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  1. DeSmith is a little more proven, but I don't think it's worlds of difference. Martin was put in a tough spot to take over while Demko was down but you'd hope he would bounce back. He certainly stepped up in Abby after heading back there.
  2. https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/32-thoughts-whats-next-for-the-blue-jackets/ 12. Vancouver trading Tanner Pearson to Montreal is the best thing for everyone involved, including the player. There were a lot of hard feelings in the aftermath of the multi-surgery mayhem that put his career into uncertainty and cast doubt on the Canucks medical staff. It’s great to see him looking healthy enough to play. When the summer began Vancouver wasn’t expecting him to be ready so they made other moves, but Pearson's potential return would have caused a salary-cap and positional logjam for the Canucks. One of the things they could have considered was putting Pearson on waivers. That wouldn’t have been good for anyone. 13. The trade also solved a Montreal problem. DeSmith joined Jake Allen, Samuel Montembeault and Cayden Primeau as Canadiens’ goalies ready to play and needing waivers. Ever since the trade with Pittsburgh, the Canadiens were working to move DeSmith.
  3. Wondered if this was coming after activating him from LTI. Let's see a return if anything worthwhile.
  4. You've forgotten about this!?
  5. Definitely will be in competition with Aman. The Pens talked about him as an excellent #10 forward, but that he also wasn't ever quite the same after getting injured the season before. Offence dried up, and he wasn't as impactful on defense. It didn't look like he changed that perception much with Vegas.
  6. And that's the thing, can we flip him to weaponizate that cap space to be worth more than having him in the lineup? His cap hit doesn't change.
  7. Agreed on how the top four might go, with Hirose and Meyers rounding that out (barring any other moves). Will be nice to see fit/chemistry come training camp. And having some flexibility in the last year on Soucy may come in handy if we manage to bring in more/younger players to improve.
  8. Hadn't heard that, was just going by the usual bonus dates so colour me corrected!
  9. Bonuses are paid July 1st, not the start of the season/camp. But not upset at any of these moves. Neither Soucy or Cole are top end but signed to reasonable deals and can slide in on either side. Short term help until we get better through prospects and other deals. And some size, so as long a they don't turn into really large pylons, I'm good.
  10. Some talk about how he hasn't been the same after his head/jaw injurya while back, but we aren't overpaying him so as long as he still stacks up defensively it'll be good value.
  11. I'm sure this will get posted in the other players' threads as well, but Focht not being qualified by the Canucks.
  12. Trying to rig the draft luck for next year? I won't say no to that.
  13. Passed over once and skating as an issue doesn't inspire confidence.
  14. I don't mind a project with size and potential to really improve some skills at this stage of the draft.
  15. Yeah, not something that happens too often when you might be able to wait and get him as a free agent and not risk this being a bump in his trajectory, but who knows.
  16. That would be nice, and even nicer still to thank Schenn again for the same again this year. He'll cost too much though. Long ways to go yet for this kid, but if he can become a decent depth guy it's a win.
  17. Will have to see how he translates to the bigger, faster pro level. Not having a standout skill might make it tough to impress, but he may be one of those dependable prospects.
  18. He's going to the NCAA so he can't sign an ELC. Doing so would void his college eligibility and he'd have to turn pro. How long of an ELC he signs depends on the year he leaves college (age).
  19. Will be interesting to see him develop in the college ranks vs SHL, and hopefully he does get more attention to the nuances of being a defenceman coming off of being a forward so recently.
  20. It was mentioned earlier, but I wondered if this was going to be the route they took with Sasson when I heard he signed. If the Canucks started his NHL contract this year he wouldn't have been eligible to help in the AHL, so they push it to next season and get him on the try out contact. The playoff experience will be valuable and hopefully Abby goes deep. Yeah, be seemed to be having a decent enough year last year after a good Utica season, but has only played 3 AHL games this year. Might still be a depth option/AHL contract, but lots of competition ahead of him. Looking forward to seeing if Sasson will have the chops to become an NHL player.
  21. Figured I should come here to check on if anything has been heard about his injury status or if there's a plan to check him out here in Vancouver, but also I did this little comparison. As noted below, Hughes is our best D in a lot of categories, but Hronek stacks up near the top in most of those same categories, plus as good or better in some others.
  22. Well, Hronek isn't much of an interview, and his non-answer about his injury was interesting, but we'll see what we get soon enough.
  23. And the rumour was from Dreger, the Leafs' shill for many years, which Friedman apparently said was bunk. He was likely just trying to keep ratings up. Look at it this way, If the Canucks were getting picks and not players, they'd have to be 1sts/2nds to be worth it. Pens didn't have any extra in the first two rounds for the next couple of seasons, so at best they would have been spread out to get two 1sts. And if they did give that up, without us retaining anything significant, management here takes that and runs while spending the next week or so looking for a stop gap at least to help the team this year. Can always find someone in UFA and then draft/develop. There isn't any way they would have been more handcuffed by trading Miller for a good return than they would be by keeping him until his contract/NTC kicks in.
  24. I haven't been keeping up with all the pages, and I know the argument about where we are, why trade picks, etc, etc, etc. I wanted to look more at how to quantify Hronek and where he fits in our D. If someone wanted to do this with advanced stats, or with other D as comparison, feel free. It's just a visual. Lots of green in those top two lines, and Hronek compares pretty favourably to Hughes. Strong shooting %, does get involved physically, and of course his offence. Of course, the Chaos Giraffe (I don't hate him that much) is not the best of the bunch. Just to sum it up a little better, I graphed it out (not weighted, but good enough). Hronek actually comes out a little ahead of Hughes adding up across multiple categories. Hughes is better at what he does of course, but just showing that Hronek is no slouch. But if you're dead set on being angry about the draft picks, the overall price, or whatever, then it is what it is.
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