Confirmed with Link: [VAN/CHI] Canucks acquire D Madison Bowey, 5th, in '21, for a 4th in '21

[VanJack]

Even if he was primarily acquired for expansion draft purposes, there is simply no way a player who was basically an NHL regular one year ago is that much more incompetente than someone like Jalen Chatfield not to throw him in for a game or two...

Totally agree with this......playing Chatfield over guys like Rafferty and Bowey made little sense to me. Chatfield is now an RFA and it's less than 50/50 that they re-sign him.

Meantime, the Canucks are likely stuck with Bowey's contract for another year; and Rafferty was way better than Chatfield in Utica last season. So why not see what they have in garbage time games that mean nothing?

I have no idea if Rafferty's season in the AHL last season was a aberration, but he hasn't played enough games before his 25th birthday, so he's a UFA this off-season and doubtful now that he's back either.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

I mean, it essentially became Gaudette and a 4th for Highmore, Bowey and a 5th.

Vancouver traded a better player and a higher pick for a lower pick and two replacement level players.

At least f***ing target a guy like Wyatt Kalynuk who at least has a remote chance of turning decent.

 

[VanJack]

I mean, it essentially became Gaudette and a 4th for Highmore, Bowey and a 5th.

Vancouver traded a better player and a higher pick for a lower pick and two replacement level players.

At least f***ing target a guy like Wyatt Kalynuk who at least has a remote chance of turning decent.

And you can't forget about the contracts...both Bowey and Highmore have another year in their deals, which the Hawks were anxious to get out from under. Highmore had been a healthy scratch for 10 straight games before the Canucks acquired him; and Bowey only got into a couple of games after the Hawks picked him up from Detroit.

I suppose there's a chance Highmore cracks the bottom six next season; but Bowey doesn't figure to get any closer to the Canucks blueline than Abbotsford. I'd say its high unlikely the Kraken pick him in the expansion draft, so it represents another $750,000 contract the Canucks will have to stash in the minors.

Oh well, the Canucks have a history of paying big money to AHL players on one-way contracts. Makes the player agents happy I guess.

But you'd think that the owner, who's pinching pennies right now, would be getting a little tired of paying guys like Baertscshi, Teves and now Bowey NHL money to play in the AHL.

 

[Ballgarath]

I was hoping the plan was to expose Nate Schmidt , or even Myers. I guess not with this signing.

 

[Ita]

Reddit sometimes feel like twilight zone to me.



Here is a post that praises Benning for trading for Bowey in anticipation for the expansion draft.. WTF?

 

[AppleHoneySauce]

Reddit sometimes feel like twilight zone to me.



Here is a post that praises Benning for trading for Bowey in anticipation for the expansion draft.. WTF?

Gotta realise that their are some serious benning bros on reddit. And reddit is super circle jerky.

 

[Ballgarath]

I'd say Petterson changing agents "same agent as Hughes " means we are going to get raked over the coals when this deal is done.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

He didn’t bleed a late rounder, he moved about 25 spots down. The projected mean value of these picks is identical:
Prospect dragons: Contextualizing NHL draft pick values

He lost a late round pick and gained an even later pick.

One day your posts might have a point. Today is not that day.

 

[xtra]

Reddit sometimes feel like twilight zone to me.



Here is a post that praises Benning for trading for Bowey in anticipation for the expansion draft.. WTF?

Seems like POM has an account on redditt

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

Reddit sometimes feel like twilight zone to me.



Here is a post that praises Benning for trading for Bowey in anticipation for the expansion draft.. WTF?

I'm fairly certain that's a troll/gimmick account.

 

[Ottobot]

Reddit sometimes feel like twilight zone to me.



Here is a post that praises Benning for trading for Bowey in anticipation for the expansion draft.. WTF?

M’Benning