24K PureCool Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, N7Nucks said: We'll likely be exposing some enticing younger players that'll pique their interest. Holtby will be like pushing 32 at the expansion draft with one year on his contract. Why risk it? Especially since I think other teams will be exposing better younger goalies too. Really cause so far Holtby is probably our most enticing player available to Seattle. Forwards protected: Petey, Horvat, Boeser, Miller, Gaud/Zack?,Virt/Lind?,Motte? Defense protected: Hughes, Myers, OJ? Goalie protected: Demko Everyone else eligible at this moment other than Holtby are either scrubs or contract we really want Seattle to take. Edited October 10, 2020 by 24K PureCool 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 1 minute ago, 24K PureCool said: Really cause so far Holtby is probably our most enticing player available to Seattle. Forwards protected: Petey, Horvat, Boeser, Miller, Gaud/Zack?,Virt/Lind?,Motte? Defense protected: Hughes, Myers, OJ? Goalie protected: Demko Everyone else eligible at this moment other than Holtby are either scrubs or contract we really want Seattle to take. Hughes doesn't require protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K PureCool Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Junkyard Dog said: Hughes doesn't require protection. Right forgot about that. So Myers, OJ, and nobody as of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 28 minutes ago, 24K PureCool said: Right forgot about that. So Myers, OJ, and nobody as of now. On the bright side that’s another advantage in acquiring someone that fits the bill in the near to mid future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MystifyNCrucify Posted October 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2020 10 hours ago, kloubek said: You have been saying this a lot, but I feel it's pretty misleading. The Marky scenario was a complex one for various reasons, but the end result IS a 1.7m annual cap savings for a potential 2 years. In a flat cap league and a team against it (along with spots to fill) you better believe that the extra cap factors into the decision - even if it isn't the primary reason. Gonna miss Marky. But this was likely the correct decision. Now I have to make my son a Demko practice dummy. Nah. Just change the jersey and make the holes bigger. 2 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovy Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Guess Holtby will be trade deadline bait due to the expansion. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 1 hour ago, groovy said: Guess Holtby will be trade deadline bait due to the expansion. Why? We need to expose a goalie anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovy Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 You could call up from AHL and expose that piece instead while getting something for Holtby. Or? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastDave Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 This signing seems to be a bit of a gamble since Holtby's play has been trending downwards the last couple of seasons. However, if Ian Clark is able to do his magic act and revitalizes the former's career closer to those of his Vezina days, it would be a big win for the Nucks. Boom or bust? Only time will tell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, WestCoastDave said: This signing seems to be a bit of a gamble since Holtby's play has been trending downwards the last couple of seasons. However, if Ian Clark is able to do his magic act and revitalizes the former's career closer to those of his Vezina days, it would be a big win for the Nucks. Boom or bust? Only time will tell. Short term at a reasonable cap hit, and seems to be more than willing to help out Demko. Low risk, high reward. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilya Mikheyev Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 8 hours ago, Kevin Biestra said: Charlie Hodge. OF COURSE! good point 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 7 hours ago, 24K PureCool said: Really cause so far Holtby is probably our most enticing player available to Seattle. Forwards protected: Petey, Horvat, Boeser, Miller, Gaud/Zack?,Virt/Lind?,Motte? Defense protected: Hughes, Myers, OJ? Goalie protected: Demko Everyone else eligible at this moment other than Holtby are either scrubs or contract we really want Seattle to take. And you can take Hughes off the list and as of right now add Rafferty ha ha. I doubt they take Holtby despite of how things look - because he won’t have much of any trade value to them, and better goalies with more term will be available. JB is making sure we will be worried about losing “Gaunce or Sbisa” again. I’m sure we will sign a Tanev replacement or at least re-sign Stecher... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawkdrummer Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Love Marky but we need to keep payroll in order. Holtby is a great goalie and we still have 2 very good goalies at a little bit better cap. Good job Jim and please resign Toffoli! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kloubek Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 8 hours ago, King Heffy said: Short term at a reasonable cap hit, and seems to be more than willing to help out Demko. Low risk, high reward. Honestly, his stats have been trending down for more than 2 years. I hope Ian gets Holtby back to at least a good backup. The rest, I figure, is as a mentor to Demko. Benning believes in him, and wanted to get the right character to help him develop into a #1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, kloubek said: Honestly, his stats have been trending down for more than 2 years. I hope Ian gets Holtby back to at least a good backup. The rest, I figure, is as a mentor to Demko. Benning believes in him, and wanted to get the right character to help him develop into a #1. Yup; think he can play the Ryan Miller role very effectively. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Just now, King Heffy said: Yup; think he can play the Ryan Miller role very effectively. Holtby is too talented to be done at 30. The whole team looked bad last year in WSH. Our goalie situation is the least of my concerns going into next season. We need some more size in the F group and Jim had better be working on a decent RHD. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Robert Long said: Holtby is too talented to be done at 30. The whole team looked bad last year in WSH. Our goalie situation is the least of my concerns going into next season. We need some more size in the F group and Jim had better be working on a decent RHD. He’s very athletic and has a good glove hand. When he has his technique locked down, Holtby can be a very high end netminder. And luckily, we have one of the best in the biz in Ian Clark to help him. Also, Holtby is such a high character guy, and just an interesting personality, especially for a hockey player. That doesn’t do much for stopping pucks, but he’s a very likeable guy, and should fit in well in the room, and be a very good quote for the media, which is always welcome, from a fan perspective (although I’m sure a certain segment here won’t love his very progressive takes on most social and political issues). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said: He’s very athletic and has a good glove hand. When he has his technique locked down, Holtby can be a very high end netminder. And luckily, we have one of the best in the biz in Ian Clark to help him. Also, Holtby is such a high character guy, and just an interesting personality, especially for a hockey player. That doesn’t do much for stopping pucks, but he’s a very likeable guy, and should fit in well in the room, and be a very good quote for the media, which is always welcome, from a fan perspective (although I’m sure a certain segment here won’t love his very progressive takes on most social and political issues). plus he's from SK, which is where all the best people come from I'm pretty excited about the Demko-Holtby pairing, it just makes so much sense on cap, term, expansion, competitiveness, and mentoring. Great move by Jim imo. Edited October 10, 2020 by Robert Long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptKirk888 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 12 hours ago, MystifyNCrucify said: Nah. Just change the jersey and make the holes bigger. Now I know why you have crucify in your user name... Demko is not that bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 28 minutes ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said: I’m sure a certain segment here won’t love his very progressive takes on most social and political issues). Why? Because he would not visit Trump at the Whitehouse with the team... Trump is not popular in Vancouver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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