Lmao okay.

REPORT: Canucks out on potential Wayne Simmonds trade due to the salary cap

Luongo with the big save

Thank god. Enough cement skaters already in this roster.

With his 5th 3+ point game, Quinn Hughes passes Ray Bourque for the most 3 point games in a rookie season for a defenseman.

Amazing. I won't be surprised if he even beats Petey's record as a Canuck rookie at this point

Only two tonight but still a beauty night

How about Toffoli, looking really good and makes his teammates play better. Glad to be wrong so far about the trade

That was a fucking beaut. Wish we hit 10.

Good.

Toffoli is a much better addition anyways. More skill and the better skater.

If we can somehow resign him the trade is a win by a mile.

Never doubted his ability. It just hurts giving up assets for players who may just be rentals.

With the situation the Canucks are in though I can understand how important making the playoffs is.

Podkolzin with another 2 assists.

https://twitter.com/Hockey_Robinson/status/1231617642475053056

i love the hustle he has & never give up mentality. Reminds me of Motte's work ethic on ice.
If podkolzin doesn't pan out as top 6, i think he will be fine bottom 6!


shit i read from reddit

Obviously Hughes is putting up a ton of points this year, but as most everyone knows- point totals do not a top tier defenseman make- so let’s dig a little deeper.

On-ice threat level: how many shots are the canucks and their opposition getting when Hughes is on the ice, and where are the shots coming from?

https://www.hockeyviz.com/fixedImg/teamShotLocOffWi/1920/VAN/hughequ99/wrap

https://www.hockeyviz.com/fixedImg/teamShotLocDefWi/1920/VAN/hughequ99/wrap

+21% offensively compared to without him, -6% for the opposition compared to without him. Basically, he’s tilting the ice toward the Canucks to a huge degree.

https://www.hockeyviz.com/player/hughequ99/VAN/1920

-with or without you (WOWY) charts showing the effect on shot attempts for and against for each teammate

https://www.hockeyviz.com/fixedImg/replacements/1920/VAN/hughequ99/wrap

https://www.hockeyviz.com/fixedImg/wowy/1920/VAN/hughequ99/wrap

Every single player on the Canucks team is dragged forward and elevated when with Hughes, most of them to a massive degree. Not just offensively, but defensively as well.

The most impressive thing about this is that Hughes is accomplishing these numbers while the pair of he and Tanev are getting the most difficult matchups of any pair on the Canucks.

-TL; DR: These numbers are legitimate Franchise, 2 way, #1 defenseman type numbers- right now, as a 20 year old D+1 rookie defenseman. If he can keep these numbers up next year while also handling the extra minutes killing penalties, he’ll be in the conversation as the top defenseman in the entire league. My goodness did the Canucks luck out that he fell to them.

This post was edited by Secksii on Feb 23 2020 05:55pm