[Signing] Canucks sign Tucker Poolman

[Locke Lamora]

7 minutes ago, Canuckster86 said:

1pt in 39 gp, don't hold your breath on that offensive help...

He’ll get some points here.

[PhillipBlunt]

Good luck, Tucker. 

[Analyst82]

Don't forget that there is no trade protection which comes at a price as well. Overall I think it's a good deal. 

[Devron]

17 minutes ago, 250Integra said:

He wanted to go to Montreal though.

People don’t understand that players have choices where they want to go lol 

[R3aL]

9 minutes ago, Canuckster86 said:

1pt in 39 gp, don't hold your breath on that offensive help...

Look at his year before.

 

last year he also dealt with injuries and had covid.

[R3aL]

9 minutes ago, aGENT said:

Would CDC have preferred Ceci at the 4x$3.25 EDM gave him?

I’m unsure.

 

ceci had a decent year but before that he was pretty meh. 
 

I’d say there similar in upside and risk but I’m not 100% sure I’ve not watched either play a lot 

[Coconuts]

Probably a tad overpaid, but likely not significantly at 2.5M. That's fine, he was a UFA, you expect that. Our likely having gotten a discount on Hamonic balances that out a bit.

 

Sounds like he's a disciplined dude who prioritizes defense, which is good. Not a whole lot of offense to his game, but realistically he's not going to be the guy on his pairing you probably expect that from. Between Hughes, OEL, Myers, Rathbone, and Juolevi we've got guys who can do that, Poolman's job will be to mind our defensive zone and probably play some PK. 

 

If he played larger minutes last season he may very well thrive in a smaller role where he isn't taking on so much. 

Edited July 28, 2021 by Coconuts

[Nucker 67]

All of these D signings today. Does that mean Edler is really not coming back?

[stawns]

3 minutes ago, Locke Lamora said:

He’ll get some points here.

Possibly, but with hughes, OEL, Myers, oj, rathbone and Harmonic they don't need more points, they need some size and defense oriented dmen

[JM_]

I like that we took Poolman and a 3rd from WPG in the last 24 hours. 

[48MPHSlapShot]

Scanning the Winnipeg forum and the general HF section. General consensus seems to be that he's decent as a bottom pairing guy, but is in over his head playing in the top 4. 

 

I'm sorry to sound pessimistic, but we needed to do better than this. 

[Scottydzik]

Let’s all just be proud this may be what we call jb worst contract at 2.5 and it’s tradeable big sigh for me and round of applause for him now go sign a guy like dzingel for 1.5 mil for depth in forward group 

[ilduce39]

23 minutes ago, stawns said:

Are people really whining about a $2.5m cap hit?  Seriously?

Of course they are - all the while never watching the guy play.  
 

Sounds like exactly the type of player who get chronically sandbagged by the charts, too.  

[Goal:thecup]

2 minutes ago, Devron44 said:

People don’t understand that players have choices where they want to go lol 

It is free agency.

 

Players get to choose between offers so contracts get bid higher.

 

If ya wanna play, ya gotta pay.

[KoreanHockeyFan]

Jesus, I feel like the toxic negativity of the media and the Canuck fanbase is going to give this guy a hell of a time.

 

Good luck, Tucker. 

 

Block out the noise as best you can and just play your game. 

[DS4quality]

I wonder if Shaw had anything to do with this signing.

[Devron]

1 minute ago, Goal:thecup said:

It is free agency.

 

Players get to choose between offers so contracts get bid higher.

 

If ya wanna play, ya gotta pay.

They can also say I’d prefer to play here or there but not over there. 
 

That’s the part that most fans do not understand 

[ShawnAntoski]

Schmidt for Hamonic and Poolman !

[cuporbust]

Well..... at least we didn't do this...

 

 

[Bure_Pavel]

Not his best signing, 2.5 mil seems a little high for a bottom pairing guy with limited offense, especially with that kinda term. He will help the team though. We will likely have three Dmen making at least 6 million, most likely 2 making over 7 million. Need cheap guys to fill out the bottom pairing. Personally i think 2 million should be the cap for botttom pairing guys.