Jeremy Hronek

I stand corrected and am also on the Marcus Bjork bandwagon now (read some replies in this thread + did a little bit of research on the guy). Still - the idea of a Myers, Boeser, and Willander deal for a guy like Seth Jones does hold a lot of appeal to me (assuming that a deal like that would be considered fair and of course assuming that Jones would waive his NTC/NMC).

You're right my mistake. So that's even better for us if we were to trade for him. His contract will also expire at the age of 35 instead of like 37/38.....which would likely mean that we'd probably only get one year of "past his prime" Jones if we were to make such a trade.

"the initial 2004 riots" "the Canucks were up 3-1 in the series?" These people (and the anchor) need to get their facts straight,

Why would anyone learn from 1994? Relative to most other countries, people in Canada do not respect the police or the military guard because they know that in all/ most instances, the police will act timidly. Police are also under-staffed in Canada.

It would be a risk for sure but the Canucks have pretty much tied their fate to Pete's happiness and so we pretty much need to take a significant step this year......otherwise Petey may not sign here long term. Boeser's cap hit will come off the books in two seasons and so that should help us substantially, but yeah, other than that, I'll have to admit that I haven't studied our cap situation in too much depth. The Canucks will need to give long term deals to both Pettersson and Hronek and so perhaps Myers' contract falling off the books is a huge part of that plan.

I'm going to disagree with this. Give Garland Boeser's ice-time and deployment and you'd definitely see more production from Garland. Garland got a lot of points with the Coyotes on the PP and was given ample time on the top 6.

In that case, the asking price might be Tom Willander as a starting point (i.e. Myers, Willander, and Hoglander?)

In that case, maybe making a move for Seth Jones makes sense? (assuming of course that he'd be willing to waive his NTC/NMC). Yes, Jones is a #2 calibre defenseman that gets paid like a franchise d-man at $9.5 million AAV. Yes Jones will be turning 30 in a few weeks. But..... 1) That cap will be more palpable as the salary cap continues to increase. 2) Given the "warts" of Seth Jones' contract relative to his value, he could, at least in theory, be much easier to acquire than someone like Devon Toews, Brett Pesce, or Rasmus Dahlin. 3) Seth Jones' underlying numbers were actually pretty good last year once Chicago's coaching staff moved Jones away from Jack Johnson. Myers, Hoglander, and a 1st? (or instead of a first, Chicago might ask for Tom Willander because they'll need someone to get the puck to Bedard from the back-end in the future). In terms of your timeline for Willander (i.e. possibly becoming elite 5 years from now), Seth Jones' timeline would likely fill that gap [or if Canucks move Willander as part of that package, then we'd have to keep drafting and developing obviously.

I hear ya. My biggest frustration in how we've handled Hughes for the past three seasons, is that we've had this mindset of allowing Hughes to carry mediocre defensemen so that we can artificially create depth for our other pairings. Can Hughes carry weaker d-men? Of course he can. But instead of doing that, why not try and acquire the "Brent Seabrook to Quinn Hughes' Duncan Keith?" Now to your point, the answer to that question is because, "Top pairing RD are difficult, if not impossible, to get." You are absolutely correct. There is one guy that I have mind however. Seth Jones. Yes, Jones is significantly overpaid, but his contract, in theory, should allow for his value to be lowered enough to the point where he could be realistically had. While Jones has struggled at times in Chicago, he actually had pretty good underlying numbers last year when the Hawks finally moved him away from Jack Johnson. Maybe Myers, Hoglander, and a 1st?

McWard is a good future piece but he's likely a #6 at best for this coming season. No way a guy like McWard should be playing on a top pairing with Hughes right now.

None of those guys will move the needle for us. The Canucks already have enough bottom 6 defenders and already have a #4 defenseman in Soucy, and #5 calibre defensemen in Cole (and perhaps Hirose). They also have a #2 in Hronek, but Hronek isn't a stylistic fit with Hughes and so Hronek needs to be playing with Cole or Soucy (ideally Soucy, to which Cole would move to the 3rd pairing). What the Canucks really and truly need is another top pairing RD to play alongside Quinn Hughes. Soucy is a good defenseman but he's a #4 calibre guy. None of those waiver wire pick up would help us in any way.

@Canuckfanforlife82 - you do realize that the Canucks won the Presidents' Trophy in 2012 as well right? (11 years ago). We finished 6th or 7th overall in 2013, finished Top 10 in 2015, and made the 2nd round in 2020. So I disagree with you that "our last great team was in 2011."

Give Podkolzin 2nd line ice-time and give him the necessary ice-time needed to find his confidence and grow his game. Put him with Miller and also elevate Garland to that line. Kuzmenko-Pettersson-Beauvillier Podkolzin-Miller-Garland

With the type of people that live in the lower mainland now, I wouldn't be surprised if it happened (although I know you're being sarcastic here).

One of those games was 10-0 in which we iced a bunch of AHL'ers and some bottom 6 NHL players.

They should have been executed as well.

Anyone that took part in that riot should have been executed on grounds of treason. It's that simple.

He feels old and he looks old. Nice double chin you fat fuck.

Gets you Seth Jones? Kuzmenko-Pettersson-Beauvillier Podkolzin-Miller-Boeser [Podkolzin is a peacock.....you gotta let him fly!] Mikheyev-Suter-Garland PDG-Bluegar-Joshua Hughes-Jones [Jones is overpaid but given that, he's probably the only legit top two d-man that could be realistically acquired]. Soucy-Hronek Hirose-Cole Demko DeSmith

Ty Smith is on waivers? Seems like just yesterday that half the "Quinn Hughes to NJ" proposals had Ty Smith as one of the pieces coming back our way.

Yes, most are, and you are coming across as a guy that is butt hurt that he wasn't on the honour roll (no offence).

Good point and I'll admit that I didn't know that Dumba had fallen off this much. One thing going for Dumba however is that it's his contract year and so he'll definitely be playing for something. In recent years, we've seen how guys like Matt Duchene, Tyson Barrie, and even Bo Horvat elevated their games with the hopes of getting a big pay day (and then falling back down to earth afterwards). Having said that, I think I'm inclined to agree with you here.

I appreciate this link. Having said that, I think the laws are too lax.

Maybe but I can only comment on what I see and what I hear on the news. So far during my time here, I haven't heard or seen anything other than Taxi drivers deliberately over-charging foreigners with cab fare (and escort services which the government is cracking down on).

If a medical Doctor has prescribed it to a patient for medicinal-related purposes, then I would not have a problem.