The road to the Stanley Cup begins NOW!!

GO CANUCKS GO!!

Puck the Canucks.

So whats the word on Libor Polechek? Is he gonna crack the line up this year?

Anaheim/Vancouver trade.

Not exacally the top 6 forward I was hoping they would pick up this week. See there is talk that Eric Cole and Pitkanen are rumured to be going to Edmonton is a 3 way deal. Their division just keeps getting tougher and tougher and they wont win it next season without picking up a 30 goal winger and some grit for the 3rd and 4th lines. Maybe Corey Schneider isnt the juicy trade bait I was thinking he was.

PS. Dave Nonis please dont give Scott Gomez 6 mill a year.

King was done in Vancouver anyways, so it is worth a shot. I geuss you can slide Shannon into Jan Bulis's role.

Gomez isn't going anywhere for 6M/year.

Anson Carter is available.

Josh Plummer on hockeybuzz.com posed an intresting scenario(not a rumour just opinion he states) that the Canucks should sign Todd Bertuzzi. I think he burned his bridges his last year here but they have no room to get an impact free agent. If they could sign him to a 1 year deal in the 2.5 mill range(not out of the question with all the question marks) what would evryone here think about that move. Clearly it is a huge gamble chemistry wise but when you have no offence and no cap room you gotta be creative. If the Naslund/Morrison/Bertuzzi line could do just 70% of what they did in there prime they would be a above average offencive team with the Sedins blossoming. As it stands now with the Canucks and there confrece if one of the Sedins or god forbid Luongo goes down with an injury there on the outside looking in.

Gee sign Carter and Bert!

Wooohooo Brad Isbister!!!!!! Look out Northwest division




















Do I really have to say it?

I think it may just be an error on nhl.com.

I knew it was to good to be true

Ritchie, Isbister, Moran, Classen and Jaffray.

Their names just roll off of your tongue.

Canuck killer Curtis Sanford has been signed as our backup.

Where is the offence. Issbister has 1 20 goal year in his career. I seriously dont like there chances in the division and confrence unless a big trade is in the works. I know there was no money for a top tier free agent but something big needs to be done. If all those 1 goal games start going the other way next year its lottery time. Maybe its status quo till next year when about 15 mill in cap room opens up.

Team 1040 is reporting a Bill Geurin rumour.

I am glad the Canucks aren't breaking the bank this off season. Why commit a large part of your cap to a mediocre player. Signing one big name isn't going to solve the Canuck's scoring problems by itself. I would have liked the Canucks to take a chance on someone like Ouelett or Perrin, but they have a few people in the farm with giving a chance to. Isbister is a fringe player, but he adds some size and grit, which the Canucks could have used against the Ducks.

Nonis will make a trade, no worries. He already stated he wont be signing big name free agents unless the right deal comes along

Ohlund and something to New Jersey for Elias is a rumour floating around.

Sure hope they dont make that deal. elias has 6 years remaining at a cap hit of 6 mill a year. I belive he only had 60 points or so so 6 mill is alot of money especially if you are paying him till he is 36. Now if they want to talk about Parise thats diffrent. New Jersy is rumoured to be intrested in Schneider.

neither elias or parise are going anywhere. this rumour is one of the more absurd i have heard recently.

Possibly the least desirable place to be a backup in the NHL.

Tle Elias rumour has been around all week. Who knows. Ohlund has a no trade clause though, and anyone who ordered canuck ppvs and saw the features on Ohlund knows his family loves Vancouver.

elias also has a NTC.

sweet signed Arron Miller and Bieksa today

lock up that D

Bieksa agrees to 3-year extension
The Vancouver Canucks signed defenceman Kevin Bieksa to a US$11.25-million, three-year contract extension Monday.


The Vancouver Canucks continue to bolster their blue line as they announced the signing of unrestricted free-agent Aaron Miller. It is a 1-year contract worth $1.5 million.

hmm something must be up with there d. good job on resigning Bieksa but Millers signing has me wondering if the Ohlund rumours are true. Ohlund,Salo, Mitchell, Bieksa, Miller, Kraijchek, Edler, Bourdon, seems kinda crowded. or maybe Miller was to good of a bargain to pass up and depth is a good thing. deffinatly cant say that about there forwards though.

I've been busy through the summer...mostly drinking myself too stupid to read the forum.

Looks like I haven't missed much though. The Nucks are soooo quiet.

Part of me wants to give most of the group another chance though. Prior to losing to the Stanley Cup champions the Nucks were scoring fine in 2007 and when they didn't put up a lot of goals they had a strong defense and Lui to get the Ws. I'd like to watch another year without major changes and see if Nassy can be all that he can be. If he's on a separate line from the twins and does well it'll be hard for opposing teams to shut down two big lines.

I don't mind landing a cool forward but I don't think it's all doom and gloom otherwise.

apparently Linden is gonna sign a 1year 750k deal next week(according to Eklund so take it with a grain of salt). i was starting to worry about the situation because of Nonis being non-commital when discussing his future with the team. I sure hope they have a deal up there sleaves to get some scoring to contend because I have never wanted to see a guy get a cup more than Linden and his window of oppurtunity is quickly slamming shut.

also it looks like Forsberg will not consider Vancouver for next season

RIP Gary Lupul

absolutely agree. Trev adds those intangibles people always talk about.

New jersey unveiled tomorrow(?)

I'm excited.

Vintage colors will be nice I just wish we would get rid of the damn orca.

Bring back the flying skate!

BUMP (mostly 'cause I'm too lazy to search more than 2 pages for this thread)

does someone have a pic of the new jersey?

It's not out yet.

It's still the Orca but it's straight blue and white. I'll try to find a picture.

^^^^^_____ LOL

I found this...

So it's the exact same logo, just no more red or dark blue...

go here: http://nhllogos.blogspot.com/

No official jersey has been released yet. It has been widely speculated that the Canucks will go with the blue jersey and Orca, but considering the negative backlash that has received, it isn't beyond reason that something else might surface.

you already used that joke on the old thread!

Ummm, I don't think so.

no, that was somebody else I think.

Bump. 2 months without a post in this thread. I was pumped for hockey at the end of last season but right now I am having a hard time getting back into the NHL. that will probally change next week. If Luongo cant play 70 games this year we are in trouble! There D is deffinatly above average, but if they consider Isbister and Ritchie a signifigant upgrade to the front end they are mistaken. Prediction 3rd in division(behind Calgary and Colarado) and 8th in the confrence. we will have to wait till the 15 mill in space opens next year to see any signifigant upgrade to there scoring.

1. San Jose
2.Detroit
3. Colarado
4. Anaheim
5. Dallas
6. Calgary
7. Nashville/St. Louis(still on the fence there)
8. Canucks


Canucks leaders.
Goals: D. Sedin
Assists: H. Sedin
+/- W. Mitchell
Most improved: Kesler
MVP: duh

hmm...I have a feeling Nassy will be back on top of team scoring. he didn't have a great season last year and whether he plays with the twins or Mo I'd be surprised to see another lackluster season. if it happens again I don't see Naslund in a Nucks jersey for 2008-2009. Same for Mo.

Got my club seats for Oct 10th vs. Flyers.

Im thinking Kesler is gonna have a big year and hopefully Nazzy can gain back his scoring touch. Cant wait for the 5th, and Im so glad that Shaw has NHL Centre Ice now, I can finally watch most of the games

Luongo also has a new mask, colors dont quite match the jersey(the light blue part) but it's still nice

http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=p...;galleryId=2643

Raymond and Shannon both made the cut, as did Mciver. Good to see the Canucks give Mciver a shot, even if it is just while everyone gets healthy. I can't wait till Friday! I wish I was still in Vancouver, I miss my tickets already.

Mciver just got sent down and the Canucks have claimed Mike Weaver off of waivers. Don't know that much about him, but apperently the Canucks made an offer to him in the summer, but he chose Pittsburgh. He has NHL experience, which is good. Anyone know more about him?

good win in calgary tonight after lossing the opener


got scary for bit but we pulled it of with 5 seconds left in ot