Confirmed with Link: Canucks sign D Tucker Poolman to 4-Year, $10M Deal ($2.5M AAV)

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Poolman is a guy I've been a fan of for a while. Waiting on term/hit, but I like this player.

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[Just A Bit Outside]

Finally something decent

 

[Vector]

He's, at the very least, a good target. Youngish and not a big name.

 

[Ryp37]

Finally something decent

Feelsgoodman

 

[Nucker101]

4 x 2.5M

Cap is alright, but still an overpay. Term is just flat out dumb

Edit: reading Jets fans comments, this deal sucks

Ahahaha!

Good for Poolman, he seems like a good dude.
I could not be happier that we didn't sign him to that though. Yikes.

His play in the defensive zone is a little lacking and he doesn't have the best footspeed to chase pucks. He's pretty good along the boards but will more often than not just try flipping the puck out rather than look to make a pass. His gap play is fine most of the time but when he makes a mistake in transition it'll be glaring.
He's not physical at all and often loses positioning to smaller players in front of the net.
In the offensive zone he was good at getting pucks through to the net but hasn't really had much opportunity for offensive zone time with how bad the rest of our defensive play has been in the past 2 seasons. Don't expect much offense from him though.

Holy crap the term and AAV for Forbort and Poolman….why?

Happy for Poolman but that is an outrageous deal

Well good for Poolman but he's not worth that at all.

Absolutely brutal contract for a bottom-pairing guy. Congrats Tucker, you owe Maurice dinner for his faith in you.

I hate to slag a guy but he is pretty awful. He showed some offensive flare 2 years ago but he was not good at all last year, defensively or offensively. Having said that he did have Covid to start the season so maybe that had an effect on him?

He’s alright on the third pairing, but he struggled when dummy Maurice played him on the top pair. $2.5 million is too much for him, but it could be worse.

He made Josh Morrissey look like a chump a lot of the time. SOMETIMES he's ok on the 3rd pairing. Sometimes.

 

[canwincup]

4 years?? Lol what

 

[Chris1989]

How's that D coming along? Looks worse than last year

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

Continuing the proud tradition of Manitoba Moose players on the Vancouver Canucks.

Also, another American.

Also, not the only Poolman in the Pacific. Calgary has one, too, although I believe they are of no relation.

$2m-$2.5Mish contract?

 

[Blue and Green]

4 x $2.5M. Goodbye Hamonic, I'm assuming.

 

[Vector]

Cap hit is fine but the term is bizarre.

 

[Grub]

His stats look crap. Is he a defensive defensemen?

 

[Phrasing]

Bad deal. Not a bad target for bottom 6 and depth, but his contract should be closer to Schenn ie $3M over 2 years.

 

[Luck 6]

I don't hate this, but I don't understand why every player has to get 4 year contracts. Can't we sign him for 3?

 

[wonton15]

Four years?

Benning is terrible at FA. This is bloated and inflated as fk

 

[EpochLink]

2.5 ain’t so bad, term is 4 years so he will be 31 when it’s done so he can go for another pay raise.

 

[Grub]

1 assist in 39 games last year. Rather have Ben Hutton

 

[0494]

I don’t know a damn thing about the player. Need to get someone from the Peg to chime in.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

500k overpaid
2 yrs too long
Sounds about right

 

[Kickpuncher]

4 years for a bottom pairing guy is a lot. Not exactly "affordable" for a 5-6 either.

 

[Deeds26]

4 x $2.5M. Goodbye Hamonic, I'm assuming.

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Sounds like both

 

[Quinning]

Okay this one is their first bad move of the day. He had a good year two seasons ago but only 1 point last year.

 

[Bankerguy]

omg.
what a garbage signing!!!

just horrible. atrocious term and cap hit for a bototm pairing dman.

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

I don't think Poolman is worth over $2 M. Hopefully its not that high.

 

[Canucks LB]

I like this signing, a bit long, But a solid player

 

[FroshaugFan2]

I liked Poolman when he was breaking into the league, but I thought he was awful last season whenever I watched the Jets.

Four years for a bottom pairing defenceman is rough.