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Forum: NHL TradesFeb. 1 at 1:35 a.m.
Thread: (CGY/VAN) - Lindholm for Kuzmenko, Brzustewicz, Jurmo, 2024 1st (VAN), 2024 4th (VAN)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mokumboi</b></div><div>1 - You keep saying 38 games. The first time I figured it was a typo and let it slide. Now I have to ask: you do know the Canucks have played 48 games, right? And no, five times over four months is not fitting the definition of "regular basis". Regular basis means like weekly. Or bi-weekly. Routinely. Even with your typo/fib, it's not a common way to describe this amount of that time frame. And on top of all that, it's not regularly scheduled. It's not "okay he sits once monthly on the 13th". Ya know... regular basis? I'm not sure what you're missing here, bro.

2 - It's also cute how you refuse to answer the simple question of whether 18 goals in 36 games is "really bad".

Move the goalposts wherever you want, we're done here. This is boring. I'm not a remedial English teacher.</div></div>

You're being unbelievably pedantic. Also, he was a healthy scratch 5 times up to Jan 4th, which you would have known if you cared to read my post properly, which equates to 5 times in 38 games. It also equates to 5 times in 3 months, or almost every other week, which is pretty close to your own definition of "on a regular basis". Also, you're the one quibbling over dictionary definitions.

Whether he played well last season under Tocchet does not negate that he has played terribly under Tocchet. You are acting like this negates what I said when I clearly demonstrated that on either dimension, whether he played badly for a stretch or taken as a whole. You're just digging in your heels when you are clearly in the error. Very odd behavior.

What a very weird thing to harp on about for multiple posts now.
Forum: NHL TradesJan. 31 at 10:28 p.m.
Thread: (CGY/VAN) - Lindholm for Kuzmenko, Brzustewicz, Jurmo, 2024 1st (VAN), 2024 4th (VAN)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mokumboi</b></div><div>Bro, I'm not nitpicking in the slightest. I am using the actual definitions of words and terms. Now, you can move those goalposts from Denver to Marrakech, but it ain't gonna change what was said and what I specifically responded to. Everyone can just see it in the thread. If you want to imagine that once a month is "regular basis" and 18 goals in 36 games is "really bad", well gosh, have at it. More power to ya. Just don't expect everyone else to rewrite the dictionary.

Cool? Cool.</div></div>

Has Kuzmenko played horrendously under Tocchet? Yes, he has both had stretches of horrendously bad play, and taken as a whole played worse under Tocchet than his previous coach. Your post of "achktually, he had a good stretch last season" does not negate the truth of the statement that he has played badly under Tocchet. But by all means, post the dictionary definitions of which words you think I used incorrectly which is totally not nitpicking when the substance of what I said, "He has played badly under Tocchet" is manifestly true.

Also, any impartial person will know that it's nitpicking to claim that being scratched 5 times in 38 games isn't "on a regular basis". He's commanding a large salary and should never be scratched at all, let alone time, after time, after time, after time, after time.
Forum: NHL TradesJan. 31 at 10:01 p.m.
Thread: (CGY/VAN) - Lindholm for Kuzmenko, Brzustewicz, Jurmo, 2024 1st (VAN), 2024 4th (VAN)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mokumboi</b></div><div>1 - Five healthy scratches in 48 games is not regular basis. By any stretch of the imagination. That's barely over once a month.

2 - Except you didn't say under Tocchet "this season" in the earlier comment. You said "under Tocchet". Not the same thing, bud.</div></div>

He has been very bad under Toccet. Saying he was also good under him last season doesn't negate what I said. He has been extremely bad under Tocchet. You're nitpicking when the substance of what I said is true.

In the 11 games since his last scratch, he has 0 goals and 2 assists. He was also the only forward on the Canucks with a minus rating, which is shocking since the Canucks lead the league with a staggering team differential of +59.

Kuzmenko had negative value on the Canucks and getting his contract off the books for next year is a major W for the team. As I said before, you are entitled to believe he could turn things around in Van, but I don't.
Forum: NHL TradesJan. 31 at 9:30 p.m.
Thread: (CGY/VAN) - Lindholm for Kuzmenko, Brzustewicz, Jurmo, 2024 1st (VAN), 2024 4th (VAN)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mokumboi</b></div><div>Heh. Now it appears we need to review what "regular basis" means. And again, clearing cap for a forthcoming extension does not inherently make one a cap dump. I'd also suggest that your review of his play is way off. Dude scored 18 goals in 36 games for Tocchet last season. Is that "really bad" to you?

Words and terms have meanings, sir.</div></div>

Kuzmenko was a healthy scratch for 5 games this season as of Jan 4th (as per sportsnet article on Jan 4th, which means a healthy scratch in 5 of 38 games). it's a nitpick to claim this isn't "on a regular basis".

Also, it's true to say he has been bad under Tocchet this season. The question is whether you project his play getting any better under this coach on this team. You are free to hold the opinion that he would have, I think categorically not.
Forum: NHL TradesJan. 31 at 9:18 p.m.
Thread: (CGY/VAN) - Lindholm for Kuzmenko, Brzustewicz, Jurmo, 2024 1st (VAN), 2024 4th (VAN)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mokumboi</b></div><div>Ehh no he's not. He's missed six games this season, and not all of those were due to a healthy scratch. In what world is a guy with 47 goals in 124 NHL games a cap dump? Was he a salary clear? Sure, they had to fit Lindholm somehow. Did he hold a reduced value from six months ago? Okay, sure. That does not = cap dump.

People overuse terms way too often.</div></div>

Kuzmenko has been bad under Tocchet. Really bad. It's unlikely the coach is going anywhere and Kuz at $5.5m is a massive chunk of cap for a player that is sat in the press box on a regular basis, especially considering this trade gets rid of that $5.5m for the upcoming off season when the Canucks have to sign Pettersson and Hronek who will both definitely expect pay increases.

On that contract, on that team, he had negative value, thus getting rid of him is a positive, thus it counts as a cap dump.
Forum: NHL TradesMar. 1, 2023 at 6:18 p.m.
Thread: (DET/VAN) - Hronek for 2023 1st and 2nd
Vancouver must be the only team in history to be 6th last in the standings and trade a 1st round pick for a roster player at the deadline. Just an absolute catastrophe, do the people running this clown show not understand how to compete in the NHL? Do they not understand the draft and the salary cap? The team is not good. The team has bad contracts. The team needs to rebuild. Yet they do everything possible to thwart a rebuild and commit and then recommit to being mediocre for year after year after year. I've been a Canucks fan for decades, but I'm 100% checked out on this team. Unbelievably bad management, I don't blame Pettersson or whoever else who opts to skip town at the first opportunity, because the playoffs are many years away for this dumpster fire of a franchise.
Forum: NHL SigningsSep. 2, 2022 at 6:47 p.m.