Y'know, on paper, our D corp doesn't actually look that bad... when healthy. I think we can say Willander is a surprise. We all thought he'd be cooking in Abby but he's been quietly impressing. I can't see him getting sent down for any reason. Draft year +2, 11th overall draft pick. Yes, it usually ...

As for TOPOS calling for the death of democrats, all they did was make a video reminding the military that they have the right obligation to refuse illegal orders. Though of course, it's supposed work that the higher the rank, the higher the level of accountability. The Canadian military botched ...

Kitimat can support zero tankers. The straits are too narrow, and the waters too rough. Interestingly the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, the first such facility of potentially a few, is exporting with tankers usually carrying 175,000 cubic meters of capacity. When you convert that to DWT it is 75 ...

donlever wrote: ↑Thu Nov 20, 2025 11:32 am Vander Zalm.

C'mon, there's plenty of legitimate reasons for a premier to accept $75K in cash in brown paper bag in a parking lot at midnight.

Kitimat can support zero tankers. The straits are too narrow, and the waters too rough. Interestingly the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, the first such facility of potentially a few, is exporting with tankers usually carrying 175,000 cubic meters of capacity. When you convert that to DWT it is 75 ...

Believes and states in front of God, the media and the rest of the world are two entirely different things. Comments like that sound more like FA public persona damage control to me than a legitimate rebuild tenet. Back when Rutherford was hired, the optimistics on this board dared to hope that his ...

donlever wrote: ↑Wed Nov 19, 2025 6:05 pm Who Dat (the blonde only)?

Just a guess, but I would guess Aimee Mann. Without a date for the photo, it's not even a very confident guess.

Easy to say that 3 years later. Nobody was complaining at the time , and the following season the deal was a landslide win for Vancouver. These discussions were happening in the summer of 2022, IIRC, and extended through that season even after Miller signed his extension. My recollection is moving ...

Yes, the number is being reduced... But, there is the Quebec issue that Carney seems loath to address. One more thing: even if all of your complaints were fully justified (and I clearly I do not agree that they are), returning to the theme of the topic you created, none of them, not one, is ...

Are you implying that the previous system was not prudent? Because if it wasn't, why are those same 'non-prudent' people still in their jobs? Yes, the previous system was imprudent. The same people are on the job because the problem is not that they did a bad job before, it's that the assumptions ...

If they don't want them to fight to manage these issues then yes, more majors should be called. I'm not convinced of the sincerity of them not wanting fights to manage these issues. I think they just want some sort of a fig leaf. It is why I have reluctantly concluded that the Canucks need more ...

but we deep down know that Chytil and Demko were not going to survive the season. I'm not sure many of us thought it would be this early. Honestly, I thought there was a shot that, with a carefully managed load, Demko could play enough to help. (This would be analogous to going ahead and replacing ...

Are you comparing Demko to a DeLorean? None of the specific cars I squeezed that last few 10s of thousands of kms out of would be a fair comparison, because none of them were ever great cars, and at his peak, Demko was one of the top 3 goalies in the world. I'd say at this point we'd be talking ...

When the season started, I think pretty much everyone agreed that if a few things went our way, the team could do well enough to make playoffs. Yeah, but I think we also knew that none of those were better than 50/50 (maybe 60/40) propositions. It's not looking good for some important ones. Healthy ...

The mushy middle™ has us at 26th place, yet only 5 points out of fifth overall. Yes, it's only 1/4 of the way through the season, games in hand, etc - but this season is a LONG way from over. I can see a really tight playoff race this year. Except that the Canucks have played 21 games, and don't r ...