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[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Ooooo, but the playoff experience is soooooooo valuable -
[Rumor] Canucks interested in Calvin De Haan
Gawdzukes replied to CRAZY_4_NAZZY's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yes. Yes he does. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I would take Bjorkstrand over both of them. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
super ultra high -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yeah I've heard this before and don't believe in this way of thinking at all. Could you imagine if NHL teams based their windows on their goalie contracts? Everyone's windows would be 2-3 years in most cases and the league would be piss poor. In reality you plan on either re-signing your goalie or replacing them ... obviously. It doesn't stop you from planning to have the best team you can because you don't have a top goalie signed for 8 years. Purposely deciding you can't compete in 4 years because you don't have a goalie signed is like self mutilation. Most good goalies have incentive to re-sign with their teams as there aren't a lot of starting goalie jobs available, and they also have been the center of the team's commitments for years. There is loyalty and security there. -
Robin Lehner to miss entire 2022-23 season
Gawdzukes replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
Yeah, I also wonder if Comrie, Francouz, Gibson, or Vladar are options as well. It's maybe even possible they stop gap the position and try to get someone close to the deadline depending on the season. But yeah, screw the f#$king Knights! -
Robin Lehner to miss entire 2022-23 season
Gawdzukes replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
I don't know. I guess maybe they'll play with 6 skaters or find a goalie somewhere. Or maybe they'll fold. Varlamov as per above. Raanta. Look at Ville Husso. It's not like there are only 31 goalies in the world. Not exactly my area of expertise although I imagine they will come up with something. -
Robin Lehner to miss entire 2022-23 season
Gawdzukes replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
They'll find one I'm sure. -
Robin Lehner to miss entire 2022-23 season
Gawdzukes replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
Yup. I knew they would come up with something. -
Robin Lehner to miss entire 2022-23 season
Gawdzukes replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
Oh oh -
[Discussion] Projecting Pacific Division 2022/23 Final Finish
Gawdzukes replied to VegasCanuck's topic in Canucks Talk
Yeah I get where you're coming from and I do agree. You got to remember to that they will probably still make some moves somehow and also could have some prospects join the club. It never ceases to amaze me how other teams I don't follow that closely improve and change for better or worse each year. Some years you figure a team will just be terrible and they surprise you based on a couple seemingly simple moves. If Vegas struggles our chances improve mightily if we can beat them head to head. It could be the difference in making the playoffs. -
[Discussion] Projecting Pacific Division 2022/23 Final Finish
Gawdzukes replied to VegasCanuck's topic in Canucks Talk
Never underestimate your opponent. If they are easier then you thought then be happy. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I didn't really know much of his work in Buffalo and wasn't aware of that. Thanks. It was mind boggling really that he didn't really address it at all. Obviously we have to actually draft some RD in order to develop them. So I am hoping to all hopes we get a couple high picks going here in the next two years and we actually try ... you know doing the correct thing and just draft them. I am also really hoping this new team has at least one big move in them for a RD and then we can stop gap the rest if need be as we hopefully draft and fill from within. How JB neglected it for so long was for sure his biggest failure. -
[Rumor] Canucks interested in Calvin De Haan
Gawdzukes replied to CRAZY_4_NAZZY's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yeah. I've never seen a worse sports media. At the same time you want to be critical generally you're supposed to foster excitement and create a bond with city and team. In Vancouver... nope. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Oh yeah. I didn't mind JB at all really. He rode out the Sedin years, got us some great assets too but by the it time came to putting his chips in he was too far away. It's unfortunate really as good old Covid probably stopped him from being able to make his final moves. Life is short though so ce la vie. I do trust the management and will give them a chance. It doesn't stop my hockey brain from screaming trade Miller lol but I'll trust them until the trade deadline anyway and see what happens. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I hear ya on Myers and the difficulty rebuilding the D. It's like JB got his racecar all suped up for the Indy and then forgot to buy new tires. But this is just yet another reason to do a two year reset which would of course include trading Miller. I'm coming around on a Hughes OEL pairing and I also agree with Coconuts that our forwards would still be good without Miller. It's time to take the training wheels off. I'm also glad Rathbone looks to be given a solid opportunity. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Neither are great situations. I think regrouping is the best choice. If this was still JB's team then yeah sure step er down until the wheels falls off. But we have a new management group. Hopefully they have a different plan or I don't see why we even changed JB. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yeah true. It would be nice to have extra cash next year though to start this process and then get the Myers money the following year. Regardless it could be a tricky situation which is why I don't see any value investing in Miller right now. We could still be spinning our wheels for a couple years. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
No, but I don't think it's reasonable to pay him 9 million a year to watch us figure out how to do that with the extra bonus of us being 9 million short on the cap. It just makes it that much harder to do. It's also the entire right side RD that needs remaking. We've seen how hard it is to find one let alone 3. Who knows how long that will take. Could be next year could be 3 or 4 years out at this rate. That makes signing Miller very risky value wise. Not only does it take away money that could be used to sign those players, it takes away assets to find those players, or other players when Miller is older and not performing up to his contract. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yup, salary, cap space, and timeline simply to do not match up. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I'am just generally curious if the Miller crowd doesn't see any of the same problems I see when I watch, or like the last poster it actually explains a lot if one doesn't watch the games. A Miller trade gets made because it makes our team better when it matters. It doesn't have to be the way the D is improved. No reason to limit oneself unnecessarily. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I guess it comes down to whether people actually watch the games or are they just stat watching and checking scores or reading cdc. I would have to guess that from your first statement you didn't watch many games. Maybe also cause your location says Montpellier. Anyways from my viewpoint our defence clearly wasn't "extremely solid", under Boudreau. We were hemmed in our zone for extremely long periods and almost toyed with like children by some clubs. Our forwards didn't backcheck and we were routinely outshot. As anyone who watched the games can attest to Demko was stellar almost every night and heavily relied upon to save the day and make highlight reel saves. We were also extremely sloppy in our own end, couldn't make passes and our exits were simply atrocious. I would actually say we were very poor defensively. The following is from our GM Rutherford: “I want to see us get to a point where we don’t have to lean on him as much,” said Rutherford recently when he was on the Daily Faceoff Rundown Podcast. Demko faced the second-most expected goals against at 5-on-5 this season, as well the third most shots against. Despite this heavy workload, he managed to have the third-highest save percentage at 5-on-5, giving the Canucks a chance to win most games, even when they were heavily outplayed. From Rutherford’s macro perspective of the team, it’s clear that this is not a sustainable way to build a team that can contend every season. He’s right. Anyone that watches enough Canucks hockey knows that Demko is the key component to the team’s success, and if he even just has an average night, it likely means a loss. “We’d like to see our team play a more structured game and not rely on our goalie as much,” commented Rutherford when he addressed the media in early May. “We’re very fortunate we have a terrific goaltender…but at the same time, we’ve got work to do.” “I think it's the structure of the team of how we're going to play to give players a chance when they get in trouble, like, our exits from our defensive zone are not good, probably one of the worst in the league,” Rutherford said later. Allvin talked about building culture with the Canucks.May 4, 2022 “We felt that we needed to get more balance with our forwards. I believe that we’ve done that. We have to address our defence, which has been harder to do in the offseason. So yeah ... ah no it was not good at all if you're paying attention. I'm curious if the Miller crowd actually notice any of the deficiencies in our game or if they just don't care about stuff like that. Clearly you don't and just want to see the team in the playoffs next year regardless of the conflicting priorities. Being in the playoffs this year isn't going to make or break Petterson's, Hughes, or Demko's career. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
This is becoming the central point of this discussion. Whether or not people think we are currently in a window of contention or at a point of being competitive. Firstly, I think everyone can agree that the start to last year was absolutely horrendous. It was horrible to be a part of and it was tough to watch. I personally feel a lot of folks here were completely enamored/blinded when Bruce came in and we started putting some wins together. It's totally understandable some would get swept away after the debacle of the season start though. Eventually we went on a huge run and made an incredibly hard comeback effort, in which we ended up just short. However, we were still playing an absolutely horrible brand of hockey and relying on our goaltender to bail us out. We spent entire nights running around in our end sometimes not even showing up until the second period. In addition our wins were built on great individual efforts by players like Miller, Bo, Petey, and Hughes. We seem to be in the Oilers mode of hockey. Try to outscore our woeful defence and team play, which for me is not a successful or long-term approach. People also seem to willfully ignore the coaching bump, the Covid plagued season, our horrific overall defensive effort, slow starts, lack of RD personnel, depth, cap space, and overall competitiveness of the league. In this sense we were not a strong team, and it showed in the standings. So, in my opinion the first thing we need to do is fix these issues. Playoffs are inconsequential. If you don't fix the underlying issues the playoffs will never matter. This is my biggest worry with the folks who keep pushing for playoffs (experience) and forcing this so called window. If people are actually honestly satisfied with this level of play then we have no reason to fix things or get any better. Also, if enough fans are accepting of this level then management doesn't really have any reason to get better either. I don't hate Miller or anything and I don't think we're complete garbage either. However, we're currently a (exciting) borderline playoff team with some major issues that will take some time (2 years or so) to resolve. We need to face the facts. For that reason I believe it's prudent to move on from Miller. It just makes to much organizational sense. I don't think we're only going to get a late first but at the same time it doesn't even matter. I feel we should just get what we can get and move on to focusing on the Vancouver Canucks and our future. Part of this situation is also realizing just how competitive the NHL is and even small wins are important (Miller return). We need to get out of the mindset of compromising our own goals to meet short term satisfaction. It really doesn't matter if the draft pick is 2 or 4 years away it's more about continually making good decisions for the club. Some people seem really hellbent on making sure the return is immediately relevant which to me is just another example of youthful impatience and once again sacrificing the future for a bleak hope right now. Move Miller because he is too expensive and he doesn't fit our timeline. Trade Miller for the best return you can get because assets like picks, prospects, and players are better then no picks, players, or prospects. It's quite simple really, or at least it should be lol. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
Gawdzukes replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I'd walk away from a third but take a second. I don't think we're making the playoffs anyway.