Peter Griffin
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Everyone in the honeymoon period with Rutherford right now. Lets see how this ages in a year
Literally can't be worse than the last 7+ years.
Everyone in the honeymoon period with Rutherford right now. Lets see how this ages in a year
I never got the hate for Matheson and his contract.
He's a quality #4 skill defender who drives a lot of ES offense and $4.8 million through age 32 was a slight overpayment at worst.
He got cratered for a bit when he was used in top-pairing shutdown minutes on a bad team and that appeared to tank his perceived value - oooooh look at the terrible JFresh card! - but he was always a good player.
It’s like he has decided to be a part time player this year with all the mysterious injuries.Hamonic has been my least fav pick up
Absolute tool
I’d love to see someone toss us a pick for him
Apologies if this has been posted already… but I like this moto more than “we ran out of time”. So we could start to see some things happen later this month, potentially.
Seemed pretty clear what he was talking about...nah man. he’s never going to say “yea, this team is shit. OEL is shit and his contract sucks. I’m trading all these sucky players. F u, f u, you’re cool, f u .. “
it’s more likely lip service. Def can’t read much into it
For me, next year is a write off meant for team development and cap management. With new upper management installed they will need to flesh out roles and determine if they need to strip down and re-vamp their pro and amateur scouting departments, their minor league development group, the analytics department and cap management teams. They will have their work cut out for them...We already have $2.4m in dead cap space, plus another potential $1.5m with Halak, if they are unable to move him before his bonuses kick in...Luongo recapture comes off the books so they're replacing one waste of cap space with another. If they can jettison 3-4 of their inefficient contracts (ie Pearson, Poolman, Dickinson, Hamonic) and replace them with ELC's or cheaper reclamation projects that would be a bonus. We're stuck with OEL until at least 2024-25 and its unlikely that they move Myers at this point so it's pretty imperative that we find some bargains and get rid of the contracts that are inefficient. With a solid draft crop coming next year, this is the time to take the necessary "step back" in order to take two steps forward.
A bit of a strange comment though when the team should want to cash in on the crazy prices. I get trading a piece like Miller early if they decide to move him, since he will be the best forward on the market and they should get teams' best prices early, but for depth pieces like Motte or Schenn they should probably go down to the wire.
Seemed pretty clear what he was talking about...
- He's going to give these guys a shot to make the playoffs, they deserve it.
-The team has exceeded his initial expectations (good players on the team)
-The Canucks are 'past' the rebuild cycle, but not yet at the SC contender level.. getting close.
-Waiting to get his staff organized before they make any transactions (teams been mostly winning since he's been here..so there's really no urgency)
There's no spin.
Listening to Rutherford, he picks his words carefully..He wasnt vague, or pulling the wool (lip service, PR etc) over anyones eyes....Sounds more of a case of a bunch of posters here, plugging their ears, because Rutherford didn't come in and immediately stick a fork in the team.
He never said that this is a team that can consistently compete (for the cup)..He does think that this team is good enough to make the playoffs...and that is his primary focus right now.He also said he thinks they can be “contenders” in 2 years, ie:actually make the playoffs, but he’s not going to guarantee that. To me that reads, we’re at best 2 years away from actually being a consistent playoff team and likely longer.
He doesn’t think Benning’s built a team that can consistently compete. Nobody does.
I'm seeing some very light lip service about making the playoffs surround by a ton of talk about big changes, years away, and clearing cap space.
My perception is a guy who a) isn't going to speak rashly just in case the team goes 8-0 or something before the point where they're ready to make changes b) doesn't want to weaken his bargaining position by announcing FIRE SALE! and c) doesn't see the point of disrupting the room by announcing that the playoffs aren't happening this year.
Stuff like his 'up against the cap and out of the playoffs' comment from a week ago makes his position pretty clear. We're going to be clearing out contracts and cap space.
Thats not a damning comment..Only two teams make the finals.(and one of them from last season is now a bottom feeder)...It was made in the context that there would be roster spots available in the bottom half of the lineup next season.“It’s not like they made the finals last year” is a pretty damn clear sign.
Thats not a damning comment..Only two teams make the finals.(and one of them from last season is now a bottom feeder)...It was made in the context that there would be roster spots available in the bottom half of the lineup next season.
The ton of trade talk isn't coming from him..Its the media..creating rumours that 'take on a life of their own'
“We're certainly not starting from scratch. There's a lot of good players there.”JR.
He never said that this is a team that can consistently compete (for the cup)..He does think that this team is good enough to make the playoffs...and that is his primary focus right now.
Everyone in the honeymoon period with Rutherford right now. Lets see how this ages in a year
Essentially,he’s not going to pull the rug from under the team while they are in earshot of making the playoffs..and if they are still close around the TDL ,he will likely stand pat.Rutherford very clearly talked about poor cap management and the need to clear cap space. The only way to clear cap space is significant trades and assets moving out. That is coming *directly* from him.
Saying you aren't starting from scratch is not the same is saying you plan on competing for the playoffs this year.
Again,if they are clearly out..we should expect moves..if not he won’t…For the next few weeks and then when it’s clear they won’t be making the playoffs, moves will be made to hopefully help turn this franchise around to one that can consistently make the playoffs rather than one that might make it one season and then be forced to make cuts to the roster the next just to be able to ice a team.
Just looking at the title of this thread is giving me PTSD about the former Trader JimLiterally can't be worse than the last 7+ years.
He was hired to make changes, otherwise they could have fired Green, hired BB and kept Dim Jim. ...
... The complaint is about how it's been beaten to death that he's "Trader Jim", hence the f***ing title of the thread, and he's done nothing so far. ...
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Now there's word he's getting the Miller and Boeser camp to tell him and Allvin what it would take to re-sign. ... ...
Essentially,he’s not going to pull the rug from under the team while they are in earshot of making the playoffs..and if they are still close around the TDL ,he will likely stand pat.
We all know that he has to cut the fat off the team to get more cap flexibility..but that may not happen until the off season…Depends on where the team is at (we should have a clearer idea within the next 2-3 weeks).
That comment is actually more damning considering how bad the Canucks were last year.Thats not a damning comment..Only two teams make the finals.(and one of them from last season is now a bottom feeder)...It was made in the context that there would be roster spots available in the bottom half of the lineup next season.
The ton of trade talk isn't coming from him..Its the media..creating rumours that 'take on a life of their own'
“We're certainly not starting from scratch. There's a lot of good players there.”JR.
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Horvat, Boeser, Miller, Myers, OEL, Garland, Dickinson, Pearson, and Motte have gotta go. ...
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This last rebuild was such a failure. ...