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This ^^^^^^ is the key. If he recovers fully he has a good chance of a career IMO. If not a few years of AHL or overseas leagues before retiring seems more likely. Great to see him getting involved in the coaching side of things, it's another opportunity should things not work out on the playing front. And if he does get back I think it will help his understanding of the game.

@jammer2 That is great news to see him back on the ice and skating at least. Time will tell whether his foot speed has been impacted severely or not by the injury, which may determine his future career prospects. To me, if he recovers his ceiling is probably 3rd line winger/PK specialist but would love to be proved wrong. I do think he has more to offer than what we have seen so far...

Some hilarious stuff in there, could definitely see him broadcasting in the future. Good to see he doesn't take himself too seriously...

It's great to see him putting on muscle over the summer. I would love to see him up at around 220lb by next summer, to me that would be a decent playing weight for a 6"6 guy with a decent frame. The main thing is to make sure that the extra weight doesn't impact his mobility and skating.

@yave1964 I would agree with also. For my money Kane is the only real first line offensive talent on that team. I know the kid has his detractors but I saw a load of him when he was playing for the Giants in the W and he is an outstanding talent.

Per NHL.com At first glance it seems a lot of money for a career 0.6 ppg player but I guess it is just the going rate right now. And to be fair to Wheeler if he can build on last seasons 41 points in 48 games over the course of an 82 game season then it will probably look very good value.

@jammer2 Thanks for this link, an interesting early look at next years draft. I see they have Kasperi Kapanen (Sami's son) at #22, from what I had read I didn't think he was projected quite so high. Will be interesting to see what happens to his ranking during the course of the season.

+1 on this...

@jammer2 I don't blame Luongo at all, the team has treated him like crap, totally disrespected him, and now they expect him just to forgive and forget? I don't think so. Sure, he will play some games for them but he will be gone sooner or later IMO. @goalnut3133 I think there are teams that would happily take him, even with the cap hit. But for this to happen the Canucks need to realise that they are only going to get pennies on the dollar in trade terms. Gillis needs to seriously have a word with himself over his management of this situation. Or better still the Aquilini brothers need to have a word with him. Italian origin guys with construction companies... hmmmm... I'd be getting nervous if I was Gillis!

I am not surprised they are nervous... I think this could be the start of Bobby Lou becoming a little more pro-active in getting himself traded out of Vancouver, I just don't see him staying with the Canucks long term.

Seems like a great idea... If I streamed content from more devices I would seriously consider it but I only really stream from my laptop to the TV so it's just as easy to plug in an HDMI cable to the laptop interface. Certainly one to keep an eye on.

Yeah, will be interesting to find out when it will be, would love it to coincide with one of my visits but I doubt it. I am sure it will be a special night.

Jammer, I think the biggest issue is there isn't much in the way of unknown quantities... None of the guys we drafted this year are ready to make the leap and we are pretty tight up to the contract limit so not much prospect of bringing in colleges FA's unless we get shot of some contracts. If you said to me Gus and Ollie might make the team for example then I would agree, but wouldn't categorise it as a huge surprise... Other than that we pretty much know what we have, and having seen most of the prospects play it would be a big surprise to me if Tye McGinn (just a random choice) turned into a 30 goal scorer for example.

Short answer... no. Laughton will play well and possibly challenge for 3 fourth line center role. IMO Cousins will challenge likewise but will probably play the season out in the AHL barring major injury problems.

The Canucks are going to retire Pavel Bures number this season, per The Vancouver Sun. Whilst I ain't a lover of players going on strike to get their own way I think this honour is deserved, Bure was an incredible player for the Canucks, just a pity his career was cut short by injury.

Add Darius Kaspararaitis to the list... Not dirty in some senses but the outrageous knee on knee stuff lives on in the memory.

@AndyS I don't think he is too small for the Phantoms, although it wouldn't hurt him to put on another 15lbs over the next year or so IMO, as long as it doesn't impact on his mobility. I just think that it might do him more good to have at least one more season developing on a decent team (Union) as opposed to one that sucks (Phantoms). He is going to see plenty of ice time for them next year along with the best part of 40 games. 2014/15 will be plenty soon enough to move him to the Phantoms if he decides to go pro. He would probably need a year of seasoning in the A before we could reasonably expect to see him on the Flyers so 2015/16 season in all likelihood, small cameos on a call up basis notwithstanding. Edit, just checked on NHL.com and by way of comparison Kimmo is 5"10 and 194lbs... Ghost is an inch taller at 5"11 and 24lbs lighter. putting on 15lbs as mentioned above would seem a reasonable next step towards NHL strength and conditioning...

Welcome indeed... tell your friends too!!!

@AndyS @flyercanuck In fairness to Ghost I don't think this is something that he was bragging about (Spearing the guy). To me it comes across as a journalist who knows jack about hockey (that'll be any of the writers on Philly.com then ) trying to make up a story. I could be wrong but I am pretty sure that the quote re the stick sliding up came from a question asked on the opening day of the rookie camp as I remember seeing it in the shoutbox IE a while ago. Personally I think he had a strong season with Union and liked what he did in the Worlds (spearing the guy in the groin aside...). I would like to see him have at least one more college season, he isn't going to break the Flyers line up this year IMO so you might as well let him develop. Longer term I do think there will be a place for him on the Flyers given his mobility and skill set, even if that is 2nd unit PP QB rather than first. The fact that there will potentially be some big nasty guys on D means that you can accommodate a smaller skilled player.

Nice filler piece on Ghost in todays Daily News, with some recycled quotes etc but interesting nonetheless... http://www.philly.co...lVYoH4drjPM1.99

For sure... On the other hand I guarantee you his personal security costs will go up hugely... Mafia will need to be paid off big time!

Bad news for the franchise... But they did just gain a lot of cap flexibility! I really wouldn't be surprised to see him make a "comeback" with SKA St Petersburg in the the near future. And if he does you can guarantee he will make $10-15 million a year, and tax free at that. I don't think his financial future is too uncertain

@goalnut3133 I still wouldn't put the kettle on for it... More than likely greed takes over IMO. I have yet to see any of the outdoor games where the tickets were cheaper than a regular season event. Would be a great move if they do sell tix cheap though.