Canucks & NHL News, Rumours, and & Fantasy GM | These Little Piggies Are Not Going To The Market…
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Unpopular opinion: sign 1 yr UFAs with high deadline rental potential. Sell said UFAs. Use returns for a big fish going into the playoffs.
Maybe in the vidya games I guess.
Maybe in the vidya games I guess.
lawrence
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it was never a sure thing to begin with.
why the heck would a eastern american want to sign in Canada let alone western Canada? Sure he was willing to waive his NTC to Vancouver, but signing him was never a lock to begin with.
Everyone step away from the ledge. Free agency hasn't even started yet ffs.
Cancuks
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Stamkos makes the most sense. Won Cups, excellent goal scorer and great on the PP, and he's a right shot as well who is good at face offs and can play center if needed or due to injury. Yeah he's older but if I'm handing out $6 million then I'm paying a guy who has done it all and fans will buy tickets to watch him play and buy his jersey. Toffoli doesn't do any of that and Marchessault is a thin skinned baby as his social media rants have shown. Not a good leader.
kanucks25
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Unfortunately we're just in a very awkward roster and cap situation.
One big name will help but probably won't put us over the top and it'll cost us valuable depth. Them probably wanting 10% more to come here versus places like Tampa or Florida doesn't help, either.
Our sweet spot will be in a couple years when (hopefully) we have prospects making an impact on their ELCS. That will be the time to go all in. Until then it's about getting better incrementally and setting up the cap so that you can pull the trigger when the time is right.
Gotta love how the deals start filtering in HOURS before free agency actually opens.
They might need to make a few selections in the first or second round then. Klimovich, Lekkerimaki and Willander. That's it since Podkolzin and Hoglander for first and second round picks. That really does need to change. Podz and Hogz were drafted 6 years ago.
kanucks25
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D Petey, Bains, Raty, a few other guys down the chart.
It's possible most of them flame out or are just depth pieces, but you'd think at least one of these guys will be able to carve out a valuable depth role on the cheap while Lekk and Will play higher in the lineup as projected.
kanucks25
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Except he supposedly told Allvin he wants to return in his exit interview.
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A collection of thoughts and predictions as NHL signing season kicks off
elliotte doesnt predict us signing anyone on the list, utah favoured for cole, boston favoured for zadorov/lindholm.
this is good imo.
elliotte doesnt predict us signing anyone on the list, utah favoured for cole, boston favoured for zadorov/lindholm.
this is good imo.
kanucks25
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Well, if some people weren't freaking out already...
I'm obviously not in a position to question Friedman's predictions, but Matt Roy to Washington doesn't add up to me. They have 6.3M in LTIR cap space with only 10 forwards signed, as well as 6 D signed making 2M+ already (4 are RDs)
Unless he's hinting at a D trade incoming (Jensen or Trevor van Riemsdyk?)
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Apparently, they can't even sign their own UFAs. So much for the hype that players are flocking to the Canucks because of the new regime and coaches and the recent success of the team.
kanucks25
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In the case of Lindholm and Zadorov, pretty sure it has more to do with them being overpaid elsewhere.
As for Cole, I think it's clear he wasn't a priority given his age (and probably his performance vs EDM).
That said, I don't think Vancouver is considered a premium destination anymore. Even when it was during the Gillis era, it seemed like it was mostly for BC Boys.
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They probably really thought jake was a done deal here and got caught off guard with tampa.
Worked by his agent
lawrence
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personally I think 9 million is too much for Guentzel. Glad that’s out of the ways good for him too. I can’t imagine many American players wanting Vancouver over a place like Tampa. Easy choice.
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