Post-Game Talk: Canucks def. Avs - 4-2 (Kuzmenko x2, Boeser, Miller)

[EpochLink]

Miller got his goal, now he's gonna do some shooters at Roxy

 

[CalderSchmalder]

What's the delia on Delia?!

That’s a perfect NHL.com headline lol

 

[MS]

Continuing to double down on this core is insanity.

Doubling down on bad faux-core players like Brock Boeser is insanity. Sitting on bad mid-level contracts like Myers/Pearson rather than biting the bullet and paying to move them out is insanity.

Doubling down on All-Star level players in the middles of their careers is not insanity. Having a tantrum and trading your best players for crap is what is insanity.

 

[logan5]

Time out. Now Pettersson can get out there. Best player in this situation.

 

[iFan]

Ugh we’re winning a pointless game gaining points that in the end are meaningless to us and only hurt us from getting a player at the draft that can help change the direction of this team. Middle of the pack Canucks for the next decade.

 

[Peen]

Because this is no starter car, this is a finisher car!

I did not understand the reference so I googled it and this is very good.

 

[logan5]

Icing shit

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

so much enthusiasm on this team

 

[M2Beezy]

Game winning goal:

Brock Boeser

 

[EpochLink]

so much enthusiasm on this team

Like a chocolate covered onion

 

[mathonwy]

Who loves this team?

 

[Sedinery]

Great

Too shitty to make playoffs
Too good to tank

Mediocrity forever

 

[Nomobo]

Credit to the Nucks, they didn’t quit.

 

[wonton15]

It would be awesome if we go on a winning streak against the gauntlet of teams in January, Demko comes back in Feb, and we make a run for 9th place while leaving Horvat Kuzmenko Schenn unsigned and untraded

 

[JumpierPegasus]

I hope we play like this for the rest of the year

I really cocked this one up eh

 

[sting101]

Who are these guys and can they show up more than twice a year

 

[MS]

Honest question

Do you understand how completely nonexistent the canucks leverage would be in any trades to dump salary to fit players once they cap themselves out

And even if they theoretically are able to pay the prices, that they have zero assets to improve the team? Literally zero. None.

While having roughly 30 million of their cap to OEL, Boeser, Horvat, Miller. Three of those guys for long term deals into their late 30s.

I'd be trading Boeser.

Basically every team has multiple long-term deals for players into their 30s. We actually currently have one of the smallest 30+ commitments in the NHL for the 24-25 season right now.

Yup, it probably doesn't help our leverage. But again, if you're not signing players of Horvat/Kuzmenko's ability because you're worried about losing an extra draft pick, you aren't seeing the forest for the trees.

 

[Sedinery]

It would be awesome if we go on a winning streak against the gauntlet of teams in January, Demko comes back in Feb, and we make a run for 9th place while leaving Horvat Kuzmenko Schenn unsigned and untraded

It’s going to happen, book it

 

[M2Beezy]

Who loves this team?

Man I love this team

 

[geebaan]

Wow easy money tonight. You just knew they’d win(not after the first period though lol)

Most Canuck easy money ever

 

[Hit the post]

Credit to the Nucks, they didn’t quit.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Credit to the Nucks, they didn’t quit.

It looked like one of those nights after the Av’s jumped on a 2-0 lead..Good on the team for being resilient..

43 shots on goal for the Canucks.

 

[Peen]

I'd be trading Boeser.

Basically every team has multiple long-term deals for players into their 30s. We actually currently have one of the smallest 30+ commitments in the NHL for the 24-25 season right now.

Yup, it probably doesn't help our leverage. But again, if you're not signing players of Horvat/Kuzmenko's ability because you're worried about losing an extra draft pick, you aren't seeing the forest for the trees.

They asked his agent to facilitate a trade.

The media saying they want to dump salary.

They cannot create cap space unless they pay to dump it.

They ruined leverage that they had a year ago. The team is in a worse position.

It will take miracles to do the things you want to do.

 

[MS]

What's the delia on Delia?! He's looking great tonight.

He should be the starter right now.

It's hilarious how teams/coaches get stuck on 'the established guy' rather than dressing the best roster.

Last year Martin was feeling it and playing terrific but he was just 'the AHL fill-in' so they kept playing the washed-up Halak.

Now Martin has totally lost it and has been a sieve for the past couple months but he was the anointed backup for this year so he's getting the majority of the starts despite Delia being on a heater and looking far better.

 

[iFan]

Doubling down on bad faux-core players like Brock Boeser is insanity. Sitting on bad mid-level contracts like Myers/Pearson rather than biting the bullet and paying to move them out is insanity.

Doubling down on All-Star level players in the middles of their careers is not insanity. Having a tantrum and trading your best players for crap is what is insanity.

but the problem is we don’t have anything in the system coming up, we really can’t afford to be moving picks out to offload players. It’s not like we only need to move one guy out… we need to move multiple players out. Even if we did do that, the cap space goes to re-signing players and a lot of our big issues will still be present with fewer picks to help out the farm for the future. This team is absolutely f***ed and completely boxed in. Trading away picks to offload players when the team has so many holes and issues and nothing in the system is crazy, imo.