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I think its more that marky aint close yetthey want to keep both goalies but with the nod to Demko...he's just not ready to be #1A yet
I think its more that marky aint close yetthey want to keep both goalies but with the nod to Demko...he's just not ready to be #1A yet
they want to keep both goalies but with the nod to Demko...he's just not ready to be #1A yet
If the plan is to resign Markstrom to a long-term deal why would Demko be off the table?
We don’t have cap space to sign anyone new unless we don’t re-sign any of our current UFA’s Tanev,Toffoli,and Markstrom which seems very unlikely.
I think Tanev is likely gone.
(Heard they are trying to trade Hall’s rights, and trading Kuemper too?)
reunite Hall and OEL'ts
Benning wants to run with both goalies next season and then make a decision. It’s a big reason why Markstrom likely hasn’t re-signed yet as they don’t want to give him expansion draft protection.
Hope not,as our RH side D is our weakest position and we have no none ready to take Tanev’s role.I’d rather let Marky go and pair up Demko with a veteran UFA as a 1A/1B tandem to save cap that way.
On the other hand,with Hughes and OEL as your top LHD’s, you don’t need to pair them with high priced RHD’s,you just need guys who are strong defensively who can move the puck quickly to others.
If OEL comes to van, I think either him or Hughes could play the right side.
Seems like if you wanted Markstrom to take a discount, you'd complete the OEL trade first, not the other way around, but who knows.
Lehner got a small NTC on his deal, ZERO reason for Canucks to offer a NMC, some kind of NTC like Lehner's sure...
If OEL comes to van, I think either him or Hughes could play the right side.
Would rather split them up and eat 45min a night of having at least 1 of them on the ice
Or you're taking an anonymous rumour from a phone call too seriously..Ok so if markstrom doesn’t sign with us right.... which gives us even more cap room oel offer falls through ? How does that even make any sense at all?
Jim sounds as confused as he did at the 2016 draft when he was hit with tampering allegations.
Take it with a grain of salt.
Somone on Sportsnet 650, just a caller, said he knows in good faith through an agent connection that the OEL to Canucks trade is only waiting on Markstrom.
He says that the Yotes have already accepted the Canucks offer but the Canucks put a contingent on it that they will only do it if Markstrom takes a discount and signs their current offer so that they can fit OEL into the cap.
He says they are trying to leverage Markstrom into taking a friendlier deal because him and OEL are very very good friends.
He says that once you hear a Markstrom to the Canucks signing announced, then the OEL trade should be announced shortly after.
He said he didnt know what the accepted Canuck offer is.
Looks like Canucks are trying to kill 2 birds with one stone which is causing the delay
That doesn't make any sense. Markstrom isn't going to sign a long-term deal with the Nucks to be the 1B. They have to decide who is going to be the starter moving forward which is why this is such a tough decision to make.
So why would Markstrom sign? He’s earned a chance to choose where he plays. Not to be a pawn for Seattle expansionthey want both starters for at least this season and rumors have it tried to structure it so that its not a no brainer for Seattle to take Markstrom
JB has gone on record saying Demko is the goalie of the future
So why would Markstrom sign? He’s earned a chance to choose where he plays. Not to be a pawn for Seattle expansion