Had a chat with AI on this one. I think I agree with this order: I believed it until the AI agreed with me. Now I have serious doubts. I think Verhoeff will be available at 3. He'd be a popular choice on this board. I'd like to know what the real scouts use to make their determinations. I hope it's ...

I'm not saying I'm certain that, in five years time, it won't be clear that Malhotra was far and away the best pick available at 3, and the talent distribution curve was such that any other scenario would have been far less advantageous. That outcome is well withing the realm of possibility. BUT, I ...

No way i'd be trading down based on this data These are statistical averages, which are very useful when considering the value of an Xth position pick in a future draft for trade purposes, for example, but on draft day, it comes down to which players are actually there, and what their abilities are ...

Ronning's Ghost sort of predicted my response .... A couple of us have run the stats to show this and fifteen minutes later, most forget. But keep trying, maybe one day they will remember. Repetition legitimizes. This is my summary reminder of who was actually drafted in the top 5 relatively ...

Mëds wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2026 6:05 pm IMHO, the 3rd overall in a package is definitely worth a 7-10 pick PLUS a 1st next year.

I hope another GM agrees, and the Canucks take him up on it.

Topper wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2026 6:54 am Again, if you can't afford the maintenance on an asset, you can't afford the asset.

I think that's an almost universally applicable aphorism.

I was opposed to trading Hronek but with all the talk of the return he could bring now I am kinda on board trade him for a boatload. Circumstances permitting, I think the best of both worlds option is to keep him around for most of the season for the mentoring/stabilizing function, gamble that he ...

If you can package the 3 O/A with something that returns a top-20 pick this year AND a 1st rounder next year that could somewhat reasonably land in the top-20 (if not low lottery odds), I think you role that dice based on the projection of the 2027 draft class. Agree, except that -- assuming UW is ...

Here's a cheap shot artist right up RG's alley.... Hmmm... no. Assuming that you're being serious, I haven't made my position clear. I want to tilt the incentive structure for cheap shots so that they are minimized in Canucks' (Van and Abby) games -- on both sides. The implicit bargain equilibrium ...

I think it's the optics of it for the NHL more than anything. If they start coaching fighting as a skill.....I shudder to think what the cupcake fans and media would squawk. You may well be right, but I think there's ways to keep it low key and out of the limelight. How much do you, a relatively ...

A different view of the fight. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYrBZYNOay7/?igsh=YXJza2E4dXQ4OXkx Right spirit; not enough fighting skill. I don't want a good tilt; I want a beat-down. Anything that results in the other guy just skating to the penalty box with an unbloodied face is not sending the ...

I do like the Sedins as co-presidents, though. I think that the Sedins are two of the smartest people who have been associated with the Canucks, But not too smart. If they were any smarter, they wouldn't associate with the Canucks.😀 I am hoping that a fondness for the city or the organization is cl ...

Would love to hear from an expert in whatever capacity would constitute one regarding whether or not MM knows his tactical shit. The game has evolved to where this is an essential requirement for an NHL bench boss. Once they start trying to win again, it will be. For the next season, at least, all ...

. Vet gets, yes, a less demanding regular season, WTF Bring in character vet but tell him he doesn't have to work hard. The bullshit in reading today is laughable That lack of imagination may be worse. To clarify: - more O-zone face-offs and more power play time (for the pump part ...

Any aging vets signing with a bottom seed like Van are looking for long summers and lowered expectations. Warriors want to win. At least one other poster (I'm thinking MCP and Aaron, but as stated elsewhere, my memory isn't what it was) have suggested another reason why competitive vets would want ...