Value of: Vancouver Trade Assets

theguardianII

Registered User
Jan 30, 2020
3,214
1,656
There is nothing about striping the team down but there could be a tit for tat trade that makes the team stronger for the playoffs.

Of course Pettersson makes the headlines but what about the other trade asset of massive value, the one nobody talks about?

Hronek.
A RFA like Pettersson but could be redundant as long as the Canucks have Hughes.
Tocchet has been keeping away from Hughes on the PP, he has been getting less time on the PP and with Hughes for some time now.

Joshua, a large 3rd line grinder starting to show some scoring punch.

Hoglander, becoming a mini dynamo, getting his scoring touch and a small cap hit.

Garland, for the 3rd year his name comes up but this year he is carrying a line by himself. Still 2 more years on his contract at 5 mil but might be worth a look.

Boeser, scoring goals. one more year to FA, usually a good time to trade a future FA, the TDL gets a team 2 playoffs, contract at 6.75 mil. might need a little retention or a sweetener depending upon the return.

Myers, Zadorov, Cole are all FA's next year. But should the team dismantle the best defence corps they have had in last 10 years?
Defence wins championships and Vancouver has one of the best at long last.

DeSmith, a veteran backup goalie that was looking really good for quite awhile, Canucks do have Silvos in the minors and that other kid Topolio.

Thanks to the defence being as good as it is and Demko back to form some of the forwards could be replaced with bigger faster players with maybe less scoring prowess. The playoffs are a different animal.

Without the knowledge of what EP does and that is a bug in the soup is there a path of half way between all in and build for possible life after.

Would Rutherford/Allvin do a 3 or even 4 team trade?

Can two trades open a bunch of trade possibilities? Trade for Tanev, Hughes daddy. What would RHD Hronek who is tracking towards a 70 point season, get in return and who would try to make that deal?

For the most part this group is new and winning so changing some players might not damage the team too much.

Canucks have made the playoffs so all trades going forward now are about the playoffs and next season.

Hronek for Severson and Sillinger

Hoglander for Mittelstat
 

Satanphonehome

Registered User
Jan 4, 2015
990
1,382
Hoglander is a skilled, smallish offensive winger.

The Sabres have Skinner, Quinn, Peterka and Benson on the roster, and Savoie, Rosen and (to a lesser extent) Kulich coming to fill that kind of role.

What makes you think he's the type of player they'd be interested in trading their leading scorer for?
 

Empoleon8771

Registered User
Aug 25, 2015
81,456
79,570
Redmond, WA
Why would a team that is clicking on all cylinders make drastic changes and upend their roster?

Go look at JR's past track record, he only makes major trades when the team needs to be shaken up. He really wasn't one to trade notable NHL roster players in season when the team was good, at least not with the Penguins.
 
  • Like
Reactions: nucks88

Cancuks

Former Exalted Ruler
Jan 13, 2014
3,884
3,253
At the EI office
The team finally gets a 1st pairing RD and you want to deal him away? The only core player the Canucks might deal is Pettersson if he won't re-sign.
 

PettersonHughes

Registered User
Aug 26, 2020
1,568
669
If we're tight on cap space in the offseason for re-signing core guys, MAYBE Garland could get moved (probably easier to trade him without adding an asset than dumping Mikheyev) and maybe we can recoup Mik's value. Other than that, none of the names you list are going anywhere except on the ice in Blue and Green.
 

Ad

Upcoming events

Ad

Ad