^i totally agree. MG has been doing all the right things, and its not even July 1st yet. Cant wait for it to happen.

can't believe wings got pulkkinen 4th round.

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Aside from Hamhuis, who is getting lots of attention, there is also Martin and Michalek available and both are great defensemen that fly under the radar. I expect the Canucks to also try for those two.

if nucks get another good Dman our defense is going to be looking great

What about offensively? Do you think Gillis needs to look for a possible 2nd/3rd line player?

we need a gritty 3rd liner that can shut down as well
a player like that COWARD ANDREW LADD as described by R.Kesler is a perfect example of what we need to put us over the top

whatever happend to that rumored Lu trade to montreal?

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doesn't lu have a no-trade clause?

Montreal would have to give us five or six first rounders for that to happen as there is NO ONE IN MONTREAL that we would want on our team apart from MAYBE Mike Cammeleri but there's no way we'd want his $6m contract.

That's just a dumbass rumor just like all the Lecavalier to Montreal rumors.

I think that rumor is a few years ago when people were talking smack about Lu's wife and how she hated it here.

Well free agency will most likely bring us a 2nd liner

then fill the rest of the 3rd/4th lines

So u have

Sedin-Sedin-Burrows
Samuelson - Kesler - Raymond
------- - Hodgson - ------
------- - -------- - -------

fill in the blanks i guess, doesnt look all that bad considering spots that need to be filled, and obviously there are players still under contract that are slotted in there but anything could happen

I'm really not confident that Hodgson will make the team.

Is he a better player than the last training camp? Remember, he only played less than 20 games last season... Is his back really at 100%? Last year people thought he should make the team because he would be wasting his time in the OHL due to his age eligibility, but this year he can actually play in the AHL...

Knowing how cautious Gillis is, we will probably re-sign Wellwood or pickup another 3rd line center.

I think at least one of the young kids will make the team

is Shorokov gonna be in the team this year? I hope he is

didnt team1040 mention something about hodgson coming up to play full time this year?

it's still early in the offseason. Gillis has a very good head on his shoulders. I trust him more than Burke or Nonis.

i can't believe how noisy burke was during the draft....

i dont think a lot of teams will want lu's contract at the way hes being performing.

uhg..

yea because a 5.2 million dollar cap hit for a goalie that gets you 35+ wins a season, who the hell wants that?

better off paying Horcoff 6.3, he's a game changer.

philly/boston should continue to be good teams

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35+ win a season and choking in key win games. what a great deal at 5.2 mil:thumbsup:

Just because entry level goalies (Niemi, Halak, Rask) are getting it done doesn't mean that they always will. That's a crapshoot at best.

Find me another goalie with 35+ wins a season in Luongo's cap hit? Nabakov? 6m. Miller? 6m. Kipper? 6m. Only MA Fluery and Brodeur are near Louie's salary.

So you know nothing about hockey so I suggest shutting the fuck up.