Vancouver Canucks season

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I'm sure the Twins would have liked (expected) the Canucks wouldn't be relying on them at this point in their careers , but a decade of draft day disasters have left them as one of the thinnest organizations talent wise in the league. Benning was supposed to be the cure to that, but has fared only slightly better than his predecessors. Boeser at least looks like he is an NHL player. Jake Virtanen is not, and Jared McCann has 4 points and is a +3, but not for Vancouver.
Jake will very soon be an NHL regular and the Gudbranson /McCann trade has been better for the Canucks up to this point.
Bennings draft picks havn't had enough time to show what they have yet.
 
Jake will very soon be an NHL regular and the Gudbranson /McCann trade has been better for the Canucks up to this point.
Bennings draft picks havn't had enough time to show what they have yet.

Virtanen wasn't even a good AHL player last year, (9 goals in 65 games ,-11) has done nothing this year. He is as dumb as a bag of pucks, cant teach smarts. He will be back in Utica soon. How has Gudbrandson trade been better? He only played 30 games last year, had one goal, was -14. At that pace he would have ended the year at -40. He's already -3 this year. He's big and slow, with no offensive skills. Yesterdays NHL defenseman.
 
As I have been saying for many seasons on this forum. The Nucks will not have a competitive team until they quit relying on the Sedins as the solution. I would trade them at the deadline and rebuild in earnest. It can't be any worse. Just my opinion.;) eman
they blew it about 3 years ago when they could of actually traded for something more than a bucket of pucks , stuck here now for another year , better off to ride the pine , 4 on 3 and they put the sisters on , please.....14 million wasted dollars again this year, oh ya thanks for the pay cut sisters , that was so kind of you
 
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"Sisters", seriously? How juvenile.

Agree - They have shown nothing but class since coming to Vancouver, have contributed to the community both in time and $. Its not the Sedin's fault they are being paid what the Canucks were willing to lay out for this long, nor it their fault multiple sets of management has been inept at drafting any talented players for many years. Calling them the "sisters" is ignorant. I'd like to see any one calling them sisters take the punishment they have on the ice for years now, missing very few games, and scoring 1,000 points each.
 
While I've never been a fan of their play you can't deny the Sedins have earned enough respect to not be saddled with the "sisters" moniker any longer. I do feel that they let the team and fan base down by not giving up their no trade clauses a few years ago and allowing the Nucks to get some decent returns to assist and accelerate the rebuild. In this salary cap era, aging stars hurt their teams by hanging on til retirement instead of agreeing to become rentals to cup contenders. Still could have signed for a nominal amt @ the end of their careers to retire as Canucks. As a result we'll likely be in for at least a decade where just making the playoffs will be an accomplishment.

Loved the speed and effort in game 1 vs the Oilers, not so impressed since.

Cheers!

Ukee
 
While I've never been a fan of their play you can't deny the Sedins have earned enough respect to not be saddled with the "sisters" moniker any longer. I do feel that they let the team and fan base down by not giving up their no trade clauses a few years ago and allowing the Nucks to get some decent returns to assist and accelerate the rebuild. In this salary cap era, aging stars hurt their teams by hanging on til retirement instead of agreeing to become rentals to cup contenders. Still could have signed for a nominal amt @ the end of their careers to retire as Canucks. As a result we'll likely be in for at least a decade where just making the playoffs will be an accomplishment.

Loved the speed and effort in game 1 vs the Oilers, not so impressed since.

Cheers!

Ukee
I don’t see why they should give up their no trade clauses. They have families with kids and don’t want to move them like most parents.
 
Virtanen wasn't even a good AHL player last year, (9 goals in 65 games ,-11) has done nothing this year. He is as dumb as a bag of pucks, cant teach smarts. He will be back in Utica soon. How has Gudbrandson trade been better? He only played 30 games last year, had one goal, was -14. At that pace he would have ended the year at -40. He's already -3 this year. He's big and slow, with no offensive skills. Yesterdays NHL defenseman.
Stats don't show Jakes improvement from last year.
I agree he doesn't have a high hockey IQ but neither does Lucic and they play the same role.
Guddy is starting this year off as a valuable D-man.
 
Louie Erickson is my favorite Canuck.
at 6 million a yr...what a deal.
I think it worked out to about $700,000.xx per goal last year.
Benning should have been escorted to the Airport for that move.
 
Don't worry, Chaput to the Rescue.

Anyhoo. "Big" game tonight. 2-2-1 would look a whole better than 1-3-1.

If they go to 1-3-1 I bet they never get to .500 this season.
 
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