Hindustan Smyl Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Canucks signing Duchene would tick a lot of boxes 1) A relatively low AAV: I use the word “relative” because I don’t think Duchene could be had at less than 9 million......maybe in the high 8’s? Compared to guys like Stone and Karlsson, I think that’s pretty decent value: 2) A super top line: Duchene-Pettersson-Boeser would be a very formidable scoring line. 3) Left wing would become a big strength: If Duchene signed here, we would be fairly deep on LW all of a sudden. Duchene would be in our top line while Pearson would move down to a more appropriate 2nd line. Roussel and Baertschi would round out the bottom 6 left side. 4) Duchene’s presence would also guarantee depth down the middle. Duchene also plays center. If a guy like Sutter was to break a fingernail and be out for 10 weeks, you could simply move Duchene to center and have Horvat anchor the 3rd Line. Either way - we would be less susceptible to injuries down the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 This guyz Uber-risky. Wide berth around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRypien37 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 5. Character issues/selfishness/drama. No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6string Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 You host with a Messier photo and now this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcam Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 I agree with everyone No Thanks... He will be getting at least 8.5--9.0 million and several teams will be chasing him.... We need to sign a Top not D man if we are going to spend that kind of money?? We are two years away from making playoffs... Are D is the weak position at this time... We have to watch signing UFA to big contracts at 28 years old....We have Boser to sign this summer, Pattersson and Hughes in 2 years Other RFA to resign this summer ( Hutton, Leivo, Demko, Goldy ) -- Markstrom UFA next season .. After re signing are 4 RFA and Edler we should have between 7 - 9 million left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Duch is bouncing around for obvious reasons that people on this site understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 There’s better options than Duchene. If we can’t land Panarin then target Skinner and Lee. Those three have far less baggage than Duchene has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xereau Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Douche, eh? N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Panarin is the only forward I would have any interest on in the FA market that being said I'd rather they spend the money and get a solid Dman, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Duchene only produces when it’s contract year now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakrami Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Now that you mention it, wish Baertschi wasnt injured for most of the season. With him as LW on either the Horvat or Pettersson line, we would have scored a lot more goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 If I were to spend a term/high cap bullet on a guy it sure as hell wouldn't be Duchene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapShot Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baer. Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Overrated. Yeah sign him to 8mil throw him on wing and watch him put up 60 points...then he will ask for a trade. Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duodenum Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 He had 4 straight sub 60 point seasons in a row before this year (contract year). Super ultra risky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 I'd rather see Benning throw 1/2 that salary amount to Dzingle or Panik, maybe up to 5.5 for Ferland instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberz21 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Pass...I always thought Duchene is a great individual player, but he is not a team player (and that has nothing to do with character or the Uber incident). The guy is talented, he will gets his share of point, but that's it. He doesn't make guys around him better, he doesn't make his teams win. Look everywhere he's been. Colorado has been better since he left, he didn't help Ottawa at all, despite having good numbers. I've said this before, but I put him in the same class a Ryan O'Reilly or Phil Kessel. Great individual players, but doesn't make players around him better. Kessel was a much better play in Toronto, however, it wasn't until he arrived in Pittsburgh that he finally found his spot, which is being a complement to two superstars. Duchene is the same, he was overshadowing Landeskog and MacKinnon in Colorado. As much, as I like Pettersson, he's not Crosby/Malkin yet and I wouldn't want Duchene to overshadow him either. We might get a few good statistical season from Duchene, but won't make us win. Plus that backend of the contract will be an albatross IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 If CBJ misses the playoffs he could be had for super cheap. Lol. No thanks to Duchene at 8+ mil. Too scary for me. Target Eberle or Lee or both if we can drop Sutter and/or Eriksson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Doesn't tick the character box, and he's expensive. I see him turning into a Gagner here. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glug Datt Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 the guy is poison. I'd rather not let him loose with our young team thank you very much hard pass rangers will prolly take him tho.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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