Confirmed Signing with Link: [VAN] D Vincent Desharnais signs with the Canucks (2 years, $2M AAV)

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As it stands now? Maybe 3rd/wild card spot

Good potential in the forward group, defence is O.K., but it’ll get eaten alive against speed.

Overall I think they took a step backwards when comparing to the competition. They don’t do anything meaningful to keep up with a speedy transition game


He can grow, but at his age he is unlikely to become a better skater
I was thinking it'd be better for Nucks today. Such a great turnaround. Bad injury luck in playoffs but I thought this offseason would be really strong for you guys to build on your great year. Feels more lateral to me. Giant D but not very mobile. Has a 1990s vibe to me... Other than Hughes of course. And first half Hronek.lol

 
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I was thinking it'd be better for Nucks today. Such a great turnaround. Bad injury luck in playoffs but I thought this offseason would be really strong for you guys to build on your great year. Feels more lateral to me. Giant D but not very mobile. Has a 1990s vibe to me... Other than Hughes of course. And first half Hronek.lol

Moves at forward I give an A
Moves at defence I give a C-

Still lots of time to get a PMD though
 
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Went from potentially having lindholm, zadorov, guentzel to signing debrusk and desharnais, had to double check if benning was still GM
People need to stop with the Guentzel talk, Vancouver never even had the chance to talk to him. He was always a pipe dream due to Vancouver being a market he would play in.

Lindholm was almost very clearly gone.

Zadorov was the only one of the three that was a potential re-sign
 

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I was thinking it'd be better for Nucks today. Such a great turnaround. Bad injury luck in playoffs but I thought this offseason would be really strong for you guys to build on your great year. Feels more lateral to me. Giant D but not very mobile. Has a 1990s vibe to me... Other than Hughes of course. And first half Hronek.lol

Hughes and his big daddies.
 

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I guess the positive is;

Soucy 6'5
Myers 6'8
Forbort 6'4
Desharnais 6'7

I guess well see how he does. Its a considerable deal but not an anchor.
To be fair those are bottom pairing dmen, so hopefully that isn't part of the actual d-core.

Like Forbprt to the A. And maybe play 1 of the other 3 in the number 4 position might be fine
 

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I was thinking it'd be better for Nucks today. Such a great turnaround. Bad injury luck in playoffs but I thought this offseason would be really strong for you guys to build on your great year. Feels more lateral to me. Giant D but not very mobile. Has a 1990s vibe to me... Other than Hughes of course. And first half Hronek.lol

I think we will see a blender in pre-season as they try and split Hughes/Hronek
 

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Soucy is fine as a #4, he had a positive impact on the team when he was in the lineup.

Canucks need a #3, that is gonna be the biggest need for them. If they can check that box, the D will be just fine.
 

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I think thats pretty accurate from an outsider view. Canucks forward group looks good going into next year. Their 2nd and 3rd D pairings look potentially disastrous.
Honestly, I'm somewhat more confident in the reliability of our #7 and #8 guys than the ones we picked up. Juulsen and Friedman were way better than they had any business being last season.

Not super promising.
 

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I think we will see a blender in pre-season as they try and split Hughes/Hronek
Yup.. they both will get a giant to play with. Any intriguing prospects in the d pipe? Eg. Detroit has some.beauts coming up. Oil don't.lol
 

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I think Vinny is a better puck mover than he is getting credit for in this thread.
He is a good dude, glad he is getting paid. Twice as much as Edmonton could have given
 

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It's interesting Oilers fans are saying he's not very physical.

Obviously I defer to those who watched more of him. But he was really obnoxiously physical and mean in our series and was someone that myself and my friends hated during that series which speaks well of him.

Was that uncharacteristic of him?
No I think that poster is out to lunch. Doesn’t necessarily line up bone crushing hits but the guy is a nightmare to battle with in front of the net and along the boards.
 

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Yup.. they both will get a giant to play with. Any intriguing prospects in the d pipe? Eg. Detroit has some.beauts coming up. Oil don't.lol
Willander and Pettersson, Willander is committed to another year of college though
 
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