smithers joe

We gave up a 1st round pick & high 2nd round pick (in a deep draft year) to get a top 4 guy from Detroit.  I fail to see how we can get another top 4 guy in a small trade to be honest.

I'd like to just see a couple of 2nd round picks.

we wouldn't get a top 4 d-man from florida but maybe we could get a good d prospect for say hoglander or rathbone and mcdonough.

if you look at it from management and owners plans, they first have to fix the defense, hopefully hronek is the start.

It a loooooong time to carry dead cap for OEL... 

What happens to CAP when OEL retires

LTIR is recovery, and would be a good scenerio.  Never wishing ill-health though. 

Good luck Joe.....

Kane haS  a NMC

what if he agrees to the deal then changes his mind during the 5 minutes he is a Canuck?

haha

I wish they would keep him, but they won't. I don't think you can easily replace that work ethic, leadership, toughness and respect that Schenn brings. Any trade better be bringing far better than a third round pick. Otherwise, it makes way more sense to keep him.

Probably around 1.75 or so? They are paid in USD so they can take home 1M CAD somewhat easily. A lot of these guys have corporations so they can control how much taxable income they get paid per year. I presume that even after retirement, their corp can continue to pay them salary.

Looks like he's earned 24 mil in his career. Deserves every penny, good for him.

Good points Joe.

We buyout OEL and replace his minutes with Wooly.

That saves us 6 mil on the cap next year.

Joe is not on Team Tank

LOL...........yes a bold prediction for sure! I hope it happens, just so you have bragging rights!

I’d be fine with a project type like Kravstov but they better be shipping out Boeser somewhere at the very least 

We're doomed. They called up Wolanin. He can actually play defence.

Lol based on the moves we've seen management make (Beauvillier, Garland, Bear, Stillman, Mikheyev) I think it's a good sign to see younger middle-6/ 2nd pair being brought in to hopefully become worth their money (rather that than no-upside guys IMO).   

I heard 4 years. #sources

If the Canucks win first overall and DON'T draft Bedard.

Then I give up on the Canucks and I'll be Giants fan.

Would CDC go crazy if Allvin selected Carlsson at #1? 

Honestly, if the coach clashes with either of them I'd boot the coach to the curb. Tocchet is likely another transitional coach anyway imo. 

Field of Tanks 

The Bo trade return was a rebuilding move. So maybe our owner is (finally) listening to his management about the need to rebuild? 

Ease the fans pain......

Go the distance.....

I don’t think he’s hard enough to play against. 

so, he would fit in with the rest of the team.

who?

I think a better solution is to bring back option years.  That way, after X number of years on the contract the team or the player (depending on terms) can choose to extend the player or let them go to free agency.

@Elias Pettersson The NFL can get away with because there's like what? 100 colleges and junior colleges that have Football programs. Each with a full squad and a practice squad (80 players).

There's far more players than there is football teams. The NFL could lock out the players union. Bring in new players. The quality of the product would drop radically, but they could field teams. (It would decimate college football for a couple of years.) Hockey doesn't have that luxury. It barely has enough to keep 32 teams at a high level.

I think it could work, but it bonuses would be more subtle.

Example: 7.5M with 1M in bonuses

Players don't want to risk an injury costing them a big chunk of their income.

There would probably be a rule in place that 75% (or a similar number) had to be base salary

Don’t think we should trade Demko. Hughes to the Devils could bring back a big haul. 

Demko doesn't have much value. However as others have said if someone gives you an offer you can't pass up.  Then you have to at least look at it.

If they are moving all those players Petey would also need to be moved as I don't see him staying which means its not a rebuild its a complete overhaul. The problem I see with ownership is there is so much parity in the league a few tweaks a bit of luck and a team like the Canucks could squeak into the playoffs next year and that seems to be what the owner wants instead of ripping the band-aid off and setting this team up for long term success. 

I don't think Cap Friendly will mention players signed with Abby that the Canucks have no contracts with.

https://abbotsford.canucks.com/team

Right - for example, I kind of think Chase Wouters has the potential to become our 4th line C at some point but he's only an Abby Canuck right now, no contract with the big club.

and I hope the fix that, Wouters deserves a deal

Hello my baby! Hello my honey! Hello my ragtime gaaaalllll....

Trade Miller before his NMC kicks in, and wait until next TDL when Myers is a pending UFA, and that's $14 million in cap blunders corrected (Pearson can get shipped out too).  I think OEL just needs the right defensive RD partner and bare minimum he can still be a fringe top-4 who can eat some minutes (no need to buy-out, bury or retain on him when we don't really have anyone better).

If they can move out Myers, Miller, and Pearson that'd go a long ways towards clearing the slate going forward

We're probably stuck with OEL until his buyout looks more palatable, he's serviceable in the meantime though as we're gonna have to play someone in that spot anyway 

We can move Myers in the summer.  Probably have to retain so not to give up an asset.  OEL I think will be bought out.  They will not be trading Miller.  he has value in the top 6 as a PPG guy...

Stillman is a part of our Stealth tank Joe.  He will replace BO in our top 6 and on the PP...

@PhillipBlunt We know who the real power behind the team is.

FIN!!!!!

@Ghostsof1915He's a little woozy right now. 

Phillip shines Four Bright Lights on Fin: "Fin, how many lights do you see?"

Yup...

please

Hopefully he has some very inspirational zoom meetings!!!

He'll get them on powerpoint

Sounds like he is hardly going to be here so no. 

Or he can't bite his tongue and keep quiet

When someone tells him to tell No One, he then goes and tells people until it is no longer a secret, then says it's not his fault that the people he tells can't keep it a secret

If they don't think they can retain him it makes sense to add him a piece in a deal, he's not worth a ton on his own as an unproven prospect. 

People are eager to move Schenn as well. I don't think he will garner the kind of return some think.

However if a team is silly enough to offer a late 2nd or late 1st rounder. That's hard to say no to.

McDonough will need time in the AHL to learn the pro game, which is a lot different than the collegiate game. I think he's a good prospect but he's no saviour.

Maybe Monday morning?