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[LemonSauceD]

?? he hasn't been posting in this thread in the last few pages.

IM gonna smooch you

Lalji said Miller called Pettersson a baby. We got a mod named Baby Pettersson. Baby Pettersson = Lalji

 

[Ernie]

IM gonna smooch you

Lalji said Miller called Pettersson a baby. We got a mod named Baby Pettersson. Baby Pettersson = Lalji

That would only work if Lalji went back in time and changed his username to that.

@Baby Pettersson tell us your secrets.

 

[sting101]

Those Tocchet quotes are ... something, given the reactions here in recent months when anyone here had the audacity to suggest he needed to check in and move his feet.

Im right behind ya.....I do like Pettersson though but i can certainly see why guys don't

you could tell by Tocchets reaction when he heard of EP40 using his knee as an excuse at the presser he wasn't impressed.

Smart enough to turn it into a positive though.

 

[VanillaCoke]

hopefully ep traded in the next eight months

 

[Vector]

Huh...Dhaliwal deleted his tweet that Forbort was ready to return to the team.

 

[Ernie]

Huh...Dhaliwal deleted his tweet that Forbort was ready to return to the team.

That's awkward.

 

[arttk]

That's awkward.

it's forbort .. i think. most folks (if not all) here hope he won't be playing

 

[Ernie]

it's forbort .. i think. most folks (if not all) here hope he won't be playing

Sure, but in the context of a player taking personal leave, this is opening the door to a lot of questions.

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Vancouver has a tendency to slightly underrate its defencemen and overrate its goaltending.

Defencemen leaving Vancouver have faired better on their new teams while the opposite was true for Goalies. OEL better in Florida, Gudbranson better in Pittsburgh, Frosling better in Florida, Schenn better on Preds, Cole better in Utah, Stecher better in Detroit, Hutton better in LA, but Luongo was worse on the Panthers (old), Schneider worse on the Devils, Lack worse on the Devils, Markstrom worse on the Flames.

 

[Tinhorn1]

I mean, given the context of Pettersson's play, this isn't a non-story.

However, I think it's f***ing fantastic. If Pettersson is actually getting in there and mixing it up with teammates and having emotions, brilliant. That's what needs to happen. Last year a teammate probably could have taken a shit on top of his head and he would have just kept staring off into space.

I guess. I mean, you don't know, and neither do I, but it's possible. Some players perform better while riled up (Todd Bertuzzi), while others perform better while keeping things emotionally neutral (the Sedins, and actually... Miller). I think your last line isn't accurate. I mean, even aside from the shit part. He's just Swedish, man. He doesn't show much. But I think last year was actually his most physically engaged... to his detriment. "Moving his feet," yeah, okay. I mean, yes, players should skate.

 

[Vector]

That guy on twitter Quadrelli mentions at the beginning sure seems extremely smart and cool.

 

[Peter Griffin]

Vancouver has a tendency to slightly underrate its defencemen and overrate its goaltending.

Defencemen leaving Vancouver have faired better on their new teams while the opposite was true for Goalies. OEL better in Florida, Gudbranson better in Pittsburgh, Frosling better in Florida, Schenn better on Preds, Cole better in Utah, Stecher better in Detroit, Hutton better in LA, but Luongo was worse on the Panthers (old), Schneider worse on the Devils Lack worse on the Devils, Markstrom worse on the Flames.

The bolded are all very debatable.

 

[supercanuck]

Im right behind ya.....I do like Pettersson though but i can certainly see why guys don't

you could tell by Tocchets reaction when he heard of EP40 using his knee as an excuse at the presser he wasn't impressed.

Smart enough to turn it into a positive though.

Unpopular opinion but I actually didn't like Tocc's reaction there. Shades of Vigneault on Hodgson. Only EP really knows how much that injury would have affected him. Tocc seemed rather dismissive but of course maybe I am misreading his reaction as well.

 

[Josepho]

Sure, but in the context of a player taking personal leave, this is opening the door to a lot of questions.

His father died and the funeral was scheduled today, I don't know if there's many questions there. Should still probably be back soon.

 

[Vector]

His father died and the funeral was scheduled today, I don't know if there's many questions there. Should still probably be back soon.

Not to pry but where did you learn this? I hadn't heard anything about the specifics.

 

[Josepho]

Not to pry but where did you learn this? I hadn't heard anything about the specifics.

I was searching on twitter to find the Dhaliwal tweet and saw someone post an obituary.

 

[Vector]

I was searching on twitter to find the Dhaliwal tweet and saw someone post an obituary.

Yeah, here it is.

 

[Wisp]

@Vector's pondering made the Province

Cap-conscious Canucks send Arshdeep Bains, Erik Brännström back to the AHL

Every dollar counts so sending two waivers-exempt Canucks back to the AHL, even just for a day, makes sense.

theprovince.com