sarjakd Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Refresh my memory. Only Petey can be given an offer sheet yes? Yup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PositionOfPower Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 5 hours ago, Provost said: It is a bit of a dangerous game spending all the cap on filler players before getting this work done. I guess they can make sure to sign Petterson first now because he could get an offer sheet and make sure the agent knows there is only so much money available, so the more Petterson gets, the less Hughes gets... it is just math at this point. If Petterson actually did sign a big offer sheet and we matched, that means REALLY putting the screws to Hughes who has no leverage because of his status. He signs or he sits. Prolly JB made sure because that would be dumb not to and contract has been agreed just releasing it bit later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EP Phone Home Posted July 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2021 23 hours ago, Mustard Tiger said: EP PHONE HOME You rang??? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Not worried at all. Too much media coverage on this. They freed up cap space for them. It will get done. The cornerstone of the franchise for years to come. Think Sedins, Toews/Kane, Crosby/malkin etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 I'm thinking JB has 17m to sign Hughes, Petterson, Juolevi and Dickinson. I excluded Bailey, Hunt, Di Giuseppe and Dowling as they will be AHL bound. I think he learned from the OEL / Taffoli /Tanev debacle last year. JB offered a fair price for Petterson and Hughes. If Hughes and Petterson's agent (same guy) is playing hardball, JB will not stand idle. He will improve the team and use the cap space fully knowing only Petterson is eligible for an offer sheet. This means his agent is either going to end up screwing Hughes OR both of his clients will end up with less money the longer they wait. I'm ok with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 I'm pretty annoyed with Hughes and his agent. Petterson switched over to Hughes' agent and negotiations are dragging on. Hughes as is is a one dimensional player. His position is defense yet he can't play D. He can rack up a lot of points though. He is a better version of Tyson Barrie. I don't see why the Canucks at this point of Hughes career, need to back up the money truck and pay him while we also need to augment the entire defense to shelter him. I would rather at this point propose a Hughes Dahlin trade and get a complete player who is a true number 1D that you can build around. If Elias is being unreasonable, send him too. Petterson and Hughes for Eichel and Dahlin (pending medical evaluation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, CanucksJay said: I'm pretty annoyed with Hughes and his agent. Petterson switched over to Hughes' agent and negotiations are dragging on. Hughes as is is a one dimensional player. His position is defense yet he can't play D. He can rack up a lot of points though. He is a better version of Tyson Barrie. I don't see why the Canucks at this point of Hughes career, need to back up the money truck and pay him while we also need to augment the entire defense to shelter him. I would rather at this point propose a Hughes Dahlin trade and get a complete player who is a true number 1D that you can build around. If Elias is being unreasonable, send him too. Petterson and Hughes for Eichel and Dahlin (pending medical evaluation) Eichel has a bulging disc in his neck (career ending) and Dhalin is a bustaroo bonsai. These two players are horrid. Petey we know is a super star, and was a ppg in the playoffs. Quinn is another super star, who holds the record for most points ever by a rookie D in the playoffs. We will sign them, and win Cups with them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 11 minutes ago, Alflives said: Eichel has a bulging disc in his neck (career ending) and Dhalin is a bustaroo bonsai. These two players are horrid. Petey we know is a super star, and was a ppg in the playoffs. Quinn is another super star, who holds the record for most points ever by a rookie D in the playoffs. We will sign them, and win Cups with them. I would love to keep Petey but not fully sold on Hughes. If Buf offered Dahlin for Hughes, I'd take it and run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, CanucksJay said: I would love to keep Petey but not fully sold on Hughes. If Buf offered Dahlin for Hughes, I'd take it and run Sad to say but I agree with this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 This is what I'm expecting Petey 7.85m Hughes 5.85m Dickinson 2.15m Juolevi 1.1m I feel like Petey and Hughes' agent is pushing for over 8 and 6 which means Dickinson and Juolevi have to be signed for less... My guess is that Dickinson and Juolevi are also not signed in the event that a Petey offer sheet comes in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 46 minutes ago, CanucksJay said: I would love to keep Petey but not fully sold on Hughes. If Buf offered Dahlin for Hughes, I'd take it and run Dhalin is a slow footed and slow processing player. Sabres would love to dump him for a superstar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngould21 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 1 hour ago, CanucksJay said: I'm thinking JB has 17m to sign Hughes, Petterson, Juolevi and Dickinson. I excluded Bailey, Hunt, Di Giuseppe and Dowling as they will be AHL bound. I think he learned from the OEL / Taffoli /Tanev debacle last year. JB offered a fair price for Petterson and Hughes. If Hughes and Petterson's agent (same guy) is playing hardball, JB will not stand idle. He will improve the team and use the cap space fully knowing only Petterson is eligible for an offer sheet. This means his agent is either going to end up screwing Hughes OR both of his clients will end up with less money the longer they wait. I'm ok with that. Relax, you or I know nothing of how negotiations are going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngould21 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 19 hours ago, Jester13 said: I have a sense the Petey and Hughes numbers will be for bridge contracts. Exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieVedder Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 59 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Sad to say but I agree with this. Anyone in their right mind would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nux_win Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 On 7/27/2021 at 1:24 PM, bree2 said: i love Pettersson but i feel any player that holds their team hostage is really not worth having, I agree in general. Some negotiating tactics, even if legal, are pretty darn annoying if not unethical, and even perhaps a test of character. However, we don't really know what is going on behind the scenes. Maybe he's holding the team hostage, and that would really suck on a lot of levels, but maybe there is something else going on to delay it. We fans are all on pins and needles waiting for this deal to get done so it is easy to imagine the worst but let's maybe hope for the best and that Petey is loyal and not greedy. The problem is the agents though, even when the player has his head screwed on right, which I think is the case in Petey, the agents often take negotiation tactics too far and neither benefit their client nor the team (and laugh all the way to the bank). GCG! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonoman Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Agents get something like 10% so are always pushing for max dollars. Greedy p!icks. Not necessarily the players being greedy. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieVedder Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 26 minutes ago, Alflives said: Dhalin is a slow footed and slow processing player. Sabres would love to dump him for a superstar. Keep dreaming little guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alflives Posted July 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2021 9 minutes ago, EddieVedder said: Anyone in their right mind would. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester13 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Alflives said: Eichel has a bulging disc in his neck (career ending) and Dhalin is a bustaroo bonsai. These two players are horrid. Petey we know is a super star, and was a ppg in the playoffs. Quinn is another super star, who holds the record for most points ever by a rookie D in the playoffs. We will sign them, and win Cups with them. You know, Alf, I was just thinking about how cool it would be to have an Alf reaction option, similar to the Eriksson one, but as a cool factor, of course. Which mods do we need to tag to make this happen? Vintage? Someone else? Aside from that, hearing Dhaliwal speak every day about how close and constructive negotiations are sounds very positive. But, he also says it's so close (like 500k) that Benning should just sign them already. Knowing how Dhaliwal is a pipe organ for their agent makes me believe that Benning is playing some big league hard ball. I hope for two things: 1) we sign them 2) we don't disgruntle the two players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 11 minutes ago, nux_win said: I agree in general. Some negotiating tactics, even if legal, are pretty darn annoying if not unethical, and even perhaps a test of character. However, we don't really know what is going on behind the scenes. Maybe he's holding the team hostage, and that would really suck on a lot of levels, but maybe there is something else going on to delay it. We fans are all on pins and needles waiting for this deal to get done so it is easy to imagine the worst but let's maybe hope for the best and that Petey is loyal and not greedy. The problem is the agents though, even when the player has his head screwed on right, which I think is the case in Petey, the agents often take negotiation tactics too far and neither benefit their client nor the team (and laugh all the way to the bank). GCG! some of this is for show. These so-called super agents do this crap all the time, they like to create anxiety over losing players to try to force better deals, but really at the end off the day maybe its a small % of what it would have been otherwise. A lot of ego involved here. I like Jim's approach, he doesn't seem phased at all, so we shouldn't be either. Playing into agent created anxiety doesn't help anyone. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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