All aboard the feels train
Ugh. That team was magical. A nice reminder of how extremely far off our current team is from being a contender again.
All aboard the feels train
Yes, but of the 4 J's: Jensen Jenner Jurco, Jaskin, he's clearly the weakest. Not to mention Saad, Kucherov, Gibson, Ritchie, V.Rask, Nieto, W.Karlson going in the next 30 picks. And Rakell going immediately after him.
That's not what I recall. I thought the belief was that Schaefer was a better fit on the bottom 6 (Morrison being small, old, and weak).
Wasn't that the season where the Flames had to ice LESS than full roster *on purpose* because of cap reasons? Weak-azz response from the league in not penalizing the Flames for that (bet the Canucks would've been slapped with a fine).They probably said Schaefer was a better fit or whatever, but Morrison had put up 40 points the previous season and signed a one-way with Calgary and it was pretty obvious that they couldn't make that work with all the wiggling they had to do around the cap that fall (and entire year).
Wasn't that the season where the Flames had to ice LESS than full roster *on purpose* because of cap reasons? Weak-azz response from the league in not penalizing the Flames for that (bet the Canucks would've been slapped with a fine).
IIRC, the canucks were up against it to come out of camp below the cap. They either had to waive Schaefer and then recall him after declaring their opening roster, or sign him after the initial roster deadline in order to get under, as I believe they had to have Salo (and burrows?) on the roster to use their LTIR exemptions.
They probably said Schaefer was a better fit or whatever, but Morrison had put up 40 points the previous season and signed a one-way with Calgary and it was pretty obvious that they couldn't make that work with all the wiggling they had to do around the cap that fall (and entire year). I think they were like 3.something over going into camp.
honestly he's incoherent at best so i don't try very hard to understand him
So you think salary had a lot to do with it? I mean Schaefer was in the opening lineup and was only waived when the team decided to part ways. I also think Morrison would have been pretty accommodating if it meant playing for the Canucks. The difference between what Schaefer and Morrison signed for was $100k at the NHL level. I still think the Canucks were simply looking for more of a grinder and Morrison didn't fit that profile as well.
Schaefer was waived when Burrows returned (I believe, at least), sent to the AHL, refused to report, was suspended by the team, and then the team parted ways with him a couple days later when he signed in Germany.
As I said, the big deal would have likely been the two-way contract, since one-way deals demoted off the roster still counted in full against the cap at that time. The team couldn't even sign Schaefer immediately coming out of camp because they were over the cap until they did some wiggling with the LTIR and whatnot (FWIW, Schaefer hadn't been signed yet when Morrison signed with the Flames), and I can't remember if they carried the full 23 players.
He was waived because he was ineffective though.
The bolded is incorrect. You were allowed to bury contracts in the minors at the time (e.g. Wade Redden). The biggest difference is that Schaefer's minor league salary was structured so that he didn't require re-entry waivers while one-way contracts did. Teams who sign players to PTOs have exclusive negotiating rights for a certain period of time. Morrison was released before the end of the negotiating period because the Canucks weren't going to sign him and I believe Schaefer was signed before it was over as well.
Yes, but of the 4 J's: Jensen Jenner Jurco, Jaskin, he's clearly the weakest. Not to mention Saad, Kucherov, Gibson, Ritchie, V.Rask, Nieto, W.Karlson going in the next 30 picks. And Rakell going immediately after him.
IIRC, the canucks were up against it to come out of camp below the cap. They either had to waive Schaefer and then recall him after declaring their opening roster, or sign him after the initial roster deadline in order to get under, as I believe they had to have Salo (and burrows?) on the roster to use their LTIR exemptions.
They probably said Schaefer was a better fit or whatever, but Morrison had put up 40 points the previous season and signed a one-way with Calgary and it was pretty obvious that they couldn't make that work with all the wiggling they had to do around the cap that fall (and entire year). I think they were like 3.something over going into camp.
The Canucks had enough cap space at the time to retain Morrison. I believe the decision came down to him or someone else (not Schaefer.) I can't for the life of me remember who it was.
It was Schaeffer, who was willing to sign a two way deal and was gone after 16 games. It's a shame cause our scoring depth got hurt big time in the last two rounds of the playoffs (Samuelson Raymond Kesler Malholtra all injured or playing injured) and could have used a bit of depth skill at the time. Our farm team that year IIRC had pretty weak depth (Bolduc, Oreskovich, Mancari types IIRC).
It was Schaeffer, who was willing to sign a two way deal and was gone after 16 games. It's a shame cause our scoring depth got hurt big time in the last two rounds of the playoffs (Samuelson Raymond Kesler Malholtra all injured or playing injured) and could have used a bit of depth skill at the time. Our farm team that year IIRC had pretty weak depth (Bolduc, Oreskovich, Mancari types IIRC).
It was Schaeffer, who was willing to sign a two way deal and was gone after 16 games. It's a shame cause our scoring depth got hurt big time in the last two rounds of the playoffs (Samuelson Raymond Kesler Malholtra all injured or playing injured) and could have used a bit of depth skill at the time. Our farm team that year IIRC had pretty weak depth (Bolduc, Oreskovich, Mancari types IIRC).
We did have a player who was capable of providing scoring depth. His name was Cody or Hodgson. He was hanging out in the dog house and waiting for AV to let him out to play.
Did we though? The next season keep in mind he was given high offensive zone starts with lots of advantages, was he someone we could actually count on being a positive contributor? I honestly have no clue.
I think so. We are talking about scoring depth here right? Hodgson's skill level certainly would have allowed him to provide more scoring than AV favourite Tanner Glass, Bolduc, Oreskovich etc. Keep in mind that the 2010-2011 team was a great team and surely able to cover for whatever defensive deficiencies Hodgson had.
It's probably true that the Canucks did "prop up" Hodgson in order to trade him. But the next season, he also put up 15 goals 34 points in 48 games. Those are good numbers regardless of offensive zone starts or PP time etc. Clearly, Hodgson at his best was capable of producing offensively at the NHL level.
Just saw this now.
Willie D will be the coach of Team Canada at the Olympics!
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/watch-hockey-canada-olympic-announcement-1.4220399
Pretty much a clear cut sign for anyone expecting a last minute switch that there will be NO NHL participation.
I'm guessing Gilligan is STILL drawing a pretty good cheque from Aquaman. The owner is many things but cheap ain't one of them.
Gillis has been rumored to be considered for a few jobs. i think Buffalo was the last.
http://theprovince.com/sports/hocke...ks-execs-gillis-gilman-connected-to-islanders
https://twitter.com/jsportsnet/status/855446011761889280?lang=en
Most GM's when fired take a lower level position to stay in the business but Gillis never did. Cant imagine that helped his chance of getting another job.