So 3 more cuts assuming Higgins is on IR for 9 games. All three require waivers, so all 3 will probably be waived on the 3rd or 4th.
McCann, Virtanen, and Hutton do not require waivers. Just saying.
So 3 more cuts assuming Higgins is on IR for 9 games. All three require waivers, so all 3 will probably be waived on the 3rd or 4th.
McCann, Virtanen, and Hutton do not require waivers. Just saying.
Sbisa easily outplayed Weber and Corrado in the preseason imo. His contract is still an eye sore but he didn't play his way off the team.
McCann, Virtanen, and Hutton do not require waivers. Just saying.
I don't hate these cuts for 2 reasons:
1) These 2 will be the first call ups if any of our forwards go down. We will see both of them in a Canucks uni at some point this season.
2) They can develop in the AHL and McCann/Virtanen can't. Obviously the ideal situation would be ditching 2 of Prust/Dorset/Higgins but it looks like we will have to wait until the offseason for that.
Interested to see what happens with Vey now. Will Benning swallow his pride and waive him?
Lol. This is pretty crappy for Gaunce. Only bubble guy who really outplayed him was McCann.
What?
Sbisa had a decent game last night but was one of the worst players on the ice in every other game. He's been worse than everyone except Corrado and in a fair world both would be in the AHL.
Weber has been soft and before last night hadn't shown any of the offence that he needs to bring to be an asset. I think Sbisa has been better overall.
Weber has been soft and before last night hadn't shown any of the offence that he needs to bring to be an asset. I think Sbisa has been better overall.
Weber was just quiet offensively and seemed to be fighting the puck a bit. His defensive play was fine.
Sbisa has, as usual, completely stank at both ends of the rink.
I don't know how you can lump Higgins into that group. -_-
Weber will start to produce once the #1 PP line is established in the regular season.
They keepputtingforcing Alex "The Shin Buster" Edler on there and it never works. Weber showed last year that he can produce once he's given consistent opportunities in that spot.
He tweeted this right when they cut Gaunce and Kenins. That's pretty BM.
Or he's breaking that he is being sent down too. IDK.
Deleted the tweet...
Interesting.
That is interesting... Also what do you mean by BM?
Not because of player quality but because of his role being taken by Gaunce.
Baertschi Horvat Virtanen
Hutton Edler
second unit? That would require the team to run a powerplay of the left side though and we all know how reluctant the team is to do that...
Even if McCann outplayed Gaunce, Gaunce is still more NHL ready and more suited to the bottom-6 role now that it looks like Daniel and Baerstchi are the top two LWs.
The only way this makes sense is if they want to give McCann the 9 games to see if he can take another step. If he doesn't, send him back to junior and call Gaunce up to replace him. However, if McCann sticks, Gaunce is stuck down there even though he's a better option than anyone on our 4th line.
He might not even be the first call-up if we suffer injuries. Shinkaruk, Grenier or even Cracknell might get the first opportunity depending on what player gets hurt.
He tweeted this right when they cut Gaunce and Kenins. That's pretty BM.
Or he's breaking that he is being sent down too. IDK.
Gaunce in for Prust is the clear choice, if everything was fair.