Confirmed with Link: Canucks re-sign F Nikolay Goldobin to 1-Year, $900K Deal
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It's fair value, but this is an utterly pointless waste of time.
Goldobin was given the chance of his career and blew it - partly due to poor play, partly due to bad luck, and partly due to the fact the coach really doesn't like him.
With Ferland and Miller added, and Pearson here for a full season, there is basically no chance he gets any sort of look in any real offensive minutes (and he can't play anywhere down the lineup), and will probably be on waivers by Christmas. He should have been let go this summer to give him a chance elsewhere.
Goldobin was given the chance of his career and blew it - partly due to poor play, partly due to bad luck, and partly due to the fact the coach really doesn't like him.
With Ferland and Miller added, and Pearson here for a full season, there is basically no chance he gets any sort of look in any real offensive minutes (and he can't play anywhere down the lineup), and will probably be on waivers by Christmas. He should have been let go this summer to give him a chance elsewhere.
PuckMunchkin
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I was thinking this as well
It might give him enough value to package with a Baertschi or sutter and take back a forward in the 2-3 mil range
Edit: something like Sutter and Goldobin for Riley Nash (2 years 2.75 mil)
Pastor Of Muppetz
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Signing does seem odd..especially with the glut of extra forwards the Canucks have...Maybe he's insurance for when Baertschi inevitably gets injured.
DL44
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Timing is interesting.
To me it indicates the Canucks were waiting to see if anyone needed a body entering camp and willing to part with a pick for Goldy.
This is one kid that needed a great summer of training... Has the skill... needed some strength and find the will to play a more puck hungry style of play...
To me it indicates the Canucks were waiting to see if anyone needed a body entering camp and willing to part with a pick for Goldy.
This is one kid that needed a great summer of training... Has the skill... needed some strength and find the will to play a more puck hungry style of play...
Hansen
tyler motte simp
DL44
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Goldy (With a significant developmental step)-Pettersson-Miller line is as intriguing as the dozens of other mock potential combos...
I don't understand some of these posts, it was pretty evident Goldobin was going to re-sign here per all available reports. Where he fits in is another story, it really depends on training camp.
Well, he had no choice but to sign here if he wanted to continue his career in the NHL.
The problem is that he doesn't fit anywhere, at all. And the coach hates him, and didn't even trust him last year when we didn't have Miller/Ferland/Pearson.
Mr. Canucklehead
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More than likely, I think he ends up clearing waivers and playing in Utica - either that, or he rides the pine as a 13th forward and gets into the lineup as injury relief.
He's not making the opening roster on a permanent basis unless something goes terribly wrong.
Fire Benning
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Surprised they brought him back TBH, thought he was done for sure.
Gonna be hard for him to get consistent minutes, didn't get them last year and now he's been bumped further down the left side depth chart.
Could see him pulling a Burmistrov and bolting back home mid-season.
Gonna be hard for him to get consistent minutes, didn't get them last year and now he's been bumped further down the left side depth chart.
Could see him pulling a Burmistrov and bolting back home mid-season.
I'm sure we will hear about how the term is too long and the cap hit is awful for this deal...
If he makes the team, he is cheaper then the savings of who ever we send down, so I see this an absolute win.
If he makes the team, he is cheaper then the savings of who ever we send down, so I see this an absolute win.
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Coach is not impressed with his play....does not hate the player.
I honestly think he may still fit somewhere, especially in the grind of a long season. Our coach hated Hutton two seasons ago, and while I realize he isn't here now, he did play all last season without being a healthy scratch. If Goldobin works on the items that he was told to work on, and this is evident at camp, I do think our coach will give him a fair shake.
As for where he fits?
Ferland-Pettersson-Boeser
Baertschi-Horvat-Miller
Pearson-Sutter-Virtanen
Leivo-Beagle-Goldobin
Gaudette, Eriksson to AHL
Roussel to LTIR
It all comes down to training camp, he will need to compete and play his way on to the roster. If he doesn't he should and will get waived, at which point he may get claimed or start the season in the AHL. I realize that the 4th line isn't a popular place to play Goldobin, but it's nice to have the depth to have that as a viable option.
Kind of reminds me of the deal Pouliot signed last season with the Canucks. It's 'produce or else'. He's an RFA at the end of the season and if things don't work out, they just let him walk.
The other factor is 'waiver eligibility'. If the Canucks wanted to send Goldy to Utica after the pre-season, I doubt there'd be much interest in a player on a one-way $900,000 contract. And the guy has been a fairly prolific scorer at the AHL-level....would definitely be a boon to the Comets.
The other factor is 'waiver eligibility'. If the Canucks wanted to send Goldy to Utica after the pre-season, I doubt there'd be much interest in a player on a one-way $900,000 contract. And the guy has been a fairly prolific scorer at the AHL-level....would definitely be a boon to the Comets.
It sucks for the player because he has no chance of doing anything here and really needed a fresh start elsewhere ... and it's silly for the team because we should be using roster spots on players the coach actually trusts who have a chance of being with the team moving forward.
He may think he's a perfectly nice guy but is very clearly not a fan of anything about how Goldobin plays hockey and doesn't trust him at all. You're arguing semantics here.
BeardyCanuck03
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Goldy is the 13th forward at this point.
I would say Motte is pencilled in on the 4th line currently.
A lot can change at camp though
Goldobin isn't playing on the 4th line ahead of Motte, who Green absolutely loves. Also it is extremely presumptuous to think Eriksson will be in the AHL.
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i am very fine with this. last chance deal for goldy. slight overpay on the qualifying offer. gives the canucks a cheap body for the top 6 if they run into injury or cap issues.
i am seeing a 25 man roster with $4.15m cap space on capfriendly. this includes roussel but excludes gaudette.
so, if gaudette makes the roster, they have the ability to bury a maximum of $2.07m in contracts through waivers before dipping into ltir.
so around $6m is where boeser hovers if they want a fairly headache free season cap-wise.
i am seeing a 25 man roster with $4.15m cap space on capfriendly. this includes roussel but excludes gaudette.
so, if gaudette makes the roster, they have the ability to bury a maximum of $2.07m in contracts through waivers before dipping into ltir.
so around $6m is where boeser hovers if they want a fairly headache free season cap-wise.
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