Alienhuggyflow Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 hours ago, Robert Long said: I hope he is healthy (and can stay safe), he'd bring pretty much what Toffoli would. I hope we see him back. Health is first and his agent didn't sound overly confident one way or the other. The one thing I wonder about was the fact they misdiagnosed the injury similar to what happened with Sid. Maybe that plays in his favour going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coryberg Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Robert Long said: I think Leivo is looking elsewhere, or at least more places. I can see him slipping though the cracks unless some kind of move is coming in the next few days to move out salary. I do wonder if we'll see Baer and even Benn on waivers tomorrow, see if someone takes them for free. Baer cleared waivers pre pandemic... no way he is claimed in today's market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Robert Long said: I think Leivo is looking elsewhere, or at least more places. I can see him slipping though the cracks unless some kind of move is coming in the next few days to move out salary. I do wonder if we'll see Baer and even Benn on waivers tomorrow, see if someone takes them for free. We may be counting on Benn as our #5... No issue with waiving him though. No one picks those guys up I would imagine. Leivo should be signed if he is medically cleared. He had excellent production last year. I bet he signs for less than $1 million which means he actually saves us money if we waived a more expensive player that saved us $1.075 million in cap space. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
189lb enforcers? Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, aGENT said: Most contracts are being back loaded to avoid the high escrow this season (as well as make players on shorter deals, less appealing targets for the ED). Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Good signing. I think he should be tried on the first line with JT and EP. Boeser can be the scoring winger on Bo's line. Brock's two way game has come along quite well too so he should be able to take over some tough minutes with Bo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knucklehd Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 hours ago, Mackcanuck said: Well, thats real promising! Here's to hoping.... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beary Sweet Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Nice to see Jake locked up. He’s shown his potential with Green coaching. Can work his way to the top 6 if he plays his cards right. There will be stiff competition with Hoglander, Lind and some others possibly being given opportunities. Hope he continues his rise! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Well, we've all been waiting on this kid, but these pwf's can take longer. The cheaper, younger talent(some w/size & grit) aging up, should light a fire under his @$$. Then there's pressure from players above him. He either cuts the mustard, or becomes a low-cost, Tuna-sandwich. C'mon JV..time you woke up & smelled the Nescafe, laddy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostsOf1994 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 48 minutes ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: I'm curious to know if the return trade tree has fizzled out yet. I know the players selected with the three draft picks traded have all now retired, but I'm thinking there's got to be some branching from further trades that are still active players. For the canucks it ended with markstrom. There are no NHL or AHL players left active from 1999. Very few made nhl. Linden was traded back to van for a 1st(boyd gordon) and a 3rd (zack stortini) Luongo / bertuzzi trade draft picks was shirokov No players or picks involved in Linden, Bertuzzi/Luongo, luongo/ markstrom, sedins draft are still in the nhl aside from Markstrom with Matthias semi retired. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -DLC- Posted October 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2020 I'm glad Jake'll get a bit more time to show us his stuff...I have faith in him. If he CAN put it together consistently, he's a huge asset. I mean, we gave up on Kass and I hated that...would be a shame to let Jake go and see him flourish elsewhere. I believe in you, shotgun! 1 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -Vintage Canuck- Posted October 22, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 hours ago, Canuckster86 said: almost positive I beat you...yet yours stays, guess the tie Always goes to Vintage.....haha Close. 1 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Red Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 5 hours ago, Devron44 said: Capfriendly says he’ll be RFA Wow, nice. That's almost unbelievable.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostsOf1994 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 10 minutes ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: Yeah, it's this trade tree that I'm curious about, especially as to whether or not any lingering residual assets are still floating around from it. Apologies. Boyd gordon was traded for lauri korpikoski Korpikoski traded for enver lisin Korpikoski traded for heatherington. Zack stortini was traded for tommy wingels, buddy robinson. Wingels was traded for a pick (antti saarela) who seems to be the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Lock Posted October 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Provost said: $2.55 million is a low enough number to maybe make him tradeable. If there is still an opportunity to use him to shed cap, I still do that. I don’t think he is good enough for our top line and he isn’t a fit on the Horvat line which will have lots of defensive responsibilities. We have other, cheaper options for the 3rd line. I don't really understand your concerns to be honest. Here's a guy who's improved every year since he's come into the league. He may not be the most mature player, perhaps both on and off the ice, but he was literally on pace for a 42 points, 21 goals season had he played 82 games as is normal most years. Add to that his size and ability to just run over players, it's not a normal package. It's never been a normal package. He might not have the hockey IQ as some other players, but does that even matter if he's still effective out there? This whole "he's not good enough for the top line", if he becomes like a Patrick Eaves, a player willing to do all the dirty work for the other top line players, then he can be a VERY effective top line player. And sure, we have cheaper options for the 3rd line, but we also have more expensive options currently on the 3rd and 4th lines, so I honestly have no clue with what you are getting at with all of this. There are even teams out there that presumably role 4 lines and just ignore "who's on first, second, etc" (and yes I totally meant to say it like that ;)). It's just not that big of a deal in all of this in my opinion so long as he continues to improve, and there's nothing to say he won't improve at this point in time. And if he doesn't pull it together, it's just a 2 year contract. That's it. Edited October 22, 2020 by The Lock 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, coryberg said: Baer cleared waivers pre pandemic... no way he is claimed in today's market. long shot for sure. But both Ottawa and Detroit and looking for projects. I could see Baer fitting in well in Detroit actually. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 3 hours ago, 189lb enforcers? said: What makes you think that’s a concern for me? I think that perhaps you have your wires crossed, confusing me with someone else. I commented on the structure of the contract, specifically that I’d hoped that it was front-loaded so that it’d possibly make JV a more attractive bit of trade bait, down the road. As it turns out, the contract’s structure is the opposite of that hope. I think another way of looking at it is that he'll be really motivated to do better this coming year - and he'll be even more pressured for next year. I think it's better that the money isn't coming right now, rather it is at the end of the 2nd year. If he doesn't perform like a 3M player, it's an easy dump for Benning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Provost said: We may be counting on Benn as our #5... No issue with waiving him though. No one picks those guys up I would imagine. Leivo should be signed if he is medically cleared. He had excellent production last year. I bet he signs for less than $1 million which means he actually saves us money if we waived a more expensive player that saved us $1.075 million in cap space. At 1 mil its no risk, and good depth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86Viking Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 21 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Close. Rigged I tell ya...haha!! I would have posted it a couple minutes earlier but I was waited for actual proof of the terms to be in compliance with the rules. Have to laugh about how Sekeres thinks we should cut salary now that we are over the cap...That CLOWN said we should buyout Sutter, so extend the cap hit an additional year?? Why not put Sutter on the market 50% retained, would think a team would take him for just over 2m possibly. add a sweetener like a low end prospect or add a mid to late round pick and reduce the amount of % we retain. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 At least it is $50K under Gurianov? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzukes Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 5 hours ago, Down by the River said: I like this signing because I think a lot of people wanted JV at 2.5 million and the extra 50k will undoubtedly make some lose their minds. JB Paying extra $ again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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