Clock Tower Prison Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Boudrias said: Do you play Leivo over Pearson? I don't think Leivo or Pearson will be top 6 players on this team 2-4 years down the road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Clock Tower Prison said: I don't think Leivo or Pearson will be top 6 players on this team 2-4 years down the road. I deally, they should be on the 3rd line. Pretty good depth forward who brings grit, forcheck and decent offense. I would not mind to have them on the 3rd line. But there needs to be a complete revamp/recreation of a 2nd line center by Bo + a dominant 1st line (Lotto Line) for this team to be a true contender. It will be hard because we have so much money tied up in players like Loui. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock Tower Prison Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 On 12/19/2019 at 12:23 PM, ruilin96 said: It will be hard because we have so much money tied up in players like Loui. The old strategy of “re-tooling on the fly” is really stifling this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNucks1 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/canucks-josh-leivo-out-with-a-fractured-knee-cap?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3XVcwXW0ZJikh9VFZL4uLjt5cfV8QWBKY6aqPMTv2Velx8Vw6arZKNUf8#Echobox=1576958890 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Blight Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 1 hour ago, TNucks1 said: https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/canucks-josh-leivo-out-with-a-fractured-knee-cap?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3XVcwXW0ZJikh9VFZL4uLjt5cfV8QWBKY6aqPMTv2Velx8Vw6arZKNUf8#Echobox=1576958890 Really an unfortunate injury for Leivo in a contract year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNucks1 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, Rick Blight said: Really an unfortunate injury for Leivo in a contract year. yeah sucks, wonder if they recall baer or stupid louie gunna fill it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Blight Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 1 minute ago, TNucks1 said: yeah sucks, wonder if they recall baer or stupid louie gunna fill it. I would hope Sutter is ready to go again and draws in. As for Baertschi, didn't they already recall McEwen to replace Leivo? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNucks1 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, Rick Blight said: I would hope Sutter is ready to go again and draws in. As for Baertschi, didn't they already recall McEwen to replace Leivo? right forgot about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrwipeout Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Terrible injury. Hes imo one of the most important depth players thats creative and got some wheels. 7G 12A so far is not bad from someone jumping between 2-3 lines. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedinyoureyesontheprize Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 He’s a really good third liner capable of playing top 6 for short stretches.. gives us depth.. sucks he got injured on a cheap shot. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 8 hours ago, Setyoureyesontheprize said: He’s a really good third liner capable of playing top 6 for short stretches.. gives us depth.. sucks he got injured on a cheap shot. Last year was his first NHL season with any number of games played. IMHO this year he was building off last year with great success. He is one of the reasons Baer could be let go. His greatest strength is his positioning. I agree with you that right now he is top 9 with the ability to play top 6 if needed. The injury is very unfortunate as he could have broken out even more if he had been healthy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronic.Canuck Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 So we're just about at 2 months out from Leivo's unfortunate injury (Dec 19th) and the prognosis was 2-3 months... hopefully we'll see him return to the lineup soon and pick up where he left off because he definitely provides positive depth for us, and he's one of the best at winning puck battles on the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannydog Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Not a lot he can do to prepare for his return. No leg work, cardio. Might be a bit of a rough time for him to come back in play off shape. We could definitely benefit from a healthy Levio though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 15 hours ago, Dannydog said: Not a lot he can do to prepare for his return. No leg work, cardio. Might be a bit of a rough time for him to come back in play off shape. We could definitely benefit from a healthy Levio though. One of the big disappointments of the season when he went down. I thought he was really starting to break out. Good puck possession player. Even if he was not in the long term plan his trade value was improving. Likely out for the season. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedinyoureyesontheprize Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 On 2/19/2020 at 6:29 AM, Boudrias said: One of the big disappointments of the season when he went down. I thought he was really starting to break out. Good puck possession player. Even if he was not in the long term plan his trade value was improving. Likely out for the season. He’s probably nearly healthy by now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 He should be brought back next season. Will be on a relatively cheap contract and could still continue his breakout year next season. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Really liked Leivo's season until his knee injury. Thought he provided a lot of different looks for the team, whether it was brief moments with Petey and Brock, with Bo and even on a checking line. If you can ink a deal that is relatively cheap, he would give this team great depth in the bottom six. I think he really found his game in Vancouver, hope he is retained, because he really seems to be a guy who enjoyed being a Canuck. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 6 hours ago, CRAZY_4_NAZZY said: Really liked Leivo's season until his knee injury. Thought he provided a lot of different looks for the team, whether it was brief moments with Petey and Brock, with Bo and even on a checking line. If you can ink a deal that is relatively cheap, he would give this team great depth in the bottom six. I think he really found his game in Vancouver, hope he is retained, because he really seems to be a guy who enjoyed being a Canuck. Largely agreed. My biggest concern with re-signing Leivo would be roster space (particularly if we retain Toffoli, which I think and hope we do). Winger depth is NOT where we're lacking and if Ferland is healthy too, it's only more crowded. Perhaps that allows us to make the Virtanen/Boeser for a D trade earlier than I envisioned but I dunno, I think we may just do what's right for the player and let him go on to a team with more space. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Leivo is a keeper. He'll be a late signing though. The big boys will be signed first and if it turns out there is no cap room, he either gets low balled or walks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86Viking Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 poor mans Toffoli replacement. If cap stays the same I can't see howe we can keep Markstrom, Toffoli both of who will for sure make over 5m each both might want 6m. Then you have Tanev. Hopefully we get a compliance buyout and make some trades to shed some cap. We are turning the corner yet we are stuck in cap hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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