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Elias Pettersson | Quinn Hughes - Contract Discussion Thread
Tom Sestito replied to Bertuzzipunch's topic in Canucks Talk
yeah it's a bad take when you account for the salary cap. pretty much every team that's won has had a $10MM player or multiple lol -
Totally agree with the criticisms of Hughes. The reason why EP is so brilliant is that he's also a fantastic defensive player. His stature doesn't limit his overall impact. I just think people overvalue points but you see with guys like Danault - Gallagher that you don't need to be big point producers to be top level players - you just have to outplay the competition you matchup against. I just don't know how these guys can go into another season where you have both Myers and Hughes - especially when they both make a fortune. Hamonic and Edler are the only defense first guys we have and they're both in their 30's and UFAs. Probably both best as your 4-6th best D. Schmidt is good at defending as well but is at his best roving further up with someone to cover. They need to add a legitimate young top level defender who can play a stupid amount of ES minutes against other teams best players.
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what did we gain by not re-signing any of Markstrom/Tanev/Toffoli?
Tom Sestito replied to grouse747's topic in Canucks Talk
Holtby played pretty well around the covid break but was bad again at the end of the season which made me think his good run was more luck rather than improvement -
If you A. Agreed with Benning when he said we are two years away and that he deserves patience B. Justified losing Toffoli for free because we were 2nd in the conference in scoring without him (Benning did this) C. Said that Hoglander wouldn’t have had similar opportunity if Toffoli was here What has changed in the last 7-8 months from that logic to now be ok with trading a 9th overall pick for a winger when we have a bunch of good ones? I’m not saying we don’t need another top nine winger, but we have bigger needs and this is an extremely expensive asset to spend on one player. Bigger needs are two top four D who can play defense at a high level.
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A lot of those guys you mentioned literally don’t put up points. I don’t care about size when it comes to ability to defend. Fox plays against other teams best players and doesn’t get scored on. Same with Toews, same with McAvoy. Being small doesn’t negate your ability to defend lol.
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Hedman didn't have a good year defensively while playing through injuries but you can include him here. Fox plays against the other teams best players and has stellar results. Devon Toews, Mackenzie Weegar, Charlie McAvoy are all excellent defensive players who produce offensively.
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[Report] Canucks announce coaching staff updates
Tom Sestito replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Which is objectively great news. If true * -
Sure, I totally agree it’s subjective. I don’t think that changes the necessity of being aggressive. We have a two year window here before JT/Bo are UFA’s. Both will require significant pay raises. Either you are aggressive to improve into a top team (not just one that squeaks in because of a bad division with no real chance of winning multiple rounds) or you take a step back here and don’t sacrifice the future to make win now moves. I don’t like what the team is were we to maintain status quo or close to it.