Confirmed with Link: [VAN/MTL] Canucks trade F Dale Weise for D Raphael Diaz

[Dissonance]

Weise was a much, much better player than people are giving him credit for. Hard to find a 4th liner who will put up the numbers he does. But Tortorella seemed to hate him for whatever reason so I guess it's all moot at this point.

Diaz isn't bad. Not a major offensive threat or anything but decent positionally and good at making safe plays from what I've seen. Probably wouldn't crack our top 6 when everyone's healthy but it's never the case that everyone's healthy.

So... sure, why not?

 

[Verviticus]

Is Dale Weise any good canucks fans?

is he physical? does he hit?

hes pretty good for a 4th liner

 

[EpochLink]

Package booth for someone please...

Get rid of that useless plug

 

[stuffradio]

Is Dale Weise any good canucks fans?

is he physical? does he hit?

He's fast, but he's been a floater. The funny thing is he's facing us this week in a few days. I bet he'll be pumped to bang some bodies like the Sedins.

 

[DennisReynolds]

Weise is in the same division as Ottawa. Look out, he's there to pad the stats

 

[thepuckmonster]

Isn't Diaz the guy who made the suicide pass to Eller leading up to the very bloody Gryba incident last playoffs?

Also, bye Weise. Don't get on Therrien's bad side.

 

[PhilMick]

Package booth for someone please...

Get rid of that useless plug

This is totally on topic.

 

[Proto]

Diaz is a UFA on July 1 but this is a terrific trade. Wow. What the $*&#, Bergevin? It also gives the Canucks another right-handed D if they can re-sign Diaz -- gives some more trade flexibility for Gillis...

 

[Natey]

Diaz is a Top-4 defenseman. You guys killed this trade, even if he ends up being the #6 in a few weeks. So mad at Therrien, Bergevin, and Montreal. What a ****ing joke.

Thank god Vancouver is my second favourite team.

 

[The Stig]

Is Dale Weise any good canucks fans?

is he physical? does he hit?

He used to

 

[Ziostilon]

Who was better here: Weise or Tanner Glass

People on here used to say Tanner Glass was garbage

 

[WinterEmpire]

Gillis made a great move, awesome

 

[MrShift4]

Is Dale Weise any good canucks fans?

Only if you can demote him to the Dutch league. Then he turns into Gretzky

 

[WinterEmpire]

Who was better here: Weise or Tanner Glass

People on here used to say Tanner Glass was garbage

Weise was a better offensive player but he lost his will to be a physical energy player

 

[MD thaivuN]

You guys got the better end of the deal. If there's something Diaz is great at something, it's that he doesn't get scored on too often. Plus, he blocks shots, which I'm sure Torts would love.

 

[Astoria]

Any news as to when we will see him debut as a Canuck?

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Terrible move as we now have too many RHD

 

[m9]

Weise is perfectly fine as a 4th line guy, but given our injury problems on D this trade makes sense.

 

[NHLNucksFan]

Not know much about Diaz, I'm not sure how I feel about the trade. Weise is a pretty good 4th liner for what he brought to the table.

Man, we just lost the Dutch Gretzky.

 

[TruGr1t]

Woo a NHL-calibre dman... We need those.

 

[Royal Canuck]

Any news as to when we will see him debut as a Canuck?

Doubt he'll slot in tonight, give Sauve his one game of fame then slot in Diaz for the next game against the B's.

 

[Saturated Fats]

If Montreal needs 4th liners, this is fine for them. Weise's stats are inflated by some secondary assists and flukes, but he's far from a bad player. Just didn't click with Torts.

Excited for Diaz. When everyone's healthy, this is clearly a move intended to have a replacement for a traded defenseman.

It's a domino move. When we get healthy, Diaz is too good to sit in the press box. One of Tanev, Bieksa or Edler is almost certainly on their way out before March 5. Stanton is also too good to sit in the press box, so it just makes sense.

 

[Nuckles]

What. Okay, I guess. It wasn't the type of trade I was expecting when LeBrun says we're ready for a re-tool.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

I'm really glad the Canucks have found their "identify undervalued NHL-calibre talent" legs again. This trade is great value.

Diaz has double the career PPG of Weise, and he's a defenseman.

 

[BobbyJazzLegs]

It's something...

Lol that we play on Thursday. Can we have PK next?