Around the League Thread | Conference Final Edition | Go Tanev and Bobby Lu?

[Sedinery]

Go Stars

Great start

 

[Canuckle1970]

Respect Dallas as a team with some terrific players, but it's Chris Tanev I'm rooting for.

I'll just have to look away when it comes to Benn and Seguin.

 

[Flik]

Dallas is f***ing good

 

[Vector]

 

[fergo]

He was swapped for Davis Booth, guy was and still is an asshole who’s just a f***ing nut job.

f*** David Booth, straight up bitch.

I can't speak towards how Booth was/is as a person, since I don't really go out of my way to follow any player's off-ice actiivites, but I do recall the whole controversy regarding him being pictured with a bear that he hunted down. Can understand some people being upset about that.

As for the trade itself...I honestly had to look it up to remember all the details. It didn't appear anyone really won that trade in the end.

To Vancouver
F David Booth
F Steven Reinprecht
VAN 2013 3rd round pick (Cole Cassels)

To Florida
F Mikael Samuelsson
F Marco Sturm

Booth lasted the longest out of all of the players with their new team and in the NHL in general, though that's not saying much. Reinprecht spent the rest of the season in the AHL before bolting for Europe to finish his career. Cassels spent his whole time in the Canucks organization in Utica, and hasn't gotten any higher than that level.

Samuelsson was coming off being injured prior to the 2011 Stanley Cup Final, and wouldn't play a full season after that. Sturm...well, that's already been discussed.

So yeah, that's trade was pretty much a wash in the end.

 

[Vector]

 

[dez]

2-0 coilers

 

[valkynax]

Oh nice, 2-0 Oilers with 2 quick goals.

 

[DFAC]

Dallas PP looking like the Canucks PP.... can barely enter the zone

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1791715627465379877

Tanev playing against McDavid at 5 on 5

Stars down 2-0

 

[canuckking1]

Star without Hintz and Jake being a hit or miss goalie in the playoffs…. they were there for the taking. Makes the loss suck even more

 

[Nomobo]

I can see the Oilers in the final.

 

[ForecheckBackcheck]

A healthy Canucks could have taken down the Oilers. Easily. With Demko and a healthy Boeser we may have finished them off in 5 games. Silovs played great. But he is not Vezina-Demko, and Skinner was god-awful.

And we would have had a fighting chance against Dallas.

A path to the Finals was right there...

 

[DFAC]

A healthy Canucks could have taken down the Oilers. Easily. With Demko and a healthy Boeser we may have finished them off in 5 games.

And we would have had a fighting chance against Dallas.

A path to the Finals was right there...

+ healthy Petey

 

[Flik]

A healthy Canucks could have taken down the Oilers. Easily. With Demko and a healthy Boeser we may have finished them off in 5 games.

And we would have had a fighting chance against Dallas.

A path to the Finals was right there...

I do think we'd have come up short against Dallas, and I think the Oilers will too, but yes there was a path for sure.

I like that Allvin expressed frustration and anger at the loss, and his comment about telling the players that this will stick with them for a while is true.

It's a harsh lesson some of the team needed to learn and I think everyone in the organization top to bottom will be better for it, you can't squander opportunities like the ones we had in round 2.

 

[Bgav]

Pdo oilers at it again

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Pete Deboer and choking.

 

[CanucksSayEh]

The narrative that Dallas/Avs would roll the winner of our series was always pre-emptive cope incase of a loss.

Canucks squandered a very real shot at the finals.

 

[vancityluongo]

This Bieksa-Bowness panel clowning Gadzic and Maclean is more entertaining than this game lol

 

[Ace of Hades]

Not impressed with the Stars at all. They became overrated.

We can take them head on if healthy.

It sucks that our team was sufficient enough to be in the Stanley Cup finals.

 

[bandwagonesque]

Gadzic looks like a guy who walks toward you on a sidewalk and he looks a little crazy eyed but he's wearing a suit and patent leather shoes so how crazy could he be, but when he passes you he smells like piss and he's wearing one sock.

Sorry Luke, you're probably just uncomfortable in front of a camera and we should be on your side, but it doesn't work for you.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

I knew this would be an Edmonton win without Hintz and a busted Seguin. You hope Hintz will be back...

 

[Nomobo]

Hate to say it but the Oilers are looking very, very solid. They’re looking confident.

 

[Vector]

Pete Deboer and choking.

It’s done him in his entire NHL career.

 

[Flik]

Pete Deboer and choking.

Are we naming iconic duos or something today?