Elias GOATtersson
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Its gunna be a Myers overpayment if Benning still has a say.
Draftwise if we hit our #5-7 usual position Im good with Turcotte, Byram, Cozens or Boldy
Draftwise if we hit our #5-7 usual position Im good with Turcotte, Byram, Cozens or Boldy
We need a president to help Benning with free agency and trades...tho I've liked JBs recent trade.
Trade Hutton , Sutter this summer
Make a play for Karlsson.
Make a play for Gardiner if we dont sign Edler
Trade up to get Byram
Trade Hutton , Sutter this summer
Make a play for Karlsson.
Make a play for Gardiner if we dont sign Edler
Trade up to get Byram
Cancuks
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At least Sutter's not back in the line-up to turn into an all-star for 10 games, ruin our draft position, and then go back to being a black hole where offense goes to die.
Heh, playoffs my ASS.
And now let's hear the chant of how Dim Jim is the greatest genius in the world because it was his plan all along to be one of the worst teams in the last half a decade.
Pathetic, straight up pathetic.
And now let's hear the chant of how Dim Jim is the greatest genius in the world because it was his plan all along to be one of the worst teams in the last half a decade.
Pathetic, straight up pathetic.
Not a CHANCE we end up 5th. Ottawa Detroit LA NJ and Buffalo WILL be the bottom 5 teams. Doubt Rangers catch us and Anahiem is just crapping the bed all thru out the matrice so 8th or worse depending if we catch the Oilers or Hawks or if a team jumps us in the draft
Not ideal, shohldnt of won too many games cause we probably would have won the lottery after so many misses. Kinda tragic season imo
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I don't think Hutton is the right piece to trade this offseason unless he's asking for too much or teams are offering a lot for him. I'd rather see what Tanev might be worth, he was bad this season compared to previous years and if he has value I think now might be the time to move on. I don't think we trade a defenseman though.
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Obviously it would depend on who they got via free agency..but Hutton with an add could possibly land a legit top 6..
Tanev ..We would certainly not get value for him at this point..better off keeping him (pretty sure his injury history has tanked a lot of his value)..
Quinn Hughes looks like a fixture as a top four, left-side d-man. And the Canucks didn't draft Juloevi fifth overall to play in Utica. So he figures in on the left side as one of your top four eventually. That would basically leave Hutton as an overpaid, third pairing left-shot d-man.
This is basically the same problem they had with Gudbranson, except he was on the right side. You simply can't pay $4m a season for a third-pairing d-man. So it's easy to predict that the Canucks will be floating Hutton out there on the trade front.
This is basically the same problem they had with Gudbranson, except he was on the right side. You simply can't pay $4m a season for a third-pairing d-man. So it's easy to predict that the Canucks will be floating Hutton out there on the trade front.
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I've been high on Hutton for a long time. I don't think we'll get what he's worth. He looked amazing getting top minutes with Edler out playing 25-30 a night until he was gassed. Conditioning was important last offseason for him and it could be again. Having Hughes-Edler-Hutton on the left side is fantastic. We could shelter Hughes with the easiest minutes for him to feast on while Hutton plays a more two-way role and Edler is reunited with Tanev to be an excellent shutdown pairing. Edler will get injured at some point and we have absolutely no depth. Who will be our 3rd D with Hutton gone? The 4th when there are injuries?
We could still acquire Karlsson if we offload some other contracts. Beagle and Roussel are movable, I could see at least one of them waiving to play with a contender. I would even go as far as paying to dump Eriksson,
Edler - Tanev
Hutton - Karlsson
Hughes - Stetcher
looks pretty good to me and I do think it is achievable. I also think Karlsson may have interest in playing with Pettersson.
We could still acquire Karlsson if we offload some other contracts. Beagle and Roussel are movable, I could see at least one of them waiving to play with a contender. I would even go as far as paying to dump Eriksson,
Edler - Tanev
Hutton - Karlsson
Hughes - Stetcher
looks pretty good to me and I do think it is achievable. I also think Karlsson may have interest in playing with Pettersson.
If they re-sign Edler, then Hutton is as good as gone. As the old saying goes, you have to trade something valuable to get something valuable back. With Edler, Hughes and Juolevi on the left side, there's just no room for him, particularly since he's due a big raise on his $2.8m salary.
Hutton has had a nice season, but they'd be far better off signing a guy off the UFA wire who makes under $1m a season as a depth defender. Heck even Pouliot at $800,000 a season would be better value.
Hutton has had a nice season, but they'd be far better off signing a guy off the UFA wire who makes under $1m a season as a depth defender. Heck even Pouliot at $800,000 a season would be better value.
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2017: March 24th
2018: March 14th
2019: March 29th
Good job, boys. You staved off elimination by like... five extra days this year.
2017: March 24th
2018: March 14th
2019: March 29th
Good job, boys. You staved off elimination by like... five extra days this year.
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Hey, if we spend another $15-20 million on Myers and Ferland this offseason maybe we'll be eliminated April 1st next season.
Benning: "Baby steps" "Progress" "Moving in the right direction"
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Wow, I mean I know this is only your speculation and not what the GM may actually do, but this was the same erroneous thinking that many fans applied to Benning's very first trade (I think that was Garrison?) that we've been suffering from ever since. You only dress 6 dmen at a time, it's not hard to accomodate 5 top 4 or better guys in your salary cap and it's a nice luxury to have for when one of your top 4 is inevitably injured you can promote a guy who can handle the responsibility without a sweat. Especially on a team like the Canucks where our top pair is always injured. Even if everyone is healthy then great, give them a 22/20/18 split and don't work anyone into the ground.
About the only time you wouldn't want a $4m type in your bottom pair is if you have a Norris caliber workhorse dman. The type of guys who you can really crank up the minutes on and can carry whatever scrub you pair them with. We're talking about the Canucks here though, not Nashville.
And you need Juolevi to actually make the NHL before you start pencilling him into the top six and trading Hutton to accommodate. He had a mediocre 18 games in the AHL then missed the rest of the season injured, he's going to need to start in Utica again and get better. If/when he does prove to be NHL capable and now you have 4 good LD's then it's never hard to trade a legit dman in the NHL.
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Tied for the longest playoff drought in team history. These are the dark days. #FireBenning
