GDT: WCSF GM07 | Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers | Mon. May 20th | 6pm PST | SNP/CBC | Just Win, Baby

[Nopefully]

f*** it, LET'S DO THIS

 

[StickShift]

I’m not sure I’d pay to re-sign Joshua at the rate that he would ask for. He has had moments this playoffs, but he hasn’t been the consistent player that deserves that sort of money IMO. I trust management to find the next Joshua on the UFA market.

Lindholm I would re-sign. Center depth is so hard to find and Tocchet trusts him only 2nd to Miller in any situation.

Zadorov I would pay—but I would consider trading Soucy if you make that deal. You cannot afford to have that much salary tied up in your bottom-two LD.

Hronek I qualify and trade. Seek a Tanev or Pesce or Roy on the UFA market instead.

Blueger is a nice complementary player. But I don’t think you can afford to pay him the $2m he’ll ask for to be on the bottom-line.

Cole, thank you for stabilizing our defense in the regular season, but you are at the cliff now. Goodbye.

Myers I would re-sign at less than $3m on a 2y or less term. But otherwise I think you let him walk.

Pettersson… his NMC doesn’t start until 2025-26. I think you at least listen to see if there is someone out there willing to make an interesting 1-for-1 trade. Think Subban-for-Weber. But I don’t think you put him on the market for a package deal—which would be a hard trade to win.

 

[LordBacon]

I need to pee with my penis.
brb

video or it didnt happen.

 

[VanJack]

Let's be objective here.....with Demko gone and Boeser now gone for the rest of the season, we just wouldn't match up very well with Dallas anyway.

The Canucks are still an incomplete canvass.....and both Allvin and Rutherford know it. But to their credit they went out acquired the players they thought they needed for a long playoff run and expended a lot of draft capital to do it.

No complaints, if you're a Canucks fan. They added to their group and 'went for it'.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Just bury one, boys. Start there. Win each shift.

 

[Nomobo]

I don't know, mikeyev and Lafferty are fast but they don't seem to do anything out there

Both are one trick ponies that shouldn’t have a spot on a contender.

 

[arttk]

f*** off ESPn

 

[biturbo19]

Team speed and breakouts have been abysmal this series. Totally exposed by Edmonton.

Reality is...it's a slow team overall. They've masked it a lot this year with really structured ladder breakouts going East-West most of the width of the ice and moving the puck quickly that way. But the Preds absolute neutered that and the offense died.

Oilers look like they've made some subtle adjustments to do the same thing. And it really shows.


Even with Boeser...we just do not have very many (or any?) players who can truly generate their own chances through the neutral zone without the help of a structured breakout plan. The Oilers have half a dozen of those guys who can break the neutral zone all by themselves.

 

[aquaweenie]

I don't know, mikeyev and Lafferty are fast but they don't seem to do anything out there

Mikheyev may be a decent skater but he’s not a fast player. He’s not fast with the puck or his hands or his decisions.

 

[bbud]

Can we stop overreacting, this year is about building and they probably know what actual playoffs is like and train for it and pace for it in the reg season

Exactly not a great finish but great job getting there we've seen comebacks lets hope)

 

[Ace of Hades]

Well Kane has always been a dick soooooo.

Lucic and Recchi too.

 

[Red]

This has gone far worse than I even expected lol

 

[Sedinery]

Whatever happens, this team has made it further than any other Nucks team has, other than the 3 cup run years.
If you had told me in September that we'd go to game 7 in the west semi I would have had been completely ecstatic.
This is a good team. Not as good as we were in the first half, but a good team. There's obviously reasons we haven't played well in the playoffs and we'll find that out soon. I'm proud or our boys no matter what, and at least we all got a taste of what it's like after game 82.
We have a good chunk of peeps who are not even into their prime yet and a number of kids that are about ready to break into the league. We'll be back. Even if it's not next year, we'll be back and be regulars in the playoffs again.

GO CANUCKS GO!!!!!!

The issue is we do that and think our problems are over. Team went far because of goaltending and dumb luck, not because we dominated

The sad thing is this may take management off the hook to make obvious changes required

Myers - gone
Mik - gone
Laffy - gone
Hronek - dump him for whatever we get
Cole - gone


That is just the start

 

[Big zZz]

I still think players like Hughes and Petey can take a lot from this experience. It's their first real playoff run. Rome wasn't built in a day.

It's easy to Pick the main guys apart now as they should be the ones leading the charge but Soucy, Joshua, hronek etc. are just as much at fault.

Even miller. Where's the bite we seen in the preds series?

 

[SillyRabbit]

They make playoffs get to 2nd round 7th game if you think that go break your leg jumping off wagon and never come back

No thanks.

 

[bbud]

No thanks.

Then be a fan

 

[Canucks LB]

Yolo score 4 goals and win 4-3

 

[Sedinery]

If so hes chosen to get shitkicked by remper or chucky and lose lol

I will cheer for anybody playing the oilers

Classless players and fans

 

[SillyRabbit]

Let's be objective here.....with Demko gone and Boeser now gone for the rest of the season, we just wouldn't match up very well with Dallas anyway.

The Canucks are still an incomplete canvass.....and both Allvin and Rutherford know it. But to their credit they went out acquired the players they thought they needed for a long playoff run and expended a lot of draft capital to do it.

No complaints, if you're a Canucks fan. They added to their group and 'went for it'.

We had a chance to literally derail the Oilers as a franchise.

If they lost this game to us, there are likely big changes happening the summer for them.

 

[LadyJet26]

Lucic and Recchi too.

That too.

Winnipeg players are dicks too. We'll not Toews but he has the personality of a marshmallow

 

[Jack Tripper]

In terms of worst case scenarios to end this series, a repeat of the 2011 Stanley Cup finals was right up there.

 

[arttk]

Exactly not a great finish but great job getting there we've seen comebacks lets hope)

This series shows we shouldn’t prioritize status quo. We need to upgrade our backend’s ability to move the puck out, improve our winger speed, keep Lindholm and add a goal scoring winger

 

[TraderJim]

No thanks.

You have to have a Canucks logo tattoo'd on your face to appease the people who treat this team like a religion.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Going to be tough going forward.

The goaltending was the only reason they got as far as it did. Demko or Silovs provides hope.

Defense was overall decent but going to have massive turnover. Hronek showed he’s incapable and should be moved. Hughes did not look good at all and showed what we all worried about; hit him constantly and his body can’t take it.

Forwards were most terrible. Lindholm showed fairly well but he will be gone. Boeser was outstanding but now has bigger issues to deal with. Miller was a yoyo. EP a complete no show which does not bode well.

Team is still slower than molasses and gets exposed with speed when the system breaks down.

The PP was atrocious, never got fixed and likely resulted in the 2nd round exit. PK was better but not great.

Allvin needs a huge offseason because the playoffs exposed a lot of weaknesses and the teams left in the West aren’t going away next year either.

 

[TruGr1t]

I’m not sure I’d pay to re-sign Joshua at the rate that he would ask for. He has had moments this playoffs, but he hasn’t been the consistent player that deserves that sort of money IMO. I trust management to find the next Joshua on the UFA market.

Lindholm I would re-sign. Center depth is so hard to find and Tocchet trusts him only 2nd to Miller in any situation.

Zadorov I would pay—but I would consider trading Soucy if you make that deal. You cannot afford to have that much salary tied up in your bottom-two LD.

Hronek I qualify and trade. Seek a Tanev or Pesce or Roy on the UFA market instead.

Blueger is a nice complementary player. But I don’t think you can afford to pay him the $2m he’ll ask for to be on the bottom-line.

Cole, thank you for stabilizing our defense in the regular season, but you are at the cliff now. Goodbye.

Myers I would re-sign at less than $3m on a 2y or less term. But otherwise I think you let him walk.

Pettersson… his NMC doesn’t start until 2025-26. I think you at least listen to see if there is someone out there willing to make an interesting 1-for-1 trade. Think Subban-for-Weber. But I don’t think you put him on the market for a package deal—which would be a hard trade to win.

I agree with all this wholeheartedly. My list to keep is basically Miller, Boeser, Lindholm, Zadorov, and Hughes. Rest can f*** off.