Los Angeles Dodgers Kershaw and Betts almost make as much as the entire Tampa Bay Rays team
- Pacificgem

bet la

Is this starting 6 good enough for the playoffs?

QH Nate
Edler Myers
OJ Tryamkin

Is this starting 6 good enough for the playoffs?

QH Nate
Edler Myers
OJ Tryamkin
- NuckUp

No, especially because if any of our top 2 (especially Hughes, but Schmidt to some extent) get injured, you're looking at AHL 5-6-7 ECHL calibre D slotting in...

Los Angeles Dodgers Kershaw and Betts almost make as much as the entire Tampa Bay Rays team
- Pacificgem

Awesome ball player. Can't believe the Red Sox traded him.

No, especially because if any of our top 2 (especially Hughes, but Schmidt to some extent) get injured, you're looking at AHL 5-6-7 ECHL calibre D slotting in...
- DariusKnight

Benn...? Current depth Rathbone, Chatfield, Brisbois, Rafferty. Most teams don't have NHL depth though past 1/2 players.

No, especially because if any of our top 2 (especially Hughes, but Schmidt to some extent) get injured, you're looking at AHL 5-6-7 ECHL calibre D slotting in...
- DariusKnight

Benn and Chatfield 7 and 8 on that depth chart, I wouldn't try to pencil Try in to the top 6 just yet.

As far as cap hit is concerned, could the Canucks trade him with 2.5 retained as well as say a 4th rounder or kole Lind to a non cap team.

The Canucks pay all his salary and the other team either sends him down or what have you.

The team gets a draft pick and doesn't have to pay any cash to bury him. As long as they acquiring team has cap space, I don't see why this hasn't been tried, is there a rule in the CBA preventing it?

Is this starting 6 good enough for the playoffs?

QH Nate
Edler Myers
OJ Tryamkin
- NuckUp

No.

Benn...? Current depth Rathbone, Chatfield, Brisbois, Rafferty. Most teams don't have NHL depth though past 1/2 players.
- NuckUp

Reluctantly.... I agree with you.

No.
- Marwood

Sub Benn in for try and it's top 16 I think... arguably better then Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmontons.

Reluctantly.... I agree with you.
- Pres.cup

Reluctantly.... I agree with you.
- Pres.cup

now that wasn’t so hard.

now that wasn’t so hard.
- Makita

Did I miss anything while I was outdoors enjoying a beautiful fall day?
- Pacificgem

We signed yet another player for less than 1 mil...bottom 10 rounding out nicely for #teamwhiner

I moved away from home at 16 to play Midget AAA & then junior hockey.
- Pacificgem

Ditto.

Is this starting 6 good enough for the playoffs?

QH Nate
Edler Myers
OJ Tryamkin
- NuckUp

Yep if Edler Myers can stay healthy. They seem to have nagging injuries popping up now. If Tree is actually here not sure where he would slot in but replacing Stecher's minutes won't be an issue. And we have Benn and some AHL talent to round out the bottom 2 pairing and the press box. Would really like to see Rafferty get a shot.

Benn...? Current depth Rathbone, Chatfield, Brisbois, Rafferty. Most teams don't have NHL depth though past 1/2 players.
- NuckUp

That's true. But it's a larger issue here with #teamwhiner in shambles.

No new news now?

The Athletic has a piece on which team is to thank for what weird rule the league put in because of them. This is the Vancouver one

Vancouver Canucks

Thank them for: Goalies having to bring their sticks with them when they get pulled for an extra attacker

Wait, what?

That seems oddly specific, right? As in, it’s the sort of thing you shouldn’t even need to have in a rulebook. The kind of thing that wouldn’t be an issue at all, unless a complete and total evil genius showed up and started trying to intentionally break things.

And then you remember it’s the Canucks section, and you realize: It must be time for some Roger Neilson stories.

Neilson was the absolute best, and his constant quest to find and exploit weird loopholes in the rulebook are responsible for all sorts of extra sub-rules and clarifications. For example, no, you can’t take out your goalie and use a defenseman against a penalty shot. And no, you can’t keep sending extra guys out and intentionally taking too-many-men penalties when you’re already down 5-on-3 at the end of a game.

Neilson broke out some of those in the minors. But one that he apparently did try with the Canucks: Instructing his goalies to “accidentally” leave their sticks laying across the goal line when they came to the bench for an extra attacker. He’d also suggest that they scrape up a nice pile of snow along the way. It’s pretty brilliant when you think about it. And now, it’s illegal, thanks to rule 67.5, which calls for an automatic goal if a team tries it.

The Athletic has a piece on which team is to thank for what weird rule the league put in because of them. This is the Vancouver one
- NewYorkNuck

No new news now?
- Fidel

Benning whiners in shortly to dig the dirt...

Millennials whining about not being coddled enough.
- Marwood

Boomers have a need to be coddled like no other generation

The Athletic has a piece on which team is to thank for what weird rule the league put in because of them. This is the Vancouver one
- NewYorkNuck

Boomers have a need to be coddled like no other generation
- NorthNuck

Cool. I'm not a boomer.

hope you all have a fantastic thursday.

Cool. I'm not a boomer.
- Marwood

You sure complain like one.

(I'm not a millenial either)