Quantum Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Makes sense. The first crop of Benning's drafted players are finally showing up in the NHL and AHL and make an impact. And he, more or less, got a good group of players that are in the 22-26 age range that were a black hole to this franchise with the additions of Demko, Granlund, Baertschi, Gudbranson, Hutton, Boucher, Chaput, and Rodin) -- and with his drafting accumen, seems like we're going to get a good group of 20 year olds making their AHL debuts next season (Neill, Olson, MacKenzie, Juolevi, Abols, Gaudette) -- so it makes sense to try and acquire picks to further strengthen the prospect pool rather than weaken it. Best scenario now is that the Canucks shed a Skille or Megna and acquire another skilled forward being buried by their team ala a Baertschi without giving up a pick. Though they may add a piece or trade a piece away at the deadline, I don't expect the Canucks to be major players or sellers. The expansion draft complicates things this year. Chances are any big moves by the Canucks will be made at the draft which will, of course, be post expansion draft. So we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, elvis15 said: I could worry that an old Russian satellite will come crashing down and land on my house, since that's possible, but it's probably more reasonable not to. I have just known too many fairly rich people. They despise losing money. The richer they are, the more they hate it. I've been wondering if that instinctive trait would kick in with Aquilini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastal.view Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 just curious i noticed this post was started around 4 pm and cites an article dated tomorrow... january 12, 2017 there must be a sensible explanation for this but it does not come to my mind unless the writer in on vacation in europe when it was written and submitted ? i have become more cautious about any so called news in the current environment where there is a lot of fake news so this is a pretty neutral article.. not political.. but wondered about the date/time discrepancy anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Stop the presses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleboy Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 23 minutes ago, SabreFan1 said: Which D-man can they afford to trade that would bring a worthwhile return? Not Sbisa. If they don't move Sbisa or Tanev then they will lose one of them in expansion. So unless they don't consider Sbisa valuable or no one wants him........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Just now, coastal.view said: just curious i noticed this post was started around 4 pm and cites an article dated tomorrow... january 12, 2017 there must be a sensible explanation for this but it does not come to my mind unless the writer in on vacation in europe when it was written and submitted ? i have become more cautious about any so called news in the current environment where there is a lot of fake news so this is a pretty neutral article.. not political.. but wondered about the date/time discrepancy anyway Time traveling poster!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 minute ago, appleboy said: If they don't move Sbisa or Tanev then they will lose one of them in expansion. So unless they don't consider Sbisa valuable or no one wants him........ Sbisa may just go in the expansion draft. It's possible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Does this mean Benning could actually be a seller come TDL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Alflives said: Does this mean Benning could actually be a seller come TDL? Who knows... The expansion draft has supposedly changed the way teams are doing business this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleboy Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 minute ago, SabreFan1 said: Sbisa may just go in the expansion draft. It's possible... If all they can get is a second or third then you keep him because he would probably get taken over say, Granlund. It just depends on how he is perceived right now around the league. He has made some real strides forward this year and is still very young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Blight Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Alflives said: Does this mean Benning could actually be a seller come TDL? If he is going to be a seller it doesn't appear that it will be those with NMC's or NTC's. He re-iterated that he will not trade these players unless they ask to be moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 What you mean we're not trading Sbisa and a second for Kane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Just now, SabreFan1 said: Who knows... The expansion draft has supposedly changed the way teams are doing business this year. I predict JB does not sell off any players by the TDL. I base this prediction on JB never selling off expiring assets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 minute ago, IBatch said: What you mean we're not trading Sbisa and a second for Kane? That's actually a very fair trade for both teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeBee51 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Alflives said: I predict JB does not sell off any players by the TDL. I base this prediction on JB never selling off expiring assets. 2 years of never means forever never Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastal.view Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Just now, Alflives said: That's actually a very fair trade for both teams. yes then we could expose kane to the expansion draft and maybe he'd be chosen ahead of granlund ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleboy Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Alflives said: I predict JB does not sell off any players by the TDL. I base this prediction on JB never selling off expiring assets. Ya , but none of our assets have expired yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 minute ago, appleboy said: If all they can get is a second or third then you keep him because he would probably get taken over say, Granlund. It just depends on how he is perceived right now around the league. He has made some real strides forward this year and is still very young. Too bad we can't sit in on one of these meetings to know what Vegas is thinking... http://puckprose.com/2016/12/12/las-vegas-golden-knights-mock-draft/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastal.view Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Just now, appleboy said: Ya , but none of our assets have expired yet! my milk expired but the cat still viewed it as an asset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Just now, CeeBee51 said: 2 years of never means forever never Yes, that's his record. After this .TDL comes and goes it will be three years of nothing for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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