Speculation: Larry Brooks: Canucks possibly going to make a run at Lafreniere

[UrbanImpact]

Man, if it would be Horvat...

I haven't watched him closely lately but that's a great player, no?

Although Lafs ceiling is still very high

Horvat is a beast. Leads the league in face-ofss. His 2 way game is over-rated tho imo as a die hard Canuck fan.

However he is most definitely clutch , shows up in playoffs and can probably pot you 25-30 goals while playing against the other teams best forward line.

 

[Zats Muccarello]

Laf is not being moved.

 

[HFBS]

Larry Brooks says, "Made ye look!"

 

[GOilers88]

Rangers would do well to get rid of Laff now if they think he is a bust like Nolan Patrick. Patrick was held on too long and returned very very little once the league figured out he is a bust.

Didn't Patrick have major injury issues though? That had to factor into things.

 

[BatVader]

Didn't Patrick have major injury issues though? That had to factor into things.

Severe Migraines I believe

 

[UrbanImpact]

Didn't Patrick have major injury issues though? That had to factor into things.

That makes it worse for Laffy that he has no excuse for what seems like a lack of skating explosion or capability to be worthy of a number 1 overall.

I think he will improve and can be a decent top 6, maybe top 9 on a very deep team. However I dont think he will live up to number 1 overall status.

 

[sting101]

just waiting for Eklund to chime in

 

[TGWL]

Do you really want your agent to be the part of the organization? I can imagine wanting more money while the agent is also cap crunching for the organization.

 

[Matty Sundin]

He’s in a weird spot where his stock is too low to be worth a huge haul and if they sell him low now and he turns it around it would disaster trade for rangers.

 

[LuLover96]

Please no, Bo and huggy are the last players I would trade. I don’t even care about the return, I think we need his experience bulldozing his way on the team from the 4th line. I bet he’s an incredible influence on guys like Podkolzin, who have to earn their dues.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

What I don’t get is why Vancouver are trying to trade Miller in the first place? All I hear is about how he’s their best forward and a great fit etc

 

[canuckking1]

What I don’t get is why Vancouver are trying to trade Miller in the first place? All I hear is about how he’s their best forward and a great fit etc

He'll be to expensive to re-sign especially at 30 and rumour is he wants back in the states.

 

[BatVader]

What I don’t get is why Vancouver are trying to trade Miller in the first place? All I hear is about how he’s their best forward and a great fit etc

Cap

 

[kanucks25]

What I don’t get is why Vancouver are trying to trade Miller in the first place? All I hear is about how he’s their best forward and a great fit etc

We're likely not going to be contending before his contract runs out and the chances of him wanting to re-sign here are presumably slim.

 

[Rey]

Take them both .

Horvat and Miller for Laffy, 1st, Schneider, Lundqvist, Strome( for us to flip and rangers to clear cap, Cytil

 

[failure]

Take them both .

Horvat and Miller for Laffy, 1st, Schneider, Lundqvist, Strome( for us to flip and rangers to clear cap, Cytil

Might as well throw Jones, Barron and Miller in for good measure.

 

[jd22]

Take them both .

Horvat and Miller for Laffy, 1st, Schneider, Lundqvist, Strome( for us to flip and rangers to clear cap, Cytil

This would crash HF.

 

[WTFMAN99]

I wouldn't trade Horvat if I was Vancouver.

 

[LionsHeart]

Brooks pulls stuff out of his @$$ every now and then. I think the idea he’s going to get moved to the Canucks because of his agent is silly and speculative.

That being said, this is a strange year for the Rangers. Hes stuck behind Kreider and Panarin on the depth chart, they need a Top 6 RW and another Center in the worst way, and they’re ahead of schedule on their rebuild, but do they really want to start moving major assets to start taking shots at a cup run?

 

[Breakers]

Strictly because the Canucks hired his former agent?

I guess that means we are going after Mathieu Joseph and Antoine Russell again.

 

[BCNate]

Do you really want your agent to be the part of the organization? I can imagine wanting more money while the agent is also cap crunching for the organization.

She is no longer anyones agent, she gave that up when she took the Canucks AGM job.

 

[SI90]

Way too soon to give up on a player with Lafreniere potential. Only way you move him is if internally you feel he’s not going to be an elite player + you get an offer too good to turn down.

 

[JohnHodgson]

What I don’t get is why Vancouver are trying to trade Miller in the first place? All I hear is about how he’s their best forward and a great fit etc

LOL?

It's called re-buildinng/re-tooling... not exactly a foreign concept in sports? Might be a foreign concept in New York?

 

[BCNate]

What I don’t get is why Vancouver are trying to trade Miller in the first place? All I hear is about how he’s their best forward and a great fit etc

I expect that one of Boeser, Miller or Horvat will be dealt for futures. We need to shuffle the deck a bit, create some cap flexibility and rebuild our prospect pool. Like JR said, being a non playoff team and at the cap is a bad situation.

Personally I'd far rather see us deal Horvat or Boeser than Miller. Miller far better than either, and far more versatile. I think the reasons why he is "more" on the block that the other two is age, cost to re sign, and far greater return.

I think it's a huge mistake. I don't think the Canucks are too far off, and as soon as we are competing, we will need a JT Miller on our team.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

I mean, it makes sense considering Lafreniere's agent went to the Canucks and will probably make sure he gets a fair shot + contract.

Maybe do something surrounding Miller and Podkolzin+

Hoping this happens and Lafreniere can wear 11 to get the ick of Messier out of the organization.