Canucks have asked about Jonathon Blum

[Eddy Punch Clock]

Give him #4.

JB4.

Moving up the alphabet!

(plus it my initials...so...there's that)

 

[pitseleh]

There's no way Blum gets $1 million. He could have been qualified around $700k, and if some team wanted him badly enough to pay him $1 million, then they would have traded for his rights.

At this point, he's a useful piece as a depth guy/first call up. Save for last season, he's been awful in the NHL. The hope is that last season was a sign of progression.

 

[MS]

There's no way Blum gets $1 million. He could have been qualified around $700k, and if some team wanted him badly enough to pay him $1 million, then they would have traded for his rights.

Pretty much.

He's a guy you only take if he's signing for the league minimum or damn close to it.

He's not a very good player, so can only provide value by being really cheap.

 

[Guardian452]

Any concerns that an organization that really knows D-men just let him walk as a 24 year old? I suppose 2-way at league minimum can't hurt anything...

There's no room for him on Nashville's roster after they drafted Jones. With Weber, Jones, Klein and Ellis ahead of him on the depth chart, there is no way they were ever going to be able to keep him.

 

[Wolfhard]

Hey, a couple people said they'd have kept Ballard if he was making less money. Enter Blum. Fast skating, puck rushing defenceman who's weak defensively. Sounds familiar. Much less physical than Ballard, but at least he can play the right side and cost less.

 

[King of the ES*]

Any concerns that an organization that really knows D-men just let him walk as a 24 year old? I suppose 2-way at league minimum can't hurt anything...

Not really. That organization really has too many defencemen. Blum's an offense-first guy, and when there's already a Weber, a Josi, and an Ellis in the system, he's not going to get that many opportunities. To them, he is expendable.

I think this would be a great gamble, and it sounds like it's going to happen. Him being very enthusiastic about coming to Vancouver is important, too, as I don't imagine that same enthusiasm would be shared by many, when seeing the mess that's been created of this situation over the last year or two. Sign him up.

 

[Ziostilon]

Was last year the last time that he didn't need to clear waivers
It was 200 something pro games. has this changed under the new CBA

if we sign him, he's gonna have to be shuttling in between Utica and the big leagues too. Blum is not the extra D that you carry around. You usually want a guy that can be sound defensively and play those extra couple minutes.

 

[82Ninety42011]

On a one year deal he'd be great as a 6/7th depth signing.

Hamhuis Bieksa
Edler Tanev
Garrison Corrado/Blum

With the cap as it is this is about the best we can expect on defense.

 

[Phrazer]

Like him as a 6/7

 

[Outside99*]

2nd guessing the Preds on dmen evaluation is a losing proposition.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

There's no way Blum gets $1 million. He could have been qualified around $700k, and if some team wanted him badly enough to pay him $1 million, then they would have traded for his rights.

At this point, he's a useful piece as a depth guy/first call up. Save for last season, he's been awful in the NHL. The hope is that last season was a sign of progression.

Yup I was figuring he'd cost around $700k-$800k ish.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

2nd guessing the Preds on dmen evaluation is a losing proposition.

They are pretty deep though. And they do know how to develop defencemen as we saw with Hamhuis.

 

[JuniorNelson]

The Canucks are no doubt going to address D issues. They have a new system and the defense must be altered to suit. Blum is young, cheap and addresses the PP QB issue (hopefully). Good way to go. Add Fistric, too, if former Giants are being brought in.

 

[PhilMick]

2nd guessing the Preds on dmen evaluation is a losing proposition.

Sulzer was ok

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

The Canucks are no doubt going to address D issues. They have a new system and the defense must be altered to suit. Blum is young, cheap and addresses the PP QB issue (hopefully). Good way to go. Add Fistric, too, if former Giants are being brought in.

Mikkleson is also around.

 

[m9]

I'm going to set the bar really low with one request - no more having 7th and 8th guys who only play the same one side. One right side guy, and one left side guy. Pretty simple right?

The cluster-F it has created every year to not fix this issue is embarrassing.

 

[604]

Better than a lot of other d men we've signed of late..

Barker anyone?

Garrison?

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Can't see him not signing if we offer him a contract tbh.

He'll make a solid 6/7 guy who can step up for small periods if needed. No worse than Ballard and at 1/5th the price.

 

[604]

If Blum will come for $600K or less, I'm in.

If we wanted him for $700K, we would have flipped our 7th to NSH for him and qualified him.

I think we would look really good on a pairing with Garrison which could leave us with:
Hamhuis - Bieksa
Edler - Tanev
Garrison - Blum

 

[Eddy Punch Clock]

He'll become our next Ballard the second he accidentally calls Tortorella TROTZ.

 

[Proto]

Well, if Edler is still on the team, then you have Bieksa, Garrison, Tanev, and Corrado all as better options on the right side... not sure I see a fit unless he's in the AHL or playing as a #7 or #8 while Corrado gets minutes in the minors.

 

[Outside99*]

They are pretty deep though. And they do know how to develop defencemen as we saw with Hamhuis.

True but they didn't even bother here.

 

[TruGr1t]

As mentioned assuming we can get him near league minimum it is a good signing. Worst case scenario you can bury that salary in the minors even under the current CBA limit, so he's really not a risk against the cap. Possible upside, and we have a coaching staff that's proven to be good with young defensemen so might as well roll the dice.

 

[thedavid]

I could see Gillis offering something similar to the contract Keaton Ellerby just accepted. I don't know if he'd take it, but that's what I'd be happy with.

 

[Kirk Mclean]

Don't really know much about him. I guess since he's right handed I'd be down if we have the space and aren't able to make any other moves, but I think the priority is improving our anemic offense.