eeeeeeeeergh

Just now, The Aquaman said:

Yup, that’s what I said.

mcward far exceeded my expectations today

he looked very legit

DeSave looking like the real deal

7 minutes ago, Eddie said:

 

Yeah you can see the AB teams trying to pile it on the Canucks and bury their confidence from day 1 - Smart thinking if so. I can't remember ever seeing as strong rosters put out in G1/2 of the preseason. Yeah 2-5 starters might be in there, but icing 3 top lines + D pairs and full PP - not sure i can remember an instance of that for both game 1 and 2 ? 

Wouldn't it be Karma if McDavid and Drasaitl injury each other in a on ice collision and are out for 3-5 months each 

 

Shouldn't matter much as i think from the Nux POV I think we need to focus on tuning up the systems and building chemistry for the starting team now.

 

We gave the fringe players a chance to see what it takes to play in the NHL and they learned that lesson in one game the very hard way. The skill level is high, its completely unforgiving and if you dish up that kinda hungover pond hockey performance your never gonna succeed in it - take the year in the A to reflect on that failure. 

 

Sure give the few that missed out on that shit show and the 2-3 that didn't look complete ass a few more try outs but need to focus now on hitting that first game of the reg in the best shape possible. 

well theyre just burying the confidence of the abbotsford canucks which really is just a bit of a dick move, graphic below to illustrate

19 hours ago, Jeremy Hronek said:

 

San Jose says, "omg lolololol", farts in the receiver, and then hangs up.

 

dont threaten me with a good time

Just now, Gawdzukes said:

 

23 minutes ago, Integra250 said:

Quinn Hughes' 6th season here (5th full season) and we're still struggling to find him a full-time partner. In the mean while, Tanev still looks great...

 

I can't see McWard making the jump from rookie to 1st D-pairing just because he is a RHD but stranger things have happened.

i didnt watch much of the calgary game but last year, when i watched mcward he looked kinda out of place in our lineup. feels like its setting him up for failure to expect him to be nhl ready AND qh partner this year. let him cook for a year in abby at least. 

myers is "ok" with hughes, i think you let myers or one of the lefties have the job for now, sign bear in december, and have bear play that role from december onwards. 

On 9/24/2023 at 9:59 AM, aGENT said:

Fit? He can replace Myers on 3rd pair RD when/if we move him. While certainly not the "ideal", long term Hughes partner, he also still plays well with Hughes. Could be a decent, cheap stop gap there that allows us to put Soucy back in a more suitable 3rd pair role and run 3 VERY capable pairs, with guys all on their natural sides.

 

Hughes, Bear

Cole, Hronek

Soucy, Myers

 

Would be the best D we've run in YEARS.

would feel much more confident in being a playoff team if this is the D we run with

If soucy cant play with Hughes I think its basically a guaranteed necessity that we bring him back

We cant roll into next year with mcward/juulsen in our top-6. Imagine what happens when one of our defensemen gets an injury, god forbid. 

thing is.. with the pearson out, desmith in move.. we still only have about 500k in space. Assuming he replaces Rathbone in our current active lineup (850k) thats 1.35 million. 

If Bear is signed a month or so into the season, we can afford.. 1.5m max?

The hope would be that he'd sign for that with a big raise next year if he succeeds.

Think Joshuas probably out and Podz might start in the AHL. PDG interchangeable part for Mikheyev until Mikheyev is healthy (helps that PDG can kill penalties like mikheyev too)

Hoglander-Petey-Kuzmenko

Mikheyev-Miller-Boeser

Beauvillier-Suter-Garland

Aman-Blueger-Studnicka

Would be really nice to have Aman there on the fourth line too as an extra center

2 hours ago, SISMIM said:

Funny how much things can change in just a few days.
 

Not too long ago, Joshua was getting praised for the intensity he was bringing to practices, his devotion to the fans in attendance, and a strong showing on one of the better performing lines at the Saturday scrimmage.

https://x.com/victoriacougars/status/1705981587685589350?s=46&t=JVbWvP5E43fEu_1WVchM7Q

 

Now, he’s drawing comparisons to infamous Fischtown Pinguin, Jake Virtanen. 

 

Hopefully Joshua can turn things around over the remainder of this camp/preseason.

i cant believe i had the opportunity to rebrand my account during the forum migration to fischtownpinguin and i didnt take it

smh what am i even doing with my life

Really a tough one. He was definitely a victim of being part of a terrible system + having an incompatible partner here.

I dont think he was ever gonna be a 7m dollar defenseman for us and we sure wouldnt have been able to make all our moves (soucy + cole + hronek) if we kept him.

I think even if you take OEL healthy + performing well, our blue line still looks better now.

Still, sucks. I liked him, and assume he's going to play to a 4-5m level with Florida. 

1 minute ago, Jaimito said:

Yeah, I don't notice QH or EP.  

 

BB is a bum, as usual.  

completely invisible the whole lot of them

Just now, The Duke said:

Yikes.  Just tuned in.  Been as bad as it looks?

realistically we're going to finish at the very bottom of the league, the good news is we'll be drafting celebrini, the bad news is petey is so disgusted that he's decided to leave us, and hockey entirely and become a realtor specializing in swedish farmland

we are officially on-pace for 0 goals for, and 984 goals against over the course of a full season

its so over

pack it up

55 minutes ago, Gawdzukes said:

Perfecto hey?

Also I was wondering if you mind is I ask what nationality you are. I used to know an eeeeeegh back in the day but they had a couple less e's in their name. Maybe you are related some how? 

a reasonable question! that guy is a distant cousin. Last time i saw him was the family reunion around the loui eriksson shrine  

wait they solved our cap issues

and got a legit backup goalie?

in one trade?!