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https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/ed-willes-is-canucks-jim-benning-the-best-gm-in-the-nhl-at-the-seasons-halfway-mark?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1579902220 Some interesting info in here, including the fact that Jim finished 4th in mid-season Jim Gregory (GM of the year) voting. I wonder how "Dim Jim"ers are handling all this.
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The only one of those three we can easily compare to is Stecher. You have to remember that when Tryamkin made our team, our defense was horrible. We had guys like Pouliot, Larsen, Gudbranson, and Del Zotto playing regularly. Our team defense is much better now and I no longer believe Tryamkin is good enough to make our roster due to increased competition, not regression on his part.
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Comments on the actual topic: I think Stecher is almost certainly gone, as is Fantenberg this summer. Both guys are probably replaceable by Rafferty or Juolevi next year, and we still have Benn as depth as well. I'd probably like to keep Tanev, but I'd understand it if we ended up moving on from him for cap reasons. That said, if we lose Tanev, we must have a replacement and unless Rafferty or Juolevi are Hughes 2.0 (spoiler alert--they're not), we'll need to sign or trade for a replacement. Tryamkin is no better than Rafferty or Juolevi probably and definitely has a much lower ceiling. Virtanen and Gaudette are important to hold on to IMO. I could live with going with Demko and letting Marky go, but my preference is to prioritize keeping Markstrom. He's proven he's a solid starting goaltender and although I think Demko has an extremely high ceiling there are two points to consider: 1. He hasn't hit that ceiling and isn't yet a sure thing 2. Dipietro, while maybe not as highly touted as Demko, still does look like a future NHL goaltender, at least at a backup level, if not a fringe starter. I'd imagine Tanev's number would be around $5M - 5.25M (just covering salary cap inflation from his last deal). I'd imagine he'll get mid-term deal (2-4 years I'd guess). Markstrom is probably looking at the high end of $5M--probably around $5.75M to $6M as it stands right now and I could see his deal being a longer one (as much as 6 years maybe). I think the biggest issues regarding our cap will be Virtanen and Gaudette, especially if we sign either to long-term deals. Gaudette will almost 100% be signed to a bridge deal, so I'd expect no more than $2.5M per year for 1 or 2 years. Virtanen could vary more wildly. He's already had one (or two, I can't remember) bridge deals, so he may want a longer term deal. He's also shown a very steady improvement, which suggests that this may not be that much of a flash in the pan. I think if Virtanen does another 2-year bridge deal, he'll be looking at around $2.5-3M per year, but if we settle on a longer term deal (4-6 years), we're probably looking at numbers starting at $3.5M and pushing to $4M. For cap reasons, I expect JB to push for another bridge deal with Jake.
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Hard to vote in the poll without context. There's far more to a contract than dollars. You have signing bonuses, various no-trade and no-movement clauses, and, of course, contract length. We can of course state the term as a comment below, but because they're not included in the poll itself, it weakens the value of the results of the poll because it's not weighing one single factor.
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Wow, that's unbelievable. I don't follow basketball, but famous or not, 41 is very young to die.
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Tkachuk had 6 as well I think.
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I'm a huge fan of Canadians and when players get together to represent Canada at an international event I cheer hard for them. But when it comes to the NHL, it's the Canucks and no one else.
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Irish? soccer fan discovers Ellias Pettersson
-AJ- replied to kilgore's topic in General Hockey Discussion
I honestly hate these videos. It's just fans of one sport sucking up to fans other sports and telling them how great their favourite sport is for views. So disingenuous. -
I've passed both core modules, but gave up part way through my first attempt on Finance. I plan to give it another shot with the new extended modules in the summer.
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Largely government grants. I have mild-moderate hearing loss, so Canada decided to give me tons of money. Beyond that, I just lived at home, so paying out of pocket was doable. I also went to a very cheap school for my undergraduate, so that helped too. Things will very likely be much tighter if I go for a masters and I'm currently paying for my CPA schooling out of pocket.
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I think he's probably gonna end up with another bridge deal, but there's a small chance he gets a longer term deal. If he gets a bridge, it'll probably be around 3 - 3.5M for 2 or 3 years.
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Given that he shot almost 100 MPH at the Canucks superskills last year, he might at least impress. It's unlikely he'll beat Carlson or Weber though.
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Proposal: Tweak the playoffs and the Draft
-AJ- replied to J-Dizzle's topic in Proposals and Armchair GM'ing
A play-in sort of thing might be okay, but I am a staunch opponent to expanding the regular playoffs beyond 16 teams. I personally feel the playoffs should have an air of exclusivity to them so that making the playoffs means you're actually a good team, in stark contrast to the 80s when even our beloved Canucks made the playoffs six seasons in a row despite being pretty bad most of the time, because 16 of 21 teams made the playoffs. -
Come on, Alf, be reasonable. Fans can be critical of players from their own teams and of course can still think that not all their players are the best in their respective positions. I personally admire fans who make a concerted effort to remain objective in their analysis while passionately cheering on a team.
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I think his PIM numbers are probably a smidge higher than most Lady Byng players, but if you look way back in the past, you'll find that some Lady Byng winners actually had quite a bit of PIM. This is likely because while they may have accumulated more penalties, they still very well embodied the spirit of the Lady Byng award. I think Pettersson is in this vein. While he's on pace for about 20 or 22 PIM, which is a bit high for a Lady Byng contender, it's clear he has a gentlemanly spirit about him and cares about others (while still being fiercely competitive).
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Would you like to see Kesler in the Ring of Honour?
-AJ- replied to iBlueGreen's topic in Canucks Talk
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Would you like to see Kesler in the Ring of Honour?
-AJ- replied to iBlueGreen's topic in Canucks Talk
No, but not because of how he left or any of those bad feelings. I don't really hold much against Kesler--I just want to retain a high standard of play and longevity for our honours and I'm not sure Kesler quite reaches that standard. -
I still believe Horvat's intangibles are more valuable, but of course, that becomes more subjective. Regardless, through reading both yours and the posts of @shiznak and @48MPHSlapShot, I've become convinced that my proposal was probably still a bit too short to be fair for Montreal.
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I strongly agree with the rest of your thinking, but I'm not sure I follow you on this point. I can get behind there being a lot more than one or two factors in determining who's a 1st liner and who's not, but I'm not sure I understand the logic of there being more or less than 93 1st line forwards. If we don't use the simple 31x3 metric, then what do we use as a benchmark for a 1st liner? I could argue that one needs 0.80 points-per-game to be a first liner, but one could easily counter with "why 0.80?". As I said, I'm totally on board with many many criteria (which is why I'm careful to at least only use points-per-game to show where players are offensively), but I'm not sure where you place the benchmark if not at 93 forwards. I also fully agree that teams like New Jersey might not have any starting goaltenders, but other teams may have two. Tampa Bay certainly has more than three first-line quality forwards. The question is, by what measuring stick do we measure Tampa's forwards to determine this? Certainly we may use many different metrics by which to measure them, but where is that dividing line between a first liner and a second liner and how do we pick that particular line? Sure, the mark changes throughout the season and is fluid, no doubt, but that doesn't necessarily mean that's not real. I hope that made sense, as I find it somewhat difficult to express what I'm thinking with this. P.S. I love these kind of nitpicky analytical conversations.