Proposal: Penguins-Canucks Defensemen Swap

[Vancouver Canucks]

Wow. You could easily find a stream for Canucks games online.

Computer is bad, so it lags quite a bit, actually. I used to watch them, but I haven't been watching these days.

 

[elitepete]

Computer is bad, so it lags quite a bit, actually. I used to watch them, but I haven't been watching these days.

Most of the streams on reddit work on iphone/android too, if that helps you.

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

Most of the streams on reddit work on iphone/android too, if that helps you.

Thanks, I'll try them out.

 

[Brock Radunske]

This seems like a no-brainer for Vancouver

 

[gianni]

it's a good offer, but it the Canucks draft a rhd at #7, then I could see Alex Edler being paired w/ that player in a mentor role eventually:

Alex Edler-Evan Bouchard/Noah Dobson/Adam Boqvist
Olli Juolevi-Chris Tanev


Could be a solid top-4

 

[Hockey Rush]

it's a good offer, but it the Canucks draft a rhd at #7, then I could see Alex Edler being paired w/ that player in a mentor role eventually:

Alex Edler-Evan Bouchard/Noah Dobson/Adam Boqvist
Olli Juolevi-Chris Tanev


Could be a solid top-4

Yeah there are a lot of righties this year around our first pick.

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

it's a good offer, but it the Canucks draft a rhd at #7, then I could see Alex Edler being paired w/ that player in a mentor role eventually:

Alex Edler-Evan Bouchard/Noah Dobson/Adam Boqvist
Olli Juolevi-Chris Tanev


Could be a solid top-4

However, not top 2, in my opinion.

 

[wej20]

Is Markus Granlund that big of an upgrade on Dominik Simon?

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

I wouldn't deal Edler for Maatta given Maatta's apparent issues with skating based on the thread on the NHL forum. I'd rather deal Edler for a pick or prospect.

 

[justafan22]

With the sedins gone edler could be coaxed into waiving, no?

 

[Hockey Rush]

Canucks would accept this, but Edler has an NTC and his wife is from here, so I’m not sure if he would waive it.

But this is the exact kind of trade the Canucks need to make.

No thanks to Maatta for Tanev


Do you watch the Canucks? Edler is not an offensive defenseman.

why are you opposed to Tanev for Maata? Trying to get in your head here.

 

[Riptide]

Edler wont wave

This.

 

[Tryamkin]

Edler is our only offensive defenseman, and I believe Maatta is a shutdown, so I think we will have too many shutdown defensemen, compared to puck-moving ones.

Right, cause we’re competing for the cup next year, so we need the perfect balance of play styles on our world class defense. That’s the perfect reason to turn down a trade with value in our favour.

 

[M2Beezy]

Right, cause we’re competing for the cup next year, so we need the perfect balance of play styles on our world class defense. That’s the perfect reason to turn down a trade with value in our favour.

Must you misinterpret EVERYTHING these days? Cmon why make such an ignorant post, you know thats not what he said

 

[Riptide]

Must you misinterpret EVERYTHING these days? Cmon why make such an ignorant post, you know thats not what he said

And neither does it make what Tryamkin said any less relevant.

 

[Tryamkin]

Must you misinterpret EVERYTHING these days? Cmon why make such an ignorant post, you know thats not what he said

I think you just have a 1D brain my guy

 

[clunk]

Is Markus Granlund that big of an upgrade on Dominik Simon?

I don't even know who Dominik Simon is and my answer is no.

 

[JuniorNelson]

Edler looked very wrong late in the season. He'd have to show me some games before I'd consider spending assets.

 

[elitepete]

why are you opposed to Tanev for Maata? Trying to get in your head here.

Tanev is too good to trade for Maatta, even if he misses games.

And we can’t trade an rd for an ld.

 

[Cogburn]

I'm still pondering this one. I'm just not sure how exactly it could come back to bite us. Taking a cap dump in Sheary offsets some of the age difference, and Granlunds flexibility in the line up would be missed, but a slower (and honestly I don't even think to a fault slower) shut down D for Edler? We have had some porous D, and a Maatta-Tanev pairing covers all our shut down requirements.

We just need Juolevi or this year's drafted player to be an offensively capable D for this to work out. Worst case for us Maatta is relegated to a bottom pairing...but that doesn't seem likely according to Pens fans.