Pure961089 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I like Lind, but the fact they’re already trying to force him into the centre position makes me think they either want to trade him or they have no intention of sending Gaudette down.. Maybe I’m wrong and he’ll be the answer to Utica’s centre problem. To get a top notch centre prospect will take more than Lind though. What would it take to pry Glass out of Vegas? Tanented centres are hard to find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DeNiro Posted July 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, Pure961089 said: I like Lind, but the fact they’re already trying to force him into the centre position makes me think they either want to trade him or they have no intention of sending Gaudette down.. Maybe I’m wrong and he’ll be the answer to Utica’s centre problem. To get a top notch centre prospect will take more than Lind though. What would it take to pry Glass out of Vegas? Tanented centres are hard to find. Who's trying to force him into being a center? I haven't heard that. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UticaHockey Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 13 minutes ago, DeNiro said: Who's trying to force him into being a center? I haven't heard that. That would be news to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Pure961089 said: Fixed it :-) Lol so which forwards and d-men from last year didnt make it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure961089 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 5 hours ago, CanucksJay said: Lol so which forwards and d-men from last year didnt make it? If I’m Benning it would be Eriksson, Gagner and Granlund. But with Pettersson and Dahlen I don’t see Eriksson being moved anymore. The battle will be between Goldobin and Granlund. So 2 of those 3 I expect will be moved. On Defence Hutton and Biega should be traded or bought out to make room for Hughes and Juolevi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rizzuto&hatoum Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Wonder who goes to Kalamazoo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure961089 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 7 hours ago, DeNiro said: Who's trying to force him into being a center? I haven't heard that. http://pmd.sportsnet650.ca/audio_on_demand/kole-lind-with-shah-and-batchelor-cc-20180704-Interview.mp3. Skip to 3:14. That’s where it’s relieved that the Canucks have approached Lind with the possibility of playing centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 12 minutes ago, Pure961089 said: http://pmd.sportsnet650.ca/audio_on_demand/kole-lind-with-shah-and-batchelor-cc-20180704-Interview.mp3. Skip to 3:14. That’s where it’s relieved that the Canucks have approached Lind with the possibility of playing centre. Interesting. I would think that with the injuries the Canucks have year after year they just want their players to be as versatile as possible. It's probably his best chance of getting a call up sooner. Kind of like they have guys like Gaunce, Granlund, and Gagner all play center at times throughout the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGT68 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 As has been discussed here previously Lind is a very versatile player who can play all three forward positions. I don't see anyone forcing Lind to play center as he is happy to play wherever they have a spot. But being a defensively responsible player, being strong on the puck and good at faceoffs it is logical he would get some looks at center. Even if that is just enough that he play as the center on a PK pair (as he often did in Kelowna). Or if that is 5 on 5. He is a good puck handler and play driver. I see this as part of his game. But I see this as something Dahlen can do as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingleThorn Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 7 hours ago, Pure961089 said: http://pmd.sportsnet650.ca/audio_on_demand/kole-lind-with-shah-and-batchelor-cc-20180704-Interview.mp3. Skip to 3:14. That’s where it’s relieved that the Canucks have approached Lind with the possibility of playing centre. Very interesting. The question ( statement ), however, is extremely badly constructed. It becomes a two part question and KL ends up not really confirming or denying the move to centre statement. The fact that he doesn't deny it, makes it interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 10 hours ago, Pure961089 said: If I’m Benning it would be Eriksson, Gagner and Granlund. But with Pettersson and Dahlen I don’t see Eriksson being moved anymore. The battle will be between Goldobin and Granlund. So 2 of those 3 I expect will be moved. On Defence Hutton and Biega should be traded or bought out to make room for Hughes and Juolevi. IN brackets, term left in contract) So for forwards, its 2 out of Granlund (1), Gagner (2) and Goldobin (1) Out of defence its Hutton (1) and Biega (2)? All these players have 1 or 2 years left on their contracts We just resigned the follwing below so I dont think they'll get cut this year? Biega to a 2 year contract Granlund to a 1 year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure961089 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, CanucksJay said: IN brackets, term left in contract) So for forwards, its 2 out of Granlund (1), Gagner (2) and Goldobin (1) Out of defence its Hutton (1) and Biega (2)? All these players have 1 or 2 years left on their contracts We just resigned the follwing below so I dont think they'll get cut this year? Biega to a 2 year contract Granlund to a 1 year Haha. No. I meant 2 out of Granlund Gangner and Goldobin. The 3 G’s. Hutton and Biega Out because they had such horrible seasons and it’s time to give the back end a new look with some fresher legs. Edited July 11, 2018 by Pure961089 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rizzuto&hatoum Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 I don't see why people are devaluing Granlund. IMO, he's ahead of all the other G's (Goldy, Gaudette, Gagner, Gaunce). He's had a 19 goal season under his belt, he checks, he PKs, he has good speed and good DNA. His brother took years to crack the top 25, And he's better than Leipsic, who many have placed on the Canuck roster already. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanukfanatic Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 43 minutes ago, rizzuto&hatoum said: I don't see why people are devaluing Granlund. IMO, he's ahead of all the other G's (Goldy, Gaudette, Gagner, Gaunce). He's had a 19 goal season under his belt, he checks, he PKs, he has good speed and good DNA. His brother took years to crack the top 25, And he's better than Leipsic, who many have placed on the Canuck roster already. Granlund is obviously better than Goldy...especially at playing defensively. Granlund is more experienced than Gaudette so he should be better...but who knows if that would be the case at years end if Gaudette made the big club. Gagner had twice the ppg over Granlund last year and plays as well defensively (almost??). And Gaunce is just an offensive blackhole (maybe he can improve - but he is 24). I don't know if anyone is devaluing Granlund but he is just one of our plethora of middling players. Some are interchangeable. Somebody really needs to stand out in camp to make the team imo. And we need to trade some of these middling players imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure961089 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 3 hours ago, rizzuto&hatoum said: I don't see why people are devaluing Granlund. IMO, he's ahead of all the other G's (Goldy, Gaudette, Gagner, Gaunce). He's had a 19 goal season under his belt, he checks, he PKs, he has good speed and good DNA. His brother took years to crack the top 25, And he's better than Leipsic, who many have placed on the Canuck roster already. The talents there’s but his effort wasn’t on a lot of nights IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Comets adding more depth. Note - Reid Gardiner was invited to the Canucks 2015 prospects camp and earned himself a Youngstars tourney invite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 (edited) 40 minutes ago, CRAZY_4_NAZZY said: Comets adding more depth. Note - Reid Gardiner was invited to the Canucks 2015 prospects camp and earned himself a Youngstars tourney invite. Nice. He also played with Lind two seasons ago in Kelowna. Hopefully they have some chemistry. Edited July 12, 2018 by DeNiro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGT68 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 4 hours ago, CRAZY_4_NAZZY said: Comets adding more depth. Note - Reid Gardiner was invited to the Canucks 2015 prospects camp and earned himself a Youngstars tourney invite. I do not know why they felt they needed another winger though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 10 minutes ago, TGT68 said: I do not know why they felt they needed another winger though. Ryan Johnson doesn't want to acquire so many PTO contracts like they did this past season. So they are signing players to play in the ECHL and call them up when injuries arise or when they need extra bodies. With the overwhelming glut of players in both the Canucks and Comets depth chart, we are likely to see even some of our prominent prospects sent down to Kalamazoo (if we reup with them). Forwards signed to Comets contracts (not vancouver property) LW/C - Carter Bancks C- Wacey Hamilton W - Reid Gardiner W - Tanner MacMaster W- Brendan Bradley C - Cam Darcy W - Vincent Arseneau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 12 hours ago, TGT68 said: I do not know why they felt they needed another winger though. Yeah...could use some C's. Even if 'only' career AHL'ers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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