Ojibwa72 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 35 minutes ago, CanuckGAME said: Would love to see us take a chance on him. I would love to see it too. If he works great, if not and say even around the 1mil for one year not really a loss. With Tryamkin, Goldobin, and Podkolzin in the system you could set up an interesting situation going forward for Russian talent coming to Vancouver as the history isn't glowing. Bure was the only exception for a Russian in Vancouver to date. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flickyoursedin Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 (edited) Nothing to do with Nich because he was BPA at Dallas’ pick but the Stars are just awful at drafting in the first round. The last 6 years if they just went with tsn consensus they’d have! Harley, Farabee, Heiskanen, DeBrincat, Barzal and Kapanen Instead with some off the board picks end up with. Harley, Dellandrea, Heiskanen, Tufte, Gurianov and Honka. Edited June 29, 2019 by flickyoursedin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Ward Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Ojibwa72 said: I would love to see it too. If he works great, if not and say even around the 1mil for one year not really a loss. With Tryamkin, Goldobin, and Podkolzin in the system you could set up an interesting situation going forward for Russian talent coming to Vancouver as the history isn't glowing. Bure was the only exception for a Russian in Vancouver to date. Larianov was pure class on and off the ice when he was here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 He's an interesting reclamation project but there are so many asterisks with him. First of all, what's his health (back) like? Second of all, where's his head at? He must be at an all-time low as far as confidence goes. Hard to rationalize how a guy can go from a 15 goal rookie season down to 0 goals in 57 games. Deployment is one thing, luck is another, but confidence takes a hit with each of those. I remember him hitting a couple of posts in the games we played against the Stars last year. I was shocked to hear that he had gone 50 games without a goal. As someone said earlier, we're unfortunately not at the point where we have room for too many reclamation projects unless we are able to trade out a couple of forwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanukfanatic Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 We have no room for another reclamation project imo. No reason to pick this guy up off the scrap heap. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analyst82 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Dixon Ward said: He is nowhere near worth it. He has never once shown he was worth his draft standing. We need high end talent now. We are past the point of even looking at the leagues rejects. We have lots of guys better than him. Agreed but I feel like this could somewhat be a low risk high reward type of signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 ShoULd hAvE TakEn HIm oveR HOrvaT!!!1!1!!one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Well that puts the Nail in the old Yakupov then doesn’t it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Ward Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Analyst82 said: Agreed but I feel like this could somewhat be a low risk high reward type of signing. We just bought out Spooner. He has 2 times as many ppg in his nhl career and we don't want him. Nichushkin was only .5 pts per game in the khl. I don't have to remind you that Nigel Dawes led that league last year with 69 pts in 60 games. It is a couple of steps down from the nhl. If you don't essentially dominate in that league, you are not worth a risk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeridebc Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Big pass. We got a captain. They got a head ache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionized27 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 16 minutes ago, Analyst82 said: Agreed but I feel like this could somewhat be a low risk high reward type of signing. High risk, slight possibility of a reward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Might be worth a look if he’s willing to take a 1 year deal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanukfanatic Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Just now, Junkyard Dog said: Might be worth a look if he’s willing to take a 1 year deal. He is a bust and we have no room for him. Where would he play? Definitely not in the top 6 if we want to ice a good team. And we have way too many bottom sixers. A big NO from this Canuck fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Hate to see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 Already have a "project" in Goldobin. It's time to move on, this team is being primed to become competitive NOW. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screw Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 And to think this was the guy I wanted the Canucks to take. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Just now, Kanukfanatic said: He is a bust and we have no room for him. Where would he play? Definitely not in the top 6 if we want to ice a good team. And we have way too many bottom sixers. A big NO from this Canuck fan. That’s entirely up to him. I am just saying I’d offer a cheap one year deal. If he doesn’t pan out waive him. There’s no risk in that IMO. Also we need to get rid of some of these bottom 6 guys so we can sign a top 6 fwd if we are serious about the playoffs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Hard to believe, but Dallas got fooled twice by this guy. Shame on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 12 minutes ago, Junkyard Dog said: That’s entirely up to him. I am just saying I’d offer a cheap one year deal. If he doesn’t pan out waive him. There’s no risk in that IMO. Shall we call up Yakupov again, too? Is Daigle still around? You could say that about literally countless players. To at least substantiate it, perhaps check what the Dallas media and fans have had to say about him this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nave Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I was stoked about the Horvat pick, and I feel so vindicated for that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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