Rotting Corpse*
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I am reserving judgment for now. Their moves yesterday could make sense depending on how they handle the rest of the off season.
I'm sure there will be some dumb GM who would take him. Colorado maybe? Though Benning gave him a NTC so we may need to just waive him.
Heard a rumor over on the oiler board that Canucks signed Yakapov. Any truth to it?
Said 2 year deal. Eakins and the Oilers ruined him. I'd be cheering for him except against the Oil. Some onus is on Yak obviously but they didn't help much.
Even Benning should know better than to give Yakupov a 2 year deal
They felt that they needed to deal Hansen because of the Expansion Draft. Jim Benning has basically said this. It does not logically follow that after they put Hansen on the block, because the Sharks were able to give us something (a fringe prospect and a 4th with us retaining salary,) then therefore he was not "dumped" and therefore...what, even?
You are not being logical.
Suppose I have an item I do not value. Like ... this lamp. So I put this lamp on craigslist and see if anyone will buy it. Your argument is that if someone else buys my lamp then I must value it, but if they don't, and I simply discard it, then I must not value it.
It was a lousy trade made because they feared losing Baertschi or Granlund to expansion.
Canucks army shares a pretty good analysis of the moves that I share:
https://canucksarmy.com/2017/07/03/grading-the-canucks-free-agent-signings/
I do like the Gagner signing a bit better then they did though.
This isn't the first time Ken Campbell and Jeff O'Neill have struggled to understand something.
Canucks army shares a pretty good analysis of the moves that I share:
https://canucksarmy.com/2017/07/03/grading-the-canucks-free-agent-signings/
I do like the Gagner signing a bit better then they did though.
Canucks Army said:It's probably a little dramatic to call the signing of a depth-defender (Wiercioch) who may not even make an impact the best signing of Jim Benning's tenure in Vancouver, but I'm still tempted to do it.
LOL, this is my favourite part
The fact that's even debatable is depressing.
Canucks army shares a pretty good analysis of the moves that I share:
https://canucksarmy.com/2017/07/03/grading-the-canucks-free-agent-signings/
I do like the Gagner signing a bit better then they did though.
LOL, this is my favourite part:
The fact that's even debatable is depressing.
I find it amazing that people who supposedly understand analytics still think that Wiercoch is a good player based on his absurdly soft minutes like 4 years ago.
The media's "experts" main role is to create controversies, incite discussion, get their websites and videos hits and views.
Yup.
The guy is basically the poster boy for the problem with advanced stats.
They love Wiercioch and have been suggesting the Canucks sign him for years. I think it's a little silly to give that signing an A+ myself...it's a fairly irrelevant depth signing.
Canucks army shares a pretty good analysis of the moves that I share:
https://canucksarmy.com/2017/07/03/grading-the-canucks-free-agent-signings/
I do like the Gagner signing a bit better then they did though.
No news on Yakupov huh? I think it's just as well. Really don't see where he would fit at this point, except for Utica.