Rumor: Kings-Canucks talking possible Garland trade

[Truckfighter]

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[CanadienShark]

Have to imagine you start with Clarke and add from there.

 

[Love]

Yikes

 

[Avs44]

Have to imagine you start with Clarke and add from there.

I really don't think that's gonna happen...

 

[bleuetbio]

If Nucks are realy think to let down the playoffs, we'll gladly bring up JT Miller during the summer.

 

[kevsh]

Have to imagine you start with Clarke and add from there.

I'm not Rob Blake, but I'm pretty sure he'd agree that's a non-starter.

 

[Drew311]

Have to imagine you start with Clarke and add from there.

Have to imagine that will never happen.

 

[Nickel eye Heel hers]

Garland has been a line driver for the Canucks, the trade cost won't be cheap, and if it is, the Jets should be sniffing around to see if a deal can be made.

 

[2-4 Slashin]

Have to imagine you start with Clarke and add from there.

You don’t give up the kind of potential Clarke has for an undersized 0.5 PPG player. Vancouver and every other team probably knows this. Clarke only gets traded for a player you can’t say no to. Garland is not that player.

 

[Nico Hischier]

Don’t see this happening. Canucks should be trying to make the playoffs. They need the playoff revenue bc of lost $ with covid

 

[andora]

I would rather accept an underwhelming offer for boeser than moving garland at this point

It might be my frustration boiling and being done with boeser as an expensive passenger moving forward

 

[voxel]

Helge Grans looked great in the AHL last night… probably the best Reign D man I’ve seen on that team in years.

 

[M2Beezy]

Brock Boeser for Grans, a 2nd and a cap dump would work better than Garland

 

[BoHorvat 53]

You don’t give up the kind of potential Clarke has for an undersized 0.5 PPG player. Vancouver and every other team probably knows this. Clarke only gets traded for a player you can’t say no to. Garland is not that player.

Every team that actually wants to trade for this guy has watched him actually play rather than stat watching

 

[Foppberg]

Friedman mentioned on 32 Thoughts podcast that they were talking about Garland too.

 

[jmelm]

The talk is Grans, not Clarke. So leave Clarke debate out of this discussion — it’s pointless.

 

[Hodge]

Garland would be such a perfect fit on Byfield's wing.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Garland is quickly becoming overrated.

 

[Deadly Dogma]

Garland is quickly becoming overrated.

is there a thread that has all the buyers listed, their cap space, what pieces they have to move and what they are looking for. The sellers and who they are selling?

 

[robes1]

Isn't Garland the exact type of speedy skilled player that JR wants on the Canucks? Unless the return is too good to pass up, doesn't make sense to trade him?

 

[BCNate]

I'd push for Grans, 1st. We could take a contract back, but LA doesn't really have anything that needs to go out.

The next two games are make or break for the Canucks I think. Win them both, we probably have a real quiet deadline. Lose them both, and I think we sell on one of Boeser or Garland.

 

[KingsHockey24]

My guess it'll be a deal around T.J. Tynan.

 

[le_sean]

Garland would be such a perfect fit on Byfield's wing.

Yeah maybe he can propel him to be a 0.25 PPG player!

 

[Love]

Trading Garland is philosophically inconsistent with everything JR/Allvin have said. With that being said, would I be surprised if he’s traded? No, because most NHL executives are brain dead dinosaurs and our new front office hasn’t done anything to earn my trust at this point.

JR has said he doesn’t want to do a rebuild. That means he wants to try to contend with the core of Pettersson/Hughes/Demko/Miller/Horvat/ etc. Thats fine I have no issue with that. My issue is that if you’re trying to contend in the next 5 years, why the f*** are you trading Garland?

Let me ask this as a very simple question: do the Canucks need more 26 year olds signed to great contracts who drive play and score at an elite level 5 on 5 or do they need less players like that? This is an easy question with a no brainer answer. Therefore any talk of trading Garland is very concerning to me with regards to the ability of this front office to evaluate talent and the needs of the team.

If you’re so desperate for help on D (and we are), trade Boeser instead. He will cost more and produce less than Garland. How is this even a conversation? It’s so obvious.

 

[nergish]

Garland is quickly becoming overrated.

Definitely. But he's also the best skating forward on the Canucks, and is downright brazen with the puck on his stick.
Not even just for a little guy, for any forward. But the fact that he can hold onto the puck for 10-15 seconds at a time and continuously make the smart play, at his size, is remarkable.

That said I would love to turn this 5'7 waterbug into a monster RHD defender.