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Wait. Hands down.
This is the same situation we were in right before Benning traded for OEL.
Roussel, Beagle, Eriksson were all due to expire the next season, but Benning refused to wait it out and traded for OEL while we also lost our 1st round pick.
Don't make the same mistake twice.
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Can't get through The Athletic paywall, but apparently some scouts believe Reinbacher is over-hyped?
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Is it just me or does there seem to be a lot more dirty hits this post-season?
I wonder if NHL players just don't know how to hit hard but properly these days since hitting is slowly being phased out of the game, especially when the intensity heats up during the playoffs.
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Mackinnon is actually insane. Wow.
Made another beauty spin-o-rama dangle right before his goal too.
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27 minutes ago, coolboarder said:
The point is that he was dishonest and should have made request to give him more time to get ready and on IR and heal and maybe some dryland training to get his strength up. That is my take on things. I think he felt pressure to justify the huge contract and should have given him time and get back on things being 100%. Can never trust him to get back to where he were so I think it's better to buy him out this summer.
I think that's a bit of a reach.
He's in a Canadian market, motivated to perform. Not to mention, his desire to play for Vancouver was publicized well before he was actually traded. He wanted to try his best and give it his all before throwing in the towel for the season.
Maybe now he knows better on how to manage his body.
The risk of giving him another season to work things out is wayyyy more digestible than the risk of cap issues that could fallout from a buyout.
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1 hour ago, coolboarder said:
No, we need more than just that, ship out OEL and Myers and we can find someone better.
I'm giving OEL one more year. Apparently his foot injury was impacting his play, so let's take his word for it and see what he does after a summer of hard training.
If Karlsson can have as big of a rebirth as he did by carrying a crappy Sharks team, even half of that improvement from OEL would make him a solid top-4 D. He doesn't need to be a top pairing defenseman anymore, that's what Hughes is for.
I think we should all just temper our expectations for OEL and just hope he can play top-4 minutes and be an Option B for powerplay QB duties.
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4 hours ago, King Heffy said:
The Canucks already have a better defence than the Leafs and Oilers, neither of which is a good example of how to build a franchise.
Oof, that's a bad take imo. Going to have to disagree with you there.
Oilers and Leafs defence aren't the best by a long shot, but no way the Canucks are better. And to be clear, I'm talking about team defence, not just defensemen.
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27 minutes ago, Bob.Loblaw said:
I don't blame anyone for thinking Martin could be a solid backup before this season started. He was actually outperforming Demko in the beginning of this year too. And it really isn't fair to blame individuals on that disastrous first half. So much went wrong on a team level.
But shouldn't Vancouver learn from the lesson of losing Demko? Without any goaltending depth, the season is over. Most of the Western playoff teams have gotten through because their backup (or 3rd string) stepped up. I guess you could try and argue Martin would do well in Vegas or LA but he played exceptionally poor this year. I doubt the Canucks will put that much trust in him again. Not all 3rd string goalies are made the same. He had the potential to be a full-time NHLer and lost that spot to Colin Delia.
I think the lesson of losing Demko is to get a better defence.
I don't think a team is well-constructed if its season hinges on the performance of its starting goalie.
If teams like the Leafs and Oilers can run on mid-tier goaltending, the Canucks should at least be able to make some kind of an impact with much better goaltending in Demko and a mid-tier backup.
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1 hour ago, Bob.Loblaw said:
Do we even have money for a decent backup? I'd reckon we'd have to pay him or anyone something around 1.2-1.5 million. And we can't afford that.
Yeah, Spencer Martin.
Don't write him off. He only started playing poorly cause the team had to play him to the ground behind a terrible defence when Demko was injured.
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54 minutes ago, -AJ- said:
Call me crazy, but I think anyone thinking Petey's contract is less than $11M is living off dreams. A 100+ point player who's also excellent defensively is getting far more than $10M IMO.
Shhhh...what are you doing, don't let J.P. Barry read this, jeez
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31 minutes ago, VegasCanuck said:
So, the 2 contracts he's referencing are Tkachuk 9.5 million, and Barzal 9.15 million.
If we could lock Pettersson up for 8 years at 9.5 million, I think you do that all day long and be happy about it!
I'd even be fine with 10.
Just give him the 10 and be done with it. It's a nice round number and he can say he's in the double digits
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Sounds like Brad wanted out more than the Flames wanted him gone.
I wonder if ownership had any role in pissing away Gaudreau and Tkachuk? Brad did what he could and now that it didn't work out, he's jumping ship.
No matter how I look at it, despite this season's troubles, I think Treliving did a pretty good job making the best out of an unfortunate situation. If I was a Flames fan, I'd still give that core another season to see if they could work it out - it got completely re-hauled out of crappy circumstances. Might be wanna give the players a bit more of a grace period to see if any chemistry will blossom...
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Kevin Bieksa would be the dream replacement, but I suspect Corey Hirsch would move up into the TV broadcast colour analyst role?
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Leave it to CDC to whine about the Canucks decreasing their lottery odds a whopping 2.5% from 6% to 3.5%.
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YES!
errr...I mean
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Is year's NCAA class particularly stronger? I swear the amount signings this year is more compared to previous - for the Canucks at least...
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Wondering if Allvin wraps up college/euro free agent season with Haman-Aktell? 6'4, top D producer for Vaxjo in the SHL and 24 years old. Another SHL potential free agent could be Samuel Johannesson.
I think Vaxjo is still in the midst of a playoff run, so I'm sure talks will pick up once the season is finished. Would be an interesting pickup, and wondering if the Canucks already have a leg up given all the Swedish connections the team already has.
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I feel so conflicted right now
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1 minute ago, Sharpshooter said:
I don’t know what they’re doing, but they’re too busy not tanking.
I guess f'ing the tank is another way to put it as well
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Are we tanking the tank?
Is that a thing?
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The thing happened!
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20 minutes ago, VegasCanuck said:
Same here, but I think Silovs will outplay him in camp. If that happens, we have to make a decision on where Silovs is best placed.
If Silovs is playing well to that degree I think the Canucks would have to start thinking about potentially accelerating the succession plan by making Silovs the starter and trading Demko while he's still on his bargain of a contract.
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1 hour ago, grandmaster said:
I would imagine that OEL will be bought out. Alvin seemed a bit too unconcerned in his recent presser about the Cap next year
I still wanna see how OEL does in the next season or two amidst a more stable defence core in a less burdensome role.
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2 hours ago, VegasCanuck said:
I think this is next years tandem. It's awesome that if we do this, we can always send Silovs down for a game or two, right up the highway, to get him a little extra work.
I honestly still think Martin is a reliable back up. The only reason why his confidence got shot down was because he was forced to play behind a terrible defence during the team's drama around Boudreau and also cover for Demko's injury.
As long as Martin isn't forced to play 10-20 games in a row, I believe he's a solid back up. He was outplaying Demko at the beginning of the season.
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I'd rather just spend the year to let expiring contracts run out to clear up cap space for next off-season, and in the meantime, see if we've struck gold with any of our RHD prospects - maybe one of them will surprise us (Johansson, Woo, McWard, etc)