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[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
you guys think too much about the extra year.. that extra year honestly doesn't mean anything if it's like 500k-1mil off in terms of aav. factoring in taxes and everything.. and depending on whether its 500k or 1mil the difference in aav for 7 vs 8 years.. he'll make more in 7 years if it's 750k-1mil difference before tax and if it's 500k difference.. its like 3mil difference but more like 1.8mil or less after taxes with the possibility of the team dumping you off to a rebuilding team to rid your cap hit. honestly i think if bo hits the open market.. he'll more than likely have a bidding war and end up with 7.5x7.. if ppl claim miller will be in his prime till 33+ then ppl are signing bo for 6 prime years.. not that bad of a investment getting 6 of 7 prime years with the cap either going up 1mil per year or more depending on the tv deal.. if he re-signs with the canucks i think i'll be exactly 7mil which honestly i think is fair considered PA was willing to give Mihkeyev 4 years at 4.75 for 1 outlier season and 3 invisible playoff series -
they are hurting for cap space so therefore they'll take 2.4mil worth of cap back?? just so you can sign hague for 300k more?
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[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
if they offered him 5 max is 5.9 5.9x8 is 47.2 so no he's not making over 6 and well below every single comparables and no RNH is not a comparable -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Ya that’s not going to fly.. it’s like offering him 6.5 for his prime years 28-32 and then sub 5 for the final 3 years? Still well below boeser and market however way you spin it. So he’s barely worth more than garland and mikahyev and worth less than boeser -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
if they opened with 5mil that's a straight slap to the face.. and they just signed boeser to 6.65x3? horvat's prime year is worth way less than a Boeser coming off a poor season lol.. if JR/PA starts with 5 i'm sure pat morris will start at 8. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yup I’m reaching coz it was so noticeable and he did it so many times the coach had to talk to him about it And where was he when the team continuously no show in the 1st period last season? Oh right he was no where to be found just like the rest of the team.. so where was he leading by example? Only player that showed up consistently for 60min was Demko -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I haven’t seen Bo quit on a play the way miller did numerous time in his 3 seasons with the canucks. Until Miller shows he will not cost the team throwing his teammate under the bus by quitting on the play he is not a good captain for me. I rather they go with no captain if they trade bo. Then have a guy that throws temper tantrum and quits on play when things don’t go his way. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Holy crap I already said you are entitled to your opinion I’m entitled to mine I don’t want to argue with you coz I’m disagree with how you just base your opinion on stats rather than your eyes. Most people around the league agrees EP is above average with his defensive awareness and defensive play but you seem to think he’s worse than boeser and everyone else on the canucks because they don’t double shift him like some coaches in the league. Is boudreau one of those that double shift their player? Prolly not? You rarely even see him double shift miller or ep even when they are losing. I don’t care if you subscribe to sportsnet premium. I have sportsnet premium and nhl center ice too so what? Wth does that even mean? what u like to see and chooses to see is none of my business I can care less if you like to look at stats only. I’ll repeat again stop quoting me you are entitled to your opinion and I’m entitled to mine I don’t want to waste my time going back and forth with you. -
[Rumour] Canucks interested in Ethan Bear
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
nope this have everything to do with cap for me i don't expect we find a schenn every season but if it's a bottom pairing defenseman that's pencilled in as the #5 6 7 i don't want to spend more than 1mil on.. as there's a high chance he'll spend games in the press box.. unless you can guarantee you can move poolman's cap out.. there's no way in hell we should take a chance on this guy.. as it stand right now.. it's going to be Myers Schenn and then a mix of poolman keeper juulsen and bear fighting for 1 spot.. unless poolman is out of the mix ie traded or guaranteed ltir forever that's guaranteed 2mil+ sitting in the press box.... we also don't need a team full of tiny players on defense.. Hughes, Rathbone, Dermott and mix in Bear?? all 1.83m and below and all well below the average weight of an nhl defenseman we trying to win the smallest/lightest defense in the league award? 2.2mil is way too much for another depth guy. i rather get a 800k depth guy.. to replace poolman if possible and actually have 3.5mil+ whatever player we rid to get a legit RHD either thru UFA or trades with team that are bound to be cap strapped. -
[Rumour] Canucks interested in Ethan Bear
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
so we want to spend another 2.2mil on the cap for another 5/6 defenseman? you guys are just magically praying poolman will be on LTIR even though PA already said he expect poolman to be there at the start of camp.. so assuming Poolman say he's ready.. we want to spend almost 5mil on 2 bottom pairing defenseman? and have one of them as a 7th? -
Optimal 22-23 Season Composition for Success
wai_lai416 replied to nuckfanfromafrica's topic in Canucks Talk
Oh god if we have a OEL Hughes pairing this team will be in big trouble lol.. hope OEL and Hughes can play 40+ mins a night.. coz Myers is with any combination of rathbone dermott is big trouble.. just like any combo of schenn rathbone dermott poolman together.. 1 really good capable pairing and then 2 bottom 6 pairing with a bunch of players that prolly suited for the 7th defenseman on a few teams -
What contending team have the luxury of paying a #4/5 defenseman 6mil? Probably none. Myers won’t be movable without a sweetener unless we retain 2mil on it minimum or throw draft picks.. at that point it’s not even worth trying to move.. if we retain it would cost at least 4-5 mil for a top 4 replacement and depending on the retention that would cost even more than before. yes myer is serviceable but no contending team can afford him to be a 4/5 @6mil if a team that’s desperate for rhd is trying to rid myer a rhd at 6mil.. what teams would give you value for it? For 6mil worth of cap space.. there’s a lot more options out there that’s way more value than Myers. Bottom feeding team would be asking for minimum a 1st rounder + as a starting point
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[Signing] Oilers sign Evander Kane
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
ya i said they were gonna settle months ago.. but i expected the settlement to be a lot higher i was expecting kane to play hardball and get half of what he's owed.. coz i honestly think he woulda won if it went to arbitration -
Canuck Pre-Season Playoff Betting Odds -- Lower Than I Expected
wai_lai416 replied to JamesB's topic in Canucks Talk
top 5 forward group based on what? production? coz they ain't top 5.. top 5 goalie group based on what? GAA SVV% etc we ain't up there demko is very good.. but he doesn't seem capable of handling more than 50 games a season.. he was completely burnt out in march.. can Martin handle 25 games a season?? we have a decent shot but it's far from guaranteed -
[Signing] Oilers sign Evander Kane
wai_lai416 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
so what does the retroactive penalty do? if anything if they are paying the difference between what kane is making in edmonton vs his original contract.. the difference should be added as a penalty for the rest of the duration of original contract.. oh well.. it's really not that big of a deal.. SJ ain't gonna be a cap team for years to come anyways -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
So eer what 1 goal game are you referring to? We won 3 or 4 1 goal game in regulation under boudreau since he took over. Let’s add a couple of games in there we scored an empty net goal to bump the difference to 2. How often do you see nhl coaches break up their lines and start double shifting players when they are winning? Rare? You are clueless if you think who’s better defensively is based on who’s out there and ep is almost the worse defensive forward out of the top 9 based on that rather than actually watch the game. You are welcome to your opinion since you don’t need to watch the game and just read stat sheets to determine who’s better. Boeser is such a great defender out there last min on the game all the time can put pucks in the net. Wonder why there was no interest in a great 2 way forward based on stats sheet. Anyways don’t bother replying you are entitled to yours I’m entitled to my opinion -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
i'm not even going to bother arguing with you. you lost me when whos a better defender based on whos on the ice.. ya i'm sure Boeser is a better defender because everyone is complaining boeser doesn't bring anything if he's not scoring lol.. i mean by your standard Myer is the top 2 defensive defenseman on this team. podkolzin played 230+ mins with EP hoglander played 140+ mins with EP let's compare how much minutes Boeser and Miller played together 480+ now let's look at pearson? 350+ EP spent 75% of the season playing with different random linemate throughout the season.. that's fact.. 130+ of those so call minutes 5v5 came before december so tell me again? how did EP spent majority of the time playing with Miller? miller played 800+ minutes 5v5 and spent less than 25% of the time with EP while more than 50% with boeser and close to 50% with pearson.. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
because the coach likes to manage ice time? how often do you see boudreau double shift any player?? do you see miller and horvat playing together late in game? even for faceoff?? having your 2 best faceoff guy out there in case one gets thrown out? No? so why doesn't he do that?? you are clueless if you think his most consistent linemates have been miller horvat boeser and garland.. he havent played with miller and boeser 5v5 since late november.. he played a bit with bo in march and boeser late march.. the only time he plays with miller horvat boeser is during powerplay.. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
no? coz he can't faceoff? and his linemates are a liability on defense? hoglander can't play defense... Boudreau already said if Hogs can't play 200 feet he's not going to be effective.. podz is not exactly a defensive stalward? Pearson and Boeser is above EP jeez i wonder why.. coz boeser and pearson play on miller and horvat's line exclusively throughout the season?? horvat literally plays exclusively defensive shutdown matchup line 5v5.. anyone playing on horvat's or Miller's wing exclusively automatically going to be above EP.. Horvat exclusively matches up against the top line.. that leaves Miller's line against the overlap of top and 2nd line... and EP is mostly the overlaps of the 2nd and 3rd line.. because they play miller in crucial defensive situation.. does that mean he's the best defensive forward on the team?? his advance stats defensively say otherwise. Myer is out there in crucial defensive situation along with OEL.. does that make him one of our best defensive defenseman too? If they didn't break up the lotto line would EP be out there with Miller for those crucial defensive situation?? or you think the coach would take him off late in the game with the lead and bench him and replace him with pearson garland or whomever else you think is better? -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
i dunno where you get the inferior opponents from as he plays mostly against the top 3 lines of the other team and have a positive qoc.. again just coz he doesn't get as much defensive starts doesn't mean the player isn't good defensively.. you also have to look at the linemates he's paired with.. are you going to put EP with hoglander and pods in the defensive zone?? fwiw he has 56% defensive zone starts during the playoff bubble run we had. again please tell me who's better as a defensive forward out of the top 6 if he's far from the best defensive forward?? so that must mean there's a long list of player on this team that's better than him defensively.. being one of the best defensive forward on the team honestly doesn't mean anything he's prolly avg compared to the rest of the league.. but defensively in the top 6 i honestly fail to see who's head and shoulder miles ahead of him like you claim. -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Difference is mcdavid takes 800+ faceoff every season so he gets plenty of practice and they will toss him out whenever they can just because he’s mcdavid -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Having fewer defensive starts honestly doesn’t mean anything.. he has fewer defensive start than others because he’s pretty terrible at faceoff.. I don’t think you want to put him out in the defensive zone for a draw as your center unless you are forced to on an icing. You can win a draw and instantly be out of your zone.. you can lose an offensive draw and instantly be back in your defensive zone.. so defensive zone start honestly means nothing other than faceoff.. Yes I would place Pettersson as the best defensive player we have as he’s well above average in terms of positioning backchecking breaking up plays and stealing the puck. Which of our top 6 forwards is better at that? At least on the eye test pettersson stands out from the others with his back checks and breaking up plays with his stick -
[Rumour] Bo Horvat Trade/Contract Talks
wai_lai416 replied to HOFsedins's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Lol so first you claimed he’s paid like a top center. Then you say he’s playing wing until he makes the transition to the top center. So how is he going to make the transition to center if he’s playing wing and not taking faceoff? Even lammiko took significantly more faceoff than EP while playing less games and way less minutes. Chances of EP ever being good in the faceoff? Probably low. Horvat and miller started their career at 50% and slowly climbed up.. chances of EP getting over 50% I doubt it. He’s like a low 40% ish faceoff guy maybe he improves 5% throughout like most center in this league.. he ain’t reaching 50. There are plenty of things he can work on in the off season to get even better. Faceoff is probably no where near the top of the list. What’s wrong with having EP as a winger that can occasionally step in as a center long term? Seems more like you want EP to play center even if he will struggle in faceoff probably his entire career just so u can justify getting rid of bo. so if ep is playing on the wing until he’s ready to take over as you claim. Then there’s an even bigger reason to keep bo? As he would be your 2c and behind it is question marks again -
Rogers arena honestly doesn’t feel that old.. I mean the actual experience inside. I don’t mind it for another 10-20 years.. it’s not like there’s an option to build another stadium nearby.. and it’s hard to demolish rogers arena and then rebuild it so that’s not really an option as that would take years.. perhaps they can go the Seattle route and give rogers arena a complete renovation makeover.. but then we don’t really have a nhl capable place to play for a year or 2..
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[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
wai_lai416 replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
i actually think it's in the best interest on the last few days of the season for the bluejays to tank and get the 6th seed. it'll offer the path of least resistant to get to the WS.. if they finish 6th they'll face cleveland.. if they win.. they'll face prolly the yankees assuming they finish on top.. rather than face seattle or tampa whom both playing well. and then houston..