Disgruntler Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 If Seattle takes Holtby, who the hell’s backing up Demko? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 13 minutes ago, Disgruntler said: If Seattle takes Holtby, who the hell’s backing up Demko? there's a number of serviceable back ups in free agency: https://www.capfriendly.com/browse/free-agents/2022/caphit/all/goalies/ufa shouldn't be hard to pick one up. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Just now, Jimmy McGill said: there's a number of serviceable back ups in free agency: https://www.capfriendly.com/browse/free-agents/2022/caphit/all/goalies/ufa shouldn't be hard to pick one up. Both serviceable and significantly cheaper. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, -AJ- said: Both serviceable and significantly cheaper. So why doesn’t Seattle sign one of those guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 13 minutes ago, Alflives said: So why doesn’t Seattle sign one of those guys? I think they have better options in the expansion draft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disgruntler Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 57 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said: there's a number of serviceable back ups in free agency: https://www.capfriendly.com/browse/free-agents/2022/caphit/all/goalies/ufa shouldn't be hard to pick one up. Wow, you ain’t kidding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 50 minutes ago, Disgruntler said: Wow, you ain’t kidding. I'm pretty certain Ian Clark will have significant input into the backup too. Might get a steal there he can work with. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Jimmy McGill said: I'm pretty certain Ian Clark will have significant input into the backup too. Might get a steal there he can work with. Brossoit should be our guy. BC guy, right age, and good stats. Shouldn’t cost too much either. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBossy Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 1 hour ago, DeNiro said: Brossoit should be our guy. BC guy, right age, and good stats. Shouldn’t cost too much either. Mentioned this before in another thread - 100% agree - he brings everything you want from a back-up and he played well for Winnipeg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 16 hours ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: Only generally against teams that had horrible goaltending and/or poor defense. Holtby is an aging declining 30+ year old. Any time your save percentage is below .900, you're mediocre. Luongo last season before he retired, his save percentage was 0.899 (still higher than Holtby) - first time in his long career he hit that mark. As to the issue of 'who will be the backup'. Ain't that hard to sign a journeyman NHL vet goalie for a fraction of Holtby's cap hit. Use the difference on signing an additional depth defenseman. IMHO, we'd be better off overall with that option. I completely agree, I think this is the way forward. There's plenty of good cheap goalies out there, Brossoit might be my personal pick because I don't think Demko needs to be sheltered anymore by an old veteran. Otherwise, Halak at 36 years old is still out there (although he only managed under .500 hockey with the Bruins, his numbers were decent). If we could sign Brossoit to a 1.5M deal 1 or 2 years even and spend the extra 2M on a defenceman (even give it to Hamonic who deserves a raise) then we'd be better on the whole defensively. My personal favourite outcome now would be if Seattle take someone like Highmore (ideally not Lind or Gadjovic as we don't know their potential...), then we flip Holtby to Chicago for Zadorov. Essentially Holtby + Highmore for Zadorov + ED spot which isn't too bad. Then we go out and sign Brossoit for 1.5M (hopefully), try and get Hamonic on a nice 2.5-3M x 3yr deal. Hughes - Hamonic Zadorov - Schmidt Rathbone - Myers Juolevi (who slowly gets worked in over the season, especially if injuries) Demko Brossoit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 https://twitter.com/DonnieandDhali/status/1417169677474668561 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 51 minutes ago, CRAZY_4_NAZZY said: https://twitter.com/DonnieandDhali/status/1417169677474668561 Tweet isn't displaying for me. What did it say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, -AJ- said: Tweet isn't displaying for me. What did it say? Huh seems like their channel took it down, But Donnie and Dhali channel said "A source tells me they would be shocked if Holtby is still with Vancouver by next week". Edited July 19, 2021 by CRAZY_4_NAZZY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Just now, CRAZY_4_NAZZY said: Huh seems like their channel took it down, But Donnie and Dhali channel said "A source tells me they would be shocked if Holtby is still with Vancouver by next week". Interesting. I find it very slim he's taken in the ED unless we swing a deal with Seattle. So I suppose if he is leaving, the following are the ways it could happen: 1. Seattle takes him in the ED (incentivized by trade, because they 'aint takin him with far better netminders available) 2. After the ED, Holtby is traded (probably with cap retention or for another expensive contract) 3. Holtby's contract is bought out I'd place my bet on #2 if he does leave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 2 hours ago, -AJ- said: Interesting. I find it very slim he's taken in the ED unless we swing a deal with Seattle. So I suppose if he is leaving, the following are the ways it could happen: 1. Seattle takes him in the ED (incentivized by trade, because they 'aint takin him with far better netminders available) 2. After the ED, Holtby is traded (probably with cap retention or for another expensive contract) 3. Holtby's contract is bought out I'd place my bet on #2 if he does leave. I agree, the more that I keep hearing Holtby's name, I feel he will be eventually moved but any team but Seattle. Considering that his name continues to come up seems like a good sign, teams are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kloubek Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) 100% on board with signing Brossoit. 3x1.5. No raise in a cap world (or maybe a small one), but a few year commitment for a backup is nice security for him. And as a BC boy, I think that's favorable for both sides. Edited July 20, 2021 by kloubek 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackcanuck Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 (edited) If they are going to buy out Holtby, He has to go on waivers today in order to do it Buying out Holtby would cost the Canucks $500,000 on the cap next season (for cap savings of $3.8 million), while costing the team $1.9 million on the cap in 2022-23. Edited July 26, 2021 by Mackcanuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 12 minutes ago, Mackcanuck said: If they are going to buy out Holtby, He has to go on waivers today in order to do it Buying out Holtby would cost the Canucks $500,000 on the cap next season (for cap savings of $3.8 million), while costing the team $1.9 million on the cap in 2022-23. Zero chance we buy out the Holtzter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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