Prospect Info: Jonah "The Man Child" Gadjovich

[Cupless44]

Well he isn't strong defensively, doesn't play on the PK, is too slow on the forecheck, and his speed isn't NHL ready. Sure he could be a bottom 6 player in the future but those players are very easy to replace especially once you start winning. People on this site love to overrate young prospects but in reality, Petan and Chassion right now are both better than Gadjovich.

Petan is tiny 5'9 weak....has been spoon fed top 6 minutes by Travis like tonight again and done nothing with them like he has his whole career.

He has 38 points in 136 NHL games while supposed to being an offensive player. Exactly what does this little player provide when he is not scoring?

 

[F A N]

We kept Nic Petan over Jonah. I fking hate our front office

I highly doubt that was the decision. Petan has cleared waivers before and likely easy to clear.

 

[iceburg]

Because he is 26 and has bounced around the league and belongs in the AHL. Because he got oodles of ice time in pre season because he played for Travis in Portand and did nothing with it, while Gadjo worked hard to improve, looked good, getting 2 points in 2 games playing with shit linemates and was given no other chance before giving him away for nothing to keep vertan plugs with no upside.

OTT IMO

 

[canuckslover10]

Petan is tiny 5'9 weak....has been spoon fed top 6 minutes by Travis like tonight again and done nothing with them like he has his whole career.

He has 38 points in 136 NHL games while supposed to being an offensive player. Exactly what does this little player provide when he is not scoring?

Petan plays center which gadjovich doesn't plan s if asked petan would play the pk, petan is faster and reads the play better than gadjovich right now, gadjovich might be good enough to be in a bottom 6 role in the next two years but for right now will Lockwood, chassion, Highmore, and even Bailey imo are ahead of him in the depth chart

 

[bossram]

No, they are thinking that all teams have too many players at this time and they also have to waive some guys....so why would they pick up another guy and make the situation even move difficult for them. Plus, teams seem to have an elevated view of the potential of their own players over other teams rejects.

I get this line of thinking. But if some other teams were ever interested in Gads, there is no "sneaking" him through waivers. They'll see him. If they liked him enough, they'll put in a claim.

With respect to the bolded, at least we know Benning thinks the opposite lmao.

 

[VanJack]

Wow! Multiple teams put in a claim for Gadjovich.....but Sharks got first crack because of their finish in last year's standings.

So much for 'sneaking him' through waivers.....looks like a number of teams were aware of the Canucks situation and were ready to pounce.

 

[Scorvat]

Petan plays center which gadjovich doesn't plan s if asked petan would play the pk, petan is faster and reads the play better than gadjovich right now, gadjovich might be good enough to be in a bottom 6 role in the next two years but for right now will Lockwood, chassion, Highmore, and even Bailey imo are ahead of him in the depth chart

Are you just a mouth piece for TG and the front office? LOL

Lockwood is fast and physical, but has no idea what to do with the puck, Chiasson looks old and slow and in imo looked really bad during preseason. I like Highmore effort level, but I think he is exactly like Motte and thus will not produce much offence, especially in a bottom 6 filled with other Motte-like players. Bailey is alright, but is coming off a major injury and had no training camp.

Gad is more deserving out of all these players and might still be something more with the development that he has had for the last 2 years

 

[The Vasili Jerry]

This organization is just tiring. I'll just add this to the pile of terrible decisions and shrug. What else can you do?

 

[PDCIslander41]

He wasn't making the team. He was going to hit the wire no matter what. Could Benning flip him for another player that didn't need to clear? Maybe, but either way, he was leaving the Canucks.

 

[mratch19]

This organization is just tiring. I'll just add this to the pile of terrible decisions and shrug. What else can you do?

yeahhh I hear ya, I was gonna explain my thoughts about this move, but then decided to just Sigh... lol

 

[Peen]

below

 

[Peen]

wrong thred delete lol

 

[ProstheticConscience]

So Petan, Focht and Dries are still on the team, but Gadjovic's been lost on waivers. Because of course he has. He's in the system for years, steadily improving, and just when you're thinking: "Hey, this kid needs a genuine shot on the big club!" that's instantly when they toss him aside. Symptomatic of so many stupid things about the way this team's run.

 

[canucksfan]

I had no idea he was on waivers because I was busy yesterday. Wasn't a fan of his but he improved every year and I was growing on him. Doesn't make sense to get rid of him while keeping plugs who have little or no potential. At least with Jonah he was getting better and there is potential.

 

[arttk]

i mean, you are over reacting.

same thing happened with goldobin, hutton, corrado ect

i trust the canucks player evaluation over a guy named "arttk" on hf boards.

Oh look another Benning bro.

 

[CanucksMJL]

No

What I wonder is which pick is the cutoff in any given round so that it can be referred to as the actual round it is? How early in a round must a pick be to not “may as well be” the next round?

Nobody is actually picked in the second round. It's exclusively early third and late firsts.

 

[arttk]

No

Nobody is actually picked in the second round. It's exclusively early third and late firsts.

“2nd round” Breisbois

 

[Johnny Canucker]

Most good GMs would have gotten something in return for a player another team wanted.

 

[KingofSurrey]

Most good GMs would have gotten something in return for a player another team wanted.

I am just surprised Dim didn't throw in a second to San Jose to make the deal happen......

 

[Nucker101]

Most good GMs would have gotten something in return for a player another team wanted.

They thought they were being sneaky by barely playing him in the pre-season and keeping him in the AHL.

Just a bizarre situation considering who’s still on the roster

 

[VancouverJagger]

speaking of agendas... it's clear you'd rather blindly follow whatever preconceived notion about why fans lose their minds over such situations than actually take the time to understand that it's not *this* situation, it's the amalgamation of all the situations and the fact that alebit this is mostly a non-issue, it's one that didn't need to happen (like many others).

Or you can pop in, cite "agenda! everyone but ME is bias!" and roll out with no actual contribution or argument against "the guys with an agenda" ?

that's a lot of words to say "I dislike management immensely".

Hey I concur - i'm not super stoked on this move either.........but I'm also not thinking losing this guy is gonna be anywhere near the catastrophe on here a lot of people are going to portray this as.........however i get it - Benning and co. have earned this virtriol.............so carry on.

 

[MS]

that's a lot of words to say "I dislike management immensely".

Hey I concur - i'm not super stoked on this move either.........but I'm also not thinking losing this guy is gonna be anywhere near the catastrophe on here a lot of people are going to portray this as.........however i get it - Benning and co. have earned this virtriol.............so carry on.

Again, nobody has framed this as a 'catastrophe'.

People are frustrated because this small bungled situation is another reminder of the lack of competence of our management team.

 

[VancouverJagger]

Again, nobody has framed this as a 'catastrophe'.

People are frustrated because this small bungled situation is another reminder of the lack of competence of our management team.

I completely understand however I don't quite think this is bungled........they decided that Gadj wasn't part of our future - so they proceeded accordingly. Unless they thought they could sneek him thru you can call it a poor hockey decision that you disagree with however that is a tad bit different then "bungled"..................which brings me back to my original post..........

 

[MS]

I completely understand however I don't quite think this is bungled........they decided that Gadj wasn't part of our future - so they proceeded accordingly. Unless they thought they could sneek him thru you can call it a poor hockey decision that you disagree with however that is a tad bit different then "bungled"..................which brings me back to my original post..........

They were clearly trying to sneak him through waivers and mis-evaluated interest and lost the player for nothing without seeing what they had. Moreover, if multiple teams were interested, we probably could have got an asset back.

It's the definition of bungled.

 

[VancouverJagger]

They were clearly trying to sneak him through waivers and mis-evaluated interest and lost the player for nothing without seeing what they had. Moreover, if multiple teams were interested, we probably could have got an asset back.

It's the definition of bungled.

Well that's your narrative.........I don't think it's clear at all that they were trying to sneak him thru but I will admit it is possible............