GDT: WCSF GM05 | Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers | Thur. May 16th | 7pm PST | SNP/CBC | So Tight, Almost Like a Playoff Series

[ForecheckBackcheck]

Hronek's Qualifying Offer is only $5.28 million. I would consider forcing him to accept it if we can't agree to reasonable terms otherwise. And he can't even mail in the season and pout if he wants that big UFA contract afterwards.

Keeping Hronek at 5.28M for another year might be worth more than trading his RFA rights this offseason, especially if he is demanding outlandish money for his next contract and teams know it. This post-season has got to be murdering his perceived value.

 

[MS]

Bouchard has decidedly been the best defenceman in this series, Canucks haven't had anyone play at his level. Frustrating

Best D in this series has been Ekholm.

 

[Michael Dal Swolle]

Wyatt Johnson is going to absolutely light Pickard into a different sport if the Oilers advance.

Seeing Pickard and Skinner achieve a double digit GAA in the next series is the consolation prize if we lose this

 

[Canucker]

I don’t watch a lot of other sports, but I’d have a hard time believing the refs in other sports are as bad as NHL refs…it’s brutal. Is “game management” such a common occurrence in any other sport? I haven’t seen it.

 

[SopelFanThe3rd]

Edmonton DOES look fresher though.

Miller, Boeser and Hughes look totally spent after some shifts.

Buncha fatsos.

 

[Vancouver_2010]

Hronek's Qualifying Offer is only $5.28 million. I would consider forcing him to accept it if we can't agree to reasonable terms otherwise. He can't even mail in the season and pout if he wants that big UFA contract afterwards.

Keeping Hronek at 5.28M for another year might be worth more than trading his RFA rights this offseason, especially if he is demanding outlandish money for his next contract and teams know it. This post-season has got to be murdering his perceived value.

i am not even sure he is worth that price tag, based on his performance in the playoffs.

 

[Lenny Levino]

Best D in this series has been Ekholm.

Ekholm is a beast. Wish he played for us.

 

[aquaweenie]

Unpopular opinion, if the oilers get into the final, at least won the cup. I am really sick and tired not seeing a canadian team winning a cup. At some point, i might not care if the leafs won the cup, i just want to see a canadian team winning.

Dude stfu it’s game 5 man I hate this kind of shit

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Best D in this series has been Ekholm.

They're on the same pairing. Any way you slice it, they have controlled the play every shift.

 

[calnuck]

Jesus Christ is it just me or is this intermission going on forever?

 

[The Optimist]

Not much doubt about it.....from the all-star break on, the Canucks were basically a .500 team. So they hardly entered these playoffs on any kind of roll. That's why there was some surprise they managed to oust the Preds in six games.

But this series has brought them crashing down to earth in a hurry. Allvin still has a lot of work to do.

I wonder if they should upgrade to an all star goalie in the off season might have helped from the all star break onwards.

 

[MS]

I don’t watch a lot of other sports, but I’d have a hard time believing the refs in other sports are as bad as NHL refs…it’s brutal. Is “game management” such a common occurrence in any other sport? I haven’t seen it.

It’s bad in most sports.

EPL is just blatantly corrupt.

MLB is filled with terrible umps they can’t fire.

 

[bbud]

I don’t watch a lot of other sports, but I’d have a hard time believing the refs in other sports are as bad as NHL refs…it’s brutal. Is “game management” such a common occurrence in any other sport? I haven’t seen it.

Only in buttmans leagues
NBA literally froze him out of further management opportunities due to similar crap back in day

 

[Jovofan]

4 on 4 is our PP.

 

[LadyJet26]

I don’t watch a lot of other sports, but I’d have a hard time believing the refs in other sports are as bad as NHL refs…it’s brutal. Is “game management” such a common occurrence in any other sport? I haven’t seen it.

CFL refs are pretty bad. A few of them retired and it just went to shit.

But the penalties have been chincy

 

[heatedskates]

I don’t watch a lot of other sports, but I’d have a hard time believing the refs in other sports are as bad as NHL refs…it’s brutal. Is “game management” such a common occurrence in any other sport? I haven’t seen it.

NBA is the worst for it, but Bettman comes from that world, so....

 

[Brock Boeser Laser Show]

Hronek's Qualifying Offer is only $5.28 million. I would consider forcing him to accept it if we can't agree to reasonable terms otherwise. And he can't even mail in the season and pout if he wants that big UFA contract afterwards.

Keeping Hronek at 5.28M for another year might be worth more than trading his RFA rights this offseason, especially if he is demanding outlandish money for his next contract and teams know it. This post-season has got to be murdering his perceived value.

Yeah I'm fine with a QO.

Willander should be getting close to NHL with another couple summers under his belt.

 

[Paulinbc]

Best D in this series has been Ekholm.

by a large margin.

 

[Bobby9]

Hughes has been out played by Bouchard this series so far. He needs to make more of an impact.

JT and Brock were invisible too. Not a good start.

 

[Flik]

Aight, LF f***ING GO.

WIN DA TECOND

 

[moiderer]

Is Myers getting a penalty after Janmark's circus act?

 

[Kryten]

Another play with zero forward or D support

 

[LadyJet26]

Jesus Christ is it just me or is this intermission going on forever?

For someone in the central time zone yes. It's already quarter after 10. Thankfully tomorrow is Friday.

 

[LordBacon]

Oilers when crossing the blueline:

 

[bbud]

Unpopular opinion, if the oilers get into the final, at least won the cup. I am really sick and tired not seeing a canadian team winning a cup. At some point, i might not care if the leafs won the cup, i just want to see a canadian team winning.

F..k them let a non gifted by buttman win