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

[Billy Kvcmu]

I can see why he never sticked with one team for longer than 1 year

He's the type of player who doesn't really connect with his linemates yet can look dangeriously carrying the puck

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

I can see why he never sticked with one team for longer than 1 year

He's the type of player who doesn't really connect with his linemates yet can look dangeriously carrying the puck

This is why Jan Bulis drove me nuts. Had talent but would go off and do his own stupid thing.

 

[Nazzlind]

You obviously didn't get in here before the other idiot going on about Great Replacement bullshit got their posts nuked.

Which idiot?

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

I can see why he never sticked with one team for longer than 1 year

He's the type of player who doesn't really connect with his linemates yet can look dangeriously carrying the puck

This is why he’ll be in the bottom 6, he has his own offensive flair but doesn’t connect off of linemates much, bottom 6 is strong defensively and can cover for his defensive woes while he provides the occasional offensive spark.

 

[Vector]

Which idiot?

Not a problem anymore.

 

[F A N]

This is why Jan Bulis drove me nuts. Had talent but would go off and do his own stupid thing.

That’s why you pass it to Bulis.

 

[Nazzlind]

Not a problem anymore.

just dm me lol

just curious

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

This is why he’ll be in the bottom 6, he has his own offensive flair but doesn’t connect off of linemates much, bottom 6 is strong defensively and can cover for his defensive woes while he provides the occasional offensive spark.

At least he can create his own offence sometimes with his raw skill unlike Virtanen

 

[F A N]

At least he can create his own offence sometimes with his raw skill unlike Virtanen

Virtanen actually created his own offence. He created breakaway opportunities that he wasn’t able to convert into goals often enough. He certainly wasn’t just a beneficiary of playing with better players.

 

[Shareefruck]

This is why Jan Bulis drove me nuts. Had talent but would go off and do his own stupid thing.

Also reminds me of Booth, especially with the bad defense thing on top of that.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Not a problem anymore.

Freedom of thought.

I have subscribed to the great replacement theory. They are replacing tough Canadian hockey players with shrimpy American boys like Quinn Hughes!

WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!

 

[Vector]

TALK ABOUT SPRONG

 

[Regress2TheMeme]

I've been impressed with Sprongs vision. He does a good job of selling that he's going to shoot and then slides the puck east/west for some dangerous chances. Reminds me of what the Rangers were doing so well on the PP last year.

He's a fine Kuzmenko replacement. Less flashy but faster. I'm looking forward to seeing what Pettersson can flanked by Spring and Debrusk.

 

[Tables of Stats]

Sprong feels like a guy who has the skill to play up the lineup while being cheap enough to scratch or bench when his warts are outweighing his offense.

 

[Bougieman]

Sprong feels like a guy who has the skill to play up the lineup while being cheap enough to scratch or bench when his warts are outweighing his offense.

I read "warts" as "farts" for some reason, and I was reaaaally confused for a sec

 

[Javaman]

Still waiting to see him develop chemistry with EP40. Haven't seen it yet, but I generally don't put much weight into the preseason. I'll check in again at the 10 game mark of the regular season.

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Still waiting to see him develop chemistry with EP40. Haven't seen it yet, but I generally don't put much weight into the preseason. I'll check in again at the 10 game mark of the regular season.

Can’t possibly be worse than Mikheyev lol, Canucks have 3 or 4 good wingers that can play alongside DeBrusk & Petey.

 

[VanJack]

It'll be fascinating to see if Tocchet and Sprong can find some sort of mutual equilibrium between his offense and his defense.

It didn't happen with Kuzmenko, Podkolzin or even Hoglander, early on. Undoubtedly there will be times this season where the relationship will be seriously strained.

 

[Spectrefire]

I read "warts" as "farts" for some reason, and I was reaaaally confused for a sec

The farts are what gives his shot that extra bit of momentum.

Can’t possibly be worse than Mikheyev lol, Canucks have 3 or 4 good wingers that can play alongside DeBrusk & Petey.

Sherwood, Sprong, Hoglander, and Heinen are all better options to play on the 2nd line than Mikheyev.

5 if you also included Lekkerimaki later in the season.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

It'll be fascinating to see if Tocchet and Sprong can find some sort of mutual equilibrium between his offense and his defense.

It didn't happen with Kuzmenko, Podkolzin or even Hoglander, early on. Undoubtedly there will be times this season where the relationship will be seriously strained.

Was benched for much of the 3rd.

 

[VanJack]

Here we go again. Two games in, and Sprong has been stapled to the pine in both third periods.

And Tocchet called him out in his post-game presser for making a bad read on the second Flyers goal. I just can't see this relationship ending anywhere but on the rocks.

Frankly I'd rather have seen Lekkerimaki stick around.......but apparently he's now hurt in the AHL. Always ambivalent about sending really top prospects to play in the AHL.

 

[IComeInPeace]

And Tocchet called him out in his post-game presser for making a bad read on the second Flyers goal. I just can't see this relationship ending anywhere but on the rocks.

He called him out after game 1 for missing a read that resulted in a goal against.

He’s 2 for 2.
That’s great if you’re a baseball player this time of year, but not so great in this context.

 

[VanJack]

I suppose the price was right....an 18-20 goal scorer for under $1m a season. But we're seeing why the guy has been on six teams in six NHL seasons.

I guess the thinking from Allvin was that in a worst case scenario, Sprong could still put up some points playing very limited and sheltered minutes on the third or fourth line.

But if you can't cut it in your own zone, you're not playing for Rick Tocchet, period. I guess it's still early, but I could easily see Sprong going the way of Kuzmenko at some point this season.

 

[RobertKron]

Here we go again. Two games in, and Sprong has been stapled to the pine in both third periods.

And Tocchet called him out in his post-game presser for making a bad read on the second Flyers goal. I just can't see this relationship ending anywhere but on the rocks.

Frankly I'd rather have seen Lekkerimaki stick around.......but apparently he's now hurt in the AHL. Always ambivalent about sending really top prospects to play in the AHL.

Didn't he get hurt in a scrimmage?

 

[Vector]

Didn't he get hurt in a scrimmage?

That is exactly what happened.