Rumor: Benning has green light to make a trade and is working the phones. Trying to fix "chemistry"

[Peter Griffin]

Trust me their not the problem...

Keep telling yourself that. Benning brought back arguably the same level of roster, just with different pieces in place, as last years awful team.

 

[Twine Tickler]

Not trying to say Kerfoot is better than Miller, because he is not. But the Leafs coaching staff and management are very very high on Kerfoot. He is our swiss army knife. They specifically acquired McCann to protect Kerfoot in expansion. That is how much they love the player. There is video evidence of the Leafs War room talking about this very strategy when they were offered McCann for Hallender last year. See video below (3:12 mark)



Kerfoot is not going anywhere, I am fairly confident of that

 

[TOGuy14]

I cannot believe that Benning still has the confidence of ownership to make a significant trade right now...

 

[Smitty426]

I think Florida, Carolina, Minnesota woud make the most sense for Someone like Miller. He fits in their competitive window and all 3 of those teams have young NHL assets or more advanced prospects that fit our needs

For someone like Boeser/Petey I think teams like NJD, NYR, NYI (ironically all 3 NY teams) would be interested in those two. They fit more into the age group of the core of those teams while still have quite a few years until there are UFAs. Those teams also have assets that would be appealing to the Canucks

Would like your take on what from Jersey gets Petey done? We have a lot of C depth but cmon close to a pt per game.

 

[Diaspora]

What would you add to Tyler Myers to get Buffalo to take his contract? Ol' Tyler might want to relive his Calder Trophy memories . . . .

 

[Avilaj07]

Not a bad offer. Switch Sandin for Robertson. Take out holl

Not a chance, Sandin is developing into a solid top 4 defenseman by years end, not too mention he's on his ELC.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

What would you add to Tyler Myers to get Buffalo to take his contract? Ol' Tyler might want to relive his Calder Trophy memories . . . .

Jim Benning

 

[strattonius]

I cannot believe that Benning still has the confidence of ownership to make a significant trade right now...

Welcome to the club.

 

[McJedi]

Not a chance, Sandin is developing into a solid top 4 defenseman by years end, not too mention he's on his ELC.

Until Robertson can stay healthy, he carries little value.

 

[Duodenum]

Benning about to set the Canucks up to be terrible for the next decade.

 

[Nucker42]

Benning about to set the Canucks up to be terrible for the next decade.

We’re used to it

 

[Waivers]

As a Rangers fan, is this JT Miller all over again?

 

[Peter Griffin]

Benning about to set the Canucks up to be terrible for the next decade.

“About too”?

 

[Soundwave]

Not trying to say Kerfoot is better than Miller, because he is not. But the Leafs coaching staff and management are very very high on Kerfoot. He is our swiss army knife. They specifically acquired McCann to protect Kerfoot in expansion. That is how much they love the player. There is video evidence of the Leafs War room talking about this very strategy when they were offered McCann for Hallender last year. See video below (3:12 mark)



Kerfoot is not going anywhere, I am fairly confident of that

I'm kinda curious then how the Leafs intend to keep all these players. Campbell is going to get 5-6 mill per on the open market after this year.

 

[JTmillerForA1stLOL]

“About too”?

We've been knee deep in this shit for awhile now.

 

[ToDavid]

Not trying to say Kerfoot is better than Miller, because he is not. But the Leafs coaching staff and management are very very high on Kerfoot. He is our swiss army knife. They specifically acquired McCann to protect Kerfoot in expansion. That is how much they love the player. There is video evidence of the Leafs War room talking about this very strategy when they were offered McCann for Hallender last year. See video below (3:12 mark)



Kerfoot is not going anywhere, I am fairly confident of that

I think we're overthinking this a bit. The math on that trade is Kerfoot vs. Hallander and a 7th, which is a no brainer. It really just means they like him enough that they don't want to lose him for free.

That said, he has been excellent so far this season.

 

[Twine Tickler]

I'm kinda curious then how the Leafs intend to keep all these players. Campbell is going to get 5-6 mill per on the open market after this year.

Jack will likely come in around 4.5-5AAV as he will not be the de facto starter when Petr comes back. But yes, there is a off chance he could get more should Petr not play well, or another injury forces Jack to be the starter the entire year. In that case he will likely get 5-5.5AAV next year.

The leafs can then move Holl, Ritchie and either one of Kerfoot/Mrazek (8-8.3AAV total) to have the available funds to resign Kase, Sandin, Liljegren, and give Campbell a raise. Micheyev (1.65AAV) will likely not resign as he wants a bigger role, and Engvall's 1.25AAV comes off the books as well and will likely get filled by a combo of cheaper ELC contracts in Robertson, Holmberg, Amirov, and Steeves.

Moving Kerfoot is definitely a possibility in the future, just don't see it happening in season.

 

[Boondock]

What would Garland cost, that is if he is even someone the Canucks would be willing to trade

Just paid a 9th overall for him and signed him to a 5 year contract through his prime for under $5AAV. The ask would have to be equal to the 9th overall + for the contract extension.

 

[53or8]

St. Louis and Vancouver could make good trading partners. St.louis is struggling and now might be the time they decide to move Tarasenko with his value going up.

Way to expensive

 

[Gstank]

Would like your take on what from Jersey gets Petey done? We have a lot of C depth but cmon close to a pt per game.

I would think it have to include one of Zacha/Hischer plus someone like Seversson or 2 prospects who are near NHL ready

 

[rumrokh]

I cannot believe that Benning still has the confidence of ownership to make a significant trade right now...

This is another rumor that smacks of a reporter following a player agent's crumbs. Because who is in a position to know that Benning is making trades AND has identified a locker room cancer? You can almost certainly count the number of people on one hand and none of them are going to leak that info. Follow who this kind of rumor benefits. It potentially sets up the team to have difficulty moving supposed locker room cancers, right? So a player who has been asked to waive their no-trade clause or perhaps a player who has a chance of being considered a cancer, but doesn't want to move. Or mayyybe a good player who wants out (maybe even asked for a trade) and is hoping to stir up trade interest.

Either way, it's obviously questionable that this rumor is coming from a reliable source. Not saying it won't lead to anything, but the shape of the rumor is not straightforward.

 

[BlueBaron]

Jack will likely come in around 4.5-5AAV as he will not be the de facto starter when Petr comes back. But yes, there is a off chance he could get more should Petr not play well, or another injury forces Jack to be the starter the entire year. In that case he will likely get 5-5.5AAV next year.

The leafs can then move Holl, Ritchie and either one of Kerfoot/Mrazek (8-8.3AAV total) to have the available funds to resign Kase, Sandin, Liljegren, and give Campbell a raise. Micheyev (1.65AAV) will likely not resign as he wants a bigger role, and Engvall's 1.25AAV comes off the books as well and will likely get filled by a combo of cheaper ELC contracts in Robertson, Holmberg, Amirov, and Steeves.

Moving Kerfoot is definitely a possibility in the future, just don't see it happening in season.

I think the conversation has changed. Campbell is our starter and we have a really expensive backup we need to move this summer.

 

[TOGuy14]

Jack will likely come in around 4.5-5AAV as he will not be the de facto starter when Petr comes back. But yes, there is a off chance he could get more should Petr not play well, or another injury forces Jack to be the starter the entire year. In that case he will likely get 5-5.5AAV next year.

The leafs can then move Holl, Ritchie and either one of Kerfoot/Mrazek (8-8.3AAV total) to have the available funds to resign Kase, Sandin, Liljegren, and give Campbell a raise. Micheyev (1.65AAV) will likely not resign as he wants a bigger role, and Engvall's 1.25AAV comes off the books as well and will likely get filled by a combo of cheaper ELC contracts in Robertson, Holmberg, Amirov, and Steeves.

Moving Kerfoot is definitely a possibility in the future, just don't see it happening in season.

Don't forget we save the 1.2M we have been paying on the Kessel retention

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Dark days as a Canucks fan.

 

[mikelvl]

They've got to get Benning out of there now. He's only going to dig a deeper hole like his pal Chiarelli did in both Boston and Edmonton