Canucks News, Rumours, and & Fantasy GM | Let the negotiations through the media begin!
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Lol, I'm more likely to believe Imac's report now.
Maybe Zadarov is about to fire Milstein like Kuzmenko did lol. Wouldn't be too hard to hammer something out over a coffee given he'll be based in Vancouver until he knows where he's playing next season. Guy does not feel its safe for him and his family to return to Russia.
Anyways, the real thing going to be lost between the Zadarov war of the words right now is the Lindholm traction Imac is reporting. I still think he's Vancouver's most important UFA and given the acquisition cost i'd be more loath to lose him.
Maybe Zadarov is about to fire Milstein like Kuzmenko did lol. Wouldn't be too hard to hammer something out over a coffee given he'll be based in Vancouver until he knows where he's playing next season. Guy does not feel its safe for him and his family to return to Russia.
Anyways, the real thing going to be lost between the Zadarov war of the words right now is the Lindholm traction Imac is reporting. I still think he's Vancouver's most important UFA and given the acquisition cost i'd be more loath to lose him.
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I’m choosing to believe that the Canucks are working both Lindholm and Zadorov to take an AAV discount in exchange for term.
The risk of a drop-off for either is real—but the scarcity of both RH centers and large physical defensemen, along with the increase in cap, and likelihood of expansion, means that the risk of being stuck holding the bag isn’t a certainty.
As long as they are smart with how they hand out NTCs and NMCs…
The risk of a drop-off for either is real—but the scarcity of both RH centers and large physical defensemen, along with the increase in cap, and likelihood of expansion, means that the risk of being stuck holding the bag isn’t a certainty.
As long as they are smart with how they hand out NTCs and NMCs…
oooh. Interesting. he's in town right now - or was until very recently - as evidenced by his golfing with murph.
Earlier up someone posted a screenshot from his wife's Instagram account saying it's their last day in Vancouver. They've live in Miami according to some interviews. With his kid in grade 1, he probably sticks around like Miller did, until closer to the end of the school year.
Free agency will be interesting. Because I think that, on paper, we are going to end up being a worse team to start the year. And in fact, we may just end up being worse all together.
What it is going to come down to is pro-scouting. We need to pull some rabbits out of some hats. We need some Suter, Bleuger and Joshua type signings. The "big" UFA signings, like a Guentzel, Zadorov, Lindholm, etc., aren't going to provide tremendous value or anything, you just hope they come in and play to their cap hits.
What it is going to come down to is pro-scouting. We need to pull some rabbits out of some hats. We need some Suter, Bleuger and Joshua type signings. The "big" UFA signings, like a Guentzel, Zadorov, Lindholm, etc., aren't going to provide tremendous value or anything, you just hope they come in and play to their cap hits.
Yeah fool me once... And he's fooled us twice now.
Rutherford is treading careful in the Milstein minefield
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they did a good job finding reasonable in-season deals to plug holes last season. i hope they take the same approach this season and show some restraint in free agency. they don't need to spend every dollar and trade every asset in june/july
If they have any chance of signing them it's because of term. They can both get high aav from non playoff teams or in lindholms case Boston.
Canucks either go all in or waste deals on demko, Hughes contracts and last of miller's prime.
You have to pay the 2nd+ to deal mik
You can deal one of podz/hoglander. If you have to deal one of lekkermaki/willander you keep the dman
Canucks either go all in or waste deals on demko, Hughes contracts and last of miller's prime.
You have to pay the 2nd+ to deal mik
You can deal one of podz/hoglander. If you have to deal one of lekkermaki/willander you keep the dman
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krutovsdonut
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assume imac is a journalist and has a source. consider why milstein is shutting him down.
agents want to sit tight and play a rising cap market even if their players have told them to re-sign. they are going to play hard to get.
canuck brain trust expect that and are not in a good position to force things before playoffs end and while asking for a team friendly deal.
players are the ones with urgency trying to close deals now on teammates before they leave town
ergo, perhaps imac is reporting based on fact team mates think these guys intend to come back. maybe just murph's gut feeling after a round of golf.
agents want to sit tight and play a rising cap market even if their players have told them to re-sign. they are going to play hard to get.
canuck brain trust expect that and are not in a good position to force things before playoffs end and while asking for a team friendly deal.
players are the ones with urgency trying to close deals now on teammates before they leave town
ergo, perhaps imac is reporting based on fact team mates think these guys intend to come back. maybe just murph's gut feeling after a round of golf.
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One thing to note is alot of teams have free agents remaining that they haven't signed either. Feels like we are waiting for the flood gates to open.
It’s also early June with a whole month ahead of us. I’ll take the media proxy rumblings with a grain of salt (it’s entertaining though)
It's the fact that he commented at all.
He's a bit of a weird guy who seems to like to have fun poking the media at times and if negotiations where actually hopeless I doubt he's responding to the maybe/maybe not Imac report.
Maybe they are going to run out of time on Zadorov, Lindholm, and Joshua so they can bring back Markstrom, Tanev and Toffoli so we can relive the nightmare again.
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jeesh move on man. Not even the same management group
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Im ok with bringing back the band as long as they are confident that Lekkerimaki Willander Raty Pod Bains Silovs etc can actually provide the next wave of support. Because if 1-2yrs were still looking for a play driver top end D and top6 forward or Lindholm Zadorov Joshua have cratered were screwed
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He already has imo. I'm not sure the Canucks are even the team with the most Milstein clients anymore.
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I would go 5.5 x 5 will Zadorov. Brings a lot to the table. Maybe years 4 and 5 drop off but likely the cap has gone up 10-20 million by then.
Lindholm is the guy you have to keep. You gave up so much to get him. He’s an elite faceoff and pk guy. Problem is he almost got run out of town before the playoffs started. Does he really want o play in a city like that?
Not sure
Lindholm is the guy you have to keep. You gave up so much to get him. He’s an elite faceoff and pk guy. Problem is he almost got run out of town before the playoffs started. Does he really want o play in a city like that?
Not sure
I wonder why Pesce would turn down 5x5. Carolina a bunch of
. Demanding an arm and a leg and a left nut for Necas and lowballing the shit out of Pesce.
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My problem with Lindholm is that for 7-8m per year we need dynamic offense more than anything, and while he was very effective once he returned from injury, he still did not really produce enough offense imo to be paid over 7m long term.
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Combined with his defensive prowess, I am very happy allotting him 7 million. Zadorov's rumoured offer is already above what my final offer would be.
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