Recalled/Assigned: Brendan Gaunce called up

[arttk]

don't have a clue why him or Zalewski couldn't be given a chance to be 4th line centre for the Canucks. I really don't understand that Granlund deal. it just makes zero sense to me.

Traded away a top end propsect, even if we had given up on him, for a guy we are going to play as a 4th line centre? Vey does that job fine if we are just looking for a small centre.

I think we all know what the reason is.

 

[dangerous dan]

I never understood why he was converted to wing. Everything about his game tells me he's a two way third line centre type

 

[NoShowWilly]

I think we all know what the reason is.

i truly don't. the trade makes no sense.

unless you mean zalewski and gaunce are gillis pickups and he doesn't want to play gillis prospects.

 

[RobertKron]

don't have a clue why him or Zalewski couldn't be given a chance to be 4th line centre for the Canucks. I really don't understand that Granlund deal. it just makes zero sense to me.

Traded away a top end propsect, even if we had given up on him, for a guy we are going to play as a 4th line centre? Vey does that job fine if we are just looking for a small centre.

Gotta bolster the org's one position of, uh, somewhat not weakness.

 

[Wilch]

i truly don't. the trade makes no sense.

unless you mean zalewski and gaunce are gillis pickups and he doesn't want to play gillis prospects.

That's pretty much it.

At the time, I thought I was being too paranoid for holding that suspicion. However... It is becoming increasingly evident that Jimbo is not only incompetent and stupid, he's also the same kind of person who may be prone to favoritism & nepotism.

Basically, he's Michael Scott (as another poster pointed out), guys like Lack and Kassian are essentially viewed by him as Toby Flendersons.

 

[arttk]

i truly don't. the trade makes no sense.

unless you mean zalewski and gaunce are gillis pickups and he doesn't want to play gillis prospects.

I think this management group and shown time after time that they have a certain idea what prospects they like and don't like. Once a prospect is in a don't like bucket, it needs near divine intervention to take that prospect out of that don't like bucket. We should be happy that they didn't trade him away already along with Hunter.

I think what happened yesterday is forcing them to play Gaunce now as damage control.

 

[RobertKron]

Alternate theory is that they see Sutter as a top-6 winger going forward, which gives Granlund a top-9 centre spot to take next year. Otherwise they traded for a guy with nowhere to go but the 4th line.

 

[Bitz and Bites]

To be fair, if he sits, it's on Willie. Benning said yesterday he wants to see guys from Utica play to the end of the season.

This I would like to see...

And after he was given a thorough, thorough lambasting by one of the Utica posters here

Makes you wonder if Gaunce follows these boards...

Or maybe he heard him yelling from the stands.

 

[M2Beezy]

Hes not playing hes not even in the city

 

[biturbo19]

I'm mad as heck that this uppity young punk is only here because he stole Adam Cracknell's spot.

Send him back down to teach him a lesson about some stuff or whatever imo.

 

[biturbo19]

That's pretty much it.

At the time, I thought I was being too paranoid for holding that suspicion. However... It is becoming increasingly evident that Jimbo is not only incompetent and stupid, he's also the same kind of person who may be prone to favoritism & nepotism.

Basically, he's Michael Scott (as another poster pointed out), guys like Lack and Kassian are essentially viewed by him as Toby Flendersons.

Literally nobody likes Toby. So that seems about right.

 

[M2Beezy]

I'm mad as heck that this uppity young punk is only here because he stole Adam Cracknell's spot.

Send him back down to teach him a lesson about some stuff or whatever imo.

What does that mean why shouldnt he play this makes no sense :facepalm

 

[Wilch]

Literally nobody likes Toby. So that seems about right.

Fixed your name for you

 

[RobertKron]

Yeah, **** Brendan Gaunce.

 

[The Stig]

What does that mean why shouldnt he play this makes no sense :facepalm

Its called a joke. Jesus...

 

[Lindgren]

I think that Gaunce will be traded at the draft. First they'll lower his value by playing him on the wing for a while, then sitting him till he's stale, then sending him back down.

 

[bossram]

Alternate theory is that they see Sutter as a top-6 winger going forward, which gives Granlund a top-9 centre spot to take next year. Otherwise they traded for a guy with nowhere to go but the 4th line.

Yes. Sign "foundation center", shutdown extraordinaire Brandon Sutter to turn him into a winger.

Occam's Razor: Benning doesn't have a clue.

 

[biturbo19]

Fixed your name for you

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[Shareefruck]

I like that he's called up, and think he deserves it (he's currently better than McCann or Virtanen, IMO), but this is such a shamelessly transparent attempt to cool down the torches by waving a shiney distraction around.

 

[ATypicalCanadian]

Where does Gaunce fit after Sutter is back? The Sutter contract really screws up the way for guys like Gaunce.

 

[Lindgren]

Where does Gaunce fit after Sutter is back? The Sutter contract really screws up the way for guys like Gaunce.

I'm repeating myself, but the answer is that he doesn't fit in and will be moved. The Sutter contract irritates the hell out of me.

 

[BerSTUzzi]

I'm repeating myself, but the answer is that he doesn't fit in and will be moved. The Sutter contract irritates the hell out of me.

Gaunce has been playing wing most of the year in Utica. Not to take away from the crazy 4 million plus for Sutter.

 

[Lindgren]

Gaunce has been playing wing most of the year in Utica. Not to take away from the crazy 4 million plus for Sutter.

He's been moved back to centre recently, and performed much better, hence his call-up. But you're right, another possibility is that the Canucks will turn him into a winger. It would be better to play him in the middle in Utica, have him excel, and trade him for a defenceman.

 

[PM]

He's been moved back to centre recently, and performed much better, hence his call-up. But you're right, another possibility is that the Canucks will turn him into a winger. It would be better to play him in the middle in Utica, have him excel, and trade him for a defenceman.

I get a better idea. Lets trade him for a 180 lb two-way centre who can't win face-offs. Yeah, the next Bergeron but not. Everyone will fear the two-wayness of Horvat, Vey, Granlund, New Guy.

 

[crazychimp]

Sutter can play wing too, no?