Any other NHL fans on the site?

[CFH]

Im a HUGE hockey fan.
Canucks all the way to the cup, think nothing else.
Once we get rid of Naslund or resign him for like 3mil and give the Sedins 3mil each then we are laughin. We will have all kinds of money to spend on some decent players.
oh yeah and they should make Linden captain as of right now because no team has ever won the cup without a Canadian captain.

While I am glad to see another Canuck fan on here, I have to disagree with some of your post. Naslund for 3M would be a bargain, looking at the money the UFA's got last off season, I wouldn't be surprised if someone through 5+M at Nazzy, though I doubt he wants to play anywhere other than Van, he'd probably just retire if the Canucks don't want him. The Sedin's are already a bargain at 3.75M each per season, there is no way they go below 4 - 5M a piece on their next contract. I'm not saying I would pay them that, but that is what they will want, and honestly it's what they deserve. Look around the league and the type of money that point-per-game players are getting is astounding. Because they're linked to one another and come as a packaged deal, I can see the Sedins taking a bit of a discount, for arguments sake lets just say 4.5M each on a long-term deal, and considering their stats that would be a good deal. However, I think what the Sedin's make in the future hinges on these playoffs though. If they show that they cannot come through in the post-season, as they have demonstrated in the past, then I expect their salaries to drop accordingly. I'm not completely sold on them myself, and if I was Dave Nonis I would take a long look at the rumoured Ollie Jokinen - Sedins deal that was supposedly offered at the deadline. Of course, Florida would have to sweeten the deal considerably and they might be hesitant to deal with Van considering how badly the Canucks robbed them in the Luongo deal.
The problem is that all the decent UFA's are being gobbled up and signed to outrageous salaries on long-term contracts (look at Briere for example) so teams are going to have to draft well if they want to succeed in the so called "new NHL" (a big fuck you to Gary Bettman as well). In the Canucks case, they're going to need guys like Raymond and Grabner to establish themselves are bonified NHL players and scoring threats or the Canucks will go nowhere because they have no offense. As much as I want Nonis to sign someone like Hossa this offseason, in no way to I want to see the Canucks pay the guy 7+M on a long-term deal.
Right now I'd be happy to see the Nucks make the 2nd rounds, but of course I'm going to be hoping too see the cup in Vancity.