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[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yup. And they'll make moves. To add the good player. Kind of the point of my post. Or are you under the illusion they're going to move Eichel this summer? -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yeah. I don't tend to waste my time when people are trolling. Teams will make room for good players. Or did I just imagine the Eichel trade? -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Same way any team fits in big dollar players. Top men. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Are we in the same position as a team like the Bruins/Penguins/Capitals/Predators etc? Are people really this blind to how the league works in regards to team cycles that this needs explaining? Again? Teams looking to win now, or whose windows are closing, don't care what his cap hit/performance are in 4+ years. They'll be rebuilding. We will have our young core players at their peak, right in the middle of their window. These aren't the same things. If you can't see how those situations are entirely different... Now if only you folks would see that he can't both be an indispensable piece of the Canucks, AND willing to take a major discount vs his comparables AND worth next to nothing in trade. You can't have it all three ways. You guys are like the Kings of straw men. That's how I know you guys are wrong -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Multiples of these trades happen every year. That's how we got Miller. And Schmidt (and in turn WPG got him). That's how COL got Toews. Not about not paying players. And not about not trading picks. It's about timelines....it (potentially) makes sense to extend "next Miller" in 4-5 years with Petey and Hughes at their peaks. It does not make sense to extend current Miller now with them not in their prime and a tonne of structural and succesion issues. Get those things in order and the core in their prime. THEN worry about extending guys. You're attempting to put words in my mouth. No thanks. This team doesn't need MORE circus. It's bad mojo. Again, nobody anywhere suggested either are risk free. One is just less so. Cap space is king. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
We got Schmidt for a 3rd as well recently. Really, a good few seem to happen pretty much every year... -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Actually, it kind of does. No, it doesn't often happen to us though because we haven't generally had the cap space. The exact problem that extending Miller exacerbates. I'd love to be in position to take advantage of the next Devon Toews for a 2nd or Miller for a mid first and spare parts trade (maybe Shae Theodore is the next...?). That doesn't happen with Miller extended. There's almost zero chance this gets past this summer. He's either extended on a team friendly deal (unlikely) or moved this summer. There's simply far too many risks letting it carry on in to the season (poor season, injuries, dwindling leverage the closer to the TDL it gets etc, etc), never mind the absolute circus of a distraction it would be around the team until something gave which we ABSOLUTELY do not need. Nope, I keep telling you I don't expect a Miller trade to be a "saviour move". Stop trying to put words in my mouth. Again, that's not what it's about. It's not about it fixing everything or "replacing Miller". It's merely one of the (many) steps to get there. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Nope. You make trades like the one that got us 25(?) year old Miller in the first place. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Then we still have $9m in cap space... The entire team isn't badly constructed. We have plenty of good pieces. Mostly just the right side D and the lack of size/grit. Beyond that, we also lack the organizational depth to cycle through as guys age, or price themselves out. But that's an "organization" not "team" construction issue. Correcting those gets much harder when paying Miller $9m through his declining years. And sacrificing that needed organizational depth, to clear the cap required to keep Miller and try to contend the next few years is a non starter IMO. Management has basically already come out and said exactly that. And I don't see us contending without correcting them. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
For 6 years or under (which is is still a year or two longer than makes sense)? Do you honestly see that happening. If we sign Miller for $7.5m x 5 years, I'd be as thrilled as I would winning the lotto max... Which is more likely -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
And if keeping Miller doesn't work, keeps us middling and he becomes an anchor as we bleed assets and depth paying ever more, clinging to said middling team? We can play this game all day. If the step back doesn't work, we're in a similar place (not good enough and rebuilding) but with FAR more cap flexibility and assets in place to rebuild with/around. If the Miller plan doesn't work we're just F'd for another 5+ years or spending rebuild assets we'd need, to dump is anchor contract. This team isn't going to win as presently constructed. We don't have the quality, the depth or proper makeup of players now (particularly right D), or succession plan for expiring ones, to remotely push forward with an aging Miller on the roster at $9m. There's to much work to be done to worry about trying to win a cup the next couple years before Miller starts to decline. We need to continue to build organizational depth those couple years, not fritter it away on a poorly constructed, shallow, middling team. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Unlikely the teams in the top 5, maybe 10 that would make acquiring those picks worthwhile, would be interested in those players, for those picks, at this time. We also already have a lot of good pieces in place to build around. The team needs surgery, not amputation. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
No, overly dramatic is declaring we'd need a rebuild because we'll have to give Demko a raise, or find a replacement, in 5 years, with a team full of guys in their prime/peaks... -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
2-7 years is the meat of our window IMO. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Nobody suggested we'd be rebuilding for 4 more years (or rebuilding at all for that matter). As much as you have that we will, doubling the salary of a soon to decline player, with major structural and succession issues that will be made that much harder to rectify due to said salary. Stuff. Hopefully not of the Virtanen variety. Hughes and Petey at their peaks.... Sorry guys, window's closed! Nor is there that any guarantee that paying a 30 year old, ten percent + of the cap for nearly a decade will either. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Prime for forwards 24, D 25. Peaks at 27 and 28 respectively. Goalies prime and peaks are later. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
The team can't contend as presently constructed, certainly not while near doubling Miller's salary (on a depreciating asset, yay!), and Petey and Hughes aren't even in their primes yet. You're dooming us to mediocrity in the near term, and a rebuild right when our two best players not named Demko are at their peak. -
[PGT] San Jose Sharks at Vancouver Canucks | Apr. 09, 2022
aGENT replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
The trick is to really work it around the perimeter until the slot opens up for a good chance -
Byram (if he can stay healthy) is a T1, all situation D. We don't really have a comparable. Makar plays on the opposite side, as you noted. Again, something Rathbone (or Hughes) may have to do, if we hope to squeeze Rathbone on to the roster. And I'm not opposed to it but Rathbone simply doesn't fit on our 3rd pair left side.. OEL-Hughes could be a very good 1st pair with Rathbone eventually becoming our 2nd pair LD, or alternately Rathbone playing right side as I noted. Girard is under utilized and hady already been discussed plenty as expendable due to both their embarrassment of riches on D and not being able to utilize him. The exact same problem we'd have with Rathbone. Trying to find Girard the offensive minutes/usage behind a healthy Byram/Toews is nigh impossible. The only time he gets them is with those guys hurt. You'll also note that they went out and traded for Manson to bring some grit, PK ability etc. Again, it's nothing against Rathbone. LOVE the kid's game. But unless he, or someone else is going to move to the right side... There's simply not room on the left to give him the offensive/PP minutes he needs to be successful. It's a structural issue, not a Rathbone issue I have.
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Love Rathbone, but unless he's switching to the right side, honestly don't see where he fits stuck behind Hughes and OEL on the left. Guy like him needs offensive usage/minutes/PP time...He's not going to get them behind those two. And while I agree, we shouldn't be taking any big swings, at expensive, older D (especially guys like Klingberg ), our right side could use a MAJOR overhaul. Hughes, Trade OEL, Trade Dermott, Lyubushkin Burroughs, Schenn Is what our D should look like IMO. And on top of that, we should be doing whatever we can to move up in the draft to get one of Nemec/Jiricek.
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(Proposal) Armchair GM this offseason
aGENT replied to RWJC's topic in Proposals and Armchair GM'ing
As per management, we need to get younger, faster and lower cap this summer (ideally to pounce on teams like Vegas who will need to shed cap). And big no to spending assets to clear most of that cap. IMO guys like Myers, after his season and with a nice short 2 year term left, will have actual value to teams. If we don't see a spot for guys like Dickinson, we can waive him or even buy him out of there isn't an inexpensive trade that makes sense, to claw back cap. Move Miller for something like the rumoured Chytil, Lundkvist, Kravstov 1st package (or similar return from another team). Move one of Boeser/Garland + (Poolman +?) for Marino and Kapanen. Move Myers, perhaps to Dallas (he's from Texas) after Klingberg presumably walks. Sign one of Paul/Tierney/Sturm for 3C, to PK and to take some of the match up weight off Horvat's shoulders, which should free him up for more offense as well. Heck, I wouldn't hate bringing back Richardson or similar at/near league min just for the C depth Sign Lyubushkin to replace lost D depth and again PK, match up etc helping take some of that weight off OEL's shoulders and freeing him up. We'd still need to find a top 6 W'er at some point in the next couple years with this scenario (perhaps by pouncing on teams like Vegas needing to shed cap or maybe Klimovich or other develops in to that, or...) and push guys like Kapanen/Chytil down the lineup/replace guys like Pearson. But this gets us younger, faster and cheaper so that we're in a position to take that next step , when the core gets to it's prime. (Wingers fluid obviously) Kapanen, Pettersson, Garland/Boeser Chytil, Horvat, Podkolzin Pearson, Paul/Tierney/Sturm, Hoglander Lammiko, Richardson, Highmore Dickinson Hughes, Marino OEL, Lundqvist Dermmott, Lyubushkin Burroughs, Schenn Demko, Martin -
Yeah, when goalies have good numbers on crap teams, you know they're good