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[Signing] Flames sign Jacob Markstrom
Kobayashi Maru replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
To be honest, I am still a Marky fan but I do believe he got to the point of being overvalued. I admire him putting it all together to be a true #1 but I don't think I believe the comments of him as a top 5 goalie. He finally became that true number 1, but top 5 never felt quite right. He managed to a be very strong all around goalie and put in the work to get there which I admired. There was one thing that always nagged me. His glove hand was always weaker than most and it actually made me wonder if he should have played baseball as a kid and whether that actually factors into it at all. May actually be a leg up for our American goalies. -
I really really wanted OEL on the team because of what he could bring, but I have to give JB credit for not going to the point where it didn't make sense for us. Onto plan b or c now.
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[Signing] Flames sign Jacob Markstrom
Kobayashi Maru replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Wow, no kidding. Huge Markstrom fan, but in no way would I have wanted to see a deal anything close to that. For me I had 5M x 4 as my max. Very very happy with our Demko/Holtby combo. I don't think we will miss a beat, and we're in good shape for Seattle expansion too. -
[Signing] Capitals sign Justin Schultz
Kobayashi Maru replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Is it fair to say this is the territory of Barrie though? -
[Signing] Flames sign Jacob Markstrom
Kobayashi Maru replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Wow, his tenure in Calgary was for only a couple hours...... -
Pretty sure there were some rumours of revamping the D, but I think getting Tanev back on a fair deal makes sense. Getting Tanev and Barrie would actually be a pretty good results if possible under the cap. I find the Barrie situation interesting. Good number of people wanted him here when on Colorado and one okay year in Toronto and he's the worst D to ever play the game. Have to think he'd still be a valuable add for the next two years if we can get him short term. Tanev, Barrie and Holtby on two year deals would be a pretty amazing haul!
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[Signing] Canucks sign Braden Holtby
Kobayashi Maru replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Pretty sure that's to discourage Seattle from taking him. Pretty shrewd if I'm reading the reason correctly. -
[Signing] Panthers sign Alexander Wennberg
Kobayashi Maru replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I would have definitely done that too. Still have this sense that Granlund may be the cards as our top 6 signing as long as it's a discount due to Nashville performance. -
I wonder if there is still a play here to move Eriksson to Arizona regardless. They could still benefit from the cap vs real dollars if we take something back where the dollars and cap match.
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[Signing] Canucks re-sign Josh Leivo
Kobayashi Maru replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Well, this makes sense. Show me deal after some injuries to see if he can continue to progress or not. Good depth. -
[Signing] Flames sign Jacob Markstrom
Kobayashi Maru replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I wish him luck unless it impacts us directly. Problem is it took him 6 years to get to the point he is at now, and I can imagine there could be regression soon. It's great to have our goalie of the future (Demko) ready to go with another great goalie on a short term deal as insurance. To be honest this just works for everyone. -
[Signing] Stars re-sign Anton Khudobin
Kobayashi Maru replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
From a Vancouver perspective, this is all happening the way it should. We got the right guy, Dallas got the right guy and hopefully Marky signed for over 6M per year for a long term so we can feel even better about it. -
[Signing] Oilers sign Kyle Turris
Kobayashi Maru replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Great signing for Edmonton. I would imagine it would allow them to do something like this: Draisaitl McDavid Neal Nugent-Hopkins Turris Puljujarvi -
[Signing] Flames sign Jacob Markstrom
Kobayashi Maru replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Wow, that made me puke in my mouth a little. Ultimately I'm not worried as we have the combo we need, but really? Calgary? -
[Signing] Canucks sign Braden Holtby
Kobayashi Maru replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
This gives Demko the ability to secure himself as our guy for the next 6-8 years and Holtby is the perfect insurance policy before he goes to Seattle. JB, I have to say you made the perfect move in G. Looking for our next two year contracts on a RW and RD. I sense Granlund and Barrie will be next on those shorter contracts. -
[Signing] Canucks sign Braden Holtby
Kobayashi Maru replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I think this is exactly what we should have done. Gives Demko the keys but we have a number 1 on the team in Holtby as well. 2 year contracts. I think that's a good trend for us outside of our core. -
Joulevi would be on the third line for the next year or two anyways. It would be selective times, but I think he'd be just fine against the 2nd/3rd line forwards. Nobody is putting him against generational talents. That would be for Tanev, Edler, Myers assuming Tanev comes back.
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[Signing] Canucks re-sign Tyler Motte
Kobayashi Maru replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Great signing. Happy to have him back for at least another 2 years. Playoff warrior! -
He's not my first choice either, but a very strong puck moving D is what our biggest need is. OEL was first choice, just not sure what the other options are outside of Barrie. Pietr is not coming here. My ideal for this is still Rasmus Ristolainen but that will require picks and prospects and likely no cap relief. Ultimately our need is speed out of our own zone.
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Because Edler and Stecher couldn't process the game fast enough. We need guys that can move the puck and think quickly exiting the zone. If you add more Tanev types you are still hemmed in. I think we all saw the same result, but the resolution is different that people think in my mind.
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I want to have D that can match the pace of the forwards and think the game fast enough. OEL was the perfect choice for that but it fell through. Stecher I liked but couldn't process the game fast enough, Edler is slower so should be more of the Tanev stay at home territory now. We get hemmed in not because we are missing more Tanev's or Mark Staal's but because our D can't think or move fast enough out of the zone. We need guys that can think fast and move the puck out as we have the guys that can play the shutdown role.