Fanuck Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Doan is a big risk, considering hes getting older, and isnt as good as he once was. Remember Naslund? We resigned him towards the end of his career, and he didnt put up "nazzy" numbers. Dont get me wrong, I like Naslund, but Im just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Optimist Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 My money is on Pens or NYR. As much as i'd like to see him in a Canucks sweater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I still say Doan is shopping other teams to bring up the price the Yotes will offer him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunningWild Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 John Gambadoro @Gambo620 After visiting with the Rangers brass in NY today, Coyotes Captain Shane Doan will make his 2nd visit of free agency Saturday in Philadephia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBernard Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 you eat your peas first and save the best for last... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franz Liszt Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 John Gambadoro @Gambo620 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunningWild Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Come on MG, get in the mix!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franz Liszt Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Ya hopefully. Doans probably doing his visits according to geography. Van might be last, or near that (if they're on his list). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucksnihilist Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 ya van is last. but he only has a one way ticket here lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dasein Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 LOL if PHI gets Doan as well as Weber this summer ... They would be absolutely loaded ... Except in net haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonecoldstevebernier Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 LOL if PHI gets Doan as well as Weber this summer ... They would be absolutely loaded ... Except in net haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEAN HARNETT Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Come on MG, get in the mix!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franz Liszt Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Canucks have already made an offer, they're in the mix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Hard to believe I just read four plus pages of a thread where half of it is a debate whether Shane Doan is a "power forward" or not. 225 lbs, 205 hits, and 22 goals are a pretty good indication that he fits that definition. Iginla, who is alllegedly a certified power forward, has never had 100 penalty minutes in a season in the NHL - in fact he has only 809 pims in 15 seasons. Yeah, he's a power forward - but a lack of discipline or the number of fighting majors a power forward racks up have nothing to do with whether or not he is a power forward. Doan has a couple hundred more over the same span. An enforcer is another type of player entirely - and there were plenty of them in the 70s and 80s who racked up as many penalty minutes in 2 or 3 seasons as guys like Iginla and Doan have over their entire career. They were not power forwards - they were enforcers - they lacked the skill, scoring ability and top six potential of a power forward. Big difference, and not merely dependent upon the way the game has changed. Cam Neely also averaged under 100 pims a season - in the enforcer era - definitely a power forward - definitely nothing resembling an enforcer. Shane Doan = prototypical power forward. Sure as hell hope those 200+ hits and 20+ goals (as well as a number of other intangibles) are added to the Canucks roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 So he fought Brown, Kubina, and Morrow. Great. Nolan fought Odjick. Lucic fought Orr. Doan fights every now and then, against people who Bieksa could KO if given the opportunity. Doan is not really a pugilist. Power forwards should be heavyweight pugilists who are look for trouble with other heavyweight puglists in between the whistles. I don't think you do if you think Power Forwards are not supposed to be mean SOB's in between whistles who rack up fighting majors. For as long as I remember, fighting was a part of a power forwards game. But in recent years, a new era of fans want to reclassify the term "power forward". Doan is a class act and a great player. But when you think power forward, you think guys like Neely, Lucic, Iggy, and Nolan. Guys like Doan use their size well-yes, but so do guys like Franzen. Franzen is not a power forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Wha?? I don't think he'll be signing w/ a non-contender in the east. Guess I'll go ahead and order up my Doan jersey now then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck_trevor16 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 here a guess if he is traveling to all those team it would be at least a week before he decide so I guessing end of July we could know something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Someone's moving out of Philly if they get Weber... Weber puts them over the cap with Voracek and Bourdon still to sign as RFAs. In the event that they land him, I'd suspect they'd drop the pursuit for Doan, unless they can find a way to move salary out. Pronger on LTI or retiring would bring some relief, but even with that they still wouldn't be able to fit Doan, Voracek and Bourdon under the cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 He would be perfect on our 1st or 2nd line, but that leaves us with an excess of good forwards. Sedin - Sedin - Doan Booth - Kesler - Higgins Burrows - Lapierre - Hansen Raymond - Malhotra - Kassian Weise That's incredible depth, but almost too much when you compare it to our defence: Edler - Garrison Hamhuis - Bieksa Ballard - Tanev Alberts This team needs more balance. We can afford to have a crappy 4th line, but we can't afford to have a bad 3rd pairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tystick Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 He would be perfect on our 1st or 2nd line, but that leaves us with an excess of good forwards. Sedin - Sedin - Doan Booth - Kesler - Higgins Burrows - Lapierre - Hansen Raymond - Malhotra - Kassian Weise That's incredible depth, but almost too much when you compare it to our defence: Edler - Garrison Hamhuis - Bieksa Ballard - Tanev Alberts This team needs more balance. We can afford to have a crappy 4th line, but we can't afford to have a bad 3rd pairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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