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July 24, 2026 at 6:59 pm #78402
VHG
ParticipantI did ignore him last year. I thought he was a great helping the rebuild. If your top centre is producing at his level you can be pretty sure you will lose. I do want a bottom 3 finish again next year and I think another bad year of him leading the way you will finish at the bottom.
Expecting Demko to be injured again pretty much guarantees a bottom 3 team. The young D cannot pick up the slack. The PK still league bottom til major changes get improvement. Canucks would have to outscore most of their problems. Lastly plenty depends on MM & his staff installing systems & a team identity. Add it all up & I expect a bottom 5 or worse.
The right “team identity” should displace EP40.
July 24, 2026 at 6:11 pm #78400Nighthawk
ParticipantI did ignore him last year. I thought he was a great helping the rebuild. If your top centre is producing at his level you can be pretty sure you will lose. I do want a bottom 3 finish again next year and I think another bad year of him leading the way you will finish at the bottom.
Expecting Demko to be injured again pretty much guarantees a bottom 3 team. The young D cannot pick up the slack. The PK still league bottom til major changes get improvement. Canucks would have to outscore most of their problems. Lastly plenty depends on MM & his staff installing systems & a team identity. Add it all up & I expect a bottom 5 or worse.
July 24, 2026 at 6:05 pm #78398PlayoffJim
ParticipantI did ignore him last year. I thought he was a great helping the rebuild. If your top centre is producing at his level you can be pretty sure you will lose. I do want a bottom 3 finish again next year and I think another bad year of him leading the way you will finish at the bottom.
July 24, 2026 at 3:36 pm #78381Nighthawk
ParticipantRossi may bump EP40 down the lineup.
All Rossi has to do is force himself to 1C. Very doable. If EP40 wants to keep 1C then earn it again. Competition is never ending nothing is handed out.
July 24, 2026 at 3:28 pm #78378VHG
ParticipantRossi may bump EP40 down the lineup.
July 24, 2026 at 3:09 pm #78373Freakshow
ParticipantI can’t begin to tell you how much I dislike EP11.6 but I don’t see a hurry for trading him at his lowest point. I think in two years his salary will be acceptable league wide and have more value. It also takes the pressure off Cootes and Malhotra to hurry up the process. I hate the selfish prick but I can ignore him for two years. I do like Hronek but again wait until his NMC expires and you can have a list of 17 teams that he can be traded to while protecting the young guys this year and next.
I understand EP40 is a great shot blocker!
LOL.
He also took 1,353 total face-off draws, which ranked him 20th overall in the NHL. That’s an issue for the team, they need a healthy Rossi.
July 24, 2026 at 3:01 pm #78370Freakshow
ParticipantI can’t begin to tell you how much I dislike EP11.6 but I don’t see a hurry for trading him at his lowest point. I think in two years his salary will be acceptable league wide and have more value. It also takes the pressure off Cootes and Malhotra to hurry up the process. I hate the selfish prick but I can ignore him for two years. I do like Hronek but again wait until his NMC expires and you can have a list of 17 teams that he can be traded to while protecting the young guys this year and next.
You can’t ignore anything for two years, who are you kidding, haha. But I do agree with you in that his salary will be second line center money after next season and he buys time for kids to develop.
July 24, 2026 at 2:54 pm #78366VHG
ParticipantI can’t begin to tell you how much I dislike EP11.6 but I don’t see a hurry for trading him at his lowest point. I think in two years his salary will be acceptable league wide and have more value. It also takes the pressure off Cootes and Malhotra to hurry up the process. I hate the selfish prick but I can ignore him for two years. I do like Hronek but again wait until his NMC expires and you can have a list of 17 teams that he can be traded to while protecting the young guys this year and next.
I understand EP40 is a great shot blocker!
LOL.
July 24, 2026 at 2:51 pm #78364VHG
ParticipantHe can say he’s not waiving all he wants there are ways around that. Starts with him being a pro & in top condition for camp.
On another note I’m going to start copying posts since so many don’t go through.
He’s disengaged 100%. EP40 would be okay if he’s benched, he’s still getting paid. Thats why you want him off the team, easier said than done.
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July 24, 2026 at 1:41 pm #78358PlayoffJim
ParticipantI can’t begin to tell you how much I dislike EP11.6 but I don’t see a hurry for trading him at his lowest point. I think in two years his salary will be acceptable league wide and have more value. It also takes the pressure off Cootes and Malhotra to hurry up the process. I hate the selfish prick but I can ignore him for two years. I do like Hronek but again wait until his NMC expires and you can have a list of 17 teams that he can be traded to while protecting the young guys this year and next.
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