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Willie Mitchell was sad to see him leave Florida, and spoke highly of him. Gudbranson, 24, spent the 2015.16 season with the Florida Panthers, collecting nine points (2-7-9) and 49 penalty minutes in 64 games. He also appeared in six playoff games. The Ottawa, Ontario native ranked third on the Panthers in hits (150), fourth in blocked shots (73) and fourth in average ice time per game (20:06). The 2010 3rd overall NHL draft pick ranked second on the Panthers and led Florida defencemen in average ice time in the 2016 playoffs (26:54) in addition to ranking second on the team in blocked shots (8). On a team that amassed 103 points that season, his underlaying numbers can't have been that bad... And on top of that, He could swing them with the best... Something we STILL lack...
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True, but there has also been deals struck that were favourable,... Miller, Miller, Vanek, Dorsett (too bad he got injured), Schmidt, Hamonic, Benn, Myers (can be discussed), Leivo... Those were good signings. I get, what you're saying, but I think the signing of Beagle and Roussel were understandable, ad still consider Beagle a good signing, if for nothing else to help teach the young players to be professionals... again, yes they have been expensive signings, but the necessity depends on how you view it. If you think it doesn't make any difference, then by all means hire cheaper players, of which there are many, but if you want players from a cup winner to a bottom feeding team, it is always going to cost dollars and term... I don't disagree that its been a mixed bag, but I don't agree the vast majority of his signings has been bad....
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True, there are some misses, but I think people tend to forget, folks wouldn't sign in Vancouver, considering what was available at the time, unless top dollars and terms were agreed upon... Its the name of the game for bottom feeders, with nothing in their coffers... I 2 years times, when EP and QH becomes established players together with BH and Miller, it will be much easier to attract good players on reasonable deals. PS Don't really think of Clendening a huge miss...he was on a 2way contract worth $760.000 at the time. He was 3-4 years ahead of Forsling development wise, and the club needed a defender. That Forsling became the better player, nobody could fore see at the time... Gudbranasson was almost the defensive equivalent of Eriksson...His team mate sounded fairly upset at him leaving Florida, and the vast majority of fans here were ecstatic at the prospect of tough D-man, who could actually hurt people... The fact he struggled defensively came as a huge surprise to just about everybody, but I agree that is the GM's job to figure that out prior to signing players...
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Think that Demko guy is pretty good as well, no? And that McCann boy plays decently as well? Hopefully Podz plays well and BFG may also be decent, if he comes back...after all he was in his first stint.
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What would a signing have to do to be considered good to you?
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When the epidemic swept through Southern Europe, it was evident that , it would come North as well. Travellers coming in from all over the world expressed surprise that no testing at all was being carried out at Heathrow or any other airports in the UK. The Virus would have come to the these shores regardless, but think the first wave could have been far less explosive.
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There's lots of for and against Brexit, but on this particular issue, Brexit has been good for UK, and there is a lot of European countries looking enviously towards UK. Not sure if there are more countries looking to exit EU, as there has always been a certain amount of opposition against EU. However if UK makes a success of Brexit, which remains to be seen, there is little doubt the opposition in other membership countries, will get stronger.
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That might still happen...
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[Signing] Canucks re-sign Thatcher Demko
spook007 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Think it was fair to sign Holtby to cover for Demko. It's only for 2 years, and if Demko hadn't been ready to carry the load, there would be an experienced net milder taking charge. It worked well for the Markstrom/Miller duo.... That Holtby turned out to be a sieve, was not part of the plan obviously. Luckily Demko has been lights out... -
[Cancelled] Predict The Score Contest: VAN @ CGY April 8 2021
spook007 replied to goalie13's topic in Canucks Talk
5-1 Canucks... Miller Miller -
Edler will be gone this Summer regardless. Stecher is not strong enough (I like Stecher). Tanev is the question mark. 4,5 x 4.... Last year Tanev was healthy but prior to that he has always been out for large periods of time. Will he be able stay healthy and play ti this level for the next 4 years? If he does, he would have been worth the 4,5M but it goes against everything people have been complaining about. I think, we’re better off with getting Trym back and finding a younger Tanev to play with Myers. Regarding acquiring 10M d man.... only problem is, if it goes pear shaped it would be the mother of all anchors...
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Can we all agree that size does matter. It was very evident during the play offs, that when Myers went down the team was struggling badly, trying to cope with the hard play. We’ve been lacking size/strength/nastiness, while being able to play, forever and Myers does bring some of that. Maybe in hindsight 6M is above, but if you want UFA’s others want, you’ve got to pay.... as we get better and becomes play offs team, it will most likely be possible to get players like Myers at a lower cost. The 7x7m was being thrown around a lot prior to him signing here. Was even posted a few days ago.
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I don't really worry too much about, what he says, but more about what he does... The bottom 6 contract are all coming to an end between this summer and next, so don't really see a problem.... unless its the same endless debate about, why he signed Beagle, Sutter, Ferland, Roussel etc. more than a 1000 pages has been written about that. It has turned into the chicken v egg discussion... Did you want Marky, Tanev and Toffoli re-signed?
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That's just it... most folks unhappy about letting the Toffoli, Marky and Tanev go, are the same complaining about The overpaid button 6 and Eriksson. Yes having Toffoli banging in goals for us would e nice, but if he turns into another Eriksson, you can bet you bottom dollars the knives would be out for Benning.
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Predict The Score Contest: WPG @ VAN March 22 2021
spook007 replied to goalie13's topic in Canucks Talk
Canucks 4-2 Brock