Yeah, this is concerning within the canuck fanbase. Some are loosely but potentially with reason pointing the issue on him taking up gaming. Who knows... I'm not going to push the panic button yet, but he has been one of the worst canucks thus far.

It appears that the referees across the league have decided to call everything that could be remotely construed as close to a penalty now. Some of the calls in the TOR vs. EDM and MTL vs. VAN games have been ridiculous.

If he was just snake bit, hitting posts, and not getting bounces I wouldn't be as concerned. Definitely gotta give him a couple weeks to get going like you said. But he needs to be a ppg player if VAN is gonna do any serious damage this season.

Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, and Ilya Samsonov have all tested positive for the "deadly" disease.

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I'm curious on your thoughts for the upcoming expansion draft. As Seattle will certainly be a division rival what do you think the play is. Personally I feel like it has be around them attempting to move Burns, With Merkley on way and a lot of uncertainty with the direction of the team getting that cap flexibility seems important. Mind you I do see SJ being the 4th playoff team this year, or at least will be competing with MIN for the final spot.

Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, and Ilya Samsonov have all tested positive for the "deadly" disease.

Price didn't seem like himself
Kk and Toffoli did great
they took too many penalties
they looked great in overtime

The refs were calling everything

No, they haven’t. And what are those quotation marks supposed to mean?

Capitals coach Peter Laviolette says four COVID-19 protocol players -- Alex Ovechkin, Ilya Samsonov, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov -- are in quarantine and he believes they'll miss the next four games.

— Stephen Whyno (@SWhyno) January 21, 2021

Can I celebrate ethically?

I guess it's suppose to mean it's not deadly, which it is not to these athletes, but it's still a deadly disease to the older population

Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, and Ilya Samsonov have all tested positive for the "deadly" disease.

Maybe in a division so strong like the north he might just be struggling to adjust to the speed, think he wi adjust and dominate.

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I'm curious on your thoughts for the upcoming expansion draft. As Seattle will certainly be a division rival what do you think the play is. Personally I feel like it has be around them attempting to move Burns, With Merkley on way and a lot of uncertainty with the direction of the team getting that cap flexibility seems important. Mind you I do see SJ being the 4th playoff team this year, or at least will be competing with MIN for the final spot.

It's kind of tough because it's hard to know how the team will look like at the end of this season.

With the forward group, at this rate, I would protect Couture, Kane, Hertl, Meier, Labanc, Donato. Last protection at F could be Balcers, or Gambrell, or maybe someone else if we get someone else by the end of the year who has played enough games to be eligible. We also need to sign two forwards for 2021-22 who can be selected by Seattle cause we currently don't have any extras.

We know Vlasic and Karlsson have to be protected because of their NMC's barring any unexpected waiving. 3rd defenseman I would protect is Simek personally. I love Burnzy and he's done a ton for the org, but wasting a protection on a 36 year old who is poor defensively making $8M until he's 40 is just a bad idea. Especially when we already have Karlsson and Merkley is in the pipelines nearly ready to make the jump. Not saying Burns WILL get selected, but there's no point in protecting him in my view.

If Jones plays good this year maybe we protect him? I dunno. There's no harm in not protecting any goalies at all too if everyone sucks lol. Highly doubt Seattle takes a gamble on Jones @5.75M for 3 more years if he sucks this year and is left unprotected.

I agree with you though I think the fight is gonna be MIN and SJ fighting for that last playoff spot.

I very much agree with what Zucc said mostly.

If I was the Sharks Id rid Burns to Seattle.

My plan is either: Burns does well this year and Seattle takes him/ wants a smaller pick (like a third plus maybe someone random like letunov) or Burns does middling and we offer up another play to take him. My ideal plan which is in my drafts right now is if Burns has a similar year to last (not brutal but not good; still offensively valuable but a defensive liability) that we do this:

Seattle receives:
Burns
Donato (rfa controlled)
3rd

SJS receives:

future considerations

basically Seattle gets a great face/ icon in Burns which a new team would honestly love to have. Burns is a great marketing tool, a exciting player to watch and a big name in hockey. Whatever we all believe about Burns' play; you cant deny he is a player that is very marketable and would be a ideal player as a captain/ starter to a franchise (former norris winner, guys put up some insane point total years, been to the finals, and look at him lol). Donato would be a middle 6 add and a pick is nice. In my UNBIASED opinion; that's a huge gain for Seattle that makes sense. Sharks get some help and Seattle gets some help. As in my opinion Seattle will not be Vegas and go all in; but put together a competitive team with a focus on rebuilding and gaining future assets (if you're Seattle you cant pass on a chance for Shane Wright and multiple picks in 2022).

Jones will be a decent buyout in 2022 - 2023 and so Id rather just keep him. And honestly Jones is playing very well right now. Id rather get rid of Burns then Jones. Jones is easier to get rid of in the future and costs less while we develop our other goalies. Merkley is near ready and if we draft high this year we got more stellar prospects so Id rather get rid of Burns with Karlsson Burns Merkley being a log jam (plus as i said we may get lambos, hughes, powers, etc).

Im speaking from purely a business perspective. I looooooooooooooooooooooooove Burns and Jones was my favorite goalie and even last year up until the final few weeks I was reaaaaaally hoping hed bounce back and I had belief in him in our playoff run. Right now Jones is bouncing back and Burns is middling.

maybe papishark / Zucc have diffrent opinions but I believe the best route is to get rid of Burns at all costs; and Im willing to part with Donato and a pick to do so if necessary. I think we can make so good moves with Burns gone financially for our team (even if its holding onto the money gained for a year or two).

Only thing here I disagree with is thinking Seattle will want to focus on rebuilding. Vegas bought into the league for 500M and Seattle is buying in for 650M shortly after. Considering Vegas' success, Seattle will do everything in their power to be competing in the playoffs ASAP

I think the expectations for Seattle will be high based on what Vegas has accomplished since their inception. They set the bar really high. Everything went perfect for them, but the flat cap could be really advantageous for Seattle as they build assets from around the league. I wouldn't be shocked if they were a playoff contender right from the jump.

Only thing here I disagree with is thinking Seattle will want to focus on rebuilding. Vegas bought into the league for 500M and Seattle is buying in for 650M shortly after. Considering Vegas' success, Seattle will do everything in their power to be competing in the playoffs ASAP