WestleySnipez
Christmas came early
TL;DR: Stop focusing on the negatives of the players we got and the positives of the players we sent packing. Each player has their positives, focus on those.
I've looked at the player threads for all the new guys we picked up today, and most people are hating on the guys we traded for or drafted, with the exception of homegrown Virtanen.
You guys would have been mad if we kept Kesler. The plan was to get younger and that's what Benning did. Just because they weren't what you hoped for doesn't mean they are bad players.
"Sbisa is literally waiver wire material"
"We'll be lucky if Bonino is worth a 3rd next year"
"Great, now we have 3 of the same prospects (with the addition of McCann)"
It seems a lot of you focus on the negatives of the players that come in, and the positives of the players we moved or passed on.
Let's focus on the positives.
Luca Sbisa has been an even player on the ice in the number of games he was able to play last season. Alex Edler has been a combined -44. Granted, they were with two different teams. The Canucks only let in a total of 17 goals more over those two seasons. He also is only 24, so he still has room to improve his game and produce more offensively as well as defensively. Don't write him off just because of an injury.
Nick Bonino has improved his point-per-game totals over the 4 seasons he has been in the league. Last year he played on a team that's lines changed quite frequently and still manged to get 49 points. Most of those might have come playing with Getzlaf and Perry, and his points will probably drop next season, but at least we know he is capable of at least 40 points.
Jared McCann may have a game similar to Gaunce or Horvat, but I'd rather have 3 shut down centers that are able to put up 40-50 points a season and a positive +/- rather than a couple guys who put up 60 points and are negative. I don't think he meant to come off across the way he did with "it is what it is", he may be disappointed that he didn't fall to 30th and get picked by his favourite team. He was slated to go 16th overall, and we were able to get him at 24th. At the very least he is a trade asset or a future, younger, replacement for Kesler.
Now let's look at the reason why Kesler and Garrison were moved.
Kesler has definitely declined since 2011. This was probably the best time to trade him, if his stats dropped again his value would have been even lower. I expect him to get around 20 goals and 20 assists if he plays on Anaheim's 2nd line, which he most likely will. He was also being paid 5 million a season, where as Bonino is getting 1.9 and Sbisa, 2.75, so we save more money with this trade.
Garrison was not worth 4.6 million. We signed him to a high contract with a ridiculous no-trade clause because he scored 16 goals in one season. He was payed higher than Hamhuis, easily our best defenseman, on the hopes he'd replace Erhoff, he did produce good numbers, but at the end of the day, he was another 30 year old defenseman our team didn't need in a rebuilding stage. I'm not saying he is worse than Edler. It's possible Edler was asked if he wanted to leave, and said no, whereas Garrison said yes.
I've looked at the player threads for all the new guys we picked up today, and most people are hating on the guys we traded for or drafted, with the exception of homegrown Virtanen.
You guys would have been mad if we kept Kesler. The plan was to get younger and that's what Benning did. Just because they weren't what you hoped for doesn't mean they are bad players.
"Sbisa is literally waiver wire material"
"We'll be lucky if Bonino is worth a 3rd next year"
"Great, now we have 3 of the same prospects (with the addition of McCann)"
It seems a lot of you focus on the negatives of the players that come in, and the positives of the players we moved or passed on.
Let's focus on the positives.
Luca Sbisa has been an even player on the ice in the number of games he was able to play last season. Alex Edler has been a combined -44. Granted, they were with two different teams. The Canucks only let in a total of 17 goals more over those two seasons. He also is only 24, so he still has room to improve his game and produce more offensively as well as defensively. Don't write him off just because of an injury.
Nick Bonino has improved his point-per-game totals over the 4 seasons he has been in the league. Last year he played on a team that's lines changed quite frequently and still manged to get 49 points. Most of those might have come playing with Getzlaf and Perry, and his points will probably drop next season, but at least we know he is capable of at least 40 points.
Jared McCann may have a game similar to Gaunce or Horvat, but I'd rather have 3 shut down centers that are able to put up 40-50 points a season and a positive +/- rather than a couple guys who put up 60 points and are negative. I don't think he meant to come off across the way he did with "it is what it is", he may be disappointed that he didn't fall to 30th and get picked by his favourite team. He was slated to go 16th overall, and we were able to get him at 24th. At the very least he is a trade asset or a future, younger, replacement for Kesler.
Now let's look at the reason why Kesler and Garrison were moved.
Kesler has definitely declined since 2011. This was probably the best time to trade him, if his stats dropped again his value would have been even lower. I expect him to get around 20 goals and 20 assists if he plays on Anaheim's 2nd line, which he most likely will. He was also being paid 5 million a season, where as Bonino is getting 1.9 and Sbisa, 2.75, so we save more money with this trade.
Garrison was not worth 4.6 million. We signed him to a high contract with a ridiculous no-trade clause because he scored 16 goals in one season. He was payed higher than Hamhuis, easily our best defenseman, on the hopes he'd replace Erhoff, he did produce good numbers, but at the end of the day, he was another 30 year old defenseman our team didn't need in a rebuilding stage. I'm not saying he is worse than Edler. It's possible Edler was asked if he wanted to leave, and said no, whereas Garrison said yes.
