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Quantum Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Great to see! Especially since Jacob Middleton was the last pick in the 2014 NHL Draft! I forgot that he got moved to the Wild at the trade deadline for Kaapo Kahkonen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Just a reminder that if Canucks signed Middleton to this contract, we would have articles and media members for the entire summer showing us how bad of a signing this is and how the guy's not worth 2.4 mil/year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanucks25 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, VancouverHabitant said: Just a reminder that if Canucks signed Middleton to this contract, we would have articles and media members for the entire summer showing us how bad of a signing this is and how the guy's not worth 2.4 mil/year. He was well liked in San Jose and is well liked in Minny as a depth and character player. Most consider him a #5 on a contender but can be a #4 given the right partner on the 2nd pair (which was the case alongside Spurgeon). For that kind of role and contribution, this is a very fair contract. If you're comparing him to Poolman and the reaction to it, it's a very different story: many in Winnipeg were not a fan of his and were not in any way sad to see him go. Not to mention the 4th year. This was a terrible contract on day 1 and the blame goes to management who signed it, not the "evil" media. Edited July 7, 2022 by kanucks25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 35 minutes ago, kanucks25 said: He was well liked in San Jose and is well liked in Minny as a depth and character player. Most consider him a #5 on a contender but can be a #4 given the right partner on the 2nd pair (which was the case alongside Spurgeon). For that kind of role and contribution, this is a very fair contract. If you're comparing him to Poolman and the reaction to it, it's a very different story: many in Winnipeg were not a fan of his and were not in any way sad to see him go. Not to mention the 4th year. This was a terrible contract on day 1 and the blame goes to management who signed it, not the "evil" media. I watched a lot of Middleton this year and he's just a bottom pairing d-man. Saw at least 2-3 games with San Jose and then about 5-6 with Minny at the end of the season and in the playoffs. He's a bigger version of Kyle Burroughs but I find them to be equally effective. People like him because he's tough and let's face it... because of the moustache haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 @kanucks25 I should also note that he did play with Jared Spurgeon a lot, so I shouldn't call him a bottom pairing d-man in the same way that Luke Schenn shouldn't not be called a bottom pairing d-man since he played with Quinn Hughes. Now that I look at Middleton's numbers, he did average 18 mins/night which is very significant. Felt like he was more of a 14 mins/night d-man when I watched him play but I was wrong on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanucks25 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 13 minutes ago, VancouverHabitant said: Didn't these same guys, or someone like them, have Poolman's contract as pretty close to what he got? Perhaps they need to reevaluate how their algorithm evaluates depth D-men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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