Schaller Beagle MacKewan is another line I like for the bottom six, some size and grit there!

Looks like Green is going

Edler Guddy
Hutton Tanev
MDZ Pouliot Stecher
- VANTEL

I was trying to break down the lines and this is what I came up with.

Pettersson playing against Horvat to see how he does against the best center Van has.

Pettersson is also playing against Edler and Gudbranson Van's two largest defenders.

Dahlen Gagner Boeser playing against listed 4th pairing OJ and Stecher.

Schaller Beagle MacEwen vs MDZ and Pouliot

Galchenyuk got pulled off of center because he sucked. We could have extended Dowd ?
- VANTEL

That's the most rediculous thing you have ever said. Will you compare Dowd to Pettersson if he ends up playing on the wing?

This team would be brutal without Sutter this transition year.
- VANTEL

Just don't get injured , wonder what the won loss record is when sutter is injured. I think were better prepared for injuries now.

I consider myself a pom pom waiver and I expect us to finish 20 th
- VANTEL

I don't consider myself a pom pom waiver but I definitely am not in here whining and crying everyday over everything. Funny that the whiners are the ones that started calling us pom pom waivers.

I don't know where the team finishes. I think they will be around 78-82 points. Wherever that lands at the end of the season.

I googled Zach MacKewan and he can throw em, I like that about him!!

That's the most rediculous thing you have ever said. Will you compare Dowd to Pettersson if he ends up playing on the wing?
- 1970vintage

ridiculous

Not sure if you know this or not, but the team has been brutal WITH Sutter the past three years, they finished 2nd 3rd and 7th last.

That's the point, they didn't really need him, they haven't had any young players other than Horvat to shelter although Willie Desjardins threw Horvat to the wolves his second year and cast him as a second line center.

Benning was looking for something in Sutter that just wasn't in him, that's my point. He could have finished near last with a replacement level player instead of going out and getting Sutter.
- LeftCoaster

Yup all Sutters fault . Henrik and Dowd combined 6 goal -30 has nothing to do with Canucks being a sh1t team. It is all on Sutter

ridiculous
- manvanfan

Good catch

Yup all Sutters fault . Henrik and Dowd combined 6 goal -30 has nothing to do with Canucks being a sh1t team. It is all on Sutter
- VANTEL

I've never had a problem with Sutter.

Good catch
- 1970vintage

I thought you would have caught it yourself but you haven't for the past few months.

That's the most rediculous thing you have ever said. Will you compare Dowd to Pettersson if he ends up playing on the wing?
- 1970vintage

The ridiculous statement was lets trade Virtanen for Galchenyuk. Let's trade a top 6 pick that is finally finding his game to another team for a player they are disappointed with.

Trust me I have said much more ridiculous things than that

Group A has LW Leipsic - C Gaudette - RW Virtanen together again, I like that combo!
- LeftCoaster

I can see a gaudette-virtanen on one line and EP-Dahlen and brock and bo as the other lines in the future, we have lots of skilled wingers to gain chemistry with these combos.

Yup all Sutters fault . Henrik and Dowd combined 6 goal -30 has nothing to do with Canucks being a sh1t team. It is all on Sutter
- VANTEL

Who said it was Sutter's fault, you're being a drama queen and not looking at the big picture, they were gonna be bad anyways, that again is my point. They didn't need Sutter, but they went out and traded for him thinking he'd improve the team, he couldn't.

Another example of Benning's bad asset management.

Yup all Sutters fault . Henrik and Dowd combined 6 goal -30 has nothing to do with Canucks being a sh1t team. It is all on Sutter
- VANTEL

Better centers come out of nowhere every year and a bunch of them to each team. No sense in building a roster when you can just slap in a bunch of rookie centers every year and hope that it turns out differently.

Group A has LW Leipsic - C Gaudette - RW Virtanen together again, I like that combo!
- LeftCoaster

We need a serious energy/speed line. We’ll call it the cocaine and caviar line.

I've never had a problem with Sutter.
- VanHockeyGuy

Lefty has Sutter hate but I know all bout that I have been on the Trade the Twins campaign for years

Schaller Beagle MacKewan is another line I like for the bottom six, some size and grit there!
- LeftCoaster

I really like this line . Maybe Zack is the surprise signing of training camp

I can see a gaudette-virtanen on one line and EP-Dahlen and brock and bo as the other lines in the future, we have lots of skilled wingers to gain chemistry with these combos.
- Bettmanhatesus

Yes I like the two-some's of Horvat-Boeser, Pettersson-Dahlen & Gaudette-Virtanen.

Leipsic adds some skill and speed to the Gaudette and Virtanen two-some so I like that line together.

I, too, would trade Virtanen for Chucky

The ridiculous statement was lets trade Virtanen for Galchenyuk. Let's trade a top 6 pick that is finally finding his game to another team for a player they are disappointed with.

Trust me I have said much more ridiculous things than that
- VANTEL

No, I think you did just out do yourself.

I really like this line . Maybe Zack is the surprise signing of training camp
- VANTEL

He played well in Utica last year and he's only 22, plus he's 6'4" with some physical elements to his game

I googled Zach MacKewan and he can throw em, I like that about him!!
- LeftCoaster

He hits like a truck and can score . Bye Gaunce

He hits like a truck and can score . Bye Gaunce
- VANTEL

Gaunce is playing with AHL players vs AHL D.

I, too, would trade Virtanen for Chucky
- Nucker101

But no one has ever accused you of being smart either