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[Mr. Canucklehead]

Any updates re: Myers yet?

None yet. If he is out for term, I wonder how the Canucks approach it. Wolanin and Brannstrom are down on the farm. Justin Schultz is still out there as an FA. And then there’s the trade market.

 

[krutovsdonut]

bring up woo. it's time.

ducking

 

[krutovsdonut]

in all seriousness the 180 pivot people have done on myers to now being super choked he is hurt is interesting. i like him, we will miss him, but we ought to have the depth to cover for him if we are anything like a contender and so if we don't it's good to find out now.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Expecting myers out six months min and an impact trade from the chef before usa Thanksgiving

 

[brock hughes007]

None yet. If he is out for term, I wonder how the Canucks approach it. Wolanin and Brannstrom are down on the farm. Justin Schultz is still out there as an FA. And then there’s the trade market.

If they go the trade route I'm sure our 1st is gonna be gone.

 

[ChilliBilly]

As of now, I have no interest in moving Willander, Lekk or our 1st (maybe even our 2nd). I want to be good for a while and not have to re-live the mid 2010's again in a couple of years. And I say this as someone who will be turning 60 during this upcoming season. I want to see a Stanley Cup in my lifetime, but more than that, I don't want to see another decade of depressing suckage again. There's been too many of those.

This. We keep complaining the cupboard is bare, but keep making proposals for rentals. What did it get us last year?

I think we regress from last year, and end up about 6 - 7 th in the west. We should not be trading what little futures we have.

 

[Vector]

None yet. If he is out for term, I wonder how the Canucks approach it. Wolanin and Brannstrom are down on the farm. Justin Schultz is still out there as an FA. And then there’s the trade market.

Friedman would be the guy, I bet. If they want to stay out of LTIR, send down Bains and recall Friedman. No change in cap and Friedman can play wing in a pinch.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

As of now, I have no interest in moving Willander, Lekk or our 1st (maybe even our 2nd). I want to be good for a while and not have to re-live the mid 2010's again in a couple of years. And I say this as someone who will be turning 60 during this upcoming season. I want to see a Stanley Cup in my lifetime, but more than that, I don't want to see another decade of depressing suckage again. There's been too many of those.

Then the roster we have right now is what we're taking into the playoffs. And to be frank, barring yet another career year from everyone important, we're not making it through the likes of Colorado or Dallas. Hell, much as I hate to say it, we'd struggle with Edmonton too.

We simply don't have the depth to make a serious cup run right now without mortgaging the future. None of that is to say we should trade any one of those for any old add. I actually wouldn't be interested in moving Willander or Lekk unless it was for a huge, long term, upgrade. Our 1st or 2nd though? Punt them out the door, again, for the right addition.

 

[VanJack]

Even contending teams these days desperately need young guys on entry-level contracts. It's just a fact of life in a salary cap world.

Trading any of our prospects right now , but particularly Lekkerimaki or Wilander, would be a major mistake. And even if you deal them for immediate help, there's still no guarantee of success.

How many splashy acquisitions at the trade deadline actually work out? I seems, not many. Last year the Canucks blew four draft picks out the door including their first rounder, plus a couple of prospects, to acquire Zadorov and Lindholm.

In the end, it still wasn't enough for them to get past the conference semi-finals.

 

[kanucks25]

As of now, I have no interest in moving Willander, Lekk or our 1st (maybe even our 2nd). I want to be good for a while and not have to re-live the mid 2010's again in a couple of years. And I say this as someone who will be turning 60 during this upcoming season. I want to see a Stanley Cup in my lifetime, but more than that, I don't want to see another decade of depressing suckage again. There's been too many of those.

This. We keep complaining the cupboard is bare, but keep making proposals for rentals. What did it get us last year?

I think we regress from last year, and end up about 6 - 7 th in the west. We should not be trading what little futures we have.

Like I mentioned in another post, if we trade a 1st this year it'll likely be for a player that fits the age of our current core and one we indeed to keep long-term like Hronek.

After that, we don't even have the cap room to continue to make trades like this in the future, so the 1st rounders will be kept and used on actually drafting.

What we gave up for Lindholm was tough but you have to remember that trade was not just to load up at the deadline, it was also Pettersson insurance; if he didn't want to sign he would have been traded in the summer and Lindholm would have been retained.

I don't see us making a big rental-only trade until the team shows they are 1 piece away from being a juggernaut.

 

[ChilliBilly]

Then the roster we have right now is what we're taking into the playoffs. And to be frank, barring yet another career year from everyone important, we're not making it through the likes of Colorado or Dallas. Hell, much as I hate to say it, we'd struggle with Edmonton too.

We simply don't have the depth to make a serious cup run right now without mortgaging the future. None of that is to say we should trade any one of those for any old add. I actually wouldn't be interested in moving Willander or Lekk unless it was for a huge, long term, upgrade. Our 1st or 2nd though? Punt them out the door, again, for the right addition.

I think we need what happened at the start of last year. We need out top players to all have career years. Otherwise we are going nowhere. Petey needs to get going.

And unless that happens, keep our prospects and our picks. We have very little cap space anyways.

 

[bandwagonesque]

None yet. If he is out for term, I wonder how the Canucks approach it. Wolanin and Brannstrom are down on the farm. Justin Schultz is still out there as an FA. And then there’s the trade market.

I thought I read somewhere there was no structural damage?

EDIT: Article in The Province --

"He’d had scans on his leg post-game Friday, Tocchet acknowledged, and apparently the results of those scans were positive. Myers is considered day-to-day and will travel on the upcoming road trip, which starts Tuesday in Tampa."

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I thought I read somewhere there was no structural damage?

EDIT: Article in The Province --

"He’d had scans on his leg post-game Friday, Tocchet acknowledged, and apparently the results of those scans were positive. Myers is considered day-to-day and will travel on the upcoming road trip, which starts Tuesday in Tampa."

I wrote my post before that report, which is great news.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Even contending teams these days desperately need young guys on entry-level contracts. It's just a fact of life in a salary cap world.

Trading any of our prospects right now , but particularly Lekkerimaki or Wilander, would be a major mistake. And even if you deal them for immediate help, there's still no guarantee of success.

How many splashy acquisitions at the trade deadline actually work out? I seems, not many. Last year the Canucks blew four draft picks out the door including their first rounder, plus a couple of prospects, to acquire Zadorov and Lindholm.

In the end, it still wasn't enough for them to get past the conference semi-finals.

Wrong.

 

[mriswith]

Can't buy anything major when Demko is so unknown. We aren't going anywhere with him out even if we improve the d.

 

[Peen]

Can't buy anything major when Demko is so unknown. We aren't going anywhere with him out even if we improve the d.

The other top teams in the west have bad goalies.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Call Brannstrom up, cowards.