Confirmed with Link: Canucks sign RD Vincent Desharnais 2-Year, $2M AAV Contract

[beachcomber]

Funny, the floor hockey guys and crappy media nerds don't like the signing. Anyhow, Willander is on the way and there will probably be a trade or two before camp. I think I'll give this management group the benefit of the doubt. It would be interesting to see what Toc and Foote thought of Desharnais to have him sign here. They must think he has more to give.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

I think the management look at this signing solely from a playoffs perspective and I agree with them

Sure he will bleed goals and make mistakes in the regular season more often than you like, but when playoffs come, his size and physicality will become a weapon between whistles.

We saw how effective Myers was in the playoffs because of his size, I’m officially on the Vinny Desharnais train.

The other weird thing about this is where is his PK time coming from? Myers/Hronek were staples on the right side, and they have the left side filled out too with Forbert and Soucy.

Just such a strange signing for me, it felt super clear that the final spot should be someone who can move the puck efficiently, especially if they want to slot in two dmen on PP2 again (Soucy should never see PP time on any power play serious about scoring).

What happens if Hughes ever misses a game?

I think they will take Hronek off the PK so they can use him more on the offensive side

 

[Josepho]

Allvin clearly likes giving these 2 year deals to guys with not that much NHL experience (Suter/Joshua/Sherwood/Desharnais) that he feels has another gear. It's generally been a good strategy but I don't like the fit here.

 

[ManVanFan]

Did you watch the playoffs at all ?

The team with the smaller defence won the Stanley cup because they could move the puck? LMFAO

 

[thecupismine]

I think the management look at this signing solely from a playoffs perspective and I agree with them

Sure he will bleed goals and make mistakes in the regular season more often than you like, but when playoffs come, his size and physicality will become a weapon between whistles.

We saw how effective Myers was in the playoffs because of his size, I’m officially on the Vinny Desharnais train.


I think they will take Hronek off the PK so they can use him more on the offensive side

That just takes away minutes from him unless he magically ends up on PP1, which would make us the only team in the league running two dmen on PP1.

 

[Hodgy]

This signing reeks of trying to replace Zadorov. But not once when the Canucks have played the Oilers have I ever felt Dasharnais provided much of a punishing game like Zadorov.

 

[Jerry the great]

Decent bottom pairing guy.

Myers is still in the top 4 and the bueline is slow and vulnerable.

Vinny is a lot of things, but slow isn't one of them. Like nobody that big is going to have great acceleration or edgework, but his straight line speed is actually quite good. I don't mind this kind of a project considering what they've done with Juulsen and Myers

 

[4th line culture]

I think the management look at this signing solely from a playoffs perspective and I agree with them

Sure he will bleed goals and make mistakes in the regular season more often than you like, but when playoffs come, his size and physicality will become a weapon between whistles.

We saw how effective Myers was in the playoffs because of his size, I’m officially on the Vinny Desharnais train.


I think they will take Hronek off the PK so they can use him more on the offensive side

He only play 16 of the 25 games for Edmonton in the playoffs had 1 assist and was a -9. What playoffs are you talking about? Was he good in junior in the playoffs?

 

[Catamo]

Really unhappy with what appears to he a #6 or #7 for 2 million per. The defence don't look too good.

 

[dez]

This signing reeks of trying to replace Zadorov. But not once when the Canucks have played the Oilers have I ever felt Dasharnais provided much of a punishing game like Zadorov.

Because he's too slow to make the hits Zadorov did. I cant believe out of all the signings,they overpay this guy.

 

[wetcoast]

Put Debrusk and Heinan with Miller for a good match-up line, and move Boeser back to Petey's wing with Hogs?

Ya maybe that works hard to say but I just feel we added too much to the middle bottom 6 and Podz getting resigned seems pointless now.

I have no problem with DeBrusk playing on the second line but not so sure about Heinan.

The thing that bugs me is that we now used all of our cap space and have we really made our team that much better for a deep run?

 

[Bleach Clean]

Vinny is a lot of things, but slow isn't one of them. Like nobody that big is going to have great acceleration or edgework, but his straight line speed is actually quite good. I don't mind this kind of a project considering what they've done with Juulsen and Myers

Desharnais does have wheels, you're right. Still, it's because they already have Myers and Juulsen as projects that I'm a bit confused by this one? They don't need more of the same.

Unless they plan on moving Juulsen, that is.

 

[Hit the post]

Desharnais does have wheels, you're right. Still, it's because they already have Myers and Juulsen as projects that I'm a bit confused by this one? They don't need more of the same.

Unless they plan on moving Juulsen, that is.

Makes under 800K so his entire cap hit can be buried in Abby. I think he'll be the 'black ace' if kept 'on the roster'/if not, sent to Abby (as insurance callup)

 

[Jerry the great]

Desharnais does have wheels, you're right. Still, it's because they already have Myers and Juulsen as projects that I'm a bit confused by this one? They don't need more of the same.

Unless they plan on moving Juulsen, that is.

I think they'll carry 8.....and they have that many signed.

 

[mossey3535]

I slagged him all playoffs and he was bad the previous year too. At least he's still on the right side of 30. Obviously size is good but never been impressed with him.

He was a lot better this playoffs (but still not great as you can see from him playing only one game vs FLA and 3 vs DAL). I remember the previous year he was just getting absolutely torched by Vegas.

Hopefully Foote can do something with him and defencemen seem to last a bit longer in the league but he's not a spring chicken. He is a right shot which is good.

 

[Jerry the great]

Makes under 800K so his entire cap hit can be buried in Abby. I think he'll be the 'black ace' if kept 'on the roster'/if not, sent to Abby (as insurance callup)

he'd never make it through waivers

 

[Jyrki]

Ugh, as the other signings come together - maybe we should've just given Z his money and rolled the dice on Juulsen/Friedman until the deadline. Forbort-Deshairnais signings are literally trying to replace Z's quality with quantity and that's never a winning formula.

 

[arttk]

That just takes away minutes from him unless he magically ends up on PP1, which would make us the only team in the league running two dmen on PP1.

I mean it’s good if Hronek doesn’t need to play PK. We need him to focus on offense in his ES mins

 

[Bleach Clean]

I think they'll carry 8.....and they have that many signed.

I know, but I think 5 of them profile in a similar fashion. A lot of needless redundancy.

 

[ManVanFan]

Really unhappy with what appears to he a #6 or #7 for 2 million per. The defence don't look too good.

Is it all that different than what they started with last year, not really. Hopefully someone has a big summer and steals a spot at camp.

 

[Russian_fanatic]

If Desharnais is sent down, how does his contract effect the cap?

 

[Nuckles]

If Desharnais is sent down, how does his contract effect the cap?

850K will count against the cap, 1.15M gets burried

 

[Russian_fanatic]

850K will count against the cap, 1.15M gets burried

There's still some flexibility moving forward.

I don't think PA is done yet. Some skill in the bottom 4 is a glaring issue.

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

I don't see the defense being any worse, puck movement with Cole and especially zadorov was not quick either, zadorov was big but slow moving the puck, he used his body well and has a good shot, I think the problem is they just recreated a physical big defense on the back end at a cheaper price when some felt they needed more puck movement instead.

Puck moving possibly got better with Forbort & Desharnais over Cole & Zadorov, we lost a bit of muscle on the back end as both Cole & Big Z had a lot of weight on their frames and were thick and bulky, but mobility and puck moving wasn’t a strong point.

 

[Orca Smash]

Ya maybe that works hard to say but I just feel we added too much to the middle bottom 6 and Podz getting resigned seems pointless now.

I have no problem with DeBrusk playing on the second line but not so sure about Heinan.

The thing that bugs me is that we now used all of our cap space and have we really made our team that much better for a deep run?

To me heinen moves garland or Joshua off the 3rd line, he can fill in that 3rd line spot. Garland is a top 6 forward playing on the 3rd simply because tocchet loved that line he can play in the top 6 or certainly has the ability. He's a top 6 forward on almost any team in the league with what he can bring.