[Signing] Canucks sign Tucker Poolman

[Dave K]

Can't wait to rock my Poolman jersey baby!!  Let's ri-i-i-i-de.

[Smashian Kassian]

Tucker Poolman is an awesome name btw

[Rush17]

I hope his nickname becomes deadpool. 

[oldnews]

I was impressed by Poolman in the playoffs.

Watched every Jets game.

Keeping in mind - he was playing in a top 4 (with Morrisey and Stanley) that did a tidy job of shutting down - and sweeping - McMe1st et al....

 

Morrissey and Poolman - gave up only 2 goals againt in 52:13 of 5on5 matchup....

Stanley and Poolman gave up only 1 goal in 66:19 - and were +2.

[ShawnAntoski]

5 minutes ago, RWMc1 said:

It looks like the whiners have found a new whining point.

Yeah, where is the Whambulance brigade when you need it.

[Provost]

3 hours ago, DeNiro said:

Benning is guilty of zeroing in on certain players he values and getting them at any cost.

Seems like this role could have been filled for cheaper, and at the very least less term committed.

 

That being said I don’t know much about him. Do his defensive stats stand out in a good way?

 

Ya, it is clear he gets tunnel vision (for better or worse)... he doesn't seem to go in with a "walk away" number and ends up committing just a little extra in money or term than he should.  Same goes for trades where there is always an extra pick or something thrown in that he should just tell the other side no deal if they insist on and then move to the next option.

This one is a big head scratcher in money and term. 

Does it mean Schenn is a #7 guy?  What if Schenn outplays him and/or fits better with Rathbone?  Can't figure what the thought process was.  Not good defensively, non existent offence, not young at all...not a physical guy either.  Nothing I can see so far shows he is really an upgrade on a guy like Chatfield or Brisebois, other than he has a little more NHL experience with 120 NHL games in and out of the press box in Winnipeg.

Maybe their pro scouts see some untapped potential in him, but they shouldn't be paying for potential and just be paying for what he has shown.  This way there isn't any upside to the contract.

OEL-Myers
Hughes-Hamonic
Rathbone-Poolman
Juolevi-Schenn

[oldnews]

2 minutes ago, RWMc1 said:

Did you compliment the moves incessantly like you do with your whining?

no - he saves his incessant fluffing for the Laffs/Dubas

 

contrives absurd 'arguments' like

 

"Dubas acquired McCann to leverage a #proper return on Kerfoot".  

 

wut?

 

when you can outsmart yourself so soundly - in fluffing a GM that can't get a single playoff round win out of a #proper-rebuild and lottery champion / inevitable contender and multiple cup winner...it's impossible to take anything the guy says in here seriously.

 

It's one thing to mix the odd one-liner in amongst some actual substance - but the endless one-liner whinging from that crew.... twitter versions of the smarmies that 'inform' them.

[wildwood12]

If this doesn’t work out will be cleaning the pool at Aquilini house!

[Alienhuggyflow]

1 hour ago, cdgraham said:

Actually it is a good thing in case it doesn't work out. Try and spin it is a negative but the reality is its better then if it wasn't. Therefor it's a positive. 

 

Also teams buyout players all the time

Exactly. This year's buyouts created 6.5 million in cap this season while only adding 1.5 next season while saving almost 4 million real money.

Having buyout friendly contracts when used properly are fine. 

[Smashian Kassian]

5 minutes ago, Provost said:

Ya, it is clear he gets tunnel vision (for better or worse)... he doesn't seem to go in with a "walk away" number and ends up committing just a little extra in money or term than he should.  Same goes for trades where there is always an extra pick or something thrown in that he should just tell the other side no deal if they insist on and then move to the next option.

This one is a big head scratcher in money and term. 

Does it mean Schenn is a #7 guy?  What if Schenn outplays him and/or fits better with Rathbone?  Can't figure what the thought process was.  Not good defensively, non existent offence, not young at all...not a physical guy either.  Nothing I can see so far shows he is really an upgrade on a guy like Chatfield or Brisebois, other than he has a little more NHL experience with 120 NHL games in and out of the press box in Winnipeg.

Maybe their pro scouts see some untapped potential in him, but they shouldn't be paying for potential and just be paying for what he has shown.  This way there isn't any upside to the contract.

 

At this point Schenn is, and should be, a depth guy. Poolman was playing top minutes for WPG against EDM's stars in the playoffs. Not saying we want him doing that here but you sure as h*** don't want Schenn doing that. 

[Devron]

Poolman makes 2.5 million guys. Holy crap. I mean if he turns out that could be a steal. If he’s not wow big whoop

[oldnews]

5 minutes ago, Provost said:

  Not good defensively, non existent offence, not young at all...not a physical guy either.

nothing to like about him whatsoever!

 

sounds like another case of you knowing nothing about a player (you didn't know who Dickinson was either - which pretty much indicates what a weekend warrior your are where the NHL is concerned )

doesn't stop  you from parroting whatever you hear from your smarmy twitter 'sources'.

 

 

[FlyLow_]

I like most of what Jim has done today and the Garland deal but this isn't very good. No reason to pay that term for a replacement level d-man.

 

The right side is still quite bad.

[Qwags]

Brad Shaw has his work cut out for him. This D core looks pretty sketchy, might be asking a lot.

[Alflives]

Did the whiner boards all break or something?  

[King Heffy]

1 minute ago, Qwags said:

Brad Shaw has his work cut out for him. This D core looks pretty sketchy, might be asking a lot.

Shaw probably had input regarding a lot of these moves.

[RWMc1]

[BoKnows]

Not a fan of this signing , 2.5m over 4 years cause he’s buddies with Brock…

[goblix]

 

Game Log for Winnipeg comparing Josh Morrissey vs Poolman

 

There are many who feel like Poolman was their 7th but when the chips were all in for the playoffs Winnipeg chose to play him at a fair rate in comparison to their #1 utilized defenseman

 

Overall he seems like he's average defenseman that can hold his head above water and has decent size. Term is a bit long but 2.5m is probably just fine.

[-Vintage Canuck-]

The Canucks make it official:

 

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Vancouver, B.C. - Vancouver Canucks General Manager Jim Benning announced today that the club has signed defenceman Tucker Poolman to a four-year contract with an annual average salary of $2.5 million.

 

Poolman, 28, has played the past four seasons in the Jets organization with both Winnipeg and the Manitoba Moose of the AHL. He made his NHL debut for the Jets in 2017.18 and recorded two points (1-1-2) in 24 games before appearing in a pair of playoff games. Last season, Poolman averaged a career-high of 18:18 TOI, including 1:19 on the penalty kill. Poolman has appeared in 120 career NHL games collecting 19 points (4-14-19) and 26 penalty minutes and 14 playoff games recording two points (1-1-2) and two penalty minutes.

 

The 6'4", 215-pound defenceman spent two seasons with the Manitoba Moose accumulating 35 points (6-29-35) through 60 games played. Poolman was selected as the Manitoba Moose defenceman of the year in the 2018.19 season.

 

The East Grand Forks, Minnesota native was originally drafted 127th overall, by the Winnipeg Jets in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/canucks-sign-defenceman-tucker-poolman/c-325848496