Panarin/Stone or Hughes/Kakko

[PredsForPresidents]

Getting any of these guys is still a pipe dream, but if the Canucks miss the playoffs, would you rather:

A. Win the 1st or 2nd lottery pick

B. Sign Panarin or Stone in free agency

I'm personally torn since getting Hughes or Kakko would mean that they could sign a defenseman in FA, and have a young winger for EP or BH.
While losing the lottery would let them select one of Byram/Seider/Broberg/York/Soderstrom and then sign Panarin/Stone which could make one of our lines rival the likes of Boston and Colorado (Panarin-Pettersson-Boeser)

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[geebaan]

Win the lottery. Cheap contract/team control for probably prime, potentially better player

Or

Most likely a slight overpay for a veteran who is good today but might be substantially worse when our window of contention opens.

Doesn’t seem like a hard choice to me.

 

[VanJack]

Panarin and Stone are UFA's on July 1st. The chances of either guy re-signing in VanCity is less than zero. Why would a rebuilding team like the Canucks give up assets for four months of either player?

 

[GetFocht]

There is some semblance of control to sign Panarin/Stone

Winning the lottery is complete luck and a lot of variables that no one controls.

 

[PredsForPresidents]

Simple solution

win loterry sign Stone and panarra

/ez

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Simple solution

win loterry sign Stone and panarra

/ez

Definitely this.

 

[UK Canuck]

Hughes/Kakko.

Signing a UFA to massive money ends the notion of potential hometown discounts for our young guys moving forward

 

[xtra]

Hughes/kakko

Cause we need to be spending our free agent money on the defense

 

[PredsForPresidents]

Hughes/Kakko.

Signing a UFA to massive money ends the notion of potential hometown discounts for our young guys moving forward

I actually hadn't thought about that, Toronto is currently in this position and it doesn't look too fun cap wise.

 

[clunk]

Great players on ELCs are the most valuable thing to have in this league. You can win cups when you have elite players on ELC money. Ideally, both would happen, but if you're choosing one or the other, you have to go Hughes/Kakko for sure.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Hughes/Kakko and it's not even close.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Draft Jack
Signs Panarin

 

[UK Canuck]

here's an additional question to ponder, say we do win the lottery and end with no1 and the Avs end up with no2(OTT) and say......no8(own pick) and they offer both picks for no1, would you do that trade? I have Hughes & Kakko with very little between them, I think I probably would.

 

[Bonham]

Drafting 1/2 doesn't preclude the Canuck's from signing these players, in fact it probably increases their chances (at least for Stone)?

But if I had to pick, drafting 1/2 -- no question. Don't even want to think of the contract's Benning is considering offering this year's UFA crop.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Win lottery

 

[F A N]

Win the lottery.

 

[PG Canuck]

Win lottery

 

[VanillaCoke]

ELC ainec

 

[rypper]

Easily the lottery.

 

[Fire Benning]

Hughes/Kaakko because you get 3 years of them making 4th line money.

 

[rypper]

Side note can you imagine if Jim signed either/both big name free agents and didn't address the defense?

 

[xtra]

here's an additional question to ponder, say we do win the lottery and end with no1 and the Avs end up with no2(OTT) and say......no8(own pick) and they offer both picks for no1, would you do that trade? I have Hughes & Kakko with very little between them, I think I probably would.

Without a doubt I would do that; I have kakko over Hughes due to the size of Hughes as that worries me. If he fell to #2 I’d take him easily but to ha e the 8thpick and the possibility to move up to maybe 5 for a second or so to get byram is too much to pass up.

Side note can you imagine if Jim signed either/both big name free agents and didn't address the defense?

Defense doesn’t get as big a spalsh as a forward so I wouldn’t be surprised.

 

[Tryamkin]

Hughes / Kakko gets another player in that 5 year window along with Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes, Juolevi etc.
Stone and Panarin aren't old, but it pushes our window forward instead of backwards, also ELC contracts!

 

[Horse McHindu]

Easily option A.

I don’t want any players signing here that will cost have a higher AAV than 10 million (which is what Stone would likely command). Signing Stone AND Panarin would give us all kinds of future cap complications and would decrease our window.

 

[Teflon Jim]

Hughes/Kakko.

Signing a UFA to massive money ends the notion of potential hometown discounts for our young guys moving forward

Can't see them sacrificing ufa options for some pie in the sky hometown discount.
None are hometown and thats like every team asking their players to take a discount and thats a pipe dream and unrealistic to ask players and would be a reason for them to try ufa