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[VanillaCoke]

Lindholm seems to be playing well. Zadorov looks massively overpaid.

Their play is irrelevant to my disgust but not likely zad is worth that contract.


(Lindholm was good here even when not scoring and ppls vitriol was misplaced because of acquisition cost, that wasn't really much either. Also I'd rather have kept horvat or Lindholm and moved ep to Carolina or whatever)

 

[bossram]

Who’s the better 4C option currently? Aman (24) or Raty (22)?

Aman.

 

[Hodgy]

You’d have to replace Heinen on the roster too so add another ~$1 million.

Realistically re-signing Zadorov would have meant him plus two ~$1 million players ($7 million) instead of Myers, Desharnais, and Heinen ($7.25 million).

Can see an argument that would have been preferable but it would have materially hurt the team’s depth.

Sounds like Zadorov would have come in a bit cheaper (I saw 4.6 million) if he signed with Vancouver which makes sense.

But ya, you are correct you probably need to get rid of Myers as well. Which would create its own issues in that finding a RD at the deadline will likely be more difficult than finding a LD. With that said, I think Zadorov over Myers in the long run is actually preferable.

All Zadorov has to do is do something he's never done before.

Not true. He was a top three defensemen for us in the playoffs. More accurately, he hasn't been able to do it for a long stretch.

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Canucks top 20 players - 24 & under

1. Hoglander 24
2. Lekkerimaki 20
3. Willander 20
4. Silovs 23
5. Pettersson 20
6. Raty 22
7. Bains 24
8. Aman 24
9. Kudryavtsev 20
10. Mynio 19
11. McWard 23
12. Klimovich 22
13. Woo 24
14. Tolopilo 24
15. Sasson 23
16. Bloom 21
17. Pattersson 18
18. Fernstrom 18
19. Romani 18
20. Alriksson 19

Besides Hoglander wonder who’ll be on the big club 2 years from now.

 

[Delocatedfan]

Pettersson and Myers for Dahlin.

The centerpiece of the deal is actually Myers as he actually gets to end his career in Buffalo.

Honestly thats an overpay. I like Dahlin a ton but EP40 is roughly a ppg so far for his career and is only 25 years old. Not sure the Vancouver Canucks are the team to add, if anything I could see some shuffling of prospects or picks more than other roster players. He is in a funk & possibly playing through something. Once he has a game or 2 I can see him taking off.

If a deal like this ever popped up I think it would be in the off season

Canucks top 20 players - 24 & under

1. Hoglander 24
2. Lekkerimaki 20
3. Willander 20
4. Silovs 23
5. Pettersson 20
6. Raty 22
7. Bains 24
8. Aman 24
9. Kudryavtsev 20
10. Mynio 19
11. McWard 23
12. Klimovich 22
13. Woo 24
14. Tolopilo 24
15. Sasson 23
16. Bloom 21
17. Pattersson 18
18. Fernstrom 18
19. Romani 18
20. Alriksson 19

Besides Hoglander wonder who’ll be on the big club 2 years from now.

I feel rotten saying this but I am not sure Bains amounts to anything more than a really good AHLer who gets a couple call ups sprinkled throughout his career (to be clear nothing wrong with this) but he hasn't shown much at the NHL level & has played with the top guys

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

I feel rotten saying this but I am not sure Bains amounts to anything more than a really good AHLer who gets a couple call ups sprinkled throughout his career (to be clear nothing wrong with this) but he hasn't shown much at the NHL level & has played with the top guys

He has good skills but not elite skills to be a top 6 scoring winger at the NHL level and doesn’t have the checking ability to be in the bottom 6 full time.