Mr. Canucklehead
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Canucks have placed G Spencer Martin on waivers today.
Canucks have placed G Spencer Martin on waivers today.
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Canucks have placed G Spencer Martin on waivers today.
the legend of HextalTy Smith on waivers is crazy. Someone will grab him.
JR and Allvin are probably salivating at all those Penguins being available.
martin has to get loaned does he not
Would be fun if we pick him up.Islanders should be all over Ty Smith
We already have too many depth 6-7-8 LD…Would be fun if we pick him up.
We do not.We already have too many depth 6-7-8 LD…
Wolanin
Irwin
Rathbone
Hirose
Brisebois
While Smith has had his struggles, he’s certainly not Rathbone level bad.i don't think smith gets claimed. he's basically a less productive rathbone clone
people here pumped him up at the time of the marino trade to make it seem like vancouver couldn't have possibly have made that trade but he's been given tons of opportunity to make the nhl in the last three years and he's been very bad each time. the last time smith had value was in september 2021 before he struggled that season in limited minutes with jersey
He's better than Ratbone and Brisebois or at least have more upside. Hirose really should be in the AHL for a good chunk of the season to get his strength up so picking him up is really about making a decision between Irwin/Wol and Smith and Smith is younger and have more upside.We already have too many depth 6-7-8 LD…
Wolanin
Irwin
Rathbone
Hirose
Brisebois
While Smith has had his struggles, he’s certainly not Rathbone level bad.
This is a case of a player being mis managed if anything. He was force fed into a terrible Devils team and then traded to a Pittsburgh who have Ryan Graves, Marcus Pettersson, POJ on the left side. Not mention Karlsson, Letang, and Ruhwedel on the right side, even if he could play on the right side.
Calling him Rathbone level bad is disingenuous.
Remember when Ty Smith was the next great Devils dman? Good times.
While I agree, I wouldn’t put a claim on Smith for several reasons.We do not.
Wolanin is fine as a 6-8 puck mover.
Rest should all be in the minors for various reasons.
They should be targeting two waiver wire guys here.
Hoglander should probably be dangled here if there's a higher value potential waiver guy upcoming.
what makes him better than rathbone? he's played more nhl games but they were all on a new jersey team that also played pk subban, ryan murray and colton white. his ahl numbers are worse also. his only advantage over rathbone is he's a year younger but he's still old for a player that still needs to make massive improvements to have a solid nhl career
Yes. I agree. I think they'd be better off hedging and seeing who pops up. I'm sure they've got this stuff drawn up on Jim Benning's league wide depth chart board and have some names they think will pop up.While I agree, I wouldn’t put a claim on Smith for several reasons.
1. Size (We have Hughes and Hronek in the top 4)
2. We have Hughes and Hronek.
He wouldn’t get nearly the same opportunities and is best served in a role where he’s not penciled in as a third pair defenseman. He needs his PP time, and certainly needs an environment where he can roam and quarterback.
He would be a misfit on our rather depth loaded defense.
Because Rathbone is just a worse player than Smith in pretty much every regard.what makes him better than rathbone? he's played more nhl games but they were all on a new jersey team that also played pk subban, ryan murray and colton white. his ahl numbers are worse also. his only advantage over rathbone is he's a year younger but he's still old for a player that still needs to make massive improvements to have a solid nhl career