Canucks & NHL News, Rumours, and & Fantasy GM | Summer Doldrums

[Bojack Horvatman]

Reminds me a bit of the Hall-Larsson trade but with less valuable pieces. One team overpaying with an offensive in a position of strength for a matchup player in a position of need. I always though Edmonton was much better off making that trade, or would of been if Chiarelli f*** up literally every other transaction. Buffalo lost the value, but got a youngish player in a tole they desperately needed.

 

[Jerry the great]

@Vector

Buffalo. I understand their reasoning and I'm not high on Savoie but McLeod is a very underwhelming return.

I don't know that he is the missing piece for Buffalo, but McLeod is a very underrated player IMO. Probably a top 5 skater in the game, absolutely elite wheels.. He was a big piece of the vaunted Edmonton PK in the playoffs (on ice for 0 GA 36MIN). This is why i was so stubborn about Mikheyev, because if his knee is right next season, he becomes a very valuable asset.

 

[credulous]

Why Blueger makes McLeod redundant you don't trade on of you best trade assets for marginal upgrade.

ryan mcleod is much better then blueger and the canucks need both. their 4th line center right now is either aman or suter

 

[Vector]

@Vector


I don't know that he is the missing piece for Buffalo, but McLeod is a very underrated player IMO. Probably a top 5 skater in the game, absolutely elite wheels.. He was a big piece of the vaunted Edmonton PK in the playoffs (on ice for 0 GA 36MIN). This is why i was so stubborn about Mikheyev, because if his knee is right next season, he becomes a very valuable asset.

All I can see with McLeod is a fast guy who's good at the PK but really doesn't do much the majority of the time on the ice. He's not particularly physical despite having size and speed.

 

[Vector]

ryan mcleod is much better then blueger and the canucks need both. their 4th line center right now is either aman or suter

He really isn't.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

That Savoie deal is Benning level.

Just awful for Buffalo.

 

[StreetHawk]

Seems like GMs only want big guys right now.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1809326544784851280

Look at the PO teams. How many smaller players did those teams carry? Like 3 or 4 (max?).

 

[Josepho]

after the initial reaction i've cooled off a bit on this and feel it's only a slight overpayment for buffalo.

they're loaded with prospects and it's a very unattractive UFA market.

i think they need a veteran defenceman though

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

ryan mcleod is much better then blueger and the canucks need both. their 4th line center right now is either aman or suter

He isn't if we are upgrading our 3rd Line center position and spending an asset like Lekkerimäki I am hoping for a bigger upgrade than Mcleod. Blueger produced at a very similar rate this year, McLeod also played on Draisaitl's wing this year at times. Also other than his pk prowess he was pretty bad in the playoffs at times unplayable. Watching him in the playoffs he is very soft and loses a ton of puck battles.

 

[Vector]

 

[ameselare]

I know we need another top 4 D and top 6 forward, and this is stating the obvious, but Demko's health going into the playoffs must be this team's #1 priority this season. Will need to get through Edmonton and he's our game breaker.

 

[StreetHawk]

after the initial reaction i've cooled off a bit on this and feel it's only a slight overpayment for buffalo.

they're loaded with prospects and it's a very unattractive UFA market.

i think they need a veteran defenceman though

True. But, what vet Dman is waiving a mntc to Buffalo? That’s the issue when you haven’t turned the corner.

And if there was a club that was open to a deal how many smaller guys do they having in their system? Only so many slots to go around for smaller guys unfortunately. Just the reality of the game.

Buffalo did draft a lot of the same type of player.

 

[credulous]

i wonder if you can use 'they just traded sergachev for me' in an arbitration hearing

 

[Wisp]

hahah, their goalie has a name that sounds like Uncle Pecker

 

[VanillaCoke]

Interesting people are critical of the Sabres for having too many soft skill wingers and needing a PK matchup center.

While simultaneously praising edm who added nothing but soft skilled wingers, to a team full of soft skilled wingers, while losing their PK matchup C. (Although they retained Henrique)

 

[Vector]

hahah, their goalie has a name that sounds like Uncle Pecker

Australian's have the dumbest accents.

 

[ameselare]

Interesting people are critical of the Sabres for having too many soft skill wingers and needing a PK matchup center.

While simultaneously praising edm who added nothing but soft skilled wingers, to a team full of soft skilled wingers, while losing their PK matchup C. (Although they retained Henrique)

I see what you're saying. You can get away with more "soft skilled wingers" when your top 2 centers are the best in the league though.

 

[geebaan]

If Edmonton moves Nurse somehow I’m gonna puke

 

[ameselare]

UPL played very well for the Sabres this season. I was very impressed with him

If Edmonton moves Nurse somehow I’m gonna puke

They won't, he's one of McDavid's boys. More likely they move Ceci but I highly doubt that to be honest.

 

[Wisp]

If Edmonton moves Nurse somehow I’m gonna puke

i think if they were going to do that they wouldn't have traded this years 1st already.

 

[Jerry the great]

Interesting people are critical of the Sabres for having too many soft skill wingers and needing a PK matchup center.

While simultaneously praising edm who added nothing but soft skilled wingers, to a team full of soft skilled wingers, while losing their PK matchup C. (Although they retained Henrique)

McLeod to Henrique is a big downgrade defensively and on the PK IMO.

 

[rypper]

Australian's have the dumbest accents.

I watched a season of the Australian survivor and there was a guy on there talking about how being a grandpa was the best but he phrased it by saying "being a pop to those kids is the ducks nuts!"

Imagine that in an Australian accent.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Australian's have the dumbest accents.

Irish.

Irish are the new Aussies in Metro Van/Whistler.

Like locust.

 

[Vector]

Irish.

Irish are the new Aussies in Metro Van/Whistler.

Like locust.

New? They've been swarming for years. There was a summer, when I live in Vancouver, there were signs on every store that read "WE ARE NOT HIRING ANY IRISH".

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

New? They've been swarming for years. There was a summer, when I live in Vancouver, there were signs on every store that read "WE ARE NOT HIRING ANY IRISH".

Not new new but newer than Aussies.

It use to be everyone complained about the Aussies.

Now it's definitely the Irish.