We need to sign a couple of UFA's to support and teach the young guys while this happens.
- VanHockeyGuy

More glue guys

#Canucks said no to Stukel, will they sign 20 year old Sudbury D Cole Candella. Sudbury gm Rob Papineaue tells me says Candella has the skating for pro hockey, "his greatest strength is skating."
- LeftCoaster

no chance.

More glue guys
- CanuckDon

Tavares and Karlsson

More glue guys
- CanuckDon

Tavares and Karlsson
- LeftCoaster

You forgot Kane

Side note, watching Stecher blow up Kane last game was amazing

With his 1G, 1A today, Morgan Frost has hit the 70 assist mark and also became Flyers first d+1 prospect since Claude Giroux in 2006-07 to reach 112 points in a CHL season.

#Flyers

You forgot Kane

Side note, watching Stecher blow up Kane last game was amazing
- CanuckDon

You know they'll take a run at him.

He can live in his little bubble all he wants, I said at the beginning of the year this was a bottom team over an 82 game schedule and that's exactly where we are.

Help is on the way but they still need time to grow and develop those kids.
- LeftCoaster

What bubble. I said the team was a .500 hockey club at best this year if things went well.

I guess my bubble just don't include whining and complaining about everything.

The #Canucks have told 20 year old F Jakob Stukel that they are not signing him. A 6th round pick in 2016 by Van, Stukel camp trying to see if they can get to pro hockey, they are talking to the NHLPA.


Terrible
- LeftCoaster

lol

With his 1G, 1A today, Morgan Frost has hit the 70 assist mark and also became Flyers first d+1 prospect since Claude Giroux in 2006-07 to reach 112 points in a CHL season.

#Flyers
- LeftCoaster

no chance.
- CanuckDon

a GM should be able to recognize if a prospect is worth a contract or not. Cedarholm and Stewart should have never received ELC's. Candella and Stukel are no different imo

With his 1G, 1A today, Morgan Frost has hit the 70 assist mark and also became Flyers first d+1 prospect since Claude Giroux in 2006-07 to reach 112 points in a CHL season.

#Flyers
- LeftCoaster

That is some crazy improved numbers. Def got a poop ton more ice time this year than last as well.

2017: -61 goal differential
2018: -50 goal differential(10 games left to play)

What part of we are taking about the careers of guys drafted in 2004 are you not understanding?
- LeftCoaster

Krejci was also drafted that year.
Edler, Rinne, Hansen, green, streit. Was a pretty good year.

What bubble. I said the team was a .500 hockey club at best this year if things went well.

I guess my bubble just don't include whining and complaining about everything.
- manvanfan

That's my job until I see better decisions being made

That's my job until I see better decisions being made
- LeftCoaster

Would you give up hot dogs for life if it meant a getting a better management group?

a GM should be able to recognize if a prospect is worth a contract or not. Cedarholm and Stewart should have never received ELC's. Candella and Stukel are no different imo
- Codes1087

Shame. Those were two of the players I wanted in that draft. Both could sign ATO with Utica. Save the contract spaces this year for College players.

a GM should be able to recognize if a prospect is worth a contract or not. Cedarholm and Stewart should have never received ELC's. Candella and Stukel are no different imo
- Codes1087

for sure, an example of Benning's learning curve. Thos guys never deserved contracts and he is now being more selective. Not sure why this wasn't a lesson he learned while being an AGM

That's my job until I see better decisions being made
- LeftCoaster

I'll join you when year 6 of JB's tenure comes around if things haven't improved.

Krejci was also drafted that year.
Edler, Rinne, Hansen, green, streit. Was a pretty good year.
- Retinalz

Nowhere near Ovechkin and Malkin though, which was the point of my comment. If you want elite talent 90% or more of the time it comes from early in round one.

Shame. Those were two of the players I wanted in that draft. Both could sign ATO with Utica. Save the contract spaces this year for College players.
- manvanfan

why would we sign them? What promise have they shown.

That is what has kind of always bothered me. I remember when Anton Cedarholm broke a medicine ball during development camp, and the entire canuck fan base thought we had the next Scott Stevens. Gunnarsson does 20 clean bench press reps, Canuck fans think we have a physically superior mutant kid, yet he has 0 points all season. Points ultimately, to me, aren't the be-all-end-all of a prospect, but why waste contract space on fringe ECHL/AHL players.

Would you give up hot dogs for life if it meant a getting a better management group?
- Nucker101

No, are you (frank)in kidding me???? I want them to win a Cup but if they're too stupid to and continually making bad decisions I don't feel sorry for them.

Nowhere near Ovechkin and Malkin though, which was the point of my comment. If you want elite talent 90% or more of the time it comes from early in round one.
- LeftCoaster

It can be hard to compare sometimes, but Rinne and Schneider are elite goalies.

why would we sign them? What promise have they shown.

That is what has kind of always bothered me. I remember when Anton Cedarholm broke a medicine ball during development camp, and the entire canuck fan base thought we had the next Scott Stevens. Gunnarsson does 20 clean bench press reps, Canuck fans think we have a physically superior mutant kid, yet he has 0 points all season. Points ultimately, to me, aren't the be-all-end-all of a prospect, but why waste contract space on fringe ECHL/AHL players.
- Codes1087

it’s fun

No, are you (frank)in kidding me???? I want them to win a Cup but if they're too stupid to and continually making bad decisions I don't feel sorry for them.
- LeftCoaster