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[Waivers] Anders Bjork
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Don’t expect a hockey player named Anders Bjork to be from Wisconsin -
It’s crazy that Labrie played on our farm team when Grabner, Hansen, Raymond were our top prospects. Mike Keane (who is now 55) and Nolan Baumgartner were on that team. For the dude to be a late cut on an NHL at this stage is wild
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[Signing] Senators sign Derick Brassard
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
16 points in 31 games and a +6 while on Philly last year. Seems like a decent pickup for the price. Mixing in guys making league minimum and are above 30% WAR seems like pretty good cap management, freeing up space for the top end players who make more of a difference. Spending $2.5+ on guys below 30% WAR is a recipe for disaster and something Benning did quite a lot -
[Signing] Hurricanes re-sign Derek Stepan
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Scored over 21 goals as a 20 year old rookie and his last 50 point season he was 27. Only 32 now but this guy feels like he is 36 - interesting career for sure -
You want Aman, not a boy you thinks he can ?
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[PTO] Anton Stralman with Bruins
canucklehead44 replied to RWJC's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Stralman was top of my PTO list would have been a solid 3rd RHD with Dermott or Rathbone -
[Signing] Islanders re-sign Cory Schneider
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
In his prime I think he is the most underrated goaltender of all time. Until his decline he had the best save percentage in history. Looks like last year he bounced back in the AHL would love to see him end his career strong. -
[Signing] Senators sign Tyler Motte
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Disheartening we are paying Dickinson 2.6 when we could be paying Motte 1.3 -
[PTO] Nathan Beaulieu with Ducks
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Wasn’t he a pretty good player a few years back? Still in his 20s -
[Signing] Canadiens re-sign Kirby Dach
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Outside of a true superstar (which EP has potential to be) our forward group is phenomenal. We have insane centre depth, great mix of youth and vets, speed, scoring, grit. Montreal is a mix of young guys with potential and wash ups. Not saying they don’t have some really good top 6 pieces because they do, but things will take time. Dach is a calculated risk. A big, young, 30ish point player with enormous upside is a great gamble to make at that dollar amount. Benning paid the same for guys with similar production with enormous downside - I like this deal for Montreal. -
[PTO] Justin Bailey with Oilers
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
6’4 215lbs an absolute burner who can score at the AHL level - sucks he can’t seem to put it together -
[Signing] Canucks re-sign Michael DiPietro
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Dipietro is now 23, a 3rd round pick that has actually regressed and only played 76 games over the last three seasons. He is also short which doesn't scream potential in a days of large goalies. Does he have any value at all? Like even a 7th rounder? I have a hard time seeing a team give up anything for him. I guess from an optics standpoint it looks better to acquire a player like "Dipietro + 3rd round pick" looks better than a 3rd round pick by itself. -
J.T. Miller -- Low Probability of a 7 or 8 Year Deal
canucklehead44 replied to HKSR's topic in Canucks Talk
Linden was a 30 point player and basically a 3rd liner at JT’s age. Thornton had 82 points at 36 and 86 at 29. Pavelski, Ovechkin, Burns, Malkin, Bergeron, Wheeler all putting up good point totals still at the age Miller will be at the end of his contract. Jeff Carter down from 62 points to 45, Getzlaf 63 in 77 down to 37 in 56, Perry 62 down to 40. JT Miller is coming off a far better season at 29 and these guys are still contributing relatively well. If Miller has the same decline and is putting up around 50-60 points the final two seasons it won’t be the end of the world -
The difference between Motte and Richardson would not have been the 6 points we needed for the playoffs. Management did the right thing
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[Signing] Canucks re-sign J.T. Miller
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
We can’t keep rebuilding forever. With JT coming back we have massive improvements up front Kuzmenko & Mikheyev >>> Chiasson & Motte. I can also see Podz taking another big step forward. Our goaltending is great. A full year with Bruce and I think this team makes the playoffs but D is a massive red flag. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
canucklehead44 replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
They had similar production last year and Nazem averages about 1.5 points per game less than JT over his career. Based on Kadri getting 7x7 I think 7.5x8 is fair for JT. -
[PTO] James Neal with Blue Jackets
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Let’s throw some predictions - 1 goal 1 assist -3 in 8 NHL games 23 goals 18 assists in 62 AHL games -
[PTO] James Neal with Blue Jackets
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I don’t think so -
[PTO] James Neal with Blue Jackets
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
14 goals in 28 AHL games last year. He might have a little left in the tank but hard to see him stick around. -
Former Canucks Draft Pick Facing 2.8 million fraud allegation.
canucklehead44 replied to Crimson-JH's topic in Canucks Talk
Surrey and even Vancouver is way sketchier than Toronto, or at least the sketchy areas are harder to avoid. Its not like I have any reason to go to Jane & Finch where I often found myself in Walley or near the Downtown Eastside. I don't really know anyone in Toronto who has randomly been beat up or mugged on the street and it has happened to a lot of people I know who live or go to school in Surrey. I saw armed robberies in the middle of the day. Vancouver is bad as well, I saw two guys go into SFU with Machetes and walk out with two iMacs. I went back to Vancouver in July and it seems to have gotten a lot worse. I saw more people smoking crack on the street than I ever expect to see in my lifetime in TO, it was an absolute disaster. I live in a relatively sketchy part of Toronto and it feels far safer than where I stayed in Downtown Langley which is Disneyland compared to a place like Bridgeview. -
[Signing] Sabres re-sign Tage Thompson
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Wow he really came out of nowhere. I thought he was a decent, young 4th liner with maybe 15 goal potential. Going from a career high of 8 goals to 38 in his 5th pro season is insane, almost unheard of. I had no idea he had that type of production and was shocked when I saw the AAV. -
[Rumour] Rangers shopping Nils Lundkvist
canucklehead44 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I'd like Lundkvist but wouldn't pay a lot for him. Maybe Hoglander or Dipietro plus a 3rd. In a package for JTM I wouldn't consider him a major piece.