Player Discussion Brendan Gaunce (Canucks will not extend qualifying offer - Dhaliwal)

[Bougieman]

If he had Motte's tenacity, he'd have played his way onto this team. He doesn't, so bye bye.

 

[LordBacon]

Oh no our elite 4th line center is probably gonna be claimed =(

 

[Shareefruck]

Edit: nvm, thought he got claimed.

 

[Zombotron]

We'll find out soon

 

[Horse McHindu]

I have a soft spot for Gaunce and hope that he can make it back to the bigs one day and become an effective bottom line player, but yeah.........he’s definitely where he belongs now.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see Gaunce working at BC Ferries in 2023.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

His injury last year really knocked him down a couple of pegs... pegs that he couldn't afford to be knocked down. And if he has lost a step, that's a really bad thing for a guy who needed to gain a step.

I guess we'll have to see how he takes to a return to Utica. Hopefully it sets a fire under his ass.

 

[Fire Benning]

edit: nvm

 

[Josepho]

He wasn't technically placed on waivers yesterday.

Today he's on it.

 

[Melvin]

He wasn't technically placed on waivers yesterday.

Today he's on it.

Yeah. The deadline is 9am so he's been on waivers for an hour.

 

[UticaHockey]

He wasn't technically placed on waivers yesterday.

Today he's on it.

Yes Benning likes to give teams about 45 hours to think about making a claim instead of the traditional 24 hours. He announces that he will place a player on waivers about 3 hours after the deadline to do it on that given day so they don't go on waivers until noon the next day. They did the exact same thing with Bachman and Sautner.

Not that any team is going to claim these guys but why announce it to the world before you need to.

 

[StreetHawk]

Yes Benning likes to give teams about 45 hours to think about making a claim instead of the traditional 24 hours. He announces that he will place a player on waivers about 3 hours after the deadline to do it on that given day so they don't go on waivers until noon the next day. They did the exact same thing with Bachman and Sautner.

Not that any team is going to claim these guys but why announce it to the world before you need to.

For this lower end guys I don't get it either. For more expensive guys like Gagner, it would make sense to announce it earlier. Maybe then a team calls and says, we would like him, but we aren't claiming him and paying the whole contract. If you are willing to retain, maybe we can work out a deal?

 

[krutovsdonut]

Yes Benning likes to give teams about 45 hours to think about making a claim instead of the traditional 24 hours. He announces that he will place a player on waivers about 3 hours after the deadline to do it on that given day so they don't go on waivers until noon the next day. They did the exact same thing with Bachman and Sautner.

Not that any team is going to claim these guys but why announce it to the world before you need to.

maybe they are trying to help him find a new start.

his horrible camp suggests he won't be heartbroken to find a new home.

 

[UticaHockey]

maybe they are trying to help him find a new start.

his horrible camp suggests he won't be heartbroken to find a new home.

I don't think that is the case at all because they did the same thing with all three players placed on waivers so far this year. Just not paying attention to the little details.

 

[Hansen]

Yes Benning likes to give teams about 45 hours to think about making a claim instead of the traditional 24 hours. He announces that he will place a player on waivers about 3 hours after the deadline to do it on that given day so they don't go on waivers until noon the next day. They did the exact same thing with Bachman and Sautner.

Not that any team is going to claim these guys but why announce it to the world before you need to.

Just stupid irresponsible negligence, which is incredibly common with this management team

 

[ProstheticConscience]

I don't think that is the case at all because they did the same thing with all three players placed on waivers so far this year. Just not paying attention to the little details.

Or big details.

 

[M2Beezy]

Wow what a story and noone claimed the poor guy. Guess AHL is his career for the fridge man

 

[elitepete]

He sucks......i know i dont understand hockey.

Bad player who cant advance on a really bad team 24 yrs old with 5 career goals as a former 1st round pick

sluggish, no creativity, not entertaining, no sandpaper, non elusive, no offensive polish or acumen........good in 1 zone and as a winger frankly who cares.

Vegas didn't want him (preferred Sbisa..yowza) and i would be suprised if anyone thinks he's worth a claim but i will be honest i hope he gets a fresh start somewhere.

Archie has been better and i'm glad he's getting rewarded based on merit. I took shots for claiming Archibald and Motte were more effective and here we are

Sorry to do it to you lovers.

He’s better than Granlund and Gagne.

 

[UticaHockey]

I guess 30 other NHL GMs don't think Gaunce is better than their 13/14 forward.

 

[Fire Benning]

That's unfortunate.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

His clearing waivers is good news for us. Gaunce is a productive AHL player. I suspect he’d be among the first names to be recalled in the event of injury as well.

 

[Paulinvancouver]

No surprise here. The kid will be good for Utica.

I like the kid, but hes not an NHL player.

 

[Jay Cee]

I guess 30 other NHL GMs don't think Gaunce is better than their 13/14 forward.

The only thing less surprising than him being waived is that he wasn’t claimed.

Hopefully he finds a more complete pro game in the AHL. The comets are going to be solid this year.

 

[Nucker101]

Nice addition for Utica

 

[Canucker]

Glad he made it through, it'll be good for him to go down and get back on track.

 

[DonnyNucker]

I guess 30 other NHL GMs don't think Gaunce is better than their 13/14 forward.

MS must be shocked! Every GM in the league cant see how dominant Gaunce is. Idiots!