WetcoastOrca
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Markstrom is going to be 31 and was injured at two key times this year. I’m glad we passed.
I just read that Canucks offered him 5 years..?..(maybe thats incorrect)...Seems to me that Calgary could offer security..We could not.Radio reported the deal breaker was term. If so, Benning did the right thing.
i think marky will regret not taking our offer if we went 5.5x5m. he was in a perfect situation.
i think marky will regret not taking our offer if we went 5.5x5m. he was in a perfect situation.
if we had signed him 6x6 i would have been unhappy but lived with it. i think those who say cap overspend on other players cost us here are right. the snart move is resign this guy and keep a good thing going.
i hope holtby works out.
Like Markstrom. Went from the "best goalie not in the NHL" label to possible bust to team MVP. Gotta love the story.
Would have been unhappy signing him for 6x$6M because term is deadly, especially with Demko in the wings.
Happy with the way things turned out.
When the next GM takes over, he's going to have Demko-Hughes-Pettersson as the backbone of this team. That's a good base.
I did not know that you had to start.True but at some point you have to stop handing out 6 year contracts to 31 year olds, especially with a talented 24 year old ready to step it up.
We definitely did get worse today. But probably better tomorrow.I think there is far too much confidence in Demko. Don’t get me wrong, he had just and incredible few games a month ago. No doubt. But wow last year there were some big holes in his game. Time will tell what happens of course but I wouldn’t be expecting Demko to do what Markstrom has doing for this team. And that’s not a slight really, as I don’t think you should be expecting Vezina caliber goaltending...which is what Markstrom has been providing for 2+ seasons.
This isn’t moving on from Cloutier. It’s not even a Luongo-Schneider situation where you had two legitimate top flight guys with outstanding numbers. This is moving on from your starter who is arguably top 5 in the league right now and going with the guy who hasn’t exactly shown to be much more than a competent back up. Young yes but he wants pushing like Schneider was or like other young goalies do before they are handed the net.
To have to make that decision because of a multitude of other sins doesn’t excuse it. Especially when the deal signed isn’t actually horrendous. Coming out of a flat cap in a couple of years the last couple of years of the deal aren’t going to be an albatross.
Ideal world to me was keep both goaltenders and look to move on down the road when you have a little more confidence Demko is ready. Heck even in the non-ideal Jim Benning world that money can still work and by you time to get out from the mess that was made with the other contracts.
I hope Demko works ou I really do, but today IMO the Canucks got a lot worse.
Yeah lmao, unless they're perennial All-Stars still chasing their first Cup, what actual incentive do these guys have to keep producing if you lock them up into their declining years?I did not know that you had to start.
Huh. Live 'n learn.
It's yet another step away from being a contender.Im sad. Marky was our best player these past two years...
I dont understand the rush to sign Holtby.
I feel my ability to give a f*** about this team slowly wane.
It feels like watching a car crash in slow motion and having everyone around you tell you how its fiiiine its gonna be just fiiiine. Sigh.
I would like to see the team do it's best.So you would rather not had the playoff we just had I see
Goaltending is not Calgary's most critical flaw lolWe lost our MVP and we solved our closest historical rival’s most critical franchise flaw.
For the first time in forever we have a question mark in our blue paint because nobody in our front office can look beyond their nose when it comes to making decisions for the long term betterment of this franchise.
And Calgary just became legit contenders because Markstrom is that good.
Just when Marky is busting out, we lose him to Calgary.
This here is some bullshit.
God damn f***.
First time in forever? Markstrom has been great the last two years but we had big question marks before that with Lack as our starter and some other mediocre goalies after we traded Luongo.We lost our MVP and we solved our closest historical rival’s most critical franchise flaw.
For the first time in forever we have a question mark in our blue paint because nobody in our front office can look beyond their nose when it comes to making decisions for the long term betterment of this franchise.
And Calgary just became legit contenders because Markstrom is that good.
Just when Marky is busting out, we lose him to Calgary.
This here is some bullshit.
God damn f***.
I would like to see the team do it's best.
Not see the GM mortgage the future to prolong his disastrous tenure here. Mediocrity purgatory in a cap world with loser OT points is one step above watching the '80's Canucks getting mocked by the Oilers.
Legit contenders..?...bit of a stretch..Last I heard ,was that Johnny Hockey might be shipped out... and their top D man will be 40 in three years...We lost our MVP and we solved our closest historical rival’s most critical franchise flaw.
For the first time in forever we have a question mark in our blue paint because nobody in our front office can look beyond their nose when it comes to making decisions for the long term betterment of this franchise.
And Calgary just became legit contenders because Markstrom is that good.
Just when Marky is busting out, we lose him to Calgary.
This here is some bullshit.
God damn f***.
I think there is far too much confidence in Demko. Don’t get me wrong, he had just and incredible few games a month ago. No doubt. But wow last year there were some big holes in his game. Time will tell what happens of course but I wouldn’t be expecting Demko to do what Markstrom has doing for this team. And that’s not a slight really, as I don’t think you should be expecting Vezina caliber goaltending...which is what Markstrom has been providing for 2+ seasons.
This isn’t moving on from Cloutier. It’s not even a Luongo-Schneider situation where you had two legitimate top flight guys with outstanding numbers. This is moving on from your starter who is arguably top 5 in the league right now and going with the guy who hasn’t exactly shown to be much more than a competent back up. Young yes but he wasn’t pushing like Schneider was or like other young goalies do before they are handed the net.
To have to make that decision because of a multitude of other sins doesn’t excuse it. Especially when the deal signed isn’t actually horrendous. Coming out of a flat cap in a couple of years the last couple of years of the deal aren’t going to be an albatross.
Ideal world to me was keep both goaltenders and look to move on down the road when you have a little more confidence Demko is ready. Heck even in the non-ideal Jim Benning world that money can still work and by you time to get out from the mess that was made with the other contracts.
I hope Demko works out I really do, but today IMO the Canucks got a lot worse.
Starting 60 games a season for each of the previous two seasons (and was well over that pace this past season) & having to face a ton of shots every game might have something to do with that. And he just turned 30 years old THIS freaking year.Markstrom is over 30 and has gotten season ending injuries at key times.
Starting 60 games a season for each of the previous two seasons (and was well over that pace this past season) & having to face a ton of shots every game might have something to do with that. And he just turned 30 years old THIS freaking year.
Technically sure. But you're making he's like Methuselah.that's still over 30