[Signing] Canucks sign Tucker Poolman

[Warhippy]

$2.5 million a year..4 years.....for a bottom pairing D?

 

I'm not sure I like this at all.  I don't know enough about this player but it's almost entirely underwhelming to give him that term and money when days ago Schenn was coming for near league minimum by the rumours.

 

Guess time will tell....

[Dazzle]

Just now, Caboose said:

That seems pretty aggressively bad. Why would Vancouver sign the guy Winnipeg replaced with Schmidt to replace Schmidt lol.

This guy is a DD. Schmidt is not.

[BPA]

Some Heft on the D.

[24K PureCool]

Probably the only effy deal by JB so far (as far as contract is concerned), but at 2.5 aav, it ain't unmanageable. 

[Baratheon]

1 minute ago, Dazzle said:

This guy is a DD. Schmidt is not.

Understandable then.  Many folks are tempted by double D's

[48MPHSlapShot]

I really don't care for this contract. 

[stawns]

He's a 4/5/6 guy, not a 6/7 guy.  He's worth that money I think.  The right side looks pretty solid now

[WHL rocks]

OEL Myers

Hughes Hamonic

Rathbone Poolman

OJ Schenn

 

[Sell.the.team]

I have no words at 2.5 million for 4 years.... I don't know enough about him but this does remind me of some other signings that haven't worked out so great for us in the past

[DeNiro]

Analytics crowd how are his numbers?

[Dazzle]

5 minutes ago, AV. said:

"aS uSuAL nO cOmMeNt oN tHe beTtER siGnInGs"

Pretty dishonest if that's what you call a good comment.

 

Benning absolutely deserves an A+ for overhauling his previous mistakes (with help from owner) and loading up players that will make a difference. He just finished his team in 1 day (not really)

 

And all you can say is one step forward, one step back.

 

I only question the Poolman deal, but everything else you literally can't complain at all. You're the one who is not objective.

[PhillipBlunt]

A bit too rich for a bottom pairing defenseman. Why give him four years and Hamonic only two? That I don't get. Was hoping for a larger, more physical specimen. Not a huge fan of this signing. Oh well. 

[c00kies]

I'm not a fan of Poolman, and really wish it was a 2 year deal. 4 years is a lot to commit to a bottom pairing dman we haven't seen yet. 

 

This also brings us back to being defensive while struggling to transition the puck.

[Master Mind]

Another free agent overpayment. Benning never learns.

[timberz21]

3 minutes ago, Caboose said:

That seems pretty aggressively bad. Why would Vancouver sign the guy Winnipeg replaced with Schmidt to replace Schmidt lol.

Agree that’s pretty Aggressive term and AAV.

 

but the joke should be on Winnipeg, they replace a guy with higher cap from a team that didn’t make the playoff.  We got a cheaper guy from a better team, if we analyzing Smchidt vs Poolman I think we win, but still question the term

[Squamfan]

Overpayment 

[DS4quality]

He's not a scoring guy, but only a career -1. We need help on the right, and I guess it's a big swing.

[Dazzle]

Funny how squam says absolutely nothing about the obviously good signings.

 

Can we ban this guy already? All he does is antagonize fans without bringing anything meaningful here.

[KoreanHockeyFan]

I guess Poolman asked for additional years if the AAV was going to be brought down? Maybe he was expecting 3 mil per on the UFA market so Benning gave him a couple of years to bring it down to 2.5? 

[Devron]

2 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said:

A bit too rich for a bottom pairing defenseman. Why give him four years and Hamonic only two? That I don't get. Was hoping for a larger, more physical specimen. Not a huge fan of this signing. Oh well. 

Must have had a lot of interest. I haven’t followed him so I’ll reserve judgement until he plays some games. He’s big though