Rumor: Ian Cole to the Canucks for 2 years...AAV? Canucks to sign a "Very tall" D-man

[AndreRoy]

Why sign a very tall defenseman when you can get one already under contract for free? Why not corner the market on tall defensemen named Myers? That’s right: Philippe Myers is the player you’re looking for!

…hello?

 

[ManofSteel55]

A couple of Canuck tidbits today.

Friedman has expressed multiple times that the Canucks and Ian Cole is something he is expecting to happen next week.

Then theres Patrick Johnston who is a Canuck media and has broken signings before with the Canucks. He says Canucks are going to sign a "Very Tall Dman"

Lots of UFA players fit the profile tho, who could it be?

Soucy? Dumoulin? Mikkola? Mayfield?

Extension for Tyler Myers.

 

[jackjohnson]

Probably Carson Soucy who they had interest. Should trade their 11th for Hanifin or Pesce to upgrade their top 4th

Hughes-Pesce
Soucy-Hronek
Hirose-Myers

 

[McJedi]

What did y’all do to the hockey Gods to be such a poorly run franchise? Ian Cole?

With term?

But why?

If y’all had just given Brock his QA on a one year deal last summer, he’d have been traded at 50% retained at the 2023 TDL for a middling draft pick. Would have $6.65mm in cap space for the next two years.

The same issue with Ian cole will happen next summer. You don’t do term deals with guys like Cole. The slow motion train wreck decisions Vancouvers front office makes are obvious and hard to watch.

The unforced errors your FO makes are mind numbing.

 

[M2Beezy]

Isn’t myers very tall?

Not good at ice hockey tho, not really his thing

 

[Czechboy]

Sustr and Hronek in BC! Going to be epic!

 

[ratbid]

I mean....I wouldn't hate it

I mean if we ended up getting Tryamkin, Soucy and Cole, that’d be huge… literally. Don’t see Tryamkin coming back to Van though, he really didn’t like the weed everywhere.

 

[barriers]

Came to say this lmfao first thing I thought.

I'm pretty sure he's still a free agent. It's not inconceivable...

 

[herzausstein]

Chaos giraffe getting an extension

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Wasn't there a tall Russian D in Vancouver that went back to Russia? Maybe him? His last name started with a T IIRC.

 

[David71]

Dylan McIlrath

 

[bringbacktheskate604]

What did y’all do to the hockey Gods to be such a poorly run franchise? Ian Cole?

With term?

But why?

If y’all had just given Brock his QA on a one year deal last summer, he’d have been traded at 50% retained at the 2023 TDL for a middling draft pick. Would have $6.65mm in cap space for the next two years.

The same issue with Ian cole will happen next summer. You don’t do term deals with guys like Cole. The slow motion train wreck decisions Vancouvers front office makes are obvious and hard to watch.

The unforced errors your FO makes are mind numbing.

Dude again I ask what is your obsession with Vancouver? Good on winning a cup nobody can take that but let's not sugar coat the fact the Avs peaked and your roster has gotten weaker the last two years and since you guy might be the shittiest drafting team in hockey have fun getting back on top.
Seriously, after Makar, Mak, Rants, you have nothing that is anything special. You hit lightning in a bottle for 1 season and the exodus began.
Bo had 1 stretch in the playoffs in0uinn, he sure didn't look anywhere near his level.

You make fun of our roster, you mention Brock in this post when he would be #4 in points on the avs last season.
Your big add this year is a washed up lazy player a rebuilding team with no cap issues retained 50% just to be rid of him.

The funniest thing is you talk about bad moves but we have 1 player 30 or older signed for next season and he's only been top 20 in scoring over the last 4 years.

Ian Cole who likely signs for cheap for two years is hardly a move that would have any negative effect, I mean he's no Brad Hunt or Dennis Malgin but funny how he seems to be coveted by strong teams like TB and even the Avs.

End of the day we have a ton of cap this year and going forward, we are the 3rd youngest team with elite pieces in all the important places and a GM in Alvin who has purged a lot of Bennings mistakes.

 

[Gil Fisher]

Do they have high shelving in the Canucks locker room?

Also, while Carson Soucy is tall, he is clearly an inch or two short of "very tall".

 

[Superlative Soup]

He checks all the boxes really:

-Tall

 

[wavaxa2]

You just know this is a directive from that fat faced idiot Jerry Jones wannabe owner.

 

[Vancouver_2010]

if he comes with league minimum, i can live with that.

 

[EverTheCynic]

He checks all the boxes really:

-Tall

HF took away my like privileges. But I just wanted to quote you and say you made me laugh.

Funniest comment I've seen in ages here.

 

[Canuck86]

Cole made 3m in Tampa last year, is he expected to command a similar cap hit on a potential multi year deal or can he be had for cheaper?

I am okay with having Cole but short term and under 3m I would hope. Otherwise go with a younger guy in Soucy maybe depending on his contract demands!

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Yeah I guess. Just seems like a rudderless boat going in circles with Vancouver since Benning was there

Circles is mandatory when going down the drain

 

[Three On Zero]

Cole made 3m in Tampa last year, is he expected to command a similar cap hit on a potential multi year deal or can he be had for cheaper?

I am okay with having Cole but short term and under 3m I would hope. Otherwise go with a younger guy in Soucy maybe depending on his contract demands!

Cole @ something like 2-2.5 x 2 is palatable

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Dude again I ask what is your obsession with Vancouver? Good on winning a cup nobody can take that but let's not sugar coat the fact the Avs peaked and your roster has gotten weaker the last two years and since you guy might be the shittiest drafting team in hockey have fun getting back on top.
Seriously, after Makar, Mak, Rants, you have nothing that is anything special. You hit lightning in a bottle for 1 season and the exodus began.
Bo had 1 stretch in the playoffs in0uinn, he sure didn't look anywhere near his level.

You make fun of our roster, you mention Brock in this post when he would be #4 in points on the avs last season.
Your big add this year is a washed up lazy player a rebuilding team with no cap issues retained 50% just to be rid of him.

The funniest thing is you talk about bad moves but we have 1 player 30 or older signed for next season and he's only been top 20 in scoring over the last 4 years.

Ian Cole who likely signs for cheap for two years is hardly a move that would have any negative effect, I mean he's no Brad Hunt or Dennis Malgin but funny how he seems to be coveted by strong teams like TB and even the Avs.

End of the day we have a ton of cap this year and going forward, we are the 3rd youngest team with elite pieces in all the important places and a GM in Alvin who has purged a lot of Bennings mistakes.

Never skip your afternoon nap.

 

[MNRube]

If they can afford him, one would think Mayfield could be a nice fit next to Hughes

 

[elitepete]

Please tell me this isn’t happening? This is a garbage ass player. Hopefully the Tall Defensemen is Mayfield.

 

[Nucker101]

Spoilers:


It’s gonna be Ian Cole + Adam Foote’s son + Teddy Blueger up front

2 Rutherford boys + parent of player on the coaching staff’s boy

 

[elitepete]

Wasn't there a tall Russian D in Vancouver that went back to Russia? Maybe him? His last name started with a T IIRC.

Tryamkin would actually be a good option at this point. Much better option than Cole.

Main reason he left is because his wife didn’t like it here. At the time he was the only Russian on the team. Now with so many Russians on the team (Pod, Kuz, Mikheyev, possibly Kravtsov returning in the future), it would make it easier.