Canucks Offseason Thread

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by cinist

They are trying to make it so that if he plays well this year we are stuck paying him for his preformance to keep him.
pretty slick if you ask me and not funny at all.

That's exactly what we did the other way with Backes. I see Rawb's point.

[cinist]

uh duh? ^

[b0ld]

Here's an interesting fact that some of you may not know.... and could possibly signal "something".

Matt Sundin's agent is the same agent for Ohlund and the Sedin's....

[inside]

Originally Posted by AtotheK

Gillis has plenty of cap space and did draft that speedy winger from surrey who might be clutch if he gets a chance to play. Gillis talks like he knows what hes doing so lets jus wait n see...

hahahhahahhha that guy will almost never ever ever ever play a regular season game. ever, but stranger things have happend.

[littlejon]

If I were a canucks fan, I'd be worried about the defensive depth of the organization.

edit - RIP LB. obviously a huge loss.

[AtotheK]

hahaha this is gunna be a killer season

[AtotheK]

Originally Posted by inside

hahahhahahhha that guy will almost never ever ever ever play a regular season game. ever, but stranger things have happend.

hey with all the injuries we usually get, those guys on scott rd and 72nd just might go crazy

[inside]

Originally Posted by AtotheK

hey with all the injuries we usually get, those guys on scott rd and 72nd just might go crazy

YouTube - Canucks Celebration Scott Road & 72nd

^that was rad.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by Senior

except we signed Backes to a 3 year deal so now they have a 3 year deal. on the other hand we are stuck with a one year deal on Bernier...

I always hated the Blues. Brett Hull should be hanged for treason.

Originally Posted by littlejon

If I were a canucks fan, I'd be worried about the defensive depth of the organization.
edit - RIP LB. obviously a huge loss.

Yeah, one injury and we're boned, and we know Salo is only going to play 60 games. I never thought LB was going to pan out anyway. If we're going to be a defensive team, we might as well play the part and get some depth. Do we still have Sven Butenchon?

[shift]

Canucks sign Pavol Demitra and depth defenseman Rob Davison.

http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?ser...ticleid=368156

[omega_image]

Gillis is to appear on TEAM1040 later today. First thoughts were to announce the Demitra signing, but rumors are flying all over the place...

[Mangle]

Hey, we resigned Nolan Baumgartner too. I'm now filled with hope for this year. The 'Nucks have done pretty much everything I've asked from them.

[rawb]

Rob Davidson is basically replacing Mike Weaver

[rawb]

Demitra = Naslund's output without the whole captaincy thing weighing him down

[shift]

^Yeah, except he's injury prone and is really more of a set up guy that a goal scorer...

Solid signing regardless tho, now we just need Sundin or another solid 2nd line center and we're set.

[Filo]

Isn't Henrik a 2nd line center??? We need either Sundin so Demitra can play on his wing or a premiere winger that Demitra can feed the puck to .

[cinist]

Canucks said to covet Vermette

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by cinist

Canucks said to covet Vermette

That'd be nice too.

[Maurice420]

I've got a lot of hope for this season. They've made a lot of good moves. Of course, anything less than a Stanley Cup would be a crippling disappointment worthy of burning Vancouver down, but them's the breaks.

[rawb]

already rioting
sundin announces decision on august first, pretty close now

[Maurice420]

Originally Posted by Senior

2 round playoff loss = riot?

Or we could pull a Montreal and riot for every round victory.

[littlejon]

Oilers hire Tambellini as GM, Lowe moves upstairs

canucks lost a great hockey man today. 17 years with one organization, but with the Gillis hiring it meant no room for Tamby to get any higher. Him and Lowe and MacT go way back with Hockey Canada - great signing for the Oilers, making an already great rivalry even more intense.

*edited for positivity*

[rawb]

How can you constantly criticize Vancouver's team over the last year, then get stoked when one of the teams key decision makers gets hired as your GM? Weird how you have such a hate-on for the Canucks you need to spin any news as anti-Vancouver.

Steve obviously was ready to be a GM, but i think everyone can agree bringing him on instead of Gillis would signify a continuation of the Burke/Nonis dynasty. The ownership wanted to get away from that, and there was no place for him after Gillis came on. He's leaving with full blessing of the Canucks, as the Canucks have him under contract and would have to release him or allow him to talk to other teams. Good for him for landing his first big job, the Oilers are a fast and young team who have gotten better over the summer. Through either bad luck, or bad deals, Lowe was a below average GM so I'm sure Steve will be given a lot of leeway.

Steve is a great guy but this is hardly a defection, though it is kind of funny that after all of the Lowe/Burke spats, the Oilers get a pragmatic Burke-lite system GM.

[littlejon]

The ownership wanted to get away from hiring the most qualified, experienced man for the job, lest it give the organization any semblance of direction or credibility

fixed.

[rawb]

You're avoiding the point. The Canucks looked back at the last 5 years and said "we want to do something different with this club, we want to change the guard." So we did. That doesn't mean ST sucks, it means his philosophy didn't match the way the Canucks wanted to go.

My question to you: Do you like the Canucks teams that have been fielded for the past few seasons? Do you like the trades we have made? Do you like the players we put on the ice? If the answer is YES then you should be stoked you nabbed one of our biggest head office guys who made it all possible.

I suspect, since you've done nothing but complain about the Canucks since you joined this board, that this is not the case. You're excited by someone whos work you've constantly rated as shitty. You are either insulting your own intelligence or you have been bullshitting all along. Take your pick.