NucknAsia Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: See this is Dhaliwal stirring up bs. I listened to the replay and Lazar basically said he'd like to go back to Boston but it comes down to if they want him back. If not he's a BC boy and was a Canucks fan his whole life so of course it would be great. But that is VERY different that what Rick is tweeting. Given he's a slow player who doesn't put up points, I think he'd be happy to sign anywhere.. Rick is just creating news...not a fan of his. Edited June 23, 2022 by NucknAsia 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EB43 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 No more redundant projects that never work out. He’s a local BC boy?? Don’t care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzam Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Our farm team has the same colors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herberts Vasiljevs Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I would have lol'd before, but he's really stepped up his game in the past year or so. Maybe a late bloomer? I've always loved his attitude. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kootenay Gold Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Alflives said: Is Karlsson a defensive centre? Lazar would be our right shot guy for D zone draws. I'm not sure Alf. Just wondering if they might give him a look and see how he handles the assignment. He is very talented so I think it might be a possibility although he may be better served playing in Abby for most of the coming season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, bigbadcanucks said: If signed to league minimum, the Canucks will have made a long journey from the days when fourth liners were being offered/paid $3M AAV with term. What a difference smart hockey men makes, huh? Now now. The Canucks prospects were getting literally thrown around the rink. Bringing in Beagle, Roussel and Schaller was meant to protect those kids. We all know that and to forget that part of the Canucks growth is to forfeit a part of its development. The Canucks brought vets in to create a safe working environment. Our kids grew faster than anticipated and those contracts became anchors faster than they were expiring. With expiring contracts, Benning went and got the Canucks a second 1D. Lets keep it in perspective. Edited June 23, 2022 by Me_ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzukes Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 hour ago, NucknAsia said: See this is Dhaliwal stirring up bs. I listened to the replay and Lazar basically said he'd like to go back to Boston but it comes down to if they want him back. If not he's a BC boy and was a Canucks fan his whole life so of course it would be great. But that is VERY different that what Rick is tweeting. Given he's a slow player who doesn't put up points, I think he'd be happy to sign anywhere.. Rick is just creating news...not a fan of his. Yup. Dhaliwal is a real annoying $&!# disturber. I don't believe anything from him unless it's a direct quote from someone else. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AriGold Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 7 hours ago, BlastPast said: Pretty sure this will result in the Canucks getting a fine for tampering. Canucks getting fined now for saying absolutely nothing and doing absolutely nothing... What a time to be alive.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RakuRaku Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Meh... not big and tough enough.... NEXT!! I want Deslauriers!! He'll probably be slightly cheaper but way tougher!! He's won more than 50% of his fights in his career. We really need a guy who can come in anytime for physical challenges... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcam Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 11 hours ago, DrJockitch said: Fourth line winger. If can help PK, slides into Motte’s spot. BC boy. ‘If comes cheap why not. Decent, not great size and right shot as well. Have to sign him under 1 million X 1 yr.. Not that excited about Lazar 27, 6'0---- I would rather have Lammikko 6'2, he played well last 40 games when give the ice time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTramFan Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 4 hours ago, RakuRaku said: Meh... not big and tough enough.... NEXT!! I want Deslauriers!! He'll probably be slightly cheaper but way tougher!! He's won more than 50% of his fights in his career. We really need a guy who can come in anytime for physical challenges... Deslauriers will likely get paid $1m more than Lazar. Not sure if we want to spend that much on 4th liners. Agree that Deslauriers would be great tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTramFan Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 hour ago, wildcam said: Have to sign him under 1 million X 1 yr.. Not that excited about Lazar 27, 6'0---- I would rather have Lammikko 6'2, he played well last 40 games when give the ice time.. Yeah he's not one to get too excited about, but I think he could provide good depth as a RH center or RW. I don't see it as Lazar vs Lammikko. I think we could have both Lammikko and Lazar (plus Highmore and Lockwood) as our 4th line + 13th forward. Lazar at less than $900k would be a good move. Lazar is 6'0" but is actually slightly heavier than Lammikko. The lower center of gravity from more mass and less height means that he likely hits harder. His reach might not be as good as Lammikko. Speaking of hits, Lazar made 186 hits in 70 games last season (Lammikko only made 93 hits in 75 games - half of what Lazar did in fewer games). Hitting is the main thing that Lazar will bring compared to Lammikko. Lazar will also drop the gloves, but is not much of a fighter. Lammikko has no NHL fights on his card. Otherwise they are quite similar: Av TOI around 12 mins last season. Points-wise very similar last season - 16 pts Lazar and 15 pts Lammikko. Both guys PK and both got 100+ shorthanded minutes last season. oiGA/60 for Lazar was 6.4, for Lammikko was 10.7. Shows that Lazar is a pretty effective PKer. Faceoffs last season - Lammikko 51%, Lazar 49%. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckleHorse Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Players wanting to be apart of our team I say why not if he’s willing to except a nice team friendly deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 hour ago, BigTramFan said: Yeah he's not one to get too excited about, but I think he could provide good depth as a RH center or RW. I don't see it as Lazar vs Lammikko. I think we could have both Lammikko and Lazar (plus Highmore and Lockwood) as our 4th line + 13th forward. Lazar at less than $900k would be a good move. Lazar is 6'0" but is actually slightly heavier than Lammikko. The lower center of gravity from more mass and less height means that he likely hits harder. His reach might not be as good as Lammikko. Speaking of hits, Lazar made 186 hits in 70 games last season (Lammikko only made 93 hits in 75 games - half of what Lazar did in fewer games). Hitting is the main thing that Lazar will bring compared to Lammikko. Lazar will also drop the gloves, but is not much of a fighter. Lammikko has no NHL fights on his card. Otherwise they are quite similar: Av TOI around 12 mins last season. Points-wise very similar last season - 16 pts Lazar and 15 pts Lammikko. Both guys PK and both got 100+ shorthanded minutes last season. oiGA/60 for Lazar was 6.4, for Lammikko was 10.7. Shows that Lazar is a pretty effective PKer. Faceoffs last season - Lammikko 51%, Lazar 49%. I wouldn't mind this, Lazar on our 4th line would be lovely. Lockwood deserves a chance but if we have the opportunity to sign Lazar for <1M then we should take it. What I hope doesn't happen (and worry will happen) is that we'll sign Lazar for 2+M and use him as our 3rd line center. These days you need your 3rd line center to skate, kill penalties and score 30-40 points, and Lazar is far from that. There's plenty of better options out there in free agency, we may just have to jiggle the players a bit to create a tiny bit of cap but I'm sure we can get a good 3C for 3-4M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 7 hours ago, Me_ said: Now now. The Canucks prospects were getting literally thrown around the rink. Bringing in Beagle, Roussel and Schaller was meant to protect those kids. We all know that and to forget that part of the Canucks growth is to forfeit a part of its development. The Canucks brought vets in to create a safe working environment. Our kids grew faster than anticipated and those contracts became anchors faster than they were expiring. With expiring contracts, Benning went and got the Canucks a second 1D. Lets keep it in perspective. Everyone in the hockey world agreed that Benning overpaid for these types of players, to a ridiculous level. And they all have basically stated that OEL has negative value with that contract. The trade to add OEL and dump all those contracts was the last gasp of a desperate man trying to save his job. Unfortunately, that’s reality, the real “perspective”. ————— As for Lazar, I think he’d be a great fit. RH C who can hit, take draws, kill penalties. Him, Lamikko, Highmore, and Lockwood could fill out spots 10-13, and all 4 will likely cost barely more than 1 Beagle. You need a decent guy as your 13th forward, there are always injuries. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermette9 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 15 hours ago, Alflives said: Is Karlsson a defensive centre? Lazar would be our right shot guy for D zone draws. I don't know where your getting that Lazar is this big time defensive face off specialist. he's a career minus player with a career face-off percentage of 47%. he didn't even play centre that much until the last couple years, and even that was sparingly. not to mention he has lead feet. hard pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 14 hours ago, NucknAsia said: See this is Dhaliwal stirring up bs. I listened to the replay and Lazar basically said he'd like to go back to Boston but it comes down to if they want him back. If not he's a BC boy and was a Canucks fan his whole life so of course it would be great. But that is VERY different that what Rick is tweeting. Given he's a slow player who doesn't put up points, I think he'd be happy to sign anywhere.. Rick is just creating news...not a fan of his. That seems to be exactly what Dhaliwal tweeted so not sure why your panties are in a bunch. ”If he becomes a UFA…” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NucknAsia Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, Provost said: That seems to be exactly what Dhaliwal tweeted so not sure why your panties are in a bunch. ”If he becomes a UFA…” Cool - still find Rick is a bit of a rumour monger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcam Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 6 hours ago, DownUndaCanuck said: I wouldn't mind this, Lazar on our 4th line would be lovely. Lockwood deserves a chance but if we have the opportunity to sign Lazar for <1M then we should take it. What I hope doesn't happen (and worry will happen) is that we'll sign Lazar for 2+M and use him as our 3rd line center. These days you need your 3rd line center to skate, kill penalties and score 30-40 points, and Lazar is far from that. There's plenty of better options out there in free agency, we may just have to jiggle the players a bit to create a tiny bit of cap but I'm sure we can get a good 3C for 3-4M Can't see Lazar getting any offer over 1.3 million X 2 yrs.. Hey is a 4th line C/W plays solid game but most teams are up against the cap and will not spend 2 million on Lazar look at previous seasons? Lazar will have to have breakout season to get 2 million... Canucks will be looking for a deal for Lazar 4th line guy 2 yrs X 1 million.. Show me more.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Would be nice to have him and Lammiko on same line, then have Righty and Lefty centres on the line and gives us extra centre depth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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