mj vic Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 We are now paying the piper for past mistakes. Eriksson, Sutter, Myers to name a few... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justdean10 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Elias Pettersson said: Markstrom was injured in March. Would have missed 5 weeks. Then he got injured in the playoffs and our backup had to stand on his head because of our D in order to take us to game 7. Tanev, who was a part of that D that allowed 40-50 shots every night, is injured for 20-30 games almost every year and also got injured in March. But people want to sign these 30 year old guys to long term contracts. It doesn’t make much sense to me. Benning is much better served to either go after a superstar like Pietrangelo or get a much better and younger top 4 right handed Dman via a trade. As for Markstrom, we have our goalie of the future in Demko and Benning was smart enough to go out and get a very good 1B and Stanley Cup champion as his mentor for the next two years. Chris Tanev played every game this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkSave Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Marky and Tanev were in cahoots this whole time! As much as it will hurt to lose Tanev, we all know Tanev will get hurt (lots) and this healthy season was an outlier. Perhaps we circle back to Stecher now or even pursue Barrie or better yet, a trade for Risto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 I don't really hate any of these losses. Marky and Tanev served their purpose as stop gaps for the future. We will still keep marching forward. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -AJ- Posted October 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2020 Right now our defensive lineup is (not looking at right/left sides): Edler - Hughes Myers - Benn Juolevi - Rafferty? That defense is literally one of the worst in the league. Only the top pairing is good. The rest is hot garbage compared to most teams. I have to imagine Benning will be looking to trade or sign for defensemen. 2 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vancouvercan Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Flames have committed/gambled 54 million dollars for Markstrom and Tanev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Aladeen said: Seemed like every other game he would get horizontally checked against the boards. Tanev is one hit away from being in a wheelchair. He did a great job acclimating Hughes to the NHL but that job is done now. Watch Marky falter without Clarke and Holtby return to Vezina form working with him. Pretty much. I think a lot of what makes Canucks fans pine for Tanev is how well he and Hughes worked together. It was great to see. I’d much rather have Quinn play with a more physical partner or one who can at least keep up with his skating. Tanev’s defensive acumen is also quite good. That’s undeniable, but as you said, the guy is injury prone. Markstrom will probably do pretty well, but as proven in the playoffs, when he’s off his game, it’s like watching a squirrel piss on a cheese grater. Not fun and very leaky. Edited October 10, 2020 by PhillipBlunt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Higgins Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, khay said: Up to now yes. But in a COVID world, maybe he wants to tighten up? As I said, it's just a mere speculation because Tanev at 4.5 was definitely a reasonable contract and yet, JB decided not to tender an offer. And it looks like we won't re-sign Toffoli either. Two possibilities: 1) There is an internal cap or 2) We are clearing cap space for big name UFA? Of course there is a third possibility that Canucks were so hooked on OEL that they didn't bother to care for Tanev's contract -- which I find hard to believe. I would guess it has less to do with the $4.5 and more to do with the 4 years. Big name ufas are not the answer to our problems either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runtzguy Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 This is good. I want to see what Hughes can do without Tanev and whether he can be a true #1 Dman by elevating the play of his partner and not be babysitted. Also, it stings that we can't keep Tanev. BUT he gets injured very easily and paying him for 4 years with 4.5 where he will probably play only 65 games per season is pricey. Good job Jimbo, you are finally using your head for once. Choosing who not to sign is important and if not more important than to sign whoever you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwags Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Hughes - Myers Edler - Juolevi Benn - Chatfield This might be our D core next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanucks25 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 lol @ not wanting to spend cap Where do people come up with this stuff? The ownership has pretty much spending to the cap during Benning's entire tenure. Note that so far during most of Benning's tenure, we've been bottom feeding with empty red seats littering Rogers Arena. If they weren't afraid to spend money during that period, they're not going to stop now when we're supposed to be on the upswing and fan confidence and interest is on the rise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 14 minutes ago, CanuckGAME said: Who are our decent young D that are going to be better than Tanev and Stecher? Juolevi? The kid whos been injured for 3 seasons and is only going to get a shot on the big club because he was a 5th overall pick? Rafferty deserves a shot over Juolevi. Also, yeah its not his fault there was a pandemic, the same one the Flames are operating under. They just got significantly better than us today by signing our own players. Juolevi is looking to step in on the left, his making the team doesn't impact Rafferty. Rafferty would be competing for our right side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analyst82 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, CanuckGAME said: Who are our decent young D that are going to be better than Tanev and Stecher? Juolevi? The kid whos been injured for 3 seasons and is only going to get a shot on the big club because he was a 5th overall pick? Rafferty deserves a shot over Juolevi. Also, yeah its not his fault there was a pandemic, the same one the Flames are operating under. They just got significantly better than us today by signing our own players. You are to emotional about this. Tanev is replaceable and so is Stecher. Don't forget that when the Canucks signed Stecher and Tanev they were both undrafted and no one really took a shot. Stop pretending like they were both 1st round picks and are franchise players. They are good players but not good enough to handcuff the team with term. Yes, I want to see Juolevi play. We will never know what we got until we let him play. I would also like to give Rathbone and Rafferty an extended look. Also, who knows what will happen with Woo. Edited October 10, 2020 by Analyst82 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinky-Winky Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Just now, -AJ- said: Right now our defensive lineup is (not looking at right/left sides): Edler - Hughes Myers - Benn Juolevi - Raffery? That defense is literally one of the worst in the league. Only the top pairing is good. The rest is hot garbage compared to most teams. I have to imagine Benning will be looking to trade or sign for defensemen. well if he wants to sign he running out of good def alot have been taken now, and i dont want barrie hes a defensive liability and wont make us better ./...so i hope he does, or dont expect to go far in the next playoffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) Who plays on the right with Hughes now? Myers? We need at least one more right side d-man if Juolevi and Chatfield start as 3rd pair. Edited October 10, 2020 by RWMc1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogs & Podz Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, x00x said: good luck,. most of the good def are being picked up by other teans, JB being a slow azz , spent to much time on OEL, and not anytime on looking for replacemnts for tanev Ahhh.... There are trades and offer sheets as well. They're not gone... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris12345 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, mj vic said: We are now paying the piper for past mistakes. Eriksson, Sutter, Myers to name a few... I never liked Myers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davathor Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, khay said: Up to now yes. But in a COVID world, maybe he wants to tighten up? As I said, it's just a mere speculation because Tanev at 4.5 was definitely a reasonable contract and yet, JB decided not to tender an offer. And it looks like we won't re-sign Toffoli either. Two possibilities: 1) There is an internal cap or 2) We are clearing cap space for big name UFA? Of course there is a third possibility that Canucks were so hooked on OEL that they didn't bother to care for Tanev's contract -- which I find hard to believe. History says your making your own narrative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Ill feel better about all this when I see our right side D rebuilt. Right now it sux seeing two guys we watched grow up and develop here put on that dirty red jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Justdean10 said: Chris Tanev played every game this year. For the first time ever, at 30 That's not something to be counted on He'll also be 31 in December Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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