riffraff Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Hypothetical situation: edler out loui out gagner sits for gaunce team still wins, as they are without the top two anyway. And a pile of money on the shelf too. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIC_CITY Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: Sure but he might as well have one at this point. He'll need to pick up his play before anyone would consider taking him and his 3 year contract on. It's far too early to be thinking about trading him though. JB liked him enough to commit to him for 3 years. 3 weeks isn't going to change that. Hopefully he turns things round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I didn't realize he earned this discussion let alone a roster spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
189lb enforcers? Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Play him with the twins for a while. Get everyone a chance to learn from their game before it completely disappears. Rotate these guys through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, VIC_CITY said: Sure but he might as well have one at this point. He'll need to pick up his play before anyone would consider taking him and his 3 year contract on. It's far too early to be thinking about trading him though. JB liked him enough to commit to him for 3 years. 3 weeks isn't going to change that. Hopefully he turns things round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIC_CITY Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, Shift-4 said: I didn't realize he earned this discussion let alone a roster spot. To be fair, he's in the conversation for best defensive forward in our organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Just now, VIC_CITY said: To be fair, he's in the conversation for best defensive forward in our organization. yikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goblix Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 My guess is he'll go on a conditioning stint in the AHL first. Then he'll be eventually slotted in. The vanek, burmy, Gagner line haven't really been amazing so I'd imagine he'd cycle in for one of those players.. most likely burmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Its a good problem to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArkDepot Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Quote Canucks assign Gaunce to Comets ...on a conditioning stint. by Canucks Media Relations @Canucks / Vancouver Canucks 17 minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonMexico Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 18 minutes ago, spook007 said: Did he not score quite regularly for Greene in UTICA? For being touted as a defensive forward, his AHL numbers are ok. Personally I am not high on him but as Jimmy said above, it's better to grow a few of these guys for free rather than have to pay to bring one in. 2014-15 Utica Comets AHL 74 11 18 29 31 -1 21 4 5 9 12 2015-16 Utica Comets AHL 46 17 21 38 16 12 4 0 0 0 4 2015-16 Vancouver Canucks NHL 20 1 0 1 2 -9 -- -- -- -- -- 2016-17 Vancouver Canucks NHL 57 0 5 5 33 -2 -- -- -- -- -- 2016-17 Utica Comets AHL 4 2 1 3 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Re Gaunce - Sutter - Dorsett Last year Gaunce was playing against other 4th liners. WD explained that he just wanted the 4th line to create momentum and not get scored on. This season Sutter is tasked to shut down the top scoring lines in the league. It's quite the gap in quality of competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook007 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 22 minutes ago, RonMexico said: For being touted as a defensive forward, his AHL numbers are ok. Personally I am not high on him but as Jimmy said above, it's better to grow a few of these guys for free rather than have to pay to bring one in. 2014-15 Utica Comets AHL 74 11 18 29 31 -1 21 4 5 9 12 2015-16 Utica Comets AHL 46 17 21 38 16 12 4 0 0 0 4 2015-16 Vancouver Canucks NHL 20 1 0 1 2 -9 -- -- -- -- -- 2016-17 Vancouver Canucks NHL 57 0 5 5 33 -2 -- -- -- -- -- 2016-17 Utica Comets AHL 4 2 1 3 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- Yes that is what I thought. I think Green will give him a chance to shine. Green has the advantage of knowing, what Gaunce does and doesn't provide. If anyone can make him a roster player, it should be Green. Think he could be a decent 4th line guy with some upside. Swim or sink time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 24 minutes ago, Shift-4 said: I didn't realize he earned this discussion let alone a roster spot. My thought as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIC_CITY Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 16 minutes ago, goblix said: My guess is he'll go on a conditioning stint in the AHL first. Then he'll be eventually slotted in. The vanek, burmy, Gagner line haven't really been amazing so I'd imagine he'd cycle in for one of those players.. most likely burmy I wouldn't mind Gaunce in for Burmistrov if his offensive production starts to tail off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIC_CITY Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 16 minutes ago, spook007 said: Yes that is what I thought. I think Greene will give him a chance to shine. Greene has the advantage of knowing, what Gaunce does and doesn't provide. If anyone can make him a roster player, it should be Greene. Think he could be a decent 4th line guy with some upside. Swim or sink time... G-R-E-E-N Sorry, had to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook007 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Just now, VIC_CITY said: G-R-E-E-N Sorry, had to do it. Cheers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo fan Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 So far Gaunce hasn't been all that impressive in my opinion - maybe some of it was his line mates last year - don't remember him scoring but also don't remember hearing his name a lot so that is a good thing too. On the flip side of this coin he can't be worse then Ganger (how I wish he had never been signed and may these words come back to haunt me when he puts up 50 points) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 22 minutes ago, mll said: Re Gaunce - Sutter - Dorsett Last year Gaunce was playing against other 4th liners. WD explained that he just wanted the 4th line to create momentum and not get scored on. This season Sutter is tasked to shut down the top scoring lines in the league. It's quite the gap in quality of competition. If Gaunce wants to carve out a consistent NHL career he's going to have to really embrace and take on the shutdown role, (since he's clearly not a offensive producer at the NHL). I think he's got the IQ to be able to become that player. Sutter is a pretty good player to learn from. If he can't, he becomes a replaceable player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackcanuck Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 FYI - AHL Conditioning stint = Maximum 14 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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