Mr. White Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I'm going to miss Salo but I'm so stoked to see Garrison play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 No one, and I mean no one, can replace Salo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john bell Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I assume He plays the right side. I imagine He will play on Edler's right side, and Ballard and Tanev will be the bottom pairing. Not a bad defence core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckNORRIS4Cup Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Ok Gillis you say you didn't want to give him the 2 years only 1, but why? What is your reasoning? Because he's getting older? What kind of excuse is that if true, you signed Luongo until he is 42? Why couldn't you sign Salo until he is the age of 40? Ok maybe it was because of injuries, well every D gets injuries so every contract player you have over 4M could get injured and miss the entire season it's a risk every GM takes, but really Gillis explain yourself for once and stop trying to hide be HONEST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal:thecup Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Sami went to tampa because he gets 4 cracks at Marchand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newgm Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Ok Gillis you say you didn't want to give him the 2 years only 1, but why? What is your reasoning? Because he's getting older? What kind of excuse is that if true, you signed Luongo until he is 42? Why couldn't you sign Salo until he is the age of 40? Ok maybe it was because of injuries, well every D gets injuries so every contract player you have over 4M could get injured and miss the entire season it's a risk every GM takes, but really Gillis explain yourself for once and stop trying to hide be HONEST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman60 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Garrison isn't really a replacement, he's just different. Sami was just so quietly good at defense that you didn't really realize it until later. He wasn't the kind of guy who'd throw the big hit or rub a guy out, but somehow he was always in the right place and he always made the right play with the puck. Of course, offensively we all know what he was capable of. I think Garrison is closer to Bieksa, big guy who can play mean with some offense to boot... whether he's as prone to boneheadedness as Bieksa can be, we'll have to wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaku Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Got younger, bigger, stronger, hopefully Garrison doesn't turn out to be a bust. He's got a nice slapshot, and will chuck 'em when he has to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six-0h-four- Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 Got younger, bigger, stronger, hopefully Garrison doesn't turn out to be a bust. He's got a nice slapshot, and will chuck 'em when he has to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklasjensen46 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Pros and cons with both. We lose a good right handed shot, but gain youth and a great skater. I think its an upgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I'm gonna say upgrade. Garrison is an inch shorter, but 8 pounds heavier, so in my mind, he's bigger. I've heard he has a bomb, but I'm not sure if it's as hard as Salo's. It'd be even more impressive if it was as accurate as Salo's. But the biggest part being upgraded is youth. Garrison is 10 years younger than Salo. I'm saying he's an upgrade, but we'll have to wait and see to tell for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
key2thecup Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 from 700k to 4.6Mill , lets hope he pans out better than Ballard. I honestly never even heard of him till this lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pogo Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Replacement, Garrison has had only one good season, has yet to finished a whole season, and is getting paid $4.6M per year for that. Ballard had some pretty good stats before coming here too, and Bouwmeester was supposedly elite-level in Florida before coming to Calgary. Something about the weak Southeast division seems to mask the weakness of some of their players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashi Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 At least he joins Ouhlund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juwanski Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Isn't he a Defensive Defencemen with a Boom of a slapshot? Sounds alot like Salo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Im going to miss Sammi. He gave us 10 good years of service. He was one of the classiest canucks we have ever had. Im glad he got some good money in the end . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Optimist Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Massive Upgrade on Rome. Too bad to see Sami go, hopefully Tanev grows into a great replacement for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
key2thecup Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Ballard had some pretty good stats before coming here too, and Bouwmeester was supposedly elite-level in Florida before coming to Calgary. Something about the weak Southeast division seems to mask the weakness of some of their players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six-0h-four- Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 If MG would have offered Sami a 2 year contract last year (for 4 million) we could have had Sami for this year at $2 million AAV. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevforever Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Upgrade injury wise and def. a good 2 way defender, makes the Salo loss easier to take. Plus there are still a few good 5-6th D-men out there to replace the depth. Guess Edler will be the Superskills hardest shot winner now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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