The Official 2014/2015 Canucks & NHL Thread

[6o4__boi]

Knowing Vancouver's track record against shitty teams, i'd place my bets on Toronto

[XplicitLuder]

Originally Posted by pastarocket

The Leafs are the center of the NHL world alright. No player or coach wants to work in the center of that Bermuda Triangle.

Anyway, the early start won't matter.

I'm 100% confident that the guys will be ready to lay a beatdown on the Maple Laughs.

Place your bets on Vancouver on Playnow.com for that game.

Did you even watch the NJ, Sabres or Arizona games brah?

[pastarocket]

Originally Posted by XplicitLuder

Did you even watch the NJ, Sabres or Arizona games brah?

Toronto has a reason to tank because they wanna improve their odds to get the first pick to draft McDavid. It's a shitty team with the incentive to lose games. It's the T.O. Way to rebuild.

[spideyv2]

Originally Posted by pastarocket

Toronto has a reason to tank because they wanna improve their odds to get the first pick to draft McDavid. It's a shitty team with the incentive to lose games. It's the T.O. Way to rebuild.

permaban this guy if we lose on saturday

[AzNightmare]

You'd almost think Canucks are just being trolls and making it difficult for teams to tank for McDavid.



I really wished that was the real reason...

[6o4__boi]

That's totally it.

I bet there's a big banner in the dressing room that says "Never let em take McDavid." or "They want a tank war, they got a tank war!"


I'm gonna bet against the Canucks on Sat lol. You can almost guarantee they'll bring their D-game when they play against cellar dwellers. I'm actually tempted to go for Bernier getting a shutout or just allowing one goal

[CRS]

Kadri suspended another 2 games for disciplinary issues.

On 1040 this morning during the "Tell me I'm wrong" segment, someone mentioned trading Kassian for Kadri in the summer.

My first thought was "Oh hell no" since Kassian has been pretty good with the Sedins and has been playing well. But after some reflection, this might not be that bad of thing.

[Spoon]

Kassian's got a better contract. One year extra and lower cap. Kadri's likely getting a 5+ million dollar contract soon, doubt that'll ever work with our cap. Besides, isn't he already singled out as part of T.O's new core?

[Liquid_o2]

I'd rather have Kassian than Kadri. Even though Kassian has been hit and miss so far in his career, I feel that he could have a higher ceiling in the long run.

[6o4__boi]

yeah i'm not the biggest Kassian fan around but i'd pick him over Kadri
the last thing the Canucks need is another soft player
watch Kadri will play like shit the moment he gets his big contract

[Gilgamesh]

Originally Posted by Spoon

Kassian's got a better contract. One year extra and lower cap. Kadri's likely getting a 5+ million dollar contract soon, doubt that'll ever work with our cap. Besides, isn't he already singled out as part of T.O's new core?

Not necessarily. There's a large contingent of Leaf Fans (not me) who feel Nylander has more upside (supposedly better skating) and is better at 18 than Kadri was. It's hard to compare Kassian to Kadri because power forwards have a wonky development curve. Okposo is an example because he started emerging 2 years ago. A lot of people are underestimating Kadri in this thread as he has the best corsi/fenwick for numbers on a team that has mediocre advanced stats.

[Not really racist!]

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- It was a real good game
- Yeah like i thought we had a good period
- Yeah i don't know, but yeah
- Yeah like i thought we played a real good game
- Yeah and they're a real good team
- He's a _____ player. Like he's a really ______ player
- Yeah i thought we could've played better
- That line was real good
- Yeah we played hard.
- Yeah we got lots of guys playing hard
- We've got lots of tough games ahead of us. Like lots of tough games.

[Mike Oxbig]

If anything kassian for Oshie. Blue will give tarasenko the money he wants...

Sat a few row up from the Oshie family and friends few weeks ago. Maybe... He wants to play close to home.

[punkwax]

Kassian for Oshie...

[Mike Oxbig]

Originally Posted by punkwax

Kassian for Oshie...

Just how u see a fat chick turn hot one day....


Anyways, i think the canucks management have their eyes on this guy at the draft

Eliteprospects.com - Mathew Barzal

[murd0c]

why do you think the Canucks are looking at him?

[6o4__boi]

Barzal is projected to be a top 10 pick. At some point early in the season he was top 5.

Benning scouted him a lot this season...it'd be interesting if the Canucks will be willing to trade up at the draft if he's available.

[sekin67835]

what henrik thinks about kassian

Henrik Sedin: Kassian makes twins better - Audio - TSN

[murd0c]

Whats he supposed to say? He's the captain and a team player, if he thought otherwise he would never say that because he's classy and respectful.

[Obsideon]

But what he says does make sense though. The twins have always needed a physical player on their line to flourish.

[sekin67835]

that flames comeback

[Tegra_Devil]

Flames aren't the 28th place bottom dweller that everyone thought they would be.

[spoon.ek9]

yes, you've mentioned that several times already this season

the canucks aren't as shitty as people pegged them to be either but you don't see us trumpeting that every time there's a chance to

[Tegra_Devil]

Originally Posted by spoon.ek9

yes, you've mentioned that several times already this season

the canucks aren't as shitty as people pegged them to be either but you don't see us trumpeting that every time there's a chance to

no, you guys just go back and forth on whether to blow up the team or not every second week

[sekin67835]

The fact was that even the shitty canucks last season wrecked the flames. No one would be able to predict that the flames are OP this year