Alcholic9000 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Quick listen, but some sane advice. Going out to sign a big FA is the wrong answer. Patience this year. https://thehockeynews.com/live/article/the-hockey-news-podcast-what-should-the-canucks-do-in-free-agency 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drive-By Body Pierce Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Shameless plug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 7 minutes ago, Alcholic9000 said: Quick listen, but some sane advice. Going out to sign a big FA is the wrong answer. Patience this year. https://thehockeynews.com/live/article/the-hockey-news-podcast-what-should-the-canucks-do-in-free-agency The team has been patient. The team needs to surround it's growing core with strong, durable, experienced players. Signing a guy like Ben Chiarot is fine and he's a UFA. These three at THN tend to get a little long in the tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 11 minutes ago, Alcholic9000 said: Quick listen, but some sane advice. Going out to sign a big FA is the wrong answer. Patience this year. https://thehockeynews.com/live/article/the-hockey-news-podcast-what-should-the-canucks-do-in-free-agency Sane advice? Who are you and what did you do with the REAL CDC poster? We don't like SANE advice in these parts, please ban for life!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 14 minutes ago, Alcholic9000 said: Quick listen, but some sane advice. Going out to sign a big FA is the wrong answer. Patience this year. https://thehockeynews.com/live/article/the-hockey-news-podcast-what-should-the-canucks-do-in-free-agency And, don't you DARE show up with the Voice of Reason neither....This is CDC dammit.... Have you not read a single thread on the forum??? Sane advice My A$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 These guys don't really seem to have a grasp of the team's situation... They think JB shoudn't resign Edler They think JB should trade Tanev. But...they don't think the Canucks should sign any free agents... Quinn Stecher Juolevi Rafferty Teves Bulldog Eliot Just let the kids play! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliboy Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Opportunity is knocking right now, like it seldom does, if JB can find the right deals. It's almost never wrong if it's the right deal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 1 minute ago, aliboy said: Opportunity is knocking right now, like it seldom does, if JB can find the right deals. It's almost never wrong if it's the right deal. Listening to 650, and heard Wisbrod (I think it was him) talking about the cap space we have, and that they are listening to other teams' who are interested in us helping them. That's nice to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliboy Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Alflives said: Listening to 650, and heard Wisbrod (I think it was him) talking about the cap space we have, and that they are listening to other teams' who are interested in us helping them. That's nice to hear. And then we could talk to Ottawa about them helping us, by taking a couple contracts I mean. Edited June 21, 2019 by aliboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 UFA's? Sure, I'd rather they target solid, short term support pieces on D in particular. I wouldn't mind taking a run at a Connolly or similar if the terms make sense but otherwise, keep drafting and building. Trades on the other hand, particularly with so many teams up against the cap is where we could make some real hay IMO. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spur1 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Sane advice... not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Stay the course, build through the draft. We're close. Not sure where I've heard this before? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6string Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 33 minutes ago, Fanuck said: Stay the course, build through the draft. We're close. Not sure where I've heard this before? It never gets old...to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xereau Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Sitting back and waiting with a big pile of cash before the next CBA could very well be a very smart move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman64 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Alcholic9000 said: Quick listen, but some sane advice. Going out to sign a big FA is the wrong answer. Patience this year. https://thehockeynews.com/live/article/the-hockey-news-podcast-what-should-the-canucks-do-in-free-agency I thought JB himself said in an interview a few months back saying that would be his last avenue and why would we? We still have some growing to do and it's not as if we're challenging for the cup this year and 1-2 at least of our projects should pan out and the addition of train next year we should be ok on D and use a pick for a first line F we can develop in utica and trade demko Or whoever for ferland to calgary and there's a great first line with a built in policemen for petey instead of trading LE for lucic, Ferland is a sniper too. Watched his highlights on youtube for the past season/s and dayum that man can snipe and dangle but i would not want to make him mad either!!! That's exactly what we need for petey and brock, much like the twins needed and never got less anson carter, cmon JB! Git er done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Crossbar Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 I was thinking "sage advice" but it looks more like "safe advice"! So if it isn't "sane advice", is this really "insane advice"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 The gentleman with white hair sounds like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 You can’t just build through the draft! It is mathematically impossible. It is especially a bad idea with a team as far out of it as we are. You are lucky to get one player per year coming in as a rookie. In the meantime players you have get getting a year older, eating a year off their ELC, getting a year closer to being UFAs. We are just a year from being able to sign extensions for Petterson and Hughes. This year’s top draft pick is likely 2 years away, the later picks 3-4 years away. Anyone we pick the next draft probably isn’t going to play until we are needing to negotiate Horvat’s next deal. Trying to get these kids to commit their entire prime futures to a team that will miss the playoffs again and again without more help being brought in... is going to be hard and expensive. We make fun of Edmonton for not being an NHL team and players wanting out, guess what we are getting close to being? We have great star pieces, our goal should be to get better as fast as we can. Get them into the playoffs and spending the next 2-3 years adding pieces and filling holes. If any top end players will sign as UFAs, or we can trade for top 6 forwards or top 4 D without losing one of our core four... you do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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