Yeah he's got size, some toughness, and will back an opponent but it doesn't change that he's poor at defending and lazy to defend on top of that. I don't see 5 or 6 years of that being worth whatever he would have added to this D-core this year. I would far rather wait and use that money on a good top 4 player that fits the team moving forward. Zadorov is impatience. Personally I doubt we're much better with him in the line-up.
5 years and is then how old? Younger than Myers? And in 5 years the cap hit is around 4% of the cap ceiling. He has had no significant injuries and probably would not like Hughes getting rag dolled.
He is a 4/5, in some ways very similar to Zadorov.
Why all the Zadorov hate? Man you guys really didn't just drink the koolaid, you guzzled it.
On a team (Boston) with an overall minus 21 Zadorov is a plus 7 and playing top pairing minutes. But not on the PP. This performance on a brand new team that has changed a coach already and with a much harder schedule.
As a follower of Canuck futures on HD Boards, I'm torn. One the one hand, if the Canucks hang around in the wildcard race until late March, Allvin will be tempted to blow more assets on rental defensemen.
On the other hand, if they're toast in the playoff race, then it's more likely we see Wilander, Elias Pettersson, Kudryavtsev and maybe even Mynio get some games in Vancouver.
'Hope for the future' is more important than a futile chase for a wildcard spot, which would only see them get annihilated by Vegas in the first round anyway.
We, the fans are idiots and suckers to be mined by those geniuses that run the team.
Allvin puts the blinders on and tries to sell any playoff appearance as special. Half the league make the playoffs, is that special? Only to teams that haven't for a long while especially in the states where fans support winners.
This isn't the states (Captain Obvious statement) but maybe something Allvin still doesn't recognize.
Ya, squeak into the playoffs and then waste 8 days selling how many hits Sherwood got.
The Hronek conversation in the owned media lately. They are discussing a brand new idea, that maybe the team should see if Hronek can run his own pairing. They must just think fans have really short memories. This is exactly what Allvin stated at the end of last year, they hoped he could run his own pairing, that's why they traded for him and gave him that big contract.
I can't remember if Boeser played with Horvat it was so many years ago, 7+ years?
On the Canucks lack of scoring.
They have a team of boards guys, grinders, players that made their way to the NHL by forgetting scoring and becoming grinders. Tocchet has been purging the team of guys with the scoring touch. His system eliminates possession and makes the game into boards battles. All the grinders know to do is go to the front of the net. How many "sniped" goals scored now compared to tip in's and goals from where he used to score from, 5 feet around the net. Even Boeser isn't scoring with sniped shots.
Tocchet does have the team playing an equalizer type game, low event hockey but success depends purely on special teams, 5 on 5 is to use up the clock and keep it close. When you don't have individual scoring prowess it means keep the puck as far away from the Canuck net as possible, it could work in the real season but not with this group as they stand now and certainly not long term.
I guess what Allvin does can be 3 or 4 different directions depending upon how stupid he thinks the fans are. He wants fans to have short memories about the current team but selective long memories about all those losing years. "See, you got some playoff games, yeah, now for get the cost"
Utah and St Louis can catch the Canucks, Calgary if they make a trade might also if the Canucks keep playing not to lose hockey but I think their GM (Calgary) is more Canadian having faith in the fans support, so they might just follow their plan. Surprisingly Anaheim is within 7 pts now. These teams have all had much harder schedules to date so being this close now does have some significance.
Allvin could think farther ahead than 3 months, he really only has to work until the TDL after that he and the other 3 GM's with Rutherford have months to plan their next scam.
I do think Allvin could improve the team's future and for now with maybe two trades but to the right teams for the right players. Allvin has to be aware that this group has no players under 25 yrs old on the team and only one under 26 yrs old. Lekkerimaki is a call up and Hoglander a part timer. If they trade Pettersson they could fill the needs of today, make the team stronger now and for the future at the same time.
BUT there is the Tocchet Factor;
Will he ask Tocchet for his preferences? No matter what gets said the fact that the majority of players he has issues with are Euros' is in the "cloud". The numbers go way beyond a fluke, in his short head coaching career he has 4 or 5 times the number of Euro trained player problems
Tocchet still doesn't have a contract for next year? Yes the are options going both ways but Tocchet has the "clause". Canucks can exercise theirs and Tocchet can say no or Tocchet exercises his and the Canucks cannot say no. Should this lame duck coach dictate the team's make up? Or should the coach have a say but make whatever he has work?
