Schroeder and Dalpe not qualified

[Ernie]

VAN will not be qualifying Jordan Schroeder or Zac Dalpe. Both go to UFA.

@tsnbobmckenzie

Well, that's the end of that. I do wish they'd qualified both and tried to slip them through waivers to play on the Comets. They're good depth, if nothing else, and proved they could play at that level at the very least.

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[LiquidSnake]

Don't seem to fit the plan of the team going forward. Guess we'll see the replacements

 

[Saturated Fats]

Unsurprising. Still, all that money and time invested in Schroeder, and no payoff. So disappointing.

 

[ihaveyuidonttouchme]

oh well, u were brought up nice and slow but in the end, things just didnt worked out
hope u find success somewhere
as for Dalpe...w/e...

 

[Addison Rae]

Good riddance.

 

[Canucker]

Great use of a 4th round pick on Dalpe...Canuck pro scouting at its finest.

Had hoped for more from Schroeder and still think he will be a decent pro somewhere...even if he has to work on his game overseas somewhere and come back.

 

[Tiranis]

I think Dalpe actually had more promise at times last season than Schroeder. Didn't really get much of a chance to string together some good games, even when he did score. Obviously not a 4th liner but was used there the whole year. Hard to look good there on an already bad team.

 

[LiquidSnake]

Great use of a 4th round pick on Dalpe...Canuck pro scouting at its finest.

Had hoped for more from Schroeder and still think he will be a decent pro somewhere...even if he has to work on his game overseas somewhere and come back.

Still cheaper than Pahlsson

 

[MS]

Great use of a 4th round pick on Dalpe...Canuck pro scouting at its finest.

Had hoped for more from Schroeder and still think he will be a decent pro somewhere...even if he has to work on his game overseas somewhere and come back.

Dalpe is a weird one.

Solid guy who was pretty good along the boards with a good shot, and one of our only players with a shooting mentality. On a team with no wingers that could score, you'd think he would have been worth a try on the wing to see what we had.

Instead he was buried playing 5 minutes/game all year as the #4 center with garbage linemates and no opportunity to show anything.

I don't know if it was a pro scouting failure as much as a disconnect between coaching and management/scouting. Wasted asset/player in any case.

Our pro scouts killed it last year with the Stanton/Santorelli/Richardson acquisitions for nothing, so I have a hard time criticizing them for this one given the circumstances.

 

[The Stig]

Good. Schroeder sucked. Dalpe I liked but we have enough 3rd and 4th liners.

 

[Canucker]

I think Dalpe actually had more promise at times last season than Schroeder. Didn't really get much of a chance to string together some good games, even when he did score. Obviously not a 4th liner but was used there the whole year. Hard to look good there on an already bad team.

Still cheaper than Pahlsson

Dalpe is a weird one.

Solid guy who was pretty good along the boards with a good shot, and one of our only players with a shooting mentality. On a team with no wingers that could score, you'd think he would have been worth a try on the wing to see what we had.

Instead he was buried playing 5 minutes/game all year as the #4 center with garbage linemates and no opportunity to show anything.

I don't know if it was a pro scouting failure as much as a disconnect between coaching and management/scouting. Wasted asset/player in any case.

Our pro scouts killed it last year with the Stanton/Santorelli/Richardson acquisitions for nothing, so I have a hard time criticizing them for this one given the circumstances.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating on Dalpe...I just didn't see the use in spending as asset on a player they weren't going to try and utilize and make something of.

 

[GJB]

Just another bust for our scouts.

Any chance Benning replaces most of our scouting staff now?

 

[Angry Little Elf]

Just another bust for our scouts.

Any chance Benning replaces most of our scouting staff now?

Botchford speculated Benning will.

 

[Pip]

Just another bust for our scouts.

Any chance Benning replaces most of our scouting staff now?

Considering that our pro scouts found an absolute gem in Santo who Benning is letting walk for nothing, I'm not sure that I want him to replace our scouts with his guys

 

[Jyrki]

Who WASN'T happy with the Schroeder pick back then? Goes to show internet reactions to the draft means ****.

And the Dalpe trade was OK, he did show some flashes but he's caught in that in-between zone where he's not consistent enough for the Top 6 but not nitty-gritty enough for a bottom 6.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Considering that our pro scouts found an absolute gem in Santo who Benning is letting walk for nothing, I'm not sure that I want him to replace our scouts with his guys

Ya i'm not sure if i'd go by just that example...

 

[Pip]

Ya i'm not sure if i'd go by just that example...

Of course not, but nothing Benning has done so far has given me any faith in his pro scouting and talent evaluation

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Of course not, but nothing Benning has done so far has given me any faith in his pro scouting and talent evaluation

Totally fair. Hasn't really done much other than old Medicine Hat guys for Desjardins though.

 

[MrShift4]

No tears from me

 

[SaucyNavel]

"Absolute gem" in Santo? Lol man this place...

 

[CherryToke]

Vey is an upgrade from Schroeder and Dalpe is useless. no big deal.

 

[Carl Carlson]

I liked the Schroeder pick at the time. When he slipped I thought maybe we'd picked up a steal considering where he was once ranked pre draft. Too bad it never worked out.

 

[Canucker]

Who WASN'T happy with the Schroeder pick back then? Goes to show internet reactions to the draft means ****.

And the Dalpe trade was OK, he did show some flashes but he's caught in that in-between zone where he's not consistent enough for the Top 6 but not nitty-gritty enough for a bottom 6.

I was ecstatic to get Schroeder when we did...Personally I think we ruined his development as an offensive player.

Why did we trade for Dalpe if he had no place on this team?

 

[Pip]

"Absolute gem" in Santo? Lol man this place...

League minimun contract for a player who was one of the better players in the league at producing at ES before his injury.

How much more bang for your buck can you get?

 

[Pip]

I was ecstatic to get Schroeder when we did...Personally I think we ruined his development as an offensive player.

Why did we trade for Dalpe if he had no place on this team?

Different management now with a different philosophy