Post-Game Talk: Canucks def. Kraken - 5-2 (Dries, Miller, Ekman-Larsson, Schenn, Hughes)
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Dab
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Those Guys gave us a little Hope and cheer through the miserable winter and rainy spring so there’s that.
Here’s to the playoffs next years, Lads
Here’s to the playoffs next years, Lads
Huggy for 70 and JT for 100 is all that's left to cheer for. 2 guys that carried the team all year, while others needed different linemates, coaches, brass or ice time, they just got it done regardless.
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Interesting season anyways. After the first 30 I wouldn't have guessed we'd still have playoff hopes at game 75.
I hope Ruths can figure out how to swap Boeser for a decent defenceman, and maybe drop one of the other overpaid passengers in the offseason. Real shame they let Dim Jim ruin the future as well as the last 8 years. What a worthless GM
I hope Ruths can figure out how to swap Boeser for a decent defenceman, and maybe drop one of the other overpaid passengers in the offseason. Real shame they let Dim Jim ruin the future as well as the last 8 years. What a worthless GM
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Would be really cool to see Miller hit the century mark. Just three points away. And with the way Hughes has been playing of late, 70 doesn’t seem out of the realm of possibility.
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Mr. Canucklehead
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I can’t recall the specific numbers, but OEL was scoring at a 40+ point pace in the second half of the season after a very slow start offensively.
EDIT: If he manages to get 1 more point, he will join Hughes and Edler as the only Canuck defenders to record more than 30 points in a season since 2015, if I’m recalling that nugget right.
EDIT: If he manages to get 1 more point, he will join Hughes and Edler as the only Canuck defenders to record more than 30 points in a season since 2015, if I’m recalling that nugget right.
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How do you not keep Luke Schenn
Fatass
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Why would we not keep Luke. He's signed to another year and at less than 1 mil. He's proven he can play 5 on 5 minutes with Hughes. Even if we trade for another top 4 RSD then Luke would work with Dermott or Rathbone.
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If we could seperate OEL from his contract he'd be considered having a very good year. But at 7.2 on the cap it's not enough.
Oh I know in my heart of hearts it’s going to happen. It’s all going to be cyclical and kids that grew up cheering for the Sedins will have nostalgia for the Orca.
This f***ing franchise has no sense of identity and just bounces around, retreading on whatever brain chemistry is making us smile at that moment.
We have 3 f***ing logos on the front of the jersey. You don’t see Buffalo trotting out the white Buffalo or buffaslug.
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he’s like our brian campbell on the 2010 blackhawks, only our stars have already burned their ELCs, and we didn’t make the playoffs, and to their credit our management and ownership tossed virtanen swiftly and decisively.
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Fair assessment, I agree. He played a lot of important minutes for us, and if we move him we'd have a big hole to fill through other means. But his contract is very problematic.
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The problem is that it’s not 2001 and you have to judge shit relative to contracts if you want to win.
My Gawd that Kraken team is 'bad'. Canucks basically won handily with a lineup sprinkled with AHL players.
But I guess you have to start from somewhere. Beniers looks like a keeper; and the Kraken have stocked up with draft picks at the TDL. And there could be some interest in one of their goalies this off-season.
Unlike Vegas though, slow and steady growth is about all the Kraken fans can hope for.....a pretty typical expansion team, really.
But I guess you have to start from somewhere. Beniers looks like a keeper; and the Kraken have stocked up with draft picks at the TDL. And there could be some interest in one of their goalies this off-season.
Unlike Vegas though, slow and steady growth is about all the Kraken fans can hope for.....a pretty typical expansion team, really.
Lol the 2nd round pick, 13 million in cap space, and guenther are worth way more than both of them.
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well it has been a wild ride of a season. proof positive that having the right coach and a positive attitude in the room can make an enormous difference for a team.
and hey, if you said at the beginning of the season we'd end the season in a virtual tie with vegas and just ahead of the jets, i'd have been optimistic.
and hey, if you said at the beginning of the season we'd end the season in a virtual tie with vegas and just ahead of the jets, i'd have been optimistic.
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If the team had not made the trade they would now have $12M to acquire a legitimate top pairing, younger, D man, a forward at least as capable as Garland, have Guenther, and a second round pick this year. And for the cherry on top, the cap % that they are paying OEL is a huge contributor to the fact that they need to move more salary out this summer. By August you might have to add losing Boeser to those trade consequences.
That trade is categorically indefensible, perhaps only surpassed by losing Tanev, Markstrom, Toffoli and Stecher a year earlier as a consequence of trying to acquire OEL.
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BenningHurtsMySoul
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That trade was awful for this team. No question about it. Garland is a nice piece, but he didn't take that next step until the last 2-3 weeks of the season. Spent the majority of the season as nothing but a complementary player.
Guenther is not an afterthought, the kid just destroyed his junior league and might make the Coyotes top 6 next season.
Guenther is not an afterthought, the kid just destroyed his junior league and might make the Coyotes top 6 next season.
What NHL Team Has Most Penalties Per Game 2021 | StatMuse
The Anaheim Ducks have the most penalties per game by a team this season, with 5.75 per game.
Thought I would post this to show how much the refs were on our side for this fake non good team run. We are ranked 25th. Meaning 24/32 teams have more penalties per game than us.
Like I said in other GDT’s, you don’t have to believe me but these are the facts. We were getting away with murder until we were officially eliminated. I think miller cross checked a wild player 3 times , really blatant hard might cause injury cross checks, right in front of the ref and the ref let him do it. And we were clutch and grab city through the entire Ottawa game. Then when we were pretty much done all of our liberty habits were called last night. Coincidence? Lol we were getting away with them for a long time, and just not yesterday. That’s why there were so many penalties. We had habits where we could do whatever we want and not get called. Lol
I just hope these ref favours doesn’t mean we used up all of favours with the NHL and they give us this draft lottery. Please. Lol
Mr. Canucklehead
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Schenn is under contract next year for $850,000. He'll be back - and good thing, too, he fits this team and the room very well. Definitely our best performer relative to expectation this year, I think.
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