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Kootenay Gold

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  1. Overall I would say he is a good to very good GM considering how few years experience he has had at that position. Personally I would reserve the "great" title to those few GM's that can consistently keep their team in the mix for cup contention year after year.
  2. I'm thinking they are desperate to find a suitable replacement for Chara, who is getting long in the tooth. Tryamkin might be that guy but a 6th is an insult IMO. Personally I think Van would be much better off and further ahead towards vying for the cup with Tryamkin onboard. He brings a lot of attributes that the other D men on the team just do not have
  3. Fred; I think your choice of the word "survive", was a poor one. A better choice would have been "thrive". One of the main functions of the AHL, as you well know; is to develop players for the NHL. Having a defensively reliable partner allows Juolevi the freedom to be a bit more creative in generating offence from the back end without worrying so much about his partner not being good enough to handle an occasional turnover. My understanding of what they want to see from Juolevi is a fluid skating puck moving D man and having Sautner anchoring the defensive side is a plus for both of them as Sautner is more suited as a stay at home shutdown D man
  4. I doubt that Jake gets qualified if his agent is pushing for 3 mil or plans to go to arbitration. I think this is not only true for him but a lot of other mid level players on many other teams as well. With a flat cap players and their agents are probably going to have to settle for less. With the Canucks having a cap situation they would be more likely to sign Leivo, providing of course that he is fully recovered and mobile.
  5. It's great to have Quinn and possibly Rathbone or Rafferty as puck moving, offensively minded D men but the addition of Tryamkin and perhaps a very defensively sound yet physically imposing and truculent D man to add to the mix would IMO vault the Canucks into serious contention next year to play for the cup. That being said how one goes about that and still stay under the cap is the million dollar question. I hope JB finds a way to make it happen but would likely involve moving the likes of Stetcher, Benn and Fantenberg; possibly even Tanev.
  6. Huggy Bear and the Terminator lol.
  7. Yeah.. A better choice of words would have been "some good picks"; namely their 1st rounders. For the most part, I like the picks that JB has made in the later rounds but we will not know for sure how they turn out for a few more years.
  8. Not sure I would agree with that Baggins. Toronto made a lot of good picks for sure but failed miserably in managing salaries under the Cap. While they have a top notch forward group they do not have the cap room to add a quality defence to go along with it. Personally; I think the Canucks are closer to being Stanley cup contenders than Toronto is regardless of what the Eastern biased media says
  9. Went back and read the first 5 pages.... Interesting how some posters saw the potential and others had already dismissed him as a bust and that Benning should be fired. Only goes to show that what you post may come back to kick you in the A... butt years later Lol. I think we should all be happy that Benning and the scouts are making the picks and not us. They have done pretty well so far IMO.
  10. If I were a betting man, I think Roussel will be the one traded and Leivo will fill that position at a lesser cost. Also; Virtanin might stick around but with a flat cap and the relative value he might bring in a trade; he could be gone as well. I just don't see him as a top 6 and there are cheaper options to fill the bottom six IMO
  11. If he retires and moves back to Sweden he will get lots of that
  12. The maximum combined signing bonus will be limited to 10% of the player's maximum annual compensation in any year. Entry Level players may negotiate for performance bonuses up to a maximum of $850,000 in individual "Schedule A" bonuses per year (maximum of $212,500 per bonus).
  13. Got to have a bit of a thick skin to be a member on here. Probably better to read up on the postings of each player in order to get a feel for the site.
  14. Welcome to the Canucks CDC chat board. One suggestion I have for you is that you do a bit more research on the players before suggesting a lineup. This is what I would like to see for 2020-21: Miller, Petey, Boesser Pearson, Horvat, Toffoli Leivo, Sutter, Gaudette Motte, Beagle, McEwen Hughes, Tanev Edler, Stetcher Juolevi, Myers two of :Brisbois, Chatfield or Rafferty Markstrom. Demko (one may be traded and backup brought in for both Cap and expansion reasons)
  15. The coaches like to have an eight man D for practice reasons so I would think if your prediction of the lines plays out, Chatfield and Rafferty would be the 7th and 8th D men and slot in when injuries occur. Even if there is an NHL season this winter, there is no guarantee that there will be an AHL one. If that scenario comes to fruition; IMO we might see the NHL increase the number of players allowed on the roster but still limit the game roster to its current state.
  16. I tend to agree on your opinion but I think we need to wait and see how well Leivo recovers from his injury. If he does not lose any speed or mobility due to it; he, IMO, is a better fit cap wise and Virtanen has a better trade value. Certainly points to consider in a flat cap world.
  17. I would include Mattias Ohlund in that conversation as well. Although maybe not the best skater, he could hit like a Mac Truck and gave the Canucks an imposing presence on the back end.
  18. The player they were reffering to in the trade for Mc.D. was Petey, not Boeser and I would not do that trade either for a number of reasons; 1) You would have to gut the team in order to fit McD's cap hit in and 2) You would most likely severely impact the chemistry between the players in the group that the current roster has.
  19. Gretzky was proof that anyone is tradable but as to your hypothetical trade.....That is an easy answer.......NO. Would much rather have a young and extremely talented and motivated team player than an overpaid prima donna that seems to lack chemistry with anyone other than his wingman.
  20. I don't think Marky will get, or ask for, more than 6 mil per. Only way that might happen is if he carries this team to the Stanley Cup finals this season. Other than Price and Bobrovski, I can't think of any another goalies that are making 7 mil or more per season
  21. I am hoping they can re-sign Fantenberg and trade Benn in the off season. I like Benn but in a Cap restrictive era, management might move him to make way for one of Juolevi, Rathbone or Rafferty and save some Cap room as well. They would come in as the #7 or #8 D and probably only be selectively put in the lineup either due to injuries or just here and there to gain experience at the NHL level
  22. Given both the cap issues and the expansion draft the Canucks face, it might be more likely than it would have been otherwise.
  23. Somehow I don't think that bumper sticker will be relevant after Nov 3rd
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