TOMapleLaughs Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 ^ I'm just confused as to why kassian or Santo would even be considered on a list of players that should be gone.Santo is a plug and Kassian is a 3rd liner. While I have Kassian on notice, I don't see a great need to retain Santo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Santo is a plug and Kassian is a 3rd liner. While I have Kassian on notice, I don't see a great need to retain Santo.santorelli? how do yiu think santorelli is a plug? he was out best forward for the games he played and he only got 550 000 rhis year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Doctor Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Top 6 forward for sure. Hopefully someone who can come in and play well with the twins right off the bat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 santorelli? how do yiu think santorelli is a plug? he was out best forward for the games he played and he only got 550 000 rhis year...He performed admirably for a cap plug, but that injury was probably the end of the road for him. Sign him again as a cap plug if you want, but imho we can do better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman60 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 A top 6 forward who can score goals on a consistant basis.....we need a sniper or two. The poll says a top 6 forward...we already have top 6 forwards but they can't score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaster Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 A top 6 forward who can score goals on a consistant basis.....we need a sniper or two. The poll says a top 6 forward...we already have top 6 forwards but they can't score. Isn't that the basis for a top 6? Traditionally; first 2 are scoring, 3rd is checking and 4th is toughness/energy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlinkas wrister Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I'm gonna go off the board here and pull a page out of the Pat Quinn school of roster building. Having a fourth line full of tough guys who never get to see the ice unless its to "send a message" is a waste of time, instead we need bigger D men. Our D in 94 was full of monsters (the average size at one point was more than 6'2" and 210 lbs, big even for this day and age). The advantage to this is your small forwards (and your goalie, say hello Dustin Brown) are protected at all times, not after the damage is already done. I love juice and can certainly see potential in Corrado and Tanev (Garrison and Edler meet the size requirement but are about as fearsome as 70 year old women), but our D are just too small for the west imo. Putting big bodies on the back end is cheaper than a bunch of Karlsson wannabe's and free's up money for higher end skill on the front end as well. I don't know, maybe I'm still feeling the nostalgia from Quinn's induction from last night lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaBestPlaceOnEarth Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Well let's see, our goalies are a backup and a project prospect, neither have 50 career NHL games. Is it sensible to expect either of our goalies to suddenly become a 60-game starter, a bona fide number-one guy? It could happen but we have no reason to expect it. We need a veteran goalie who can make for a one-third, two-thirds platoon. Can't go into the season with just Lack and Markstrom, what if one gets hurt, there is just no plan B, it is a bad plan if you want to do anything but tank. Our defence has good depth, but nobody who really stands out as a top-pairing guy. Still, out of all of them nobody had a particularly good season, Hamhuis was solid and Tanev was good when he was healthy and Stanton was a surprise. Defence is still a position of strength, we can afford to deal blueliners to address other needs. Forward depth is the biggest area of need, right through the depth chart we have needs, especially on the wing, any high-level wingers at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmotamed Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Honestly, neither of our goalies are NHL ready... It's a sad state of affairs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absent Canuck Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I didnt vote in the poll. You forgot to put in a 'none' option. We need to rebuild so bringing in UFAs or spending assets on one is counter productive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BI3KSA- Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 PMD, definitely. Then centers. Lots of centers. More durable and two-way abled, the better. But at this point I think it's more a matter of figuring out who needs to go, not who we should bring in. 1. Booth - $4mil 3rd liner? See ya. 2. Edler - Get faster or you're out. 3. Bieksa and Garrison - Tough decisions need to be made. 4. Burrows - Wow, really? Nice knowin' ya. 5. Weber and Alberts - SEE ya. 6. Higgins and Hansen - Peakage. 7. Kassian and Jensen - On notice. 8. Schroeder - See ya. 9. Santo - See ya. 10. Sestito - Shouldn't see the ice. 11. Dalpe - See ya. If the bulk of these players are kept, then we're in the hunt for McDavid. Simple as that. lol How do we replace all those players and points etc? NTC? Kassian and Jensen, on notice? What? Dalpe is still a prospect... More like if we get rid of them we we will be in the hunt for McJesus. Easily one of the most poorly thought out posts I've ever seen on CDC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BI3KSA- Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I didnt vote in the poll. You forgot to put in a 'none' option. We need to rebuild so bringing in UFAs or spending assets on one is counter productive. It could mean what we need to be aiming at drafting wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl's Jn Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Anyone missing Grabner and Raymond right about now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl's Jn Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 lol How do we replace all those players and points etc? NTC? Kassian and Jensen, on notice? What? Dalpe is still a prospect... More like if we get rid of them we we will be in the hunt for McJesus. Easily one of the most poorly thought out posts I've ever seen on CDC. whats wrong with santo...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 PMD, definitely. Then centers. Lots of centers. More durable and two-way abled, the better. But at this point I think it's more a matter of figuring out who needs to go, not who we should bring in. 1. Booth - $4mil 3rd liner? See ya. 2. Edler - Get faster or you're out. 3. Bieksa and Garrison - Tough decisions need to be made. 4. Burrows - Wow, really? Nice knowin' ya. 5. Weber and Alberts - SEE ya. 6. Higgins and Hansen - Peakage. 7. Kassian and Jensen - On notice. 8. Schroeder - See ya. 9. Santo - See ya. 10. Sestito - Shouldn't see the ice. 11. Dalpe - See ya. If the bulk of these players are kept, then we're in the hunt for McDavid. Simple as that.Kassian, Santorelli, and Jensen are keepers. Shame on you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 The team needs to restructure the defensive core. Bieksa and Hamhuis are effective with Stanton and Tanev. Edler and Garrison are the two that need new postal codes. Those pesky NTCs may prove an issue though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BI3KSA- Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 whats wrong with santo...... Santo deserves to stay too, I was just listing someone of the most absurd ones. Almost all of them are absurd though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey795 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 The Canucks need a whole new gritty top line, not just "a" top 6 forward. Drop the Sedins down to the 2nd line, they have reached a point in their careers where too much is being asked of them as a top line. But, with a slightly re-aligned workload, they can return to their best without a doubt. This may seem like a very unpopular suggestion to some. Lack of production is a serious issue. Big name guys getting big salaries to produce big time. That is not, and has not been happening, for quite some time now. The Canucks need to be creative in finding a way to move them on, whether or not they have a NTC. Yes, the excuses will now come rolling out. The Canucks did have serious injuries to deal with this season. But, then again, so did other teams. We could make excuses from now until Christmas, and straight on through to April next year, when this team will be in exactly the same predicament, or worse, if they do move on and, as Torts says, realize it's not a 2011 "almost" year, but a brutally realistic 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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