-Vintage Canuck- Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKnight Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: I was really rooting for Cole. His draft year, we could have got a lot for him. Hia value was through the roof after that series against McDavid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 :./ sad to see him go but we have a lot of good prospects now. Hope he makes it in the nhl in some 4th line capacity one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklehead80 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Was really rooting for Cole. Disappointed to see him go, but understandable why. Injuries really set him back. Hopefully he can catch on somewhere or head over seas and come back in a few years after turning his career around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Wonder if he will sign a Utica contract? Kinda surprised considering how little our centre depth is in Utica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UticaHockey Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Never had the skating ability to be an effective player at this level. The lack of center depth made me think that they would extend him one more year but it wasn't to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 49 minutes ago, The 5th Line said: McDavid with a sigh of relief knowing Cassels is no longer in the same division.. Once Oilers signed Lucic, and Canucks saw how effectively Lucic can shut down McDavid in key situations, Cole became redundant. Too bad for the young guy. He was playing some of his best AHL hockey in the last months of the season. Hopefully he can parlay that into contract with someone else. European teams would be happy to get him on board too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Soldier Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 1 hour ago, KKnight said: I was really rooting for Cole. His draft year, we could have got a lot for him. Hia value was through the roof after that series against McDavid. I really don't believe that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86Viking Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Too bad, thought Cole turned the corner a bit this year to end the season. Best of luck Cole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwags Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Unfortunate that he was the odd man out. It's interesting that we're in a position that we can cut our loses on some prospects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKnight Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Winter Soldier said: I really don't believe that. There were reports around, suggesting he was the focal point for acquisitions on potential trades that season. But, how true they are is another story. Either way, sad to see him go, but i understand he wasnt cutting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggins Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 On 26/04/2018 at 11:36 AM, VegasCanuck said: Not only will he get an extension, he will challenge for 4th line on the Canucks next season and will likely be here late in camp. You're overly equating goal production to value. I've said this a number of times, I firmly believe that the Canucks view this guy as more valuable for goal suppression and shot suppression than they do for his own actual production. When Utica has been hurt by injuries and he's been put into a more offensive role, he's shown that he can respond and produce. Canucks see him as a 3rd line, make the other teams top line cringe to play against, kind of guy. As far as McKenzie goes, we only have 32 contracts used out of our 50 for next season. Cassels getting signed will have no impact on whether McKenzie gets signed, that will be completely on whether or not Benning sees enough potential there that makes it worthwhile committing to 3 years of developing him into an NHL player. Regardless of role you need to produce or fall by the wayside. Even 4th line players need to contribute 'some' offence. His AHL production didn't bode well for an NHL career. Cole isn't going to make anybody but the fans cringe at the NHL level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noble 6 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 It looks like he never really recovered from the time he missed with his abdominal injury after that performance against McDavid. That hurt his rookie year in the AHL and he likely never truly got his confidence back for an extended period of time. I'm glad that management is being a lot stingier with their NHL contract slots. Hopefully no more voids like LaPlante, Stewart, etc. in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 9 minutes ago, Hutton Wink said: July 1st: Flames sign Cole Cassels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 It seems like not that long ago he was considered by many as a top 5 prospect in our pool. How times have changed. I hope he can sign an AHL contract with Utica and continue developing. I still haven't ruled out a bottom 6 role for him in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 41 minutes ago, DeNiro said: It seems like not that long ago he was considered by many as a top 5 prospect in our pool. How times have changed. I hope he can sign an AHL contract with Utica and continue developing. I still haven't ruled out a bottom 6 role for him in the future. yup. i really think the Canucks need to see him develop for one more year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 I'd like to see him another year as well, even if only on an AHL contract. I expect they'll offer him something with the Comets (or there's still the possibility of the Canucks offering less than his qualifying offer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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