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  1. Pearson is already a winger too many and it looks like he is healthy. I think the new management has made massive strides. Invested a tonne in player development (Sedins, Higgins, Komisarek) and added essentially an entire draft+ worth of prospects for Abby (Raty, Johansson, Hirose, Bains, Sasson, McWard, Tolopilo, Nielsen)
  2. I HATED the pick at the time - I thought Tkachuk was going 3rd, and I would have been ok with Dubois but I had Sergachev and Chychrun as the two guys I really wanted. The clips and reports I read/saw on Juolevi didn’t get me too excited and he seemed like a guy who got way overrated from the WJC who had a powerhouse team and also he had some insane talent in London. That said I expected him to at least be an average player. Sergachev and Chychrun both seemed to have far higher ceilings, unique elements, and had their stocks actually drop because of the WJC which IMO gets waaaaay too much credit. To me I saw Juolevi as a guy that would have gone late 1st round on average teams. Virtanen I pegged as a physical 15 type, like a Raffi Torres. I didn’t think his upside was very high. But we still had a hangover from the Bruins series and there was a hate toward the Mason Raymond type players. I thought a 15 goal Virtanen would be a lot more popular in Vancouver than a 50 point Ehlers or Nylander. That said Ehlers was BPA, Nylander had top line center potential, and as big power forward types go I thought Ritchie had much more upside. He was a bust as well though.
  3. Hansen had 22 goals in 67 games one year and a couple of 16 goal years as well - that is pretty good. Averaged around 15 per 82 games. Offensively Arshdeep is a little behind Hansen at this age (his big season he turned 21 already). I think he scores less than Hansen but maybe a bit better play maker. Like 10 goals, 15 assists, PKer bottom 6 kinda guy but Hansen is his ceiling
  4. Bains is an awesome PKer too. Also scored two short handed goals on the same shift. Very tenacious, good play maker - I think he has Jannik Hansen upside
  5. He was a reclamation project when signed by the Panthers. 15 points in 68 games, now 26, not a penalty killer. Safe to say he didn’t get reclaimed
  6. He left as much of an impact as Jimmy Vesey, Travis Boyd, and Nic Dowd who funny enough all had decent careers post Canucks. The narrative around Nic Dowd in Washington was how he was seen as an upgrade on Jay Beagle when we replaced Dowd ($800k) for Beagle ($3M). Boyd had 17 goals and 35 points in 74 games the season after leaving Vancouver. Insane how badly these big bottom six contracts hurt us when guys making around league minimum ended up being far more effective. Dakota Joshua is a great example of how Allvin went out and found an untapped guy for cheap and developed him into a very strong bottom six player. If Benning got a cheap guy he expected the world from him right away and tossed them aside so fast.
  7. That was when Benning went from a mediocre GM to perhaps the worst of the modern era and the worst in team history. He finally put together a solid team - Quinn Hughes had a great partner and we found the best linemate for EP to date in a Toffoli. Instead of re-signing them he goes off and gets Schmidt who was a terrible fit (left handed OFD forced to play a right side shut down role), signed Holtby who was already terrible at that point for 2 x 4.3M (Delia and Martin between the two of them were better than Holtby) and then bringing Virtanen back after he was our worst player during the run yet had some trade value coming off of a decent season. If he just brought back Tanev & Toffoli and perhaps moved Virtanen for a backup goalie I think we would have made the playoffs again the following year. Then Benning doubles down on the stupidity making the worst trade in franchise history that is going to hamper us for the next decade - we were almost free and clear of his precocious eras as well. The whole blaming Gillis thing doesn’t excuse Benning’s compete repeated stupidity with awful signings. Allvin sure is a breath of fresh air - he actually seems competent.
  8. Dzingel was a good player at one point - 26 goal season. Wrist surgery seemed to kill his shot. I think Schneider wants to retire or play in Switzerland but I could see him entertaining a PTO as a short term NHL backup and perhaps retiring if he gets sent down. Ryan Murray could be an interesting option as well since the bottom pairing left side is a bit open.
  9. No he has been done for awhile, not even good in the AHL last year. If we are rolling the dice on a PTO comeback goalie I think Corey Schneider would be an interesting guy to add in to the mix
  10. Cory Schneider has found his game in the AHL. Might be cool to see him up and get a few starts so Silovs can develop and Martin can regain confidence
  11. We have the best centre and defenseman in the history of the franchise. A point per game power forward. A winger with 39 goals - there have been only 15 40 goal seasons in franchise history. Demko is a top 5 goalie in franchise history and top 10 in the league. We have a gem in Silovs who we can call up now. We acquired a defenseman who finished 5th in WAR. Our PK was a disaster and we acquired 6 strong PKers (Suter, Blueger, Hronek, Cole, Soucy, Irwin). Barring any major injuries this is a 100 point team.
  12. We basically paid the same for Hronek as we did OEL if you think swapping 9 for 17, a 4th and a 7th was worth Garland which seems about right. We paid an astronomical sum to move Eriksson, Beagle, and Roussel for one season. As overpriced as they were those guys plus Sutter killed penalties which was a huge issue that following year.
  13. He put up some very strong defensive metrics with lowest number of offensive zone starts in the entire league. Also on pace for 10 goals his last season. One of the few guys in the Canucks that year to keep his head above water (most guys were bleeding chances on the ice). One of our better 4th liners - I think he could have been developed into a very good 4th line player like Jay Beagle in his prime but Green didn’t like how his game wasn’t “high tempo”. 3 points, 6 hits, +3 and 67% in the circle over his last 3 game call up and never saw another game. Very strange.
  14. If you take out the picks & Garland in this deal it’s still a win for Arizona but I could have stomached/forgiven the risk of the deal. The fact we gave up a top 10 pick, a 2nd, 7th, and also Garland’s salary has really hindered this franchise
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