DeepThoughts Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) Has the ship really sailed? Dont think teams will be up for messing with their rosters right before the season. Free agents look bleak… Edited October 11, 2021 by DeepThoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JM_ Posted October 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2021 Internal competition. One of Juulsen, Schenn, Woo, Bowey, Burroughs gets a chance to step up for #3 RHD. 3 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepThoughts Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 Nucks may end up having one of the best offensive d trios in the league. Don’t think OEL or Hughes are going anywhere. Rathbone might be our best chip down the line, particularly if he shows well this season. Dobson? Foote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieVedder Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, DeepThoughts said: Nucks may end up having one of the best offensive d trios in the league. Don’t think OEL or Hughes are going anywhere. Rathbone might be our best chip down the line, particularly if he shows well this season. Dobson? Foote? Whos going to defend? You win with defense first.. not 1 dimensional offensive dmen. Ppl on this board keep boasting about our offensive dmen have spent way too much time playing fantasy hockey. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuckfanforlife82 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) Ya. I think what you see is what you get right now. The team would be so much better with at least one first or second right side defenseman and right now we don’t have any. It is a major red flag where I feel we will have to outscore our opponents. It was one area they needed to address in free agency or by trade in the off-season and didn’t. I know a lot of people mention Hamonic but even with Hamonic it was a weak point. I think it’s going to be a problem until it is addressed. Especially when injuires hit the team. Edited October 11, 2021 by Canuckfanforlife82 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepThoughts Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 Yes, exactly. Thats why i am proposing trading one of them down the line here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Id like to see Juulsen given a chance. Maybe he could be a good fit with Rathbone. Then if Hamonic joins the team later down the road it's a bonus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 39 minutes ago, JM_ said: Internal competition. One of Juulsen, Schenn, Woo, Bowey, Burroughs gets a chance to step up for #3 RHD. This, pretty much in the short term. Maybe a long term solution comes of it. You never know. I think they haven't given up on Hamonic playing. He may very well come to terms with his issues. Waiving him is a pretty safe thing to do because nobody's going to bite on a $3M cap hit who isn't reporting and it gives them some cap relief. Longer term, as I've posted elsewhere, I think Benning should be looking for opportunities to pick up right side help rather than trying to force the issue. That would result in overpayment imo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Roster composition-wise, Hamonic was Hughes' partner. This season the role falls to Poolman, and since OEL and Myers look like they can be the shutdown duo, I think replacement by committee is the way to go (OEL-Myers takes the tough pairings, and Hughes/ Poolman can also handle tough minutes). In a sense it's addition by subtraction (Edler/ Schmidt weren't fitting well, so swap them out, get OEL who's still got some good years in him, also Poolman who can be a rebound candidate; in some perspectives Myers was our best defensive D-man last season so having him on the top pair should solidify it, and Hughes can also play minutes, though his focus should be on offense). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Bagues Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 54 minutes ago, DeepThoughts said: Has the ship really sailed? Dont think teams will be up for messing with their rosters right before the season. Free agents look bleak… Hopefully we go the Tampa route - have too many skilled forwards - trade one of them akin to Drouin for someone like Sergachev, then be so good and so stable in our salary and team structure that we can bring in top level defenders to fill our defensive holes. That's hoping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuckfanforlife82 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) Ya you just have to hope no one on right side D gets injured because then what do you do? Maybe Pearson and a draft pick would get something done. Edited October 11, 2021 by Canuckfanforlife82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 see if you can trick chris tanev into walking into the wrong dressing room and then whack him over the head. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) Demers is the obvious UFA option if there's no concrete timeline on Hamonic OEL, Myers Hughes, Poolman Rathbone, Demers Hunt, Schenn *Unless they feel there's someone suitable on waivers. Edited October 11, 2021 by aGENT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, aGENT said: Demers is the obvious UFA option if there's no concrete timeline on Hamonic OEL, Myers Hughes, Poolman Rathbone, Demers Hunt, Schenn Well demers wasn’t even good enough to eat some minutes in Arizona. Wasn’t he dropped to hlthe third pair then scratched a bunch? and the fact he isn’t signed yet by any team or even a pto doesn’t look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 OEL - Myers Hughes - Poolman Rathbone - Juulsen Schenn, Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Just now, Smashian Kassian said: OEL - Myers Hughes - Poolman Rathbone - Juulsen Schenn, Hunt Not very good options on that 3rd pairing. I reckon it will probably be like when we had Stecher and they will only play 13-15 minutes tops. Maybe a bit less considering we usually had a vet like Fanta/Benn there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, Smashian Kassian said: OEL - Myers Hughes - Poolman Rathbone - Juulsen Schenn, Hunt Hunt is a pure AHLer. If he plays games for us this year, we're in big trouble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, R3aL said: Well demers wasn’t even good enough to eat some minutes in Arizona. Wasn’t he dropped to hlthe third pair then scratched a bunch? and the fact he isn’t signed yet by any team or even a pto doesn’t look great. Played 41 games last year of hard, near 60% dzone starts on a crappy team, PK time etc. He's exactly what we need playing +/-15 minutes a night and playing defense/PK. And a lot better than our other current options IMO. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patel Bure Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 1 hour ago, DeepThoughts said: Has the ship really sailed? Dont think teams will be up for messing with their rosters right before the season. Free agents look bleak… Target Josh Manson and kick the tires. 1) Get Hamonic off the books via waivers + Hamonic failing to report to Abby. 2) Get Tyler Motte off the books. Thats about 4.225 million in available cap space. Manson is only 4.1 million with one year left. The Canucks have drafted well enough to be able to afford to part ways with another 1st imo. I know many will disagree, but we’ve drafted and developed at an elite level when you consider the fact that Horvat, Demko, Boeser, Pettersson, Rathbone, Hughes, Podkolzin, and Hoglander have all made this team. Klimovich will likely be here in 1-2 seasons as well. OEL-Manson Hughes-Poolman Rathbone-Myers Is a solid Defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanP Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 1 hour ago, DeepThoughts said: Has the ship really sailed? Dont think teams will be up for messing with their rosters right before the season. Free agents look bleak… That was a really deep thought lol. Sorry, couldn’t resist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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