BigTramFan Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 With our current $20.7m in cap space I want to sign: Petterson - $9m x 8 years Hughes - $6m x 4 years Dickinson - $2.5m x 3 years Zajac - $1.75m x 1 year Juolevi - $1m x 2 years Opening night (at EDM on Oct 13) I'm going with: Miller Pettersson Boeser (stick with Lotto line for opening night, proven chemistry) Hoglander Horvat Garland Pearson Dickinson Podkolzin Motte Zajac Sutter (Highmore) OEL Myers Hughes Hamonic Juolevi Poolman (Schenn) Demko (Halak) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Miller Petey boeser Pearson horvat garland Hog dick pod the rod Motte highmore sutter Oel myers Huggy hamonic Rathbone poolman Demko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googlie Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 2 hours ago, BigTramFan said: With our current $20.7m in cap space I want to sign: Petterson - $9m x 8 years Hughes - $6m x 4 years Dickinson - $2.5m x 3 years Zajac - $1.75m x 1 year Juolevi - $1m x 2 years No thanks to Zajak. At 36, I dont think he'd keep up with Sutter, let alone Motte. (But then I don't know his record as 3rd man in) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapShot Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) Forward lines TJ Miller/Fan of these things/ L'Oreal for men Highlander/Bo Knows/Thank god I'm out of Arizona Danny Tanner/Meat and two vegison/9 Feet tall Energizer Bunny/FOUNDATIONAL/Dude...I just...I need you to tell me I can leave this room-more Defensive pairs Thank god I'm out of Arizona part 2- Electric Boogaloo/Nic with ham on his head Bear that hugs/The pool cleaner Boner of wrath/2 minutes for holding Goaltenders Cory Schneider part 2: Electric Boogaloo/ Remember that playoffs where I took Price's job? Edited July 30, 2021 by 48MPHSlapShot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 I'm glad Benning signed extra D, and isn't solely relying on OEL to turn back the clock and do everything. Injuries happen, so it'll be nice to get Schenn in the lineup if needed, or Burroughs and Hunt, as opposed to Chatfield or Sautner, etc. They were saying on SN650 that OEL has struggled with the details in his game the last few years, some decision making, but I think the Canucks coaching staff can get on this and correct some things. I believe he lost focus because he stopped caring as much as he should. It's got to be soul crushing to play for the same desert team year after year, with hardly any fans, no one there cares. Reaves leaving the West is great, and because they lost their security blanket in Fleury as well, I don't think Vegas will be the same dominating team, their decline begins now. VAN wins the Pacific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Miller-Pettersson-Boeser - don't reinvent the wheel Hoglander-Horvat-Garland - Garland wants to play with Horvat. This line will irritate the hell out of opponents while scoring consistently Pearson-Dickinson-Podkolzin - Shutdown line with some scoring punch Gadjovich-Sutter-Motte - Good defensive line with a couple of physical players on the wing MacEwen, Highmore (Petan) OEL-Hamonic - Strong defense, should be our shutdown pairing Hughes-Poolman - Poolman skates well and is responsible defensively. Ideal partner for Hughes OJ-Myers - Nice size for a third pairing. Schenn (Rathbone) Demko Halak Edited August 1, 2021 by King Heffy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV. Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 J.T Miller - Elias Pettersson - Brock Boeser Nils Hoglander - Bo Horvat - Conor Garland Tanner Pearson - Jason Dickinson - Vasili Podkolzin Matthew Highmore - Brandon Sutter - Tyler Motte --- Justin Bailey Zack MacEwan Phil Di Giuseppe Justin Dowling Jonah Gadjovich Quinn Hughes - Travis Hamonic Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Tucker Poolman Jack Rathbone - Tyler Myers --- Olli Juolevi Luke Schenn Brad Hunt Thatcher Demko Jaroslav Halak --- Michael DiPietro Arturs SIlovs This team can finish as high as 3rd in the division and as low as 6th, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 20 hours ago, BigTramFan said: With our current $20.7m in cap space I want to sign: Petterson - $9m x 8 years Hughes - $6m x 4 years Dickinson - $2.5m x 3 years Zajac - $1.75m x 1 year Juolevi - $1m x 2 years Opening night (at EDM on Oct 13) I'm going with: Miller Pettersson Boeser (stick with Lotto line for opening night, proven chemistry) Hoglander Horvat Garland Pearson Dickinson Podkolzin Motte Zajac Sutter (Highmore) OEL Myers Hughes Hamonic Juolevi Poolman (Schenn) Demko (Halak) I like the idea of Zajac, he is much older now though. We should have some cap space available to sign someone on top of Hughes, Dickinson, Juolevi and Petey. I wonder if they might go for someone like Ritchie for some grit and toughness, although we could just slip Podkolzin into the lineup, even on the 4th line for 10 minutes of fun. We do really need another center though in case Sutter goes down with injury. I know we could move Miller to center but that would disrupt our whole lineup. Highmore is another option as our 5th center too, so JB has some options there because we should hopefully have a couple of million dollars in cap space to spend once the kids are done. I think JB's just holding out in case someone offersheets Petey and he needs to drop 10M on him. Other options are Stepan, Bozak, Anisimov and Johansen, although I think only a couple of them will be within our price range. We could use them as 4th liners but I'd rather have some size on our 4th line like MacEwan, Sutter and then Podz/Ritchie, but a guy like Zajac/Anisimov as a 13th forward would be perfect in case of a center injury. Depends how much JB trusts Highmore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podz19 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 20 hours ago, King Heffy said: Miller-Pettersson-Boeser - don't reinvent the wheel Hoglander-Horvat-Garland - Garland wants to play with Horvat. This line will irritate the hell out of opponents while scoring consistently Pearson-Dickinson-Podkolzin - Shutdown line with some scoring punch Gadjovich-Sutter-Motte - Good defensive line with a couple of physical players on the wing MacEwen, Highmore (Petan) OEL-Hamonic - Strong defense, should be our shutdown pairing Hughes-Poolman - Poolman skates well and is responsible defensively. Ideal partner for Tanev OJ-Myers - Nice size for a third pairing. Schenn (Rathbone) Demko Halak Don't know enough about Poolman to say he should be higher than Myers but I like your line up and hope he is better. If so, it will mean we have a very strong team on the backend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, Podz19 said: Don't know enough about Poolman to say he should be higher than Myers but I like your line up and hope he is better. If so, it will mean we have a very strong team on the backend. Myers is a better player overall but does not fit well with Hughes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewonder20 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 1 hour ago, King Heffy said: Myers is a better player overall but does not fit well with Hughes. You’re right. Their numbers together are dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt kilgore Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Miller Pettersson Boeser With Petey missing so much hockey, he’ll be ready to put on a show! Hoglander Horvat Garland Just makes sense Pearson Dickinson Podkolzin Pearson’s a good role model for Podz. And you know Dicks gotta play Highmore Sutter Motte Use MacEwen>Highmore for a more physical game. MacEwen Pedan Hughes Hamonic at least to start the season OEL Myers Who knows it just might work. Rathbone Poolman, but hopefully spotting in Schenn. He’d help give confidence on the ice for Jack’s development like he did with Quinn. Joulevi Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70seven Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Hoglander Pettersson Boeser Pearson Horvat Garland Gusev Dickinson Podkolzin Motte Sutter Highmore OEL Pulock Hughes Hamonic Rathbone Myers Demko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70seven Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) On 7/29/2021 at 2:32 PM, Patel Bure said: Miller-Pettersson-Garland Hoglander-Horvat-Boeser Pearson-Dickinson-Podkolzin Motte-Sutter-Highmore MacEwen OEL-Myers Hughes-Hamonic Rathbone-Poolman Schenn Demko Halak Strengths: Upfront depth A solid combination of playmakers, snipers, two way forwards, grinders, and shut down forwards Very good left defense depth, skill, and puck moving abilities Very good goaltending depth + possible burgeoning superstar in Demko. Very good defensive prowess and physicality on right side defense Weaknesses: Still a little soft up front although they have substantially improved in this area. Lack of a true top pairing shut down guy on defense which could make them susceptible to getting hemmed by opposing top lines. Can OEL be a two way d-man? Is Poolman anything more than a #6? Are Hamonic and Myers anything more than a #4? Can any of our right side Dmen cover for Hughes, or even OEL if required? Long term outlook: The Canucks should be able to consistently make the playoffs over the next few years or so, but will they be able to ascend to the elite level? The current Canucks cap configuration seems to suggest that any cap coming off the books will simply be used to re-up internal players, whether that’s accommodating Holtby’s and Virtanen’s buyouts, or re-upping Boeser, Horvat, Miller, and eventually Pettersson and Hughes again. Canucks might not be able to become truly elite until Tyler Myers’ contract comes off the books three years from now. My verdict: This is a good but not great team that should be able to make the playoffs for the next little while here. I see us being similar to the Edmonton Oilers of last season. If making the playoffs was the goal, then I think we will very likely achieve that over these next few years. However, this is likely not an elite team due to a lack of top quality shut down men on the top four. If the Canucks can somehow find a true top pairing shut down man to play with OEL or Hughes, then we should be able to join the elite ranks. My suggestion: At some point, the Canucks will need to get Tyler Myers off the books. Preferably at the end of this season if possible. While my Quinn Hughes + Tyler Myers suggestion to New Jersey was not a good one, we still need to find a way to move him out. Chicago and Detroit were (are?) taking big contracts with term and so perhaps something can be worked out with one of those teams. A Tyler Myers for Connor Murphy type deal might be ideal. Solid and safe prediction. But not “aggressive” enough. Canucks are NOT done here imo. Could we pry Pulock from NYI? Use Ferland ltir to recap a FA winger? I called the OEL deal because it made sense to me if they were going to be “aggressive” which meant finding someone to take our crap. Only one taker I could think of lol. Garland was an amazing surprise that opens options to make one more big trade. I also feel they are still targeting a top pair RHD for Ekman-Larsson, even if they have to weaken that sexy looking forward group… Miller to a contending American team… Pretty sure that’d be skipping to the airport. Miller + Myers for Beaulivier + Pulock…. In a heartbeat. Edited August 1, 2021 by 70seven 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorvatToBaertschi Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Miller Petey Boeser Hoglander Horvat Garland Pearson Dickinson Podkolzin Motte Sutter MacEwen OEL Myers Hughes Hamonic Juolevi Poolman Demko Halak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnAntoski Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Too much work and my vidoe game playing days are loooooong over. Kidding aside, lots of great projections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alienhuggyflow Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 7/28/2021 at 11:27 AM, 250Integra said: Pettersson-Miller-Boeser Hoglander-Horvat-Garland Pearson-Dickinson-Podkolzin Motte-Sutter-MacEwan Highmore OEL-Hamonic Hughes-Schenn Juolevi-Myers Poolman Demko Halak Apparently Shaw pushed hard for Poolman so I think he's going to be a regular. The pairing I'm curious about is who pairs with OEL. OEL had his best season playing with Yandle so Myers makes sense but of all the regulars last season he saw the least amount top pairing minutes. TSN's "Odog" and Button are both fans of Poolman and think his speed and style make the most sense for OEL. Off topic a bit but I found it very interesting how different TSN views the moves Benning has made compared to SN. TSN had us as the winners in free agency among the Canadian teams and praised Benning for the recent moves, while SN gave them a D+ while giving the Oilers an A and the leafs a B+. SN keeps getting worse and have become so political and woke, very annoying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patel Bure Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 My prediction is that Juolevi will make the team unless 1) Juolevi stinks it up at camp, AND/OR 2) Rathbone absolutely kills it in camp and proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that he's already a top 4 calibre dman.. Given that Juolevi won't be able to bounce back and forth between the AHL and NHL without requiring waivers, I think Rathbone will be the one to start in the AHL. In the AHL, Rathbone will be able to log big minutes and grow accustomed to being 'the alpha' on the team. Also - I know the Canucks won't do the lines below, but what if they went with a pure balanced line-up? Before the covid outbreak, the Canucks went 8-3-2 with Hoglander-Miller-Boeser as their top line (during the Pettersson injury). What if they just kept things like that? Dickinson then becomes the gritty and defensive conscience on the Petey line. Speaking of Petey, what better way to get Podkolzin up to speed than to play him with an elite centerman right from the get go? Hoglander-Miller-Boeser Dickinson-Pettersson-Podkolzin Pearson-Horvat-Garland Motte-Sutter-Highmore OEL-Hamonic Hughes-Poolman Juolevi-Myers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 On 7/30/2021 at 6:16 AM, 73 Percent said: Miller Petey boeser Pearson horvat garland Hog dick pod the rod Motte highmore sutter Oel myers Huggy hamonic Rathbone poolman Demko Pod the Rod? Is that what they're calling him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Miller-Petterson-Boeser Garland-Horvat-Hoglander Pearson-Dickinson-Podkolzin Motte-Sutter-Highmore OEL-Poolman Hughes-Hamonic Rathbone-Myers … playing tougher teams I could see defence being swapped and Schenn coming in for Poolman and the duos shuffling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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