Lui's Knob Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 All this 'gutting' the team is unrealistic and if Gillis and co indeed stick around another year, will never happen. Most of the core will be back because there's not much else available - but here's the major holes needing a full look yet again: Sedin - Sedin - _______ Burrows - Kesler - _______ Higgins - ______ - Hansen ______ - ______ - Kassian Garrison - Hamhuis Bieksa - _____ Tanev - Alberts ? Lack Coaching Candidates (currently thin but will see how the rest of round 1 goes) Arniel ( you know Gillis is going to look at him despite his record) Gretzky (only because of his connection to Aquilini) Habscheid Boucher Babcock * (if they lose round 1) Blysma * (if they lose round 1) Laviolette * (if fired) Brent Sutter Robbie Fedoruk Lindy Ruff Don Hay GM Candidates (honestly this list is THIN, so I don't see Gillis being fired at all, even if he should) Neil Smith Pat Quinn Brian Burke Rick Dudley Wayne Gretzky (see above) Bob Nicholson (Hockey Canada) Scott Neidermayer Markus Naslund Laurence Gilman Coaching staff Needs: - respected league coach - creative special teams 'guru'; - retired and stanley cup winning former D-man - A stats/video guy - A touted off-ice /skills training coach Exiting: - Raymond, Sestito, Ebbett, Roy, Weise, Lapierre, Ballard, Booth, Pinizotto, Vandermeer, Joslin, Barker all gone (pretty much all plugs with ZERO impact to the team....reminds me of the 'Byron Ritchie' type players on the PP days of Crawford); I would say Kassian would be dumped but as long as Gillis is here, he'll never be dealt Trade Chips: - Edler (is the only d-man worth anything and from old core) - Either (or both) Luongo and Schneider as trade bait (perhaps Luongo for a flurry of draft picks to retool; Schneider for a BONAFIDE top 3 scorer/Top 4 RHD) Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks_fo_life Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Lapierre isn't going anywhere, and hopefully Roy re-signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure fan Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Don Hay for coach . I'll worry about Line-ups after summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Lapierre isn't going anywhere, and hopefully Roy re-signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dildo_baggins Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 and hopefully Roy re-signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucksnihilist Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Give the young guys a shot. Schroeder, Gauce, Jensen, Corrado. we may have to with the cap situation anyways Use all the prospects we currently have, cause there is room for them. Booth / Ballard / one goaltender / Raymond / Roy / -> gone, or should be gone. sedins-kassian worked ok. give kassian a chance we will be surprised burrows-kesler-jensen ... give jensen the shot, see what he can do higgins - gauce - hansen ... not too impressed with higgins and hansen here, but maybe gauce could work magic (lol insane to think that) Lapierre with 2 players who can actually play... defense (here are 6 decent defensement anyways, these are wrong positions though) edler/hamuis bieksa/garrison tanev/corrado coach: I'd try Gretzky. why not? Usually a coach's second go-around is when he realizes his potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckofSteel Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 MG will remain as GM, I like AV but he will probably get fired. Babcock * (if they lose round 1) Blysma * (if they lose round 1) Laviolette * (if fired) I don't think that these 3 coaches will leave or get fired, I know Babcock has already said he will stay until his contract is up. I would like to have either Lindy Ruff, Don Hay, or Guy Boucher as our next coach. Lapierre and Edler are not going anywhere either. I also hope Newell Brown and Rick Bowness get fired, those are useless now. If AV is getting fired, then bring in an all new coaching staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drouin Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Sedin - Sedin - Hansen? - Played awesome Gm4 Booth- Kesler-Higgins - Give Booth a chance, guys been a force when he played, struggled on scoresheet, but you can't deny he was exciting to watch. ? - Gaunce - Burrows - Maybe too soon, but we'll see how he performs in training camp, guy WILL be a stud. Jensen - Lapierre - Kassian - I loved how in Jensen's first game he wasn't afraid to try some dangles, I could tell how he played that he would be exciting in the future Garrison-Hamhuis - Awesome shutdown pair Bieksa-Tanev - Great shutdown physical pair Alberts-Corrado - Loved Alberts this yr, played awesome, wouldn't mind him being a full-time Top-6 defenceman. This would also make Edler expandable. Not saying he was horrible, but for the cap space and we could get some offensive firepower. Imagine the return! You can slot Burrows and Higgins/Booth switching up once in a while, same with Kassian/Hansen. Depends on who'd be 3rd line LW. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NP-4815162342 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Sedins-burrows/kassian Jensen-kesler-burrows/kassian Higgins-Schroeder/gaunce-Hansen -lapierre-weise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMash Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Kassian wont be on the fourth line next year, especially if we have new coaching staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouieB Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 If you want to get real crazy (won't happen but would really shake up the line up as we know it)!: insert name- insert name- insert name sedin-sedin-kassian burrows-kesler-higgins insert name- insert name- Hansen Garrison-Hamhuis Bieksa-Tanev insert name- Corrado Insert name Schnieder Insert name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Aerosex Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Why is Gretzky on the table? Is there some rumour I'm missin? Nevermind I'm taking no guesses. The change in team all depends on whether the GM goes, and I'm not sure on that. I think it's all but certain AV goes and I think Ruff is the likely replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 We're gonna need to slot some rookies into the lineup, and shift money from the D to the forwards IMO. These are the holes I see now: Sedin Sedin Blank Burrows Kesler Blank Higgins Blank Hansen Blank Lapierre Blank I think Lapierre definitely gets re-signed. And I think we need to get a big name player to play with the Sedins like a Shane Doan. Or we need to get a really good second line right winger. At least of couple of the holes will need to be filled by players like Kassian, Schroeder, Jensen, or Gaunce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckin Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Besides coaching,I would be over the moon if we could dump Edler. He is to slow and drags his ass once beat. We would also eliminate goals off his feet and his screening of his own goalie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I think putting the Sedins on the second line would take a lot of pressure off of them to produce points ???? - Kesler - ???? Sedin - Sedin - Kassian Higgins - ???? - Burrows ???? - Lapierre - Hansen Hamhuis - Bieksa Edler - Garrison ???? - Tanev Schneider/Luongo Lack Build around Kesler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckofSteel Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Sedin-Sedin- -Kesler-Burrows Higgins--Hansen -Lapierre- Hamhuis-Bieksa Edler-Tanev Garrison-Corrado Schneider/Luongo - Our top 6 could use maybe 1 or 2 new players, I would prefer to have 2 fresh faces. The bottom 6 could use a revamping outside of Higgins, Hansen, and Lapierre. I like that we have 3 solid left side D-men and 3 pretty good ones on the right side. Maybe bring in another right side D-man either an OFD or DFD, we don't need another TWD. Trade one of our goalies for a return of draft picks and a top 6 forward. Trade Ballard, Booth, and don't re-sign any UFA'S except for Lapierre. Sign a back-up goaltender, a solid back-up goaltender. Add some youth possibly to the forward group, maybe a young 3rd line centre and a young 2nd line winger. Our D has two young guys who can step up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrene Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Kassian, already to starting to show a lot of promise playing with the twins. will be given the summer to train to be "that guy" that we need him to be. Sedin / Sedin / Kassian ------ / Kesler / Burrows Higgins / ------ / Hansen ------ / Lapierre / --------- Bieksa / Hamhuis Garrison / Edler ------ / Tanev Corrado Luongo -Yes, Luongo. Our window is closing fast, and Schneider can fetch much more than what Luongo can. Schneider can get us that legitimate top 6, 55-60 pts winger we need. -We still need a Steve Ott- esque 3rd line center. -We need a real 4th line that can actually plug minutes -We need a 6th defencemen that can plug minutes and not be useless. In: 2nd line winger, 3rd line centre, two 4th line wingers Out: Raymond, Ballard, Booth, Luongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindChaser Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Sedin Sedin Kassian (keep this line together.. ffs.. let them develop chemistry and get them prepared for playoffs) Booth/Jensen Kesler Burrows (in the case Booth doesn't get shipped, Jensen will step in, Burrows will play set-up man from playing with Sedins for so many years) Higgins - ________ - Hansen (this spot is Schroeder's to lose, I wouldn't mind giving Gaunce a shot .. no more than 9 games unless he thrives) _______ - Lappy - Weise (I hope both these players get re-signed... this has been the best fourth liners we've had in a loooong while and we should keep it that way) Hamhuis Bieksa (Bieksa offensive, Hamhuis defensive.. this will be our shutdown pair) Edler Tanev ( Tanev will be the safety net for Edler, Tanev is no Salo, but his calm, steady, defensive plays should let Edler play more relaxed and freely ) Garrison Corrado (Garrison on third paring?? yes that's right, because this way we can save him for our PP unit, plus this will put Garrison back on his comfort side, and having him mentoring Corrado will do nothing but good for this kid) Schneider some back up getting rid of Luongo and Ballard will free up 9m... and this should be sufficient enough for us to sign all the players we need for this roster next year... honestly, we have good personnel.. all of them are still in their prime... there's no way we should've been swept in first round like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Killer Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 We don't need Roy. He didn't make us better, and we're just wasting Schroeder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Sedin-Sedin-Kassian Burrows-Kesler-Jensen Booth-Weiss-Hansen Higgins-Schroeder-Larose Hamhuis-Bieksa Garrison-Tanev Edler-Corrado Schneider Lack Luongo traded for picks/prospects, Ballard traded for prospects/picks, Raymond runs free to the East where he belongs, Lapierre's gone, Weise is the extra forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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