Jump to content
The Official Site of the Vancouver Canucks
Canucks Community

Dazzle

Members
  • Posts

    11,843
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    7

Everything posted by Dazzle

  1. This is laughable. Benning's the best drafter when taking into account all GMs thus far. Burke had the Sedins. Nonis didn't really draft anyone that good, except Grabner, but even he hits some serviceable players with picks in latter rounds. In both those cases, those were high picks. Still, they were hit or miss with their other picks. Gillis is by far the worst drafter. He hit with two high first round picks, Hutton, and missed the rest.
  2. Juolevi was very highly rated going into the draft. There's a ton of hindsighting, but Juolevi had won at every level he's played at, which includes the Memorial Cup and Finnish Gold. I get that people want to praise Chychrun and Sergachev, but the reality is that Juolevi was considered the safer pick out of these two. I honestly think that Sergachev would've busted in Vancouver. Chychrun clearly did pretty good on an awful Arizona team though.
  3. There were always negotiations happening during the season, regardless of who the GM is, but things don't work out in the end for whatever reason. Since no trades have been made yet then, that would imply that Benning did a good job that Rutherford doesn't think a change is needed, no? Or is this some kind of weird logic that Rutherford is a good GM... for doing nothing to the roster?
  4. The Canucks are winning games that might not have been thought possible earlier in the season. This is a great time for the Canucks to turn it up.
  5. It should be mentioned that Benning/Green are to be blamed for this. Green is not really a proven coach, even in the AHL, and Benning gambled everything on him. They tried to mirror the NHL team with the AHL, and we saw mediocre to poor results.
  6. Perlini's a decent depth option, I suppose, but his best season (in the NHL) was his first one with Arizona. He hasn't been able to put it together, aside from his Swiss stint that happened quite recently. I don't think the Canucks have the space to take him on.
  7. We are so close to the magic 4th spot. With the exact same roster, we were so far down the standings under Green.

    1. Show previous comments  1 more
    2. Pears

      Pears

      Really says a lot about how awful of a coach Green was since we’re playing at this high of a level under Boudreau. 

    3. Devron

      Devron

      Gonna keep tooting my horn but I’ve said from the beginning of the season that this was a good team and actually fairly well built. There was something wrong and obviously it was a culture that started with green 

    4. Nuxfanabroad

      Nuxfanabroad

      Imagine predicting(Oct 13th) that Green gets canned, in-season, yet we climb all the way to 2nd in Div.?

       

      Should the puck gods permit, I've got a thread to bump. :^)

  8. The Canucks went up 4-0 against the Rangers, a higher ranked team in the standings. Why can't we focus on that? The Rangers tried to come back. When you look at the highlights again, you'd see that the first goal was due to a lazy clear by Hamonic, in which they immediately capitalized on. No goalie could've stopped that. And then the second goal was just hard work. The Rangers earned their goals, but so did the Canucks. Why is there this narrative that the Canucks have to be handed everything on a silver platter, and anything less is viewed as inferior? Nothing is given. The Canucks are still clawing their way back into a playoff spot because of BAD coaching early in the season. Boudreau is helping the Canucks go on this magical little run now.
  9. It's funny how when the Canucks lose, some usual posters will complain about how this team wasn't built good enough. Then they disappear when this team wins games. Such a joke.
  10. I don't think it's performance related, rather something he must have done or said. He got signed, so he probably could still play, especially at the ECHL level. Avery has always been an idiot, so this chance that he got ended up getting flushed away as well.
  11. The thing is, was there any real room for one? The prospects left behind for Kesler was pretty much reduced from what it could be, and every other player netted very little value. The Sedins were more valuable to Vancouver than to any other team, and unfortunately, you just cannot trade them away.
  12. People talk about Myers and his big contract, but the reality is that the Canucks need him. There's no other replacement.
  13. You really have to put the blame on Green for icing such weak rosters over the years. Benning hired him, and wasted way too much time with him.
  14. If that's not boarding, I don't know what is. Hitting on the numbers is bad. Couldn't be more blatant.
  15. I just rewatched the hit on Burroughs. That's 100 percent boarding. That should've been called.
  16. It's insane just how exciting our prospects are.
  17. Here's the thing... I'm not sure that offer is good enough. Studnicka's young, but his numbers are not eye popping good.
  18. He did, and that's something worthy of praise. It's hard for people nowadays to admit wrongdoing.
  19. https://bostonhockeynow.com/2022/02/15/boston-bruins-now-know-trade-cost-for-j-t-miller/ If the Boston Bruins were wondering what it’s going to cost to land Vancouver Canucks forward JT Miller, they discovered the trade market value ahead of next month’s deadline with the Tyler Toffoli trade to the Calgary Flames. The struggling Montreal Canadiens sent their solid 29-year-old winger to Calgary to be reunited with Darryl Sutter in exchange for a 2022 first-round pick, a 2024 fifth-round pick, bottom-6 forward Tyler Pitlick, and prospect Emil Heineman. It’s a clear sign by the Calgary Flames that they are going for it this season with a talented core group that currently sits second in the Pacific Division, and a clear waving of the white flag by the hapless Habs. But for Boston’s interests, it’s the similarity between Toffoli and Miller that’s so interesting. They are comparable veteran forwards that both have additional years on their contracts, so they would be considered comparable in many ways. The 28-year-old Miller might have the upper hand given that he’s got that one 27-goal, a 74-point campaign under his belt, and given the versatility that allows him to play both center and wing. Then again Toffoli has the advantage when it comes to playoff experience as a Stanley Cup winner that’s posted 16 goals in 76 career playoff games and been to the Stanley Cup Finals twice in his career with the Kings (2014) and the Canadiens just last season. The bottom line for the Boston Bruins: The bar has been set for Miller’s value with one more year on his contract with a $5.25 million cap hit. It’s going to cost them a first-round pick, an additional draft pick, a top prospect like Jack Studnicka, and a roster player like Jake DeBrusk to replace the outgoing Miller. The question is whether Studnicka would be enough to get the deal done, or whether a team like the Canucks would demand first round pick Fabian Lysell after the speedy Swede light it up for the WHL’s Vancouver Giants all season. The 19-year-old Lysell has 15 goals and 34 points in 30 games for the Giants this season and is clearly on a lot of team’s radars as we enter the funny season for trade chatter and all kinds of rumors ahead of the deadline. There’s little question that Miller could help the Bruins. He’s got over 150 goals and 400 points in his 604 game career, and his 17 goals and 48 points this season would rank third and second respectively amongst the current Boston Bruins roster. He also brings a little thump to his game as everyone remembers from this Miller hit on David Backes during the playoffs a few years’ back that knocked the power forward out of the series. I disagree that Miller and Toffoli are "comparable". The fact that Miller is a center AND a winger destroys the comparison article right then and there. This means that Miller is easily worth allt of the above, PLUS more.
  20. It's easier to hate on individuals, rather than trying to understand the complex process of team building. I found it amusing that people had been praising JR for the longest time, yet all he did was stand pat so far. This clearly demonstrates a bias. Let's not pretend that the hiring of JR involved any sort of change, besides some interviews, and some hiring of front office. It's still Benning's roster. Boudreau has been the biggest boon for this team in a long time. The problem was with Green, and always has been.
×
×
  • Create New...