Confirmed with Link: Canucks sign F Daniel Sprong to 1-Year Deal ($975K)

[sting101]

Sprong free > Mercer in a trade

Also, I think he’s a better player

Love ya Luc but in a couple yrs im gonna remind you of this if not sooner

 

[Diversification]

This means Pod is probably on the outside looking in despite his waiver status, no? At present, he looks like F13 with extended periods of press box time.

 

[calnuck]

Honestly if he can score on the power play I think this is a win. That second half of the season was so infuriating to watch. Nothing wrong with having a pp specialist imo

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Benning would have signed him to a 4x4 NMC

 

[EpochLink]

Benning would have signed him to a 4x4 NMC

Reason #789 that Benning is in the witness protection program

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Honestly if he can score on the power play I think this is a win. That second half of the season was so infuriating to watch. Nothing wrong with having a pp specialist imo

He’ll be second unit, but should definitely give that unit a little shot in the arm.

 

[geebster]

69 or bust

Why not both?

 

[cc]

In a vacuum, this was a steal especially when looking at his projected afp contract. No risk with this contract.

you have to wonder about the impact to some of the bubble players. I would hope that pdg will end up being the player sent down to abby.

I doubt hogs gets moved. He's young and hasn't reached his peak. The Canucks need as much scoring as they can get

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

Very nice.

 

[VanJack]

Checking the current Canuck roster on Puck-pedia, I just don't see how there's going to be any room for the likes of Raty, Bains, Karlsson and Sasson.

I'm pretty sure Karlsson will have to be exposed to waivers, and I'm equally sure Raty is exempt. Not sure of the status of Sasson or Bains.

 

[Vector]

Checking the current Canuck roster on Puck-pedia, I just don't see how there's going to be any room for the likes of Raty, Bains, Karlsson and Sasson.

I'm pretty sure Karlsson will have to be exposed to waivers, and I'm equally sure Raty is exempt. Not sure of the status of Sasson or Bains.

None of them require waivers.

 

[Three On Zero]

I think you probably attach Hogs or Podz to Poolman to move that contract, and maybe pick up Kylington for cheap, then see how things roll. There will be cap space to spare potentially for an in-season upgrade on the blueline.

Trying to attach Podz or Hogs to move Poolmans contract is a very dumb move, something Benning would do.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Trying to attach Podz or Hogs to move Poolmans contract is a very dumb move, something Benning would do.

Not really

 

[Three On Zero]

Not really

You use a mid to late round pick to move on from a single LTIR year of Poolman, you don’t attach young NHL players unless you’re getting something decent in return.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Checking the current Canuck roster on Puck-pedia, I just don't see how there's going to be any room for the likes of Raty, Bains, Karlsson and Sasson.

I'm pretty sure Karlsson will have to be exposed to waivers, and I'm equally sure Raty is exempt. Not sure of the status of Sasson or Bains.

There never was. It was pure lip service.

 

[ProviesGhost]

So....... why didn't the wings sign him? This guy seems to be scoring more, and getting paid less on shorter terms, as he gets older.

 

[Vector]

There never was. It was pure lip service.

It wasn’t lip service but plans changed when no elite players they wanted became available.

 

[MS]

Ridiculous value for what he contributes offensively. Basically a better Hoglander for even cheaper.

Gives the team absurd offensive depth and a ton of flexibility to move a guy like Hoglander for cap/defensive help.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Great pickup.

 

[CanucksMJL]

4 scoring lines sounds pretty cool to me.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

It wasn’t lip service but plans changed when no elite players they wanted became available.

still maintain it was lip service. None of those players were/are anything more than injury call ups atm.

 

[Shareefruck]

Sprong - Pettersson - Debrusk stylistically kind of feels like Mikheyev - Pettersson - Kuzmenko take two.

 

[dez]

Sprong - Pettersson - Debrusk stylistically kind of feels like Mikheyev - Pettersson - Kuzmenko take two.

Debrusk is a more of an offensive guy who learned to play defense. Don't know much about Sprong, him being on so many teams in a short time in worrisome.

 

[tyhee]

I saw a video circulating a few months ago going over why he doesn’t play more and he looked like prime whiney JT, current Ovie, Zegras, etc, in his own end. Just zero commitment and focus on defending.

You would think the improvement needs to be significant and also quick for Tocchet to utilize him. Like would Tocchet use him instead of PDG, Podkolzin, Aman types in a fourth line role if he’s controller disconnecting? Strongly doubt it

I think Tocchet would happily use him in a home game against a team with a 4th line that was weak offensively. In some other situations he may sit.

 

[LemonSauceD]

I’m curious how many points Sprong can produce playing 17-19 minutes alongside 2 quality linemates a night and not his usual 9-12 minutes. At least for a small sample size of 10-15 games.

It’s kind of surprising and borderline unheard of for a player that was 11th in ice time on two different teams in 2 years produce a 57 and 48 point pace.