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a strange fit on this team

 

starts the season with ep40 and goldy

and they excel

 

he is the first removed from their line

floats around the entire season in different roles on different lines

 

ends up with bo and pearson at the end and that line does well

 

loui plays every game on the schedule this season except for the 1 game he was benched

second highest number of games played after bo

 

maybe he needs to play on one of the 2 top lines if he is on the roster next year

but probably best if we could move him off the roster somehow

but it is not a big priority .. certainly should not waste another asset just to move him

that might be more of an issue prior the the last season of his contract

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2 hours ago, -AJ- said:

An interesting take. Loui is very good at playing mistake-free hockey from the defensive side of the game and it'd be great if he could pass that on, but I don't really see him as the teacher type. I think his leadership would be quiet and small, like how he invited Pettersson over for Christmas dinner.

 

He scores 10 goals a year, but he's been at a higher scoring rate in the last two years. His first season projected to 14 goals last year he was projected to get 16 goals in 82 games.

He could lead by example, doesn't need to be a rah rah guy. He can be Cull's go to guy, veterans are important to his system

He'll never reach his projected goals. He's only good for 10 goals a season

 

2016-17 Vancouver Canucks NHL 65 11 g 13 24 pts 8 -9 -- -- -- -- --
2017-18 Vancouver Canucks NHL 50 10 g 13 23 pts 4 0 -- -- -- -- --
2018-19 Vancouver Canucks NHL 81 11 g 18 29 pts 22 -11
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1 minute ago, Hairy Kneel said:

He could lead by example, doesn't need to be a rah rah guy. He can be Cull's go to guy, veterans are important to his system

He'll never reach his projected goals. He's only good for 10 goals a season

 

2016-17 Vancouver Canucks NHL 65 11 13 24 8 -9 -- -- -- -- --
2017-18 Vancouver Canucks NHL 50 10 13 23 4 0 -- -- -- -- --
2018-19 Vancouver Canucks NHL 81 11 18 29 22 -11

If you assume to inconveniently be injured whenever he's having a better year, sure, but you can't just ignore the fact that last year he missed almost half the season and still scored 10 goals. That's like saying Boeser is only good for less than 30 goals a season when in each of his first two full season's, he's scored at a rate of above 30 goals in 82 games.

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5 hours ago, -AJ- said:

If you assume to inconveniently be injured whenever he's having a better year, sure, but you can't just ignore the fact that last year he missed almost half the season and still scored 10 goals. That's like saying Boeser is only good for less than 30 goals a season when in each of his first two full season's, he's scored at a rate of above 30 goals in 82 games.

Bottom line is his latest attempt, when the full scrutiny was on, he only scored 11 goals in 81 games.

Maybe those 2 good seasons in Boston were aberrations.

Besides he could be full value as a player coach in Utica. He'd know what to look for to help our young scorers.

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8 hours ago, -AJ- said:

No one in their right mind thinks he's worth $6M. The people who acknowledge his positive traits are the ones who aren't stuck living in the past and have moved on from the fact that it's a bad contract. Just because he's overpaid, that doesn't make him worse. It just makes him overpaid. I could whine all day that he's not worth $6M, but the deal was done a long time ago--no point in complaining about it now.

only person who should be complaining about his salary is Aqua.. and it's not even an issue for cap space at this point.. 

 

crap contract, good for some jokes, leave it at that

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8 hours ago, -AJ- said:

No one in their right mind thinks he's worth $6M. The people who acknowledge his positive traits are the ones who aren't stuck living in the past and have moved on from the fact that it's a bad contract. Just because he's overpaid, that doesn't make him worse. It just makes him overpaid. I could whine all day that he's not worth $6M, but the deal was done a long time ago--no point in complaining about it now.

I'm not living in the past. I think right now, in this VERY moment, Loui is not a good hockey player. 

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3 straight years of 10 goals. Next year he probably adds 10 more goals. Do we need another year of him impersonating a 4th line checker. Aren't those spots filled by energy guys who hit. And add toughness. Maybe someone to stick up for the finesse skill guys, oh wait that's what he is. 

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I am hoping they can trade him to a team that needs to hit the cap floor as his actual dollars/annual salary owed drops yet his cap hit remains $6MM.  Pay him the signing bonus this year - $4MM -  and then move him.  I know he has a NTC currently but based on reports he may not be pleased with his role here, plus with all the media pressure he may agree and welcome a change .  Arizona is quiet.   Remaining signing bonuses/salary =  $1MM 2019/20 - $4MM 2020/21 - $4MM - 2021/22 = $9MM or $3MM per season.  

 

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11 hours ago, Borvat said:

I am hoping they can trade him to a team that needs to hit the cap floor as his actual dollars/annual salary owed drops yet his cap hit remains $6MM.  Pay him the signing bonus this year - $4MM -  and then move him.  I know he has a NTC currently but based on reports he may not be pleased with his role here, plus with all the media pressure he may agree and welcome a change .  Arizona is quiet.   Remaining signing bonuses/salary =  $1MM 2019/20 - $4MM 2020/21 - $4MM - 2021/22 = $9MM or $3MM per season.  

 

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Totally agree.

 

Ottawa will need someone to pay to get that tire fire to the cap floor.  Man their owner is garbage.

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5 hours ago, Kanukfanatic said:

Totally agree.

 

Ottawa will need someone to pay to get that tire fire to the cap floor.  Man their owner is garbage.

They'll look to take the Zetterberg or Franzen contract out of Detroit.  Doesn't cost a roster spot and they only need to pay the insurance deductible.  Zetterberg is only owed 1M in salary (and it's probably insured) for a 6.1M cap hit.

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2 hours ago, kloubek said:

I just read he had 3 hits in the whole season.

 

Three. My 6 year old is more physical.

Hits are often inversely correlated with possession metrics, but that's still pretty insanely low. 

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2 hours ago, kloubek said:

I just read he had 3 hits in the whole season.

 

Three. My 6 year old is more physical.

Hit stats can be very arbitrary depending on who is tracking that stat.

 

I'm sure Loui had more than 3, but nevertheless, it doesn't surprise me that he would have a low hit count.

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3 hours ago, PhillipBlunt said:

Tampa or Pittsburgh could really use a defensively responsible player like Eriksson.

I doubt either would be interested in his high cap/low salary/low value.

 

Cap basement teams however...

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Seems strange to me that LE is going to the worlds. Both that he wants to go and that he was invited. 

 

Maybe last games before retirement? Or maybe he’s just still a good and highly motivated player? ;-)

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1 minute ago, J-P said:

Seems strange to me that LE is going to the worlds. Both that he wants to go and that he was invited. 

 

Maybe last games before retirement? Or maybe he’s just still a good and highly motivated player? ;-)

they don't care about salary cap at the worlds 

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