Trade Deadline Thread: Chaos Simmering

[WTG]

Possibly, based on what Vegas is doing who knows what they could have planned, but it looks like the main hold-up on Guentzel is the Canucks don't want to include Lekkerimäki and Hoglander, which is reasonable.

If they wanted to include any of those players, the deal was never going to happen anyway, so there shouldn't be a major disappointment if the Canucks didn't get Guentzel.

 

[Delocatedfan]

I wonder if the Vancouver Canucks have checked in on Buchnevich at all. Probably the samething as Guentzal & is to expensive but having him signed for next year would be pretty nice

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Screw Dubas.

Go after Buch.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

We just need the West to f*** off and hopefully the East loads up with what is left.

I think the only way we make a run is if we get Bubble Demko

 

[Bobby9]

As awful as it sounds from an entertainment POV we prob want the Kings in RD1.

Let the Oilers, Knight's, Jets and Stars kill one another

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

Maybe a Pettersson-Toffoli-Lindholm line would be very effective. Move Hoglander up with Miller & Boeser.

The problem with this is both Pettersson and Lindholm are less impactful on the wing (Lindholm significantly so).

 

[krutovsdonut]

I wonder if the Vancouver Canucks have checked in on Buchnevich at all. Probably the samething as Guentzal & is to expensive but having him signed for next year would be pretty nice

blues phone not ringing until guentzel is done?

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Trade Lindholm to Boston.

Use said assets to acquire Buch.

Trade Mik for Zucker.

Still leaves Philly Cheese Steak on the table to be signed.

 

[sting101]

We have a significant goaltending advantage on all of those teams.

Not on Oettinger and it's as always a matter of who's hot at the right time

Having Demko hot would be a game changer

 

[ephmrl]

Vegas seems to be running on reputation alone, don’t think people have been paying attention to how poorly they’ve been playing this year. All the other top teams in the west also have weaknesses, whether it’s goaltending or defense.

Colorado has probably improved the most the past day, but still, you never know how new players will fit with the team and if there will be chemistry. We should know that firsthand from Lindholm.

 

[TruGr1t]

If they wanted to include any of those players, the deal was never going to happen anyway, so there shouldn't be a major disappointment if the Canucks didn't get Guentzel.

I'm more concerned they're letting other opportunities fly out the window in their pursuit of Guentzel while all the other West teams load-up. They haven't even been linked to a defenseman since Tanev, which I find odd.

 

[ephmrl]

Not on Oettinger and it's as always a matter of who's hot at the right time

Having Demko hot would be a game changer

Oettinger has been pretty bad this season

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Vegas seems to be running on reputation alone, don’t think people have been paying attention to how poorly they’ve been playing this year. All the other top teams in the west also have weaknesses, whether it’s goaltending or defense.

Colorado has probably improved the most the past day, but still, you never know how new players will fit with the team and if there will be chemistry. We should know that firsthand from Lindholm.

Vegas has played poorly.

Hence why mgmt is trying to trade for an entirely different team before the TDL is over.

 

[bossram]

Why is Buffalo trading Greenway for Mikheyev?

Don't try to use logic here!

 

[andora]

With the potential for cheap re sign a little cheesed we didnt do a pick 2 yra from now for duhaime.. but not major cheesed

Lota out there still

Don't try to use logic here!

Ok then they throw in a 4th

 

[Nucker101]

We totally never wanted Guentzel anyway

 

[bossram]

We’re down bad

I don't really know why. People having some bizarrely unhinged reactions here, and the deadline is still over 24 hours away.

The Canucks have made multiple in-season trades. And large ones. It's not like they've been sitting on the sidelines all season lol. Allvin/JR have made moves to improve. I think they'll still make another medium-ish one.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

We totally never wanted Guentzel anyway

As long as he stays out East, I'm fine with it.

He he ends up out West however...

 

[bossram]

What about Barabanov? Seems like the type of guy no GM calls about and goes for cheap but could become a quality add

Rather Duclair plz. Should be cheap too.

 

[krutovsdonut]

i like toffoli and i like guentzel but i can't help but wonder why we are targeting undersized finishers. we don't really lack scorers. we lack top 6 guys who can grind it out and run the shot clock down on every possession. the fact we miss joshua should tell us the kind of player to target.

 

[Nucker101]

i like toffoli and i like guentzel but i can't help but wonder why we are targeting undersized finishers. we don't really lack scorers. we lack top 6 guys who can grind it out and run the shot clock down on every possession. the fact we miss joshua should tell us the kind of player to target.

Guentzel lives near the net

 

[andora]

Guentzel lives near the net

Yeah guentzel is far from perimeter

 

[MS]

Not on Oettinger and it's as always a matter of who's hot at the right time

Having Demko hot would be a game changer

Oettinger shat the bed in last year’s playoffs and is sub-.900 this year.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Guentzel lives near the net

Can't remember who it was. Bourne maybe.

But someone was talking the other day of how he is just always in the right place at the right time.

Similar to Matthews in a way.

And then people always say "oh that was an easy goal".

It's because they are smart and know where to be.

One of many reasons both score as much as they do.

 

[vanarchy]

As awful as it sounds from an entertainment POV we prob want the Kings in RD1.

Let the Oilers, Knight's, Jets and Stars kill one another

If there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's to never prefer any playoff opponent and let the chips fall where they may.

I remember WANTING to play the Kings back in 2012 lmao