I am leading a team to teach our Mexican friends how to greet at a high level. Apparently Walmart is unaware that one is born with greeting skills and they can't be learned. Oh well, free trip
- CanuckDon

I hope the first group discussion is about Urgency and how to coach it.

1 - Trading players for less than full value just because they're over 22 is stupid.

2 - COULDN'T trade Vrbata and decided value offered was not worth trading Hamhuis. Both situations resulting from handicap of NTC's rather than incompetence of management.

3 - Burrows had zero trade value last year. The option was to buy him out and take a cap penalty for the next two years, or let him play it out. The latter looks like a better decision at this point.

4 - Hansen is a potential difference-maker as a third liner for a cup contender. That's when you would maximize his value. Trading him at the draft would have been a dumb move. Don't be surprised if he's moved this year at the deadline.

5 - They still needed a veteran goaltender this year and Miller has a NTC. He is also likely to be moved this year and will fetch more that way than he would as an off-season dump for no reason.

Toronto had a lousy team and signed a bunch of marginal players nobody else wanted to one year deals so they could hopefully flip some of them for draft picks. Not exactly rocket science and they're probably the only team in the league where you can get away with that strategy.

When you go through each scenario player by player and compare different teams each based on their own individual timelines, it's difficult to come to the conclusion that Canucks management isn't trying hard enough to accelerate a rebuild. It could be argued they're further ahead. So just because the Toronto media can't seem to stop pointing their collective finger and laughing at the Canucks doesn't mean you should listen to or agree with them.
- YeOldTimer

Thank you.

Anybody going to watch OJ play tonight?

Anybody going to watch OJ play tonight?
- Nuck4U

I have it on

I have it on
- VANTEL

Me too

Me too
- A_SteamingLombardi

Benning is ruining OJ's career.

1 - Trading players for less than full value just because they're over 22 is stupid.

2 - COULDN'T trade Vrbata and decided value offered was not worth trading Hamhuis. Both situations resulting from handicap of NTC's rather than incompetence of management.

3 - Burrows had zero trade value last year. The option was to buy him out and take a cap penalty for the next two years, or let him play it out. The latter looks like a better decision at this point.

4 - Hansen is a potential difference-maker as a third liner for a cup contender. That's when you would maximize his value. Trading him at the draft would have been a dumb move. Don't be surprised if he's moved this year at the deadline.

5 - They still needed a veteran goaltender this year and Miller has a NTC. He is also likely to be moved this year and will fetch more that way than he would as an off-season dump for no reason.

Toronto had a lousy team and signed a bunch of marginal players nobody else wanted to one year deals so they could hopefully flip some of them for draft picks. Not exactly rocket science and they're probably the only team in the league where you can get away with that strategy.

When you go through each scenario player by player and compare different teams each based on their own individual timelines, it's difficult to come to the conclusion that Canucks management isn't trying hard enough to accelerate a rebuild. It could be argued they're further ahead. So just because the Toronto media can't seem to stop pointing their collective finger and laughing at the Canucks doesn't mean you should listen to or agree with them.
- YeOldTimer

Agree.

Benning is ruining OJ's career.

- boonerbuck

Totally!
He should be on the Canucks playing top pairing minutes with Tryamkin.

Virtanen finally scored in the AHL

Anybody going to watch OJ play tonight?
- Nuck4U

yup, he got a good shot off already.

Virtanen finally scored in the AHL
- classic321

Call him up quick

Totally!
He should be on the Canucks playing top pairing minutes with Tryamkin.
- Marwood

So is OJ Doughty or is he Subban (P.K. that is (crap I just hurt his brother's feelings))?

Virtanen finally scored in the AHL
- classic321

JV will be fine, needs some maturity.

He might even start in Utica next season.
- Marwood

Well I'm off to Mexico shortly. Good luck tomorrow Vancouver posters as I'm sure the Leafs parasites will be trolling win or lose. Go fu#k yourselfs Leaf trolls hopefully Kadri will need to pickup a few teeth from the ice
- CanuckDon

Virtanen finally scored in the AHL
- classic321

https://twitter.com/Utica...status/804847766115651585

https://twitter.com/UticaComets/status/804847766115651585
- VANTEL

Nice goal

Nice goal
- A_SteamingLombardi

I hope the first group discussion is about Urgency and how to coach it.
- Marwood

Could we do what the PEI police is now doing for drunk drivers? They make them listen to Nickelback on the drive to the police station.

https://twitter.com/UticaComets/status/804847766115651585
- VANTEL

https://twitter.com/UticaComets/status/804847766115651585
- VANTEL

He just needs to do that 49 more times before he even gets consideration for getting called up again.

He just needs to do that 49 more times before he even gets consideration for getting called up again.
- PetrolSexual

the process.

Could we do what the PEI police is now doing for drunk drivers? They make them listen to Nickelback on the drive to the police station.
- allsports

Scooby will be on a infinite bender.

https://twitter.com/UticaComets/status/804847766115651585
- VANTEL

Power move. Spun that guy like a top

Could we do what the PEI police is now doing for drunk drivers? They make them listen to Nickelback on the drive to the police station.
- allsports

They got in a lot of trouble for that post. They apologized to the greatest canadian band of all time. Stupid thing to post on many different levels.