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no thanks. team wants to get faster not slower. boeser is already slow as it is. so you want another slow forward in the top 6 again. yes i know he has chemistry with petterson and miller. but jg or 2nd tier guys would be the best option.
if guentzel is off the market... reinhart would be by plan B. right handed center can play PP.
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Moving a slight skill winger for a JT Miller-framed centre who has been blowing the doors off in the NCAA? All day. Seems like wherever he goes he wants to be on the NHL roster so not 100% sure how to acommodate that without him playing a lot of low-minute bottom 6 games.
On the same topic, we are entering a very interesting era where it's no longer the Russian players that are the riskiest guys, it's becoming the high pedigree USDNTP program NCAA guys who honestly might be the most difficult to have them roll over and fall in line for the whole seven years of control like the Good Canadian CHL Kids.
I've said it before but it's hilarious trying to come to terms with being extremely pro-labour rights, but also whinging when we start having a ton of player empowerment in the NHL and it starts to affect the league (or my preferred teams) in negative ways.
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Well so far some of the posters are so sold on Guentzel they want to pay him very close to 10 million when he is 36 - 37 yrs old. Shortsighted. Might as well deem him the Messiah.
If they can't sign him? So it is only his rights? Pretty sure the Peg will take the best of anything offered by any club. These usually end up being late picks or B prospects. It would be a very good swing at bat for the Nux
First off why Guentzel only? And for how much? All this fan favoured speculation is setting up Boeser's next contract. Guentzel - no one cares about his age or speed and he doesn't point totals of Boeser. If 10 mil for the Messiah then 10+ mil for BB?
Again why are folks still drinking the "not enough cap space"? Has anyone actually shown why other than just parroting it? A few shows are starting to hint that there may be enough. And then Guentzel's ask goes up and up.
Lindros and Lemieux both did that, Lemieux was persuaded to stay with Pitt but Lindros was moved.
Wasn't there a couple of college kids that did the same more recently? Vesey? Livingstone?
Guentzel is not the Messiah, there would be no guarantee he would mesh with EP so that would still leave a winger problem but no cap space to find another for 5+ years.
Better of offer 10 mil to Stamkos for 2 years. Reinhart will be re-signed in Florida for 7 mil or so, that's over 8 mil in Canada due to taxes.
That Winnipeg kid would be worth a swing, entry level contract, cap control for 6+ years yet, not cost a fortune in assets.
There are or will be yet several older veteran FA's that could be 3rd/4th line guys at lower costs.
The next 72 hours are going to be very active.
I see the Canucks signing Zadorov, Myers, Joshua, ALL what the coach wants and then making a bang in the trade market leading up to or at the draft.
I hope people realize that Hronek was not re-signed because of Hughes, Allvin made it quite clear he wants Hronek to lead his own pairing and they believe he can do that.
I also think they may end up signing Lindholm which would make sense. Giving up all those assets for a rental would not look good in the long run.
Rutherford's comments about fan reactions, statements he made when he first got here about making trades fans might not like, and success following the Horvat trade make me think there could be a really big name player to be traded, one already signed. I do think Rutherford/Allvin may have misread the fan reaction of the Horvat trade for some fans, some felt he had suffered through enough losing seasons here and was due for a chance at a cup. That trade was more reward for Horvat than a bad thing.
So if Rutherford has paved the way for a for a fan favourite player that is already signed to be traded, who might that be? Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes, Miller? Mikheyev is already known so it's not him, Garland asked for a trade three time now and it is not a player that fans would lament of losing. Who else? Demko?
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Szechwan
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Psshhh, we're sports fans, hypocritical takes are in our DNA
Yeah, I want the Canucks to win but I don't want the aquilini's blueberry and blood covered fingers anywhere near the Cup. I will follow the team but I won't buy any merchandise or spend a penny on them while this ownership group remains. It's a compromise, but it's one I'm ok to live with for the time being.
Mikheyev would look fantastic on Michkov’s wing. Great mentor for the kid. Get it down Briere!
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These players still don't have much leverage realistically. Good NCAA prospects have to forgo a lot of money to reach free agency and I believe CHL prospects have to actually stop playing competitive hockey for a year. Although I think it's the fact that they know they'll eventually be extremely rich anyway that enables them to refuse to sign/request trades. If you're expecting to make 200k in 1990 holding up your career for a year or two, or pissing off the team that hold your rights, is more consequential.
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something like Mik + Pod for Konecny sounds very cool and nice
I’d even just take Farabee! I’ll fax it over to Briere
my idea.
Selling high on a player I like for a graduating prospect I think has more upside.
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I know Suter is good bang for the buck playing with Miller and Boeser, but I can't help but think how many times we could have extended leads if he didn't blow so many tap-ins.
Having someone there with even like 15% more finish in his game would pay some pretty huge dividends imo. Not really any money for it tho.
Having someone there with even like 15% more finish in his game would pay some pretty huge dividends imo. Not really any money for it tho.
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For improvement the team may have to sacrifice 4th line salaries.
They have the money to sign or trade for players like Konecny, Buchnevich, Crouse, Nelson, Lee, Roslovic, Trocheck, Mantha, every team has some to move. Columbus has to move some young guys, they have too many good prospects and not enough contract spots left and they are about to get another star draft pick so some of those there now might be worthy of a multi player trade for experienced NHLer's that have gone through tough times.
Through trades of Boeser, Garland and Mikheyev that additional 17 million in cap space lets the team really explore many different aspects, but then chemistry can be an issue.
Maybe just trading Pettersson works better just so the focus goes on the team and not one player's playmate
vadim sharifijanov
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i’ll say, it was certainly weird after the gretzky trade to see the team change from lakers jerseys to raiders
just didn’t look quite right on him
vadim sharifijanov
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until ten days ago, reinhart was the guy i most wanted. now i don’t want him at all, although he might now have made himself actually gettable financially.
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I think we need to try Myers there.
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