SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I definitely wanted Leivo back, and at that price, can’t see the downside in giving him a deal. Worst case, the contract would be able to be full buried in the AHL, and he’d provide some NHL quality depth for our system. Best case, he’d excel in a middle/top-six spot, and at a rate that would allow us significant cap savings, over pretty much any player he displaced from the lineup. I suppose the bright side is that this provides more opportunities for some of the younger depth players like Jasek, Lockwood, Michaelis, etc to break into the NHL lineup, as well as the higher end guys like Höglander, Podkolzin, Lind, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) If the Flames are waiting for Louie Erickson's contract to end then GMJB has a deal for them. ......either that or they can grab him for free on waivers at the start of the season. Edited October 24, 2020 by GarthButcher5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Moose Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 25 minutes ago, coryberg said: We can sign players under a million all we want (as long as we are under 50 contracts) their salary only counts against the cap if they are with the big club. Don't think we should be signing more players when we're already 1.5m over the cap and have a full roster. Just creates more problems 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podz92 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Roger Neilsons Towel said: Man, Calgary just can’t get enough of our sloppy seconds can they? Brad Treliving has a mad man crush on GMJB lol 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chris12345 Posted October 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2020 Sign Iginla and Kipper to a PTO 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oldnews Posted October 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2020 You know what they say about imitation.... Anyhow - Leivo is a really easy player to like - good, versatily hard worker - would have liked to have him back, but wish him the best and hope he recovers fully if his knee is still an issue. And if not here, at least he didn't go back to the Laffs.... might as well be Winnipeg, Montreal or Calgary.... 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spur1 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 8 minutes ago, JamesBlondage said: Brad Treliving has a mad man crush on GMJB lol Brad is trying to change their losing culture by bringing in Canucks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, Chris12345 said: Sign Iginla and Kipper to a PTO I would say we go higher and sign local boy and Flames Assistant GM Brad Pascal to a promotion in the Canucks organization. This avoids cap issues and gives us a very bright hockey mind and potential future replacement to Benning if and when needed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 189lb enforcers? Posted October 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2020 2 2 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 All that's left now is to swap Loui for Monahan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Seems like I’ll be watching more Flames games than usual this upcoming season. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oldnews Posted October 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2020 47 minutes ago, rekker said: So we lose a good player at pretty much league minimum because of our overpaid, highest paid slug who isn't better than Leivo. F off LE . ? This has nothing to do with LE. The team has enough contract spots - and could have signed Leivo - and waived Eriksson and saved the difference between the million and change that waiving LE gains, and Leivo's 875k. Really - any team with contract spots (the Canucks have only used 43 of their 50) can sign these types of players - waive them or an alternative - and not have it cost them cap space. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Sucks that he has to live in that hellhole, but this gifts him guaranteed top 6 minutes and gives him a chance to sign with a men's team next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toyotasfan Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 He was showing some great promise before his injury. I don’t see him making a difference for Calgary though. I don’t see Tanev making a huge difference either. Markstrom is the only one that concerns me, Calgary has had terrible goaltending for years, suddenly they have the 4th -5th best in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 It doesn’t make any sense that we wouldn’t sign him for that amount. He was our best fill in top 6 guy last season. Maybe we have more info on his injury than other teams? I really hope that it means we have some other dominos falling. I hope it isn’t just us just letting the chips fall on next season with whatever happens. With a Canadian division we are in really tough. No crappy rebuilding California teams to beat up on and all the Canadian teams got better this offseason. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFalcon Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 At this point, I should have expected another one to go to Calgary. XD A bit unfortunate Leivo suffered from injuries towards the end of his tenure here, hope he can bounce back. Just so long as it's not against us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 JB seems to have made his bed with Motte, Hawryluk and MacEwen.. that’s an obvious style he’s courting right there for the bottom 6 and they’re all young and cheap enough to work with long term. We’ve long noticed there were too many middle 6 types on the roster... with Leivo’s injury it seems like they just aren’t willing to commit. I would have been fine gambling on him at that price but more opportunity for Jake in the top 6 or Hoglander/Lind etc. Not like we don’t have options. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianRugby Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 With Calgary taking any former Canuck they can, maybe it's time to offer Eriksson, Ballard & 2nd round pick and get Tanev back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebreh Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Treliving loves his rivals sloppy seconds.. last season he went full Oilers. I don't know what he sees in his group, but he's loading up like they are cup contenders. A team led by boring Monahan and Little Johhny aint going past the 1st round. none of these signings worry me at all. Lots of question marks in our ex players. Marky - He's been elite for a year and a half, had back to back injuries to end the season, 30 yrs old and is signed for 6 more years. fLame fans better hope he's still elite without Ian Clark by his side. Tanev - Tanman has a lot of milage on that body. We got his best years.. and even in his prime he couldn't stay healthy. His D partner is going to be Hanifin, a career minus player... huge downgrade from Hughes. he's going to get hit and block a lot of shots with Hanifin as his partner. Leivo - good price but that knee injury took him out for a whole season. Knee injuries are hard to fully recover from. He's not going to be the same player. Domingue - we want Jake to come in camp in shape. get his baking away from this team! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 10 minutes ago, Provost said: Maybe we have more info on his injury than other teams? Doubtful. Calgary doesn't sign him unless their doctors have cleared the knee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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