my perception of the brilliance of Jim Benning.

Yeah, only a super-genius could take us from where we were then to that place in the course of "3 - 4 years". :D
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Strangelove wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 1:49 pm
Blob Mckenzie wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:37 am
Strangelove wrote: Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:37 pm
Blob Mckenzie wrote: Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:33 pm I see I’m the only one so far that has voted for 20/21
The question is... will you change it later like that last poll? :drink:

Just kidding brah, nice to see your faith in Jim Benning!
I think we both know why I changed my vote. I originally gave him a C + for his work at the draft.
Why yes, yes we do know why, here was the last post in that exchange:
Strangelove wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 7:55 pm
Blob Mckenzie wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:26 am
micky107 wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:20 am OK, like, for the record I voted C+.
I mean that's good. It's not a C-, which means barely pass or have to cause the kids getting too old for his class-mates.
I also did but then I changed it an F to balance out the 38% of zealots
Soooooooo.... total troll move on your part.
:drink:
Yep you figured it out.... I had to combat the trolling in that thread.
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As an asside where will Vancouver finish in the Pacific next season?

San Jose
LA
Vegas
Calgary
Edmonton
Anaheim
Phoenix
Vancouver

I don’t think they will be any better than 6th and that’s if everything goes well.
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Blob Mckenzie wrote: Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:54 am As an asside where will Vancouver finish in the Pacific next season?
Canucks are in the basement again. And that's fine. Play the kids, collect the picks. Hopefully some excitement at the entry draft.
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Blob Mckenzie wrote: Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:54 am As an asside where will Vancouver finish in the Pacific next season?

San Jose
LA
Vegas
Calgary
Edmonton
Anaheim
Phoenix
Vancouver

I don’t think they will be any better than 6th and that’s if everything goes well.
You think Anaheim will fall that far?

I think we tussle with Arizona for 7th and 8th. It’s devatable which of us has more unreliable goaltending.

Edmonton and Calgary scrap it out for 5 and 6. Oilers have goaltending and some of the best top line punch, but lack depth and their blue line is bottom 15. Calgary has no goaltending, more distributed scoring in their top 9, and their defensive corps should be better, but Gio is old and they’ll need a new leader.

Vegas will drop off from last season barring a big splash in the trade market. It’s be tween them and the Ducks for 3rd and 4th.

I think 1st place is San Jose’s to lose, but LA should pack a wallop this year compared to last.
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Blob Mckenzie wrote: Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:54 am As an asside where will Vancouver finish in the Pacific next season?

San Jose
LA
Vegas
Calgary
Edmonton
Anaheim
Phoenix
Vancouver

I don’t think they will be any better than 6th and that’s if everything goes well.
Great question! Worthy of its own thread, in the dog days of summer, IMESHO.

I think LA will see a big drop. They fluked out last year with career years from Brown (34 in Nov), Kopitar (31 in Aug), Doughty, and Quick. Those turnaround seasons got them to 4th in the West. Adding the 34-year old Kovalchuk will only improve the team if Brown, Kopitar, and Doughty continue to put up career-highs. If they go back to the 2014-2017 production, they will possibly miss the playoffs.

I'm not impressed with Calgary's moves either. They added Neal, made their D worse by trading away Dougie, and didn't address their goaltending.

Vegas and Edmonton are both Jekyll-and-Hyde teams to me, I have no idea what to expect from either. I think Vegas is more likely to wilt under the pressure after drastically over-achieving, and we'll see the SCF Knights instead of the WCF Knights.

I'd say Anaheim and LA are both contingent on aging cores sustaining high production. The Canucks and Oilers are contingent on young players continuing to progress. Three of the bubble teams - Canucks, Oilers, Flames - have questionable goaltending. A hot year from any of those teams' goaltenders will likely put them into the playoffs.

I'd put the Canucks at a low of 6th in the Pac, and a high of 4th.
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Doughty is a top 3 d man in the game. His season was no fluke, neither was Kopitar’s or Quick’s season. They are top 5 players in the league at their positions. I’ll grant you Brownie had a flukey season and looked like he was back in 2012. Still they have Muzzin and Martinez on that back end as well. They would be the Canucks best d men. If Carter is around for the year, that would be huge and now they have Kovalchuk. Factor in Pearson and Toffoli and that’s still a damn good team. Yes they are old but they are also good and big and very deep. This squad has another good year or two in them yet.

Calgary may have downgraded from Hamilton to Hanifin but they added Lindholm and Neal and only lost Ferklund up front. I don’t think they make playoffs but they should be in the hunt.

Mëds, I think Anaheim will miss Kesler big time. Yes I know he was injured and bad last year but he was still a damn good player in 15-16. Getzlaf can’t do it all. The D is still decent and they could challenge for a wildcard if all goes right but they are trending down and Carlyle is a terrible coach.

I don’t see Vancouver as a bubble team. They are more of a blister team.
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Mëds wrote: Sat Jul 21, 2018 10:45 am You think Anaheim will fall that far?
Kesler will likely miss the entire season... in fact he might be done for good.

Perry was last seen falling off a cliff. (looks at Reef) :hmmm:

Of course they still have that great young dee core and Gibson

... but personally I see them as a bubble team this year.
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Blob Mckenzie wrote: Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:52 pm I don’t see Vancouver as Bubble's team.
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I see Boeser exploding as a superstar this season and scoring more than 50 goals on the top line.
But the surprising thing is he’ll score fewer goals than Pettersson who will give the Canucks the most dominate second line in the league. They’ll easily make the playoffs and finish first in the division.
But the even more surprising thing is Pettersson won’t even win the Calder when he scores more goals than Selanne did in his rookie season.
Hughes will win Calder after leading the league in assists - 172.
Also, Demko will be the best rookie goalie since Dryden with a .962 save percentage.
The other teams in the division will miss the playoffs because they all suck!
In fact, they won’t have playoffs this season and will present the Stanley Cup to the Canucks who will be leading the league in points when WWIII breaks out, just Trump being Trump.
But at least before we all die in the nuclear armageddon we’ll have seen the Canucks win the cup.
So, it’ll be a good season, but we’ll all be dead.
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Strangelove wrote: Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:59 pm
Blob Mckenzie wrote: Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:52 pm I don’t see Vancouver as Bubble's team.
:hmmm:
They are my team. Always will be. I’m just realistic about how good they are.
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Blob Mckenzie wrote: Sat Jul 21, 2018 1:41 pm
Strangelove wrote: Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:59 pm
Blob Mckenzie wrote: Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:52 pm I don’t see Vancouver as Bubble's team.
:hmmm:
They are my team. Always will be. I’m just realistic about how good they are.
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