RetroCanuck Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 And Craig Button predicts that Vegas takes..... Jack Skille from the Vancouver Canucks......??? Say what? lol CRAIG BUTTON GOALTENDERS (4)Marc-Andre Fleury (PIT)Philipp Grubauer (WSH)Michal Neuvirth (PHI)Calvin Pickard (COL) DEFENCE (10)Jake Dotchin (TBL)Matt Dumba (MIN) Tobias Enstrom (WPG)Brett Kulak (CGY)Josh Manson (ANA)Marc Methot (OTT)Colin Miller (BOS)Griffin Reinhart (EDM)Ryan Sproul (DET)Trevor van Riemsdyk (CHI) FORWARDS (16)Josh Anderson (CBJ)Josh Bailey (NYI)William Carrier (BUF)Cody Eakin (DAL)Nic Dowd (LAK)Luke Gazdic (NJD)Michael Grabner (NYR)Charles Hudon (MTL)Jonathan Marchessault (FLA)James Neal (NSH)Joakim Nordstrom (CAR)Ryan Reaves (STL)Buddy Robinson (SJS)Kerby Rychel (TOR)Jack Skille (VAN)Radim Vrbata (ARI) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Please let that be right. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 10 minutes ago, RetroCanuck said: Josh Manson (ANA) Didn't Anaheim expose Vatanen? You'd think LV would be all over him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Wasn't Reaves protected? Button was at least smart about picking youth that can go to the AHL, but some of these choices feel odd for the sake of being odd (like Skille) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li'l Fra Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Uh, that forward group? Why the hell would Las Vegas want to pick up everyone's aging 3rd liners and AHL grinders? They will definitely have better options. I'm not sure Button nailed this one. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Skille?..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Skille? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyndall2 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Pretty sad that he might think that only one Canuck would be worthy to be selected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny in Vancouver Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 22 minutes ago, RetroCanuck said: And Craig Button predicts that Vegas takes..... Jack Skille from the Vancouver Canucks......??? Say what? lol You sure it wasn't Megna? Because if they're looking for a forward that coaches can depend on to play in any role including the top line... I wonder what it would take to trade for Grabner... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroCanuck Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 I understand not taking Sbisa to a certain extent but why wouldn't you take Boucher, Gaunce or Pedan before Skille? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I hope Benning sends McPhee our 1st to have him lay off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbdoubleu Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 It's funny when you look at that list and then have to listen to people saying things like "Vegas is going to be better than Vancouver next year, haha." Outside of a few decent goalies and a potential good top pairing, they're going to lack quality depth. They're going to have a lot of guys who looked good in the role they played on their former contending team (guys like Josh Anderson, Grabner, van Riemsdyk), who are either going to do wonders with the extra minutes and responsibility they get, or get completely exposed. There's always 1 or 2 guys that will breakout with a fresh start and more minutes (Sullivan in Nashville, even going back to Bradley and Chris Kontos in Tampa Bay), but for the most part supporting cast is everything for making 3rd and 4th liners look like potential to 6 forwards. There's a reason a lot of these guys weren't protected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckleHorse Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 To lose Skille would be devastating why it's almost as bad as losing Megna why would Buttons wish such a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 If they were going to take a bottom six forward I would think they would choose Gaunce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Blight Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Skille might be better than the pick from New Jersey (Gazdic)........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocksterh8 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 They could just have a UFA tryout and get their own Skille lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Blight Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 7 minutes ago, cbdoubleu said: It's funny when you look at that list and then have to listen to people saying things like "Vegas is going to be better than Vancouver next year, haha." Outside of a few decent goalies and a potential good top pairing, they're going to lack quality depth. They're going to have a lot of guys who looked good in the role they played on their former contending team (guys like Josh Anderson, Grabner, van Riemsdyk), who are either going to do wonders with the extra minutes and responsibility they get, or get completely exposed. There's always 1 or 2 guys that will breakout with a fresh start and more minutes (Sullivan in Nashville, even going back to Bradley and Chris Kontos in Tampa Bay), but for the most part supporting cast is everything for making 3rd and 4th liners look like potential to 6 forwards. There's a reason a lot of these guys weren't protected. It's even more funny that posters talk of Vegas trading players for four 1st round picks but they are somehow still going to have all these players on their roster. Really curious to see how that all works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossi Vaananen Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Not his finest work. I've been playing around with the draft simulator myself, and it's tricky - https://capfriendly.com/expansion-draft There's a lot of factors like cap hit (for both the upper and lower limits) as well as having the minimum number of contracts valid in 2018. Also, you have to draft 14/9/3, meaning you want a few players with AHL flexibility. That said, the following D are better options than Sbisa: Enstrom Dumba Methot Vatanen Van Riemsdyk (I believe the deal with Chicago means he's headed to Vegas) Colin Miller Bogosian (though big cap hit at 5.2) I also liked Ouellet as cheap depth. In this respect I'd venture to say we're safe with Sbisa. If the reports that Vegas has a deal to take Lehtonen, then that's another heavy cap hit to factor in, that would further prevent spending $ on D. I think then that Vegas takes a cheap forward from us, likely Gaunce, though I can see how Button went to Skille, as a cheap depth forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glory_Days Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 18 minutes ago, cbdoubleu said: It's funny when you look at that list and then have to listen to people saying things like "Vegas is going to be better than Vancouver next year, haha." Outside of a few decent goalies and a potential good top pairing, they're going to lack quality depth. They're going to have a lot of guys who looked good in the role they played on their former contending team (guys like Josh Anderson, Grabner, van Riemsdyk), who are either going to do wonders with the extra minutes and responsibility they get, or get completely exposed. There's always 1 or 2 guys that will breakout with a fresh start and more minutes (Sullivan in Nashville, even going back to Bradley and Chris Kontos in Tampa Bay), but for the most part supporting cast is everything for making 3rd and 4th liners look like potential to 6 forwards. There's a reason a lot of these guys weren't protected. The be fair, that list is pretty pathetic. There are much better names out there then what's on Button's list. Only thing we (and Button) don't know is side deals other teams have in place with Vegas to not select certain unprotected players. Forwards: Soderberg, Dano, Rychel, Weal, Perron, Frk, Strome, Neal, Hudon, Brown, Marchessault, Eakin, Pitlick, Stempniak, Deslauries, Brouwer, Khokchalev, Burmistrov. + Shipiychov signing from KHL. Defense: Vatanen, Dumba, Merrill, Methot, Johnson, Pokka, Koekkoek, DeMelo, Pedan Goalies: Fleury, Raanta, Grubauer They don't have any higher end forwards outside of Neal/Shipy, but will have a lot of quality depth players and a very good bottom six. Their D-core is pretty decent as well and goalies will be better then half of the other teams in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 30 minutes ago, cbdoubleu said: It's funny when you look at that list and then have to listen to people saying things like "Vegas is going to be better than Vancouver next year, haha." Outside of a few decent goalies and a potential good top pairing, they're going to lack quality depth. They're going to have a lot of guys who looked good in the role they played on their former contending team (guys like Josh Anderson, Grabner, van Riemsdyk), who are either going to do wonders with the extra minutes and responsibility they get, or get completely exposed. There's always 1 or 2 guys that will breakout with a fresh start and more minutes (Sullivan in Nashville, even going back to Bradley and Chris Kontos in Tampa Bay), but for the most part supporting cast is everything for making 3rd and 4th liners look like potential to 6 forwards. There's a reason a lot of these guys weren't protected. I don't know if you ask me they have a pretty solid group of players to choose from F1: Neal Shipachyov Ryan F2: Boedker Strome Grabner F3: Brouwer Kruger Anderson F4:Grigoernko Eakin Wiese EF1: Nordstrom Dano Hayes EF2: Yakupov Burmistrov Rychel D1: Demers Vatanen D2: Sbisa Dumba D3: McNabb Bogosian ED1: Koekkoek Reinhart ED2: Nesterov G1: Fleury G2: Grubauer EG1: Wedgewood And all of the extra's can be moved for other assets, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Toe Drag Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I have to think Button is taking into account that the speculated side deals that have been discussed are in play for this LGK team. Hence, obvious big names not being present on the list. However that still doesn't explain the Skille pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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