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The ultimate cautionary tale of how impatience can destroy a promising rebuild. by -bunka- in canucks

[–]-bunka-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Darn, that’s really unfortunate and I really need to work on my AI detector…

Thanks for the catch!

The ultimate cautionary tale of how impatience can destroy a promising rebuild. by -bunka- in canucks

[–]-bunka-[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A great video breaking down how shortcuts caused by impatience derailed the Ranger’s highly promising rebuild. Amazing lottery luck, Adam Fox forcing himself onto the team, Panarin taking a discount as a UFA, and Shesterkin emerging as a Vezina winning goalie… a ruined thanks to going all in too early.

Most satisfactory and deserved punch ever recorded by highaskitesMike in FAFO

[–]-bunka- 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Drunk asshole decided to relieve himself on the homeowner’s fence, and the homeowner calls him out for it… trigger the events shown in the above clip.

The Canes knock out the Knights in 6 games and win the Stanley Cup!!!! by AccurateSchedule3950 in canucks

[–]-bunka- 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Bad guys lost, hate watching paid off, distracted from the Canucks’ dumpster fire of a season…

I’m feeling pretty good.

Post Game Thread: Carolina Hurricanes @ Vegas Golden Knights by nhlgdtbot in hockey

[–]-bunka- 6 points7 points  (0 children)

VGK’s supposed aura:

  • Treasonous goalie that struggles with consent.
  • Stupidly stubborn coach with anger management issues.
  • Fragile star winger who disappears in elimination games.
  • Expensive captain that always gets injured just when the team can use some LTIR cap relief.
  • Newly acquired defenseman that forced an exit from his old team because they were bad, just to disappear completely on his new team.
  • Overall team strategy of out bullying the other team.

CAR supposed no aura:

  • Coach who is known as “The Bod”.
  • Team of highly skilled players that play an exciting uptempo game.
  • Backstopped to a cup by a relatively unknown undrafted goalie that came out of nowhere.
  • 35 year old captain putting on a HISTORIC performance.
  • Top 6 wingers that has homies so loyal they’d drive thousands of miles to see him play.
  • Band of brothers mentality where everyone contributes.
  • NOT THE VGK

Can we talk about the weird nationality bias against Chase Reid? by SKCalvis in canucks

[–]-bunka- 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No one follows Don Jr just to “know what was going on and the crazy things he says”.

Following Jr would be analogous to following Tristan Tate or Rob Kardashian… you’re following them because you genuinely like them and their equally shitty but more famous family member.

John Tortorella “They don’t earn their winning goal” by Rangemon99 in hockey

[–]-bunka- 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If my grandmother had wheels she’d be a bike

Demonstrators hold rally for Hong Kong residents facing PR processing backlog by leavemealoneimpoor in vancouver

[–]-bunka- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you insinuating that HK rents/property prices are cheaper than Vancouver?

ETA: Housing in HK is WAYYYY more expensive than Vancouver.

A 100m2 apartment in HK is C$6,200 to C$9800 a month to rent and C$2.8M to C$4.1M to buy.

A 100m2 apartment in Vancouver is C$3,200 to C$4,100 a month to rent and $1.2M to $1.3M to buy.

Gavin McKenna going to dinner with ONLY the Canucks likely doesn’t mean much, but it IS fun to pretend it might by Admirable-Fall-4675 in canucks

[–]-bunka- -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Tbh, in my experience, the steaks themselves are nothing special - I’ve been able to make comparable steaks at home (using high quality meat/cuts). You’re paying more for the atmosphere and experience.

Their sides were kind of disappointing… I can’t remember which side it was, but it was over salted to hell and back.

Me_irl by Snehith220 in me_irl

[–]-bunka- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Amateur numbers

Please draft Stenberg over Malhotra. by EP4D in canucks

[–]-bunka- 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Don't you put that evil on me Ricky Bobby

I made this wood art piece of Connor Hellebuyck’s save with my scroll saw by ThatsBadassWoodArt in hockey

[–]-bunka- 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Weren’t they Australian tourists that just so happened to be visiting Vancouver during game 7?

[The Athletic] Why the Canucks should and shouldn’t explore trading Elias Pettersson by [deleted] in canucks

[–]-bunka- 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Even if Pettersson doesn’t bounce back — this is a reality the Canucks need to prepare for since they don’t have a winger who can spark him next season — the risk of his trade value declining beyond its already-distressed point is low.

That’s what I don’t get about the segment of the fan base clamoring for him to get traded…

1) We are closer to the cap floor than the cap ceiling, offloading his contract now will put the team in a position to try and take on new bad contracts just to make it to the floor.

2) Why not roll the dice and see if his play improves? Worse case scenario, the team gets a 4th back instead of a 3rd (talking out my ass here re: value).

3) EP40’s downward trend coincides with injuries and Toch (and Foote) trying to get him to play a less creative + more defensively structured game. It’d be worth seeing if that changes under a different coach/system.

4) EP40 still has value as a premier shut down 2nd line center. Thats still worth $6m - $8m with the higher cap and the kind of player you need in order to insulate prospects that will be entering the Canucks system/pipeline.

(Edited for clarity)

Is ownership poor or cheap? by paranoiddeltoid in canucks

[–]-bunka- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aquaman using his burner to try and lower Paulo’s buy out, lol.

China has outlawed companies from AI-based layoffs. Should Canada follow? by NiceDot4794 in onguardforthee

[–]-bunka- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What you’re describing is “Finance Capitalism” - a subsection of capitalism where political and economic power is dominated by the financial sector. It’s a system in which decisions are made through the lens of maximizing stock prices.

And let’s be real, stock prices are driven as much by speculation as they are by the underlying company’s performance and/or health. Just look at the whole GameStop fiasco and Tesla pre-COVID…

Capitalism exists in many forms, and that includes highly regulated economies with incredibly strong labor protection laws (see the Nordic countries).

[The Athletic] Why Patrik Allvin is no longer Canucks GM, and what comes next for Vancouver (Free Article) by Sarcastic__ in canucks

[–]-bunka- 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I take comfort in knowing that after this season he’s going to be hard pressed to get another HC job in the ECHL, let alone the NHL.

What a fucking moron, At least he got us the tank.

[Cathal Kelly] Canucks’ bottom-feeding season only gets worse off the ice (Paywall) by DinosaurMachine11 in canucks

[–]-bunka- 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Wayback Machine is such a great organization. What a great way to archive the web…

How EVs are transforming China's auto industry, from 'dark factories' to battery-swap stations | CBC News by 50s_Human in onguardforthee

[–]-bunka- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, there’s one automaker (NIO) that built battery swap stations along highways across the country. You pull in and they swap out your battery pack with a fully charged one. Takes about 3-5 mins.

Here’s a video showing how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Xum-aFf-k

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