Comments on: What hockey moves should the Canucks make?

By: Timmy16727

Timmy16727 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:37 +0000

I like the Idea of not ruining the future of this team for a rental player, Id rather wait till the end of the year and not resign Naslund and make a couple trades for younger or cheaper players and play for about half of next year at about 10 million under the cap and then pick up someone if needed, and definitely dont get Sundin. Im from Kelowna were webber played with the Rockets and if I was Nashville there is no way he'd be leaving. Ohlund should be gone by next year too he needs a new start I think it would benefit both partys.

By: dannyd98

dannyd98 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:43:04 +0000

the only move i think canucks should make is resign naslund, morrison. and go after 1-2 top 6 RIGHT HANDED forwards! we have too many lefty's which dont work! throw pyatt into a matt cooke role. mostly likely on a line with kesler and raymond...

sedin sedin ryder
naslund morrison vrbata
pyatt kesler raymond
cowan ritchie burrows

mitchell bieska
salo edler
krajicek ohlund

luongo
mactyrie

adds just a lil more scoring depth and right-handed players that we can get for a good price and still have cap space... both players easy 20-30 goal scorers every season...

By: Bure96

Bure96 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:59:45 +0000

I think the Canucks are a shitty team. Probably not even a playoff team, but don't say that the Canucks have a terrible future ahead of them.I'll right an article to prove my point. By the way, 13 out of 19 seasons? Not to shabby It shocks me that they've only two cups in that time though.

By: BruMagnus

BruMagnus — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:22:56 +0000

Let me rephrase: I don't hate the Canucks. I love the Canucks because I know how poor their team is and how unlikely it is for them to succeed. This gives me great joy because so many of my Canucks friends are so ignorant and have huge blinders on that they can't see the truth as to how much better of a team my Penguins have been, are, and will be in the future. What I hate is idiotic Canucks fans who think their team is a perennial Cup Competitor. They have no clue what calibre team they actually need to have to win... and then mock the Penguins out of ignorance. I'll take my two (albeit past) Cups over their 2 Finals losses anyday. Also, I'll take our TWELVE, count em, 12! (soon to be 13 in Malkin) Art Ross Trophy winning players since 1988, with countless Hart Trophies and Pearson Trophies to boot, over their.... umm, wait... what awards has a Canuck ever won?

Imagine, 13 of 19 seasons with the Art Ross going to the Penguins... literally we were winning it every year that Lemieux or Jagr were playing together, with 2 Cups in that time... that's the beginnings of what a true Championship team needs. and with Malkin AND Crosby, possible back-to-back Art Ross and maybe MVPs... who can seriously believe in their heart and have the idiocy to say the Pens suck?

By: BruMagnus

BruMagnus — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:13:50 +0000

Florida made the Finals, but admitedly were swept, after trapping to defeat one of the best NHL teams ever in the 95-96 Penguins.

But ya, Canucks overall are better than Nashville, Florida and CBJ (and Atlanta).

As for LA, they've been pretty bad, I'll give you that.. As for Winnipeg! C'mon man! the JETS!
as for Washington, from 1982-83 to 1995-96 they made the playoffs EVERY year... and played the Penguins half those times. they missed it in 97, only to return to the Finals in 98... they've been more succesful than the Canucks.

Since reaching the Finals in '82, the Canucks have missed the playoffs 9 times. Since those Finals, they've won 8 rounds of playoffs, including 3 in '94, and have won all of 2 rounds in the last 11 years!!!
The Caps have missed the playoffs only 6 times in that time, with 5 times since '99... maybe that'll help your ignorance a bit. They've won 10 rounds of playoffs in that time (better than Canucks), and with 3 rounds in '99, actually beat the Canucks in the last 11 years (although they have no other rounds won in that time but that Finals march).... still, the Canucks blow. They've done nothing, and won't do anything for anytime soon.

Detroit could afford Luongo RIGHT NOW. The Canucks will NEVER have an All-Star roster, I think that's the point! Also, don't forget the Cap will go up and make room for actual elite teams to sign a guy like Luongo.

Correction: Vancouver City is one of the most attractive CITIES to play in, the Canucks are one of the LEAST attractive teams to play for...

True, but about 10+ teams are easily superior to Vancouver.

"their" play. I do give 'em credit. as much as I hate them, I give em props. I even said that I think the Canucks will squeak back into 7th or 8th when they were out of playoff contention. It was my own article and I said that!

By: Bure96

Bure96 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:12:33 +0000

Bottom 5 franchise in NHL history? So your comparing the Canucks to Columbus, Nashville, Florida, Washington, L.A, and Phoenix/Winnipeg? The Canucks are more comparable to Minny, San Jose, and Buffalo. Come on, the came within ONE goal of a stanley cup.

How many GOOD teams will be able to afford another 8+ million doller player? No team like Ottawa, or Detriot will be able to afford him, and by the time teams make room for Luongo, they won't even have an all star roster anymore. Plus, if any great team can afford him, and still have a much better roster then the Canucks, they will will have to be one of the teams that is a more attractive hockey place to play in then Vancouver (which will likely cut his list in half, because the Canucks are one of the of the top 15 teams in the NHL to play for, NO DOUBT) . Luongo isn't leaving unless he goes to a team far superior then Vancouver, because if the team isn't a great team he'll be in the same position as he is in Vancouver.

I don't agree with you about your statements about the Canucks, because I generally think that you really disrespect the team and don't give them enough credit for there play.

Although, most of your posts about other teams are very unbiased (except a little bit with the Pens), and fair.

By: BruMagnus

BruMagnus — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:49:56 +0000

I sure hope you aren't another delusional Canucks fan...

The Penguins franchise has been, is, and will always be miles superior than the pathetic non-Cup winning Canucks.

The Pens have an outside shot at the Cup this year. The Canucks will squeak in at 7th or 8th thanks to Luongo and be hard-pressed to make the second round.

And there are a shitload of teams that will want to sign Luongo in 2 years.. you have NO idea what kind of moves and Cap space teams will have in that time, you ignorant *****.

Vancouver is not a good hockey city. It is a beautiful city, and yes, the fans do love their hockey (most Canadians do), but the success of the Vancouver franchise speaks for itself. It is clearly one of the bottom 5 franchises in NHL history!

By: Bure96

Bure96 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:58:22 +0000

None of these teams will have the cap space to sign Luongo for 8 million per season that he'll sign for in two years.

Good players rarely leave good hockey cities (that compete for the playoffs every year) when they get offered the money they deserve.

I could argue that the Pens are a 2 player team, and will NEVER win a stanley cup, because they rebuilt the team wrong (L.A is doing it wrong too).

By: jrplayer

jrplayer — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:29:22 +0000

im sure the canucks organization would rather get brouwer than ruutu. i've met / played against the guy more than once..wins the dub scoring title...he's up there in A scoring...give him some decent play makers around him and he might be ready to fill a role bigger than even he knows he could. i'd toss him in head first with the attitude of swim or swim. on a long enough time line (ie the rest of the season) given good play makers around him (morrison) i feel he could do well.

good suggestion to buddy who wrote the article. would love to see it happen for broww

By: BruMagnus

BruMagnus — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:54:15 +0000

"more better" is incorrect.
when using a comparative adjective, we use the prefix "more" for big words, usually 3+ syllable words, though there are some exceptions like "fun", and we use the suffix "er" for most 1 and some 2 syllable words.
also, some words, like good and bad, have exceptions.
good becomes better, and bad becomes worse.
when we use the superlative, good becomes best, and bad becomes worst.

what you want do say is "That would make them that much better than the Leafs!"

thank you.
that was today's grammar lesson on HTR.