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[Cousin Strawberry]

So apparently Pasta absolutely LOATHES Marchand the rat

Sounds like the qualities we look for in Canuckland to me

Petey for Pasta

You want a realistic return on an elite talent? There ya go.

If it's one for one perfectenschlag

[Meds]

So apparently Pasta absolutely LOATHES Marchand the rat

Sounds like the qualities we look for in Canuckland to me

Petey for Pasta

You want a realistic return on an elite talent? There ya go.

If it's one for one perfectenschlag

In a heartbeat.

[Carl Yagro]

If you acquire Pasta, you can trade the head of Brockoli and try to get a jar of Ragu back for the middle aisle.

[donlever]

At least Cackling Cuzs' out of touch comparables would then make sense.

Pastrnak goal totals over 8 previous seasons:

34
35
38
48
20 (48 games)
40
61
47

...very EP-esque indeed.

[Carl Yagro]

Comes down to identifying man/mouse definition of EP11.6.

Franchise altering decision.

The contract that his skinny ego demanded has already altered the franchise in a negative way. Not sure if he expected that the organization expected that a Top 5 contract is now expected to take 2 steps forward and not 2 steps back. Obviously, not the kind of reception he expected.

Anytime you pay Peter by robbing Paul (defensive depth), it's going to have an impact. Even a slight hometown discount given like the Other Guy did might have help alleviate the current situation, but what it boils down to is the performance has slipped even before pen was taken to paper.

https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/rankings/pl ... /cap_total

Mock the Leaves all you want, their core 4 consistently delivers the gold standard of over PPG. At least there's impact in the regular season. Whatever your argument is, they win and regularly get into the postseason.

If Dahlin is sick of losing in Buffalo and wants out, I'd even take that even 1-for-1 swap. Yeah, I know it would be ridiculous to have two LHD with that kind of salary once the Captain re-ups. I'm still for some kind of variation of the Cozens/Byram swap.

This whole keep the younger guy thing... if youth is not serving, send youth to the hinterlands and work the years you have to draft/develop/acquire another young top 6 center while the old guy gets retired to the bottom 4. Easy button. Smash it.

[Cousin Strawberry]

At least Cackling Cuzs' out of touch comparables would then make sense.

Pastrnak goal totals over 8 previous seasons:

34
35
38
48
20 (48 games)
40
61
47

...very EP-esque indeed.

Reasons why it's a trade that makes sense for the Bruins:

-Winger vs Center

-2 years younger

-hates captain ratface

-team needs a shakeup...they're already sucking WITH DP

[donlever]

The hate thing, like here, is overblown I believe.

I haven't checked but Pasta has to have a NMC...can't see him coming here.

[donlever]

Not sure if he expected that the organization expected that a Top 5 contract is now expected to take 2 steps forward and not 2 steps back. Obviously, not the kind of reception he expected.

Yeah....we're pretty much on the same page on this one so not much to add.

Other than that's a LOT of expectations right there.

[Carl Yagro]

https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/n ... -questions

Well, no shit. We've been saying this here for how long now? It's been blatantly obvious. Imagine a journeyman like Brannstrom is looked at as some much needed bandaid to stop the bleeding. Even with Hughes and Hronek healthy, it's not NHL-caliber enough for a team expecting greater things.

This D needs to be fixed, not some overblown "feud" that they want to keep selling you. Winning solves everything.

Money is needed to fix this. It's needed to figure out whether to keep their blond goalscorer. It's needed for dead OEL. It's needed for improving depth, improving the team. The owner has the window opened in the dead of winter. He will never have the troops retreat to re-set.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Miller and Benning are good. Baldies and Peter suck.

[Carl Yagro]

If that's what you get out of it, sure...

Still need to throw in Benning? It's 2025.

[Lancer]

Canuck Twitter now calling for Tocchets head, there’s no rest for the restless in Canuck fandom.

The season is a write off, find the problem areas and fix it with a patient, well thought out plan, ffs.

Agree this coaching carousel is becoming very oileresque. The season is a write off, ship out the problem children, identify the core you want to move forward with and do a mini rebuild.

In a wild card spot at exactly the halfway point of the season with a 0.561 point percentage. The season is hardly a write-off.

Management DOES have to fix the roster issues. I don’t care that we have not once seen our complete roster deployed at the same time for a game this year…..something is off in the mix, and we’ve heard enough reasons, regardless how exaggerated, to know it won’t solve itself.

Also, the blackhole that is our second pairing on the blueline needs filling. Injuries to Hronek and Hughes didn’t magically uncover something that nobody saw, rather they just exposed it with a spotlight.

The right move or two can easily salvage this season.

I heard the pundits talking last night on some SN show about the roster construction of Stanley Cup winning teams. They were using Tampa as an example and pointed to the need to have contributing depth. Went on to say that for most top teams what one finds is that their top lines and top pairings are often a wash. Left to themselves they cancel each other out in terms of production. What tips the scales is the contributions from the bottom-6 and bottom-4. Your 3rd and 4th lines can either put you over the top on the scoreboard, or they can do an outstanding job of shutting down the opposing top lines. Your bottom-4 need to be effective on special teams, and have the ability to get the puck transitioned out of the zone. If by some miracle you have a 2nd pairing that can also drive some offense, that’s gravy.

Based on that, I’d say the real problems with this team is obvious. Our top-6 isn’t producing like they were last year, and our bottom-4 is horrid.

Yeah, the lads have a decent chance to get back into the playoffs. Unless management sees significant issues in the dressing room that requires significant roster surgery and are willing to use the season thus far as an excuse to blow up the roster and do what they think needs done, there's no reason to blow anything up.

That said, unless they pull a 180 - or close - before the trade deadline, I hope management doesn't start pissing picks and futures away to go all-in again on ultimate rentals. The roster has not proven that it's at a point of sustained contention with the core and key supporting cast locked-up long-term, where it would then make sense to maximize your chances during that window.

Then again, if they don't pull out of this tailspin soon then it would suggest roster issues that management will need to make, while giving them a chance at a higher pick.

Will the real Vancouver Canucks please stand up???

[Meds]

The hate thing, like here, is overblown I believe.

I haven't checked but Pasta has to have a NMC...can't see him coming here.

My take a second to think about moment on this…..

The thing I’m cautious about is that Pasta, who is 2 years older, doesn’t have the most stellar reputation for consistency at all ends of the ice. Pettersson, despite my dislike for his game vs cap hit, does have good defensive numbers (FO% excepted) that have continued despite his offensive anemia.

And we’d only be saving $350K.

[Chef Boi RD]

Pastrnak is from the 2014 draft class. Petey is from the 2017 class. Wouldn’t Pastrnak be 3 years older?

[Blob Mckenzie]

If that's what you get out of it, sure...

Still need to throw in Benning? It's 2025.

I got reminded for 2000 days+ how good of a GM he was by 5 ot 6 posters snd three or four sock puppets. Puke Smoker isnt a real dude. I question if ESQ was a sock. I will throw lime, dogshit, cat litter and garbage at "The Genius" until that obese motherfucker doesn't draw breath again. He was a blight on the franchise to say the least.

It wasn't even the the horrid top 6 picks or putrid trades or signings as much as it was tossing your boi JT under the bus to explain the Covid situation or to have Travis eat a bullet for the rapist picked in 2014. The guy is a jelly fish gutless fuck and that's where he lost the plot.

Like Wiebo calling Sutter and Eriksson place setters was a mess. 5 snd 6 year contracts aren't place setters. Sherwood and Soucy are placeholders i hope someone retrieves his mail. .

Elmo couldn't lead a two car parade. If you want to call me out regarding Elmo, look at some the recent baiting posts regarding your Genius and the Clapping Baked Seal doing his thing. Danny didnt like the odds because he hated Elmer originally and then lost his way.

Id rather discuss the current shit they have going on but it is sort of fascinating to see all the folks pile on Peter. Hes murdered his contract in his first six years. Now the Pig Mask outfit is piling on four games into the new deal.

Nice fan base.