Coconuts

How about a walk down memory lane? https://forum.canucks.com/topic/397848-trade-canucks-trade-jay-beagle-loui-eriksson-antoine-roussel-2021-1st-round-pick-2022-2nd-round-pick-2023-7th-round-pick-to-coyotes-for-oliver-ekman-larsson-conor-garland/

@Ribs support?

Chaos Giraffe will likely be gone after this season, which will open up space for a different look on defense. Guddy would replace some of the size lost when he goes. Yeah, not optimal but perhaps a fit nonetheless. I understand he's overpaid and not an ideal return, but realistically we aren't getting an ideal return for Garland anyway. Assuming he's moved. More than likely we'd be taking a similar contract back, and Guddy's contract is the exact same length as Garland's. It's not brand new cap coming in, it's more of a cap swap. Cole and Myers coming off at the end of the season still frees up room for management to address the D further. In the meantime we'd be bringing in an RD who can provide a physical element to our back end, who may look better in a more defensively structured system. He did okay in Calgary. No ideal, but he'd still tick some boxes. Teams have likely known Garland has been available for a while, even before this news broke, if we were going to get a good return for him it'd likely have happened by now. Realistically any Garland move probably ends up being a swap of contracts neither team wants, at least Guddy would give us a D and free up a forward slot. Maybe, but as said above, the return for Garland is probably going to be less than ideal anyway. At least it'd give us another RD with size to trot out on D and free up a forward slot, we'll likely be letting one of those walk at the end of the season.

It's magnum dong

Sometimes common ground isn't possible, but there could have been more room for on-ice expression.

It's interesting that the NHL is funding this thing but not participating in it. The article says "The initiative was made possible by way of a grant from the National Hockey League."

https://sanjosehockeynow.com/san-jose-sharks-anthony-duclair-black-history-pride-tape-jersey/ Anthony Duclair was puzzled by the NHL’s decision to ban specialty warm-up jerseys, like Pride jerseys. “I know a lot of guys are supportive of that. I have no problem in the past to do it. It sucks that’s not going to be part of the league moving forward,” Duclair, who has worn both Pride jerseys and used Pride tape on his sticks in previous years, told San Jose Hockey Now. “It’s a little weird to me, a little puzzling to me.” And now, the league has prohibited Pride tape. Although players, per ESPN, “can voluntarily participate in themed celebrations off the ice, the updated guidance reaffirmed that on-ice player uniforms and gear worn in warmups, official team practices and games cannot be altered to reflect ‘specialty’ theme nights. “An NHL spokesperson told ESPN that Pride tape had been allowed for years as an exception to its stick tape restrictions, which otherwise would allow players to use only black or white tape. The league said the current ban on Pride tape was to prevent teams and players from using it as an ‘end around’ to violate the new uniform policy.” So players now won’t even have the choice to support the causes, on the ice, that they want. “For me, you’re also banning Black History Month,” the San Jose Sharks winger, of Haitian descent and also an outspoken member of the Hockey Diversity Alliance, opined. “I think we’re taking a step backwards, to be honest.” While teams will still have Black History and Pride Nights – the San Jose Sharks will celebrate Pride on Jan. 27 and Black History on Feb. 29 – the players, apparently, won’t be allowed to represent either on the ice, be it on their jerseys or sticks or skates or any part of their gear. “Stickers and ribbons are also banned from player uniforms,” according to ESPN, “although coaches are allowed to wear ribbons.” All these guidelines might affect Duclair, who famously, before Martin Luther King Day during the 2020-21 season, wore skates that featured, per The Athletic, “the letters ‘BLM’ to support the Black Lives Matter movement, a raised fist logo and the phrase ‘Change Hockey Culture.’ The left skate also [featured] the logo of the Hockey Diversity Alliance.” Duclair isn’t sure if such on-ice statements are now banned during Black History Night. “That’s something I’ll have to ask,” he said. It sure looks like it though. But one thing that Duclair knows, the NHL, is once again, falling behind other leagues, by not opening the door for new fans to feel welcome. “That’s why the NBA, NFL, leagues like that, they’re always growing year after year, always getting new fans, new viewership,” he said. For his part, the San Jose Sharks star isn’t going to stop supporting the causes that he cares about, as we can see in the work with his Duclair Foundation. “As a league-wide thing, they’re gonna do what they feel is necessary. But I think as individuals, you got to step up and keep pushing the message forward to the fans, to include new fans,” he said. “That’s on the players. The league can force whatever rules they made, but each player here has a voice of their own.”

Probably the most influential voice to speak up thus far

https://theahl.com/respect-hockey-culture-center Hockey leagues across the United States and Canada have come together to form the Respect Hockey Culture Center – a centralized platform which provides access for players, coaches and employees to confidentially receive mental health support services and to report on incidents of bullying, abuse, harassment and discrimination. This unprecedented alliance includes the American Hockey League, Canadian Hockey League, ECHL, Professional Women’s Hockey League and United States Hockey League. The CHL is composed of three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League. The collaboration seeks to reduce barriers to reporting abuse and misconduct, an essential step in fostering a respectful, psychologically safe, and inclusive environment in hockey. The leagues take allegations of unethical behavior and misconduct seriously and will review all reports made on the platform to determine an appropriate course of action. The Respect Hockey Culture Center is operated by an independent third-party, REES Community, with mental health supports available through the Canadian Centre for Mental Health in Sport. The initiative was made possible by way of a grant from the National Hockey League. The Respect Hockey Culture Center will be rolled out to players and staff within each of the leagues over the course of the 2023-24 hockey season. “We at the American Hockey League are thrilled to join our partners in the hockey community in welcoming the Respect Hockey Culture Center on our journey to create a comfortable and secure atmosphere throughout our sport. While our work is nowhere near complete, we will continue to push forward with our commitment to making our game a more welcoming, inclusive, and safe space.” — Scott Howson, President and CEO, American Hockey League “The CHL is proud to participate in the Respect Hockey Culture Centre alongside our member leagues and many of North America’s distinguished hockey leagues to help advance a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for all within our sport. We are particularly excited about the centralized reporting and information platform at respecthockey.com that will be available to our players and staff – which will provide them with an accessible, confidential, and safe place to come forward if they feel they need to.” — Dan MacKenzie, President, Canadian Hockey League “The ECHL is excited to join with our fellow leagues in the unified Respect Hockey platform from REES which will serve as a valuable resource to help inform, educate and support personnel throughout hockey’s development landscape in North America to further respect our game and each other into the future.” — Ryan Crelin, Commissioner, ECHL “Having a common platform where all players as they grow in the hockey world can be familiar with, and therefore be comfortable in case he or she needs to use it, is part of getting to a better place.” — Mario Cecchini, Commissioner, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League “We all play an important role in making hockey safe and inclusive for everyone, and collaborative initiatives like this demonstrate a collective commitment to this mission. The PWHL is proud to join leagues across North America partnering with the Respect Hockey Culture Center to provide resources and support for athletes and staff to eradicate bullying, abuse, harassment, and discrimination from our game.” — Jayna Hefford, Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations, Professional Women’s Hockey League. “Alongside other organizations in North America’s hockey community, the USHL is pleased to participate in the Respect Hockey Culture Centre. We’re committed to expanding our collective efforts in creating a safe, respectful, and positive environment for our players and teams. It’s our belief that with these information and reporting platforms available through respecthockey.com, we can broaden our current foundation for enhancing the health and well-being for the members of our 16 teams.” — Glenn Hefferan, President and Commissioner, United States Hockey League

Hoping to see more of this.

I'm open to moving Beau, I question whether Columbus wants another winger or whether they want to eat the cost of potentially waiving him but I'm open to moving him. I think he's more palatable to teams who don't want to take on term, they can just let him walk. Garland could likely contribute more offensively than Beau if given the right opportunities but he's more of a commitment.