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Resolute 14 · 07-02-2014, 10:13 PM

I agree that both Anaheim and Vancouver will trend back toward the median. However, the Ducks are still miles better than the Canucks.

The Pacific is also a steamy pile for the most part. LA is elite, Anaheim will be good-not-great, imo. Vancouver is probably going to struggle to score. Vrbata is a nice add, but really, the Canucks would need the kind of "luck" Anaheim got last year, plus a San Jose implosion to make the playoffs, because only three are coming from this Division. Odds are, Vancouver has built a 9th or 10th place club.

07-02-2014, 10:13 PM	#67
Resolute 14 In the Sin Bin Join Date: Jan 2003 Exp:	I agree that both Anaheim and Vancouver will trend back toward the median. However, the Ducks are still miles better than the Canucks. The Pacific is also a steamy pile for the most part. LA is elite, Anaheim will be good-not-great, imo. Vancouver is probably going to struggle to score. Vrbata is a nice add, but really, the Canucks would need the kind of "luck" Anaheim got last year, plus a San Jose implosion to make the playoffs, because only three are coming from this Division. Odds are, Vancouver has built a 9th or 10th place club.