Or Manny Malhotra's with same amount of goals. Of course Manny played 15 games with Thornton and Marleau in their prime. Gaunce should score. That is doesnt is mind boggling. He scored in the Ahl why cant he here? It is some type of mental block. He is right now part of the problem the Canucks are 29th in even strength scoring.
Player Discussion Brendan Gaunce (Canucks will not extend qualifying offer - Dhaliwal)
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Absolutely Gaunce is part of the issue when it comes to ES scoring. But the entire roster is terrible at it. I believe a couple games ago I said the dressed lineup had 39 ES goal and Boeser had 12 of them. The other 17 skaters had 27 ES goal through a combined 400+ games. I guess they are up to 29 ES goals now with the OT winner and Granlund's nothing goal last night. Such depth!
I just have an issue pointing to Gaunce as being a major issue when he should be one of the last guys we expect anything from and he's at least holding his own overall. He's showing himself to be a 12-13 forward and not much more.
I just have an issue pointing to Gaunce as being a major issue when he should be one of the last guys we expect anything from and he's at least holding his own overall. He's showing himself to be a 12-13 forward and not much more.
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In prioritizing who is part of the problem in even strength scoring - I put him at 29th.
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Agreed with this. All things being equal, you should have a capable top nine that can provide scoring at both ES & on the PP, then the 4th line can be there to eat defensive zone minutes, kill penalties, provide energy, and hopefully tread water in terms of goal differential. From this standpoint, Gaunce is not part of the problem and his generally doing his job.
All that being said, we are talking about a capable 4th line guy who has shown zero offensive upside in the NHL over a prolonged period of time. This is not an "important" player. This is also definitely not a player that we should give up a premium draft pick to not expose in the expansion draft, as was suggested by some at the time.
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Gaunce put up 38 points in 45 seasons in the AHL 2 years ago. 3 points in 5 games this year... yep the hate is getting ridiculous.
Gift him Gagner minutes and give Gagner his assignments and we will see then.
Gaunce was a slug in Utica as well. Lazy and shiftless.
Please never send him back here.
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Weren't you the same guy that other comets always called out for being a Gaunce hater?
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Lol imagine being so blind that you wouldn’t want a top tier AHL 2-way forward on Utica.
Especially with all of the garbage down there lmao
Gaunce was probably one of the top 5 two-way forwards in the AHL the last time he was playing there regularly.
If he was sent down, he would instantly be the best player on that team, and it wouldn't be close.
He'd be the best (and best-scoring) Comet forward immediately right now if he was assigned to the Comets (note Goldobin and Boucher are with the Canucks) but as a Comet fan you don't want to ever again see in Utica someone who would at the present be your best forward.
Or do you really think that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF Megna, Darcy, MacEwen (the current MacEwen, not what you hope he will develop into,) Bancks, d'Aoust, Carcone, Cassels, Hamilton, Woods, Molino etc is better than Gaunce so he would be of no use to the Comets/
I can't see any way to logically explain that position.
Your solution is to give him more minutes? Gaunce is terrible offensively at the NHL level. It's not as if he doesn't get chances... He gets plenty. He just always finds a way to lose the puck or blow his shot.
It boggles my mind that people are still rooting for this guy. He is what he is and he doesn't show signs of being capable of anything more. He's a replaceable 4th liner. His role should literally be that.
Gagner deserves the "gift" because he has proven he can produce circles around Gaunce at the NHL level by comparison- especially since he seems like a pretty good special teams player regardless.
Are you proposing that we play Gaunce on the PP? The 2nd line? Or that more PK time would lead to better results offensively?
Which one of these do you think is more likely:
a) Travis Green is a complete moron who is giving a shiftless, lazy sub-AHL player the toughest defensive minutes in the entire NHL.
b) you have no idea what you're talking about and don't understand what you're watching.
Brendan Gaunce is an excellent defensive player at the NHL level who scored at a clip that would have put him top-10 in AHL scoring in 15-16 if he hadn't been called up. Your evaluation of his play is ludicrous.
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Imagine having your big summer acquisition in Sam Gagner having to actually play in regular NHL player deployment, he's getting some of the easiest minutes in the NHL right now because of Brendan Gaunce and is still bleeding goals against more than any non rookie forward in the NHL right now.
Paying 9 million over 3 years for this player has to be up there with the worst moves of the summer, yikes.
Paying 9 million over 3 years for this player has to be up there with the worst moves of the summer, yikes.
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I'm not the biggest fan of Gaunce but I'll respect the fact he is doing very well in his own end. I would like to see some production, but right now the lack of production isn't Brendan f***ing Gaunce's fault. However, I will never agree that zero production is irrelevant or even remotely okay. What players hae key roles that put up nothing offensively?
Gaunce has to be a damn good shutdown C in order to not produce anything. He shows some signs of offensive skill but he's far too weak in the offensive zone for my liking. Some of his shots...I feel like I' be better off with those chances.
Gaunce has to be a damn good shutdown C in order to not produce anything. He shows some signs of offensive skill but he's far too weak in the offensive zone for my liking. Some of his shots...I feel like I' be better off with those chances.
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And was still able to up impressive numbers. Wow what a talent (at that level)
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