smokes Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, Alflives said: Benning might have misspoke, but he said (in a presser a couple days ago) he’d given Holtby’s agent permission to talk to other teams. He also said if Dipietro proves himself, he can be the backup this year even if it's not what he prefers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 minute ago, goblix said: I imagine like in every season their will be self reflection by the players and the organization will be discussing the following: the player's performance (the good, the bad, and the ugly) the player's future the player's desire to be here the player's value on the market Organizations do this every year so nothing would change... If the canucks fall flat then hard discussions on Miller, and Bo being 1 year left to UFA will be had. Boeser being an RFA will garner tough conversation as well. Pettersson and Hughes however will not be traded (Well Hughes maybe if NJD does some stupid crazy trade to complete the Hughes trinity) I agree - the “hard” decisions (somewhat ironically) come if this team finds success. It’ll be hard to keep everyone if they keep improving. (Although selling a piece or two might be the built in way JB revitalizes the prospect pool.) If we flop again it’s pretty clear JB is canned and the new GM can start moving guys out to recoup picks and prospects and re-something around Hughes and Petey. It’ll be sad to see some guys go but I don’t think anyone would question it too much and you can bet a guy like Miller won’t want to stick around if we suck again. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 minute ago, smokes said: He also said if Dipietro proves himself, he can be the backup this year even if it's not what he prefers. Was that in the same interview? I don’t recall that part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phat Fingers Posted July 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2021 20 hours ago, RWMc1 said: I don't like people misrepresenting what I say. Why didn't you quote the other poster and tell him to "chill"? Cause I was half cut. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goal:thecup Posted July 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2021 JB may have correctly anticipated that the top 4 D would be gone before the 9th pick and that made it easier to trade it. If so, his intel was further supported by the result that after the 8th, the next defenceman was not picked until the 25th pick. Regardless, this is a home-run trade imo, and now that we're not waiting out dead contracts, have good new players, we're a good and constantly improving team. However he does it, I hope he can strengthen the right side D, even if we keep Hamonic (which I hope we do). Another thing on my wish list is an enforcer; I know, it's a dinosaur concept; but a 13th winger (not a D as can't afford "D in the box') who can play (of course), but also, who can lay down the law when it gets real ugly out there. Gadjovich may be one, but he's a light heavyweight and I'm talking about a Reeve's level banger. Regardless of team toughness and every player having to be able to look after themselves, we have to have a deterrent to people running our top players. Review the last 2 year's playoffs for reference; it is still brutal out there and I would rather have the team that's dishing it out than taking it all the time. #GiveGreenerAShoulderToTap (Did I do that right? First time I've ever typed a hash tag thing.) 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, Phat Fingers said: Cause I was half cut. So do we call you two-skin? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnAntoski Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Curmudgeon said: So do we call you two-skin? Careful - this might go x rated real quick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzipunch Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, ShawnAntoski said: Careful - this might go x rated real quick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 I'll feel better about this once Benning makes some more moves and gets some size and shutdown ability on the right side. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajax- Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 48 minutes ago, UnkNuk said: If we have another season like we just had (assuming it's a regular regular season - no bubble, no massive amount of injuries etc), not only will Benning be gone but this team should be blown up and we start over again. This team has to make the playoffs this year. If they don't, it can only mean that OEL and Garland were not the players we hoped they were and/or , and more importantly, the core group of this team isn't as talented as we thought they were. Gonna be an interesting season. Your talking Buffalo management and ownership style. I agree with you that another loosing year and changes in coaching and management are inevitable. Sorry i dont agree with blowing up the core. 2 more years of loosing and i may change my mind.......... IMHO our core is very good, not perfect but worthy of building around it for 5+ - years. Mixing in the ideal support/role players is now the main focus and challenge going forward. Winning the cup should and will always be the goal but that said, fielding an exciting competitive playoff team for the foreseeable future would get my CANUCKS mojo going again. Go Canucks go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timråfan Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Now when Benning is in Gillismode I hope you guys talk good of Gillis in the near future. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, King Heffy said: I'll feel better about this once Benning makes some more moves and gets some size and shutdown ability on the right side. Gudbranson is a UFA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 49 minutes ago, UnkNuk said: Why not? If Petey, BO, Miller, Demko, Boeser et al aren't good enough to get us into the playoffs, why is it so important to hold onto them? BTW: That being said, I expect the Canucks to make the playoffs this year. Because it would take the better part of 10 years to replace them all. Where exactly are you going to find a #1 centre, #2 centre, #1/#2 Dman, #1 goalie, #1 right winger plus all the supporting pieces? The only way to do that is to start from scratch and collect high picks. And then what happens if those players aren't good enough? Edmonton has the best player in the world. Are they going to trade him if they miss the playoffs? Do you want Vancouver to be like Buffalo right now, who don't have a hope in hell of ever seeing any playoff action for at least 5-7 years? Same with Arizona. Vancouver is a hockey town. if you've been around long enough you will know we've had long stretches of zero success. You can't just simply trade the whole team that's taken 7 years to build and start from scratch. Benning is tinkering with the team right now, adding pieces and getting rid of others. There is only so much he can do with a flat cap. Everyone has been bit**ing to get rid of all the bad contracts. He did that with one trade. Now people are bit**ing that he gave up the 1st round pick and that OEL is a has been and bottom pairing Dman. You can't please everyone and quite frankly Benning and the Aquilini family don't care. Benning could trade for McJesus tomorrow and people would still complain... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetterssonOrPeterson Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: Gudbranson is a UFA. Does Gudbranson have shutdown ability though? All I remember him doing here was being slow af and awful when transitioning on the other team's fast breaks. But he can fight. Edited July 25, 2021 by PetterssonOrPeterson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddhahoodlum Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 40 minutes ago, ilduce39 said: I agree - the “hard” decisions (somewhat ironically) come if this team finds success. It’ll be hard to keep everyone if they keep improving. (Although selling a piece or two might be the built in way JB revitalizes the prospect pool.) If we flop again it’s pretty clear JB is canned and the new GM can start moving guys out to recoup picks and prospects and re-something around Hughes and Petey. It’ll be sad to see some guys go but I don’t think anyone would question it too much and you can bet a guy like Miller won’t want to stick around if we suck again. Gods, man, it sounds like you can't wait for these guys to be shipped out! Why be so depressingly negative about next season when the puck hasn't even dropped yet? Especially when, on paper at least, we are a better team than last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 41 minutes ago, Alflives said: Was that in the same interview? I don’t recall that part. it was from the sportnet interview yesterday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetterssonOrPeterson Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 With OEL on our team, should we consider keeping Schmidt now? There is so much talk around moving him but I think it depletes our d-core drastically if we do. Keeping him would give us good depth on the blue-line but the rumours of him wanting to leave and the fact Benning seems to be intending on moving him soon shows otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniwaki Canuck Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 19 minutes ago, King Heffy said: I'll feel better about this once Benning makes some more moves and gets some size and shutdown ability on the right side. It's down to this, for sure. Doesn't have to be the top of the RD market either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 minute ago, buddhahoodlum said: Gods, man, it sounds like you can't wait for these guys to be shipped out! Why be so depressingly negative about next season when the puck hasn't even dropped yet? Especially when, on paper at least, we are a better team than last year. Ha! I think we’ll do great next year. Just calling it like I see it regarding the cap / prospect pool though. We haven’t really experienced “too many good players” in a loooong time and hopefully that’s where we’re headed. The bad news is, in a cap world, it’s hard to keep everyone. The good news is that should help add picks/prospects that we’re short on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzipunch Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, PetterssonOrPeterson said: With OEL on our team, should we consider keeping Schmidt now? There is so much talk around moving him but I think it depletes our d-core drastically if we do. Keeping him would give us good depth on the blue-line but the rumours of him wanting to leave and the fact Benning seems to be intending on moving him soon shows otherwise. Rather not. For one he doesnt want to be here anymore and his cap hit can help us a lot more than having him on the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now