How this new management hasn’t come in, made a handful of roster moves and at least waived some players and called up some others is a bit mind boggling to me. It’s just the same roster over and over with new lines of that same roster over and over.
Changes will come. They are not Benning, THEY have probably already decided what to do but it is the cap.
I'm dying of boredom waiting for the new regime to do literally anything. The fact that they didn't even do something simple like shoot Alex Chiasson into the sun is so disappointing to me.
They don't want to give players away for nothing like Benning would do, even a 5th or 6th for Chaisson is a victory compared to Benning's misfits. But he is a TDL guy for sure if he goes. They may keep him because he is cheap.
NHL salary cap. Too many teams are near the ceiling. Too tight to make moves.
Yep, big moves will have to wait to close to the TDL. There is a PLAN
If they were literally trying to just hold their odds at 10% they couldn't be doing a better job. It's actually ridiculous. Doing just exactly enough to hang ever-so-slightly around.
Players are doing enough to be valued or coveted by other teams, it is just the cap.
Team is .500 headed towards another year of missing the playoffs while the Oilers, Flames and Leafs get to watch their team in the post-season.
.500 is still a loser point added fantasy number, real world they are .473
No because I had complete apathy (with bouts of anger) for 6 years or so and understand that if anything is going to happen, it will be a little bit closer to the deadline. If no trades are made? Then I'll be bored and probably check out until the offseason.
Pretty sure some posters will be upset saying "what are they doing?" They have to purge the losing culture, if not done deep enough the team is in danger of a Buffalo type decade.
Next couple of years will be pretty much a step back and when the team is already in the bottom third that means lots of deals and draft picks to come. They might only win 16 games a year but how much worse is that compared to 20 wins?
What will be exciting is that there will be more than just ONE shiny new penny to watch.
The cap goes both ways, Benning screwed the team that they have to careful WHO they trade because of LTIR and bonuses and .....
They are no better than the last 5 years, Pettersson and Hughes are in year 4 of being Canucks, 4 years, time flies when playing on hopes and dreams, how about Horvat? Never played on a winning team except for 30 games or so his first year, 9 years!
Demko is the only safe bet, to correct Benning's genius moves and make this team a contender star players will need to be traded to get more star players, that means Hughes and Pettersson might be on the block.
The team is losing with them now, with Miller now, with Horvat and Boeser now, so is losing any different if they are not there but then losing means maybe getting top draft picks? You can sure that this new management group will do better than 3 players out of nine 1rst round picks, 3 for five top ten.
Rutherford has warned the fans, paraphrasing here "I think the Vancouver fans are knowledgeable what is needed", "we will need to take a step back", "this team is ordinary and slow", "some fans will be unhappy", "team like Tampa (tanked twice), Pittsburgh (tanked twice), Chicago (tanked twice) he named 3 teams that we all know a cup champs that have tanked twice, there are others, NJD, Carolina, Florida most of the top team today, even Washington to get Ovy.
Allvin has avoided calling the group a team, he refers to it as a "roster" which indicates they already see the team as being on paper. Asked if he needed more time to evaluate, he answered Rutherford had been here for 2 1/2 months already. Again Demko is the only name coming up as a 'franchise goalie". Demko's window is longer too, his window could be another 7+years or a lot more. Waste two for tank, two for build if needed and one for polishing. 5 years tops, could be a lot shorter if returns on trades, high value trades come back with superior assets in the long run. Where will Miller's game be in 4 years? Horvat? Both will be on the downside of their prime hockey lives but if here both will be being paid over 7 to 9 mil each. Flip side could be two or more young star players getting paid rookie max, 950K?
Patience, I am also chomping at the bit to see something happen, players may be already tipping off what is up, their agents will be in contact, or not which could mean more, with Rutherford etal.
Just have to wait for the cap so a million in cap space allows for signing on a 6+ mil in contracts. I still think Ferland and Sutter can be traded along with their LTIR to help opposing team get under. Maybe even some 3 way deals.