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[Trade] Canucks trade Alex Burrows to Senators for Jonathan Dahlen


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Dahlen might be better than the late 2nd/3rd pick we could have gotten in the weak draft.

 

Was kind of hoping Burr might re-sign here in the offseason. Maybe if he's still playing in a couple of years we'll see him again on the 4th line.

 

Overall good trade. Miller next hopefully

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So Dahlen sounds like a worst case Markus Granlund or best case poor mans Jeff Skinner.

 

He is not a great skater. So Dahlen needs to improve like Horvat.

 

This is easily Bennings best trade so far could go down as one of the greatest in Canucks history.

 

Benning just earned himself a 5 year contract extension.

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1 minute ago, Nuxfanabroad said:

For positive vibe-comparables(at time of a big swap)..this would have to be up there with Nonis' Lu-acquisition.

mmmm...my recollection was that the positive vibe was a bit of a slow burn into the raging forest fire it became...we gave up so much value (those players had good value at that moment) that there was some initial trepidation that perhaps we'd overpaid, not unlike the initial hesitation on the McCann-Gudbranson trade.

this one is just all of us simultaneously over the moon...offhand I don't remember any time off we've all been so unanimously happy right off the bat.

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38 minutes ago, hearditall said:

JB is the MAN... Love the way he is bringing this team along...:wub:

 

Ya?

 

well if U woulda got your wish and we would have been a bubble team :emot-parrot:this tread doesn't exist. 

 

U wouldn't be going around telling everyone how smart U :towel:are because U love JB so MUCH!!! 

 

Nice try though. 

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Just now, Chip Kelly said:

So Dahlen sounds like a worst case Markus Granlund or best case poor mans Jeff Skinner.

 

He is not a great skater. So Dahlen needs to improve like Horvat.

 

This is easily Bennings best trade so far could go down as one of the greatest in Canucks history.

 

Benning just earned himself a 5 year contract extension.

Comparison I've heard is to Mike Calamari from the Devils.  That's not too bad a comparison actually. 

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Just now, Canuck Surfer said:

I come from East of Gatineau,   My name is Jean Guy, Ma Jolie

 

I drink the rum until I cannot see...  It hides the shame, they cannot see

 

I'm losing my mind, I'm losing my mind.

 

Ontario, I do go.

 

Just select excerpts from this song that seemed to fit.  :lol:  Recomend the album Shine, one of my top ten all time favorites! 

Heartbreaking tune..for he "struck her down."

 

Reminded me of the shameful vibe from David & David's, 'Ain't So Easy'.

 

Lanois is a musical/producing treasure.

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Just now, SilentSam said:

Elder... wonder if he submitted any teams?

Imagine the haul we would get if we traded Edler, Hansen and Miller? I don't think we'll be any worse off next year. We'll need to make a couple UFA signings but our young guys will have improved and should cancel out most of what we'd be losing in Edler, Burrows, Hansen and Miller, who will all be one year older. 

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1 minute ago, nzan said:

mmmm...my recollection was that the positive vibe was a bit of a slow burn into the raging forest fire it became...we gave up so much value (those players had good value at that moment) that there was some initial trepidation that perhaps we'd overpaid, not unlike the initial hesitation on the McCann-Gudbranson trade.

this one is just all of us simultaneously over the moon...offhand I don't remember any time off we've all been so unanimously happy right off the bat.

You may be right

I may be hazy(sorry Billy Joel)

 

...only makes it better

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What the Canucks have proven with Bo Horvat is that they can help players work on their skating and turn it from a liability to a strength. If Dahlen can put in the work I am hoping they can get that side of his game worked out. You can work on speed, but you can't teach the vision and hockey sense this young man apparently has. I think what this shows is that when you have players who don't put up road blocks to trades like last season Jim Benning can get the job done. In two years he has turned things around with young, solid defensemen, and I am confident with his ability as a scout that he will get things done with our forwards. This trade is a great small step in the right direction.

 

Thank you Alex Burrows. You were a warrior for this team. You were a thorn in the side of every team you played against, while being a consummate pro off the ice and great in the community. You will always have a home in Vancouver!

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5 minutes ago, insomniac604 said:

Dahlen might be better than the late 2nd/3rd pick we could have gotten in the weak draft.

 

Was kind of hoping Burr might re-sign here in the offseason. Maybe if he's still playing in a couple of years we'll see him again on the 4th line.

 

Overall good trade. Miller next hopefully

He definitely is. 

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You're all missing the big picture 

 

Have Dahlen drafting Petterson.  Dahlen/Petterson 

 

Have Gaudette will sign Aston Reese.  Gaudette/Aston Reese 

 

That is 2/3s of 2 lines with pre existing chemistry just needing a 2nd winger slotted in.

 

Then we draft Dahlen 1 or 2 next year to ensure another decade of Swedes with the same name on the team

 

Forward thinking by playing the long game

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1 minute ago, LaBamba said:

Ya?

 

well if U woulda got your wish and we would have been a bubble team :emot-parrot:

 

U wouldn't be going around telling everyone how smart U :towel:are because U love JB so MUCH!!! 

 

Nice try though. 

We still are inj & illness kept us a little further back. 

I've never said we were a Cup Team Or Even a PLAYOFF TEAM I Said We had a CHANCE to make the PLAYOFFS back in AUGUST....60 games in & I was still on par....

Give your Lahead a shake...

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