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Canada over Hungary 7 - 1

 

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Another defenceman, Chris Tanev of the Vancouver Canucks, recorded one assist and was named Canada's player of the game.

"You can see the young guys leaning on him," said coach Bill Peters of 26-year-old Tanev, who's the veteran presence on a relatively inexperienced Canadian blue line. "I think he's been a stabilizing force for us and someone that we might be able to use in even more situations than we have up to this point in the tournament."

Hutton also had an assist. 

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13 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

But Tanev is too thin! He's not a first line d-man! Trade him and Hansen for picks! Rabble! Rabble! Rabble!

I get the sarcasm but I'm not sure what you're getting at here. He was player of the game on a different ice surface against an ahl team... he's not Chris pronger. Yes he is a valued  piece on our team but the picks/prospects we would get back in a trade for him would too be valuable.  Maybe even more so than a smallish non physical stay at home defensman. 

 

Rabble.

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1 minute ago, Gooseberries said:

I get the sarcasm but I'm not sure what you're getting at here. He was player of the game on a different ice surface against an ahl team... he's not Chris pronger. Yes he is a valued  piece on our team but the picks/prospects we would get back in a trade for him would too be valuable.  Maybe even more so than a smallish non physical stay at home defensman. 

 

Rabble.

Tanev always plays the same, regardless of the competition: he's smart, skates well, is excellent defensively, but brings no offence or physical aggression.  That's what he is.  He's a Hjarmelson like player.  That's a valuable player.  However, if the Oilers would part with their # 4 pick, it would be an easy bye bye.  

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4 minutes ago, Gooseberries said:

I get the sarcasm but I'm not sure what you're getting at here. He was player of the game on a different ice surface against an ahl team... he's not Chris pronger. Yes he is a valued  piece on our team but the picks/prospects we would get back in a trade for him would too be valuable.  Maybe even more so than a smallish non physical stay at home defensman. 

 

Rabble.

 

Some people will just never see how valuable Chris Tanev truly is. Wait for when he plays a game against a truly big and skilled team and he'll perform exactly the same and make you eat your words.

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I recall Bieska's comment during the 2011 playoffs regarding Tanev, a rookie at the time, to paraphrase...

 

"...he could have played the whole game with a smoke hanging out of his mouth."

 

I suspect the main reason Tanev's name rarely comes up in trade talks is because very few think Vancouver's management would be that incredibly stupid to let him go.

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Mattrek said:

 

Some people will just never see how valuable Chris Tanev truly is. Wait for when he plays a game against a truly big and skilled team and he'll perform exactly the same and make you eat your words.

He's played against big skilled teams since the 2011 finals. Not saying it his fault but look where we are... damn close to the worst team in the league.  Again not saying we should just throw him away but if the right offer comes I'd drive him to the airport.

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14 minutes ago, Alflives said:

Tanev always plays the same, regardless of the competition: he's smart, skates well, is excellent defensively, but brings no offence or physical aggression.  That's what he is.  He's a Hjarmelson like player.  That's a valuable player.  However, if the Oilers would part with their # 4 pick, it would be an easy bye bye.  

Might have to disagree with you there. I feel Tanev is our best defenseman. Don't think Canucks would want to part with him, even if it was the fourth. Top 3 maybe, but not #4. 

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On a competitive team, is Chris Tanev a top two defenseman? No. But he's a solid number 4, when paired with the right offensive partner. 

 

While the Canucks are FAR from being a competitive playoff team, giving up on one of the team's only consistent blue liners is a monumental mistake and would set the rebuild back even further. 

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1 minute ago, Monty said:

On a competitive team, is Chris Tanev a top two defenseman? No. But he's a solid number 4, when paired with a the right offensive partner. 

 

While the Canucks are FAR from being a competitive playoff team, giving up on one of the team's only consistent blue liners is a monumental mistake and would set the rebuild back even further. 

I'd say good #3 d but regardless, yes he's a solid smart, if unspectacular physically/offensively D. He's a good quality piece but he's not the defensive god many here on CDC frequently make him out to be. 

 

And yes, short of some other serious moves on D, we'd be foolish to move him. I'd LOVE it if we could pick up another solid RH'D #2 though that would allow us to move him to 2nd pair though.  

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1 minute ago, J.R. said:

I'd say good #3 d but regardless, yes he's a solid smart, if unspectacular physically/offensively D. He's a good quality piece but he's not the defensive god many here on CDC frequently make him out to be. 

 

And yes, short of some other serious moves on D, we'd be foolish to move him. I'd LOVE it if we could pick up another solid RH'D #2 though that would allow us to move him to 2nd pair though.  

Exactly. While Tanev doesn't play a sexy game, he plays a responsible game and makes few errors.

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When you have a RHD, that can play first pairing to third, and he's rock steady on defence, that is valuable. He's a right handed version of Hjalmarsson for Chicago. He won't win the Norris. But he's a valuable piece. I'd sooner part with Sbisa than Tanev or Hutton. 

 

What would be interesting if Stetcher has a surprise season like Hutton. Then half our defence would be college d-men. 

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Ya, you don't trade a good RH Dman....

 

One with a good contract to boot....

 

I understand CDC fans here want to trade the entire roster simply for draft picks but you don't look at Tanev as one of them unless he gets something marginally signifigant.

 

Tanev is not the problem on this team.

 

Edler, Sbisa, Hamhuis sure...but not a Tanev

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