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Thoughts on how Vancouver stacks up to division rivals
nuck-lifer replied to aqua59's topic in Canucks Talk
we should get past Chicago, Minnesota, Arizona to knock on the door. San Jose, Vegas, Colorado, Winnipeg have all lost depth in their lineup so if injuries take their toll on any of these teams they could be in trouble. especially San Jose and Winnipeg. If we have a "normal" injury year instead of top 3 for the past 3 years, we have an excellent chance to get in -
[Signing] Canucks sign Micheal Ferland
nuck-lifer replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Here are points totals of last years players being possibly replaced by this years, at least to start Baer, Sutter or another player may be gone so this is as of now. This can be up for debate but it just goes to show the production increase that we hope to get this year with the offensive depth added. 2018-19- points before acquisitions Granlund- 22 Gaudette- 12- may start in AHL Schaller- 10 Leipsic- 5 Hutton-20 Gudbranson- 10 Pouliot- 12 Total- 91 ___________________________ 2018-19 replacement player points past year Miller- 47 Pearson- 27 Ferland- 40 Leivo- 18 Myers- 31 Hughes- 35 projected.- he had 3 point in 5 games so had to tail this projection back somewhat as certain don't expect 50 points Benn- 22 Total - 220 -
[Signing] Canucks sign Micheal Ferland
nuck-lifer replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
For all the Boeser trade/signing fear mongering happening, this signing has nothing to do with Boeser's future signing with us. We have the room, and he will probably sign for 6.5 -7.0M. The only way this impacts Boeser is the benefit of gaining a great teammate that will stick up for him, Petey and Hughes It's all good! -
[Signing] Canucks sign Micheal Ferland
nuck-lifer replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Another reason to keep Virtanen as he is 1 of 3 right hand shot wingers while they have a 10 lefties. something has to give with Goldy, Eriksson, Baertschi, Schaller -
[Signing] Canucks sign Micheal Ferland
nuck-lifer replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Upon signing Micheal Ferland, Canucks introduce new intro song....:) -
[Signing] Canucks sign Micheal Ferland
nuck-lifer replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
damn, had the stress level right up there.:) thanks -
[Signing] Canucks sign Micheal Ferland
nuck-lifer replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
what?? -
[Signing] Canucks sign Micheal Ferland
nuck-lifer replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yes! Sutter has to be on cap dump/ trading block with this deal at some point before Roussel returns. Miller fortunately can play center barring injuries to one of Gaudette, Petey, Bo, Beagle. Cannot wait to see this team October! -
Option 1 : include a 1st rounder to unload his contract Option 2 : Include a good prospect or young player like Demko, Virtanen, maybe Gaudette Option 3 : take back an ugly contract like Lucic Option 4 : Keep him for another year , pay his bonus and re-look at our options to unload a 2 year contract which will be easier to swallow. Option 5: Buyout / send to Utica where we don't save nearly enough to sign a top 6 forward anyway Eriksson will not refuse to play, or retire. He still feels he has gas in the tank. From the Canucks point of view, its looking like option 4 is the best solution which they will have to mend the fences, and hope for better season to up his value for 2020-2021. Most disgruntled employees can turn the page if they're handled the right way and be used for all of their strengths which Eriksson still possesses to certain extent. It's on Green and JB to work things out with him, motivate him to get a trading partner after the season, and utilize the plethora of little things to maximize their return.:)
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Last year we came into the season not expecting anything to change, as a matter of fact we would take a step back with 3 out of our top 5 offensive players on their way out. We improved our production, points and were virtually in every game. This year we haven't really lost anyone (Hutton for Benn) and added 3 solid contributors to the top of our lineup in Hughes, Miller and Myers. Calgary, Edmonton, LA, Anaheim, Winnipeg, Vegas, Minnesota and Chicago have all either leveled out or taken a step back. We have clearly taken a step forward. There is no reason to think we don't at least make the playoffs, and hopefully win a round, right?
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I'm on the JB blind fan club by any means, but on key trades he has been very focused on getting his guy and than has simply been unlucky on the injury front. Sutter and Dorsett are 2 good examples. Sutter, when healthy was ( and still may be) an excellent shutdown 3rd line center to stabilize our younger core. He can go up against any top center and effectively shut them down most of time. He was pretty healthy before coming to the Canucks but that changed awfully quickly and you know the rest. Dorsett same thing, slightly over paid but extremely valuable bottom 6 guy that we sorely needed. This combined with having no assets to trade, and players not including the Canucks on their trade list due to no fault of JB is another problem he has had to face. Now that we have Petey, Brock and Hughes we're a more desirable teams for players to join, but this is really just the last year if that. Key UFA signings Vrbata- B Miller- B Gagner- F MDZ- F Eriksson- F Roussel- B Beagle- C Vanek- B This is the big concern IMO. He's pushing hard to ice a playoff team and may sign players that end up being bad contracts when we need the cap the most. Although he has made some decent signings, we're still not a playoff team, so although we have the young horses, we may still need to over pay for a guy like Myers which will only slow our true build. Stralman, or a second tier RD, and possibly a Tanev upgrade would be the preference for this move.
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It sucks on the Canucks Cap front, but full kudos to Lou for retiring. He returned the favour to the team that took him that also bailed us out after his miss treatment in his final Canucks year. In the end 2.2 mill difference will not make or break our next few seasons. Just look at Anaheim taking a 6 million cap hit next year for Corey Perry.
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Congrats to Lou on an outstanding Career! Lots of ups and downs but taking us to the cup final was the icing.. The recapture rule looks like 3033.206 for 3 years less the 800K retained = 2233.206 for each 3 years is this correct or do we still get nailed with 800K as well?
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This. I don't see him fitting with Brock- Petey, but rather Bo- Pearson. He needs to get some straight games in though to get the shift in , shift out effort that his line mates are putting in. If he could figure it out to the point Baer did with his board work after a year of in and out of the lineup, he has a chance to be a 40-50 point player.... and then we trade him.
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[Report] Ben Hutton to become UFA
nuck-lifer replied to BertaNuck's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Have a hard time agreeing with the arbitration # of 4.0M + just because we don't have the depth and therefore put the minutes in when key injuries happened. His minutes should be judged when the D are relatively healthy to get a fair scope of a players value, not connect to the teams current depth situation. He's also a minus 21,22,and 23 in 3 of the last four years which is the highest overall of our D that have been with us for the same period. With Hughes slated to take the 2nd pairing minutes, 3M for 3 years would be a reasonable contract for a good 3rd pairing depth guy who could jump into the top 4 when needed. -
POLL: What would be a good Tyler Myers' Contract?
nuck-lifer replied to Vinny in Vancouver's topic in Canucks Talk
Wouldn't go higher then 6.5 m over 6 years, so unless he's willing to move to the greatest place on earth for a discount we should be out of the running. -
[Rumour] Canucks interested in Patrik Nemeth
nuck-lifer replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
and apply that cap towards an offensive RD like Myers or stralman? dont think so. More the RD situation folds out is that our money should be applied to left offensive defense like edler Hughes juolevi etc.. and focus our conservative dollars on Defensive RD's to offset them. This looks to be a good way to get the most for your defense cap dollar since right defense are in such high demand. We have Stecher who could take the step and come into his own as a top 4 RD that can put up some points as well. -
[Rumour] - Re-signing Edler to Canucks
nuck-lifer replied to Squamfan's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
capfriendly on it already ..:) DEFENSE (7 - $15,889,166) TERMS POS STATUS AGE 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Edler, Alexander "A" LD NHL 33 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 UFA Tanev, Christopher "A" M-NTC RD NHL 29 $4,450,000 UFA Stecher, Troy RD NHL 25 $2,325,000 RFA Hughes, Quintin ELC LD NHL 19 $916,666 $916,666 RFA -
[Rumour] - Re-signing Edler to Canucks
nuck-lifer replied to Squamfan's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Holy smokes, that's a homer deal for the Canucks! Great to see the Eagle back, now we just need some D zone depth so we don't over play Edler and Tanev ( if Tanev stays) and maybe that will protect them a little better from injury -
[Rumour] - Re-signing Edler to Canucks
nuck-lifer replied to Squamfan's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
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[Rumour] - Re-signing Edler to Canucks
nuck-lifer replied to Squamfan's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I know. I have questioned their ethics as this was already report but not substantiated so they jumped on it. Thus the "if" its done for tomorrow. haha -
[Rumour] - Re-signing Edler to Canucks
nuck-lifer replied to Squamfan's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Whoa... 5- 5.5 or 3 year modified NMC. Canucks fans are indebted to the Eagle if this is sealed for tomorrow! That's a steal and now we have some room to work in a Tanev upgrade or just another RD UFA easily! https://canucksarmy.com/2019/06/19/canucks-re-sign-edler-to-three-year-deal/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter -
[Rumour] Canucks Shopping Tanev
nuck-lifer replied to Odjick29willkillyou's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
#FIREGILLIS.... I Mean #FIREBENNING would be trending hardcore...:)