[Trade] Canucks trade Adam Gaudette to Blackhawks for Matthew Highmore

[RakuRaku]

Just now, 189lb enforcers? said:

As if Benn is something to rush away for a marginal return... 9-8?

 

I think he has more points than Sutter, even though Sutter had a hatty one night. 

Foundational... 

Who cares??? Just give us something.... MORE Highmores plssssssssssssss.... I took my annual NHL Trade Deadline Day OFF to get excited for Canucks deals!!!! 

[aGENT]

6 minutes ago, Deets said:

Most of those salaries were not signed in a year like this. There should be a 20% discount on any player signed during covid, especially one that has taken a step back from last year.

If covid never happened, Pearson would have been in line for a modest raise in the high $3's to low $4's. Take a wild guess what 20% off that comes in around....

 

3 minutes ago, wallstreetamigo said:

I dont think this was move 1 of 2 bud. 

 

Gaudette definitely didnt fit in the bottom 6 as a center. Could have moved Pearson at the deadline (and if you really had to have him re-sign him as a UFA) and put Gaudette in the top 6 as a winger for the rest of this already lost season to hopefully increase his trade value. Worst case scenario he $&!#s the bed and you qualify and trade him or let him go. Best case scenario you get more than a tweener for him.

Gaudette has nowhere near Pearson's two way play. That's laughable.

Edited April 12, 2021 by aGENT

[alucard]

BTW even not liking the trade right now,

Welcome Highmore, Go canucks.

[Angry Goose]

1 minute ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said:

Highmore seems perfectly built for a 4th line role, and a player Green (or the next coach) will probably appreciate for his work-rate, pace, and two-way commitment. Signed at a very cheap 725K through next season.

 

If nothing else, it’s a step in the right direction to be adding a 4th liner to the lineup for a mere $725K, versus the $3-4 million per season JB typically pays for “role player” types.  
 

(Before any Benning cultists @ me, I’m kidding. Well sorta... )

If it works out, Highmore and JaceH could be a worthwhile 4th line.  (Motte should be a third liner IMO)

[KelownaCanucksFan]

Not liking this deal at all, seems like terrible value, not sure what benning is doing here

[ForestFalcon]

While the deal is clearly not a 'win', definitely one of those ones where we'll have to wait and see. Basically, it's a question of whether or not we ended up picking up another Motte type of player. If we did, then I think the trade is beneficial for us. And if not, well it opens up a roster spot for another young forward challenging for a roster spot. And it also depends on other trades that might happen and who Seattle picks from us in the expansion draft. 

 

As for Gaudette, wish him all the best. Looks like management is gambling that he'll become another Virtanen type and doesn't want to wait on that. Might come back to bite them later, but we'll have to wait and see how this all plays out.

[Roger Neilsons Towel]

Just now, Grape said:

They wouldn't come out and say that, but I highly doubt they would lie. Teams around sports who have had irresponsible decision makers have generally just declined to comment. The trade isn't THAT bad, but it seems like a "sell low" trade for a player that Benning had his eyes on a long time ago, both of which we've seen before.

Lying in business is extremely common, if not a prerequisite. I’ve been in management before. There were lots of times that the companies I worked for fired an employee for a mistake they had made, only to deny that as being the reason why and regurgitated the usual platitudes as to the reason for the firing. Again, I’m not saying that’s what happened here. Just that assuming team representatives wouldn’t lie in order to keep things internal is naive. 

[Devron]

2 minutes ago, BENN said:

BTW even not liking the trade right now,

Welcome Highmore, Go canucks.

Welcome indeed. Already written off in Canuck land but let’s wait and see what he’s got before we get more wild 

[189lb enforcers?]

1 minute ago, Virtanen#18 said:

Who cares??? Just give us something.... MORE Highmores plssssssssssssss.... I took my annual NHL Trade Deadline Day OFF to get excited for Canucks deals!!!! 

 

I used to do the same, but since Draft God JB took over, it’s been largely an uneventful affair.

 

He’s not much of a mover. He’s more of a signer.

 

TDL was pretty much my Xmas, and Zi used to enjoy it even more than July 1. JB changed that for me, with the Canucks at least. 

[Squamfan]

 

[J.I.A.H.N]

Just a thought, but

 

Did not Gaudette's wife say somethings on social media.......I just remember something to that effect

 

And if you remember Greens reaction  to McEwen's moms comments on Social media..................

 

Maybe the organization would prefer no to have those types of distractions around?

 

Just a thought!

[Dixon Ward]

I'm guessing that Gaudette was seen as not good enough for the top 6 and not strong enough or gritty enough for the bottom 6.  With Podz coming and Pearson signed, it was just a chance to move on.  Remember how disappointed we were with Motte?  He turned out great.  Perfect role player, maybe JB sees that in Highmore?

[wallstreetamigo]

Just now, aGENT said:

If covid never happened, Pearson would have been in line for a modest raise in the high $3's to low $4's. Take a wild guess what 20% of that comes in around....

 

Gaudette has nowhere near Pearson's two way play. That's laughable.

When did I say he was?

 

The point is not about putting him there for the long term. It was to do what many teams do and try to showcase the positives of a player you are trying to trade instead of putting him in an ill fitted position that only accentuates his wesknesses then selling low on him.

 

This season is already lost despite Benning and his supporters refusing to admit that. Use it to set up for next year.

 

This is why you dont let your coach be alame duck in his last season. Sign Green or fire him already. He will not want to purposely do things for next year that will be used as ammo to let him go at the end of the year if they dont work. Same with Benning. Too scared to lose his job to fo what actually needs to be done here.

[stawns]

20 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said:

Amazing how quickly the Covid narrative was dropped once Vintage posted the tweet from McIntyre. Like a hot potato!

Do you think they would publically announce that and humiliate a former player.  It might not be the reason, but this was certainly outof left field and coming on the heels of some very bad press for him and his wife.

[VforVasili]

A few thoughts:

 

- I never cease to be amazed that CDC acts like covid doesn’t exist and doesn’t have an unplanned for impact on things like the salary cap and player value. We are the Typhoid Mary of the NHL right now and even for other teams the value they are getting for trades is very low right now. No one is paying full value for trades. I’m amazed we were able to trade anyone at all. 
 

From a player to player value perspective Chicago obviously won that trade, but from a team needs perspective I think the right decision was made to move on from Gaudette and I am content with what we got. 
 

We got a solid, young and cheap 4th liner who can play PK and is a playoff performer. Exactly the kind of player everyone has been bitching we should have been playing on our 4th line instead of overpriced veterans. 
 

Meanwhile it opens up a spot and opportunity for other young players to take Gaudette’s minutes and run with them. 
 

It’s about the bigger picture, and that is not even factoring the potential animosity in the room that may well be there over recent events. It may not be, but the possibility certainly submarines his value to other GMs as well. I don’t think people should be staying it as fact that there is an issue, but there are some signs there may have been an issue there. The team denying it doesn’t really prove anything either way and we will probably never know. 

[Devron]

1 minute ago, Squamfan said:

 

Who the hell is Gord lmao

[189lb enforcers?]

3 minutes ago, KelownaCanucksFan said:

Not liking this deal at all, seems like terrible value, not sure what benning is doing here

I’m hoping it’s a wait-and-see surprise similar to a Jack in the box thing. 
 

That is me being optimistic.

 

My inner realist is polishing up the pitchfork. 

[RakuRaku]

1 minute ago, 189lb enforcers? said:

 

I used to do the same, but since Draft God JB took over, it’s been largely an uneventful affair.

 

He’s not much of a mover. He’s more of a signer.

 

TDL was pretty much my Xmas, and Zi used to enjoy it even more than July 1. JB changed that for me, with the Canucks at least. 

 

Sighhhhh... the last time I felt my TDL day-off was really worthwhile was that year when we got Higgins and Lapierre ... since then, it just kept going downhill... like shipping away Hodgson for Kassian... picking up Pahlsson and junk... 

 

oh well.. still more than 30 mins to go.. maybe JB can really surprise us by getting us a sniper to take us to the playoffs!!!

[guntrix]

Just now, Virtanen#18 said:

 

Sighhhhh... the last time I felt my TDL day-off was really worthwhile was that year when we got Higgins and Lapierre ... since then, it just kept going downhill... like shipping away Hodgson for Kassian... picking up Pahlsson and junk... 

 

oh well.. still more than 30 mins to go.. maybe JB can really surprise us by getting us a sniper to take us to the playoffs!!!

Shipping off Virtanen would be a great start... 

[PhillipBlunt]

2 minutes ago, stawns said:

Do you think they would publically announce that and humiliate a former player.  It might not be the reason, but this was certainly outof left field and coming on the heels of some very bad press for him and his wife.

The narrative was refuted.