problem?




ya, this is just so funny to look at, seems like it should be a fireable offense

luckily they were gifted the #3 pick to help mitigate their dumbass GM...

oh man, stfu

the only players the Canucks can lose are:
(assuming they protect the guys i think)

Luca Sbisa ($3.6M) - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Derek Dorsett ($2.65M) - no no, please don't take him
Brendan Gaunce (RFA) - 0g/5a in 58gp ... he's a forward btw
Jason Megna ($675k) - 4g/4a in 55gp ... he's a forward btw
Joseph Cramarossa (RFA) - 4g/6a in 59 career games for this waiver claim ... he's a forward btw
Reid Boucher (RFA) - actually has a bit of skill so it'd kinda suck to lose him, but they got him off waivers, so no big deal really
Jack Skille (UFA) - 5g/4a in 55gp ... he's a forward btw
Michael Chaput (RFA) - 4g/4a in 68gp ... he's a forward btw
Alex Biega ($750k) - 5'10" 29yo AHL dman
Ryan Miller (UFA) - there are better, younger goalies to take who are under contract
Richard Bachman ($650k) - 5'11" 30yo AHL goalie


so Benning is telling the world that he's called Vegas and discussed giving them something so that he doesn't lose any of these ^ players. this is a thing that has happened. and he's telling ppl this. out loud. in public. to the media. why? what? why in the world? wut? huh? where am i? wtf

that list of players is literally the definition of sub-replacement level. the only one i'd care about at all is Boucher, and he was waived twice last year. so not even really.

mother of god.

Was Brendan Gaunce once one of those way overhyped grit heros on a Canada WJC team? Name rings a bell

ya he wasn't even good enough to be one of those bad 4th line WJ players lol


i think it's possible he could be a useful 4th line NHL player eventually, but losing him is really not something worth caring about

like just watch, Benning will give them like a 5th rounder to take [x], and they'll still get Boucher/Gaunce

Reading over some prospect reports at HF (lol), pretty amazing that PIMs are just a standard thing to list along with points and lolplusminus and seemingly regarded as a good thing.

It's not necessarily meant to be a good thing to have lots of PIMs, but it does tell you something about the nature of the player. But not always - sometimes "soft" skill players will get a lot of PIMs if they're defensively lazy and get a lot of slashing/hooking/tripping penalties as opposed to the "good" kind of PIMs that result from consistently playing on the edge and being generally physical. Alex Semin was a good example of the former.

I find it weird that PIMs aren't used as a real stat to analyse a player but on the complete other end of the spectrum. Being able to put up points without taking PIMs is a skill that produces wins

i blame O-Pee-Chee




and i guess we can blame Upper Deck for +/-




but tbf, those $tat$ probably tend to give you a reasonable player profile most of the time

838 pts in 427 games, is that good?

It's ok for the era. He's certainly no guy carbonneau.

is that bad, and worse than having drafted Billy Nylander or Nik Ehlers instead?

damn shame they don't have "North American heart"...

So rumours are that Galchenyuk and Beaulieu are being shopped around.

http://www.csnbayarea.com/sharks/fut...ornton-marleau

hmm, he turns 38 in July, coming off of a knee injury (MCL)

a 3-year commitment could be trouble if he can't stay healthy and/or the game keeps getting faster


Canucks in a similar spot with the Sedins, but not really bc the team is trash so who cares if they ain't what they was

Avs probably gonna hire Kyle Dubas from the Laffs. i guess someone over there finally realized that Joe Sakic has no business running a hockey team. the Avs will probably be a legit contender within 5 years if they let him run wild there. actually maybe faster than that, as he'll probably fly in and fleece people in trades involving Duchene, Landeskog, etc.


makes me sad & angry, as GM Ray Ferraro + AGM Kyle Dubas was about my dream scenario for the Canucks. of course LolBenning probably has another year or three left before these dumbass owners realizes that he's a complete donk (or sell the team), so it was always just a dream... *sigh*

LOiLers brought in those orange monstrosities 2 years ago to coincide with McBust, and now they're already shamelessly trying to bilk their idiot fans for another one (well they did give the 12th richest guy in the country a new rink sink-toilet, so might as well). gonna be a lot of shiny new Draisaitl sweaters around town iyam.

It's almost like the dumber the player the greater the chance he gets an NHL job after his career.

http://buffalonews.com/2017/05/25/bl...sistant-coach/

Real character guy that Steve Ott

Why are the Leafs letting Dubas go? Maybe he wants to run his own team but surely they can shower him with cash to stay.

The change to the Bruins jerseys better be minor. Though I wouldn't mind gold thirds. Flames, Avs, Jackets and Sens need a total overhaul

industry standard (across NA pro sports) seems to be that if a guy wants to leave for a move up, you let him

ya i'm sure the Leafs could make it worth his while if they really wanted to keep him (and i would, given that Lou isn't getting any younger), but they probably have no immediate plans to elevate him from the corner he's been shoved into, and who wouldn't want a shot at running their own team? think he passed on some interest last year, but the Avs are a decent spot with some nice pieces to work with, and they might give him some space to turn things around

Rumors just came out that Mark Hunter is next in line for the Leafs GM spot. Seems like it could have been born of that. Too bad would like to keep Dubas.

that's what he gets for not being named Kyle HUNTER

or Sutter

or...

#goodhockeymen

I heard there would be no third jerseys next year, for at least one year.

so i guess Dubas to the Avs isn't happening after all? whew! if so


http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/3...d-dubas-leafs/

The decision for Dubas is interesting. (assuming he's not under contract) Take a job now, maybe not the dream job (control or team potential wise) or the dream money OR wait til the Leafs bloom then he probably gets way more choices that will come with dream $$ as well... or even gets the Leaf job. I think its a good couple of years investment.