Caught a few games when I visited family this year.

"Stecher was a great part of the Gudbranson trade"

I actually turned around and looked at the guy. he was really trying to impress these girls, who wanted nothing to do with him, with his hockey knowledge
- Lindenis#1

I don't want to finish that high
- Nucker101

Me either, but if the PP can break top 20 and the PK doesn't go at 50% for stretches it isn't out of the question.

TL said the fans are knowledgeable in Van. Best joke he has said since he took the job.
- manvanfan

Whenever I go to the games, it serves as a great reminder of how dumb the casual fans are. This one guy seemed reasonable at first and then started telling me about how amazing every Canuck prospect is..

"Horvat will be the next Toews"
"Boeser will be a 30 goal scorer"
"Demko could be better than Schneider and Luongo"
"Virtanen will be like Lucic"
"Hutton is going to be like Tyson Barrie"

Surprisingly, he even named some lesser known prospects and hyped them up too. I just nodded and agreed with a smile on my face.

If the PK and PP can reach levels of non-embarassment a 6th last finish isn't out of the question

As for any real jump up the standings, its hard to see who they can leapfrog without a big influx of talent.

Ideally a Dman who can score a few points. Whether Hutton or Stecher is that, Subban works magic as a Marc Andre Bergeron type 6th dman is yet to be seen.
- Lindenis#1

Middle of the pack PP & PK goes a long ways

Caught a few games when I visited family this year.

"Stecher was a great part of the Gudbranson trade"

I actually turned around and looked at the guy. he was really trying to impress these girls, who wanted nothing to do with him, with his hockey knowledge
- Lindenis#1

(frank)ing crims

I disagree. Its a wait n see time. Nothing more & nothing less.
Thats why they play the games.
- Nighthawk

Dave Cameron
Dallas Eakins
Lane Lambert
David Quinn
Todd Reirden
Tony Granato
Benoit Groulx

Todd Reirden has become top of my list.

Me either, but if the PP can break top 20 and the PK doesn't go at 50% for stretches it isn't out of the question.
- Lindenis#1

Let's just pray that they both continue to be terrible. Hopefully teams will stop leaving Boeser open, because he can actually score unlike 90% of the roster.

Whenever I go to the games, it serves as a great reminder of how dumb the casual fans are. This one guy seemed reasonable at first and then started telling me about how amazing every Canuck prospect is..

"Horvat will be the next Toews"
"Boeser will be a 30 goal scorer"
"Demko could be better than Schneider and Luongo"
"Virtanen will be like Lucic"
"Hutton is going to be like Tyson Barrie"

Surprisingly he even named some lesser known prospects and hyped them up too...I had 2 options. I just nodded and agreed with a smile on my face.
- Nucker101

The first two aren't nuclear bad. If Hutton can be Jake Gardiner I would be really happy.

If Virtanen can make any kind of NHL career where he contributes I would be thrilled.

I'm less worried about Demko. If you're on top of the goalie market you can find useful options. Talbot's a good example. Darling might be that guy this year. There is usually 2, maybe 3 guys an off season that fall into that.

There are only 31 people in the world that have the position of GM in the NHL and ours is Forest Gump.
- A_SteamingLombardi

It's amusing how bad he is at public speaking. But who (frank)ing cares. Draft and let Linden speak to the media

Whenever I go to the games, it serves as a great reminder of how dumb the casual fans are. This one guy seemed reasonable at first and then started telling me about how amazing every Canuck prospect is..

"Horvat will be the next Toews"
"Boeser will be a 30 goal scorer"
"Demko could be better than Schneider and Luongo"
"Virtanen will be like Lucic"
"Hutton is going to be like Tyson Barrie"

Surprisingly, he even named some lesser known prospects and hyped them up too. I just nodded and agreed with a smile on my face.
- Nucker101

I think that was me.



Boucher will be like Hull.

Caught a few games when I visited family this year.

"Stecher was a great part of the Gudbranson trade"

I actually turned around and looked at the guy. he was really trying to impress these girls, who wanted nothing to do with him, with his hockey knowledge
- Lindenis#1

Always going to be people that pretend to be fans and know everything about "their" team. Oh well they fill the seats.

The first two aren't nuclear bad. If Hutton can be Jake Gardiner I would be really happy.

If Virtanen can make any kind of NHL career where he contributes I would be thrilled.

I'm less worried about Demko. If you're on top of the goalie market you can find useful options. Talbot's a good example. Darling might be that guy this year. There is usually 2, maybe 3 guys an off season that fall into that.
- Lindenis#1

He even mentioned how Jordan Subban will be great for us and Cole Cassels can shutdown McDavid. And he was dead serious and confident. I didn't want to hit him with a dose of reality because he seemed like a nice guy.


Agree with what you're saying.

Middle of the pack PP & PK goes a long ways
- Nighthawk

PK is a lot more coach influenced too. PP is more personnel, but having someone willing to try something new and mix it up compared to Willie could really help it.

But if the team could get like a combined 90 percent in terms of percentage they'd go a long way to improving the club next year.

I think that was me.



Boucher will be like Hull.
- storm88

It was probably one of you pom pom waving lemmings

So who's at the top of the head coach wish list?

He even mentioned how Jordan Subban will be great for us and Cole Cassels can shutdown McDavid. And he was dead serious and confident.


Agree with what you're saying.
- Nucker101

I think Subban has to get a chance. He would have to be levels of unreal bad defensively to avoid having an offensive kick in the pants on D. Good deployment could have him in a Justin Schultz-esque role.

That last quote is a Jimbo line from one of those town halls they used to have.

So who's at the top of the head coach wish list?
- As_I_See_It

Dave Cameron
Dallas Eakins
Lane Lambert
David Quinn
Todd Reirden
Tony Granato
Benoit Groulx

Todd Reirden has become top of my list.
- manvanfan

Poor hirings. I like none of them.

Whenever I go to the games, it serves as a great reminder of how dumb the casual fans are. This one guy seemed reasonable at first and then started telling me about how amazing every Canuck prospect is..

"Horvat will be the next Toews"
"Boeser will be a 30 goal scorer"
"Demko could be better than Schneider and Luongo"
"Virtanen will be like Lucic"
"Hutton is going to be like Tyson Barrie"

Surprisingly, he even named some lesser known prospects and hyped them up too. I just nodded and agreed with a smile on my face.
- Nucker101

I prefer to make realistic assumptions? If you can call it that. I did make 3 bets before the season started. Won 2 lost 1.
Jimmy Vesey over/under 28 points. The guy wanted to give me 39. I took the under of course. He got 26.
Van would be drafting top 8 this year. Won that.
With an oilers fan, I bet Van would be without 10 points of them in the standings. Sad to say I lost that.

If anything Stecher is Van's version of Tyson Barrie

Poor hirings. I like none of them.
- Nighthawk

Why?

- Nucker101

He'd probably get into a fist fight with JB if he wasn't given full control of all decisions at all levels

I prefer to make realistic assumptions? If you can call it that. I did make 3 bets before the season started. Won 2 lost 1.
Jimmy Vesey over/under 28 points. The guy wanted to give me 39. I took the under of course. He got 26.
Van would be drafting top 8 this year. Won that.
With an oilers fan, I bet Van would be without 10 points of them in the standings. Sad to say I lost that.

If anything Stecher is Van's version of Tyson Barrie
- manvanfan

I wanted to bet the under on the Canucks point total but I got to the line too late and the one I looked at had it at like 74 when it started at like 79. Didn't think they'd be 69 points bad. Figured another 77 was in the works

He even mentioned how Jordan Subban will be great for us and Cole Cassels can shutdown McDavid. And he was dead serious and confident. I didn't want to hit him with a dose of reality because he seemed like a nice guy.


Agree with what you're saying.
- Nucker101

Botchford and paterson are always raving about how great Subban is going to be. He can shoot a puck, so he's the next Yannick Weber?

Botchford and paterson are always raving about how great Subban is going to be. He can shoot a puck, so he's the next Yannick Weber?
- manvanfan

I think they just wanna see him get a real chance. There's really no reason he shouldn't have gotten a look at some point this year.

If you're not making the playoffs there really isn't any reason he can't have a 10-12 game look at least. Even if its a showcase and you move him for a 5th. He could be an asset worth something.

Plus, both top centers and most of the Canucks F are LH so having him as a RH option up top just makes too much sense. Worth the experiment.

I wanted to bet the under on the Canucks point total but I got to the line too late and the one I looked at had it at like 74 when it started at like 79. Didn't think they'd be 69 points bad. Figured another 77 was in the works
- Lindenis#1

I had a hope dream fantasy that things would go right and players wouldn't be injuried at 91. Realistically I lying to myself and knew 71-75.