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Dude really fumbled the bag in Dallas, him playing through pain would explain some of his level of play though He's never been great defensively but I don't remember him being this bad either

Makar has two games to get three points and do it as well, they play us next and then a floundering Minnesota squad so there's a good chance he does it

Agreed, he has tenure on his side and he's also more likely to play ball with the Canucks imo

Can't recall but Laine was just scratched and both him and Gaudreau were benched recently Very little going right over there

Speaking further to my last post, balancing the needs of the active NHL roster and the needs of the organization in terms of depth is so important, so critical. It's not an easy happy medium to find, it's like walking a tightrope for NHL executives. It's why I'm more bullish than most when it comes to picks, because they are what are going to get us players on ELC's and you need players on ELC's or players with smaller cap hits playing above their cap hit in today's NHL. Top picks are how we get the Willander's and the Lekkerimaki caliber players on the cheap. Picks are simultaneously a currancy for trades, overrated and underrated, critical to developing prospect depth, and the best way of acquiring top end players. The cheapest way to acquire top four D, top six wingers, top three centers, ect is to draft and develop them yourself. It'll always cost you more to try and poach another team's successful prospect than it will to draft and develop such a prospect yourself. Drafting and developing well are critical to a team's success because most prospects don't step in like Boeser, Pettersson, and Hughes. Most prospects take longer. You always need to be adding players to the pipeline, this management group has been doing a pretty good job of that. I hope it's a theme that continues.

The cost of success is players getting paid, happens whether a team wins a cup or not If Boeser piles up a huge year his next ask rises Scenarios like these are why stockpiling prospects and holding on to high picks is important, gotta have quality guys on ELC's coming in as your stars earn big cap hits, I hope we make a habit of at least holding on to our 1st

I actually feel bad for CBJ, Canucks fans have suffered but at least they have stretches of good hockey teams to look back on CBJ fans don't, their franchise highlight is sweeping Tampa East is wiiiiiide open, only four points separate sixth from fifteenth, there are games in hand involved but still

He's been very impressive thus far, good sign for LA going forward

Dunno, sometimes when a tender puts up a shutout they deserve it Vegas had 38 shots and just couldn't break through On another note though Dahlin with a three point game, wonder if the Sabres can stay afloat til Thompson gets back East is much tighter than the west it seems, almost no team is really out of it given how bunched up things are

5-2 Canucks Kuzmenko

I'd go see Sabres-Caps personally, I'd be a bit disappointed watching an Oilers win and Sabres-Caps guarantees you don't see one

Bahl is signed this season and next or a cap hit of roughly 1M. He's a young LD with size and upside, why would a team that likely views themselves as a contender give that up for a forward they don't need in Beauvillier? They'd be taking on an additional 3.15M in cap space when they only have roughly 1M in cap space, makes no sense for them.

Don't think we'd be willing to pay what he'd cost, I'd be surprised if he makes it to UFA Him and Pettersson sure would be dynamic together though Pettersson will get signed, it's just a matter of what the term looks like imo

They'll be hard pressed, he has a full NMC this season and next, so does Tavares I'm not convinced they can afford to keep all of them, Nylander would be the easiest to move given he only has a 10 team NTC

Hughes is a phenomenal talent but I do view Makar as being the better player We're very fortunate to have one of the two though, easily the best D we've had

Maybe he's banged up?

His shooting percentage was due for some regression, his shooting percentage from last season was unsustainable

Capitals are quietly 8-1-1 in their last 10 despite their limited scoring

He's just burnt us a fair bit over the years, always seems to show up when playing the Canucks

Know your limit, play within it

Canucks got Eberle'd

Impressive company

Ripping it up of late, up to 24 in 16