Could be some good deals to be had
Could be some good deals to be had
Hopefully Mackenzie Weegar is not qualified and if so the Canucks should be targeting him.
One of the better names out there for sure.Hopefully Mackenzie Weegar is not qualified and if so the Canucks should be targeting him.
Hopefully Mackenzie Weegar is not qualified and if so the Canucks should be targeting him.
ArbitrationHis QO is less than $2M, why wouldn't he be qualified?
Arbitration
If I were GM....
I would move on from Toffoli, Markstrom, Fantenberg, Leivo, Stecher.
I would hold on to Tanev on a 2 yr term. Move on if he wants more.
(Next year let go of Sutter, Baertschi, Pearson, Benn, resign Edler)
I do not believe in the future of Boeser. I would look to move.
I do not believe in the furture of Gaudette being able to develop anymore physically - not enough jam for the bottom 6, not enough defensive IQ for the top 9.
Bring back Motte, Virtanen, MacEwen.
We should be able to attract quality mid-tier support players next yr.... Need to target some speed. Toffoli, Boeser, Pearson, Leivo - just too much cement in the top 9.
How would you have built it?This team isn't really built around speed or skill. It has 2 key purely skilled cornerstones in Pettersson and Hughes, and then a focus toward size and board play. Not so much speed and skating. (It's an odd way to build a team, IMO)
It's by design. Benning wants bigger players and he will trade off skill and speed to get it.
This team isn't really built around speed or skill. It has 2 key purely skilled cornerstones in Pettersson and Hughes, and then a focus toward size and board play. Not so much speed and skating. (It's an odd way to build a team, IMO)
It's by design. Benning wants bigger players and he will trade off skill and speed to get them.
I like Laine, but I would rather have those 3 pieces than him, by far.Any interest in Laine? What would it take? Boeser 1st Hoglander?
I feel like we would be very frustrated with laine, on the same level that people are frustrated with Boeser, combine that with the acquisition cost and how Laine isn’t our homegrown favourite it would be a bad marketing moveI like Laine, but I would rather have those 3 pieces than him, by far.
It's a weird thing. You look at the Final Four teams' playing styles, and they have an identity. All the players mesh and play the same throughout the lineup. NYI and Dallas try to play stifling defense (with Heiskanen and Klingberg given the green light to join the rush as much as possible). All of Vegas' players were comfortable attacking on the rush and committed to their 3 man cycle in-zone. Tampa plays that "buzzing" style, darting in and out of dangerous areas (you can see this with how often they have a forward playing like a 3rd defenseman and then attacking "downhill").
The Canucks? It's like...uuhh Petey and Hughes make some magic happen. Bo can try a dangle once in a while. Everyone else just dumps it in and plays with an aggressive forecheck. Except most of the depth players are either too slow or lack the hockey IQ to execute an aggressive forecheck while ensuring there's defensive coverage (see how many odd-man rushes we give up).
I don't know where the Canucks can go from here, barring massive turnover in roster construction.