Schmidt 4 Laine?

Seen that floated out there

Schmidt 4 Laine?

Seen that floated out there
- VANTEL

Woof idk if that simple lol

Just received some bad news. My best bud passed away yesterday at 51. I know he’s been outside a lot gardening etc & my early guess the heat got him. Autopsy to come.
- Nighthawk

My condolences
. Stay strong and may all take advise from the professionals and stay out of heat, as much as possible.

Kraken will finish higher than the Canucks
- Pacificgem

It’s possible. I think LA has a better chance, depending how the off season goes.

ASL & Reuby ty much & also to the rest of you earlier.

Life has some curve balls in store for us all.
My best bud Ed will live on in my memories never to be forgotten while I breath. We all lost someone & they live on within us. We are better for knowing them. RIP to all of them.

Cheers Eddie I will miss you bud 🍺

Podkolzin hanging out with Vladislav Gavrikov. Gavrikov has been rumoured to want out of columbus. Vancouver is looking for Defence. Eyes

Schmidt 4 Laine?

Seen that floated out there
- VANTEL

Just try and out score your defensive deficiencies?

It is a strategy 🤷‍♂️

ASL & Reuby ty much & also to the rest of you earlier.

Life has some curve balls in store for us all.
My best bud Ed will live on in my memories never to be forgotten while I breath. We all lost someone & they live on within us. We are better for knowing them. RIP to all of them.

Cheers Eddie I will miss you bud 🍺
- Nighthawk

Just try and out score your defensive deficiencies?

It is a strategy 🤷‍♂️
- 1970vintage

Exit 1st round strategy yup 😂😂

Podkolzin hanging out with Vladislav Gavrikov. Gavrikov has been rumoured to want out of columbus. Vancouver is looking for Defence. Eyes
- VANTEL

Kinda looks like ohlund.

Podkolzin hanging out with Vladislav Gavrikov. Gavrikov has been rumoured to want out of columbus. Vancouver is looking for Defence. Eyes
- VANTEL

Don't care about the fancy stats but I've been a fan of this guy since last season, he's exactly what this team needs. Good size, can play shutdown role, can skate and pass well enough, not afraid to battle in front of the ent and corners

Is that why you can afford internet access?
- NuckUp

Unlike some, I can afford it, even in very remote areas of the world.
Also, unlike some, I try to make my comments clear and decisive, you should try that someday, instead of always acting like the person you say you aren't.(N4U).

Anyways, I enjoy talking hockey and giving MY opinion, if you don't like it, please skip over it, or fuck right off.

PS, it is Mr. Know-it-all, thanks for following.

#rentfree

Kinda looks like ohlund.
- Bettmanhatesus

Yes

Don't care about the fancy stats but I've been a fan of this guy since last season, he's exactly what this team needs. Good size, can play shutdown role, can skate and pass well enough, not afraid to battle in front of the ent and corners
- Nucker101

This is the type of trade also I would be looking for. Would be good also for Vasily to have a friend .

I have heard Canucks and Columbus linked a few times in the last few weeks and wonder if this is Brad Shaw influence.

Homes being evacuated today in Kamloops because of lightning started wildfires. What a horrible week.

Interesting article from Down Goes Brown over on the Athletic, see which teams have lost the most to the eventual Cup winners from 1980 onwards.

Round 1

It doesn’t take us very long to see a team stake its claim to our cannon fodder crown. The Los Angeles Kings are the very first team to crack our list, as they kick off that 1980 postseason by losing their opening-round series to an Islanders team they’d just helped out at the trade deadline. The Kings would pull off the repeat in 1985 and again 1987, losing in the first round to the Oilers both times. So just eight years into our history lesson, and the Kings have already opened the playoffs by losing to the eventual champ three times. Can anyone catch them?

Yes, as it turns out, because that 1987 series is the last time the Kings show up on our Round 1 list. That opens the door to a Smythe Division rival, as the Winnipeg Jets were the first-round victim in each of the decade’s three other Oilers championships in 1984, 1986 and 1990.

We get two more entries in the three-timers club thanks to more recent franchises in the cap era. The Nashville Predators lost in the opening round to the eventual champs in 2008 (Detroit), 2010 (Chicago) and 2015 (the Hawks again). And the Columbus Blue Jackets have come roaring into the fray in recent years, losing in the first round to the Penguins in 2017, the Capitals in 2018 and the Lightning last year.

That gives us four teams, tied at three losses each, and here’s where we’ll hit a little bit of potential controversy with one of them. The Jets became the Coyotes in 1996, and two years later they lost to the Red Wings to open Detroit’s second of back-to-back title runs, Arizona’s one and only appearance on the list since the move. That threatens to kick off another round of the “Are the Jets still the Jets?” existential debate, but as it turns out, the reborn version of the team also shows up once, thanks to Winnipeg’s 2019 loss to the Blues. So either way you slice it, some version of the Jets is up to four first-round exits to eventual Cup winners. It’s just a little messy.

Luckily for us, that turns out not to matter, because there’s one team that can top that. The Vancouver Canucks show up on the first-round list with admirable consistency, having lost to the Flames in 1989, the Avalanche in 1996 and 2001, the Red Wings in 2002, and then the Kings in 2012, for a total of five seasons where they’ve lost to the eventual Cup champ in Round 1.

That’s an impressive commitment to the bit, and it gives us the first step of our ultimate answer: The most common path to the Stanley Cup starts with a win over the Vancouver Canucks.

Got the concept? Cool, let’s see who’s waiting for our archetypal Cup champs in the next round.

[skipping next rounds]

Stanley Cup Final

By definition, this one just comes down to which teams have lost in the final the most times, which probably isn’t especially obscure information. For example, anyone who’s ever talked to a Canucks fan for more than a few minutes knows that Vancouver has lost in the final three times — to the Islanders in 1982, the Rangers in 1994 and the Bruins in 2011. That’s the most of any team that hasn’t ever won a Cup, but won’t be enough to take the overall category.

Other teams that have lost multiple finals since 1980 include the Red Wings (1995 and 2009), Oilers (1983 and 2006), Flames (1986 and 2004), Devils (2001 and 2012) and Stars (2000 and 2020). But only two teams can top the Canucks.

The first is Boston, who lost in the final to the Oilers in 1988 and 1990, as well as to the Blackhawks in 2013 and then the Blues in 2019. That’s a total of four defeats in the final, offset with just that 2011 win. That’s painful. But it could be worse, because our Cup final leader is a team that hasn’t won it all in the 40 seasons we’re covering here.

That would, of course, be the Flyers, who lost in the final in 1980 (Islanders), 1985 and 1987 (Oilers), 1997 (Red Wings) and 2010 (Blackhawks). We’re only going back to the start of the four-round era in 1980 here, but it’s worth mentioning that the Flyers also lost in the 1976 final, meaning they’re on a losing streak that stretches six series and 45 years and counting. They did win it all in 1974 and 1975, so it’s not all bad, as long as you’re old.

So there you have it. What makes for NHL history’s most common path to a championship? Start with the Canucks, then go through the Capitals, punch your ticket to the final by beating the Hawks or Wings, and then beat the Flyers for the Stanley Cup.

Interesting article from Down Goes Brown over on the Athletic, see which teams have lost the most to the eventual Cup winners from 1980 onwards.




- NewYorkNuck[skipping next rounds]

I knew it🥺, and if you look at other round losses, it goes up , 2 more to the Blackhawks and the Ducks

BUSY JULY

I knew it🥺, and if you look at other round losses, it goes up , 2 more to the Blackhawks and the Ducks
- onesmallleap

Like the JB era, we're not the worst:

And finally, the one you’ve (maybe) been waiting for: Which team takes the overall crown for most losses to an eventual Cup champion in the four-round era? Somewhat surprisingly, it’s not any of the five teams we put in our most common path. The Canucks (10 total appearances), Capitals (8), Hawks (6), Wings (7) and Flyers (10) all make an honest showing. So do the Kings (8), Rangers (7) and Blues (6). But they don’t take the title.

Instead, that honor goes to the Bruins, who’ve lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion a staggering 12 times since the four-round era began. They’ve also spread it out, managing the feat in the first round (Habs in 1986, Devils in 1995 and 2003), second round (Islanders in 1980, Lightning in 2020), third round (Islanders in 1983, Penguins in 1991 and 1992) and in the final (Oilers in 1988 and 1990, Hawks in 2013, Blues in 2019).

Was doing some reading and came across some interesting things about who will be moved in the E Draft. This is where it gets interesting about what a team like Canucks can do to fix the D.

It is reported Minny will probably lose Dumba to Seattle for free and Seattle might turn around and trade Dumba for assets. The question then becomes why doesn't Minny trade Dumba.

As a Canuck team that needs a RHD you may want this player but are not willing to move Boeser as originally reported to be the asking price.

You could ask Minny if they would be willing to take Roussel Jake ( 5.5 mil ) plus the 2022 Canucks first round pick ? Or they could just keep their cap space and lose Dumba for nothing? It could be any team or player , I am using Dumba as a example.

Was doing some reading and came across some interesting things about who will be moved in the E Draft. This is where it gets interesting about what a team like Canucks can do to fix the D.

It is reported Minny will probably lose Dumba to Seattle for free and Seattle might turn around and trade Dumba for assets. The question then becomes why doesn't Minny trade Dumba.

As a Canuck team that needs a RHD you may want this player but are not willing to move Boeser as originally reported to be the asking price.

You could ask Minny if they would be willing to take Roussel Jake ( 5.5 mil ) plus the 2022 Canucks first round pick ? Or they could just keep their cap space and lose Dumba for nothing? It could be any team or player , I am using Dumba as a example.
- VANTEL

Isn’t Jake’s buyout $50k? There’s really no point in trying to pawn him off as a cap dump, or that he has some perceived value.

He will be free to sign anywhere in short order, probably for around league minimum, as long as he isn’t in jail (or banned from the NHL).

The Wild will also lose another player should they trade Dumba. If you dropped the trash and just offered the pick you might convince them it’s a good deal?

Like the JB era, we're not the worst:
- NewYorkNuck

That right there is a journalist with nothing to do…

Isn’t Jake’s buyout $50k? There’s really no point in trying to pawn him off as a cap dump, or that he has some perceived value.

He will be free to sign anywhere in short order, probably for around league minimum, as long as he isn’t in jail (or banned from the NHL).

The Wild will also lose another player should they trade Dumba. If you dropped the trash and just offered the pick you might convince them it’s a good deal?
- 1970vintage

He is 50 K this year 500 K next.

He is 50 K this year 500 K next.
- VANTEL

Yeah, with Lu, Beagle, Rouse, Lui and Holtby all expiring next year I think they can afford $500k.

Seems like a no brainer to me. It’s really too bad they handcuffed themselves so badly, they would have really been in an excellent position this year and next to do some big things.

That right there is a journalist with nothing to do…
- 1970vintage

Haha, he actually does a lot of research into very random concepts and they turn into really interesting articles. Not meant to be taken too seriously, a bit of a different look at things...:

Down Goes Brown: Who wins, an all-time roster of stars who became coaches or stars who became GMs?
Down Goes Brown: The 2021 Old Guy Without a Cup rankings
Down Goes Brown: Who was the best player to ever be the worst player in an NHL trade?
Down Goes Brown: The biggest trade involving each Canadian NHL team combo, ranked