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[Signing] Canes re-sign Aho 9.75x8
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw replied to MeanSeanBean's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
So while I do think Pettersson is a slightly better player on a much worse team, I don't think anyone expected Aho to earn less than $10M. He's a relentless forechecker and plays a complete game through and through. His underlying numbers are insane. A bit different in playing style but the comparable is absolutely there. -
Rocky Wirtz passes away
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
If Rocky died two years ago he would've been praised as the man who undid his father's damage and brought major success back to Chicago. This scumbag POS... saved the franchise. I'm honestly pretty jealous. The bad publicity lasted all of 18 months. Every single person involved in the scandal is now gone. The team and its fans get to wash their hands of any lingering guilt and rebuild in earnest without the past holding them back. F*** the Chicago Blackhawks. -
[Official] Vancouver Whitecaps Thread
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw replied to Tenacious's topic in Off-Topic General
MLSSI is right-footed -
Rocky Wirtz passes away
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
I'm not going to talk about him -
Patrice Bergeron Calls it a Day
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw replied to Barnstorm's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Everything looks like a nail -
Patrice Bergeron Calls it a Day
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw replied to Barnstorm's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Everyone will think the Lindholms are related. Boston's very own Swedish twins -
Patrice Bergeron Calls it a Day
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw replied to Barnstorm's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Miller for Coyle/Zacha & Forbert, and then sign Tomáš Tatar? Add or remove whatever you think is fit? -
Patrice Bergeron Calls it a Day
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw replied to Barnstorm's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Five to ZERO?? Why wasn't this the primary pairing? -
Patrice Bergeron Calls it a Day
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw replied to Barnstorm's topic in General Hockey Discussion
There were a bunch of haters here who insisted that his Selke nomination this year was a reputation vote and that he was washed up. Madness and stupidity. -
It certainly was something watching our team last season, half-consisting of Abby players... We don't have a great prospect pool. Out of the NHL-ready prospects we have, you have to play the law of averages and assume not everyone will break out. "Letting the kids play" only works when you have a high-end prospect pool like Buffalo has.
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Patrice Bergeron Calls it a Day
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw replied to Barnstorm's topic in General Hockey Discussion
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Brisebois and Wolanin should not be first options for your top six defencemen - not if you're trying to make the playoffs, and not when are still a couple of cheap (better) options left on the market. The nice thing about players like Soucy and Cole is that they can play more minutes and do just fine. I just don't trust our current depth D-men to play 18 minutes a night. I'm not saying we sign all six players I've mentioned, but they are all fairly clear upgrades on whatever players we currently have on the roster. The biggest perk is that they probably all cost around $1M each.
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We simply don't have cheap depth forwards. The UFA forwards I've proposed are all incredibly cheap and are proven bottom-six players who probably haven't been signed because of a tight cap - a situation our team is also struggling with. It's still a very team-friendly market right now and I feel like Vancouver still has some potential to exploit that more. Staying put is going to result in an another ineffective forward core beyond the top six. I mean, just look at this trio and ask yourself if you think they can do better in the bottom six: You put them on a line together and nothing's going to happen offensively. But they are probably going to give up a lot of scoring chances.
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So it seems some of the first responses line up perfectly with your argument, while others are in disagreement. Here's my response. You're suggesting we let the kids play and give minutes to Höglander and Podkolzin. How will the two do either with you putting them on the fourth line and/or the press box? Both guys should be playing 2nd/3rd line minutes but here you've buried them. The youngsters won't be effective in these roles - it's foreign to them. We have too many top-six forwards clogging up our depth chart, with nobody able to actually flourish in those bottom six roles. Our current roster is going to be an extremely inexperienced team that'll get cooked by strong teams. Joshua and Blueger are good choices but I dont think we have anyone else. As for defence, you're taking another risk by starting the season with only 2.5 NHL-ready D-men who can shoot right handed (including Juulsen). That doesn't sit right well with me.
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Preface: This is a discussion purely for UFAs left on the market, not trades. As such, feel free to name-drop anyone else that's caught your attention. Nothing particularly exciting to look at when it comes to the Canucks, since most of the team is set in stone and we are currently over the cap. Nonetheless, we are bound to sign at least a couple more players onto the roster, either before or after training camp. I think there's room for probably one or two more players in both the forward and defence positions, plus a backup goalie. Well known to quite a few people here, especially those interested in proposals. Someone please explain to me why this guy hasn't been picked up by any team yet. He is one of the better looking bottom six centers who could've absolutely found his way on a contender... yet for some reason he's still unsigned. The problem with him joining Vancouver is that I don't even think we could afford paying him more than $1.5M, which is far more than what he deserves. I bet there are some people who have bumped into this guy in real life. A local boy through and through, there's a lot to like to have him play here. Solid skater whose work ethic helps him make decent plays on both sides of the ice. He's firmly a bottom six player, unable to score anything even when he played a few games with Crosby. Here in Vancouver Heinen would likely slot in with his former linemate Blueger. This one's a true analytics pick. Slow and not particularly skilled, ZAR has consistently proven himself to be one of the most effective defensive forwards in the league, despite never passing the eye test. Nobody can time-waste better than this guy. He just rags the puck and pins himself against the boards, doing absolutely nothing for 35 seconds. Amazing useful when trying to hold a lead. Less useful when trying to score. Can't talk about free agents without mentioning Dumbs. Good years, bad years, doesn't matter - Canucks fans have always wanted him on this team. With almost RHDs left to choose from (aside from Ethan Bear), and only two top-six RHDs on our roster, Dumba is the last man standing. This one is another surprise, where I figured he'd be signed to some ugly $4Mx4 contract, even after his horseshit season. But here we are, at the end of July. Wherever he ends up, it'll probably be on a cheap one-year deal that he'll hopefully convert into a better payday next summer. A bit more of an attacking option, Jones somehow ended up with the best goal, shot, and xG differentials among defencemen on a completely shit team - even better than his big brother. Obviously Seth is the far better player, but Caleb held his own on the 2nd pair. For a team that is truly awful and only made major upgrades up front (two first overall picks!), Chicago had no reason not to qualify Jones. I fully expect him to play a full season somewhere and feature on that team's powerplay. Probably not the best fit for our team (seeing as how he's left-handed), but he's probably the best player left on a thin D-man UFA market. This one's straightforward. We don't really have a backup goalie. Silovs is only 22. If he goes through some growing pains, we default back to Spencer Martin. Stalock is a solid veteran goaltender who can give you tons of decent games and even be an emergency starter should Demko go down again.
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I'm just going to put it out there that Orlov and Skjei are firmly two-way D-men, and have been for some time now. Obviously Orlov is the superior player, but neither of them are pure offensive players - they didn't even feature on the power play last year. Really not sure where you got that impression of Skjei from - he's one of the primary defenders on the penalty kill. I guess his insane goal-scoring makes an impression. The standard pairings of Slavin-Burns and Skjei-Pesce were used pretty well on the penalty kill last year. Adding Orlov and replacing Pesce with Chatfield/DeAngelo is obviously going to disrupt that blueline a lot, but Carolina plays a 5-man defense (or in PK, a 4-man defense). They are a team that's stacked with two-way forwards with a head coach famous for being a two-way forward. Just go down the list: Aho, Kotkaniemi, Jarvis, Teravainen, Staal, Fast... and there's even more further down the depth chart. two-way two-way two-way two-way That leaves an obvious hole at the third LD position. There's no way they trade two top-four blueliners and don't take a single D-man back. Are there any decent left-handed defencemen still on the UFA market? Caleb Jones, maybe? Nick Holden? Alex the Eagle?
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The Official European Football (Soccer) Thread
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw replied to Scottish⑦Canuck's topic in Off-Topic General
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Big Head Hockey Discussion Thread
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw replied to Elias Pettersson's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Who wins - this team or Tyson Barrie's team -
[Signing] Kraken re-sign Vince Dunn
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Not unlike OEL where they had incredibly high ceilings during their prime (Pickles was Norris calbre at one point), but got signed to albatross contracts after they had already declined.