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

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

 

[geebster]

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They are more than friends. You heard it here first.

 

[Jerry the great]

They are more than friends. You heard it here first.

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[cc]

It's good that sprong is a buddy with EP. It suggests there shouldn't be any character or locker room concerns with him

I'm a little concerned that EP on a potential line with Sprong and Debrusk, he will try to set them up to score too often rather than just ripping the puck in himself. I hope to see him be more selfish and shoot much more than he did last season

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

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They play DnD together.

 

[carjackmalone]

Sprong has a way to high opinion of himself as a player ,he has turned down multiple call ups to the Dutch national team because he thinks it will ruin his eligibility to play for Team Canada

He is not getting a call up to Canada

 

[MS]

Sprong has a way to high opinion of himself as a player ,he has turned down multiple call ups to the Dutch national team because he thinks it will ruin his eligibility to play for Team Canada

He is not getting a call up to Canada

He might have a shot as one of our goalies given the state of things there.

 

[RobertKron]

Sprong has a way to high opinion of himself as a player ,he has turned down multiple call ups to the Dutch national team because he thinks it will ruin his eligibility to play for Team Canada

He is not getting a call up to Canada

Spengler.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

He might have a shot as one of our goalies given the state of things there.

Lmao

 

[VanJack]

I don't know how Allvin does it, year after year ago. Last July 1st, Pius Suter mystifyingly remained on the UFA board for more than a month, before the Canucks pounced and signed him to a 'value contract'.

This July 1st it was Daniel Sprong, who languished on the UFA board long after free agent frenzy. And the Canucks signed him to a one-year, $950,000 contract that now rates as one of the top-10 'value contracts' in the entire league.

Obviously other teams weren't entire sold on him. But you'd think that with NHL teams desperate for scoring help, a guy who's a threat to hit the 20-goal mark, even in limited minutes, would be in far greater demand.

But I guess sometimes it just happens--that a player simply falls through the cracks. And the Canucks grabbed a guy who's maybe a bit of 'risk', but the potential 'reward' is high. And one year at only a couple of hundred grand over the league minimum, is 'found money'.

 

[David71]

reminds me of kyle wellwood/phil kessel hybrid type player good hands can stickhandle in a phonebooth. but sprongs footspeed is a bit better

 

[RobertKron]

I don't know how Allvin does it, year after year ago. Last July 1st, Pius Suter mystifyingly remained on the UFA board for more than a month, before the Canucks pounced and signed him to a 'value contract'.

This July 1st it was Daniel Sprong, who languished on the UFA board long after free agent frenzy. And the Canucks signed him to a one-year, $950,000 contract that now rates as one of the top-10 'value contracts' in the entire league.

Obviously other teams weren't entire sold on him. But you'd think that with NHL teams desperate for scoring help, a guy who's a threat to hit the 20-goal mark, even in limited minutes, would be in far greater demand.

But I guess sometimes it just happens--that a player simply falls through the cracks. And the Canucks grabbed a guy who's maybe a bit of 'risk', but the potential 'reward' is high. And one year at only a couple of hundred grand over the league minimum, is 'found money'.

ok

Amazing what a difference one preseason game makes

The Canucks have only invested a year in him, but wondering how long it'll be before he's firmly in Tocchet's dog-house......I mean if he couldn't stomach both Kuzmenko and even Hoglander at times, he's going to double up on his ulcers with Sprong.

According to Allvin, Sprong has 'matured; as a hockey player. His biggest payday was last season in Detroit with a $2m contract. So he's taking quite a hair-cut to play in Vancouver.

But six teams in eight years after signing his ELC, is an indicator that his scoring simply wasn't enough of a wash for teams to live with his work on the defensive side of the puck.

But how knows, maybe Tocchet can make at least an average defensive winger out of him?

 

[rypper]

ok

Amazing what a difference one preseason game makes

 Always insightful posts from vanjack.

 

[kyru]

ok

Amazing what a difference one preseason game makes

Not even a preseason game. That post was from 2.5 weeks ago.

 

[jd22]

Sprong has a way to high opinion of himself as a player ,he has turned down multiple call ups to the Dutch national team because he thinks it will ruin his eligibility to play for Team Canada

He is not getting a call up to Canada

I posited this in a thread that I can't quite remember the name of awhile ago to do with Sprong's defensive deficiencies, and possible correlation to nationality. This may be another puzzle piece.

As a Canadian living 4 years in the Netherlands, I have found that by and by large, Dutch consider themselves experts in everything and won't admit weaknesses/nor work on them. They largely refuse to take responsibility for a situation partially or completely of their making and do not acknowledge others at large unless interacting with them. They also remain willfully ignorant of how their actions affect others.

As Sprong is Dutch, I genuinely think that this cultural psyche has hugely impacted his play style. I suspect we see a Sprong this year prone to excellent offensive output, decent defensive play slacking off into laziness; rinse and repeat for 10 game cycles. I hope I am wrong. But this is what I expect. The guy to bloom offensively to get a 2 or 3 year contract out of this season, but not to put the body on the line for the team... or the effort.

Hope I'm wrong.

 

[ProviesGhost]

My prediction: he goes out in a blaze of glory yelling "I am who I am" and refuses to leave centre ice hoping for a breakaway pass.

 

[RobertKron]

Not even a preseason game. That post was from 2.5 weeks ago.

Loooooooool

My prediction: he goes out in a blaze of glory yelling "I am who I am" and refuses to leave centre ice hoping for a breakaway pass.

I heard he’s actually still out there

 

[iRageWin]

First we had the Dutch Gretzky, now we have the Dutch Ovi (with his reputation of scoring but lacking defensive effort)

 

[VanJack]

 Always insightful posts from vanjack.

Not my assessment of Sprong as one of the league's best 'value contracts'. That's the assessment of the 'Daily Faceoff' website. And oh by the way, Hoglander also makes their list for obvious reasons.

Research....research....research. For posters it's not hard to do, if you understand how to use 'Google'.