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If he dies, he dies.

I wanna see Kostin vs. Benn immediately following puck drop.

Here's a 2018 redraft sorted by points. The only one doing worse is Hayton in Arizona. But he had 43 points last season and has been injured all but 16 games this season. Zandina has never topped 25 points and Hayton only has 2 points less in 40 less games played. EVERY defenseman that was being talked about as a possibility is doing better, and has more points. Hughes, Bouchard, Dobson, and even Boqvist. Zadina is by far, the biggest bust of the 2018 draft...Thanks Holland.

This team was at its best when guys who could score 50 goals, weren't. Yzerman, Fedorov, Shanny, Dats, Zetterberg, Hossa...all of these guys scored less than they could have on other teams. I am more concerned with wins.

With the Russian having a similar result as Ivan Drago vs. Apollo Creed.

Max interviewed Dan Watson for the Athletic. I know as the coach he's a little bias, but Dan called Edvinsson "the best D prospect he's ever seen in (that) league" Nah. We don't really pay attention to you anyway........

I think it's reasonable to criticize the Zadina draft but I don't think it's a given that we would have taken Hughes if not for Zadina. I'm not even sure it was obvious that Hughes was a better choice on draft day. Even if it was close I think it's hard to assume on draft day that a 5'11, 165 lb. defenseman is more likely to be a star player than the 6'0, 190 lbs scoring winger. If only because it's so much harder to be a good defenseman in general and especially at that size. It was a miss, and a very costly one. You can (and should) make the argument that it was obvious that Zadina had issues on draft day. But it was NOT obvious that Quinn Hughes was going to be a star at the time. That's why most draft rankings had him outside the top five. If anyone really suspected he'd be this good he'd have been ranked in the top 3 easily. I think it was reported after the fact that Holland had eyes for Bouchard, not Hughes, before Zadina fell down the board.

Holland's legacy fell apart here

Yzerman will not give up anything that would constitute a "loss" in the deal. That being said, since Zegras would probably indeed cost us something we don't want to give up, Yzerman will not make a deal.

Zegras will cost us something we dont want to give up.

https://www.nhl.com/canucks/player/quinn-hughes-8480800 Azzload of points and +33. Holland choosing Zadina over this guy is the equivalent of the Portland Trailblazers taking Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan. I cringe each time I see Quinn Hughes and think about what our team would look like with Hughes-Seider, Edvinsson-ASP as our top 4. CRINGE LIKE WANT TO STAB SOMETHING AND WATCH IT BLEED CRINGE. Ken Holland you stupid clown. Go away from the NHL already.

Aaaah our good friend bend the neck the wrong way Benn

No thanks, Zegres is soft, Kasper is another Bertuzzi type.

Nice that Marco Kasper got AHL Player of the Week.

Saying over and over that Debrincat has a bad shot doesnt make it true. I wouldnt say his shot is elite but definitely well above average and closer to elite then bad.

I actually agree. I think he’s plenty fast enough. He just doesn’t play with pace. I even agree that it’s probably his conditioning. He needs time to learn how to move his 250 lbs body nonstop for 45 seconds most effectively. It’s mot as simple as it seems. Years ago I remember Blashill talking about how Larkin was killing himself by going out and flying around as fast as he could for a shift and doing nothing more than skating himself into trouble or wearing himself out. Winning your shifts and playing with pace isn’t about speed, or lack of it even. Look at Perron, he’s slow as hell but he doesn’t stop moving his feet and he never quits on plays. THATS what Sodorblom needs to learn how to do.

He can bench Scott's mom?

I agree Zegras is scrawny, but I wouldn't consider him "soft" per se. He's kinda chippy on the ice, almost like Debrincat. He obviously doesn't have the size/strength to be a physically imposing player but he isn't a "turn the other cheek" type guy either.

Who knew you aren't allowed to take your dick out wherever you feel like it at work? I'm flabbergasted.

An Athletic mock trade submission suggested Edvinsson for Zegras... if that's the price; no thanks.