Popular Post RUPERTKBD Posted July 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2021 Apropos of nothing, but going over the list of current UFA defensemen, there are a lot of ex-Canucks..... Aside from the obvious, Edler and Hamonic, there's Jordie Benn, Eric Gudbranson, Ben Hutton, Luke Schenn, Alex Biega, Luca Sbisa, Derrick Pouliot (everyone's favorite), Taylor Fedun, Matt Bartkowski, Adam Clendening, Ashton Sautner, Michael Del Zotto and Jalen Chatfield.... The makings of a pretty solid ECHL lineup right there.... 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanucks25 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: Apropos of nothing, but going over the list of current UFA defensemen, there are a lot of ex-Canucks..... Aside from the obvious, Edler and Hamonic, there's Jordie Benn, Eric Gudbranson, Ben Hutton, Luke Schenn, Alex Biega, Luca Sbisa, Derrick Pouliot (everyone's favorite), Taylor Fedun, Matt Bartkowski, Adam Clendening, Ashton Sautner, Michael Del Zotto and Jalen Chatfield.... The makings of a pretty solid ECHL lineup right there.... #proscouting 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samchez Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 6 hours ago, Nicklas Bo Hunter said: Boston just lost Lauzon and already had interest in holtby.... they also have a lot of cap. To Boston: Schmidt Holtby To Van: Debrusk 1st Step 1: Holtby and schmidt to Boston for their 1st (21 oa) + Debrusk Step 2: two 1sts to Buffalo + Virtanen + someone or something for Reinhart and Ristolainen maybe throw a second somewhere to make it happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoastcanucks777 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 4 hours ago, DeNiro said: We’re trying to dump cap and get rid of an underperforming Jake. Why would we take on another underperforming overpaid one? Get them to hang out and check out down town at night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSam Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Personally, I never thought, or was under the impression that we were going to keep Schmidt.. I thought we would move him after the season. The Blackhawks have a gap with Keith gone, and are probably rebuilding now. Id take Zadorov in a heartbeat for Schmidt. I also wonder if Weber might move out of Montreal. The next few days are going to be interesting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonoman Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Just now, SilentSam said: Personally, I never thought, or was under the impression that we were going to keep Schmidt.. I thought we would move him after the season. The Blackhawks have a gap with Keith gone, and are probably rebuilding now. Id take Zadorov in a heartbeat for Schmidt. I also wonder if Weber might move out of Montreal. The next few days are going to be interesting. Reports this AM are Weber’s injury is career ending. Couple of tweets. Somewhere in this mess of threads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWJC Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, sonoman said: Reports this AM are Weber’s injury is career ending. Couple of tweets. Somewhere in this mess of threads Bergevin already stated in presser that he believes Weber will not be playing next year at all, likely never again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoastcanucks777 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Can Jake skate backwards? RHD!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCNate Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 The Canucks are solid in a couple areas: Top Line- Miller EP Boeser Offensive D- Hughes, Rathbone Starting Goalie- Demko 3rd Line- Pearson Dickinson Podkolzin, bit of gamble, but Pearson and Dickinson are both very solid defensively. 7th D- Juolevi I think we need: 1 top 6 Winger to play with Horvat Hoglander 4 Line could improve, we have Rousel, Beagle, Motte, Highmore, MaCewan, Gadjovich. Any improvement here would be welcome 2 x Defensive RHD, 1 for Hughes, 1 for Rathbone 1 Defensive LHD to pair with Myers Better backup than Holtby Any move with Schmidt that checks off any of those boxes, or opens up cap room to do so is fine. We have a decent amount of cap to work with to get most of these moves done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 So Weber is this years Kucherov? Nes pa' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaninMex Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, BCNate said: The Canucks are solid in a couple areas: Top Line- Miller EP Boeser Offensive D- Hughes, Rathbone Starting Goalie- Demko 3rd Line- Pearson Dickinson Podkolzin, bit of gamble, but Pearson and Dickinson are both very solid defensively.7th D- Juolevi I think we need: 1 top 6 Winger to play with Horvat Hoglander 4 Line could improve, we have Rousel, Beagle, Motte, Highmore, MaCewan, Gadjovich. Any improvement here would be welcome 2 x Defensive RHD, 1 for Hughes, 1 for Rathbone 1 Defensive LHD to pair with Myers Better backup than Holtby Any move with Schmidt that checks off any of those boxes, or opens up cap room to do so is fine. We have a decent amount of cap to work with to get most of these moves done. I think this is the year for Juolevi to sink or swim. He looked good last year and did not play more because of call up restrictions. I thought Juolevi looked good with Myers. 4th line we also have Lockwood who could be challenging for a spot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billabong Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 To wsh: Schmidt - 5.95m total to van: Dillon, jensen - 6.4m total who says no? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebreh Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 1 hour ago, RUPERTKBD said: Apropos of nothing, but going over the list of current UFA defensemen, there are a lot of ex-Canucks..... Aside from the obvious, Edler and Hamonic, there's Jordie Benn, Eric Gudbranson, Ben Hutton, Luke Schenn, Alex Biega, Luca Sbisa, Derrick Pouliot (everyone's favorite), Taylor Fedun, Matt Bartkowski, Adam Clendening, Ashton Sautner, Michael Del Zotto and Jalen Chatfield.... The makings of a pretty solid ECHL lineup right there.... ngl.. I kinda want Guddy back at the salary Hamonic signed for last season lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PhillipBlunt Posted July 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Trebreh said: ngl.. I kinda want Guddy back at the salary Hamonic signed for last season lol. Gudbranson could probably be had for $1M maximum. As a 7th defenseman, he’d be ideal. Huge, hits hard, and is willing and capable of throwing down with anyone in the league. Would probably flourish under a Shaw run defense as a depth player. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobayashi Maru Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 I know we still need to improve the D, and moving a stronger D doesn't help that specifically, but what about a move of Schmidt for Tarasenko? Russian mentor who is an elite talent if healthy. An elite talent without the health questions would be worth multiple firsts. Essentially this would be like a 3rd because of what we paid for Schmidt and a low risk in my mind especially with only two years on Tarasenko's contract. Then you specifically target the D through FA (Suter, Edler, Hamonic, Yandle, Niskanen etc etc) or by trade (Zadorov, Ristolainen etc etc). Lots of options to fill the D, however rarely is the opportunity to get an elite talent (With some risk). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnAntoski Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 56 minutes ago, RWJC said: Bergevin already stated in presser that he believes Weber will not be playing next year at all, likely never again. Will they be a candidate for the recapture penalty or Weber goes in LTIR long term ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guntrix Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 We defs need a top-6 forward, but considering how leaky our defense was last season I’d be worried about losing Schmidt and not getting anyone of compatible caliber back to fill in for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebreh Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: Gudbranson could probably be had for $1M maximum. As a 7th defenseman, he’d be ideal. Huge, hits hard, and is willing and capable of throwing down with anyone in the league. Would probably flourish under a Shaw run defense as a depth player. yeah he would be a perfect partner for Rathbone or Juolevi and make sure they don't get run at. Big Mac and Guddy policing for us would be great. and we have middleweights like Gadjovich and Roussel too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, Trebreh said: yeah he would be a perfect partner for Rathbone or Juolevi and make sure they don't get run at. Big Mac and Guddy policing for us would be great. and we have middleweights like Gadjovich and Roussel too. Exactly. People had issue with Gudbranson because he was overpaid for what he brought. I don’t see him cashing in anymore, based on how much he’s bounced around the league. That being said, as a physical player, when he’s engaged, very few players choose to tangle with him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, guntrix said: We defs need a top-6 forward, but considering how leaky our defense was last season I’d be worried about losing Schmidt and not getting anyone of compatible caliber back to fill in for him. If Schmidt goes, another top 4 has to be coming back. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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