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

[AwesomeInTheory]

Those dope-smokin' tulip pickers! And everyone knows that they can play field hockey but not ice hockey.

Please don't be hateful :~(

 

[arttk]

Well...not guaranteed. Sometimes both teams will just agree to basically forget about it and not send anything the other way. Sometimes it'll result in a late pick or an AHL/depth player.

Give us that 1st rounder ++

 

[Vector]

oh we might get someting out of this?

At best, I could see the Canucks get a favorable end of a pick-swap.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Stupid trade.

 

[kanucks25]

Not really surprising but... (probably a late pick, not even necessarily for the 2025 draft)

Patrick Johnston (@risingaction.bsky.social)

Been told "future considerations is based on his performance" sooooo some kind of pick [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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oh we might get someting out of this?

Well...not guaranteed. Sometimes both teams will just agree to basically forget about it and not send anything the other way. Sometimes it'll result in a late pick or an AHL/depth player.

At best, I could see the Canucks get a favorable end of a pick-swap.

If that was the case, wouldn't the trade be for a conditional pick and not Future Considerations?

I don't remember Future Considerations ever turning into anything tangible down the line.

 

[Vector]

If that was the case, wouldn't the trade be for a conditional pick and not Future Considerations?

I don't remember Future Considerations ever turning into anything tangible down the line.

I’d have to dig but they changed how conditional picks work in regards to in-season performance. I don’t believe it would be possible to attach conditions in this sort of trade.

 

[F A N]

Pretty much a nothing move. If they didn't see a long term fit, no reason to have him on the roster with Joshua coming back, and Lekkerimaki knocking on the door. He'd be eating up cap space sitting in the press box. Better to get a potential pick back and send him to a place he's comfortable than lose him on waivers for nothing.

He was never going to be a long term fit. He brought a specific skillset and is a streaky scorer in the first place. In terms of getting the most out of Sprong I think we cut bait too quickly, but this player type was a questionable acquisition in the first place.

Low risk. No reward. Time to move on.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

I've suspected for a while that Sprong has a bad attitude behind the scenes. Mix that with his shitty defensive play, and I can see why Tocchet turned him into the new Kuzmenko.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

with boeser potentially concussed, why now?

also, only three games? wtf nhl?

 

[LemonSauceD]

bro really gave us something to marvel about and dipped.

forever a Canucks legend

 

[JT Milker]

I honestly think I started this account years ago to warn Ducks fans about this guy

Stunned that no one has caught on yet

He's a beyond unbearable teammate. Horrible person to around

Stunned that any team even signs him in the first place. Shows how much hockey is run by dinosaurs and people who don't understand you need to build a cohesive locker room

Not even worth attempting to recoup an asset on him. Just an all around waste of talent

Sprong hurt this dude.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

bro really gave us something to marvel about and dipped.

forever a Canucks legend

Lmao that goal was absolutely insane

 

[Blue and Green]

He was never going to be a long term fit. He brought a specific skillset and is a streaky scorer in the first place. In terms of getting the most out of Sprong I think we cut bait too quickly, but this player type was a questionable acquisition in the first place.

Low risk. No reward. Time to move on.

GM: Give this guy a chance.

Coach: There, he got his chance.

GM: Okay.

 

[beardo]

Not a fan of this but Tocchet clearly didn’t trust him

Who comes out when Joshua is back?

 

[crazychimp]

Not a fan of this one, when guys eventually get hurt you can slide him anywhere in the lineup.

I don’t get it.

 

[Leif Rohlin]

There has to be more to it because the timing makes no sense at all.

I'd suspect something off-ice/attitude related.

 

[Felix the Cat Potvin]

I wonder if people closely watch the games. Sprong's drop pass to nobody in the third period when you're defending a lead was a major Tocchet yikes, especially a dozen games into the season.

 

[krutovsdonut]

 

[sting101]

I wonder if people closely watch the games. Sprong's drop pass to nobody in the third period when you're defending a lead was a major Tocchet yikes, especially a dozen games into the season.

Yep never thought it was gonna work out.

Certainly lots of skill and talent but at the end of the day he's in a role position and plays his own game mostly ignorant of what is best for the team. Tocc had discussion with him about what the expectation were and he just cant find the consistency in plays/decisions that warrant a spot on a team wanting to contend.

Same story over and over

 

[Wisp]

At best, I could see the Canucks get a favorable end of a pick-swap.

gotta turn those 4ths into 3rds, Allvin is magical with third rounders.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Is what it is. Wasn’t fitting in so move on. I’m sure this will end up being a 10 page thread though. lol.

Gonna do my bit for the 10 page thread.

Expendable guy turns out to be expendable. Houda thunk it?

 

[Blue and Green]

Gonna do my bit for the 10 page thread.

Expendable guy turns out to be expendable. Houda thunk it?

I don't know if Doug Houda thunk it or not. (Ba-dum-cha)

 

[EpochLink]

Only thing he brought was me playing Headsprung by LL Cool J

 

[sting101]

Future's is for a small piece for Oleksiak if Seattle is a deadline seller???

 

[HockeyWooot]

I didn’t think he was bad on the 4th line, he brought speed and would rush the puck with such finesse - was kind of refreshing.

In the playoffs, I can see his style being useless, on the 4th line so no big deal.

Prob did the player a solid as it didn’t work out with him in the top 6

I agree so far wasn’t entirely useless, but will be in the playoffs.

I can see Tochett and go being more comfortable working with and developing more defensively reliable results with Bains, Raty, Lekkerimaki who will inevitably become roster mainstays at some point this season.

We took a flier on Sprong, but if they don’t like what they see makes sense to cut ties. He is what he is at this stage in his career.