Jeremy Hronek

I don't disagree but it's too far in the rearview mirror for me.

We might play Beauvillier and the Preds in the first round.

Maybe. You win some you lose some. Don't believe me? Ask Caitlin Jenner. My point being is that we can't do anything about the past, and we can only control what's in front of us. This is the best Canucks team that we've had since 2013 and there's a chance that we do something special starting in April.

Happy for Forsling. Happy for Gadjovich. Don't care about what Jim Benning did in the past since the year is 2024. Caitlin Jenner's mushroom head has more relevance to my life than Jim Benning. I only care about the 2023/2024 Canucks and what's in front of us.

It's one reason why I've flirted with the idea (internally) about moving Mikheyev + one of Lekker or Willie for someone like Crouse. We get a *significant* upgrade on Mikheyev but it doesn't really affect us from a cap perspective since Mikheyev and Crouse basically have the same term and money.

Only way I’d give up one of Lekki or Willander was if Lawson Crouse or Artem Zub was involved (ie. Great players at a great cap hit with great term). I’d probably give up both Lekki and Willander for Brady Tkachuk if we could make it work from a cap standpoint short term and long term).

I remember when Nonis’ 4 chins got an erection at the idea of bringing in “can’t miss prospect” Fabian Brunnstorm to the fold. Nonis also wanted to blow up the farm for Brad Richards.

Nick Horwat was born in 5 months.

I’d reunite that line and put Podkolzin with them while Joshua is out. [edit - Podz went back to the -; put PDG there] Miller-Pettersson-Boeser Mikheyev-Lindholm-Suter PDG-Bluegar-Garland Hoglander-Aman-Lafferty

Asking price will probably be one of Lekkerimaki or Podkolzin and Alvin will predictably, and rightfully so, say no. Rinse, lather, repeat. Guentzel part deux.

I'm more upset with how our coaching staff have used Lindholm thus far. For some reason, our coaching staff got it in their heads that we needed our top two lines to be offensive threats.........without fully considering the fact that we were already getting ample secondary scoring from the Joshua line and the 4th line with Hoglander. There was absolutely no reason to split the Lotto Line. Pre-Lindholm trade, our 2nd line was useless, but we weren't being hampered in any way. With Lindholm here, all we needed to do what put Lindholm with Mikheyev and Suter and form an elite shut down line (I am and was of the belief that this line, despite their offensive challenges, consists of three players that are amongst the best defensive players in the league) . Give Mikheyev-Lindholm-Suter the toughest defensive assignments + give the Lotto line more offensive deployment. It was that simple in my eyes. Instead? Our coaching staff thought it would be fit to have Elias Pettersson and Elias Lindholm form a man on man penis on penis relationship in order to create a baby. For god knows what fucking reason. Our 6-7-2 record since the All-Star Break speaks for itself. The Canucks literally had no problems with secondary scoring whatsoever and they literally create an issue out of a complete non-issue.

One thing I'll suggest. Don't be ashamed or hesitant to seek a grief counsellor. They are trained professionals and can help you expedite the process of feeling better. Keep open lines with as many close friends and family members as well. This will also greatly assist you during this time.

Hope you're right.

Hronek should get paid like a #2 defenseman (riding shotgun on a top pairing) would normally get on the market. We should absolutely pay Hronek because him and Hughes are the only legit top pairing calibre defenseman on the team. We don't have a true #3 calibre d-man (I am of the belief that Soucy, Zadorov, etc. are #4 calibre d-men). So yeah - we should pay Hronek.

I don't to be honest. I just think that with all of these "Canucks are trying to move Lindholm" rumours that have been thrown out there (with Lindholm aware of these rumours), it may have already created a toxic situation since Lindholm now knows that the Vancouver brass don't want him here anymore.......and that perhaps he was nothing more than a potential contingency plan if they had moved Pettersson. Hopefully, I'm wrong.

I think the Nucks better find a way to make this Guentzel deal work. In an indirect way, they’ve already made it known to Lindholm that they (already) want to move on from him.

NJD mentioned that Toffoli was off market. I’d prefer one of your ideas that you mentioned many months back: Lawson Crouse. Crouse has term and a great cap hit. He’s the type of guy that I’d give up one of Lekker or Willander for.

Thank you buddy. Onwards and upwards. Youre going to be in a massive amount of pain obviously but you will progressively get better week to week month to month. You’ll see him again one day.

Fair enough but may I please ask you to elaborate? I like Petey a lot and am open to hearing more about the opposing view…..especially if it helps change my opinion because I really want to believe in his current contract.

Not exactly. What I, and 43isPrime I believe, are saying, is that Petey is really going to have to work on his consistency in order to truly be elite. As proven, elite players can go through peaks and valleys during a season, but Petey has been quite extreme this season relative to those players that 43isPrime mentioned. You take away those first 10 games and JT Miller, and Petey has looked closer to PPG than a 100 point guy.

One of -Mikheyev -Myers Combined with one of -Willander -Lekkerimaki In two separate deals for -Lawson Crouse -Artem Zub Your cup winning team: Suter-Miller-Boeser Crouse-Pettersson-Lindholm Joshua-Bluegar-Garland Hoglander-Lafferty-PDG Hughes-Zub Soucy-Hronek Cole-Zadorov Demko DeSmith We blow up our farm and bring in two guys that are signed long term at sweet heart cap hits. Will this happen? No. Have I made your day more interesting? Probably. But again, this is the burden that I carry in life.......the burden of the unbearable weight of immense trade proposal talent.

Paying $11.6 million to Petey so that he can avoid tough match-ups and 'dunk on weak competition?' I'm not sure about that. I think we might need Petey to do a bit more than that.

What I envisioned (and still envison) for Lindholm, is to have him, Mikheyev, and Suter form a super shut down line that takes on the toughest defensive assignments for us (which would allow a re-united Lotto Line and the Garland/Bluegar line more opportunities for offensive deployment). Despite their offensive impotence much of the time, all three of Suter, Mikheyev, and Lindholm are among the best defensive players in the NHL. In case someone from the Lotto Line were to get hurt during the playoffs, you could put Lindholm on that line. Sometimes, it takes a while for a player to acclimate to a new environment. Flipping Lindholm and trading even more young assets to get Guentzel just doesn't make sense to me............especially in light of the fact that this Canucks team looks more 2012/2013ish than 2011ish imo. This team is going to sink faster than Michael Jackson at a Chuck E Cheese if we go up against Colorado, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vegas, or Florida in the playoffs.

We can call up Raty can we not? This is what I am talking about Gary.

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