Derailed75
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This is true. The question is does this make Aho's defensive numbers look better and his points lower and same with Petterson. Would he be better defensively in Raleigh but score less?
Roster Building XXIV: Our Hearts Go Pitter Pattersson
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One of the complicating factors is that the Canucks have told teams in those conversations that they don’t want to do a futures deal involving either player. The Canucks are in a competitive window. They would need an apples-for-apples transaction for it to make any sense. And they value each player very highly despite their struggles this season. That’s also been communicated to teams.
As for Pettersson, my teammate Chris Johnston reported on our TSN Insider Trading segment Tuesday evening that the Carolina Hurricanes are among the teams believed to have talked to the Canucks about Pettersson. That isn’t entirely surprising because those teams were in talks last season on the same player before Pettersson signed an extension with the Canucks.
Whether the Hurricanes decide to bring this conversation to the next level, time will tell. I would imagine part of the conversation within the Hurricanes front office is about what they think of Pettersson’s eight-year deal paying him $11.6 million a season. He’s in Year 1 of that deal.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6045370/2025/01/07/nhl-vatrano-pettersson-miller-matthews/
As for Pettersson, my teammate Chris Johnston reported on our TSN Insider Trading segment Tuesday evening that the Carolina Hurricanes are among the teams believed to have talked to the Canucks about Pettersson. That isn’t entirely surprising because those teams were in talks last season on the same player before Pettersson signed an extension with the Canucks.
Whether the Hurricanes decide to bring this conversation to the next level, time will tell. I would imagine part of the conversation within the Hurricanes front office is about what they think of Pettersson’s eight-year deal paying him $11.6 million a season. He’s in Year 1 of that deal.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6045370/2025/01/07/nhl-vatrano-pettersson-miller-matthews/
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bleedgreen
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This isn’t a good situation for us on the surface. Neither contact is one that we would’ve given imo, and just because Guentzel happened I don’t believe we’ve changed from team philosophies we’ve long established at this point. EP can be a great player but he’s not a leader imo, he’s a more skilled and less competitive version of Aho. At a significant price hike. I don’t see him as a compliment. Miller is much more likely the type of player we “need” but five more years past this one when he’s 31 now at 8 million? I know the cap will make things look better but…..I don’t know that I’d touch that. He’s at least a complement to Aho stylistically and other than not being a righty finally a good sequel to Tro. What we read here and elsewhere is that we want EP. I don’t see us winning much more with EP. Our defense has taken a step back and Nikishin won’t stop that slide by himself. He’s an Orlov replacement at this point, presuming he fits in well.
I’d be focusing on bringing back defense as our number one strength until we find the right forward(s) that are good fits.
I’d be focusing on bringing back defense as our number one strength until we find the right forward(s) that are good fits.
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Borsig
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I mean you could have had pesce. You needed to keep one and I will never stop saying that. Granted Aho is shit, svech is shit, necas is playing his best TT impression this year (hot then vaporware) and other than slavin? Our entire d ranges from shit to barely average.
We suck for a reason.
We suck for a reason.
bleedgreen
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You tend to be stronger on the dramatics than I am but I don’t disagree. The step back was obvious in the summer and it’s played out unsurprisingly. Teams are picking us apart with passes through the nuetral zone. We haven’t seen this many breakaway’s or partial breaks off broken coverage in a long time. Ironically it plays to Koochies strength as a poke checker since they often have their head down as they sprint in.
Chasing Jake and losing both D cut us pretty deep. I didn’t like the choice then or now.
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You keep the good players that are loyal. Not the one who wouldnt sign with his career team in the first place. Pesce probably should have been the one we kept because even when Boom gets here and morrow is ready (smith being up instead of morrow is telling, innit?) you still need a DFD.
baconandbread
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I feel we could use one more physical defensive D-man that can skate. Ideally one that can move up and down the line up if we need to put out a shut down pair with Slavin. Obviously Nikishin is exactly what we need, but finding another one via trade in the meantime would be ideal.
AD Skinner
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Pesce signed a contract for 5.5 million dollars for the next six years. We were not going to give him that. No way. I wish he had stayed around but he’d have been a fool to leave that much money on the table if those were the offers he was getting
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I have this sinking feeling that last year was our year..... and our window is entering that closing / closed phase
