Confirmed with Link: Canucks Re-Sign Mark Friedman to a 1y/775k Contract

[Vector]

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[alternate]

Nice. Like him as organizational depth. Solid enough 5RD who likely clears waivers and has the right attitude when on the farm.

 

[TruGr1t]

Real no-brainer at that cap hit given the fact they're tracking to run extremely lean on the right-side any way you cut it. Even if they retain Myers.

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Lets go. Thought he played well when called upon. Happy to see him back.

 

[thecupismine]

Solid. Knows the system, was perfectly serviceable as a number 7/8 guy. Contract can easily be buried in the minors if we find upgrades on the blueline.

 

[Bgav]

Friedman #2 on the pecking order

 

[Nucker101]

Solid. I liked him as a depth dman. Seemed like a great teammate too from the short locker room clips posted on social media

 

[MS]

Interesting. Didn't have that one on my bingo card.

Solid cheap depth, though, and it isn't like we have guys in Abbotsford really knocking down the door.

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Prefer him over Juulsen as the #7, has better awareness and makes less game costing mistakes

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Interesting. Didn't have that one on my bingo card.

Solid cheap depth, though, and it isn't like we have guys in Abbotsford really knocking down the door.

He was literally the guy I had on my Capfriendly as my "placeholder minimum wage defensemen" contract.

No objection to this. Solid enough when called upon, and hard to argue with minimum wage. Didn't think he'd be the second guy to sign after Hronek, though!

 

[Vector]

He's the one defenceman that they seemed comfortable playing on his off-hand. Obviously liked his attitude when sitting out 90% of the games and was always ready to jump in when needed.

 

[Nuckles]

No problem with this, overall he looked pretty good this year but kind of struggled later in the season.

Makes me wonder if they think they're going to sign a LHD to play RD again, since both he and Juulsen are right shots.

 

[valkynax]

Interesting. Didn't have that one on my bingo card.

Solid cheap depth, though, and it isn't like we have guys in Abbotsford really knocking down the door.

Me neither.

 

[TruGr1t]

No problem with this, overall he looked pretty good this year but kind of struggled later in the season.

Makes me wonder if they think they're going to sign a LHD to play RD again, since both he and Juulsen are right shots.

I doubt it, they'll probably sign Dillon and run Hughes-Soucy-Dillon down the left. Ideally they'd add another right-side guy higher up the depth chart and run Juulsen/Friedman as #7/#8. I don't think either are really full-time guys.

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

Probably a one-way to get it done now.

Gives us some depth clarity for mock lineups. Expect 8 D and 13 F.

 

[wonton15]

Remember the solid several game run he had playing with Cole? He looked like a legit starter. Calm, physical, and had some offensive chops. Absolute solid deal

 

[MS]

Remember the solid several game run he had playing with Cole? He looked like a legit starter. Calm, physical, and had some offensive chops. Absolute solid deal

Playing Juulsen over Friedman in the playoff game where Soucy was (ridiculously) suspended was a major mistake.

 

[Lat]

Good re-signing. He was good as a #7/8. Arguably more reliable than Juulsen given he doesn't try to throw huge hits that put him way out of position.

 

[wonton15]

Playing Juulsen over Friedman in the playoff game where Soucy was (ridiculously) suspended was a major mistake.

Everyone was holding their breath waiting for him to do the thing we’d know he do. And then he did exactly what we feared he would do by going for a huge hit and putting himself out of position which caused an Oiler 2 on 1 and goal against. Arguably series breaking goal and game.

 

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[PavelBure10]

I really liked Friedman, he was a warrior on the ice. Taking pucks and sticks to the face and kept ticking. Pretty steady depth dman who I am happy to have back.

 

[Canuckle1970]

RD depth is always good and his play never made me cringe.

 

[alternate]

Wouldn't surprise me if Brisebois-Juulsen is our fourth pairing while Friedman provides veteran leadership to the farm and is our first call up.

 

[MS]

Everyone was holding their breath waiting for him to do the thing we’d know he do. And then he did exactly what we feared he would do by going for a huge hit and putting himself out of position which caused an Oiler 2 on 1 and goal against. Arguably series breaking goal and game.

In a game we lose 3-2.

Juulsen does some things well and had that one good stretch of 15 or so games when Soucy was injured but he's just not a player you can trust, in the playoffs in particular.

 

[Nuckles]

I doubt it, they'll probably sign Dillon and run Hughes-Soucy-Dillon down the left. Ideally they'd add another right-side guy higher up the depth chart and run Juulsen/Friedman as #7/#8. I don't think either are really full-time guys.

I'm hopelessly alluding to Zadorov being re-signed and used as RD