All in all with all the changes & the kids around next season will be fun & painful. Seeing the trees for the forest will challenge our fanbase greatly. Open minds will be needed but there will always be the negative ppl or those on a witch hunt for JB's head. Utica in itself will be a better measuring stick to where our future may lie. Next year will not be all glorious but good signs should be abundant.

- Marwood

So yeah................nobody ate the crumble.

Keys i look to as follows....

How does EG Hutton & Stecher improve & how much?
Will the PP be a bonus or our bane again?
Will Sven & Granny keep improving?
Can JV show he deserves a roster spot & what impact he can bring?
Can we finally see less injuries to better assess our team?
Lastly what does LE have to say? Was last season a 1 off & back with a vengeance?

So yeah................nobody ate the crumble.
- golfingsince

No doubt.

Hope she's taking it in stride. I would assume, being married to you, she has a good sense of humour.
( meant in a complimentary fashion before the feeling's police freak out )

So yeah................nobody ate the crumble.
- golfingsince

I'd push it as an eggless quiche.

"Last year, the Canucks signed top-tier UFA Loui Eriksson on July 1. They also inked forwards Jayson Megna, Michael Chaput and Borna Rendulic, as well as bringing defensemen Philip Larsen and Chad Billins back from Europe"

So, the bar literally couldn't be set any lower this summer.
- Vanoxy

Let's just hope Linden/Jimbo remember what a great feeling it is to get add these many quality prospects to your organization in less than 48 hours. They need to add more picks in the first 3 rounds for next year's draft and this time they won't get one gifted to them by Torts.

No doubt.

Hope she's taking it in stride. I would assume, being married to you, she has a good sense of humour.
( meant in a complimentary fashion before the feeling's police freak out )
- Marwood

She was taking it in stride but i feel our relationship is about to crumble.

I'd push it as an eggless quiche.
- A_SteamingLombardi

The oldest child tried just for the sugar content.......no dice.

Let's just hope Linden/Jimbo remember what a great feeling it is to get add these many quality prospects to your organization in less than 48 hours. They need to add more picks in the first 3 rounds for next year's draft and this time they won't get one gifted to them by Torts.
- Nucker101

Will some team take Chaput for a first?

Let's just hope Linden/Jimbo remember what a great feeling it is to get add these many quality prospects to your organization in less than 48 hours. They need to add more picks in the first 3 rounds for next year's draft and this time they won't get one gifted to them by Torts.
- Nucker101

I get the sense that 2018 picks will be harder to acquire.
Which does not bode well.
Move Miller at the tdl?
Who else? Henrik?
Eesh

Will some team take Chaput for a first?
- VANTEL

I like what you did there, you didn't say for 2 firsts...

(managing expectations)

wait... are we giving them a first to take Chaput?

Let's just hope Linden/Jimbo remember what a great feeling it is to get add these many quality prospects to your organization in less than 48 hours. They need to add more picks in the first 3 rounds for next year's draft and this time they won't get one gifted to them by Torts.
- Nucker101

Set Granlund and Baertschi up to Succeed. Both on expiring cheap contracts and young could be worth 1st easily at next TDL. Or maybe 2- 2nds

Will some team take Chaput for a first?
- VANTEL

2nd wave of desperate UFA's. Lowball them and wait. Some might prefer going to a poop team to get minutes and try UFA again next year for more money.

You're not gonna get 1sts for them at the TDL, but you could get a 2nd/3rd.

I get the sense that 2018 picks will be harder to acquire.
Which does not bode well.
Move Miller at the tdl?
Who else? Henrik?
Eesh
- dbot

People say this every other year but GM's on playoff teams will always buy.

Let's just hope Linden/Jimbo remember what a great feeling it is to get add these many quality prospects to your organization in less than 48 hours. They need to add more picks in the first 3 rounds for next year's draft and this time they won't get one gifted to them by Torts.
- Nucker101

Hextall has been excellent at this very thing. Had 11 picks going into the draft, used them to move up and had an awesome draft making 9 picks overall, six times in the first four rounds.

Hextall has been excellent at this very thing. Had 11 picks going into the draft, used them to move up and had an awesome draft making 9 picks overall, six times in the first four rounds.
- LeftCoaster

Benning had 6 in the first 4 as well but traded the SJ 4th for an extra pick, I don't have a problem with either.

Benning had 6 in the first 4 but traded the SJ 4th for an extra pick, I don't have a problem with either.
- A_SteamingLombardi

Yep not downplaying what Benning did, he had a very good draft. I'm saying he's not getting a free second rounder next year, he needs to make that happen so he can have another good draft in 2018.....if he still works for the Canucks

Benning had 6 in the first 4 as well but traded the SJ 4th for an extra pick, I don't have a problem with either.
- A_SteamingLombardi

He got on for free, to be fair

glass has 2nd line potential tops, petterson has 1st line elite potential. I have seen glass he didn't really stand out, he looks solid but not flashy or high end skills.

Let's just hope Linden/Jimbo remember what a great feeling it is to get add these many quality prospects to your organization in less than 48 hours. They need to add more picks in the first 3 rounds for next year's draft and this time they won't get one gifted to them by Torts.
- Nucker101

With our possible trade bait another 1st & 3rd would be my expectation

At most in a perfect world & being realistic & wishful....

Tanev for a top 6-8 1st & a 3rd
Edler forced for a 2nd & 3rd
Prospects could be involved depending on the trading partners.

At most in a perfect world & being realistic & wishful....

Tanev for a top 6-8 1st & a 3rd
Edler forced for a 2nd & 3rd
Prospects could be involved depending the trading partners.
- Nighthawk

Tanev's ntc kicks in July 1st. Hard to move him unless he wants that.

I get the sense that 2018 picks will be harder to acquire.
Which does not bode well.
Move Miller at the tdl?
Who else? Henrik?
Eesh
- dbot

flames gave away there 1st and second next year for harmonic are they nuts, hes an average dman, they think this gives them the best top 4 in the league

I'd like to see Karl Alzner here at a descent price.