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Dunno, could see an argument for another puck moving sort if the idea is to keep Hronek and Hughes together, but I do think the Canucks are looking for someone more well rounded than Addison. I think the Sharks can afford to be less picky given they're bottom feeders. It's also easier for them to make moves right now given their cap scenario, less so for us.

If Future Considerations were a former Penguin we'd have traded for him by now

Canucks legend, Future Considerations

Hard to say. Could be as simple as San Jose's GM having more regular contact with the WIld GM, could be a better working relationship, could be a lot of things.

Seems like a good move for the Sharks though, Sharks can afford to be patient with a younger player who may be a bit of a project whereas the Wild will likely be amping up their drive to compete as soon as all that dead cap comes off. Three goals and 29 points in 62 games last season, 24 in April.

Kevin Weekes the kinda guy who'd break NHL trade news at his daughter's grad

Also worth noting is it's not just driven by teams, leagues, and players. Parents also have a say, and they likely have more of an impact at the junior level, at the end of the day most parents just want their kids to be safe.

For real, I spent most of last year working as a support worker in a low-barrier supportive housing context working with street entrenched folks who were often actively in addiction. We had an entire binder full of protocols, most of which stemmed from actual scenarios that had occurred. Most had nothing to do with overdosing, drugs, or whatnot, there was just a lot of shit that happened and the site staff adapted on an ongoing basis. Each site had it's own unique protocols in addition to standard protocol. Adaptation is part of how lives are often saved, or how folks are kept as safe as possible. Sure, a sport that features players firing pucks at high speed and that features physical contact is never going to be completely safe, but there are reasons players have become better protected as time has marched on.

I'm not entirely sure why anyone would be against change if it's to protect people, change can be good. Once upon a time most people drove without seatbelts, things changed. Why wouldn't a death spark change? Why wouldn't teams, leagues, and so on want to protect their players? The argument that it doesn't happen very often is a poor one considering the solution is quite a simple one. If players don't like current neck guards I'm sure there'll be a market for any innovations that make them easier to adjust to. League added helmets, more sophisticated protective gear, and visors as time has gone on, don't see why this would be much different. I don't care who didn't use x for however long, good for you. If you wanna brag about not using a seatbelt too, go for it. Times change and leagues are implementing change regardless of what you think.

It'd be something else if they somehow got him. Realistically San Jose, Calgary, and Edmonton could all draft top 7. Maybe Anaheim too if the wheels fall off, but they've looked good thus far.

Adding Perry would be funny, but he'd legit be a good bottom six piece despite his age. It's not a coincidence that he's been to the finals so many times, he's a useful player even if he's far removed from his prime. Big cap hit makes it unlikely though, but I wouldn't be surprised if a team shows interest closer to the trade deadline.

Only so many years left on McDavid and Draisaitl's current deals, they have to at least try and address it

Montreal trade incoming?

This is why I could see the Caps being in on Lindholm

I was arguing during the summer of last year how we should trade Miller and that a team lead by Pettersson, Hughes, ect could probably be competitive without him. I didn't see Miller as being essential, I saw him as a means to build a more balanced roster. Not sure that counts as blowing it up. I argued that we could trade assets, accumulate youth and picks, and probably compete. I argued a 1-2 punch of Pettersson and Horvat would probably do just fine, and I stand by that. If we'd done so and goaltending had been stable I reckon we could have been in the mix for a wildcard spot. We had a historically bad PK and goaltending and poor tending and defensive play sunk us. My take at the beginning of this season was more along the lines of us finishing in no man's land, a wild card spot, or maybe a third divisional seed if things went really well, if we'd begun this season with a 1-2 punch of Pettersson and Horvat we'd probably still be competitive. I've consistently argued that we're probably 4 or so years away from anything resembling contention, I don't think that's unrealistic. It's unlikely we're going to jump right back into the playoffs and walk straight to a final.

Penalties bad

It's not like there's much he's going to be able to do short of waiving players, Sharks have very limited trade chips as is. Hertl could require a retainment and has a NMC, after him you've got maybe Duclair, Hoffman, and Barabonov. Maybe they find a taker for Granlund is he starts producing, but that seems unlikely. Doubt Couture is moved, but he would likely require retainment imo given his age and three remaining years on his deal after this season. Mostly empty threats sound mostly empty.

We do, BC housing for example can be tough to get into but it's very much needed. Who lives in such housing? Seniors, individuals with disabilities, young families, single individuals, folks who live in unstable housing, previously homeless individuals, folks closer to the poverty line. These are all individuals who need and deserve housing. The government needs to play a direct role in providing such subsidized housing. I grew up in a rather poor family, I lived in BC housing, we moved around Nanaimo a lot and that was during the 90's and early 2000's. Things are much harder economically now than they were then. Public housing will also be more important as the Canadian population ages, lot of seniors throughout Canada and they don't all own homes or have family that will be able to financially help them out. Lot of aging boomers and Gen x. The costs that come along with retirement homes, strata's, and so on aren't available to everyone. Where are they going to live? A lot of them, like my parents, will probably never be able to retire in the traditional sense.

Sounds like a great solution, until it's not. I moved up from Nanaimo to Dawson in June, I have friends who moved up from the island to buy property because houses were selling before they could even look at them. Folks are already doing what you've said, but how's that going to work as more folks do so? Housings costs are already driving people out of the lower mainland, but demand will also drive up prices. I've seen plenty of for sale signs around of late, what's the going to look like over the next decade as folks move north for a chance to own? Dawson also caters to Albertans because it's so close to the Alberta border, from what I can tell Dawson is a very farming/resources driven town and any ebbs and flows regarding these industries can be devastating. There are plenty of folks who live in Dawson but work out of Alberta. Dawson is also a popular landing spot for those who've immigrated because of job opportunity and housing costs, how's that going to work as Canada brings in more immigrants? It's significantly smaller than my hometown, but my ongoing impression has been that Dawson is quite culturally diverse. Where are all these immigrants likely to land? They're likelier to land where it's affordable. Source? My partner is born and raised in Dawson Creek and is fourth generation Dawson Creek, has a very large family up this way. I've also been here long enough to have made some observations regarding the demographic that makes up said town. I'm spending the week in a little village town called MacKenzie, it's between Dawson and Prince George, I was looking at their real estate postings in their tiny little mall last night. Problem is, the MacKenzie region serves just over 3k people and my first impression has been that it's a very resource driven town as well. Smaller community means more limited jobs. https://www.remax.ca/bc/mackenzie-real-estate?gclsrc=aw.ds&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA3aeqBhBzEiwAxFiOBo9jPq460iiwWEXPWP8ah2bUmJJ022bhKCUnuMp2ei1sVUc7qVuYsxoC3KQQAvD_BwE&pageNumber=1 I can't speak to Prince Rupert, but I could see folks moving north in general driving up what are currently appealing housing prices.

Worth mentioning is that this is also a rather unique period in NHL history, up until the advent of Covid the cap continued to steadily increase but then Covid came along and the cap has been relatively flat since. NHL management, NHL players, and player agents are all aware that we're going to see more cap jumps sooner than later. Some of them will probably be quite sizeable if speculation over the last year or two is anything to go off of. There will always be players who lock in and take the security, but I wouldn't be surprised if players and agents were opportunistic regarding this unique cap scenario. A rising cap raises all contracts, but top players will eat up most of such increases. I'd say Matthews is the first such example of this that we've seen, his next contract will likely be even larger than his current one and the Leafs will likely pay it. Matthews will be roughly 31 at the beginning his next deal, he's set himself up to cash in one more time. He'll almost certainly make more on two more medium length contracts than he'd have made on a single long one.

A longer-term deal favours the Canucks imo, but I don't really see them as being in a position to quibble too much. Pettersson is their franchise #1C, if they're not willing to pay him they're certainly not going to win any trade that involves shipping him out. Miller is off to a great start during his age 30 season, but he's not a Pettersson replacement going forward. There will be decline at some point, and there are varying opinions as to what that'll look like. Simply put, I think Pettersson has the advantage during negotiations with the Canucks, if they truly have cup aspirations sooner than later they aren't doing it without him. Good luck finding a 1C to replace what he's bringing, particularly a prime aged one. If Pettersson wants 4-5 years I think he'll get it, and I think he'll get market value for the duration. Top tier players always get top tier dollars, Canucks might simply have to cut cap elsewhere but that's the cost of success.