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Rumor: Dhaliwal: Carolina wanted Demko included when they were trying to trade for Pettersson. Will they re-visit on Demko?

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Diablo2020 said:
Ideally he will be a Canuck July 1st for 775k after Pittsburgh buys him out.

Maybe im alone but at half retained, for free and dumping Patera's 775k for next year we could do alot worse as a #3 even if you think hes worthless today.

Id never even look at Jarry if Demko wasnt broken though.
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it's not that I think he's worthless. It's just that he's not able to be a consistently-passable goaltender. I think it was last season that kind of perfectly exemplified Jarry. He had an insane number of shutouts, but was also so bad down the stretch that he was benched despite the fact that the Penguins were fighting tooth and nail for a playoff spot. He will be amazing one game and give up the first goal in the next 3.

I think he's also given up more backbreaking goals (like a goal within a minute of the Pens scoring to tie or take the lead) than Fleury did in his entire career with the Pens. He's just incredibly unclutch, if such a thing exists.

Maybe someone else can fix him. Maybe not. Whatever the case, he's not a good fit for the current Penguins, who either need a brick wall or a total sieve, but not someone who rotates between the two randomly, killing both our chances for a top pick or the playoffs. I guess I'd retain. And yeah, for free.
 
StickShift said:
I do wonder if Carolina might revisit Pettersson amid the they-might-trade-Rantanen-again speculation.

They could target another playoff team for Rantanen that has players that Vancouver could covet.

But I suspect the whole league has simply soured on Pettersson too much to go for him in the middle of a down season.
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Canes are not going to trade Mikko. That's made up BS started by a guy out of Toronto.
 
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If Vancouver thinks Lank can be a long term starter, and that contract seems to confirm this, then they should be looking to offload demko asap.

With his injury history if Carolina wants him you trade him for some futures and the cap space it opens so that you can then take that cap space and other assets and fill needs on the second line.

A Demko and Lank is redundant, make a trade while you can.
 
Demko is signed for 4.5 for 1 more year after this. 9.5 In net for 2 goalies is not bad.

Goal $$$ top 5

Peg $9.5
Washington went cheap this and has $1.88 for both but Thompson goes up to
Dallas $9.25 starting next season
Oilers £3.60 but in general oiler fans are not happy
Vegas 6.70
Florida 14.5
Canes 5.4 (like the oilers their name comes up in rumours all the time)
Wild 6.25
Leafs 3.266 But next year it goes to 6.166
Avs 3.85 this year but goes to 6.675

I think I am like many older fans were I have the back up playing every 4th game or so. But I think we are now in an era of of the starters playing 45 games and the back up playing 37 or so
 
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Jumptheshark said:
Demko is signed for 4.5 for 1 more year after this. 9.5 In net for 2 goalies is not bad.

Goal $$$ top 5

Peg $9.5
Washington went cheap this and has $1.88 for both but Thompson goes up to
Dallas $9.25 starting next season
Oilers £3.60 but in general oiler fans are not happy
Vegas 6.70
Florida 14.5
Canes 5.4 (like the oilers their name comes up in rumours all the time)
Wild 6.25
Leafs 3.266 But next year it goes to 6.166
Avs 3.85 this year but goes to 6.675

I think I am like many older fans were I have the back up playing every 4th game or so. But I think we are now in an era of of the starters playing 45 games and the back up playing 37 or so
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Lankinen deal is going to age poorly, but with the drastic cap increases I think the goalie market is going to shift and it’ll be in that 11-12 million for tandems sooner than later. Goalies have historically been underpaid
 
I can absolutely see the Canes revisiting Demko after the season especially if Freddy decides to move on. If he's back to healthy (I know big if) that's a gamechanger, though IMO Freddy has bordered on elite when healthy while he's been in Carolina.
 
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UrbanImpact said:
The most recent injury with Demko, being soft tissue is expected from a goalie who didnt train all summer. That along with back spasms which he dealt with as well..

The fact that its not the same knee that injured his Polpetues is very good news for Demko.

These other injuries are fixable and preventable in the future.

I think a team will be very happy with Demko if they traded for him for next year. The gamble is the year after if a team has to give him term when he is a UFA. but by then he may have put all the injury woes behind him.

When healthy and on form, he is a Vezina candidate in his sleep. So good.
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Do you have a link to the latest Demko injury being “soft tissue”? All I’ve heard is it’s “lower body” and he’s week to week.
 
I can see half the league checking in on a 5,000,000 goalie with only one year remaining with Demko's potential pedigree.

But there is no way to know his health anytime soon so its all a moot point.
 
No team with playoff aspirations should be counting on Demko. He was good but like Anderson you cant rely on him being healthy for any stretch of time.
 
spockBokk said:
Hey now, if the Canes can’t sign Rantanen let’s get Pettersson back on the table too, salary cap be damned.

Let’s do amother 3 way blockbuster:

Pettersson and Demko to CAR

Rantanen to somewheres

Rantanen return ++++ from CAR to VAN,

Sounds completely doable…amirite?
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How about Demko and Boeser for an extended Rantanen and Anderson.
 
Focus here people!

Elias Pettersson to Carolina is so close lets hammer this over the finish line.

Forget an injured Demko.

Forget a UFA to be Boeser.

Lets focus on EP40, we can pawn Brock and Thatcher on any of the other 32 teams but EP40 needs to be shoehorned into the right fit.
 
spockBokk said:
Hey now, if the Canes can’t sign Rantanen let’s get Pettersson back on the table too, salary cap be damned.

Let’s do amother 3 way blockbuster:

Pettersson and Demko to CAR

Rantanen to somewheres

Rantanen return ++++ from CAR to VAN,

Sounds completely doable…amirite?
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Well that was certainly well thought out
 
BCNate said:
The Lankinen deal is not a precursor for a Demko trade at all. If Demko bounces back, Canucks have a legit 1A/1B tandem signed at 9.5 mil next season. Why give up a Vezina caliber goalie for pennies on the dollar?
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Yeah. I don't think the Lankinen extension is a precursor to any sort of imminent Demko move. They can easily just hang onto him for now and see if he can stay healthy with a lightened workload. But i do think it spells the end of Demko as a Canuck when his current, very friendly AAV deal expires. I just don't think this management are interested in gambling on such a big injury risk with the sort of UFA deal he'll be looking for. I'm sure there will be teams desperate enough to roll the dice on it...but it's just such a tough thing to build around. When you have either Vezina-caliber play, or pretty much nothing at all. I'm not even really sure what the offers will look like as a UFA when he hits. Depends on how next season goes really, and if he can show indications that he's back on form and the injury issues are at least held to a minimum.
 
Demko has 1 year left on his deal, 9.5 million for a tandem is not bad at all. Give him an off-season to recover, plan on only playing him half the games next year and see where he goes from there. If he falters a bit then retain half and some team would take a flyer on a 2.5 million dollar high upside gamble. If he plays alright then you are well within your right to sign him to another short term lower value deal, and just let him be a hopefully high end backup
 
Diablo2020 said:
The play here is obvious to me now.

1. Get Tristan Jarry retained to a decent number for free. Maybe for Jiri Patera. Either way Pittsburgh saves money on a buyout.

2. Send Demko to Robidas island to heal until the draft.

3. Keep Silovs and run a Lankinen - Jarry - Silovs combo until the playoffs since 2 of 3 have passed waivers anyways.

4. Jarry bounces back playing in a new enviroment (home) and unburdened with his contract.

5. Trade Demko with one year remaining to the highest bidder on day 2 of the draft.

6. Trade Silovs with one year remaining at 850k to the highest bidder on day 2 of the draft.

7. Sign next years Lankinen on July 1. One of the many available goalies all the Lankinen deal haters keep saying will obviously be available and cheaper.
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Jarry at 50% for a bag of pucks done deal.
 
Demko has no interest in signing with Carolina. If they trade for him, he’ll play out the one year, and then promptly leave.

It’s also hard to believe the Canucks would've ever walked away from a Carolina deal because they wanted Demko. They know he’s not signing a new deal, and with all the injuries in recent years, and this season where it’s at?? He wasn’t holding up any deal.

As for next season? Good bet the pending divorce happens this summer rather than next. The Canucks also likely won’t be getting anything significant in return. If they get a good goalie (on an expiring deal) for next year and a 2nd or equivalent, they’ll probably be happy.

There’s just too many question marks now, and he’ll be on an expiring deal. That only changes if we see some massive turnaround this season. Nothing suggests that’s coming though. Every time he plays a good game, something comes up.

So good bet this summer, he ends up in one of the few places he will sign his next contract. Detroit, LA or Anaheim.
 
DesertPenguin said:
Jarry at 50% for a bag of pucks done deal.
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Honestly with the hometown connection, the Pittsburgh connection, a cup under his belt, watching Demko implode and then todays 4.5 x5 to Lankinen..

..Penguins fans should have been trying their damnest to pawn Jarry on us for awhile now.

Pens fans must not be as rabid as I thought.

And if we add Patera's one way 775..

Its 1.9125 at least for the first year. So 800k after we bury him if needed.
 
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