ChuckNORRIS4Cup Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 This is stupid if true. I had a feeling Aquaman would still have a huge influence and under no circumstances would he want to rebuild and risk losing more ticket revenue. People are starting to realize the bigger picture at stake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sting Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 The Canucks don't have a starting goaltender; they have two strong rookies who could become starting goaltenders. Fans are confused. Luongo didn't want to be here anymore and got traded. The Canucks were left with Lack because of Gillis' incompetence in trading Luongo and/ or Schneider long before they got traded. Bad management in goaltending has made the fans think Lack is actually better than Luongo. Why? Because Luongo got traded. It's this peculiar thinking, singular thinking from Vancouver Canucks fans, who don't know something good when faced with it. Miller? Hell yeah. Thank The hockey Gods for being able to fix what has been undone. I'm on side with this. Were not tanking for McDavid folks. Benning will just keep adding pieces and we will get our Weber or Getzlaf while making the playoffs or at least trying everything to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown33429 Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Don't think he has the "character" the management is looking for. Bit of a whiner TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 For everyone worrying about Lack, he'll likely get the same amount of games next season if Miller is here. That's the right number for him to be at IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerines Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Markstrom, Tanev, Hansen are getting traded to buffalo in a package deal to get Myers book it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noseforthenet Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 How superstitious is he? Maybe his playing well here before will influence him...I mean if he believes in such things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Lost dramatically? I'm sure that will be great for Lack's confidence and for his career. Not to mention satisfying the paying customers. Will they be handing out paper bags, Toronto-style? Any schmo can gut and tank a team as a "rebuild" (Buffalo), but it takes some actual skill and insight to retool on the fly and maintain competitiveness (Detroit). Looks like San Jose is trying to do the latter as well as we are. At the rate things are going, this is going to be a playoff team next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyfresh Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Ryan Miller Playing for Sabres 40 games played .923 SV% Playing for the Blues: Regular season 19 games played .903 SV% Playoffs 6 games played .897 SV% Eddie Lack 41 games played .912 SV% Considering Blues are one the best defensive teams in the league, his stats don't inspire confidence. Take him for 2 years $4,000,000 AAV or let him take up cap space some where else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Markstrom, Tanev, Hansen are getting traded to buffalo in a package deal to get Myers book it. I'd do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Less confidence in Lack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noseforthenet Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I really don't know why. Miller is clearly the better and healthier of the two.Meh, maybe it's just because it may be a way to help the development curve of Lack. Instead of having him play 20 playing behind Miller, we may see him play 35 under Hiller. To me, it's a coin flip, but Hiller would no doubt be cheaper and allow the team more money to fix it's main problem. Scoring goals!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prana16 Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Markstrom, Tanev, Hansen are getting traded to buffalo in a package deal to get Myers book it. Nothing signifies building a championship team than filling it with ex panthers and sabres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Considering Blues are one the best defensive teams in the league, his stats don't inspire confidence. Take him for 2 years $4,000,000 AAV or let him take up cap space some where else. The hawks can make any goalies stats look bad. Too much blame being put on Miller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocksterh8 Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 FORWARDS Daniel Sedin ($7.000m) / Henrik Sedin ($7.000m) / Zack Kassian ($1.500m) Nick Bonino ($1.900m) / Paul Stastny ($7.000m) / Chris Higgins ($2.500m) Alexandre Burrows ($4.500m) / Bo Horvat ($0.894m) / Linden Vey ($0.735m) Shawn Matthias ($1.750m) / Brad Richardson ($1.150m) / Derek Dorsett ($1.633m)DEFENSEMEN Dan Hamhuis ($4.500m) / Tyler Myers ($5.500m) Alexander Edler ($5.000m) / Luca Sbisa ($2.175m) Frank Corrado ($0.591m) / Kevin Bieksa ($4.600m) Ryan Stanton ($0.550m) /GOALTENDERS Ryan Miller ($4.500m) Eddie Lack ($1.150m)BUYOUTS David Booth ($0.000m) Keith Ballard ($0.000m)RETAINED SALARIES (1.16% of upper limit) Roberto Luongo ($0.800m—15.00%)BONUS OVERAGE $0 What happened to Tanev? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Agree with most folks here. Hope nothing becomes of this. Don't care a whole lot for Miller's character, am not convinced he'll be much of an upgrade, if at all, and not interested in the obvious contract risk that he would represent. There's a very good chance he gets outplayed by Lack - as Luongo did - and the team is once again saddled with a really important goaltender who in all likelihood expects the starting role to be a patronage appointment and part of the terms of his contract. Would much rather have a genuine competition between the younger, talented goaltenders in the system, while perhaps adding a guy with a bit more experience into the mix. I like an option like Greiss (who hasn't had a lot of starts, but has served a few years as a #2) to backup or tandem with Eddie, and if he is outplayed by Markstrom, no great loss - the salary is not going to hurt much, and the message sent to the young guys isn't quite a disincentive. Even a guy like Dubnyk is preferable to Miller imo - again, would not come with the contract or expectations, and adds an experienced guy who could prove to be a good addition (and who we haven't really seen perform behind a decent hockey club), but has to earn his starts like the other guys in the system. I'm just not convinced that Miller will necessarily be any better than any of these guys. Luongo certainly struggled to fend off back to back prospects, and in the end, couldn't. I probably prefer Luongo to MIller, and I was pleased when the Luongo deal was cut. They've added guys like Vey and Sbisa, will be depending in all likelihood on young players like Kassian, Tanev, Stanton and perhaps Corrado, and will probably see another young guy or two (Jensen, perhaps Horvat) in the lineup - I think going with young goaltenders might be bold, but mix in a moderately priced young NHLer or veteran who is guaranteed only his paycheck and I think the team would be just fine among those options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedintwinpowersactivate Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I think money better spend elsewhere. Lack should have a full season as #1. Last season was a write off for everyone. That being said.. there is a small chance he could be successful in his play or in getting assets at the trade deadline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 What happened to Tanev? Traded in a package for Myers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyllenhaal Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Miller plays well for teams that always have defensive breakdowns. He would be a good fit here. I would only give him 4 years max though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkpoet Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Did they meet up with Shane O'brien at the Roxy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyfresh Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 The hawks can make any goalies stats look bad. Too much blame being put on Miller. Definitely, but his regular season stats with the Blues aren't good either and the Blues were third in the league for least goals allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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