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  1. 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.
  2. Does anyone know where I can find the Canucks cap space number for next season (with the assumption that mgmt doesn't sign or trade anyone)?
  3. I wonder what management thinks about his teammate Gabriel Seger. 6'4. Right-hand shot forward. 27 points in 25 games.
  4. Mikheyev - Pettersson - Kuzmenko Beauvillier - Miller - Boeser Podkolzin - Karlsson - Garland Hoglander - Aman - Kravtsov Joshua/Studnicka Hughes - Livingstone? Johansson? OEL - Hronek Wolanin - Myers Brisebois/Bear I honestly think our forward group has enough depth to be a competitive team. Still need 1 more RHD and perhaps 1 more LHD. Also need to get rid of at least 1 big forward contract.
  5. So apparently Friedman shot this report down? Servalli also reported this morning thst the ask for Miller was something like two 1st rounders. ???
  6. Apparently Friedman shot down that report of the Canucks rejecting a supposed offer of multiple picks? Didn't Servavelli report this morning that the ask was two 1st rounders anyways? Something's not adding up.
  7. For all we know, Petey could've been pushing for the bridge contract himself. I'm sure he knew himself he wasn't playing to his full potential at the time and bet on himself.
  8. I don't want to get my hopes up too much, but I'm wondering about the impact a good transition defenseman like Hronek could have on OEL as a D-partner. Would make zone exits much easier and make his play less...*ahem*... chaotic...
  9. Then that's all you need to justify management's current approach right now. End of story. Has the execution of the re-tool so far been great? Hell no. But you better bet your ass hoarding draft picks is not the way we're going, so either buckle up for the ride ahead or sell your season tickets now and we'll see you back in a decade.
  10. I blame Benning for not tearing it down properly right when he drafted Petey and Hughes - that was the very last window for a rebuild. It's too late now. They're in their primes and way to good to rebuild. Only option left is to re-tool to build supporting pieces around them.
  11. Apples to oranges. Can't compare what the Canucks and Rangers are capable of in terms of attracting players. UFAs and college free agents are lined up outside the Ranger's front office every year.
  12. And this is when Rutherford realized his mistakes and had to backtrack by saying Canucks need "major surgery" instead at that press conference.
  13. This is another consideration. We're calling this a deep draft, but is it deep for RHDs? All I see in the first round so far are Reinbacher, Sandin-Pellikka (who's under 6 feet) and Dragicevic. Even if we assume all three are blue chip prospects, how long are they going to take to develop into legit NHL defenders?
  14. Yeah I don't know where these conclusions of "directionless" are coming from. The re-tool was pretty clear when Rutherford said in a press conference a few months ago that they'd be targeting players in their early-mid 20s. They want players in the same age group as Hughes and Petey.
  15. I would argue our forward depth is actually already competitive. It's the defence that's the problem - hence the Hronek trade.
  16. I'll have to agree to disagree. I was all for a rebuild when had just drafted Petey and Hughes, but that ship has sailed now. I'm now prepared to wait and see what current management can do out of a sub-optimal situation. You don't start a rebuild when you have a forward who has now proven himself to be the best we've had since Bure and a defenseman who is already the best this franchise has seen in its lifetime.
  17. Or actually think ownership would accept such a move. There's no point in yelling for something that will never be accepted.
  18. So what do you want to do. Sell Hughes and Pettersson? That's the only way you tear it down. Otherwise you piss away their primes and we wait another 10 years to ice a competitive team. I don't understand you folks screaming for a rebuild. Our last window to do that was in 2017 or 2018 when we drafted them, but unfortunately Benning decided not to.
  19. I think the conclusion is, as long as management view Petey and Hughes as the core of this team, a legit rebuild is never happening. A legit rebuild is only legit if you sell Petey and Hughes now. And that is why we might as well embrace this re-tool and see what happens. Rutherford's "major surgery" wasn't a rebuild. It was trading off some assets to pick up 23-25 year old players and build around Petey and Hughes. I bet you they regret signing Miller and are desperately trying to get rid of that cap to pick up other players in their early-mid 20s - not draft picks. The best-case scenario now is that Allvin somehow manages to pickup prospects that are on the verge of breaking out i.e. Morrow, Jiricek, etc, but we all know how difficult that would be. Who knows, maybe Livingstone and Johansson become our saving grace.
  20. I think the more important question is, how patient do you think Petey and Hughes are? How long before 2023 draft class prospects become formidable NHLers? If you don't think Petey and Hughes will want to stick around then, might as well lean harder into the idea of a rebuild and sell Petey and Hughes now while their values are sky high.
  21. You know, by this point, just ride out Boeser's remaining 2 years. Maybe he plays better next year to up his trade value and if he doesn't just let it expire. Same goes for Myers' contract. Better than retaining and giving up assets to dump cap. Remember when Benning couldn't just wait 1 more year before trading away Eriksson, Beagle and Roussel's contracts and giving up assets and taking on OEL's contract in exchange? No thank you.
  22. That's a bold idea, but good luck pitching that to Aquilini. We can debate how much ownership has interfered over the past decade, but I would make a huge wager that they'd intervene if that was proposed.
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