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[LemonSauceD]

I think management views Lekkerimaki as untouchable so highly doubt he’s included in any trade anyway.

 

[sensodyne17]

Heard Drance say this as well. It's weird because there's the rumour that OTT has been trying to trade him? Making it seem like he would be a cap dump.

Or, maybe they just want to trade him for a similar asset to get out from under his deal?

His usage does suggest Green favours him.

I personally don’t think Travis Green has that kind of say to overpower the GM on personnel decisions.

If Ott was smart they’d dump Norris to open up cap, which is what they reportedly have been trying to do all year.

Hoglander + Soucy for Norris

 

[Buresflyingelbow]

Mason McTavish is their guy they should be targeting and should also include any one of our prospects for. Willander would be on the table for that move, he’s young and the exact type of player we need.

 

[Bleach Clean]

I personally don’t think Travis Green has that kind of say to overpower the GM on personnel decisions.

If Ott was smart they’d dump Norris to open up cap, which is what they reportedly have been trying to do all year.

Hoglander + Soucy for Norris

I just heard Friedman say that OTT has been after Brayden Schenn....

Bring a centre in, trade one out. Lines up pretty well.

 

[sensodyne17]

I just heard Friedman say that OTT has been after Brayden Schenn....

Bring a centre in, trade one out. Lines up pretty well.

Lets get crazy…

To Ott:
Boeser (with extension)
Schenn

To Van:
Norris
Buchnevich

To Stl:
Ott 1st + Perron + prospects
Van 1st + Soucy + Hoglander

Debrusk-Petey-Lekkerimaki
Joshua-Norris-Buchnevich
DOC-Chytil-Garland
Sasson-Blueger-Sherwood

That Joshua Norris Buchnevich line could lowkey be a matchup line to let lines 1 and 3 eat.

 

[CanucksSayEh]

I don't care what the announcers say, im pronouncing it Cheetle.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Norris is a clear upgrade on Chytil.

For wing, I can see Nyquist. Greenway and Olivier would likely cost more than is reasonable.

with two full shoulders yeah

 

[F A N]

Availability aside, I would definitely target Norris and pass on Cozens.

 

[VanJack]

Do the Canucks make another mega-deal before the TDL? Not convinced they have the assets left to do much.

About the only guys potentially on the block--other than draft picks--would be Boeser and possibly Soucy. Although Soucy has a full NTC and would have to waive to go anywhere. Forbort might be attractive as a rental on an expiring contract.

But other than Boeser, I doubt the d-men fetch very much. So it's hard to Allvin doing much more than a little 'tinkering' by the March 7th deadline.

 

[December5th]

repost but we got to petition for the nhl to make the salary cap to move up proportionately depending on a teams home state/province income tax. why do some teams effectively have way larger caps then others? im not sure exactly how it should be structured, like maybe you just get paid a flat amount pre tax and the nhl team covers the taxes. i dont know man but something has to be done

these bull crap southern teams get to rake in the benefits of revenue sharing from teams like us and leafs, then take our money and spend it on players with the incentive of paying little to no taxes sucking up all the ufa's like a greedy vacuum.

 

[JT Milker]

Norris is a clear upgrade on Chytil.

For wing, I can see Nyquist. Greenway and Olivier would likely cost more than is reasonable.



They have to put Hoglander back in the top6.



You would trade Lekkerimaki for 1 year of Tuch?

If the assumption is that he gets re-signed, does he take the same discount here as Boeser would? If not, there's very little surplus value gained and a top2 prospect is lost...

I would trade Lek for Tuch yes. But I’m also not pencilling Lek into the NHL roster next year.

 

[StickShift]

Canucks ought to use some of their extra cap-space and their last salary retention slot this TDL to farm a draft pick or two. They can help other teams retain on an acquisition or take a bad expiring contract or two back.

It is going to be tough to spend all of that $16m deadline cap space.

Unless they plan to use that space to quickly consummate deals while other clubs are struggling to find retention partners.

 

[PavelBure10]

I don't mind the idea of trading for pure rental players. That's why Gustav Nyquist does sound like a good option to me. Nyquist has skills and experience to help out going forward. The best part he is on a expiring contract.

Cap space is the most valuable asset to have going forward. It will allow Allvin to go big game hunting on July 1st. The Nucks haven't had cap space in years so expiring contracts that can help out short term would be best going forward.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I don't mind the idea of trading for pure rental players. That's why Gustav Nyquist does sound like a good option to me. Nyquist has skills and experience to help out going forward. The best part he is on a expiring contract.

Cap space is the most valuable asset to have going forward. It will allow Allvin to go big game hunting on July 1st. The Nucks haven't had cap space in years so expiring contracts that can help out short term would be best going forward.

I like Nyquist as a buy-low option, too. I also think his speed really jives with the way the Canucks are trying to play (Chytil and O’Connor gave big injections of speed into the forward group).

 

[strattonius]

Nyquist sucks. He's a career 50 pt player. Soft. He had an outlier year with 75 pts last year but now he's back to his normal 15 goal season.

I want us to target size and speed, not a player that you'll ask if they even played from night to night.

 

[Bobby9]

I don't know why everyone is packaging Lekk... he's going to be our Boeser replacement.

Size is a concern. He weighs the same weight as the average American woman. The Canucks have to start to draft skill and size. Boldy was the recent one who got away

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[Quinning]

Size is a concern. He weighs the same weight as the average American woman. The Canucks have to start to draft skill and size. Boldy was the recent one who got away

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Caufield is better than Boldy and he went afterwards.

That was a terrible pick by Vancouver though

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Claude Giroux, I will again beat the drum for. RHC who wins draws, great 200 ft player, aging out, one more kick at the can in a Canadian market as a veteran presence who has the same agent as EP40.

It smells of Doug Weight at the 2006 TDL. Don't think it will happen, but a man whose been as wrong as I have can dream at least?

 

[Hodgy]

Mason McTavish is their guy they should be targeting and should also include any one of our prospects for. Willander would be on the table for that move, he’s young and the exact type of player we need.

But why would Anaheim want to move him, and even if they did, why would they want to move him for futures. I get a potential Pettersson and McTavish swap, but not a futures one.

 

[SopelFanThe3rd]

i had a dream we traded for Cozens.

so its an SF5.

 

[StickShift]

For wing, I can see Nyquist. Greenway and Olivier would likely cost more than is reasonable.

You would trade Lekkerimaki for 1 year of Tuch?

I would much rather pay the premium for Tuch (Lekk or a 1st) than rent Greenway.

Tuch has size and skates. He is among the top in the league for distance covered and has decent speed too. He would be a great fit alongside Pettersson.

This team generally needs to get bigger up front and exchanging one of our diminutive skilled forwards for a large power forward should be a no brainer.

That being said. No interest in Greenway. He has size but barely covers the ice with hardly any speed. He would be a 4th line plug on this team.

 

[LemonSauceD]

I would much rather pay the premium for Tuch (Lekk or a 1st) than rent Greenway.

Tuch has size and skates. He is among the top in the league for distance covered and has decent speed too. He would be a great fit alongside Pettersson.

This team generally needs to get bigger up front and exchanging one of our diminutive skilled forwards for a large power forward should be a no brainer.

That being said. No interest in Greenway. He has size but barely covers the ice with hardly any speed. He would be a 4th line plug on this team.

Distance covered is a bit misleading imo. It’s skewed on bad teams if youre a forward unless its McDavid/puck moving D like Werenski/Hughes/Makar

 

[Bobby9]

Caufield is better than Boldy and he went afterwards.

That was a terrible pick by Vancouver though

Id still take the size/skill of Boldy over Caufield.

Caufield or players like him are the exception and not the norm. A 5'8 winger is who can score is extremely rare.

 

[Canucks LB]

Id still take the size/skill of Boldy over Caufield.

Caufield or players like him are the exception and not the norm. A 5'8 winger is who can score is extremely rare.

It’s rare, but it’s also extremely risky.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Boldy should have been the pick at the time.

I understood the logic of drafting Pod as a player with a different skillset the Nucks didn't have. If he hit, it would have been amazing.

But he didn't for numerous reasons.