Bobby James

Reminder to all users here to head over to https://www.forumcanucks.com/ Same topic is running there and hopefully we can keep as much of this community together as we can before the closure. Also decent trade. Got an okay backup and got ourselves cap compliant

Amazing thread. Great forum!

A great forum been coming back for over a decade now I think. All the best to everyone and hopefully this team pulls off a championship someday! Also are a bunch of people heading over to https://www.forumcanucks.com/ ? It would be great to keep this community going, but I know that a forum closure can result in a lot of people heading off or just splitting up to different areas online.

Yeah agreed. Miller has openly said how much he dislikes certain media people in Van. Don't get me wrong that is totally fair, but as a Captain regularly talking to media I think it could lead to be a massive distraction (especially when times are tough). Hughes is driven and is willing to speak up. He also seems liked by everyone and I think he'll be a good fit for captain + having Petey and Miller flank him with the As. Also it might help us resign Hughes to his next big deal when that comes around.

I think Cole has played on his offhand before right? My guess is he'll spend the season with Quinn and Hronek will lead pair 2. Soucy will get a shot there to play top 4 minutes and based on how these two pairings go we'll adjust from there if needed.

Great idea! The comments were interesting. Yeah it sounds like pretty much all of them agree he is really good/great offensively with a big shot. The defensive play is much more mixed. One group seems to feel he is average and the other is below average. Sounds like a Hughes situation and we'll need to pair a defensive Dman with him on that second pair. Cole should work this year, but I guess we'll see if Soucy is able to play top 4. Might be a better #5 and we go out and find another top 4 either this year or next.

Pretty close to fair. I'd say maybe they need to make that 2nd a 1st (Demko is BPA here I'd say, granted hard to compare). But overall for Van I'd say no. Goaltending is such an annoying issue to have and we've really lucked out since the early 2000s when it was a disaster. Demko is our guy for now, if Silvos shows he's a #1 then we can trade Demmer. Until then it is his net to hold and this team needs to make the playoffs

Yeah as said above I feel like the Canucks should only entertain this trade option if Pesce is happy to resign here and Van is good with the money. Otherwise we definitely should not be giving up another 1st round pick and a solid prospect on such a big risk.

If anyone on the team has a reason to have a couple excuses for their shaky play over the past couple years it is the guy that destroyed his back and went through the process of losing his dad. Anyway, I'm pumped for the dude and hope this is a massive year for him (30+ goals)! Glad we didn't dump him for nothing (even if it meant cap space), I think he has it in him still to be a great top 6 winger.

Could they send down Irwin? Would that work? I imagine he wouldn't be claimed and if he was it isn't the biggest loss to find another #7D. I still think they should look to move a winger. If Pearson really is healthy then I think Beau or Garland are good options to move out. Beau is likely easier to move (especially retained), but Garland if a decent trade is there would help clear us some cap going forward.

Those are amazing advance stats for Garland lol I'd still do the trade. We need the D and Garland hasn't found a fit in our top 6 so far. We also get some cap. If the deal is so lopsided and Peeke is mid, then maybe we pull in an extra mid round pick too.

It feels like it is starting to look like we'll be keeping Meyers. Not the worst choice. Should be a fine 3RD and can play up in the top 4 if injuries hit. Maybe they get some offers on him, but otherwise unless we absolutely need the cap space this season, might be worth holding onto him.

That feels like a solid trade. While a Dman may have more value then a winger right now, the Jets need players who are signed. This way they got a good winger locked in for a while longer still

Shout out to the Canucks media team. Really liking the off season mini docs about some players. Also loved that building blue segments they did with all the prospects. Nice hearing/seeing the different sides to JT and getting his thoughts on some of the stuff over the last year+.

I wonder if Columbus would be interested in something like Garland (maybe +) for Peeke? They have a top 4 set in stone already on D (I'm guessing Guddy is #4 since they just gave him a big contract), so Peeke would play on their bottom pairing and that still pushes out other guys. This way they get a scoring winger to add to their top 6 and Canucks get a youngish Dman back who could either be an overpaid bottom pair guy or has the potential to reach top 4 level. Cap works for both, Columbus still has cap left and Van frees up a little.