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Imagine having a player like that instead of drafting Virtanen. Kid was an egghead and everyone knew it. Dude can’t even put up numbers in the DEL. That draft crippled this team
And Ehlers isn't the worst of it......Benning could also have drafted William Nylander instead of Virtanen. And I thought the Canucks actually 'liked' Swedish players.
 
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And Ehlers isn't the worst of it......Benning could also have drafted William Nylander instead of Virtanen. And I thought the Canucks actually 'liked' Swedish players.

I can't find anything in a 5 second search but I think I recall seeing something about Thomas Gradin being furious that we had decided to pass on Nylander
 
Imagine having a player like that instead of drafting Virtanen. Kid was an egghead and everyone knew it. Dude can’t even put up numbers in the DEL. That draft crippled this team
Everyone knew it on and off the ice, and somehow even though he came in with *insert said reputation*, he did nothing to change it. Just continued on as a meathead. Guy sucks.
 
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I just really don't want to move D Petey.

He's one of our few players that can play outright mean when he wants to, and I suspect that'll ramp up more as he gets used to the NHL. We saw how impactful that can be in the playoffs with Zads. Obviously Elias will never be as imposing, but I feel like his play style is lacking from our current D.

Trading this guy would be a mistake. He looks like Edler 2.0.
 
Trading this guy would be a mistake. He looks like Edler 2.0.
The Canucks blueline has featured shaky depth for so long, I just can't see any scenario where they'd move a kid like D-Petey for immediate help. Once you unearth a kid like this in the third round of all places--he's an automatic 'keeper'.

In fact if the Canucks can find a way to retain all of their young, up-and-coming d-men: EP25, Mancini, Wilander and even Kudryavtsev and Mynio, they'd be set on the blueline for the next decade.

And of course Hughes and Hronek are still well on the south-side of 30. So it's potentially as deep a group as they've had since those 2011-12 Canuck teams of Edler, Bieksa, Salo, Hamhuis etc.
 
Here's my off-season plan.

First, get the Canucks 2026 3rd back from Calgary.

Then, twin offersheets to the Buffalo Sabres:

JJ Peterka, 2 years x $6.8M (1st + 3rd compensation), $10.2M cash in year one, $3.4M cash in year two.

Ryan McLeod, 2 years x $4.5M (2nd compensation), $6.75M cash in year one, $2.25M cash in year two.

Have the first year salary almost entirely as a signing bonus due as soon as possible. Force Terry Pegula to decide, in a week, if he wants to fork over $17M.

You're probably not getting Peterka, but that sheet maybe unlocks McLeod?

And if he does match both, sign Jack Quinn to the McLeod offer immediately afterwards.
 
Trading this guy would be a mistake. He looks like Edler 2.0.
It would be the dumbest thing in the world to trade that kid but thankfully it isn't going to happen. Watching him in the Winnipeg game he was very nasty in front of his net and along the boards and that is the type of player you win with. Also, he just isn't some defensive plug, he does have quite a bit of skill.
 
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Imagine having a player like that instead of drafting Virtanen. Kid was an egghead and everyone knew it. Dude can’t even put up numbers in the DEL. That draft crippled this team
That was certainly a horrible pick. The Canucks actually fared well in that draft. I've seen it suggested that might have been because it was the only Benning draft in which he didn't have much input after the 1st pick.

1(6) Virtanen-could have had Nylander or Ehlers or Larkin (could have probably traded down for Larkin)
1(24) Jared McCann-solid NHL player, good pick, though Pastrnak was the next pick and the Canucks managed to lose the benefit of their good pick with a bad trade.
2(36) Thatcher Demko
3(66) Nikita Tryamkin-I think this was actually a good pick that got turned into effectively nothing. Some will say Tryamkin wasn't good enough for the NHL or blame his leaving on him. Others will blame the Canucks handling of him for losing them a player who was at least a depth defenceman even as a rookie. (Yes, the Lightning picked Brayden Point 13 picks later)
4th round-pick was traded with Kellan Tochkin for Zac Dalpe & Jeremy Welsh. The Hurricanes didn't get much out of the pick. Most 4th rounders don't pan out. Devon Toews, Viktor Arvidsson and Igor Shesterkin were among the players selected later in the round.
5(126) D Gustav Forsling-best player available for that pick, though it took him a long while to make it in the NHL. The Canucks traded Forsling for effectively nothing (Adam Clendening, who was mostly a minor leaguer.) Later on the Panthers got him on waivers from the Hurricanes, who were really deep on defence at the time.
6(156) Kyle Pettit (never played pro)
7(186) McKenzie Stewart, who was barely an ECHL player.

It seems to me that a draft with Demko, Forsling, McCann and Tryamkin is actually a very good draft, though it certainly could have been better (imagine a draft with Nylander or Ehlers, Pastrnak, Demko and Point. ) The Canucks didn't make very good use out of some of those players. Forsling was traded for Adam Clendening who from the Canucks point of view was a throwin on the Brandon Sutter trade, Tryamkin returned to Russia and McCann was traded with a 2nd rounder (+) for Erik Gudbranson, who was traded for Tanner Pearson, who was sent essentially as a cap dump after an injury-riddled season to Montreal along with a 3rd round pick for Casey DeSmith, who walked as a free agent last summer.
 
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Here's my off-season plan.

First, get the Canucks 2026 3rd back from Calgary.

Then, twin offersheets to the Buffalo Sabres:

JJ Peterka, 2 years x $6.8M (1st + 3rd compensation), $10.2M cash in year one, $3.4M cash in year two.

Ryan McLeod, 2 years x $4.5M (2nd compensation), $6.75M cash in year one, $2.25M cash in year two.

Have the first year salary almost entirely as a signing bonus due as soon as possible. Force Terry Pegula to decide, in a week, if he wants to fork over $17M.

You're probably not getting Peterka, but that sheet maybe unlocks McLeod?

And if he does match both, sign Jack Quinn to the McLeod offer immediately afterwards.
Apt post.
 
Here's my off-season plan.

First, get the Canucks 2026 3rd back from Calgary.

Then, twin offersheets to the Buffalo Sabres:

JJ Peterka, 2 years x $6.8M (1st + 3rd compensation), $10.2M cash in year one, $3.4M cash in year two.

Ryan McLeod, 2 years x $4.5M (2nd compensation), $6.75M cash in year one, $2.25M cash in year two.

Have the first year salary almost entirely as a signing bonus due as soon as possible. Force Terry Pegula to decide, in a week, if he wants to fork over $17M.

You're probably not getting Peterka, but that sheet maybe unlocks McLeod?

And if he does match both, sign Jack Quinn to the McLeod offer immediately afterwards.
Did Pegula lose all his money or something? Hard to imagine this working.
 
I think re-acquiring Lindholm is at least more likely than signing Bennett.

That said, I think they should be looking for the next Dylan Strome-type. Unfortunately, that might’ve been Cozens.
Barrett Hayton is probably the closest thing out there and I seriously doubt Utah moves him.

The best I can come up with is Morgan Geekie - RFA you might be able to pry away if you go high enough in salary. Benefits from playing with Pasternak but could be a good 2/3 option if they can pick up a talented winger.
 
NY will be cap strapped, I’d offer sheet Cuylle 6.5Mx7. Laf and Shesty raise + KAM pending RFA. You offer sheet Cuylle 6.5-7M no way they can match. No one’s gonna want Kreider or whatever so they’ll be in the rough.

Cuylle is a young Jamie Benn 2.0
 
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That was certainly a horrible pick. The Canucks actually fared well in that draft. I've seen it suggested that might have been because it was the only Benning draft in which he didn't have much input after the 1st pick.

1(6) Virtanen-could have had Nylander or Ehlers or Larkin (could have probably traded down for Larkin)
1(24) Jared McCann-solid NHL player, good pick, though Pastrnak was the next pick and the Canucks managed to lose the benefit of their good pick with a bad trade.
2(36) Thatcher Demko
3(66) Nikita Tryamkin-I think this was actually a good pick that got turned into effectively nothing. Some will say Tryamkin wasn't good enough for the NHL or blame his leaving on him. Others will blame the Canucks handling of him for losing them a player who was at least a depth defenceman even as a rookie. (Yes, the Lightning picked Brayden Point 13 picks later)
4th round-pick was traded with Kellan Tochkin for Zac Dalpe & Jeremy Welsh. The Hurricanes didn't get much out of the pick. Most 4th rounders don't pan out. Devon Toews, Viktor Arvidsson and Igor Shesterkin were among the players selected later in the round.
5(126) D Gustav Forsling-best player available for that pick, though it took him a long while to make it in the NHL. The Canucks traded Forsling for effectively nothing (Adam Clendening, who was mostly a minor leaguer.) Later on the Panthers got him on waivers from the Hurricanes, who were really deep on defence at the time.
6(156) Kyle Pettit (never played pro)
7(186) McKenzie Stewart, who was barely an ECHL player.

It seems to me that a draft with Demko, Forsling, McCann and Tryamkin is actually a very good draft, though it certainly could have been better (imagine a draft with Nylander or Ehlers, Pastrnak, Demko and Point. ) The Canucks didn't make very good use out of some of those players. Forsling was traded for Adam Clendening who from the Canucks point of view was a throwin on the Brandon Sutter trade, Tryamkin returned to Russia and McCann was traded with a 2nd rounder (+) for Erik Gudbranson, who was traded for Tanner Pearson, who was sent essentially as a cap dump after an injury-riddled season to Montreal along with a 3rd round pick for Casey DeSmith, who walked as a free agent last summer.
It was a good draft that Benning happily took full credit for that was then completely mismanaged to mediocrity because outside of Virtanen none of those picks were Benning's guys.
 
Here's my off-season plan.

First, get the Canucks 2026 3rd back from Calgary.

Then, twin offersheets to the Buffalo Sabres:

JJ Peterka, 2 years x $6.8M (1st + 3rd compensation), $10.2M cash in year one, $3.4M cash in year two.

Ryan McLeod, 2 years x $4.5M (2nd compensation), $6.75M cash in year one, $2.25M cash in year two.

Have the first year salary almost entirely as a signing bonus due as soon as possible. Force Terry Pegula to decide, in a week, if he wants to fork over $17M.

You're probably not getting Peterka, but that sheet maybe unlocks McLeod?

And if he does match both, sign Jack Quinn to the McLeod offer immediately afterwards.

I wish GMs would do shit like this more often. Look at how St. Louis made out like bandits last year and improved their team while weakening Edmonton. f***ing spiteful and glorious, I love it lol
 
Here's my off-season plan.

First, get the Canucks 2026 3rd back from Calgary.

Then, twin offersheets to the Buffalo Sabres:

JJ Peterka, 2 years x $6.8M (1st + 3rd compensation), $10.2M cash in year one, $3.4M cash in year two.

Ryan McLeod, 2 years x $4.5M (2nd compensation), $6.75M cash in year one, $2.25M cash in year two.

Have the first year salary almost entirely as a signing bonus due as soon as possible. Force Terry Pegula to decide, in a week, if he wants to fork over $17M.

You're probably not getting Peterka, but that sheet maybe unlocks McLeod?

And if he does match both, sign Jack Quinn to the McLeod offer immediately afterwards.
I'd also target Anaheim with a big offer sheet for mactavish. They have an internal budget and I'd happily give up 2 firsts+ for him
 
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Here's my off-season plan.

First, get the Canucks 2026 3rd back from Calgary.

Then, twin offersheets to the Buffalo Sabres:

JJ Peterka, 2 years x $6.8M (1st + 3rd compensation), $10.2M cash in year one, $3.4M cash in year two.

Ryan McLeod, 2 years x $4.5M (2nd compensation), $6.75M cash in year one, $2.25M cash in year two.

Have the first year salary almost entirely as a signing bonus due as soon as possible. Force Terry Pegula to decide, in a week, if he wants to fork over $17M.

You're probably not getting Peterka, but that sheet maybe unlocks McLeod?

And if he does match both, sign Jack Quinn to the McLeod offer immediately afterwards.

I believe there is a rule where no season can be less than 50% of the largest caphit.

So a 10.2 then a 3.4 wouldnt work. Itd have to be 9.0 and 4.6 at the best to prove your example.

Same goes for McLeod. 4.5 av could be 6.0 and 3.0 at the best.

Either way, neither is signing that with Vancouver when both could likely get 5 year deals at the top of the compensation structure before getting too crazy with the AV.

I think people need to focus on the reverse Horvat where we trade Raty and our 1st for a top 6 center. Thats the only path forward to improvement, it likely wont come via UFA or offersheets.
 
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