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8 hours ago, janisahockeynut said:

For me, its Clarke or 9th

 

So, if we can trade up and get Clarke, I do it, within reason

 

Otherwise as HighOnHockey has stated, there are plenty of good options at 9 OA

 

But looking at the 2nd and 3rd rounds there are some nice Dmen there too, it is just trying to pick the right one that is difficult

Well since you mentioned me, I should say for the record, I would be strongly in favor of trading the pick if the right young player was available.

 

As someone who follows prospects and the draft religiously, yes I love my teams to make high picks and nab my favorite prospects, but I also know as well as anyone the value of draft picks and the risks involved. Couldn't tell you how many times I've been super stoked for a prospect and they flopped.

 

Like I said about Kent Johnson, I could get excited if the Canucks picked him, but I'm not sure there is going to be anyone available at 9 that I just have to have. Sillinger would likely be the closest thing, and I'm not sure he's a Benning type of pick. Beyond my top four of Clarke, Power, Beniers, Eklund, I'm just not blown away by any prospects in this draft. Even Hughes, I have him ranked 5 or 6, but he worries me a little bit - not to the extent of an Edvinsson or Lambos, but enough that I'm not exactly growing tumescent with anticipation at the thought of picking him. I'd be very happy with McTavish, Guenther, or Svechkov, but I'm not convinced that any are top line players. If the team's scouts feel there is someone available who could be a big ticket investment item, then sure, buy up all the shares and sell that puppy for a killing in a couple years. But I think there could be better options available on the trade market.

 

Not sure what it would cost to get Reinhart, and I'm not the biggest fan of the player, but if they'd do it for 9th straight across then of course you do it. Wouldn't want to add much though. Erik Cernak is a borderline elite shutdown defenseman who just turned 24. 9th overall would be a steep price for him, but it would absolutely be worth exploring. Everyone is clamoring for a right shot D; well you're not getting one at the draft that's going to fill that need in the top four for another four or five years.

 

Don't think I'd want to be involved in the Seth Jones or Jack Eichel sweepstakes, given what the asking price is going to be. One of Robert Thomas, Vince Dunn, or Jordan Kyrou could be options out of St. Louis. Without digging more deeply than I feel like right now, not sure who would have to add what exactly, but all three are pretty exciting young players. And again, I don't feel like getting too into it and start looking into which teams have cap trouble and what young players they might have available, but there are always more names out there than the few everyone is talking about.

 

I know some people are worried about the cap when talking about adding a player, but I wouldn't be too concerned. Teams that are current Cup contenders will have high interest in a piece like J.T. Miller or Nate Schmidt, and they'd fit one of those teams' situations better than the Canucks right now, likely in a separate deal from the 9th overall.

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32 minutes ago, janisahockeynut said:

Just a qestion, but if we offered our 2021-9th + 2022-2nd to Detroit, do you think Detroit takes the deal?

Any talk about trading up or down prior to the draft just doesn't make sense. You have to wait until draft day and see what's available. No way Detroit is going to trade away 6th overall in advance and then watch as Matthew Beniers is available for that pick, for example.

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9 hours ago, janisahockeynut said:

Right now he is a PP specialist, albeit an elite one, that is neither a #1 or #2

 

That’s just not true. Quinn struggled this year - which is surprising given how well the rest of the team did :ph34r: - but he is way more than just a power play specialist. 
 

The league did figure out how to play him better this past year, so we’ll see how he adjusts but the kid eats up minutes by possessing the puck, and has shown himself as more than capable of moving the puck quickly out of the dzone. 
 

 

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Draft-eligible players I'd rather take a chance on than current-day Sam Reinhart:

 

- Power
- Clarke

- Beniers

- Eklund

- maybe McTavish

 

That's about it. Samson is a great player and would be a fantastic addition to our team. Having ELC contributors is so key though...

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21 minutes ago, HighOnHockey said:

Well since you mentioned me, I should say for the record, I would be strongly in favor of trading the pick if the right young player was available.

 

As someone who follows prospects and the draft religiously, yes I love my teams to make high picks and nab my favorite prospects, but I also know as well as anyone the value of draft picks and the risks involved. Couldn't tell you how many times I've been super stoked for a prospect and they flopped.

 

Like I said about Kent Johnson, I could get excited if the Canucks picked him, but I'm not sure there is going to be anyone available at 9 that I just have to have. Sillinger would likely be the closest thing, and I'm not sure he's a Benning type of pick. Beyond my top four of Clarke, Power, Beniers, Eklund, I'm just not blown away by any prospects in this draft. Even Hughes, I have him ranked 5 or 6, but he worries me a little bit - not to the extent of an Edvinsson or Lambos, but enough that I'm not exactly growing tumescent with anticipation at the thought of picking him. I'd be very happy with McTavish, Guenther, or Svechkov, but I'm not convinced that any are top line players. If the team's scouts feel there is someone available who could be a big ticket investment item, then sure, buy up all the shares and sell that puppy for a killing in a couple years. But I think there could be better options available on the trade market.

 

Not sure what it would cost to get Reinhart, and I'm not the biggest fan of the player, but if they'd do it for 9th straight across then of course you do it. Wouldn't want to add much though. Erik Cernak is a borderline elite shutdown defenseman who just turned 24. 9th overall would be a steep price for him, but it would absolutely be worth exploring. Everyone is clamoring for a right shot D; well you're not getting one at the draft that's going to fill that need in the top four for another four or five years.

 

Don't think I'd want to be involved in the Seth Jones or Jack Eichel sweepstakes, given what the asking price is going to be. One of Robert Thomas, Vince Dunn, or Jordan Kyrou could be options out of St. Louis. Without digging more deeply than I feel like right now, not sure who would have to add what exactly, but all three are pretty exciting young players. And again, I don't feel like getting too into it and start looking into which teams have cap trouble and what young players they might have available, but there are always more names out there than the few everyone is talking about.

 

I know some people are worried about the cap when talking about adding a player, but I wouldn't be too concerned. Teams that are current Cup contenders will have high interest in a piece like J.T. Miller or Nate Schmidt, and they'd fit one of those teams' situations better than the Canucks right now, likely in a separate deal from the 9th overall.

Don't need to become top line players to help the Canucks in their current situation. Drafting either Mac Tavish or Dylan Guenther would be huge for the Canucks because I see  both of them becoming goal scoring wingers on the 2nd line. That's exactly what Canucks need: more goal scoring wingers in the top 6 to finally kick Pearson out of the top 6. He doesn't belong there.

 

My personal opinion is that both will be gone when Canucks pick at 9. Best thing Benning could do is to find either a young top 4 D-Man with term or a young goal scoring winger for the top 6 and try to get such players using the 9oa.

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7 hours ago, granpappy said:

i cant remember jb's exact quote but he talked about liking 9 players for this draft. depending on his criteria, if he was talking about those he deemed not likely to be picked, say top 6, he could have a number of 'liked' prospects available to him when he takes the cyber podium.

 

hypothetically, if there were 4 players still available at our pick, i wonder what he could receive for moving down 4 spots and still being guaranteed of getting one of his targets.

 

another second would be nice

 

 

Yes indeed,

 

GMJB spoke about a talent drop off after what the player the Canucks have ranked as their top 9. I do like the strategy of dropping down a spot or two or three if you can still get your player and grab and extra later round pick in the process. Usually this would entail knowing who the other team wants and being able to bluf them that you are taking that player and see if they will make a move.

 

Lots of gaming goes on at the draft tables.... 

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59 minutes ago, janisahockeynut said:

Just a qestion, but if we offered our 2021-9th + 2022-2nd to Detroit, do you think Detroit takes the deal?

I remember that there were rumors ahead of the 2019 draft that Ken Holland (at this time Detroits GM) wanted a 2nd round pick from Jim in order to move down from 6 to 10. Did not happen because Jim felt a 2nd round pick is way to valuable to lose for trading up 4 spots from 10 to 6.

 

 

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11 minutes ago, HighOnHockey said:

Any talk about trading up or down prior to the draft just doesn't make sense. You have to wait until draft day and see what's available. No way Detroit is going to trade away 6th overall in advance and then watch as Matthew Beniers is available for that pick, for example.

I totally agree with this and would expect that any trade would come with its own set of qualifiers............

 

IMO, in this draft, I am of the opinion that Detroit, who needs practically everything, except RHD, would go after an elite Goalie or as you say Center if they came up. I would assume (Oh, oh) that a LHD would be high on their list as well, but for some reason, with Wallstedt being such a elite goalie, i could see them going for that.  But in saying that, 

they could easily go after Cossa with their 2nd -1st, so yesh, its probably Benier, then one of Hughes, or Edvinsson.

 

And in saying all that, yes, it totally matters who is still on the board, and what the Canucks offer is, and yes, it is totally a game day decision, but honestly, what GM would trade until he knows what is what.

 

I would imagine, Benning, if he wanted Clarke, would offer it, at each draft position until he is gone or we pick.

 

My opinion, is the Canucks need a young RHD Dman, more than anything, by a large margin, so if we were to trade our 9th for a player, it should be for a young RHD that is already playing in the NHL and has upside. Cernak would be awesome, but for a 9th? I doubt it, as Tampa needs the cap space he creates. I am notsre who else is out there that fits the bill.

 

I also thing that the Canucks RHD is somewhat confusing in that the 2 Dman we have there now (Myers and Schmidt) as Benning signed Myers to be a 2/3 RHD, and that is exactly what Schmidt is (IMO), so they are both plugged into the same hole sort of speak. I find our RHD confusing in make up.

 

I would also move Schmidt "IF" the price was right, only because you can not move Myers as easily.

 

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27 minutes ago, J-Dizzle said:

That’s just not true. Quinn struggled this year - which is surprising given how well the rest of the team did :ph34r: - but he is way more than just a power play specialist. 
 

The league did figure out how to play him better this past year, so we’ll see how he adjusts but the kid eats up minutes by possessing the puck, and has shown himself as more than capable of moving the puck quickly out of the dzone. 
 

 

Sorry buddy, but Hughes defensive game is terrible, which makes him a liability at even strength. a true #1 or #2, can handle even strength play with out costing his team too much.

 

When you  look at his even strength play, and PP play, he still comes out as a minus player, so he needs to be sheltered in someway.............basically what I am saying is if you played Hughes 60 minutes a game, we would loose every game, because he is a negitive player.if it gets better, great, but not if its sheltered minutes to get better.

 

He is young and there is time to improve...time will tell!

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1 hour ago, janisahockeynut said:

Just a qestion, but if we offered our 2021-9th + 2022-2nd to Detroit, do you think Detroit takes the deal?

if Stevie is hoping for Wallsted, no. If he's not, maybe?

 

Not sure its worth it for us tho, Clarke might be gone by then. I guess it could happen right on the virtual draft floor tho if Clarke is still there at 6, and for some reason DET doesn't want him. 

 

My guess is Stevie gets a 2nd and a prospect out of us for this move. 

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11 minutes ago, janisahockeynut said:

Sorry buddy, but Hughes defensive game is terrible, which makes him a liability at even strength. a true #1 or #2, can handle even strength play with out costing his team too much.

 

When you  look at his even strength play, and PP play, he still comes out as a minus player, so he needs to be sheltered in someway.............basically what I am saying is if you played Hughes 60 minutes a game, we would loose every game, because he is a negitive player.if it gets better, great, but not if its sheltered minutes to get better.

 

He is young and there is time to improve...time will tell!

Dunno Jan, don't you think this Hughes narrative is getting a bit overblown? no he isn't Tanev, but he did improve a lot after the 1st 14 games: https://canucksarmy.com/2021/03/11/canucks-quinn-hughes-season-tale-two-halves/

 

He's a pup, out of college. Never really had to be a good defenseman there. Its going to take a few seasons for him to learn on the job but he's got the skating skills to become a decent player without the puck. 

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3 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said:

if Stevie is hoping for Wallsted, no. If he's not, maybe?

 

Not sure its worth it for us tho, Clarke might be gone by then. I guess it could happen right on the virtual draft floor tho if Clarke is still there at 6, and for some reason DET doesn't want him. 

 

My guess is Stevie gets a 2nd and a prospect out of us for this move. 

Yeah, that would be too steep.

 

I do think its on the draft floor, as I am of the belief that if Clarke was gone, then you just draft at 9th

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1 minute ago, Jimmy McGill said:

Dunno Jan, don't you think this Hughes narrative is getting a bit overblown? no he isn't Tanev, but he did improve a lot after the 1st 14 games: https://canucksarmy.com/2021/03/11/canucks-quinn-hughes-season-tale-two-halves/

 

He's a pup, out of college. Never really had to be a good defenseman there. Its going to take a few seasons for him to learn on the job but he's got the skating skills to become a decent player without the puck. 

Well, if he can improve, then that is great Jimmy, but if he needs to be sheltered.....not so much.

 

I would think, the most fair way is to get him that big defensive Dman, who can help him............

 

But as you know, his even strength - his pp was still a negetive last year, so...............................

 

It is why when looking at Rathbone, I see potential to push Quinn.......................

 

I love stars, but it is team that is my focus, and ultimately my true need to be better

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21 minutes ago, Wolfgang Durst said:

Don't need to become top line players to help the Canucks in their current situation. Drafting either Mac Tavish or Dylan Guenther would be huge for the Canucks because I see  both of them becoming goal scoring wingers on the 2nd line. That's exactly what Canucks need: more goal scoring wingers in the top 6 to finally kick Pearson out of the top 6. He doesn't belong there.

 

My personal opinion is that both will be gone when Canucks pick at 9. Best thing Benning could do is to find either a young top 4 D-Man with term or a young goal scoring winger for the top 6 and try to get such players using the 9oa.

Except Dylan Guenther won't be kicking Tanner Pearson out of the top six. Pearson will be long gone by the time Guenther is ready for a spot in the top six. And obviously they don't need to be top line players to help, but my point was that if they were likely top line players, you obviously take them and run, but if not, you need to consider every option. Also I agree that Guenther and McTavish will most probably not be available at 9; if one of them was, that would make the decision tougher, but still, a guy like Cernak, Kyrou or Thomas could actually fill one of those current needs on the wing or right side defense.

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5 minutes ago, janisahockeynut said:

Well, if he can improve, then that is great Jimmy, but if he needs to be sheltered.....not so much.

 

I would think, the most fair way is to get him that big defensive Dman, who can help him............

 

But as you know, his even strength - his pp was still a negetive last year, so...............................

 

It is why when looking at Rathbone, I see potential to push Quinn.......................

 

I love stars, but it is team that is my focus, and ultimately my true need to be better

sure but how much of that is our coaching decisions? we're happy to let a lot of shots through. How much of that was Miller trying to do things himself? there's a lot of unpack in that negative number.

 

All I know is the kid is an elite skater, and he's 'lil. His defensive ceiling is going to centre around him out-skating guys, not being a bull in a China shop. So given the path forward is also his main skill, I think he's got a good chance to at least be average defensively. 

 

But you're correct, we do need some kind of stop-gap partner for him. Even if we get a great, and big, RHD in the 2nd round its going to take at least 2 seasons to get the guy here and he'll be rookie. 

 

 

 

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31 minutes ago, janisahockeynut said:

I totally agree with this and would expect that any trade would come with its own set of qualifiers............

 

IMO, in this draft, I am of the opinion that Detroit, who needs practically everything, except RHD, would go after an elite Goalie or as you say Center if they came up. I would assume (Oh, oh) that a LHD would be high on their list as well, but for some reason, with Wallstedt being such a elite goalie, i could see them going for that.  But in saying that, 

they could easily go after Cossa with their 2nd -1st, so yesh, its probably Benier, then one of Hughes, or Edvinsson.

 

And in saying all that, yes, it totally matters who is still on the board, and what the Canucks offer is, and yes, it is totally a game day decision, but honestly, what GM would trade until he knows what is what.

 

I would imagine, Benning, if he wanted Clarke, would offer it, at each draft position until he is gone or we pick.

 

My opinion, is the Canucks need a young RHD Dman, more than anything, by a large margin, so if we were to trade our 9th for a player, it should be for a young RHD that is already playing in the NHL and has upside. Cernak would be awesome, but for a 9th? I doubt it, as Tampa needs the cap space he creates. I am notsre who else is out there that fits the bill.

 

I also thing that the Canucks RHD is somewhat confusing in that the 2 Dman we have there now (Myers and Schmidt) as Benning signed Myers to be a 2/3 RHD, and that is exactly what Schmidt is (IMO), so they are both plugged into the same hole sort of speak. I find our RHD confusing in make up.

 

I would also move Schmidt "IF" the price was right, only because you can not move Myers as easily.

 

Always enjoy our reads....keep them coming!

Yeah unfortunately you're probably right about Cernak. We saw them give up a king's ransom for a solid player with a great contract in Blake Coleman. Cernak's contract right now is worth more than gold to them.

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Seems there's a lot that needs to happen this off season:

 

Petey and Hughes' contracts

Expansion Draft

Buyouts

UFAs

Trades

the Draft

 

Canucks need help in a few areas. I think the Top 6 is adequate with a healthy Pettersson, and maybe Podkolzin impresses and earns a spot. But the Bottom 6 is pretty poor. Eriksson, Roussel, Virtanen, Beagle, Ferland - all need to be gone, somehow.

 

Hawryluk, Vesey, Edler, Sutter, Hamonic, Baertschi, Michaelis, Boyd all have contracts that expired. Which ones does Benning bring back? 

 

The D is pretty bad too. Will Benning re-sign Edler and Hamonic? And if so, does that mean Juolevi and possibly Rathbone don't get a regular spot? Will Schmidt still be in a Canucks uniform on opening night?  I would prefer they re-sign Hamonic and add another (UFA) defensive Dman with size. Canucks need to be tougher to play against.

 

Lots to do, and all is quiet.  

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28 minutes ago, HighOnHockey said:

Yeah unfortunately you're probably right about Cernak. We saw them give up a king's ransom for a solid player with a great contract in Blake Coleman. Cernak's contract right now is worth more than gold to them.

our best bet might be trading for Foote, if he's not moved to Seattle to help Tampa clear cap which he probably will be. 

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