Jaimito Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: He's a likeable guy on that interview. Hope he can fill in the role of a depth D, bringing more grit and toughness to the team. Edited October 9, 2022 by Jaimito 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_theRyper Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Are we tough now? Haha tougher that's for sure. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JamesB Posted October 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jaimito said: He's a likeable guy on that interview. Hope he can fill in the role of a depth D, bringing more grit and toughness to the team. Agreed. He seems like a good guy and seems genuinely happy to be in Vancouver. I would really like to see him do well. I did not like this trade at first. Stillman had a bad year last year. Chicago was one of the worst teams in the league and Stillman was arguably the worst of the Chicago's regular defenceman and was sometimes a healthy scratch. That is consistent with the underlying analytics from last year. With everyone healthy (a big if, I know) Stillman is maybe #7 or # 8 on the Vancouver depth chart at D. And even now with Dermott out, it is not obvious he should start ahead of Rathbone at LD. But, on the plus side, he was a lot better the previous year. And he is still pretty young. There is a decent chance he has a bounceback year this year. And of course he brings things to the table (toughness, physical play) that do not figure into most of the stats. So he is more valuable than he looks from the stat line. So I am hoping for the best. I still want to see what Vancouver does with the freed up cap space. Edited October 9, 2022 by JamesB 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nuxfanabroad Posted October 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2022 For the love of ALL that's holy..we're ****ing FINALLY assembling a squad with a backbone that demands accountability from opponents. We don't need orangutans runnin' around looking for trouble, simply solid blokes who'll dependably look after our gifted, young talent. THANK YOU JR & PA!!! 6 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Crossbar Posted October 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2022 3 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Great attitude and approach to the game. Glad to have him on the team. Exactly what we need ... stir the pot, be hard to play against. 1 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS4quality Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Rick_theRyper said: Stillman what the? I was camping Yeah, and no Dickinson...who'd have thought that would happen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, JamesB said: Agreed. He seems like a good guy and seems genuinely happy to be in Vancouver. I would really like to see him do well. I did not like this trade at first. Stillman had a bad year last year. Chicago was one of the worst teams in the league and Stillman was arguably the worst of the Chicago's regular defenceman and was sometimes a healthy scratch. That is consistent with the underlying analytics from last year. With everyone healthy (a big if, I know) Stillman is maybe #7 or # 8 on the Vancouver depth chart at D. And even now with Dermott out, it is not obvious he should start ahead of Rathbone at LD. But, on the plus side, he was a lot better the previous year. And he is still pretty young. There is a decent chance he has a bounceback year this year. And of course he brings things to the table (toughness, physical play) that do not figure into most of the stats. So he is more valuable than he looks from the stat line. So I am hoping for the best. I still want to see what Vancouver does with the freed up cap space. I tend to err on the side of giving him the benefit of the doubt..........no one's game should be judged while on a sh!tshow of a team the way Chicago is right now. Edited October 10, 2022 by stawns 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 19 minutes ago, stawns said: I tend to err on the side of giving him the benefit of the doubt..........no one's game should be judged while on a sh!tshow of a team the way Chicago is right now. glad to see you're high on this player. I don't know if we're expecting Bieksa 2.0 or if thats even fair to expect, but it seems like this was a solid move. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 1 minute ago, JM_ said: glad to see you're high on this player. I don't know if we're expecting Bieksa 2.0 or if thats even fair to expect, but it seems like this was a solid move. I don't know if I'm high on him, as I don't know enough about him, but I like the move in general. I wonder if this puts Hughes back on rd? Moving him over exposed the lack of depth on ld, which is why I think they moved him back. If Stillman works out at 3ld, then moving Hughes to rd is a little more palatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, stawns said: I don't know if I'm high on him, as I don't know enough about him, but I like the move in general. I wonder if this puts Hughes back on rd? Moving him over exposed the lack of depth on ld, which is why I think they moved him back. If Stillman works out at 3ld, then moving Hughes to rd is a little more palatable. it could be. I do think the risk of injury for Hughes might be the bigger factor. If he gets crushed because he has to turn away from the play thats the end of the season right there probably. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, JM_ said: it could be. I do think the risk of injury for Hughes might be the bigger factor. If he gets crushed because he has to turn away from the play thats the end of the season right there probably. those kinds of plays are more likely to be in your own end and when you're in the dzone, you're not really playing a specific side, you're just playing off your partner. The rd/ld is more in the nzone and ozone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Castiglione Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 6 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Great interview. Seems genuinely excited to be playing here. Also, Bash Bros confirmed. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieVedder Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Stillman is a breathe of fresh air. Seems completely down to earth. Actually speaks like an actual intelligent human being rather than a drone, dissimilar to a bunch of other players. He plays with intensity, grit, fire and thats exactly what ive been saying weve been missing from our backend. Also got some good upside. Really hope he grows with the team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieVedder Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 20 minutes ago, Petey Castiglione said: Great interview. Seems genuinely excited to be playing here. Also, Bash Bros confirmed. Really pumped for a stillman and burroughs pairing that is hard to play against. This is what this team needs. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 10 minutes ago, EddieVedder said: Really pumped for a stillman and burroughs pairing that is hard to play against. This is what this team needs. Yes. Add in Schenn as well and we got some feistiness on our D finally 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 So Plasek made the team? He's on cap friendly as on the roster. Or is he and bunch of players going down tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) 37 minutes ago, CanucksJay said: Yes. Add in Schenn as well and we got some feistiness on our D finally Even OEL is feisty and demands accountability out there. He doesn’t shy away from the rough stuff and will go after the biggest guy on the ice if he has to. There’s a reason why he was the captain for Arizona, he’s a team first kind of guy and I love the leadership he has back there. If we can add Phillipe Myers, not many people are going to want to mess with us infront of Demko. The thing is that when you have enough of these players infused all over the line up, others are influenced and step up to the plate as well. Petey stepped up to Conor Timmins after injuring Garland. Pearson is also a guy who has developed a mean side to him since I’d say last year. Podkolzin has a lot of pushback as does Garland. Edited October 10, 2022 by Odd. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon.Duck Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 36 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: So Plasek made the team? He's on cap friendly as on the roster. Or is he and bunch of players going down tomorrow? Plasek didn’t play preseason. I’m assuming he’s injured… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris12345 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 10 minutes ago, Odd. said: Even OEL is feisty and demands accountability out there. He doesn’t shy away from the rough stuff and will go after the biggest guy on the ice if he has to. There’s a reason why he was the captain for Arizona, he’s a team first kind of guy and I love the leadership he has back there. If we can add Phillipe Myers, not many people are going to want to mess with us infront of Demko. The thing is that when you have enough of these players infused all over the line up, others are influenced and step up to the plate as well. Petey stepped up to Conor Timmins after injuring Garland. Pearson is also a guy who has developed a mean side to him since I’d say last year. Podkolzin has a lot of pushback as does Garland. Garland has pushback and OEL is fiesty like a mosquito against a semi truck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks-12 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Can’t wait to see the lines tomorrow. Hoping Brock is back on opening night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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