smithers joe

according to dhaliwal, canucks still talking to joshua. imo, 3.8mil should get it done.

I don't think moving Mikheyev would allow us to afford all that.

i made it work, using cap friendly.

Man it's crazy, I was just looking up his wiki page a day or two before he passed. RIP.

Absolute legend! Before my time but hearing stories about him is always a treat...Just like baseball during the playoffs.

My favourite player growing up.   Back then it was Mays vs. Mantle and I was team Mays all the way.  Probably the best all-round player, offence and defence combined, ever to play the game.  And by all accounts a really good person.   Glad he lived this long.

Something random and/or routine, like extending Blueger or Woo.

The Vancouver Canucks have acquired the first overall pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Filip Hronek, Connor Garland, Ilya Mikheyev and the 93rd overall pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft…

…but it was only fantasy. The wall was too high, as you can see. No matter how hard Allvin tried, he could not break free and a worm ate into his brain.

Hopefully Zad

and try and sign dillon ?

Too much for Hronek IMO, but the rest are defensible. I have a feeling Myers can get 3.0 - 3.5M on the open market, but maybe he takes a discount to finish his career in Vancouver.

i believe that, willander, pettersson and kudryavtsev will eventually make the team.

if they can lock up hronek for hughes long term, our future on defense looks strong.

7.7 is under quinn's cap. thinking long term here.

Perhaps that source needs a news flog.

i don't believe that sights, news. they bare always a couple of weeks behind what everyone else has reported on. they should be barred from writing content or be fined for every wrong subject.

Was it an actual trade report or just a proposal/speculation?

Shrug. Denying an easy to work with Cap/Roster tool, and keeping the info to themselves?

You can go to www.Puckpedia.com. Not as good but it gets you the info you need.

When CapGeek ended, I was saddened, not only losing a great site, but the guy who ran it died of colon cancer.

This one was the owner went for the bucks. I can't blame him. And it sort of seemed it was going that way with more pay content. I wonder if the premium customers are being refunded or they are still allowed to use the site?

No, I'm running on the assumption that they're just a bunch of dicks.

it's not about what we would do but how important management sees him.

are they willing to pay him what he is asking. fans have different takes on this.

personally i'ld look for someone cheaper that can help quin be his best self.

some fans think he is irreplaceable.

I think the reason he hasn't signed shows the management group is looking at all options and reprecusions signing him to 8 could bring and I am ok with that. As has been pointed out in Canucks podcasts there are some RHD options on cheaper contract and terms for the Canucks to conisder.

Hasn't EP done his best as a winger with someone else centering? Maybe he should be a winger, and a optional C ?

One of your old girlfriends, Joe?

I’m with you! Kick back and enjoy the show everyone!

I expect Hronek to be moved and one or both of Garland and Mikheyev. I’d also say there’s an outside chance of Höglander being moved, depending what kind of return they can get. Pretty sure Joshua, Cole, DeSmith and Blueger walk, while we try to re-sign Zadorov, Lindholm and Myers. That’s what I’d do anyway. 

But then if we sign him to a big contract and no one wants to trade for him then we are stuck with an awful contract.

Having just signed him to new contract and him  having a trade restriction with teams knowing your cap predicament, now you would have to add players in a deal of non strength (if he agreed to move) most likely?

Sometimes the cap space is just as valuable as the player and team building comes before individuals, as Ghostsof1915 stated I trust them to sort this out

He’ll get a NMC anyway most likely 

I think it makes sense to try this combo for a sample thats more than just a game here or there.  Depends on moves and who makes it out of training camp of course

Petey needs somebody with whom he can develop chemistry. Boeser seems welded to Miller now, so that's out. None of the other guys have turned out to be "that guy", although I like the idea of Lindholm at centre and Petey on the wing. Sadly, Lindy will go for the big dollars somewhere else. I don't know the answer, but Garland and Joshua aren't it.

Idk Hogs did pretty this year didnt he? Maybe him and Joshua 

hasn't it been great, joe? i got to watch this season with my dad and it's been special. game 7 against the mcdrai oilers... at the very least, the boys gave them a run for their money. and at best, they're going to the conference finals tonight!

Listen to something else.

I get songs stuck in my head all the time. Last one was Black Hell by Danzig.

colliton is prob gonna get an NHL job head or asst given the number of vacancies in the league 

They did sort of fall off as season progressed 

Peter O'Toole was cast as Henry II, TWICE.

You're being too nice to Edmonton fans. More like sewer rat, cornered by a very hungry wild cat.

 no matter what everyone says, i am nice. not a mean bone in my body. so sue me.

Nah it's part of your charm Joe.

Joe has spoken!!!!!

I’d laugh if we swept them. All the pundits would look stupid.

Don't even need to sweep them. Just beating them I think I'd laugh more than celebrate. 

Personally I think Miller against McDavid, Lindholm against Draisital and hope Petey shows up. If we stay out of the penalty box I think we win this series

Beat them, like rented mules.

Put swivels on the necks of 29 & 97, keep pounding them, get in their heads.

Play "bricklayer" hockey, not "uptown shopping spree" hockey...no cute, sweetheart  plays, looking for the perfect pass or shot, just keep on shooting to the net...pass-shoot! pass-pass-shoot! No Harlem Globetrotters playing hot potato around the perimeter.

Quick line changes, no lazy skating to the bench, or McSpeedbaby will burn us!

Disciplined sticks, limit undisciplined penalties, especially when clearing the zone...that stupid delay of game/over glass penalty could be a series killer with the way their PP is rolling

Kill them all!

whale oil beef hooked

I've wondered that myself, Joe. 

Whether him focusing on defense so much has him overthinking everything in an unnatural way for him. That he's the type of player you mostly just let play on instinct.

He is struggling, because he's not scoring

He should just shoot asap, rather than think, rely on instincts right away, rather than think and lose the moments advantage I know we have been saying that he is due to have a good game, but this a a big game to do it, without the pressure of a game 7

i think EP is at his best when he have a winger that have a good offensive IQ with playmaking ability. we can in the past there's always a playmaker on his wing. his first year he have goldobin and boeser. boeser's passing is underrated here.. and goldobin as ineffective as he is is prolly still better than the current wingers in playmaking ability.. heck none of them have more assist than goldobin in less games played in a season. Kuzmenko is a playmaker boeser/miller when the lotto line was kinda effective is a playmaker. without a secondary lesser playmaker on the line that is creative other team continuously double team him

part of me wants to keep zadorov, myers and cole rather than hronek. but that is based on just the playoffs.

How much Moosehead did you have to drink before bed?

Joe you'd make an excellent coach. I love this dream!

when i coached minor hockey, i always had a fellow coach who was a great skater. he would show them the way to play. i was more of a motivator  and tactician. imo, i was much better coaching baseball. i was like j.i.a.h.n. and his coaching history.

The passing on Bowser's first goal was pretty impressive.

Vegas will stay in the central division bracket. We will play Edmonton or LA. 

In a 1v8 world, you would be correct