[GDT] Vancouver Canucks vs Las Vegas Pawns, Da Garage (better name), Nov 30, 7PM PST - The Put the Boots to 'em for Top Spot Game

[EdgarM]

4 minutes ago, Goal_thecup said:

This is good anxiety; waiting for The Showdown.

Canucks (and by cosmic extension Canuck Fans) have earned this.

 

Veguts Gilded Knoggins were gifted their team, and their Cup.

Management did a good job and the players earned it on the ice, no doubt.

 

Now our management has done and is doing a great job and everyone in the organization is working hard.

Even the fans are equally as hard-working, both at their jobs, and on CFF:

 

GIFTED? This franchise has had 50 + years to try and get it right , there is no GIFTING going on, when you get the right people for the job, you tend to do better then the others.

[Goal_thecup]

8 minutes ago, Outsiders said:

Bought tickets this morning. C'mon boyz

Thanks to you and everybody that buys tickets.

You people keep the lights on.

[Goal_thecup]

3 minutes ago, EdgarM said:

GIFTED? This franchise has had 50 + years to try and get it right , there is no GIFTING going on, when you get the right people for the job, you tend to do better then the others.

Um, I meant VGK was gifted their team etc.

[Captain Hughes]

4-2 canucks I score the winner 

[EdgarM]

6 minutes ago, Goal_thecup said:

Um, I meant VGK was gifted their team etc.

Yeah I know I read it, and they were gifted the cup. The team is not even the same as when they came into the league what, 6 years ago. Maybe they know what it takes to build a championship team?

Edited November 30, 2023 by EdgarM

[Jaimito]

 

 

[Bob Long]

33 minutes ago, luckylager said:

One of those games that really needs a time tested cliche or two.

 

They're gonna need to give 110%, play a 200ft game, for a least 60 minutes.

 

That's a good team over there.

[AlwaysACanuckFan]

What should JR PA do with 5.7m cap space?

 

You would be able to buy so many weiners for Kessel or do nothing and wait and save it until offseason. 

[luckylager]

Just now, Bob Long said:

 

That's a good team over there.

They get pucks in deep and battle hard

[AlwaysACanuckFan]

1 minute ago, luckylager said:

They get pucks in deep and battle hard

That's what Willie D used to say about us..

"We battled hard"

 

 

 

 

But still lost

[JayDangles]

5 minutes ago, EdgarM said:

Yeah I know I read it, and they were gifted the cup. The team is not even the same as when they came into the league what, 6 years ago. Maybe they know what it takes to build a championship team?

Vegas was absolutely gifted everything. They were gifted a top 3 pick 2 years in a row. They were gifted the ability to draft from every team in the league. They were gifted the ability to assess each players talent at an NHL level before deciding who to take. They were gifted the ability to know players salary and make educated financial decisions to maximize cap flexibility.

From there they were able to move players for more picks etc.

Imagine if there were 100 players to choose from to make a team and those players names go into a bag and choose 23 players from the bag. You'll get a completely random mixed team. What Vegas got was the list of players and got to choose the 23 they want, without having to pick from a bag.

 

 

[Bob Long]

3 minutes ago, luckylager said:

They get pucks in deep and battle hard

 

We have to do the little things

 

[luckylager]

Just now, Bob Long said:

 

We have to do the little things

 

If we can't stay out of the box, we're in for a long night.

[AlwaysACanuckFan]

1 minute ago, Bob Long said:

 

We have to do the little things

 

I wonder what Loui Eriksson is doing these days 

[JayDangles]

6 minutes ago, luckylager said:

They get pucks in deep and battle hard

Wrong thread. The Corry Perry thread is in the rumors page.

[OldFaithfulcap]

4 hours ago, PeteyBoeser said:

Unfortunately it’s these type of games where we have a chance at getting a division lead that we lose badly. 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 30, 2023 by OldFaithfulcap
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[Ghostsof1915]

Is Edmonton going to want to steal Mariah????

[HorvatToBaertschi]

17 minutes ago, JayDangles said:

Vegas was absolutely gifted everything. They were gifted a top 3 pick 2 years in a row. They were gifted the ability to draft from every team in the league. They were gifted the ability to assess each players talent at an NHL level before deciding who to take. They were gifted the ability to know players salary and make educated financial decisions to maximize cap flexibility.

From there they were able to move players for more picks etc.

Imagine if there were 100 players to choose from to make a team and those players names go into a bag and choose 23 players from the bag. You'll get a completely random mixed team. What Vegas got was the list of players and got to choose the 23 they want, without having to pick from a bag.

 

 

Add to the fact that most teams openly bribed them with high picks so that they could determine who Vegas would take from their team. It was all a bit corrupt. 

[EdgarM]

15 minutes ago, JayDangles said:

Vegas was absolutely gifted everything. They were gifted a top 3 pick 2 years in a row. They were gifted the ability to draft from every team in the league. They were gifted the ability to assess each players talent at an NHL level before deciding who to take. They were gifted the ability to know players salary and make educated financial decisions to maximize cap flexibility.

From there they were able to move players for more picks etc.

Imagine if there were 100 players to choose from to make a team and those players names go into a bag and choose 23 players from the bag. You'll get a completely random mixed team. What Vegas got was the list of players and got to choose the 23 they want, without having to pick from a bag.

 

 

You mean the players that the leagues teams that deemed them "expendable"? How many #1 picks has Edmonton received let alone top 3 picks? The teams cream of the crop players were protected its not like Vegas had free reign to pick any players they wanted. 

Also, this is 6 years later, move on already.

[EdgarM]

1 minute ago, HorvatToBaertschi said:

Add to the fact that most teams openly bribed them with high picks so that they could determine who Vegas would take from their team. It was all a bit corrupt. 

Lets not be the Whiney guys who constantly look for excuses, lets just go out there and beat them fair and square with hard work and determination. 

[HorvatToBaertschi]

1 minute ago, EdgarM said:

Lets not be the Whiney guys who constantly look for excuses, lets just go out there and beat them fair and square with hard work and determination. 

I'm not whining, I'm merely stating a fact. I've gotten over the whole Vegas expansion, we only lost Sbisa to it. Doesn't change the fact that it was corrupt. 

[Bob Long]

24 minutes ago, AlwaysACanuckFan said:

I wonder what Loui Eriksson is doing these days 

 

Losing money on restaurants apparently.

 

I hear the small appies are good tho.

 

[Jaimito]

 

 

[luckylager]

30 minutes ago, AlwaysACanuckFan said:

That's what Willie D used to say about us..

"We battled hard"

 

 

 

 

But still lost

[EdgarM]

2 minutes ago, HorvatToBaertschi said:

I'm not whining, I'm merely stating a fact. I've gotten over the whole Vegas expansion, we only lost Sbisa to it. Doesn't change the fact that it was corrupt. 

I think the whole thing with the Oilers many #1 draft picks a bit corrupt too but i am not going to overlook the fact that we are in a Cap Salary world and Vegas has 1 guy that makes 10 million and the rest make below that. However they received their players, they don't have a McDavid or a Matthews or a Crosby on their team. Just a bunch of hard working guys who play like a team. We should be so lucky to have a team like that IMO.