Speculation: Canucks Off-Season is going to be Fun

Canucks should offer sheet Knies at 3-5 years x 9M. Move Letterkenny and Wallinder to Anaheim for McTavish.
They should do a deep diving rebuild but their owner wont ever do that. At least not purposefully. So I can see Van trying to trade for Zegras. They need centre help (scoring) and he can bring that. Maybe Van’s 2025 first + a B prospect? Happens at the draft?
 
To be fair they're not so much failing as St. Louis has a 11 game win streak going, while the Canucks on the other hand get another injury hurdle with Pettersson going down.
Don’t let injuries mask the issues. Add Knies and McTavish to Debrusk and you’ve got some size and aggression.
 
Lost me here. That defense is pretty bad and captain obvious, but Quinn is bolting for NJ first chance he gets.
you'll know about that defense next year. Its the most solid part of the future with plenty of upside. The issue is the 2C position and replacing Boeser. throwing a bunch of money at Bennett may not be enough.

I think more teams will be open to offer sheets seeing Blues hitting a home run with Holloway.
 
JT Miller is so hilariously overrated on this website. He's a guy who compiles points. That's exactly all he's done for the Rangers, ask Ranger fans about him. Might have been a differnce maker at one point, but certainly not one anymore.

Quinn Hughes is an infinitely more impactul player than him.

They better hope he doesn't leave, with him the Canucks can get back on track going forward.
 
Willander for Shane Pinto? Sens C is a strength and
Sanderson-Willander
Chabot-Yakemchuk would set us up nicely for the the future.
Absolutely not from Ottawa. The teams strentgh is its center ice position. And as you said they have Yakemchuk. They will have to get a RD another way.
 
With a couple of savvy trades the Canucks can be back in the playoffs next year. Also will need some injury luck.
Yeah they can compete for 7th or 8th.

Same can be said for a lot of bubble teams.

They kind of had their core deep sixed in one season.
Demko has big injury troubles and might not be the same again.
Boeser exposed as a shooting % fraud.
All the depth scoring exposed as shooting % frauds.
Miller gone.
Pettersson too sad to compete?
Hughes is great at what he does, but also isn't your typical all situations franchise D-man.

I don't think they can bring in enough help for him to plug all the leaks that have sprung in the boat.
 
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I think it’s important to mention no matter how much drama this season had, and all the crazy injuries, and superstar players struggling we’re gonna miss the playoffs by like five points?

I can easily see them making the playoffs next year, and that’s with just our own guys rebounding let alone upgrading
 
Yeah they can compete for 7th or 8th.

Same can be said for a lot of bubble teams.

They kind of had their core deep sixed in one season.
Demko has big injury troubles and might not be the same again.
Boeser exposed as a shooting % fraud.
All the depth scoring exposed as shooting % frauds.
Miller gone.
Pettersson too sad to compete?
Hughes is great at what he does, but also isn't your typical all situations franchise D-man.

I don't think they can bring in enough help for him to plug all the leaks that have sprung in the boat.
They need demko healthy and in top form, and they need EP to atleast be a ppg player with selke defence to have any chance. If they don’t, they are screwed
 
Hoe do you plan on getting Tuch since he is not a UFA?


Hoglander does not move the needle in acquire tuch.Tuch is a RW not a C

Buffalo is not interested in picks.
Will see what happens but Buffalo does tend to trade their good players often times for less than their value. Eichel being one and Cozen might be another. Buffalo will probably reshuffle their roster again after not making playoffs this year again.
 
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Yeah they can compete for 7th or 8th.

Same can be said for a lot of bubble teams.

They kind of had their core deep sixed in one season.
Demko has big injury troubles and might not be the same again.
Boeser exposed as a shooting % fraud.
All the depth scoring exposed as shooting % frauds.
Miller gone.
Pettersson too sad to compete?
Hughes is great at what he does, but also isn't your typical all situations franchise D-man.

I don't think they can bring in enough help for him to plug all the leaks that have sprung in the boat.
Honestly, using same logic I could basically say the same thing about the Oilers. They would not be a playoff team without Drai and McDavid, their top 2 centers. In fact Canucks are more competitive than Oilers when you take out their top 2 centers in Pettersson and Miller (which is Chytil now). Oilers lost almost all their games without Drai and McDavid. Canucks Defense and Goaltending is leagues above Oilers and I would take Canucks bottom 6 forwards over Oilers any day. The only difference between Canucks and Oilers this season was the fact Oilers were lucky when it came to injuries to key players and they didnt have any locker room drama.
 
Will see what happens but Buffalo does tend to trade their good players often times for less than their value. Eichel being one and Cozen might be another.

Eichel was unusual circumstances. Cozens ... That was a swap of change of scenery first rounders. I wouldn't draw conclusions about that being a trend.

Highly doubtful McTavish would be available. Zegras would be.

Zegras wouldn't likely be cheap even if he's available. After 2 years of trying to turn him from a 60 point C into a LW (where he was more like a 20 point player), he finally seems to have gotten comfortable on wing, as during this stretch of 20+ games where the young forwards are breaking out he's actually pacing for 60 points again except this time at LW. It'd be insane to spend all that effort to change his position, then trade him immediately after he starts to show results.

The other thing is, it's probably not escaped notice from the organization that the team plays better when he's on the ice, regardless of his production. Last year without him they were a .324 team, and a .419 team with him. This year they're a .420 team without him, and a .520 team with him. It's too many games and too big (and consistent) a difference to explain away as random.
 
JT Miller is so hilariously overrated on this website. He's a guy who compiles points. That's exactly all he's done for the Rangers, ask Ranger fans about him. Might have been a differnce maker at one point, but certainly not one anymore.

Quinn Hughes is an infinitely more impactul player than him.

They better hope he doesn't leave, with him the Canucks can get back on track going forward.
I mean hey, "compiling points" in the playoffs is what you have to do. He's a lot better at that than some of the soft ass players in the league, like EP and the Toronto 4.
 
Tocchet looks pretty checked out this season, you might want to start with a new coach.

Top priorities should be Ehlers and Bennett. The defence and goaltending is built.
 
I like Tocchet as a coach and the team works hard. Talent wise it's lacking, and that's even with a healthy and motivated EP-40 in the lineup.
I agree, ever since Miller left, we have lost a lot of offense. Heck, even with Miller and Pettersson, we were still lacking a bit of offense. Without Miller, it creates a huge hole. It doesn't make it better that the return Canucks got was an injury prone Chytil who could be knocked out of a game if a ref farts near him.
 

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