Demko wasn't really any better. Delia was 4 games over .500 at least. Martin lost 10 in a row!
GDT: [GM73] Vancouver Canucks @ New York Islanders | Wed, Mar. 26th | 4:30pm PST | SNP | Bowie William Horvat
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TruGr1t
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They fumbled with their losses to Montreal, Utah, and NYR, especially given how hot St. Louis is running. With both Petey, Chytil, and Hogs out, they're probably not making the playoffs. The only reason they could is if Hughes and Demko put on some of the greatest performances in Canucks history and will this team to a huge streak. If Hughes does it, he wins the Hart. The guy is the McDavid of defense right now and is probably the only reason there's a non-zero chance this crippled roster makes the playoffs.
rypper
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He actually hates hockey.
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I wonder if Demko goes in God Mode from now til the end of season (whenever that might be ideally playoffs) do they use that as an excuse to package him and another asset this offseason for something of value or are they more inclined to try to resign him for a cheap one year deal and pray to god he can stay healthy for a season?
I'd still be more inclined to keep him.......I know it sucks balls how much he's been hurt but if and when he's healthy he's a BIG advantage for us - he's shown to be money.........Hard for me to let that go even thou I know many of us were clamoring to move on..............interested to see what the team thinks......
PuckMunchkin
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I dont see a big difference between our ~15% now and ~8% after if we loose.
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Peen
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The canucks next five games, including tonight, are our “easy” ones. The schedule after that is f***ed other than a San Jose game thrown in between.
You have to grab at least 7 points of the next 10 available. At least. And you have to figure a loss of some sort to Winnipeg is likely in that.
You have to grab at least 7 points of the next 10 available. At least. And you have to figure a loss of some sort to Winnipeg is likely in that.
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I can't believe how dumb those calculations are. Useless.
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Then again, I could see teams like Dallas, Vegas and Colorado pacing themselves to wind down the season. It's f***ed over our draft position in the past....could work in our favour this time.
Do you really think McCann would have made that much of a difference to the standings?
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Good point tbh. Tbh a lot of the time with this stuff, you think something’s cooked and then one team bangs off a ridiculous heater like the blues are right now.
I would have had the blues a clear #4 three weeks ago amongst the pushers.
I was always a bit higher on the flames because I love Kadri, and Wolf has (predictably) been awesome.
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Crazy to think if Benning just picked the obvious guy in 2016 they would have had a run of studs
2013 - Horvat (elite 2C)
2014 - Demko (franchise goalie)
2015 - Boeser (top line forward)
2016 - Tkachuk (franchise winger)
2017 - Pettersson (franchise center)
2018 - Hughes (generational dman)
Would be a * depending on how Tkachuck would have impacted the team and the overall standings.
Van was 2nd worst with 69 points and 26 wins in the tie breaker. Then AZ and NJ tied at 70 points but NJ was 4th with more Wins. Then it was Buf at 78 points. NJ did win that lottery, so be swapping Petey for Makar if all reports were true as to who Benning was eyeing that draft if Van got between 1-4 more wins. More than that there were some misses in that range.
2018, Van tied with Det at 73 points but more wins. Chi was at 76 points with 1 more win, then NYR at 77 with same win total, then Edm at 78 same win total. Move past any of those and unlikely Hughes is there. Best option is likely then Dobson (or at least the version of Dobson under Trotz).
Just want to see Lekkerimaki continue to take steps. And for Hughes to rack up as many points as possible to close out the season.
Killakirillthethrill
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Just off an offensive side in 2017-18 McCann put up 28pts in 68 games for FLA.
gaudette, megna, gaunce, boucher, chaput, burmistorv, motte, dowd combined for 154 games and a total of 22 pts.
They were 4 pts back of the rangers, and 5 pts back of the oilers. Considering the canucks had 11 OTL that year, and 6 games where they were down by 1 goal in the last minute of regulation. An increase of scoring would have given this team more points putting them in a different drafting position.
Do you really think you can say the team would end up in the exact point and drafting position with another young offensive player in it? Of course youd also have to consider the aspect of Gudbranson not being on this team, how that cap would of been spent on the defence? Would the 2016 2nd rnd pick (33rd overall) make the team for the 2017-18 season? (kyrou, debrincat, hronek, girard still available in that area) Would it have been traded up for someone in the draft, or traded in a different deal for a different player to make the team better? How would all of those additional moves change the outcomes of the years to follow as well?
its not that easy to just say we could of had all this.
Mr. Canucklehead
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Must be one hell of a flu. Hope he gets better soon.
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OK, just keep winning. f*** it.
Let’s catch up to the Minnesota if St. Louis is not gonna lose a game
Let’s catch up to the Minnesota if St. Louis is not gonna lose a game
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