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Plays like a much bigger guy... ideal for the top six if we can get him on a discount as a result of his injured season. But need to ABSOLUTELY make sure he is healthy... no trading for a guy who immediately is put on LTIR and stays there for the rest of his contract.

Sorry, but Tocchet admitted in the Post Season Presser Pettersson had an injury... "...tendonitis... blah blah ...but we decided not to sit him.... blah, blah, Medical Staff, blah, blah..." It's clear Tocchet has already thrown Pettersson under the bus. Personally I think there is a personality conflict... I don't think Pettersson is Tocchet's style of player... I don't think he really understands his value or respects him... I have never heard anything like the level of praise from Tocchet for Pettersson that I have heard from Tocchet re. Miller... Miller is exactly Tocchet's style of player. Tocchet needs to get his head out of his a$$ and accept that Pettersson is a key part of the team and adapt his coaching to that fact. Either that or Pettersson should be traded ASAP... although I very much doubt the Canucks would get his value back if he is under this kind of cloud.

Now all we have to do is get Burr back in the organization and we have our future hall of fame Stanley Cup coaching group ready.

Add Miller and Boeser into that list... plus Z, Myers, Garland and a whole list of yet to be obtained or signed players.

Whatever happened... and you are speculating, it is clear from Pettersson it affected his play... and reduced his mobility at an ever increasing severity as time went on. I just hope this isn't anything serious.

Anyone who suggests that Pettersson is faking his injury is either terminally stupid or a Canuck hater. Pettersson has spent his entire life being ultra competitive and doing everything to excel and win. To suggest someone with that level of commitment is going to lie about an injury tells you the poster knows nothing about professional athletes... or much about reality... and probably is some 5'8" 300 lb couch potato guzzling down a case of beer every game. If Pettersson says he had a knee problem, he had a knee problem. I am more concerned about the fact the medical staff decided it was unimportant. Pettersson has shown what he can do at 100%... his track record puts him in the elite of the league. For the medical staff to ignore this problem and let him continue to degrade tells me there is something wrong. We have seen this pattern before... on too many occasions with other Canuck players... Brandon Sutter, Alex Edler, Rick Rypien... Sven Baerschi, etc.

Legitimate contenders do not have guys putting up 12 points on the top six.... which is why the Oilers brought in Henrique to replace Brown. As I mentioned in a reply on the Rangers/Panthers thread, both those teams have really good #1 and #2 lines... with top sixers filling up both lines. Look at all the Stanley Cup winners over the last few years and you see the top 2 lines are really strong.

Suter would not be top six on Edmonton. Kane, Nugent-Hopkins, Hyman, Henrique all have more goals/points impact and talent. Suter should be the Canuck 4th line center, with two (new) big bruisers who can skate/hit and put up 15-20 pts on either side of him. If the Canucks can't sign Blueger, then as a last resort Suter can be the 3rd line center. (not optimum) Canucks need legitimate 45 point wingers for the top 6... Suter does not meet that criteria at the moment... he does not have the finish... he missed dozens and dozens of gimmes this last season.

Canucks wildly splurged in players and draft picks to get Lindholm... for them to let him walk would be a disaster.

Rangers were lucky to win this one... they were dominated. Panarin, who had 120 pts regular season, needs to start producing. He is playing with legitmate top sixers so unlike Pettersson he has no excuse. Watching these two teams tells you what the Canucks need to be a solid contender: - Both the Rangers and Panthers have hi powered 1st and 2nd lines... with 3 guys who can score on each. Canucks don't have that. Pettersson on a line with 4th liners, and/or Lindholm centering Garland and Joshua or even Miller/Boeser/Suter are not the equivalent of Barkov/Reinhart/Verhaeghe and Tkachuk/Rodriguez/Bennett. Rangers are not quite as good, but have Trocheck/Panarin/Lafreniere and Zibanejad/Kreider + Wheeler when he's healthy. Having only one line makes it too easy for that one line to be neutralized. The Oilers for many years struggled with not having a viable second line... but now they play McDavid and Draisaitl on separate lines most of the time... they now have enough top six players, with Hyman, Kane, Nugent-Hopkins and Henrique. Same with the Stars... who are deeper than most teams. Canucks need to add another two top six players... preferably to find them in our depth pool, but if necessary from trades and free-agency. A top sixer doesn't have to score 30 goals... a pair of 20 goal scorers who put up 45+ points and who can play a 200 ft game on a line centered by Pettersson would work. Suter is not a top sixer, neither is Mikheyev, and even Joshua, despite the fact he had a greatly improved season, is not putting up top six numbers. The only Canuck forward other than Miller/Boeser/Pettersson/Lindholm who is legitimately a top sixer is Garland... but he is probably needed on the 3rd line.

Did the Canucks win the Cup>>>>>>?

He was grossly underpaid this year. Other years he made the NHL standard for his production.

When I was going to University used to work in the summers as a faller/logger in the woods... long time ago.

Congratulations to Tocchet. I am on record as being critical of aspects of his coaching, but overall, he does deserve this award. Let's hope he learns from this season and these playoffs and the team comes back even better next year.

Sure is sad looking at the Panthers and Eckman-Larssen and Forsling... what could have been... if Green knew how to coach and if we were a little luckier with the injuries.

If Goalie Bob keeps playing like this, Rangers are gonna be upset. Hard to say if he can keep making these kinds of saves? Two breakaways, multiple in crease miracles. Rangers are the better team on paper, however if they can't convert this won't last long.

You should have included an option for 40-45. That is how many games I would have Demko play. He is clearly fragile... and he should be played moderately so he is available for the playoffs. This is the most important need... that a healthy and well rested Demko is ready to go on the first game of the playoffs. Silovs has shown he can play... Canucks should use him. Basically they should be a tandem... splitting the season... with Demko taking the more important games and the playoffs.

Dear Mr Aquilini I am sure you are disappointed in the final results, but I am also sure you are happy with the extra revenue from the Playoffs. So here's the thing... as you probably noticed, the most glaring lacking on this team is its Powerplay. If it produced on 1/6th of the chances it had, (a very low average, but enough) we would have won the series. So, since coaches are not covered under the Salary Cap, I am going to suggest you take a small portion of the swag you picked up from the gate revenues, TV revenues, merchandise sales, tap PA on the shoulder and tell him to hire the best freaking Powerplay specialist in the league. You might also tell Patrik to hire an offensive specialist to work with the lines so they can get some flash in the offense. The team has some great defensive specialist coaches, but needs work on the O side. Thanks for your consideration.

This is why we need a PP specialist hired and working with them during the summer.

Something that I think management needs to do: Bring in a Powerplay specialist/Offensive specialist. The team is not getting the results it needs from the PP and offensively 5 on 5 it is too predictable. Too much of the Green offensive style is still a part of the way the forwards play. They need a lot of work on how to use the ice, how to criss cross to throw off defenders, how to use the trailing player and how to use the drop pass. Every team in the league uses these systems but I rarely see them from the Canucks... too much bread and butter, up and down the wing... side to side passing.

I disagree... I think Big Z likes Vancouver... his wife likes the city and he knows he is liked here. Offer him a decent amount and he'll sign. I personally think 5.5 would not be unreasonable... even 5.75. Myers I say offer a 3 year contract at low ball figures... (3.5-4.0) I think he is durable (that's his health record) he is still skating well, and probably can play another 3 years. He has found a home here finally under Tocchet and fits in where he is playing.

HURRICANES

Cause he thinks #1 centers grow on trees. If only one of Pettersson's gimme passes had been converted tonight the Canucks would still be in OT.

In my opinion, they should try to sign Lindholm... they put out a lot to acquire him... letting him walk would be stupid.