Confirmed Signing with Link: [VAN] D Ian Cole signs with the Canucks (1 year, $3M)

[Canucks LB]

I don’t think you know too much about these players then. Cole in Tampa has amazing numbers. Shot suppression scoring chances against things like that, he excels. Ideally, he be a few years younger, but as long as he’s priced right, he is exactly what they need on the backend. Same with Soucy! 6 foot five,235 pound defenseman are what you need to beat people on the boards and break up the cycle. Big defense are part of championship teams. If these players play more defensive, minded games, making them good matches for Hughes and Hronek!

Yeah, they both would be significant upgrades over oel and moving myers down the line up

 

[AHLdepth]

Pius Suter would be a nice fit. He can play 3C and he can play up and down the lineup. He’s a very underrated, all around player.

I like the Soucey fit, and Cole isn’t bad at all. He’s obviously not long-term but he’s solid. As for Holl, he really is the RH Chiarot. He’s can carry the third pair and be solid. It’s when he plays in the top 4, he tries carrying the play and gets himself in trouble. Like Chiarot, if he ever would just play within himself, he can be a pretty good player. Sometimes it was the Leafs fault too. They put him in positions he shouldn’t have been put in. So it could work, but it could also go sideways.

I think that one of the best things that could have happened in Justin Holl's career would have been to have a heart to heart with Luke Schenn. Talk about what success can look like at an NHL level if you identify your strengths, and work to enhance them. If you are a big, dependable, RHD that coaches can trust enough to throw out on a consistent third pairing? You might not have the storybook career you want, but you will sign contract after contract after contract. Holl should really play to his strengths more often and the entire narrative around him would shift

 

[Spurgeon]

Cole was pretty good last year, he was also the main penalty killer .

Soucy has never been a top 4 before, so who knows how he’s going to be

Soucy filled in on the Top 4 for 10-15 games when he was with the Wild. He looked effective during that limited time. I would much rather have him over Middleton playing next to Spurgeon.

 

[EverTheCynic]

I think I'm on board the blow it up and rebuild train now.

I hope Petey forces his way out so we can end this charade.

 

[MMC]

 

[HarrisonFord]

Could see this being a bad contract

 

[Nucker42]

Could see this being a bad contract

He made 2.75 last year and was seen as an excellent pk guy… what’s your concern?

 

[HarrisonFord]

He made 2.75 last year and was seen as an excellent pk guy… what’s your concern?

Not saying he’s a bad player, just could see it being a bad contract

 

[Empoleon8771]

Fans watching the Canucks management.

 

[Siludin]

Could see this being a bad contract

Soucy or Cole?

 

[CraigBillington]

Not saying he’s a bad player, just could see it being a bad contract

We still suffer PTSD in Vancouver

 

[HarrisonFord]

Soucy or Cole?

Soucy

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

Fans watching the Canucks management.

Still miles ahead of when Jim Benning was GM here

 

[Superlative Soup]

Soucy or Cole?

Yes

 

[Bobby9]

Could see this being a bad contract

The Canuck way

 

[MMC]

 

[Canucks LB]

Thats a nice cole deal

 

[innitfam]

Good job, 1yr and no overpayment

 

[MMC]

 

[Mrfenn92]

Solid

 

[canuckster19]

Damn that's nice, like Blueger.

 

[Siludin]

Capfriendly showing the Ian Cole deal as two-way - that must be a mistake?

 

[Canucks LB]

Now keep saucy under 4 million, and 4 years.

And I can officially say the Benning era is over

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Nice bits of business there

 

[RebuildinVan]

Now keep saucy under 4 million, and 4 years.

And I can officially say the Benning era is over

Tyler Myers