Confirmed with Link: [VAN/NYR] Raphael Diaz for a 5th Round Pick in 2015

[Tiranis]

He's a UFA. He'd certainly be asking for more than the Canucks want to pay him. Move him for something instead of nothing.

Habs' fans though he was asking for $3m...

 

[25Bieksa3]

From an asset perspective…well done!

Waivers
Weise
Diaz
5th Rounder

We gained a free pick.


Likelihood of this pick becoming a Hansen or Corrado-type player?

People always forget KB3 was a 5th rounder.

 

[tantalum]

Geez. This thread should have started and ended with the first post.

 

[RobertKron]

Habs' fans though he was asking for $3m...

Yeah, the guy is going UFA, put up good numbers last year, and is 28 with only three years of NHL contracts in his bank account. He's going to sign with whoever will offer him the most money and the biggest role. Neither of those were likely to be the Canucks.

 

[me2]

chalk up one more GM that will deal with Gillis. Is there anyone left that won't?

 

[D0ctorCool]

From an asset perspective…well done!

Waivers
Weise
Diaz
5th Rounder

We gained a free pick.


Likelihood of this pick becoming a Hansen or Corrado-type player?

That's a great way of looking at it.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Minor amendment; the draft pick obtained is in 2015, not 2014.

 

[Wilch]

Well, I guess we can use this pick to take McDavid if he slides about 150 spots.

 

[MarkMM]

Might as well get something for him, there likely wouldn't be room for him here next year if Corrado plays his way on to the team, and that's assuming we move Edler. If we don't move Edler, then there's definitely no room for Diaz unless it's at the spare #7 spot, when he'd be more expensive than just qualifying Weber for that role.

 

[NoShowWilly]

Minor amendment; the draft pick obtained is in 2015, not 2014.

oh ****, such a deep draft!

 

[WinterEmpire]

From an asset perspective…well done!

Waivers
Weise
Diaz
5th Rounder

We gained a free pick.


Likelihood of this pick becoming a Hansen or Corrado-type player?

Dale Weise is just Dale Weise but a 5th rounder could be anything. It could even be Dale Weise.

 

[Barney Gumble]

Dale Weise is just Dale Weise but a 5th rounder could be anything. It could even be Dale Weise.

But it could be a Dale Weise that wants to be here. A Dale Weise that wants to be here >>> A Dale Weise that doesn't want to be here.

 

[Ryp37]

Ah the 5th round pick, the Canucks bread and butter for D prospects
Bieksa,Andersson,Hutton and Corrado

 

[Bgav]

The greatest 5th round pick of all time

 

[me2]

Well, I guess we can use this pick to take McDavid if he slides about 150 spots.

He wouldn't slip out of the top 10 if he was an raging alcoholic, he'd could deal drugs to 10 yos and probably still get taken in the 1st. Probably take some sort of career ending injury like losing a foot or a hand to get to 150.

I wonder what McDavid would have to do to slide that far?

 

[Finnish Your Czechs]

The greatest 5th round pick of all time

Wasn't Pavel Bure a 5th rounder?

 

[deckercky]

He wouldn't slip out of the top 10 if he was an raging alcoholic, he'd could deal drugs to 10 yos and probably still get taken in the 1st. Probably take some sort of career ending injury like losing a foot or a hand to get to 150.

I wonder what McDavid would have to do to slide that far?

If he loses an arm, I doubt he's a top 10 pick.

 

[timw33]

Yeah, sure.

Guessing they'll throw Corrado back into the fire at some point then.

We've had pretty good track records with 5th round drafted dmen too (Bieksa, Hutton, Corrado).

 

[BoHorvatFan]

So much for being the next Ehrhoff. Yes, some people actually said that.

 

[Bubbles]

So much for being the next Ehrhoff. Yes, some people actually said that.

Were these people out at the corner of Main and Hastings?

 

[Alexistheman]

Mike Gillis turned nothing into a 5th round pick, no complaints here.

 

[Bad News Benning]

How many roster spots are we at? im guessing we have room to sign Hutton after this weekend, and maybe another spot to add one of the TOP College free agent forwards.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

How many roster spots are we at? im guessing we have room to sign Hutton after this weekend, and maybe another spot to add one of the TOP College free agent forwards.

Would rather get Mitch Holmberg from Spokane who has 57 goals and 107 points and leads the WHL in points.

I think the Nucks have 3 contract spots open.

 

[nameless1]

Wasn't Pavel Bure a 5th rounder?

6th rounder.

 

[Mofletz]

a few weeks ago, some posters had him on the top 6