Nave Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 1 minute ago, theo5789 said: But but they're giving up draft picks...shouldn't they be staying the course and build through the draft? Trading for the KHL MVP is a worthwhile gamble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckNORRIS4Cup Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Really wanted this guy, he has proved solid numbers in the KHL the last few years, obviously time will tell how he transitions to the NHL, but I think NJ got a good player well worth those draft picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo5789 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 10 minutes ago, NaveJoseph said: Trading for the KHL MVP is a worthwhile gamble. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaster Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 46 minutes ago, Jaku said: Unreal Gusev - Hughes - Hall. Hot damn that's a lot of talent. A career KHL’er, a rookie and a player who just had knee surgery. Don’t get too excited yet! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 7 minutes ago, grandmaster said: A career KHL’er, a rookie and a player who just had knee surgery. Don’t get too excited yet! Lots of potential but lots of moving parts, too. Plus, you need a lot of skill to out-skill the East. Still, Devils are pretty young so even if it doesn't come together this year they're looking up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rocket Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 37 minutes ago, grandmaster said: A career KHL’er, a rookie and a player who just had knee surgery. Don’t get too excited yet! Nice spin you put on it there. Here’s a different view: the best player in Russia last year, the first overall pick, and a hart trophy winner in his prime. dont get too excited yet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flickyoursedin Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Gonna look like a steal very soon! I’m a little disappointed Benning didn’t work the cap space a little better with some trades and simply RFA offersheet Gusev and get him away with only a 2nd round compensation. I would have done that. Gusev probably gets 60 points next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoH Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 28 minutes ago, ilduce39 said: Lots of potential but lots of moving parts, too. Plus, you need a lot of skill to out-skill the East. Still, Devils are pretty young so even if it doesn't come together this year they're looking up. Feels like the Blues, looks ridiculously good on paper, but might need some time to gel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herberts Vasiljevs Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Josepho said: Just another example of what the Canucks could've done if they did a better job of accumulating assets and managing their cap space. Is this satire? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaster Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 8 minutes ago, The_Rocket said: Nice spin you put on it there. Here’s a different view: the best player in Russia last year, the first overall pick, and a hart trophy winner in his prime. dont get too excited yet! Lol! We’ll see...save this conversation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaku Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 1 hour ago, grandmaster said: A career KHL’er, a rookie and a player who just had knee surgery. Don’t get too excited yet! The guy possesses a high-end skill set. He put up better stats than Panarin did before he came over. The likelyhood of Gusev translating that to the NHL is pretty good. I have very little doubt he comes over and makes a noticeable impact right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbriggs Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 2 hours ago, HKSR said: Winning two 1st OA picks helps a bit too. Ya Think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrockBoester Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 GMJB out GM'd again! What are they doing trading DRAFT PICKS?? Don't they know those are the vital lifeblood of any true Cup Contender? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlastPast Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 The Devils were the third worst team last year and are throwing picks around on players in their late-ish 20's and early-ish 30's to make them a better team today. If the Canucks did this it would be met with outrage. I'm not even criticizing the moves but it's strange how differently things are perceived when they happen to another team. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 48MPHSlapShot Posted July 29, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2019 Hmm. A trade not involving the Canucks in any way turning into an argument about Benning? Who would have thunk it? 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Ghost Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Josepho said: How? You really dont think being able to draft Hischier and Hughes made a huge difference? Benning traded a pretty similar package for a PROVEN nhl top 9 forward (at worst) and 50 point producer. Gusev has proven exactly nothing yet other than he feels entitled to a big contract. Edited July 29, 2019 by Silver Ghost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapShot Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 3 hours ago, Josepho said: Just another example of what the Canucks could've done if they did a better job of accumulating assets and managing their cap space. Except for the fact that there was no way Gusev was going to be moved to a team in the same division as Vegas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Warhippy Posted July 29, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2019 Jersey won the lottery drafted Hischier Jersey won the lottery drafted Hughes. Jersey won the lottery traded a meh 4-5 defensemen for a 1st line winger on any team in the league. Jersey was effectively given a free ride on the penalty for the Kovalcash situation, Canucks had...how much of that luck? Two very very different teams with very different paths to get to where they are now over the last 10 years. Canucks lost their respective lottery 4 times. Drafted worse than Jersey because of it, did better overall than Jersey because of it for their respective draft status. Was slapped with the lounge recapture while Jersey got away with their cap penalty issue. Added of course that nobody complaining about this ever considers maybe Vegas had no desire to trade within their own division but hey. Why let facts get in the way of an anti Benning rant 1 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaster Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 12 minutes ago, Warhippy said: Jersey won the lottery drafted Hischier Jersey won the lottery drafted Hughes. Jersey won the lottery traded a meh 4-5 defensemen for a 1st line winger on any team in the league. Jersey was effectively given a free ride on the penalty for the Kovalcash situation, Canucks had...how much of that luck? Two very very different teams with very different paths to get to where they are now over the last 10 years. Canucks lost their respective lottery 4 times. Drafted worse than Jersey because of it, did better overall than Jersey because of it for their respective draft status. Was slapped with the lounge recapture while Jersey got away with their cap penalty issue. Added of course that nobody complaining about this ever considers maybe Vegas had no desire to trade within their own division but hey. Why let facts get in the way of an anti Benning rant This. NHL gets away with screwing over the Canucks with impunity as FA remains powerless against the other elite owners. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 1 hour ago, grandmaster said: This. NHL gets away with screwing over the Canucks with impunity as FA remains powerless against the other elite owners. Imagine if the Canucks had won the lotteries in their respective years. 2016 we're drafting Matthews. Almost won that draft if I recall 2017 we're hopefully still drafting Petersson 2018 We're in on Dahlin 2019 hell we won Hughes If we win any 2 of those drafts add a first line winger like Hall for the cost of a less defensive Tanev and don't get hit with the Luongo recapture we're ridiculously wealthy. But we didn't win. We didn't get that sweet gift from the league. We didn't have a chiarelli to trade with. I honestly like where we're sitting myself, Gusev would have been nice but no chance he's getting traded to us 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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