BarnBurner Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 On 2/11/2021 at 4:34 PM, The Lock said: Realistically, I think it was where he was drafted (at 6th) and who was drafted after him that have had people upset from day one. The fact that he was local and at parties, etc, only highlighted that. If he was responsibly locally, I doubt that would have changed people's frustrations. Yeah, and who fricken' cares, right? These whiny a$$ beaches have been dragging this through the mud for the past six years. Really? Wow is all I can say. What a pathetic excuse for a fan. Can't imagine what their personal lives are like. Wouldn't want to know. The fact that this group of haters are still clinging on and throwing shots in whenever possible, is beyond belief. Most of them have never posted pretty much anything positive about anything. And they only seem to come out of the woodwork like a bunch cock roaches and swarm a thread when there's something to whine about. Move on. What's done is done. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostsOf1994 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Me_ said: VAN Ekholm 2nd NSH Virtanen Gaudette Hughes Ekholm Edler Schmidt Oj Myers Benn Then again, the canucks want a young forward back for JV. The Predators are also shopping 1 of or possibly both of Duchene and Johansson. doesnt look like Nashville is a good trade partner V.s. what they need (#1 c that actually competes) 53 minutes ago, Squamfan said: Lias Anderson, Peteys Best friend? Isn't that Jonathen Dahlen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garthsbutcher Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Does Ekholm hit? , I know hes a big dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kloubek Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) You can't rag on Virtanen for his draft position. Canucks picked him where we did, and nothing is guaranteed, even at 1st oa. But man - what a disappointment as a player. He has a full toolbox, but missing all the drivers. Edited February 17, 2021 by kloubek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostsOf1994 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 20 minutes ago, garthsbutcher said: Does Ekholm hit? , I know hes a big dude He's more like a defense version of Miller. Intense, demanding, grumpy. Not a fighter but will engage, does hit and at 6"4 you feel it. Nashville isn't trading Ekholm, Josi or Ellis. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Just now, -Vintage Canuck- said: That's scary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 minute ago, GhostsOf1994 said: Nashville isn't trading Ekholm. Not saying Smashville will or won't but on the SN broadcast the other day they mentioned him specifically and the situation of that team. They may be a couple losses away from being sellers one analyst said. Likened it to the situation of LA a while back where they traded both Martinez and Muzzin (I believe) with a year and a half left on their contracts and Ekholm is in a similar position contract-wise anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionized27 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Would be considered a lateral move but maybe both players would enjoy a change of scenery? Comparable cap hits/age, so that's a wash as well. MTL would get bigger so that would be the pitch, I imagine. To VAN: Artturi Lehkonen To MTL: Jake Virtanen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 33 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: ... what a gong show that they held onto him so long that his value as an asset is basically nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostsOf1994 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, Provost said: ... what a gong show that they held onto him so long that his value as an asset is basically nothing. Come on man, his value isn't nothing. He may be frustrating as a canucks fan, i get it. JV was on pace for 20G last year as a mostly 3rd liner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 20 minutes ago, GhostsOf1994 said: Come on man, his value isn't nothing. He may be frustrating as a canucks fan, i get it. JV was on pace for 20G last year as a mostly 3rd liner. His value is nothing... He had a short heater for a few weeks in the middle of last season... he was awful in the first part of last season and awful since. I quoted it recently, but may be misremembering... I think he has 9 points in his last 48 games... or a 15 point pace over a full 82 game season. He is paid $3.4 million next year in real dollars and has a $2.55 million cap hit. The bottom feeding teams don’t want to lay out that much cash for low end 4th line production, and contending teams don’t want to pay that kind of cap hit for someone who can’t crack our weak bottom 6 roster as a regular. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 So we give up Madden for Toffoli, he almost gets a point a game for us, then we decide to let him walk so we can keep Virtanen, Then we give him a third of a season chance before we trade him? When we could have kept Toffoli and trade Virtanen in the off season? No, Benning needs to ride this out. I did not see Toffoli single handedly make us say uncle for a 1/3 of a season bet. You need to go all in on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babalu Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Just now, smokes said: So we give up Madden for Toffoli, he almost gets a point a game for us, then we decide to let him walk so we can keep Virtanen, Then we give him a third of a season chance before we trade him? When we could have kept Toffoli and trade Virtanen in the off season? No, Benning needs to ride this out. I did not see Toffoli single handedly make us say uncle for a 1/3 of a season bet. You need to go all in on this one. Agreed. Unless you are getting value back in a position of need it isn't worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PositionOfPower Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Squamfan said: Lias Anderson, Peteys Best friend? Umm there not close friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PositionOfPower Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Lionized27 said: Would be considered a lateral move but maybe both players would enjoy a change of scenery? Comparable cap hits/age, so that's a wash as well. MTL would get bigger so that would be the pitch, I imagine. To VAN: Artturi Lehkonen To MTL: Jake Virtanen I like lehkonen good proposal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PositionOfPower Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Provost said: His value is nothing... He had a short heater for a few weeks in the middle of last season... he was awful in the first part of last season and awful since. I quoted it recently, but may be misremembering... I think he has 9 points in his last 48 games... or a 15 point pace over a full 82 game season. He is paid $3.4 million next year in real dollars and has a $2.55 million cap hit. The bottom feeding teams don’t want to lay out that much cash for low end 4th line production, and contending teams don’t want to pay that kind of cap hit for someone who can’t crack our weak bottom 6 roster as a regular. Plus he disappeared in the playoffs when others contributed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PositionOfPower Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 hours ago, GhostsOf1994 said: He's more like a defense version of Miller. Intense, demanding, grumpy. Not a fighter but will engage, does hit and at 6"4 you feel it. Nashville isn't trading Ekholm, Josi or Ellis. Exactly why would they make such a idiotic move for virtane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Glensky Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 Is this bogus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Wayne Glensky said: Is this bogus? Probably. What a sweet deal it would be though. 0% chance we have the cap space for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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