It’s time for “Stick in Link”, the feature where we just plug in a bunch of stuff written by others! Featuring a smattering of links from around the Smylosphere and beyond every Tuesday and Thursdayish. Warning: our links are so hyper, they change colour when exposed to heat. (Have something for us to share in the next edition? E-mail us at [email protected] or tweet us @passittobulis. Or tell us some other way. The point is: we'll probably link it if we know about it.)
- A lot of people say Jim Benning is a fool for trading away picks. This guy says Benning is "taking advantage of an inefficiency in the marketplace to improve the team." []
- Three reasons a lower salary cap will benefit the Canucks. (One of these reasons, I assume, is it might prevent the Canucks from overpaying Milan Lucic in the off-season.) []
- In fact, the best-case scenario for the Canucks (and Oilers) Lucic is that he re-signs with the Kings and takes the decision out of their hands, says Jonathan Willis. []
- Speaking of a lower salary cap, the Canucks will have one even if no one else does. They'll have a bonus overage of $315,000 applied to the cap next season. It's Ben Hutton's fault, basically. []
- Pierre LeBrun on what the Canucks are looking for: "I think their No. 1 priority is to add a winger through the draft, trade or free agency. When it comes to July 1, I believe two of Vancouver's targets will be hometown boy Lucic and Loui Eriksson. They’d love to get one of those guys. Eriksson would be a perfect fit with the Sedin twins. But Lucic would be a popular move, too." []
- Jeff Paterson thinks the World Cup of Hockey and its impact on training camp could leave the Canucks behind the eight ball to start the season. That's one way of looking at it. It's also possible that the Sedins are in top form when the season begins as a result, and the Canucks win it all! I dunno if it's any more likely -- it's just possible. []
- Five reasons for optimism, as five for cynicism, upon looking at the Canucks' current blueline. []
- We made "I Need Bonino" in 2014. In 2016, it went viral in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area. We got interviewed by the Beaver County Times. It's a curious world. []
- And please note that Bonino's current success with Pittsburgh does not necessarily mean the Canucks were wrong to trade him. []
- Linden Vey's father has been convicted of a conspiracy to commit murder. That's... I don't even have a joke about that. That's some terrifying, real-life stuff. []
- Three days ago was five years since the Canucks won Game 2 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final. If you can stomach it, a Bruins blog re-lives the moment. Remember that the Canucks won this one, and you're under no obligation to see if this blog wrote follow-up posts about the horrors that followed. []
- Finally, Fin is 15 today. He celebrated his birthday where he celebrates them all: Canuck Place.
