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  1. I certainly would prefer to not trade Boeser, but Risto is much better than he gets credit for. I can't see us getting Risto (top pairing dman) without moving someone like Boeser (top 6 forward) or equivalent though.
  2. Well Myers played 2 more minutes a night than Tanev and lead the team for even strength minutes per night. Myers was 2nd on the team in hits. He had better career offensive numbers prior to joining and Tanev just had career offensive numbers playing alongside one of the best offensive dmen this team has seen in some time and is still a point shy on Myers so far this season. I'd also suggest that the addition of Myers has helped lower Tanev's per game ice time which (along with partnering with Hughes) has helped with Tanev's health this season. So while Tanev has been a very good defensive dman, I don't see him being a 6 million dollar a year dman even prior to this pandemic (in which I thought 5.5 would be what he would be getting at most, but now things have changed). Let's keep in mind that we had a dman that was our de facto #1 that wanted to also remain and retire as a Canuck and signed for 6 million a season for only two years (likely one year deals until he retires after). JB didn't play with the agent games at that point and Edler had to jump in a force a deal to get done. Tanev is certainly below Edler.
  3. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/pending-ufa-chris-tanev-feels-home-canucks-hopes-stay/sn-amp/ Just read this article. A mentor on and off the ice. He wants to retire as a Canuck. How can you not want to keep this guy around? Yes the biggest elephant are his injuries and what his next contract might command. Based on the article, he's well aware of the situation and it even mentions there's a possibility of a 1 year deal in hopes of more financial security in the league later on. This makes me believe that we could probably get him locked at 4-4.5 for one year which would go a long way towards getting all of our high profile UFAs locked. As for the injuries, say we re-sign Tryamkin, that alone should help with his health. Tryamkin was a top PKer for his team, so while Tanev would still be the primary PKer, Tryamkin could ease some of those minutes. And worst case is I'm comfortable with Tryamkin taking on bigger minutes should Tanev get hurt.
  4. I'm glad they're recognizing actual defensive achievements for a defensive award rather than simply just looking at the best offensive numbers. Well deserved.
  5. They were a regular pairing, so yes they play on different sides. Brisebois was like a Tanev which allowed Rafferty to play his offensive game and sheltered his defensive game.
  6. I think it's been mentioned before that SJ wasn't targetting White. At that time, if you didn't sign your 1st round pick, you would get compensated with a 2nd round pick and that's what SJ really wanted in the deal. Probably not relevant to the conversation, but just wanted to add to those that aren't aware (as I was when I first read about it recently).
  7. Montour is an RD like Stecher I believe. Aside from Risto, they Colin Miller and Jokiharju who are also RD, so hard to say if Stecher cracks that defense even without Risto. Nevermind the fact that Stecher will be an RFA that we likely won't qualify, so they could potentially have him for free if we let him walk (which we might do especially if we are adding to the RD, whether through Risto or someone like Tryamkin). It's been discussed in the past that it's unsure of their interest in Demko. They have Ullmark who's in a similar situation as Demko (if they acquire him, then they too will be forced to decide to expose one of the other) and the have Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen as their up and coming goalie. For the return, I can't see us not moving someone like Boeser unfortunately. I'd rather pass on Reinhart (due for a raise) and just target Risto and hopefully be able to explore other options rather than moving Boeser if possible.
  8. Well like I said, Benning himself is recorded on the draft floor saying "speed and skill, remember, speed and skill" and this is him talking to Brackett, but I guess these "reports" are more reputable than the GM himself.
  9. That's funny, I believe in one of the draft floor videos, Benning was talking about targeting speed and skill. But I guess how can you trust the man himself right?
  10. If you were a born winner, that doesn't defeat you. That's motivation to be the next big Russian in the market and be praised like Bure did. Do you think someone like Anze Kopitar was like "damn, there's no success stories for Slovenian's in the NHL, I better look elsewhere"?
  11. Sorry I forgot a key word. We are not seeing guys like Hammarstrom getting fired (thus scouts that have done a good job are being retained). I'll correct that.
  12. They're not overhauling the entire scouting staff every time. Scouts that aren't doing their job will get fired. If they want to upgrade an area they feel is weak, unfortunately there will have to be changes. Despite us having good results in our drafts the last few seasons (which helps to have top end picks), the later rounds haven't uncovered any gems yet, so there is always room for improvement. Benning extended an offer to try and retain him. Brackett wanted to negotiate his terms (and rightfully so). Unfortunately it was terms that couldn't be met. Perhaps if he wanted more money, then that could've been achievable. He wasn't making the offer knowing it would be rejected and Brackett was still part of the draft talks while this was trying to get resolved (which you don't do with someone that you know is leaving and will bring this information to a new team). Benning has always credited the scouting team for the success of the drafting. We are not seeing guys like Hammarstrom getting fired (despite those suggesting we are dumping all the key figures involved in drafting EP). Even a good scouting group has room for improvement and the ones that want to be part of the success here will be the ones that continue to find the gems for us.
  13. Good catch and also more collaboration that goes with what Benning insisted rather than simply Brackett calling the shots. We have video evidence from the people themselves, but some would rather believe the media with their "inside sources" that they cannot reveal and who knows how they are spinning the information given to them.
  14. Philadelphia is proud to nominate Mika Zibanejad for Lady Byng. Only amassing 14 PIMs and having a 1.31 PPG season, he is an excellent example of hard work, skill and sportsmanship.
  15. It just seems all too convenient to omit the 2016 Juolevi pick from Brackett's resume when he was appointed director in August 2015 and had almost a full year on the job, so he must've had some input here. With that said, I don't think the Juolevi pick was a bad one, just unfortunate injuries after the fact. But Benning and Brackett and the draft team get the credit/blame here much like the rest of the drafts. Glass was also considered BPA in 2018 at our pick, but we also went away with the public rankings and it worked out, so it's not unreasonable to believe that they had Juolevi ranked higher and was considered our draft list's BPA. The jury is still out on Lockwood, but the rest of that 2016 draft hasn't produced anything. It seems the first two rounds are important to Benning, so he's very much involved in those picks. In the 2017 draft floor video, Benning sounded very high on DiPietro. They had early talks of Rathbone, even before the DiPietro pick, where Weisbrod and Brackett were high on and both have connections in that area. The rest of the draft hasn't produced much else after that. Similarly in 2018, Benning and crew seem elated over the first two rounds. If Brackett had more of a voice, he wasn't the only voice and they had collectively got the players they targetted. Madden was the big time obvious choice of Brackett (it was a good pick) as he seemed to fight tooth and nail for him (so perhaps the final straw was when we traded him). Not much else has come from that draft so far. So 2019 comes and supposedly Brackett has less of a voice. 2019 doesn't have a draft floor video, so it may not be a surprise that there was already some tension at that point. However there was a draft meeting video and Brackett was still definitely running the show at that point. The talks are of day 2 being the divide. In the draft meeting video, there is talks from Brackett talking of a smaller player that is skilled but needs to be cautious of playing through the middle of the ice. We don't know who he's talking about, but it does sound like Hoglander and maybe he wasn't very high on him and Benning wanted him. This is fitting towards how Brackett wants more autonomy and Benning suggesting he doesn't want to give up the first two rounds. So at that point, how much say did Brackett have from then on? Focht looks like a solid pick and there are some promise on others, but they're could turn out to not be much, just like the previous couple of years. So really the only "successful" picks so far that Brackett supposedly had the biggest influence are Madden and possibly Rathbone (but as mentioned, Weisbrod also has connections in that area). Focht IMO is about as good as the Madden pick anyway, so can't say there's a whole lot to hang his hat on to have him force a power move.
  16. If Buffalo was serious about trying to win, they wouldn't trade Ristolainen, it just doesn't make sense to me. So unless Risto is actually requesting out (which he may be as he has sort of done in the past and seems defeated there based on that article), they should be building around him (and Eichel of course). Reading that article makes me appreciate Benning's effort toward turning this team around relatively quickly and putting the importance on trying to make the playoffs, even if it means trading a 1st for a ready now player and signing important vets to shield the young players (even if it costs a bit more to do so). Also the tank nation crowd should look at that culture and how defeating it is on the players.
  17. Care to share this article? I've been very interested in the hopeful opportunity to acquire him. Don't think he could be had for cheap though.
  18. But if there was a different GM, perhaps the new guy would want to implement a new system that isn't as effective as it is now and Benning would have to work under his rules. Having a GM that has put an emphasis on the draft seems to have worked out in terms of boosting our prospect pool. He has hired guys to support him in areas that weren't strengths when he started as a rookie GM and is progressing in those areas (eg trading for half of the top 6 in addition to the drafted prospects at very respectable value, solid RFA signings, debatable UFA work that he won't need to rely on as much when the drafted prospects start to fill in, etc). The team has generally trended up during his time here and they're on the brink of the playoffs this season with one of the youngest rosters in the NHL (and Benning expects 6-7 more young players to crack the roster over the next couple of seasons too). IMO, I'm glad of the work that Benning has put in that should set us up for the next decade or so (hopefully he gets to see it through).
  19. No because Brackett was the chosen one by the hockey gods to be the only true prophet of prospects.
  20. I guess DeLorme will be next to go and Hammarstrom too. Benning will fire himself for being excited about EP and selecting him.
  21. The Miller trade was an opportunity presented upon itself. Perhaps a player of his calibre is not available whenever you believe we are ready to compete and we spend that 1st on a lesser player at that point. This was more of a trade because of opportunity not because he was trying to time it with Brackett's contract ending (especially considering Benning actually wanted to extend him still). If we are seriously competing in a couple of years and have Miller locked in at a bargain contract still at that point, then it's still a great trade even if it was made in advance of your proposed timeline (although I get the feeling that the Canucks as a whole do not consider themselves write offs for a couple more years and if anything, feel they are that much closer to success with the acquisition of Miller). First we have to make the playoffs to give these young guys the experience and they can use this experience as they mature and be fully prepared players when we are making serious runs. The director of amateur scouting rarely has their name sullied. The GM has more at stake. DeLorme survived longer in this role than many GMs despite the draft track record. Not many even know the directors of other teams. Brackett would have a major ego to think this way.
  22. And yet DeLorme was part of our atrocious scouting past and was a key figure in getting one of our top franchise players. Brackett is leaving, many of our current scouts are still here. In a post earlier, most of top picks were recommended by scouts that remain in our system today. So what's the problem?
  23. Didn't the scouts pick out these guys too? Don't scouts also pick guys like Patrick White, Jason Herter, Stojanov, etc? Perhaps the system set out for the scouting staff to allow for better assessment and discussion during meeting allows for the scouts to be more successful at their jobs. Doesn't this sound more in line with what has been done now (certainly Brackett believes so as he has said this himself).
  24. Quick, we need a side by side shot of Quinn with John and Jim to see who he looks more like. Either that or its a weird image of Weisbrod grinning while little Quinn is coming into the world.
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