Waived: Christian Wolanin (LD) & Jack Studnicka (RW) - Both Cleared

[Vector]

Is your STR high enough to carry your stuff? Maybe you should consider Strong Back and/or Packed Rat perks.

Or just give your shit to Sulik and let him lug them around.

Loaded everything into the trunk of my Highwayman! Luckily there were no random map encounters on the way here.

 

[valkynax]

Loaded everything into the trunk of my Highwayman! Luckily there were no random map encounters on the way here.

Glad to hear. Definitely stay off the detours to wards south. I got a little lost and ran into these huge ass 8 feet tall dudes wearing black armors and shit.

 

[bossram]

I guess they prefer Lafferty to Studnicka and a 5th...which is whatever I guess. I just don't see what it accomplishes.

 

[krutovsdonut]

It allows them to have 3 ELCs on the roster so if they claim multiple players they can immediately send them down and add those players.

my confused cap accounting leaves me unsure why they brought hirose up.

cap friendly says right now they are $692.917 over the cap using all of poolman's ltir

with aman, studnicka and wolanin currently on the roster but heading down, that will drop $2,312,500 of salary tomorrow.

so that will give them $1,619,583 in available ltir

but hirose being called up scoops $787,500 of that.

so, by my math, they will have $832,083 in unused ltir after these two moves.

this is not enough to bring podz up that i can see. also not enough to claim dylan coughlin at $850k. best they could do is call up bains to get within $16k of full ltir utilization.

however, they could get closer than this by calling up raty and irwin instead of hirose.

now if they put brisebois on season opening injured reserve then available ltir will increase by maybe $400,000 or so depending on how many days brisebois was on the big team roster last year. but this relief is very temporary and i don't see anyway to use it to maximize ltir.

 

[Vector]

my confused cap accounting leaves me unsure why they brought hirose up.

cap friendly says right now they are $692.917 over the cap using all of poolman's ltir

with aman, studnicka and wolanin currently on the roster but heading down, that will drop $2,312,500 of salary tomorrow.

so that will give them $1,619,583 in available ltir

but hirose being called up scoops $787,500 of that.

so, by my math, they will have $832,083 in unused ltir after these two moves.

this is not enough to bring podz up that i can see. also not enough to claim dylan coughlin at $850k. best they could do is call up bains to get within $16k of full ltir utilization.

however, they could get closer than this by calling up raty and irwin instead of hirose.

now if they put brisebois on season opening injured reserve then available ltir will increase by maybe $400,000 or so depending on how many days brisebois was on the big team roster last year. but this relief is very temporary and i don't see anyway to use it to maximize ltir.

Honestly, it's kind of all voodoo. If they have a deal in the works or are expecting to claim someone, then it further changes how it all fits together. We know that it's fairly simple of them to roster a 23-man team for opening night, it's just who are those men going to be.

 

[Shareefruck]

Wolanin I don't get at all. But if it means bringing Hirose back, I'm okay with it.

While I don't particularly care if Studnicka is in the organization or not, I'm always amused by how he sometimes kind of plays like a pretty ineffective dying man's Ryan Kesler.

It's like every foray into the offensive zone he made, you can hear his internal monologue going "I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna take all of you on all by myse--- Oh, crap."

 

[TruGr1t]

I guess they prefer Lafferty to Studnicka and a 5th...which is whatever I guess. I just don't see what it accomplishes.

Roster churn, that's about it.

 

[RobertKron]

I guess they prefer Lafferty to Studnicka and a 5th...which is whatever I guess. I just don't see what it accomplishes.

I mean, they still have Studnicka unless you think he's not going to clear.

 

[krutovsdonut]

Roster churn, that's about it.

the ghost of pat quinn chomps on a cigar and reminds you that roster churn is a useful thing when your roster is not good enough.

 

[ChilliBilly]

my confused cap accounting leaves me unsure why they brought hirose up.

cap friendly says right now they are $692.917 over the cap using all of poolman's ltir

with aman, studnicka and wolanin currently on the roster but heading down, that will drop $2,312,500 of salary tomorrow.

so that will give them $1,619,583 in available ltir

but hirose being called up scoops $787,500 of that.

so, by my math, they will have $832,083 in unused ltir after these two moves.

this is not enough to bring podz up that i can see. also not enough to claim dylan coughlin at $850k. best they could do is call up bains to get within $16k of full ltir utilization.

however, they could get closer than this by calling up raty and irwin instead of hirose.

now if they put brisebois on season opening injured reserve then available ltir will increase by maybe $400,000 or so depending on how many days brisebois was on the big team roster last year. but this relief is very temporary and i don't see anyway to use it to maximize ltir.

Sorry, but I am assuming your $832,083 in cap space is based on a 21 or 22 man roster. Or am I missing something.

 

[krutovsdonut]

Sorry, but I am assuming your $832,083 in cap space is based on a 21 or 22 man roster. Or am I missing something.

it's ltir space based on current capfriendly roster (23) minus aman, studnicka and wolanin (20), plus hirose (21). so then you call up the guy in the minors who can get you closest to. the 832k in ltir space to end up with a 22 man roster that maximizes ltir use for opening roster purposes.

then, most likely, they send that guy and hirose down and shuffle the roster, and end up with a 22 man roster with slightly more ltir wiggle room but not enough to add a 23rd player.

i don't see how they can field a 23 man roster this year without more ltir or a trade that sheds cap.

worth noting that a few days ago we were noting they had enough ltir to add someone earning about $400k over league minimum on a 22 man roster. they just did exactly that by adding lafferty.

most of their moves today look like they are finished and just prepping for ltir utilization. the one anomoly is hirose does not seem like the right salary to call up to maximize ltir usage, but that could be my bad math or a player they are going to acquire making just under $832k.

 

[rypper]

I think the Canucks are going to maneuver to win the cap space Olympics again to start the season which will explain their moves so far and any upcoming moves.

 

[Diversification]

Is your STR high enough to carry your stuff? Maybe you should consider Strong Back and/or Packed Rat perks.

Or just give your shit to Sulik and let him lug them around.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Really disappointed they’re keeping Brisebois over Wolanin by the looks of it.

It’s keeping a safe, ineffective player over a guy who actually is effective but might not tick the ‘fundamentals’ boxes in the same way to a coach.

We are going Travis Green MS. Come ob now.

 

[bossram]

I mean, they still have Studnicka unless you think he's not going to clear.

I think he’ll clear, but don’t see a material difference between Lafferty and like Aman/Studnicka.

I watched most of his games with Toronto. He’s just A Guy.

 

[VanJack]

Let's face it, Wolanin didn't have a very strong training camp, and was nowhere near as good as he was for the Canucks in the last 15 games a season ago. I suppose this shouldn't be too surprising.

Up until last year's breakthrough year in Abbotsford, Wolanin was basically a career minor leaguer And it's really hard to judge a guy based on 'garbage time' in an NHL schedule.

Studnicka surprises me a little. He's had a strong camp, and I thought they might reward him with 10 games or so at the start of the season.

 

[ChilliBilly]

Let's face it, Wolanin didn't have a very strong training camp, and was nowhere near as good as he was for the Canucks in the last 15 games a season ago. I suppose this shouldn't be too surprising.

Up until last year's breakthrough year in Abbotsford, Wolanin was basically a career minor leaguer And it's really hard to judge a guy based on 'garbage time' in an NHL schedule.

Studnicka surprises me a little. He's had a strong camp, and I thought they might reward him with 10 games or so at the start of the season.

agreed. but at least he is on a one way contract, so he gets paid either way. Good for him. Hope he has a money manager, because this might very well be his last kick at the can.

 

[hookshott]

After the season he had last year, I'd think some team would give Wolanin a shot.

Agreed. They are trying to sneak him through (like many other teams are trying to do with their players at this time....I do recall we managed to sneak Jacob Markstrom through quite a few years ago) though my guess is he gets picked up and we lose a decent player with a good salary....so we can have another ex Pittsburgh guy.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Both cleared, no surprise really

 

[Tables of Stats]

So much hand-wringing here about losing them when every team sends these types of players down and they aren't claimed. We're likely to see both of them play NHL games this season.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

So much hand-wringing here about losing them when every team sends these types of players down and they aren't claimed. We're likely to see both of them play NHL games this season.

Just like how people overreact to not claiming players that they recognized by names
Silly, they are on waiver for a reason

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

Silly, they are on waiver for a reason

Eh I don’t agree with this logic. Other teams may have better depth than the Canucks (a player they waive would still be an upgrade to our roster), or they have poor talent assessment, or the player would benefit from a change of scenery (Tolvanen). Players being claimed off waivers and succeeding is definitely the exception to the rule, but it’s a pretty low risk move to take.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Eh I don’t agree with this logic. Other teams may have better depth than the Canucks (a player they waive would still be an upgrade to our roster), or they have poor talent assessment, or the player would benefit from a change of scenery (Tolvanen). Players being claimed off waivers and succeeding is definitely the exception to the rule, but it’s a pretty low risk move to take.

Tolvanen is like hitting a lottery, a lot of lucks involved

I still stand that no D on the waiver today is better than Wolanin

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Tolvanen is like hitting a lottery, a lot of lucks involved

I still stand that no D on the waiver today is better than Wolanin

Agreed. Most of us just focus on the names because they were highly drafted a few years ago.

 

[Svencouver]

Its good news for Abbotsford, which is shaping up to be a great environment to play in this year