Stonz
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Well they have rising private internal costs.
They did just buy an AHL team.
Gillis' response to the idiot who asked about the ticket prices in relation to a decreasing cap was right on point, like it or not.
Well they have rising private internal costs.
They would have had empty seats in the playoffs if they hadn't offered the leftovers to employees at 50% off cuz they were so adversely affected during the lockout.
Boohoo.
Paraphrasing Gillis...he said they did that cuz otherwise his employees may not have been able to afford them.
lololololol
That's gold, Jerry. Gold!
All the stuff I get as a STH isn't enough to balance the high cost vs poor playoff result ratio. I know its childish to compare that against the success the regular season has held, but at what point do they consider ticket prices too high? When STHs opt out and those on the blueline waitlist decide to pass on paying the exhorbitant prices?
I had thought to upgrade my STH package next year, but not when it will cost me a significant increase yet again... At this point, I don't make any money on the resale to games I cannot attend - I practically give the tickets away when family or friends attend. Why would I buy more tickets and take a loss because the market is saturated with tickets from other dissillusioned STHs?
There's also a really funny tendency in the NHL big media never to blame officials for anything, unlike every other sport. They won't even recognize how incompetent the officials are and rarely talk about it; when they do, it's to brush it off as an "excuse" and note that a team shouldn't have put itself in that position. Those are not mutually exclusive ideas, but they're treated like they are. Believe it or not, it's totally possible that the Canucks special teams were terrible, the team was unprepared, the line-up and ice-time utilization was a mess, and the officiating was still god awful.
I wonder how much arena employees make because I still couldn't afford tickets at the half off rate and I make $25/hr.
Also, people talk about cycling down low and dump and chase being what we played but there are good ways and bad ways to execute those types of strategies. The Canucks were good at maintaining zone time but Vigneault had zero set plays prepared and was too risk-averse to even allow passes back into the slot for fear of turning it over. As a result we generated almost no scoring chances all year.
I see a few people are saying Gillis is trying to build a more Kings/Blues type of team and move away from skill but I don't know how anyone can come to that conclusion from listening to his press conference. Go to the 11 minute mark and he states clearly he wants a skill team and will try to push back against the trend of defensive style, less skilled teams.
Gillis seemed really down on Roy at the press conference, and Roy did himself no favors in trying to stay here with his performance against the Sharks. Hell even Mason Raymond was more visiable than Roy and Mason always vanishes in the playoffs.
Yeah, 'He's all that was available.' is hardly a ringing endorsement. If he wants to be bigger and skilled, Roy doesn't exactly fit the bill. I do think though that if MG can manage to bring in a big skilled C, they should move Kesler to RW. Kesler isn't really a playmaker, and while he is OK at faceoffs, faceoffs were a huge problem all year including the playoffs.
A big skilled left shooting 2nd line C would give us a one two punch for faceoffs, and help our team a lot all round, but I fear that is asking too much...
Yeah, 'He's all that was available.' is hardly a ringing endorsement. If he wants to be bigger and skilled, Roy doesn't exactly fit the bill. I do think though that if MG can manage to bring in a big skilled C, they should move Kesler to RW. Kesler isn't really a playmaker, and while he is OK at faceoffs, faceoffs were a huge problem all year including the playoffs.
When your linemates are Horton and Lucic, I think you can afford to be a bit undersized. Boston is a classic case of skilled smaller players getting room from big, physical (and skilled) linemates.
Yes a proper mix of players. It isn't all one type, it is a good combination of styles that makes a successful team.
Yeah, 'He's all that was available.' is hardly a ringing endorsement. If he wants to be bigger and skilled, Roy doesn't exactly fit the bill. I do think though that if MG can manage to bring in a big skilled C, they should move Kesler to RW. Kesler isn't really a playmaker, and while he is OK at faceoffs, faceoffs were a huge problem all year including the playoffs.
A big skilled left shooting 2nd line C would give us a one two punch for faceoffs, and help our team a lot all round, but I fear that is asking too much...
I think this is the closest you will find:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Weiss
If talks between him and Florida have broken down, I wonder if we can trade the rights to Roy for the rights to Wiess.
Doubt it. MG just trying to cover himself and make it seem like he had no other choice. Maybe he was all that's available for a 2nd and a prospect. MG's just cheap. He always has been cheap. ffs, he couldn't even get torres.
What was he supposed to do with Torres? they had a better pick than us and we had no second rounder Were we supposed to give a first rounder?
Yes its getting ridiculous. I am on the blueline waitlist and seriously considering dropping out. I am having a hard time justifying it when the Canucks are giving money to the NHL to keep other teams afloat that have ticket prices at half the cost.
"Everybody is very disapointed with the way our season ended. Right now, we need to take a step back and evaulate the season."
"We still had a very good year and won our division. We're obviously disapointed in the way things ended, but this is still a very good team."
"Roberto is a top tier goaltender and we're not just going to give him away. We need to make the right trade for our organization."
"Daniel and Henrik are two of the most consistent offensive players in the League and two very good people. We want them to play in Vancouver for a long time."
"Ryan had a very tough year in terms of his health, and we believe he'll be come back and be better next season."
"We feel like we have some young players ready to step in and play."
"Obviously, our season ended sooner than we wanted it to. We'll evalulate the performance of the entire organization, including myself. But Alain Vigneault didn't suddenly become a bad coach."
There, just saved you guys from having to tune in.
Why didn't we have a second rounder?
The problem with MacLean isn't that he didn't play hockey, or that he's a host -- it's that his opinions are facile. They always have the superficial air of "real thought!" behind them, but he's never able to qualify anything he says. It's just boiler-plate popular narrative hurled at whatever team/player/executive suits him. There's no consistency.
There's also a really funny tendency in the NHL big media never to blame officials for anything, unlike every other sport. They won't even recognize how incompetent the officials are and rarely talk about it; when they do, it's to brush it off as an "excuse" and note that a team shouldn't have put itself in that position. Those are not mutually exclusive ideas, but they're treated like they are. Believe it or not, it's totally possible that the Canucks special teams were terrible, the team was unprepared, the line-up and ice-time utilization was a mess, and the officiating was still god awful.
That's why I don't listen to any of that garbage anymore. Too many idiots. I'll read Friedman's column rather than watch him try to voice a few seconds of sanity amid a sea of raging idiocy.
Who was this better choice for a 2nd line center that was dealt at the trading deadline?Doubt it. MG just trying to cover himself and make it seem like he had no other choice. Maybe he was all that's available for a 2nd and a prospect. MG's just cheap. He always has been cheap. ffs,
So you would deal a 1st round pick for him?he couldn't even get torres.
Why didn't we have a second rounder?