Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | With Klingberg in the Mix Who Are Our 7D After the Deadline?

[CanadasTeam99]

Well said.

I agree, but Edmonton has holes like Jenna Jameson in her prime in net

 

[GhostfaceWu]

I dont get what Vancouver is doing lol wasting a first on a ufa to be defenseman when you're on the outside of a wc spot right now.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

I dont get what Vancouver is doing lol wasting a first on a ufa to be defenseman when you're on the outside of a wc spot right now.

Its called being very desperate

 

[The Nuge]

That’s a(nother) shit trade for the Canucks, IMO.

Reeks of desperation.

Ya they clearly aren’t contending, and they could have used that 1st in the summer to actually make a long term impact.

Obviously a terrible situation for Vancouver however they have improved a bit defensively. Rutherford still has till the deadline to try to find a guy that can at least play quality 2C.

I guess, but the 3 guys leaving had 150 points last year, and the 3 guys coming back had 72…

Boeser likely gone in the off-season. Hughes leaving after 26-27 is in the tea leaves. This might actually be the year VAN has to go for it.

Disagree. They should have tanked this year, and spent big in the summer in the hopes of having a big year and keeping Hughes.

So they go all in only to maybe make the playoffs and then what? They lose Boeser for nothing, and don’t have the Rangers 1st anymore to try and address needs. Now you’re really screwed.

You sell Boeser for another 1st+, sell high on Lankinen, and use all that cap to facilitate some deals and gain extra assets. Go offer Rantanen or Marner 14 million if they get to free agency, and you still have enough cap to go after say Chychrun and Bennett. Then maybe you have a good enough team to have a half decent run and convince Hughes to stay.

 

[Cerebral]

Canucks give up a trash Vinny and get Pettersson lol. Meanwhile our guys are asleep

As well as a first round pick which is currently 11th overall. I actually thought Pettersson looked pretty slow against the Oilers - I’m not sold he was a good pickup.

Pulock and Pelech in New York both interest me if they’re healthy and they end up selling.

 

[FlameChampion]

I dont get what Vancouver is doing lol wasting a first on a ufa to be defenseman when you're on the outside of a wc spot right now.

Oh don’t be surprised to see a bloated contract extension

 

[Burnt Biscuits]

Kulak does play top 4 and the only reason he isn’t top 4 full time on this team is because he has Ekholm and Nurse above him.

Kulak has never played top 4 level minutes in his career prior to this season where his chief competition has been Stecher and Emberson. Kulak is a 4/5 tweener who has played more like a 4 for all of half a season, pump the brakes he is not on M. Pettersson's level.

M. Pettersson plays a quiet game, but he is the high end of the pure defensive defensemen in the league, quality at defending the rush and roughly a top 20 d-man on the PK.

 

[Devilmademedoit]

The D man that the nucks picked up from the Pens was projected to get a late to mid first. Vancouver also gets out from under Vinny's contract

 

[iCanada]

I guess, but the 3 guys leaving had 150 points last year, and the 3 guys coming back had 72…

Yeah, this is what I don't get. You lose a ton of scoring to the point where like... I don't really get how they are an offensively competent team going forward.

Particularly considering how they were already 23rd in GF/60 WITH Miller.

I guess maybe the hope Pettersson breaks out without Miller. But even still, they've just got no scoring depth after that.

 

[NeverForget06]

Pettersson is a good player but to me JT Miller is a guy that really helps you win. He was so good for them last year. I just don't see how this Canucks roster can really go that far - the West is so tough and physical and to be led by Hughes and EP40 just seems like a tough thing

 

[oobga]

You can't make this shit up.

Canucks GM: I've got a fever! And the only cure, is more Pettersson's!!

 

[foshizzle]

Canucks GM: I've got a fever! And the only cure, is more Pettersson's!!

This is awesome. He is going to struggle with the speed in the west

 

[foshizzle]

Kulak has never played top 4 level minutes in his career prior to this season where his chief competition has been Stecher and Emberson. Kulak is a 4/5 tweener who has played more like a 4 for all of half a season, pump the brakes he is not on M. Pettersson's level.

M. Pettersson plays a quiet game, but he is the high end of the pure defensive defensemen in the league, quality at defending the rush and roughly a top 20 d-man on the PK.

He is far from the high end of a defensive defencemen. He gets badly exposed against speedy wingers.

 

[AddyTheWrath]

God it’s like clockwork with some (one) of you always crying about why the Oilers weren’t in on a trade or haven’t done anything yet lol

Hard to believe there are people out there who lack such a basic level of patience

 

[Canovin]

Just saw the Peterson trade. That’s a lot for him and he might not even re-sign.

Pitts also still have a retention left. Oilers should make a trade for Rakell 50%