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Congrats to Cleary for winning the lottery, couldn't have happened to a nicer guy! By the reaction from all the teammates, he was obviously a class act in the locker room. BUT I can't deny that I'm thrilled that we don't have to worry about signing him.

Overpaid. If Rask gets $7m/yr ... what does Corey Crawford get? That's insane. Replace all the offense that is gone by Iginla, he will save them ... not.

OK ... not happy but not sad. Weiss +, Alfie - (bit too much), Brunner walking -, Cleary walking + .... if Kenny signs another old player, then I may take a turn toward being unhappy.

Please no Kenny .. we were doing so good last year with the fire of the youngens. Don't douse it with any more over the hill old veteran players.

$5.5m a bit steep but for one year commitment, it is what it is. This plus Weiss makes it a good day. If it was only Alfie ... I'd start worrying.

wiki says that Belarus became independent from Russia in 1991. Grabovski was born in 1984 ... hehe. Doesn't matter ... him and Dats on the same line would be fun to watch them shred some teams up ... for the discounted bought out player rate of course. $3.5-4m/yr? We could use some more scorers.

Let's do it then ... make a Russian pairing of Dats and Grabo

Stay in Ottawa ... don't leave for $$. As much as I like the guy. Retire a Senator.

Under Wilson, he was a 20 goal scorer ... we can't revive him?

Cleary's knees won't last 3 years Kenny.

Gillis got fleeced. If you're going to move Schneider, you should have gotten something more back, at least a roster player and a draft. The whole league is laughing at Gillis and the Canucks.

I agree with post who said it was unfair to penalize already existing long term contracts. Most contracts in the world are grandfathered and are not affected by new rules along the way. Don't know how NHLPA agreed to this rule ... blame Fehr for overlooking this.

If anyone cares ... I think this was an owner influenced decision. Gillis has been neutered. gary lawless @garylawless NHL source tells me John Tortorella has been offered #Canucks job and two sides are close to a deal #nhl #canucks Torts will coach Canucks Brad Ziemer @BradZiemer Am told Tortorella just spotted boarding United Flight 323 from Denver to Vancouver. Can't imagine he's coming for another interview... Ben Kuzma @benkuzma Kept hearing from NHL sources that ownership was "very involved" in hiring process, wanted tempered kick-ass approach. Hello Torts. #canucks

Torts did good for his first presser ... operative word, 'first'.

Since you are in 604 as well, then you probably read all the rumours that this is more of an ownership hiring and not Gillis' style. He seems to be more of the John Stevens type. One never knows when it comes to these things. Gillis should have been fired already if you ask me.

Going to be hard to gauge because of realignment. If there was no realignment, you can compare to previous year and say it was AV or Torts. But now that there is tougher competition and if Vancouver drops 15-20 pts in the standings ... is it the coach or is it a dose of reality and a true reflection of the Canucks in a tougher division. Regardless, the coach swapping is certainly intriguing. Has that ever happened in the NHL where coaches were traded one for one?

Not sure how the Sedins will like blocking shots.

So proud of our #13 !! I'm going to have to vote for his moves against beating every single player on the whole Nashville team!

HAHA ... Dats win over Allen. Last night when I voted he was like 41 % ... amazing! Looking very much like Dats vs. Dats ... and we got him locked up till he retires ... WOW!!

Lets go Wings Nation ... support #13 !! Allen's was nothing but luck, Dats is all skill !!

Good choice, he is gold behind the mic ... that alone should get him 1st place

Sorry Vancouver ... looks like it'll be Torts, Lindy, or Stevens.

This has gotten my interest. Must watch future games!

I am one of those who are thrilled that the Guins got spanked ... bunch of spoiled rental brats. I know Iggy is class but can't help but to feel a sense of poetic justice. You chose wrongly pal. Lucic afterwards commented on that. That has to be one of the best trade that didn't go down for a team cuz it served as bulletin board motivational material!

Woohoo .. great news. Made my day!!