Mathew Barzal
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51 hour ago, brownky said:
I don't think we should do anything. Stay the course. It's not exciting, but I'd rather be boring and win than be Tampa Bay.
We just watched Edmonton and Toronto utterly screw themselves over through signing a massive free agent deal. I'd rather learn from their mistakes than repeat them here.
Karlsson is the only game breaker on the list, but he'll want too much term for his 'body'. If he'd do a 1 year 'max' deal to make the money while we have the cap, and renew for 4 more 'mid season' at a more paletable cap deal to keep building a solid team, I'd go for that.
He's going to want 10-11 for 7 though, doughty+ money. And someone will give it to him. I hope it isn't us. It'll be a Marleau deal where the last year or two just skunk a team.
This is ridiculous, what do you even mean by that? By any logical measure, Tampa Bay destroyed the league this year. It's not their fault the playoffs are a different animal.
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Not mad at what went down but the way they portrayed it in the episode was some Transformers level writing. I hope Cersei wins now.
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Hutton and Virtanen offer a marginal plus to the 10th overall. They're not worth including.
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44 minutes ago, aGENT said:
... And we happily look to be following in very similar footsteps, about 2'ish years behind their rebuild.
Obviously these are just loose comparables but...
Mackinnnon = Pettersson
Rantanen = Boeser
Landeskog = Horvat
Barrie = Hughes (hopefully)
Soderberg = Pearson
Kerfoot = Virtanen
Johnson = Edler
I'd imagine (assuming another solid summer at the draft, FA's, trades etc) and a another good year of development, we should be looking far more like a legit bubble team next year, as COL was last year.
Then the year following, hopefully we follow a similar trajectory as they did this year.
Kerfoot and Virtanen are literally the opposite in every aspect of playing style lol.
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Toffoli's vice is that his skating is awful and he's a streaky scorer. He was able to get away with it with the Kings in their peak because they played a slow, possession-heavy game which favoured his skillset. But the game has transitioned so much towards speed that he's been somewhat left behind. It especially does not make sense because the Canucks are primarily a North - South team, we would not be a good fit for him.
I would rather keep investing in Jake.
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6 hours ago, Phat Fingers said:
Hypothetically, where would he have gone in last years draft?
Other than BB, I dont see the same quality of defender in the top of this years draft.
What do I know, Button has Broberg going top 5.
Getting a complete RHD cannot be over looked, but is he a top ten guy or a team need, or both as you suggest.
Could a trade down accomplish the same goal?
One scouting report I read, or watched put a premium on his RHD vs his other abilities... I will paraphrase, but the take was that his position is what puts him in the top 15, but if he was a LHD he would be in the lower half of the first round.
We need RHD, Woo is in the pipeline, but we dont have alot else. But the need is now. I like Soderstrom, but have some doubts about his timeline.
That said, you have been right far more than me. With this draft I think JB might look to trade vs take a d man. The only roadblock is that Edmonton is even more desperate than us and their timeline was 3 years ago.
Likely between Bouchard and Ty Smith.
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23 minutes ago, Phat Fingers said:
How far away do you think he is? 3 years minimum? I am not adverse to taking a d man, but this year at ten I hope either Krebs or Vegras falls. Whomever is there at ten is going to be at least 2 years away.
Soderstrom does have a good two way game and is already playing in the SHL so ge should translate. This draft I think that there is one or two forwards that will fall out of the top 9 that have more upside.
Gotta think that Edmonton is looking hard at him too. He could be gone before ten.
Good depth is never a bad thing, but if a deal can be made with our first to get better sooner, I would think that JB would trade our pick. JB doesn't have any clock left.
JB knows that he has to make some moves this summer to get this team competitive. That RHD need is urgent.
7He plays a mature, cerebral game that would likely have him not look out of place even if he slotted in next year.
But, it would be in his best interest to test his limits offensively in another league next year while still building his frame.
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Completely sold on Soderstrom.
Defensively responsible, physically engaged at all times, and possesses the skillset to complement our fast, talented forwards. Not to mention he fills an organization need.
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That Heiskanen chap isn't too shabby either.
Makar looks to be as good as him too.
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Soderstrom would be a nice pick. Looks to have the same drive as Petey and would fill a nice hold at RHD.
Boldy would be a nice winger for Horvat otherwise.
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Anders Lee is going to be an Islander come fall.
He's was basically anointed captain by the locker room and is a homegrown talent for the Isles. Unless they land Panarin (which they won't) they'll pay up to retain him.
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If we don't win the lottery I hope we trade down and take a RHD.
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Fantastic. Get the big boys out early.
Let's go BJ's!
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Hard to even look at him as a positive asset at this point. Ship him out for whatever we can get and move on to someone who can hold down a spot for 70+ games.
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At this point I'd be down to trade down and take Seider/ Soderstrom unless we win the draft lottery. RHD is a more pressing need than another top six forward, and I'm sure teams would trade up to secure Newhook/Boldy/Zegras.
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Whichever one gives me the best offer.
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On 3/15/2019 at 6:41 AM, Glug Datt said:
what I don't get, is how I can see flashes of puck moving brilliance from Stetcher, Hutton, even Pouliot & Biega, but there's no consistency.. like it was a total fluke or something.. can't they watch some video and think, yah that's what I need to be doing? is it a confidence thing? or does a player like Hughes somehow see the play unfolding differently or maybe have the ability to make proper adjustments on the fly? just a level up in that skill, plain & simple I guess..
I think Stecher, Hutton, Biega etc are examples of players with individual talent and hard work but average hockey IQ. Their spatial awareness is not very good and every play they make is telegraphed. With time and space, Stecher and Hutton can make the right play because they can rely on their puck skills to get them out of trouble. However, under time constraints they resort to making the 'safe' play every time because they don't have the quick thinking and on ice awareness that someone like Hughes does.
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17 minutes ago, kloubek said:
I dont agree. I know the results given his draft position have been disappointing but even as a 3rd liner he brings speed and hitting to our 3rd line. One may say he is the perfect 3rd liner in fact. As such, I feel he will stick around. Losing him would make our soft team even softer.
If he had the work ethic of Motte I wouldn't mind, but watching him reminds me a lot of Kassian. Speed and tenacity when he ha the puck but as soon as he loses it his game slows down and he ends up puck watching. He's definitely a lot better than Kassian in most regards to his defensive game, but I don't see him taking another step development wise unless he starts showing that he wants it as bad as Horvat or Pettersson.
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On 3/10/2019 at 8:33 AM, Canucks Curse said:
Interesting target would be sanheim in philly
i doubt philly moved him
hutton+ goldy + 2020 1st
Quantity for quality, Philly says no.
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Really disappointing year from him. He's put up the stats but has largely been ineffective even strength.
He's just so much slower than other players at everything. I hope he doesn't end up like Toffoli.
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52 minutes ago, Dazzle said:
There's only so much that analytics can say. A team built purely on analytics is wrong and has been proven to be the case at least twice (Arizona and Florida as examples).
Not agreeing or disagreeing with you here, but Arizona would have been a playoff team sans an injury-plagued year.
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2 minutes ago, ItalianCanuck1 said:
Do you think teams would give up a first rounder for a prospect who in a 2016 redraft would be pick maybe around 15/20?
So basically you trade your pick for a player with same value but two year older..
(I’m genuin curious, don’t want to sound polemic
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Not saying they would but for a team like Edmonton more prospects do nothing to help a team that should be gunning for the playoffs.
It's not like Juolevi has zero value either, he was having a decent season in the AHL until his injury.
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52 minutes ago, DeltaSwede said:
Why give up on Juolevi now?
Seems like the worst possible timing considering his injury and what it does to his current trade value. The kid was doing more than ok in the AHL before it got cut short because of surgery. He might take a little longer but he's a lock to be an NHLer and it's likely he will be a top 4.
Back on topic, a lot of guys I like this year so I keep changing my really amateur top 10
Hughes
Kakko
Podkolzin
Cozens
Byram
Boldy
Turcotte
Dach
Krebs
Broberg
HM: Zegras, Harley, Kaliyev
Not giving up, selling from a position of strength for a position of need.
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Calling it now if we draft Byram, Juolevi gets moved for a 1st in the same draft. Lots of RHD in the mid 1st area.
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[Discussion] Would you be fine with Panarin or nothing this free agency?
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So what did Tampa do wrong? What if Boeser and Pettersson end up being playoff equivalents to Stamkos and Kucherov?
Where would Benning have failed to account for that while he 'builds' this team?