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For reference, Dahlen didn't demand to be traded. Unless you guys think he is flat out lying in an interview where he can easily be disproved by anyone from the Canucks organization. Typical Canucks forum to be extremely biased whenever we trade away players. https://www.fearthefin.com/2019/2/27/18242765/2019-nhl-trade-deadline-jonathan-dahlen-vancouver-canucks-jim-benning-san-jose-sharks-barracuda FTF: If I could clear up some things then, did your agent ask for a trade? JD: No, I don’t think so. We had a little stuff down there in Utica where I really wanted to feel good about myself and have confidence in my game and play well. I don’t want to say anything bad about anybody, but I didn’t feel too good about my hockey game there. To be honest, I just want to put it behind me, and I’m really excited to work with the great coaching staff here who have already made me feel a lot better about myself. I’m really ready to get going here and work hard and just be happy and love to play hockey. FTF: Jim Benning said some young players these days don’t want to “pay their dues” to make it to the NHL. He was referring, in part, to you. Was that a fair assessment from him? JD: I don’t know. To be honest, I’m just excited to be here and work hard and try to get to the next level. But first of all, I want to be a good player in the American Hockey League. I haven’t even put my eyes on the NHL yet, I just want to play in the [AHL] first and make a good impression there. Obviously, you can’t jump over a step, and that’s not what I want to do either because that would just look terribly wrong if I’m in the NHL and not good enough. I’m trying to develop my game here in the [AHL] and become a good player there first before I even think about taking the next step. FTF: Benning also said the discrepancy between your camp and the Canucks was that your camp thought you should be in the NHL at some point this year. You’re saying that wasn’t a fair portrayal? JD: No, I want to be a leading player in the [AHL] and play there. I was trying really hard in Utica to earn minutes in key situations and working really hard to do it. But I’m just happy to be here and I want to try and earn minutes here with the Barracuda. It’s not like I have any eyes on the NHL yet because I’ve got a lot to work on to get there, for sure. FTF: What was challenging about Utica? JD: It’s a hard question. It’s a great group of guys there. Great teammates. They’re really nice, everybody there. Great captains and vets and everything. Had a Grade-A experience with the team there. I’m just happy to get a fresh start now. Try something else. Try to feel good about myself again. Get confidence.
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A handful of players are playing at their best Horvat/Boeser/Roussel/Motte/Strecher/Hutton/Markstorm, so your point is contradicted.
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Maybe Goldobin mishandled Goldobin... Stop blaming everything on the coach.
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Yeah those are value generating trades. He concentrated too much on forward though. There's probably no market for trading for a young defensemen, look at the Hall trade. He shoulda went all in the UFA market and sign a dman or 2. Overpay, who cares, a great dman goes a long way to solidify our team.
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Because that's exactly why Benning is a poor GM in trading. Duchene was also very difficult to trade, he created so much crap to demand getting traded Forsberg who is usually quiet openly criticized him. Yet Sakic is able to land a monster deal for Duchene - this is what a good GM can navigate and deal the best value for his team; it literally took like 1 1/2 years to trade Duchene. All Benning had to do was hold onto Kesler, time will pass, opportunties woulda opened with TDL, draft with other teams offering deals. Benning was just impatient to leave his mark on the team and open a new page and dealt Kesler for pieces that we now have nothing to show for. Kesler was the one with his time running out, Benning had the cards in his hands and didn't know how to play it.
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(Signing)Mark Stone ext. 8 years AVV 9.5 mil
Drakrami replied to Wayne Glensky's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Gets same contract as Kucherov... Lockout incoming... But why is this news, I read about this contract on TDL right after he was traded. -
Karlsson is a downgrade from Dahlen no matter how you look at it. Not to mention we dont need more 2 way forwards (look at our lineup's lack of offense), we need more goal scorers and playmakers. This trade is just a head scratcher... Should've just held onto the kid until the summer and look for the right trade.
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You dont move someone for the sake of moving someone, you need the timing and right trading partner. Moving Gudbranson leaves glaring holes in our defensive line up and makes our team is even softer now. Adding Pearson literally does nothing for our team, the dude was already being moved around like a used car before this trade. Now answer me, how are we going to plug our defensive gap for the rest of the season and next season? How about team softness with our super soft team, we just traded away our toughest player.