Proposal: CHI-VAN

[sdbullet]

CHI: gets Nate Schmidt

Van: gets Connor Murphy

Schmidt is a mobile 2 way defenceman with excellent puck moving ability, great skater and excellent shot.

Murphy is a big stay at home man, with decent mobility and solid defensive skills

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[Mrfenn92]

No thank you from Chicago

 

[voxel]

Why does Vancouver do this?

 

[Dr Quincy]

Schmidt is the better player but has the worse contract.

 

[Kevin Musto]

lmao no Murphy is our best defenseman.

Anyone saying Schmidt is better is out of their mind.

Murphy is younger, cheaper (seriously Schmidt's contract is embarrassingly bad), better, and a huge locker room leader and voice for the team.

 

[Ace of Hades]

Canucks say no.

 

[FOurteenS inCisOr]

Prefer Schmidt.

Was a warrior for us this season, and is a great vet to help lead the Canucks D as they continue to build.

 

[FOurteenS inCisOr]

lmao no Murphy is our best defenseman.

Anyone saying Schmidt is better is out of their mind.

Murphy is younger, cheaper (seriously Schmidt's contract is embarrassingly bad), better, and a huge locker room leader and voice for the team.

 

[Kevin Musto]

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6M a year for a second pairing D man? Yeah no thanks

 

[FOurteenS inCisOr]

6M a year for a second pairing D man? Yeah no thanks

Even if he were just a 2nd pairing D—which, if he is, he’d be one of the best in the league—that’s at worst a fair contract.

 

[Unbiased Fan]

6M a year for a second pairing D man? Yeah no thanks

Schmidt is a great player. A top 60 dman in NHL easily. He’s a top pairing dman.

 

[Taytro]

Not a fan of either team but... Van has to say no, sure Schmidt is paid more but thats because he's an obviously better hockey player.

 

[HockeySauce]

Wait so CHI gets to dump Murphy and get a useful player in return?

 

[Pertti]

This trade would be pointless, we trade our best D to a player who would be our best D. Added 3M in salary would mean that we probably would have to say no to another trade.

 

[Canuck86]

6M a year for a second pairing D man? Yeah no thanks

That is what the Canucks do tho, Edler 6m, Myers 6m, Schmidt 5.9m. Bring Gallant in and I bet you see a way different Schmidt, put the guy on the right side that he prefers to play and has proven at the NHL level that he can be very effective at!

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Maybe 2 seasons ago, these days Murphy is the better player.
Vancouver needs to add.

 

[ChiHawk21]

This trade would be pointless, we trade our best D to a player who would be our best D. Added 3M in salary would mean that we probably would have to say no to another trade.

but if the player is better and we have cap space.....

 

[Boondock]

This trade would be pointless, we trade our best D to a player who would be our best D. Added 3M in salary would mean that we probably would have to say no to another trade.

semantics - but its $2million

 

[Nucklehead Supreme]

lmao no Murphy is our best defenseman.

Anyone saying Schmidt is better is out of their mind.

Murphy is younger, cheaper (seriously Schmidt's contract is embarrassingly bad), better, and a huge locker room leader and voice for the team.

He's a top 4 dman, making top 4 dman man money, care to explain how it's embarrassingly bad?

Sounds like someone has a bias.......

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

This thread appears less Connor Murphy and more Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Stories.

 

[De Montreal]

I get it from VAN point of view. They could use a stay-at-home dman to play with their puck mover and Schmidt skillset seems a bit redundant. But Chicago also have puck-movers on the backend, they are more desperate for another guy like Murphy than another offensive-minded blueliner.

 

[Canucks LB]

I would honestly pass for Vancouver, The cap alone even outs the trade tho

 

[Ace of Hades]

Schmidt is better than Murphy, this is obvious for those objective enough to watch them play.

Funny how Schmidt was viewed as a solid top pairing guy from last season in Vegas to a ”overpaid second pairing” defenseman now that he plays for the Canucks. Never change HF.

Schmidt is pretty much the same player as last season. The difference is he plays for a shitty defensive coached team and not used to his strengths.

 

[Kaners PPGs]

The fact that fans of both teams are saying "no" tells me it is a pretty fair trade. Considering that Murphy is 2 M per cheaper and fits more of what Vancouver needs makes it a good match for them. Granted, Vancouver would just blow that extra cap space on some bottom 6 plug anyways. I watched and followed the Canucks rather closely this season and I expected more from Schmidt.

 

[Mergatroidskittle]

The fact that fans of both teams are saying "no" tells me it is a pretty fair trade. Considering that Murphy is 2 M per cheaper and fits more of what Vancouver needs makes it a good match for them. Granted, Vancouver would just blow that extra cap space on some bottom 6 plug anyways. I watched and followed the Canucks rather closely this season and I expected more from Schmidt.

You mean you expected more from a guy joining a new team in a limited season on to boot the global pandemic that crunched there season that no other team dealt with other than Dallas.. wow shocker. Added some context and you see how dumb your post really is