RetroCanuck
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I don't mean to scare everyone here, but what if Megna makes the team out of camp...
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What Ryan Pulock worth in a trade? Would Baertschi do it?
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Just thinking about last season when Burr/Hans were traded at the deadline and it got me thinking of how I enjoyed cheering for them on other teams. Then my thoughts turned to the Sedins and it left me wondering...would I rather watch the Sedins in Canucks colours for they're whole career but lose non stop in the end of said career, or watch them get traded to a contending team and cheer them on to a potential cup? My mind set is Id rather see them contend for a Cup and cheer them on since they will always be Canucks in my eyes! Therefor I think we should trade the Sedins if they wish too contend and give Canucks fans something to cheer about!
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It's just the team we're trading with would have to take on 14 million in cap space. We're already holding onto the max salary retention with Hansen/Luongo. I'd like to see them move on as well. We're not in a place to be competitive in their twilight, so they should really either retire or move on to a better positioned team.
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When thecanuckway guys write this lol
"If at least five of these guys can play up to their respective potentials in 2017-18, the Vancouver Canucks just might own one of the NHL’s most prolific scoring machines."
Lets be real. Canucks are not going to be good next year as we have no star power. We have past stars and potential future stars but to say we are going to be a leading goal scoring team in the NHL is ridiculous. Sedins are most likely going to be like last year or decline a little more, maybe 30 goals between them. Many other guys like Sutter, Dorsett, Eriksson, Gagner have reached their peak and may be consistent producer at what they are producing now. 17, 8, 20, 15 goals respectively. And then you have our young up and comers.. Bo, Baer, Gran, Boes? are the only ones I can see potting around 20 goals. Add all those up and assume everyone performs to their potential and doesn't get injured. Add in the few other goals scored form others and you arrive at roughly 180-200 goals which is just above where we finished last year in NHL goal scoring.
Definitely not a prolific goal scoring club but I am hoping for young guys to truly exceed expectations
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I really hope our kids take a step forward, our "expendables" (Gagner, Sutter, Dorsett, etc.) have good years, and our veterans (Sedins, Eriksson, etc.) have down years.
Its obvious why I want the kids to improve. We need them to improve if this rebuild is going to work.
I want the "expendables" to perform well to give them value at the trade deadline so that we can have one final strong draft before actually rising in the standings.
I want the veterans to do poorly so that we can still finish at the bottom of the table and take a franchise changing player which is exactly what our future core needs. We won't win a cup with our prospect group until we gain that top-end elite player and I don't believe we have them yet.
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Ronaldo gets a 4 game suspension for this
But In the NHL you almost have to kill someone to get suspended four games haha like this
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Wonder if Canucks signed Nilsson instead of Miller because he's trade-able while Miller would have demanded a no trade clause....Better to have trade-able assets in a rebuild then not. May have been a contributing factor
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I think Ryan Miller actually forced the Canucks hand with the signing. I think Ryan Miller decided on signing in Anaheim long ago and informed the Canucks in early to mid June of his decision, ultimately forcing the Canucks to sign Anders Nilsson. The good thing with Anders is that, like you said, he's on a cheap deal that's easy to trade. The bad news is that goalies are tough to trade so he may not be dealt unless Demko forces the Canucks to make a move next year. It'll be interesting how this all plays out.
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Canucks should sign Wideman and Jagr too cheap one year deals and flip them at the deadline. Perfect way to acquire more picks while giving kids time to develop in Utica. Trade Dorsett for what you can. Trade Tanev for futures like Liljegrin+Kapanen
Sedins-Granlund
Baer-Bo-Jagr
Rodin/Boucher-Sutter-Eriksson
Gaunce-Burmistrov-Gagner
Boucher/Rodin
Edler-Stetcher
Hutton-Wideman
DelZotto-Guddy
Wiercoch-Biega
Marky
Nilsson
Bring in the young as the old get traded. Trade Sedins at deadline and resign them for one year.
Baer-Bo-Boeser
Sedins-Granlund
Dahlen-Pettersson-Eriksson
Virtanen-Gagner-Gaunce
Juolevi-Stetcher
DelZotto-Guddy
Hutton-Subban
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Excited that the management group isn't rushing in our prospects anymore. Sign Eberle and Del Zotto and let guys like Boeser and Juolevi develop more. Patience is going to be key with this rebuild if we want to compete again anytime soon
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@canuktravella Well, it's 10:00 pm, so he would technically be "night drunk".
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Its sad how we have 13Mil tied up in Eriksson, Sutter and Dorsett. All self inflicted bad cap hits. Thanks Vegas for taking Sbisa at least from us. Benning better not throw too much money at big UFAs this summer. Take some bad cap from teams and gain more assets and move on.
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Theres too much going on, I can't handle this!
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Button has VGK taking Skille from us in the expansion draft lol
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There's been rumors that the Golden Knights will take a few UFAs so that they're not saddled with too many bad contracts and can be players in free agency this year. Makes sense that they'd target a Canucks UFA. They could easily sign Skille to a year deal and send him down as a depth guy too, doubt Skille turns down any contract or just letting him walk.
Them selecting a guy like Skille over a guy like Sbisa only happens, though, if the GK's go for Bogosian over Ullmark.
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Honestly, how much worse are we going to be next year if we don't have Tanev? He's an awesome player but its not like he's going to win us games. In the end with or without Tanev we are going to lose majority of the games next year and be bottom of the league. Yes there will be a few more GA but its not going to make much difference. Rather trade Tanev now and sign one or two UFA reclamation project Ds like Girardi, Del Zotto Kulikov or Franson and run with that.
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Its BACK! About time haha whats going on?
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I don't know what the market will be regarding Markov this offseason but he'd be a great guy too sign on a one year deal. Especially if we trade a vet. Guys 38 but had 6 goals, 30 assists, +18 and played 22mins on average! Would be a great player for the short term and then just flip him at the trade deadline!
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Does Eriksson have any trade value? Or is he a negative and would be a cash dump?
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So how many picks will Benning go "off the board" this year with?
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Every draft has different levels of prospects based on ratings by pro scouts. Therefore its not hard to go off the board in any round. All Im saying is that Benning is known to go against the flow with some of his picks and in some cases unearth diamonds. And then sometimes you choose off the board and it backfires. Virtanen is the perfect example of this considering how he's developed so far.
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Wow Kessel reminds me of a whiny little toddler!
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Who do you want this draft?
5th- Liljegrin Defence
33rd- Anderson-Dolan or Oettinger Centre or Goaltender
?55th- Kasper Kotkansalo Defence
64th- Alexander Sasha Chmelevski Centre
95th- Daniel Bukac Defence
112th- Max Gildon
188th-Reagan O'Grady
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Ive basically accepted that the Canucks are going to fall in this lottery. But a top 5 pick is great and definitely what this team needs. It would just be an added bonus if we pick 1st or 2nd. Im my mind third overall doesn't really matter as there are so many players in the same bracket there.
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