King Heffy Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, theo5789 said: Ristolainen is an even this year after managing his minutes better instead of throwing him out every 2nd shift. Yet still leads his team for ice time per game by over 3 minutes a night still likely facing the tough competition. If Stecher is holding you back from wanting Ristolainen, then you're never going to be building a winning squad. I just don't like how he plays in his own end. Open to moving Stecher, just don't like the proposed return. Edited February 19, 2020 by King Heffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 This Monkey hearing that thru the Banana phone he's holding to his ear. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian42 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, Alflives said: With the Gaud whispers, would JB do Gaud + Stecher for Risto + a second? Solid value but definitely doesn’t help our cap situation. I’m for moving Stetcher, against moving Gaudette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcam Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Alflives said: Fir Risto though? I think that’s a good move. Just hard to find centres and Gaudette has a bright future.... Rather trade a winger or depth..... Boser -- Dumba & 3rd Would do this trade Toffoli can replace Boser.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo5789 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, King Heffy said: I just don't like how he plays in his own end. Open to moving Stecher, just don't like the proposed return. You're not getting anyone better (or even close) if Stecher is the principal trade piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian42 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 48 minutes ago, Alflives said: JB just better not sign any more bad ones. We have some really good young players coming along. We want to sign them. Completely agree I don’t want the Canucks to spend much more than 1 million on 4th liners, guys like Motte, MacEwen, Bailey etc. then we can really stack up our D and other lines. We will need to find a good face-off guy to replace Beagle and Sutter but we should look for good value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanisleryan Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Bure_Pavel said: Saw this also, not sure how creditable this guy is. I would do Gaudette, Stecher, and 2021 2nd/3rd for Risto. We just got ridden of Madden, we’re not moving Gaudette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Stecher is possibly / probably, nah, just possibly expendable in summer. My own take is it would be odd to trade him now! Call up Rafffery? Rafferty is a completely different player. An offensive player. True, Stecher has never realized that upside. Which many felt was within? If we wanted offensive upside, sure move Troy Stecher now. But Stecher is also a battler, plays hard minutes. Take a look at our left side? We were able to sign Fantenburg, and suddenly Benn, also signed, is expendable. Sat, what 15 straight games? Nobody has supplanted Stecher on the right side. Nobody. We dont have that depth. Even though he is not a 30 point D man? He will be harder to replace than people realize! Key, add to it Tanev is UFA at the end of the year. My instinct is Tanev bargains hard & has an agenda in negotiations. He has that right, but has excercised it in the past. And is our true ''hardest minutes'' D man. I suppose we could go looking on the market for another. But useful RHD are hard to secure. Could take some of the sting of losing Tanev away. I believe we need Stecher for depth. I hate trading players before a solution is in place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Provost said: If Gaudette is a piece going out, it had better be a younger D with term coming in. Severson Simmonds for Gaudette Baertschi Juolevi NJD doesn’t have to trade Simmonds to the Canucks. As Fitzgerald was explaining it’s his choice to do what he wants as it’s their players. If the Canucks want Simmonds they’ll have to pay the price that NJD is asking. Doubt it would be Gaudette. Zacha is not going anywhere and they still have Zajac for another year. Also Gaudette is being sheltered and NJD is more likely to shelter Hughes. Not really viable to have 2 lines that need protection from matchups. Edited February 19, 2020 by mll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo5789 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 28 minutes ago, Provost said: Agreed... Stecher has been playing top 4 minutes for 3rd pairing dollars. Qualifying him isn’t expensive and is a good back up plan in case we can’t afford Tanev or a suitable replacement in the summer. He's averaged 15 mins a night this season (some games in top 4 min territory, but balanced with some 12 min or less nights this year) slightly below Benn and Fantenberg. On a cap crunched team, Stecher is too expensive for his role. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, theo5789 said: He's averaged 15 mins a night this season (some games in top 4 min territory, but balanced with some 12 min or less nights this year) slightly below Benn and Fantenberg. On a cap crunched team, Stecher is too expensive for his role. If we trade Stecher now, would Rafferty be the guy coming up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, mll said: NJD doesn’t have to trade Simmonds to the Canucks. As Fitzgerald was explaining it’s his choice to do what he wants as it’s their players. If the Canucks want Simmonds they’ll have to pay the price that NJD is asking. Doubt it would be Gaudette. Zacha is not going anywhere and they still have Zajac for another year. Also Gaudette is being sheltered and NJD is more likely to shelter Hughes. Not really viable to have 2 lines that need protection from matchups. Just heard Elliot Friedman troll us. He said if the Canucks want Simmonds it’s going to cost Juiolevi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Nicklas Bo Hunter said: Makes sense. Trade him to recoup some picks... hopefully a 2nd. Bring up Rafferty and then sign Tram when his team is done. defo no second for him. i like him, but his tools are limited. okay 6,7 guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Screw Posted February 19, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Bure_Pavel said: Saw this also, not sure how creditable this guy is. I would do Gaudette, Stecher, and 2021 2nd/3rd for Risto. I whisper Gaudette's name from time to time. G a u d e t t e..... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Alflives said: would Rafferty be the guy coming up? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Screw Posted February 19, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Alflives said: Just heard Elliot Friedman troll us. He said if the Canucks want Simmonds it’s going to cost Juiolevi. Hard pass 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Just now, samurai said: defo no second for him. i like him, but his tools are limited. okay 6,7 guy Stech is a rental, but is club controlled too. I think he’s worth a third. I’d rather package him with Gaud fir Risto. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Just now, Screw said: Hard pass It’s hard for you to pass on this? Man, I thinks it’s easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Screw said: Hard pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Alflives said: Just heard Elliot Friedman troll us. He said if the Canucks want Simmonds it’s going to cost Juiolevi. NJD is undecided on trading Simmonds per LeBrun. Sounds like the return will have be worth it or they’ll just keep him. It’s not the Canucks that have the upper hand in the trade - they are the ones who want to bring in toughness. NJD doesn’t have to do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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