Confirmed with Link: Canucks sign Skille

[Mr. Canucklehead]

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[M2Beezy]

Another obstacle against Gillis drafted Gaunce. Great

 

[rune74]

Another obstacle against Gillis drafted Gaunce. Great

Yes, that's exactly what he is doing. He hates Gaunce and is out to get him. They should sign no players and show support for Gaunce. Shame on him.

 

[topched88]

Another obstacle against Gillis drafted Gaunce. Great

Eventually Gaunce has to play his way onto the team. Gifting him a roster spot isnt always the best strategy

 

[y2kcanucks]

If Gaunce can't win a roster spot over Jack Skille then he doesn't deserve one. I think based on Gaunce's play last year that he definitely should make the team, but I've never been against bringing guys in on PTO's. Logically this is a good move that shouldn't hurt our young players, and provides depth at camp.

Then again with this management group logic doesn't seem to exist, so who knows what will happen.

 

[Pip]

Coolio

 

[DL44]

If Gaunce can't win a roster spot over Jack Skille then he doesn't deserve one. I think based on Gaunce's play last year that he definitely should make the team, but I've never been against bringing guys in on PTO's. Logically this is a good move that shouldn't hurt our young players, and provides depth at camp.

Gaunce was such a weird case last yr...
Rarely do you see a player have such a decent run a games and just not score.

He's gotta show a LITTLE something offensively this camp.. just a little... please... not too much to ask.

All the bones and structure of good play is there with the kid.. except results.

 

[Hit the post]

meh....sounds like Benning just wants to make sure he has enough league mandated vets in pre-season games (while resting guys that are guaranteed to have a spot in the lineup).

Nothing to see......

 

[y2kcanucks]

Gaunce was such a weird case last yr...
Rarely do you see a player have such a decent run a games and just not score.

He's gotta show a LITTLE something offensively this camp.. just a little... please... not too much to ask.

All the bones and structure of good play is there with the kid.. except results.

Absolutely. At the very least I'm convinced he can be a solid 4th liner. But ideally you would like to see more offense out of him. I'll chock it up to a small sample size. He was doing the right things so the results will come.

 

[VanJack]

Decent set of wheels and still under 30...but can't put the puck in the ocean....If the World Cup wasn't on I'm not sure any of the guys coming in on PTO's would be here..but will probably get an exhibition game or two to try and impress someone other than the Canucks.

 

[RockLobster]

I can't think of too many Avs fans who disliked the guy last season. Showed some nice wheels (though don't mistake that for him having great speed or anything) and a sneaky-good wrister while playing 4th line minutes. I know that we wouldn't have minded him coming back, but the Avs apparently didn't think there was room for him with McLeod, Mitchell, Martinsen, Gabriel Bourque, Rene Bourque, and maybe JT Compher vying for spots on the team (I think Compher is good enough to start in the NHL, but he very well may start out in the AHL and not see NHL-ice until injuries hit, and I don't personally want to see Rene Bourque get a contract, but I don't make those decisions).

Best of luck to Skille.

 

[clunk]

Decent set of wheels and still under 30...but can't put the puck in the ocean....If the World Cup wasn't on I'm not sure any of the guys coming in on PTO's would be here..but will probably get an exhibition game or two to try and impress someone other than the Canucks.

8 goals is not bad at all on the 4th line tbh.

 

[JA]

These are all professional tryout contracts.

If Brendan Gaunce outperforms Jack Skille, Tuomo Ruutu, and James Sheppard, then we don't have to sign any of them.

 

[Russian_fanatic]

Jeez I remember wanting the Canucks to draft Jack Skille back in 2004, and being bummed out when Chicago nabbed him early. I remember the Bill Guerin comparisons being thrown around on these boards haha


James Sheppard was another guy I wanted the following year. I remember making the comparison of the next Shane Doan with this guy

Crazy how these guys busted so hard and they're training camp invites for The Canucks.

 

[Bgav]

People get so rattled by ptos. Dont mind this at all

 

[SaltyKesler]

Another obstacle against Gillis drafted Gaunce. Great

If he can't get a roster spot with Tuomo Ruutu, James Sheppard, and Jack Skille as competition that says more about him than it does about management being against young kids like Gaunce

 

[PM]

Gaunce should really be playing centre anyways, hopefully that weird wing experiment is over. Don't mind Skille as a PTO and competition for Etem for that 4 LW spot.

 

[go comets]

Gaunce was such a weird case last yr...
Rarely do you see a player have such a decent run a games and just not score.

He's gotta show a LITTLE something offensively this camp.. just a little... please... not too much to ask.

All the bones and structure of good play is there with the kid.. except results.

Honestly I would be happy if he just showed up and put in an effort every game here in Utica... not sure why people think he belongs in Vancouver....

 

[UticaHockey]

Honestly I would be happy if he just showed up and put in an effort every game here in Utica... not sure why people think he belongs in Vancouver....

And not sure why it's always Gaunce mentioned in these PTO threads. Zalewski is just as deserving and there is Grenier too. Gaunce needs to come to the rink and play hard every game and then when that happens how about playing hard every shift.

 

[Hammer79]

And not sure why it's always Gaunce mentioned in these PTO threads. Zalewski is just as deserving and there is Grenier too. Gaunce needs to come to the rink and play hard every game and then when that happens how about playing hard every shift.

It's because of 'sunk cost fallacy'. Gaunce was a first rounder, Grenier was a 3rd rounder and Zalewski wasn't drafted. It's obviously Dim Jim's fault that Gaunce hasn't grabbed a roster spot... He's so mean to him, bringing in PTO's to make him work for a spot...

 

[Ainec]

Benning injecting some skille in his meat and taters lineup

 

[Bad Goalie]

And not sure why it's always Gaunce mentioned in these PTO threads. Zalewski is just as deserving and there is Grenier too. Gaunce needs to come to the rink and play hard every game and then when that happens how about playing hard every shift.

Couldn't agree more with my Comets' comrades. I am on record posting that I wished the Canucks would keep him because the team played better without his half ***** turn it on and turn it off style. You never knew if he would be going all out or coasting from shift to shift.

As to Z and Grenny, I can't agree more. I am on record in a slew of threads saying Zalewski is the best player of the 3 and showed it in his brief call up. Green has turned Grenier into a strong 2-way player that can do the job. That in itself proves Green's ability because Grenier was a lost cause when he and Green met in Utica for season #1

It appears the Vancouver management has made up their minds and these 3 guys are destined to remain call-ups and the search for the spot they would fill will continue outside of the organization e.g. Eriksson, Rodin, Granlund, and Etem take up spots and the rest of the forwards move around. Benning isn't cutting any of those guys loose and Gaunce is the only one who can come down without waiver concerns. We will see all three of them in Utica for game 1.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Jeez I remember wanting the Canucks to draft Jack Skille back in 2004, and being bummed out when Chicago nabbed him early. I remember the Bill Guerin comparisons being thrown around on these boards haha


James Sheppard was another guy I wanted the following year. I remember making the comparison of the next Shane Doan with this guy

Crazy how these guys busted so hard and they're training camp invites for The Canucks.

you think kyle beach will fight pedan in camp this year?

 

[UticaHockey]

Couldn't agree more with my Comets' comrades. I recall wishing the Canucks would keep him because the team played better without his half ***** turn it on and turn it off style. You never knew if he would be going all out or coasting from shift to shift.

As to Z and Grenny, I can't agree more. I am on record in a slew of threads saying Zalewski is the best player of the 3 and showed it in his brief call up. Green has turned Grenier into a strong 2-way player that can do the job. That in itself proves Green's ability.

It appears the Vancouver management has made up their minds and these 3 guys are destined to remain call-ups and the search for the spot they would fill will continue outside of the organization e.g. Eriksson, Rodin, Granlund, and Etem take up spots and the rest of the forwards move around. Benning isn't cutting any of those guys loose and Gaunce is the only one who can come down without waiver concerns. We will see all three of them in Utica for game 1.

I think one of the three (Gaunce, Zalewski and Grenier) make the opening day roster. My ranking would be Zalewski at 1, Grenier at 2 and Gaunce at 3 but it probably won't work out that way.

 

[SaltyKesler]

It's because of 'sunk cost fallacy'. Gaunce was a first rounder, Grenier was a 3rd rounder and Zalewski wasn't drafted. It's obviously Dim Jim's fault that Gaunce hasn't grabbed a roster spot... He's so mean to him, bringing in PTO's to make him work for a spot...

Not sure if sarcasm is in use.....

1.) Hasn't Grenier performed better at the AHL level than Gaunce? Zalewski was actually a pretty good checker and brought a physical game. I mean there's a ton of players who have passed 1st round picks despite being lower picks or even not drafted, Tampa's Triplets are all drafted outside the first round, or undrafted.

2.) That's a horrid argument, you're pretty much saying we should give him time because he's young, and not make him work and earn for something, and improve off his mistakes and why he didn't make the roster....