Cole was not good, he really disappointed me. Have no idea if Forbort will do well but aside from Cole every dman improved under our coaches and system.The value is ok but the issue here is that we’re replacing two guys in Cole and Zadorov who could play top-4 minutes and Forbort is basically a pure 3rd pairing guy and a LH Juulsen.
Injury history also concerning.
Lol time to get a life out in real worldi expect nothing and still able to be disappointed, seriously this team has taken at least 10 years off my life.
This Canucks team was pretty unprecidently healthy last season. The most important player that they lost was Demko, which did suck. But for skaters, they only really had Soucy, Joshua, Di Guiseppe, Blueger, and Suter injured. Lindholm missed 7 games, but I think that was more to shut him down to have him recover fully for the playoffs.Cole was not good, he really disappointed me. Have no idea if Forbort will do well but aside from Cole every dman improved under our coaches and system.
Is breeze healthy? Also I think EP2 is closer than people think.
We also have 3+ million left with 23 man roster. Hopefully Soucy stays healthy tho because admittedly until EP2 is hopefully making us forget all about Zadorov that left side is hinging on Soucy staying healthy and internal improvements from Hirose, Breezer, etc if Forbort sucks.
Great deal given some of the silly contracts going to depth defenders today. Should replace Cole well at half the price. But this can’t be the biggest add on defence if the team wants to be better next year.
Very close, only missed it by double on the salary and triple on the term.Taking so long for this bum... watch it be 3m for 3+ years
username checks outthis team has taken at least 10 years off my life.
more of a passtime.Watching the canucks is not a hobby?
I think the Canucks burned the bridgeVery low end NHL player. Type of player you hope will be adequate enough to get through a game and not hurt you . Don't expect much of anything in a positive way but do expect some real problems when he faces talented players. Needs to be spotted into a game carefully. Carried by the highly defensive game system Boston uses in the last while.
Big problem is obviously his lack of mobility (comparable to Juulsen and honestly might be worse) Makes his zone of coverage small and hurts him being able to skate puck out of his end or through the neutral zone. And this has been proven on the numerous teams he has played on and is one of the reasons teams move him on.
Points been made a number of times but why couldn't the team have used money for Forbert to keep Zadorov. Z is infinitely better. Don't get it.
He’s fine as a 3rd pairing PK specialist who provides nothing but physicality and getting the puck off the glass. In order for this to work, they’ll need to find him a better partner than Myers or Juulsen.
If Gudbranson was only drawing a 1.5 million salary on a one year deal (as well as signed as a free agent vs giving up assets to obtain him), I'd think the derision wouldn't nearly be as great.He’s going to be the new Gudbranson and frustrate Canucks fans. Hope he doesn’t get used like Cole was last season. He would be a major downgrade.
If we can get the 100 point regular season version of EP in the post-season, we could probably live with even Pizza Sbisa on the blueline.Forbort-Myers would be a fine 3rd pairing.
We need someone to bump one of Soucy/Myers out of the top 4.
On the other hand ... one could argue that the blueline today is better than either of the bluelines that played in the cup final. It's even better than any of the bluelines Rutherford won the Cup with. So there is that.
This thread is to shit on 32 year old Derek Forbort.Desharnais is on an interesting development curve - he was a full time ECHLer at 23, a half-a-ppg AHLer at 25, and an NHL regular at 27. It's an interesting bet.
LMAO. Too many tabs.This thread is to shit on 32 year old Derek Forbort.