King Heffy Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Hell no. This guy is so much of a liability in his own end he doesn't even belong in the NHL Let another team have this pylon stink up the joint for them. Edler, Tanev, Hutton, Stecher, Hughes, Schenn, Biega, OJ, Sautner, Briesbrois are all more capable of actually playing defense. Would be a worse contract than LE and wouldn't want hm at league minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 There also always seems to be a CDC trend to maginify flaws on players who don’t play for us. Remember when Schenn was the slowest skater in the league and was garbage? Turns out he isn’t that slow and is a serviceable 3rd pairing/depth guy who brings physicality. We have to look at all options for our D so it looks nothing like what it did for the last few seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blömqvist Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 The left side defense is fine as it is now. Just re-sign Edler for 2 years max to save the expansion draft protection slot and we'll be good. There is progression with Edler being the elder statesmen, Hutton a top-4 place holder, and Hughes on the third pair. Juolevi will replace Hutton and then as him and Hughes get better they'll naturally overtake Edler's spot. Benning should be focusing on improving the right side defense via drafting and trades and not through free-agency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanless Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 2 hours ago, buddyguy said: Irfaan Gaffar has been filling in for Alex Auld on Canucks Central at noon and mentioned that the Canucks will make a push to sign Jake Gardiner on July 1st. The contract offer could be around 5-6 years. I thought it would be a good time to post this here and get your feedback about signing Jake Gardiner. Does this mean we trade Hutton or Juolevi? How much would you be willing to pay him? I personally hope we try and sign Karlsson but if that doesn't happen then I think Gardiner is a good B option. Let me know your thoughts! I've found no source for this so this is basically a regurgitated spitball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rocket Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 18 minutes ago, Alflives said: Who do we trade for that top 4 d man? This is a fair point. Canucks have some young players on cheap contracts they could throw around (virtanen comes to mind) but it’s true that getting one of these top 4 guys would be tough. Some guys I was considering Aquiring for the Canucks would be: Niskanen (wsh) Muzzin (la) Miller (vgk) savard (cbj) murphy (chi) braun (sjs) brodin (min) these guys are all all over the place in terms of value, so it’s hard to project what exactly the Canucks would have to give up to get them. But I think these are the doors they should be knocking on first, before they call up gardiner or Myers or Karlsson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Oh hell no. That dude cannot play in his own zone. Pouliot is better defensively for &^@# sakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekker Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Meh. Would rather just have Eddy, Hughes, Hutton, and whoever on the left side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekker Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Would sooner get Myers and trade Tanev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coryberg Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 40 minutes ago, Provost said: Remember when Schenn was the slowest skater in the league and was garbage? No no here at CDC that was always gudbranson AKA "officially The WORST PLAYER in the League" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlastPast Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 This would make no sense unless they trade Hutton and don't re-sign Edler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Speculation is speculative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Don't think it's a good idea. I think if JB can sign either Karlsson or Panarin, his chance of getting an extension will go up a lot. JB has not hit any homerun yet when it comes to UFA signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButterBean Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 This doesn’t make too much sense unless maybe Edler and Hutton are gone. Hughes and potentially Juolevi will be providing some more offense to the backend but I wouldn’t mind taking Gardiner on a 1-2 year deal. Anything more than that seems like a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Perhaps JB didn't watch game one of the Toronto/Boston series, Gardiner presumably is their 3rd best dman had the 5 least amount of ice time of the blueliners in game 1. He struggled mightily in his own zone, leading Babcock to sit him. He is fairly good offensively, but he is on par defensively with Derrick Pouliot, doesn't read the play but simply reacts. Just processes the game so slow in his own zone and makes a lot of dumb plays. Hard no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, CRAZY_4_NAZZY said: Perhaps JB didn't watch game one of the Toronto/Boston series, Gardiner presumably is their 3rd best dman had the 5 least amount of ice time of the blueliners in game 1. He struggled mightily in his own zone, leading Babcock to sit him. He is fairly good offensively, but he is on par defensively with Derrick Pouliot, doesn't read the play but simply reacts. Just processes the game so slow in his own zone and makes a lot of dumb plays. Hard no. Gardiner has elite skating, but has always play way too soft - almost scared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlliJuolevi Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Please God no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKnight Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 If we get Gardiner I might just.... bitch for a while and then continue being a fan of this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcam Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Gardnier was having back issues.. I would try and sign Meyers over Gardnier.. Might have to trade for # 3 or 4 guy? A guy like Ceci 25, 6'2 in Ottawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6string Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcam Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 9 minutes ago, 6string said: NO ??? Explain yourself?? Ceci 25, 6'2 plays on a very bad time plays 22:34mins per game .. GP 74 - G 7 PTS 26 Playing against other teams top line?? My friend is a season ticket holder in Ottawa and he likes Ceci.. I don't think you have watched him play.... Don't no why I am replying back to a guy that can't explain himself and has never watched Ceci play.........lol lol lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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