Management Thread | Blurst of Times

[Icebreakers]

Was he highly desired?

I might be using revisionist thinking but I thought that the thought was 'he might be good with the Sedins' and not 'OMG we got Loui'

He was extremely highly desired coming off of a 30-30 season. I mean this is a guy they traded a 21 year old Seguin for.

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

He was extremely highly desired coming off of a 30-30 season. I mean this is a guy they traded a 21 year old Seguin for.

Confirmed with Link: Thread 'Canucks sign RW Loui Eriksson to 6-year, $36m deal ($6m AAV w/ NMC)'

Jul 1, 2016

• Nuckles
• Replies: 997
• Forum: Vancouver Canucks

That doesn't really seem to hold up based on the replies in the thread.

 

[Icebreakers]

Confirmed with Link: Thread 'Canucks sign RW Loui Eriksson to 6-year, $36m deal ($6m AAV w/ NMC)'

Jul 1, 2016

• Nuckles
• Replies: 997
• Forum: Vancouver Canucks

That doesn't really seem to hold up.

I dont understand what you mean.

Loui Eriksson was probably one of the top 5 sought after players in that free agency class.


The fans didnt like it because they overpaid for a 31 year old. Thats not his fault.

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

I dont understand what you mean.

Loui Eriksson was probably one of the top 5 sought after players in that free agency class.

I guess it depends on what you mean by 'highly desired.'

 

[F A N]

Plus the 1st is in a weaker draft.

The 1st is potentially a 2026 pick.

 

[bossram]

Management really bungled this season. The Pettersson deal is kind of emblematic of it to me.

Why did they wait until game 50 or whatever to make it? Everyone knew they needed to add another top-four defenseman. PIT has been signalling they're in sell mode the entire year. Marcus Pettersson is a JR guy. It was inevitable he was going to land in Vancouver. What took so long? They could have flipped their own 1st for him at any time (and I would have much preferred they traded their own 1st in this deal than the Rangers' - I will laugh when they've gifted McKenna to the Pens).

If they acquire Pettersson earlier, maybe the team has a better record and the bad vibes from Petey/Miller are mitigated, so they aren't forced into a trade either.

This season is on management.