Player Discussion What would you rather have the Canucks do in the offseason?

[CroatianCanuck]

If the Canucks get a top 10 draft pick this year and are aggressive in Free agency what would you rather see them do in the offseason. For example. Draft Boldy / sign Erik Karlsson or draft Byram / sign Panarin or any other mix you can think of.

Soderstrom / Duchene , Hughes / Myers ...... etc.

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[Josepho]

Drafting Kaliyev at ~7 and signing Erik Karlsson would be first on my list.

If it's any dman other than Karlsson, f*** no.

 

[Pip]

Draft BPA and don’t spend in the secondary free agent market (Myers, Simmonds etc). If we miss out on the elite players, then pick up cheap 1-2 year fill ins if we need them.

 

[CroatianCanuck]

I want the Canucks to draft a forward but - Draft Bo Byram / sign Panarin would be tempting.... apparently Quinn Hughes prefers the Right Side. The Canucks future d core would be unreal. Byrom, Juolevi on the left and Hughes, Woo on the right. Panarin can play with Horvat in the top 6.

 

[Donuts]

Draft jack hughes and sign panarin and karlsson

Panarin - pettersson - boeser
______ - horvat - hughes

But in reality...benning signs myers/ gardiner with ntc and over pays for ferlund

 

[Fire Benning]

Neither. They're going to sign a middling tier free agent winger and/or defenseman and it's going to be a disaster

 

[PhilMick]

Option C: Fire Benning and draft BPA.

 

[ginner classic]

If the Canucks get a top 10 draft pick this year and are aggressive in Free agency what would you rather see them do in the offseason. For example. Draft Boldy / sign Erik Karlsson or draft Byram / sign Panarin or any other mix you can think of.

Soderstrom / Duchene , Hughes / Myers ...... etc.

Where is the option for draft the BPA?

 

[Love]

Always draft BPA regardless of position.

If we can’t sign Karlsson or Panarin then don’t waste money on any of the 2nd tier UFAs.

 

[Javaman]

If the Canucks get a top 10 draft pick this year and are aggressive in Free agency what would you rather see them do in the offseason. For example. Draft Boldy / sign Erik Karlsson or draft Byram / sign Panarin or any other mix you can think of.

Soderstrom / Duchene , Hughes / Myers ...... etc.

Your poll options are the opposite of good and sensible. Therefore I refuse to answer said poll.

Think better next time.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Draft BPA and don’t spend in the secondary free agent market (Myers, Simmonds etc). If we miss out on the elite players, then pick up cheap 1-2 year fill ins if we need them.

This is what we need.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Draft BPA, always. 100% of the time. When you don't draft BPA you end up with bad picks like Juolevi over Tkachuk.

If you can sign Panarin and/or Erik Karlsson then go for it. If not, then stay out of free agency and focus on signing a couple undervalued veterans to 1-year deals where you can flip them for picks at the deadline. Of course, this will require new management because there's no way Benning isn't going to not overspend and add some more bad contracts to this team.

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

I would be up for doing something out of the box.

Let's say if were drafting 11-16th.

I'd be open to trading that pick for a legitimate NHLer like a nylander , pietrangelo or Huberdeau.

Then sign a UFA Dman/winger.

We would still have a pretty good 2nd rnd pick.


If were drafting top 10 then make the pick and gamble .

 

[Pip]

A player of that caliber is not being traded for a mid first rounder

 

[valkynax]

Eh if you're drafting, you do your best to draft the best player at that draft position. If the player turned out not to be the best that's another story. But the premise of a draft should always aim for best player available, not by needs.

 

[RandV]

Draft BPA, always. 100% of the time. When you don't draft BPA you end up with bad picks like Juolevi over Tkachuk.

If you can sign Panarin and/or Erik Karlsson then go for it. If not, then stay out of free agency and focus on signing a couple undervalued veterans to 1-year deals where you can flip them for picks at the deadline. Of course, this will require new management because there's no way Benning isn't going to not overspend and add some more bad contracts to this team.

By itself there's nothing wrong with signing a Meyers or Gardiner type either. Top 4 dmen can be hard to acquire/develop, so if you have a hole but can acquire one in free agency it can work out quite well. Look at Niskanen in Washington or Stralman in Tampa. Previous management did really well bringing in Hamhuis and so-so with Garrison.

Of course the problem here comes down to not being able to trust Benning to pick the right dman or to not give a stupid contract.

 

[Lupuls Grit]

Drafting Kaliyev at ~7 and signing Erik Karlsson would be first on my list.

If it's any dman other than Karlsson, **** no.

If not Karlsson (who I would blow the budget for), I would consider Jake Gardiner if the price/term is right though I would first try to persuade Tryamkin to return...

 

[Josepho]

If not Karlsson (who I would blow the budget for), I would consider Jake Gardiner if the price/term is right though I would first try to persuade Tryamkin to return...

Gardiner and Hughes are way too similar to have them occupying two different pairings.

I like him as a player but he'll also want too much.

 

[y2kcanucks]

By itself there's nothing wrong with signing a Meyers or Gardiner type either. Top 4 dmen can be hard to acquire/develop, so if you have a hole but can acquire one in free agency it can work out quite well. Look at Niskanen in Washington or Stralman in Tampa. Previous management did really well bringing in Hamhuis and so-so with Garrison.

Of course the problem here comes down to not being able to trust Benning to pick the right dman or to not give a stupid contract.

The problem is, Myers and Gardiner will be grossly overpaid for what they're worth.

I really don't think we need to be overpaying one of those middle tier defensemen on the left side. You're going to lock someone up long-term to a bad contract that will ultimately block Hughes and/or Hutton as they continue to develop.

The right side is a bit different because we don't have anything there right now. Firstly, I would target Dante Fabbro in a trade. Then, if you can get someone like Erik Karlsson then you go for it. But someone like Tyler Myers is going to get grossly overpaid. Otherwise someone like Taylor Fedun would be a worthwhile gamble on a cheap contract.

 

[Wilch]

Fire Jimbo & Weisbrod and draft BPA.

 

[Melvin]

Here is a more complete list:

Player	Age	Length	CH%
Kris Letang	27	8	11.3
Dion Phaneuf	29	7	10.9
Dustin Byfuglien	30	5	10.4
John Carlson	28	8	10.1
Brent Seabrook	31	8	9.6
ME Vlasic	31	8	9.3
Mark Giordano	31	6	9.2
Kevin Shattenkirk	28	4	8.9
Keith Yandle	29	7	8.7
Jay Bouwmeester	29	5	8.4
Matt Niskanen	27	7	8.3
Erik Johnson	27	7	8.2
John Boychuk	31	7	8.2
Jeff Petry	27	6	8
Marc Staal	28	6	7.8
Andrew MacDonald	27	6	7.8
Andrej Sekera	29	6	7.7
Alex Goligoski	30	5	7.5
Andy Greene	31	5	7.2
AVERAGE	29	6	8.82

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

For fun, I'll go ahead and make that average my official prediction. 8.8% of cap @ 83M = 7.3M * 6 years = 6/47M for Myers

 

[PuckMunchkin]

I would be up for doing something out of the box.

Let's say if were drafting 11-16th.

I'd be open to trading that pick for a legitimate NHLer like a nylander , pietrangelo or Huberdeau.

Then sign a UFA Dman/winger.

We would still have a pretty good 2nd rnd pick.


If were drafting top 10 then make the pick and gamble .

Why?

 

[iceburg]

Sign one of Karlsson, Myers, Gardiner in that order
Draft winger (or centre who also plays wing): one of Cozens, Dach, Boldy, and Krebs in the 6-10 range and in that order.

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

Why?

Because to me proven young producing NHL players is better than a mystery box prospect.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Because to me proven young producing NHL players is better than a mystery box prospect.

But why do you think 11th overall gets you one of those players?