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Rafferty and Juiolevi both make the team.I really think that Rafferty has been penciled in for the #5/#6 role.
Rafferty and Juiolevi both make the team.I really think that Rafferty has been penciled in for the #5/#6 role.
Rafferty and Juiolevi both make the team.
I think rosters will be expanded.well, the top 4 are clearcut. Then the 4 of Rafferty Juolevi Rathbone and Benn are fighting it out for 5 - 6 -7. And maybe they go with 8 D and 13 forwards for the roster. One of the D men can always take the 12th forward spot ...
Because it doesn't look like there will be AHL until Feb. And I suspect the 14 day quarantine will prevent AHL call ups. What do you do with the spare bits ...
Can we do that and be cap-compliant?I think rosters will be expanded.
It would certainly make the bubble players happy to be getting an NHL paycheck, assuming they do.More likely the teams will be able to just paper players as NHL or AHL without actually sending them down. Canucks would just run black aces all season.
No but a roster limit expansion would also be an exception. If a 14 day quarantine for out of country travel is in effect, they will have to find a solution for the Canadian teams that have US-based minor league affiliates. I'm not sure anybody outside of the PA/league discussions knows right now what that might look like. Teams also don't want to be paying NHL salaries for players on expanded rosters that would otherwise be playing in the AHL or Europe.Can we do that and be cap-compliant?
Canucks got lucky on their blueline last year--with basically 'zero' injuries until Tanev went down in March. With a compressed schedule and facing tough competition in a Canadian division night after night, I can't see how they'll get lucky again.
I think there's a good chance Rafferty, Juolevi, Rathbone and even Chatfield see some significant minutes for the Canucks. It'll be trial by fire for most of them.
Canucks have always suffered lots of injuries on the back-end going to back before they even had Salo. The back-end will suffer injuries for sure this year in the compressed schedule, and the team will deal with players playing too high in the lineup (others will have the same issue, but most teams have 6-7 players with NHL experience unlike the Canucks who will have a rookie in their top 6 unless someone new is signed).Removing Tanev from the roster significantly reduces the likelihood of our defensemen getting injured.
Chatfield is said to be a player in Tanev’s same vein, where a guy like rafferty may face an uphill battle vying for spots already taken by players such as Hughes and myers and Schmidt.Canucks media did a video talking about Chatfield has the inside edge after Juolevi. Sounds like MGMT/coaching staff isn’t high on Rafferty. What the f*** has Charfield done to deserve the inside edge. He’ll have an uphill battle to make the team out of camp.
I defer to Utica watchers to offer an explanation to me as to why Benning has been pumping the tires on Chatfield almost non-stop. What are the Canucks seeing in him that many Utica posters don't seem to see?. I mean he's a slightly undersized d-man who brings next to nothing to table offensively (0 goals and 4 assists in 40 games). That isn't even in Tanev's limited offensive league.
At this point in his career, Chatfield looks like a journeyman d-man to me. So if he has the 'inside track' on the likes of Rafferty, Rathbone and particularly Juolevi, then it has to be an 'epic fail' does it not?
I defer to Utica watchers to offer an explanation to me as to why Benning has been pumping the tires on Chatfield almost non-stop. What are the Canucks seeing in him that many Utica posters don't seem to see?. I mean he's a slightly undersized d-man who brings next to nothing to table offensively (0 goals and 4 assists in 40 games). That isn't even in Tanev's limited offensive league.
At this point in his career, Chatfield looks like a journeyman d-man to me. So if he has the 'inside track' on the likes of Rafferty, Rathbone and particularly Juolevi, then it has to be an 'epic fail' does it not?
How dare you forget Barkowski and MDZ!!Yet Benning continues to sing the praises of Chatfield. I think I'm beginning to understand how this GM could trade for the likes of Sbisa, Clendening, Pedan, Gudbranson, Larsen, and Pouliot, surrendering valuable draft picks for most of them.
This team couldn't identify an NHL caliber d-man on the open market if it tripped over one in a snowbank. I guess you can only pray that they finally got one right with Schmidt.
I defer to Utica watchers to offer an explanation to me as to why Benning has been pumping the tires on Chatfield almost non-stop. What are the Canucks seeing in him that many Utica posters don't seem to see?. I mean he's a slightly undersized d-man who brings next to nothing to table offensively (0 goals and 4 assists in 40 games). That isn't even in Tanev's limited offensive league.
At this point in his career, Chatfield looks like a journeyman d-man to me. So if he has the 'inside track' on the likes of Rafferty, Rathbone and particularly Juolevi, then it has to be an 'epic fail' does it not?
For starter Chatfield can actually defend at the AHL level. Rafferty needs to up his compete level and learn to defend at the AHL level big timeCanucks media did a video talking about Chatfield has the inside edge after Juolevi. Sounds like MGMT/coaching staff isn’t high on Rafferty. What the f*** has Charfield done to deserve the inside edge. He’ll have an uphill battle to make the team out of camp.