Dixon Ward

Does Jake play the right side?

If we don't do something spectacular, Ceci would be my first choice. 26 and best all around of the RHD available. OEL 7.25 Ceci 3 Hughes 6.5 Savard 4 OJ 1.5 Myers 6 Rathbone .9 Bowey .725 Brisebois Woo

You math good!

Not from my perspective. He is being bold because he thinks the team is better than most think and the Pacific will be weak this year. Let's remember, this is a business and the point is to win, ie. make money, not to be in perpetual "future" mode.

I was partly kidding, but JB has done a bunch of stuff I wouldn't have believed 2 weeks ago, so who knows.

Maybe with all the madness, JB has Hamilton in his sights?

I think Schenn is coming so that is 1. My choice for number 2 in order is this Ceci Savard Hamonic Hakanpaa Montour

Was there a reason you left Savard of the list?

At the end of the day, we want a good, well balanced team. We want skill, grit, offense, defense, goaltending. Who really cares what we give up or don't as long as the end result is a better team. Schmidt was picked up because he could play the right side. It didn't go well and he didn't fit. He wanted out. We now have OEL and Rathbone who weren't in the picture when we got Schmidt. We have 4 right side D who are puck movers. Schmidt was not a solution on the right and cost too much. Now he is gone and we have cleared up 5.95 mill for 4 years with a NTC and we have our 3rd back.

Don't forget the 6 million in FA. Nobody suggested Schenn is an upgrade, he has nothing to do with Schmidt being traded.

Savard and Ceci would make us a very tough defence. Boy, JB broke out with OEL and Garland and now he is not afraid of anything. Just building the best roster of players he can with players he wants and who want to be here. Who would have even began to guess 10 days ago that we would have cleared out Schmidt, Virtanen, Holtby, Beagle, Eriksson, and Roussel (24.8 million in cap space)? This is a wild ride.

Dillon is only 3.9 for 3 years with no Trade protection. Getting someone to take on 5.95 for 4 with protection was likely harder to move.

We don't have a forward over 28. We have had 4 straight years with calder votes and likely this year with Podkolzin and Rathbone. We still have Gadjovich, Woo, and Dipietro, plus some other very intriguing prospects. When JB got here he had Gaunce, Subban, and Corrado. Donnie and Dhaliwal should get on with their lives. This is pathetic! Go Canucks Go!

He is now in 135th place for forwards Cap hit in the entire NHL. He was 69th (hee hee) in points per game on a bad team. He is 25 and getting better. Kudos Jim!

That was the turning point in the NHL, when younger players on ELC's started making a big difference and 30 year old's were just too slow to keep up. Many GM's were burned by it. I will say that Loui at least seemed to be classy and a good teammate, willing to do what was asked of him.

Not to mention Ladd and Okposo. None of them were anywhere near worth the money.

This is an example of Benning being class. If he kept trying to trade Holtby until the next buyout window, teams would have settled most of their goaltending needs and his market would be much smaller. He has helped his team with cap space and helped the player's career.

I would like to see Brossoit, but Halak wouldn't be bad for the right price.

Fleury's gone and Holtby is being bought out. So, I withdraw my proposal!

To Vegas Schmidt and Holtby 10.25 mil To Vancouver Roy, Fleury, Korczak 7.725 mil. They get their guy back to round out their top 4. He will help them win games in hockey and softball. They get a much cheaper backup goalie that has won a cup. We get big, young 4th line center. Great backup goalie/trade chip now or at the deadline. RHD prospect. Cap space(if we had to retain 1 mil on Holtby, it would still work) . I think both teams address needs and are better?

Judd Brackett didn't pick him so he can't pan out.

If Edler's leaving, Schenn would give us 3 Kelowna Rockets again. Myers, Schenn, Bowey.

OEL Schmidt Hughes Hakanpaa/Savard/Ceci/Hamonic OJ Myers Rathbone Schenn We need OJ, Sami Salo, Jarko Ruutu and Lumme to talk to Hakanpaa and convince him about the Vancouver lifestyle. This group looks really good to me. Lots of hits, lots of puck movers, lots of interchangeable parts. Also Brisebois and Woo close in Abby when the inevitable injuries start.

I think it's quite pleasant when cdcers go nuclear on other GMs and not JB for a few comments.

I don't think there is a "ton wrong" with it. I think we need a defensive RHD and a 4th line center. Other than that I love this team as it is right now. Great players, great attitudes and a great future. Maybe get in your time machine and befriend JB and convince him to do what you say. I'll stay here and enjoy my team!