I'll admit I am a Walmart greeter and fairly impoverished. Where do you work Striker? Can you please provide some tips to the rest of the posters how to achieve the same level of success as you? Does competitive basketball pay well? Are you the Trail Blazers coach?
- CanuckDon

Which Walmart? If i ever see ya i'll stop and chat.

They are neck and neck with 13 points in the NHL. Nothing to pick them apart
- walshyleafsfan

Yeah but Virtanen played for team Canada

I have to admit , I have no desire to ever be a season ticket holder.

Almost everything about the experience of live games sucks. Starting with the traffic and construction of the city and bridges or crowded transit. Line ups for Urinals . Overpriced parking and beverages. Sitting upright for 2 1/2 hours beside a fan with Body Oder. People constantly passing in front of you in aisles.

Give me my HD TV and my cold sensibly priced beer , where I can drink as much as I want and not have to worry about drinking driving
- VANTEL

Just wait until they perfect the virtual reality experience. Then you can feel like your there without being there

They are neck and neck with 13 points in the NHL. Nothing to pick them apart
- walshyleafsfan

Linden Vey and Connor McDavid also have the same points in the NHL. What's your point?

Virtanen brings a lot more than just points, though
- Zogg

Precisely. If Nylander 60 points and Virt scores 40 it's an easy choice in my opinion.

McCan would need a f-ing helicopter to fly out of the shoes H Sedin, Horvat or Linden wear.. He's a tiny rat with a sh*te attitude, and no one liked him. Gudbrandson on the other hand earned praise from guys like Jovocop, Mitchell and the like... And could look all of them in the eye. Draft a center next year, and sign a UFA until the position is solidified...
- VIRTBOHUT

NICO HISCHIER
CASEY MITTELSTADT
GABRIEL VILARDI

look to be what we would be looking at so far as top centers avail where we are picking. Unless of course someone severely raises their stock, or these guys fall. I doubt we get 1oa for Patrick.

Which Walmart? If i ever see ya i'll stop and chat.
- Retinalz

I rotate around town...although I fear I may lose my job as I spend my time posting on Hockey Buzz instead of actually greeting anyone these days

I rotate around town...although I fear I may lose my job as I spend my time posting on Hockey Buzz instead of actually greeting anyone these days
- CanuckDon

I go to the Poco Walmart all the time for stuff. ever work there?

I have to admit , I have no desire to ever be a season ticket holder.

Almost everything about the experience of live games sucks. Starting with the traffic and construction of the city and bridges or crowded transit. Line ups for Urinals . Overpriced parking and beverages. Sitting upright for 2 1/2 hours beside a fan with Body Oder. People constantly passing in front of you in aisles.

Give me my HD TV and my cold sensibly priced beer , where I can drink as much as I want and not have to worry about drinking driving
- VANTEL

You pretty well nailed it Vantel. I had season tickets in Edmonton from 2007 to 2011 and Rexall was the same as Rogers with the lineups , over priced food and beer , of course the games mostly sucked due to the Oil being lousy. I have had a totally different experience in the arenas in the US though. 22,000 fans in Chicago and no lineups for the washroom or concessions, same in Anaheim and San Jose. So what is it? In Canada we don't build user friendly facilities? The differences are really amazing between attending a game in Canada versus the US.

Just wait until they perfect the virtual reality experience. Then you can feel like your there without being there
- WhiteLie

When that day comes my TV will never leaves the porn channel

Virtanen brings a lot more than just points, though
- Zogg

Intangibles right?

I rotate around town...although I fear I may lose my job as I spend my time posting on Hockey Buzz instead of actually greeting anyone these days
- CanuckDon

You're kind of like the greeter of Hockeybuzz.

Friendly attitude, welcoming to newcomers and very knowledgeable.

Intangibles right?
- walshyleafsfan

Who drafts for intangibles?

Linden Vey and Connor McDavid also have the same points in the NHL. What's your point?
- belcherbd

I thnk that was pretty clear.

They are neck and neck with 13 points in the NHL. Nothing to pick them apart.

Who drafts for intangibles?
- A_SteamingLombardi

Brian Burke

You're kind of like the greeter of Hockeybuzz.

Friendly attitude, welcoming to newcomers and very knowledgeable.

- belcherbd

You're kind of like the greeter of Hockeybuzz.

Friendly attitude, welcoming to newcomers and very knowledgeable.

- belcherbd

Brian Burke
- walshyleafsfan

How did that work?

How did that work?
- A_SteamingLombardi

Not to well. Have you seen him lately?

You're kind of like the greeter of Hockeybuzz.

Friendly attitude, welcoming to newcomers and very knowledgeable.

- belcherbd

Miss Dongeniality

Miss Dongeniality
- VANTEL

- A_SteamingLombardi

For the most part I think Benning has done a more than adequate job. While there have been a couple of trades that initially had me fuming (Shinkaruk and McCann) and a couple of head scratcher contracts (no need to post them) for the most part the team is better.

We now have competition at every position with the exception of center. We are faster, younger and most likely harder to play against on paper at least. The additions of players like Sutter, Etem and Granlund help with the speed and Gudbranson and Tryamkin make it more difficult for teams to take advantage physically. If Pedan or Sbisa can find consistency the d-core will be plain nasty.

For the first time in their careers the Canucks will have a premier winger and not a reclamation project or square peg in a round hole.

The goaltending is solid and if Demko develops will be so for years to come.

He's done all this without completely sacrificing the future and with cupboards that were all but bare when he arrived. The core he inherited were old and stale and there were no kids coming in their wake. Yes he's traded some picks but that was necessary to bridge the gap left by the previous regime. While none of the players he has brought in are gamebreakers they are still developing and have improved the organization's overall depth.

For the most part I think Benning has done a more than adequate job. While there have been a couple of trades that initially had me fuming (Shinkaruk and McCann) and a couple of head scratcher contracts (no need to post them) for the most part the team is better.

We now have competition at every position with the exception of center. We are faster, younger and most likely harder to play against on paper at least. The additions of players like Sutter, Etem and Granlund help with the speed and Gudbranson and Tryamkin make it more difficult for teams to take advantage physically. If Pedan or Sbisa can find consistency the d-core will be plain nasty.

For the first time in their careers the Canucks will have a premier winger and not a reclamation project or square peg in a round hole.

The goaltending is solid and if Demko develops will be so for years to come.

He's done all this without completely sacrificing the future and with cupboards that were all but bare when he arrived. The core he inherited were old and stale and there were no kids coming in their wake. Yes he's traded some picks but that was necessary to bridge the gap left by the previous regime. While none of the players he has brought in are gamebreakers they are still developing and have improved the organization's overall depth.
- PuckShack

You like Sutter; Essentially 4.4 for 5 years? How did Bonino look playing for Pittsburgh? & we sent them a pick? Granlund? I preferred Shinkaruk. Etem? Borderline NHL player. How does that 2nd round pick we got for Garrison that we flipped to get Vey look? I could go on & on.

Love Horvat, Tanev, Hutton, the Sedin's & would like to see them resigned for 2 more years at a lower cap hit in reduced roles after this contract expires seeing as we have to protect them come the expansion draft with only a season remaining & Hansen. Not sold on Virtanen; at least as a top flight scorer, yet he will be lucky to be better than all but a few players chosen in the 1st round. His physical edge; seeing the theme here, should endear him to fans.

All these players Benning has secured for the most part have 1 thing in common & it's not pure skill.

Watch & learn young fella's. I put my money where my mouth; saved my 8K+ annually on tickets & rest assured I'm not alone. Apparently at least 200 other people agree with me, from THN, god knows who many from ESPN & Carrol didn't extrapolate the results of the 3000 local fans who as she expresses for others elsewhere are more likely homers slanting to the other side of the scale.

Even I'm not unhappy with Bennings drafting with the few picks he's retained he's drafted well but in the 1st 2 rounds with 2 top 5 selections a monkey could, the Vrbata, Eriksson or Stecher signings were great I just literally hate everything else.
- striker777

If you're referencing the Gudbranson trade. Let it go. We needed a guy like him and he will help out the back end substantially next year. Mark my words.