Confirmed with Link: [VAN/BUF] Canucks acquire F Josh Bloom for D Riley Stillman

[arttk]

Canucks are union busting?

Francesco loves busting unions

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

Haven't seen Bloom play, but his production for his d+2 is nothing spectacular. Not signing him and getting the extra contract spot may be the best move. Getting out of having Stillman next year is a plus.

Also because I have to:


Edit: Bloom is under contact I see.

 

[Kryten]

It is weird having management that doesnt make you want to gouge your eyes out

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

Absolute heist


Small win but what a move. Whatever the opposite of death by a thousand cuts is, this is it…


Brick by brick?

Putting out a fire with a shot glass.

 

[Chainshot]

Haven't seen Bloom play, but his production for his d+2 is nothing spectacular. Not signing him and getting the extra contract spot may be the best move. Getting out of having Stillman next year is a plus.

Also because I have to:


Edit: Bloom is under contact I see.

He's already signed to an ELC. So not signing him is not an option.

 

[M2Beezy]

It is weird having management that doesnt make you want to gouge your eyes out

Canucks trade McCann, picks to Panthers for Gudbranson, pick

www.sportsnet.ca

 

[Uhmkay]

Solid deal any way you look at it. Get rid of Stillman's contract and pick up a guy who could be anywhere from a solid AHL player bottom 9 player in the NHL. If he doesn't work out, he doesn't work out.

Stillman was NOT working out.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Quick. Make Myers our Union rep.

Then OEL.

 

[Bitz and Bites]

I like the size and skill set of Bloom even if he only tops out as a fourth line energy/PK guy. Lord knows we need all the help we can get in that department and signing a new fourth line of UFA’s every year seems to make us worse.

Elmer the draft guru should have been selling off players like Stillman to acquire later picks to draft and develop players like Bloom over the years instead of overpaying guys like Beagle, Schaller, etc to fill in the bottom of the roster.
It’s yet another part of GMing that Benning completely failed at and it’s good to see its being addressed.

 

[bossram]

The cap hit disappears if he was waived. Making the $$$ disappear would make aqua happy. The prospect is a bonus.

Not entirely true. The threshold is $1.1M. Stillman’s AAV is $1.35M

 

[Jyrki21]

ACTUALLY HOLY SHIT WE EVEN HAVE A LATVIAN GOALIE NAMED ARTURS!

...with a decent record on a bad team...

 

[Yultron]

At least the Canucks trade for Bloom can make me feel better after this unnecessary win

 

[Lindgren]

At least the Canucks trade for Bloom can make me feel better after this unnecessary win

Here on in, I expect you to post every time Bloom gets a point. You're the OHL guy, and you've got an obligation.

 

[Yultron]

Here on in, I expect you to post every time Bloom gets a point. You're the OHL guy, and you've got an obligation.

Especially as a Sabres fan you know I will , Bloom is an intriguing prospect with potential to be a 3rd line power forward in the future

 

[Grip it N RYP it]

This trade is like Franchise mode in NHL 2000 where you're making trades, and you know the game won't do it, but you try it regardless, and it randomly accept the trade.

"Oh damn. Shweet."

 

[Vancouver_2010]

We’ve now made a trade with 3 “New York” teams. Who can we send to the Devils?

Quinn Hughes

 

[ChilliBilly]

Quinn Hughes

Yeah, intriguing concept. But try as I might, I can't come up with any package that benefits the Canucks. I am sure that NJ would kill to have him, but what could they send back that the Canucks would want that is worth probably a top 5 D man in the NHL ...

 

[VanJack]

The difference now is that Allvin and the Canucks are acquiring these guys with almost no money down and no payments for years.

Whereas Benning was coughing up second and third round draft picks to acquire them. I have no idea whether guys like Studnicka, Kratzov, Bloom or even Bear have long term futures with the Canucks.

But the cost of acquiring them was for peanuts.

 

[VanillaCoke]

This kid looks like he has it

 

[RealGudbranson]

Damn, bloom profiles as someone Tampa might trade a whole draft of pick for in three years time.

 

[me2]

Very happy getting rid of Riley Stillman who is just about the most mistake prone defenseman that you can get. Although Stillman was starting to play better hockey as of late, I would much prefer to have another prospect for the cupboard. Stillman is a 7/8 defenseman on a good team, and Bloom sounds like he is a B level prospect.

Overall a nice trade by Allvin that makes the previous Dickenson trade not look so bad.

I don't treat them as single trade. They are 2 seperate trades.

The Dickenson trade is still awful. We wasted a 2nd and traded for one of the worst Dmen you could imagine.

However, this trade good, even if it turns out to be a nothing burger. We traded away one of the worst Dmen you could imagine without major penalty, even got an intriguing prospect. They could have waived him without major penalty too, given the trade it sounds like he would have been claimed.

 

[Jyrki]

The difference now is that Allvin and the Canucks are acquiring these guys with almost no money down and no payments for years.

Whereas Benning was coughing up second and third round draft picks to acquire them. I have no idea whether guys like Studnicka, Kratzov, Bloom or even Bear have long term futures with the Canucks.

But the cost of acquiring them was for peanuts.

Meanwhile Jimbo gave either a 2nd or 3rd for...

*check notes*

Lindey Vey, Adam Clenndening, Derek Dorsett, Andrey Pedan, Sven Baerschi, Jason Dickinson

 

[MS]

Amusingly, the whole Jason Dickinson trade tree started by dealing away a 3rd in 2021 for him so by picking up a prospect who was taken in that same 3rd round in 2021 we’ve kind of recovered the initial cost, if not the cost of dumping him.

 

[kcunac]

The best thing about this extremely minor trade is that management realized a mistake and corrected it rather than doubling down on their incompetence.

 

[F A N]

Francesco loves busting unions

Which employer doesn't if they can?