Confirmed with Link: [VAN/SEA] Daniel Sprong to Seattle for Future Considerations

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Colour me confused as well.

Maybe to do with Boeser being out, but not IR/LTIR and needing roster and/or cap space?

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Anyone want a lightly used Daniel Sprong jersey?

 

[moiderer]

Ultimately I guess the team doesn't see him as a top 6 option.

With Garland's glowup and Lekkerimaki as a option, Tocchet probably wants somebody more robust in the bottom 6.

EDIT: his ice time and shift counter in the last game (vs a good team) was probably a warning sign or death knell.

 

[wonton15]

 

[innitfam]

Also, after this move and the Poolman trade, I believe the Canucks have now made a trade with every other franchise.

They must've made a trade with Quebec back in the day?

 

[Breakers]

This is the NHL now that agents have talked about with the higher contracts squeezing the bottom out

I mean back to back 40 point seasons would usually get you something with term 5 years ago

Guy took what he could get when we signed him

 

[ziploc]

Sprong has sprung.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

I trust that Tochett knows this team better then anyone and trust his intuition on getting rid of Sprong.

 

[Regress2TheMeme]

I'm honestly surprised by this. He looked legit dangerous whenever he was carrying the puck. I guess I'm just a bit out to lunch on what it takes to be responsible player at the NHL level.

 

[ProviesGhost]

Meh. He kind of reminded me of Kuzemenko.

 

[Grip it N RYP it]

Canucks legend Daniel sprong

I shall remember him fondly, somewhere next to other legends like Reid, Park, Bulis and Santorelli.


Kidding, I never remember them.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I never even got to use this awesome meme I made.

 

[Diversification]

 

[Rowlet]

I don't really get why they didn't just waive him.

Would've given him a longer leash for sure. Provides a different element than every other depth player.

He probably doesn't clear and they probably asked him where he'd want to go

 

[Javaman]

Also, after this move and the Poolman trade, I believe the Canucks have now made a trade with every other franchise.

edit: forgot about utah.

You've blacked out the memory of the OEL trade.

I understand. I truly do.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

A few Canucks insiders speculating (sharing?) that it was a trust issue with Tocchet that wasn’t going to improve.

 

[Flik]

Dang, the first domino has fallen

 

[MS]

Timing feels odd with Boeser probably missing time due to the head shot. I guess they really want to call up Lekk

Yeah, bizarre timing unless Boeser has been immediately cleared, which seems unlikely.

Lekkerimaki is getting ventilated at ES in Abbotsford and I don't like any notion of 'doing a Gaudette' and yanking a guy back and forth when he's adjusting to his first season of pro hockey. Give him 40 games there before making any decisions.

I suspect that Tocchet has voiced that he prefers Bains in the squad over Sprong (ironically given the good chemistry of those two players) and that's why this has happened.

 

[Grip it N RYP it]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1855048474276049295

 

[kylek023]

Ring of honour when?

After OEL gets his number retired

 

[Bgav]

Making room for Lekkerimäki and Joshua ?

 

[wonton15]

Can’t really disagree with Tocchet here - we need to play with an identity — and Sprong, like Kuzmenko, was never going to do what was needed to be successful in this system.

Sissons to Canucks pls

 

[Flik]

I never even got to use this awesome meme I made. View attachment 928015

I appreciate it

 

[Javaman]

A few Canucks insiders speculating (sharing?) that it was a trust issue with Tocchet that wasn’t going to improve.

Hmm. While I think the current regime has done an impressive job overall, it's puzzling that they'd sign a player that they really ought to have known was not going to mesh well with Tocchet.

Unless their plan all along was to sign him in an attempt to convert cap space to draft picks.

 

[Bgav]

Very short sighted move unless something else is brewing.

Alvin and co always have a plan.