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Hockey Widow wrote: ↑Sun Jul 01, 2018 5:52 pm You win Blob. I bow to your wisdom and managerial abilities. I think I’ll step back from the whole Benning debate. Hopefully that debate can be kept in one thread from now on. Makes it much easier to ignore.

Blob Mckenzie wrote: ↑Sun Jul 01, 2018 6:01 pm Here’s a question for you. Would you rather have two of Pat Maroon, James Neal or David Perron? Not saying it was possible but they are vets and two of them would be similar to the combined cost of the 4th line brigade Elmer signed up

Hank wrote: ↑Sun Jul 01, 2018 7:23 pm If Roussel wasn't available, maybe Komarov would have been a good pickup? 19 pts last year, same term and money. Market value.

And Beagle getting more than Riley Nash? Simply pedigree. Plus Nash has only had one proven good year.

Blob Mckenzie wrote: ↑Sun Jul 01, 2018 6:01 pm Wids it isn’t that I need to win. Fact is myself and a few others, usually you as well debate the moves one by one. Some we like , some we don’t. There is a crew here with a massive agenda that thinks EVERY move Jet Black makes is amazing. I’m ok with the signings as long as some driftwood is swiftly cleaned up. You can’t wait for very long to move out those slugs because a few teams have the same issue.

Today was ok. It isn’t as bad as hfboards makes it out to be and it isn’t as good as Doc and his puppets make it out to be. It’s somewhere in the middle. They still have to purge.

Here’s a question for you. Would you rather have two of Pat Maroon, James Neal or David Perron? Not saying it was possible but they are vets and two of them would be similar to the combined cost of the 4th line brigade Elmer signed up

"We do have to be careful with what we do this summer,” said Trevor Linden a few months ago. “We're okay with being young next year. We're going to be extremely young, we know that.”

The Canucks’ actions on July 1st seemed to bely his words, as they added three older veterans that will prevent the team from getting “extremely” young.

Jim Benning claimed that the message his players were meant to get from these signings is that the competition is on.

Some might argue that Beagle, Roussel, and Schaller will play in the bottom-six, where the Canucks’ youth won’t play. It’s a baffling argument; who says that young players can’t play on the third and fourth lines?

Unless the Canucks make some trades this summer, there won’t really be any spots to battle for in training camp, as roster decisions could come down to who’s waiver eligible and who isn’t, rather than merit.

Sure, there will be injuries, and players will get called up, but for players hoping to make the team out of training camp, the Canucks’ free agent signings didn’t say “We want competition at camp,” but “You can’t make these roster spots out of camp.”

Reefer2 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 12:09 pm IMO - these 3 new guys are not barring young guys from playing on the team on any line. I do not assume young guys will be brought in to be piss and vinegar, very few can do that. Right now I do not see any prospect that would fit that role.

Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 5:19 pm

Reefer2 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 12:09 pm IMO - these 3 new guys are not barring young guys from playing on the team on any line. I do not assume young guys will be brought in to be piss and vinegar, very few can do that. Right now I do not see any prospect that would fit that role.

Good call Reef, obviously you understand Canucks' present situation a lot better than that schmuck eastern writer.

I like where he assumes in July that "roster decisions could come down to who’s waiver eligible and who isn’t, rather than merit."

Wot a schmuck amirite?

sagebrush wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:22 pm

Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 5:19 pm

Reefer2 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 12:09 pm IMO - these 3 new guys are not barring young guys from playing on the team on any line. I do not assume young guys will be brought in to be piss and vinegar, very few can do that. Right now I do not see any prospect that would fit that role.

Good call Reef, obviously you understand Canucks' present situation a lot better than that schmuck eastern writer.

I like where he assumes in July that "roster decisions could come down to who’s waiver eligible and who isn’t, rather than merit."

Wot a schmuck amirite?

The writer (Daniel Wagner, of the Vancouver Courier) lists his residence in ... of all places, ... Vancouver. Not someplace to the East ..
like .. Abbotsford.

Rocky Dennis wrote: ↑Sat Jun 30, 2018 9:34 pm

Blob Mckenzie wrote: ↑Sat Jun 30, 2018 11:12 am

Topper wrote: ↑Sat Jun 30, 2018 11:08 am gave up watching because he can't handle a rebuild

Or didn’t watch because the team was using slugs like Dowd, Jokinnen, Motte etc. They have developed one player in three seasons. You only watch all 82 because you live in a village of 150 people and you guys make an event out the NHL games and have a community potluck.


Someone say potluck?

I have a feeling that THINKER was a fat fuck like that guy. Probably had a jammer and died

Uncle dans leg wrote: ↑Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:55 am So with the promising start this year and the gems uncovered via the drafts...i wonder how many "pundits" are still calling JB the worst GM in the league.

I'll gladly throw credit where its due and the canucks are definitely on an excellent trajectory for a rapid rebuild.

If Jimmy brings home a cup I'll gladly dub thee thy GMing Genius