They released a video with all skate colors… interesting24-25 schedule is out
They released a video with all skate colors… interesting24-25 schedule is out
They need to grab Kylington on a one year ASAP
24-25 schedule is out
If the Canucks did this over one of Desharnais or Forbort yesterday I would've given them an A overall for their free agent signings given what was available. Very good upside bet for Colorado.
i really like the olofsson signing for vegas. he could have been a good bet for vancouver (altho they already need to lose a forward)
As useless 5 v 5 as Mike Hoffman or KubalikOIofsson is a complete passenger who is just a complete non-factor 5 on 5. This is a guy you have to hide at evens and then strap to the powerplay to get any value.
Hughes, Hronek (well he is 6'0), Friedman...He's six foot, so maybe. They seem to be against signing any defenseman, regardless of profile, below six feet.
Hughes, Hronek, Friedman...
There are upgrades to be made but I don't think they are coming from what's left on the UFA list.Canucks need to do something like this, imo.
Few thoughts:
-You have Vancouver at home for 7 games, but opt to break it up to go to Calgary on a B2B. Stupid.
-Vancouver being forced to fly back from California to play the Leafs and then being forced to go back to Vegas. Stupid.
-Ending the season again in mid-late April again. Stupid. Yay for the finals ending again in Late June.
Oh right. The Four Nations Cup....Ugh.Check the dates there. The game in Vegas is 2 weeks after the home game vs Toronto. Four Nations Cup.
Juulsen's the one on the two-way, so I wouldn't be surprised if Friedman stays as the #8 and they do that instead.
It would be pretty solid depth if they somehow manage to squeeze in Forbort as the #7 and Juulsen as the #9 in the AHL, while picking up a puck-mover to play with Desharnais, but seems unlikely.
I don't understand how anyone can rationalize the Nucks July 1 as good in any way.
Ok? Passable? Understandable given circumstances? Sure. But not good.
They clearly had their money allocated for Guentzel. But that went out the window when Tbay traded for his rights.
I'm fine with DeBrusk. I don't like the term but I get that they had to do it to keep the AAV as low as possible. But I would have expected more upfront if they were allocating say $9.5M for Guentzel and turn that into DeBrusk ($5.5M) and Arvidsson ($4M). Team needs actual goal scorers. This was evident in the playoffs. DeBrusk is more of a "puts in a shift and goes to the right areas" rather than a pure scorer.
So from that perspective, they still need another goal scoring winger in the Top 6.
On defense, they have gone backwards. No way you can have an older Myers in your Top 4 no matter how he played last year. They need another Top 4 dman and preferably RHD.
I assume they had interest in Tanev, but much like the TDL, the price did not make sense. So they pivoted and went for depth instead.
But the backend is not good. People can state the Oilers backend sucks but they have the horses upfront to compensate for it. Nucks don't, especially if Demko continues to be plagued by injuries.
People state we can make trades. What are we trading exactly to acquire what this team needs? Willander and Lekk aren't going anywhere. Can't see them trading their 2025 1st right now either. So you have Hoglander, Pod and maybe Garland. Hoglander's contract makes him more valuable to the Nucks than other teams, Pod won't have much value at all and removing Garland creates a further hole upfront.
So I just don't see it.
And then the comments of "we will just pick up a player at the TDL"? Jesus. That's literally 8-9 months away. You cannot expect this team to play the way they did to start last season. What if they play the way they did in the 2nd half? You're screwed.
So as much as it was fine to do what they did to focus on depth after the Guentzel option disappeared, this team still needs more quality. Right now they have focused on quantity over quality and that will only get you so far.
Team is still a playoff team but they aren't close to contenders atm.
Hughes-Hronek
Soucy-Myers
Zadorov-Cole
Looks damn more Solid then this now.
There are some decent Left-handed, cheap, PMDs out there. Maybe that is still their plan.
kiss meHughes and Hronek are a special case, look at the list of defensemen this management group has acquired. Friedman is the exception.
Branstrom COL 900k x 1
Classic Colorado move. He'll be more successful in their system as well.Canucks need to do something like this, imo.
They released a video with all skate colors… interesting
Classic Colorado move. He'll be more successful in their system as well.
Of course I mentioned Brannstrom repeatedly yesterday lol, then he's picked up on the cheap.
The Athletic said:Vancouver’s blue-line group last season was exceptionally well constructed to prevent scoring chances from dangerous areas of the ice. The Canucks also leveraged their size advantage on the back end in the neutral zone expertly, as Vancouver’s defenders squeezed aggressively with imposing collective size at the defensive blue line, with Vancouver’s forwards herding puck carriers impossibly toward them by cheating strong side with a neutral zone wedge. Desharnais and Forbort both profile as players who should fit into this play style rather neatly.
I think they like the big defenders who play mean (and can PK) because they want to make it as difficult as possible to get to and remain at the front of the net (where most goals are scored from).Hughes and Hronek are a special case, look at the list of defensemen this management group has acquired. Friedman is the exception.
24-25 schedule is out
Black seats tooAll the marketing around the schedule is done in skate colours. It does make you wonder a bit.
Leafs 4pm start will be a thing forever. It makes financial sense and is always on a Saturday anyways. We just need to deal with it.Leafs in Vancouver another 4pm start, league is a joke.
Pre and post xmas break at home, good for players.
Something's off, we are playing division rivals only 3 times?
I agree, they have a clear system and clear idea of the kinds of players that fit in that system. And it worked! Their defensive results last season were excellent.Canucks just seem to have no interest in these smaller, more offensively oriented guys with defensive warts. We haven't been even connected to any of them. Seems like it's something to do with Tocchet's system, according to Drance: