Av's needed a 2nd line C, guess they think Kadri will fill that role. The brief emergence of Makar made Barrie expendable especially considering he has be in rumours for years now. It also is wise to move someone before they get hurt and you cant trade them...Cough Tanev Cough Sutter...Tanev. Both of them should be moved.
Barrie would be a nice target next July for us, need to move on from tanev, ideally by not letting him walk for nothing.
if he weighed another 20-30 lbs sure. The guy is a giant twig in all reality. His long reach I hope he can capitalize on and use to his advantage ala Chara
Great gamble, would have loved this exact deal by the Canucks. If he can stay relatively healthy he should bounce back to 25-30g. If NJ is out of the playoff picture at the TDL you have a potential valuable trade asset.
This is the exact type of deal I wish our GM would make, I know we still have BB to sign, but we can make room by dumping Schaller and you have to think another F is on the move, ideally Sutter as well as that 6m bum Loui.
thought he might be an interesting option for Bo's wing maybe. Depending on the term and cap hit of course. Colorado does need to build a 2nd line if they want to be legit contenders imo
We need a decent RW to play with Bo in my opinion. If they don't trust Jake to take that step next year we need to go get someone, via trade or UFA (short term contract)
I think Ken Holland is going to try and move lucic, he has his work cutout for him, but he already bought out the overpaid Sekera, needs to try add some speed and scoring into that top 6, so makes sense he would look at bringing in someone he drafted
Benning is a Genius over this signing? Yes he didnt go totally crazy on term or $. He likely gave full NTC or NMC. Also, JB has basically only ever made bone headed UFA signings in the summer, so he better actually make a couple eventually that dont look like complete trash, that is his job after all
Could have been worse...longer term and higher cap hit. Be interesting to see what kind of NTC or NMC he gets. Have to assume the contract is heavily based on early year signing bonuses
He could score 25g if his shot was more accurate and he could control the puck driving to the net. A nasty piece of business to play against...that sounds like Tom Wilson. Unfortunately Jake is not that kind of player, he is a Canuck after all haha!!
we take back Z. Smith, who is owed 6.5m in salary over 2 years. We would only have to add I guess because we take the lower cap hit back, but pay out double the salary...so not much of a plus from us?
Do we really need to have any interest in a LW anymore after JT trade?
JT, Pearson, Sven, Roussel, Goldy, Schaller.
We need a RW option for Bo's line imo, and a RHD, which i guess is Mr. Pencil
Duchene had a good stat year in his UFA season, this deal if true at 8m is not bad. I would rather him at 8m that Hayes at 7.1m!
Could JB look to Nashville to acquire Turris for below market value...he is try to be competitive now right!? BC boy, could be used as a RW on Bo's line?