[dbaz]

Benning talking to clb gm on tv. start the rumors. Friedman trolled Benning and asked about subban right away

[6o4__boi]

Lol i hope he got a tongue lashing from Aquaman for being a retard on the radio.

[slicrick]

https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/746123739163680768

https://twitter.com/Russostrib/status/746475358812258304

[xxxrsxxx]

at work! is the draft streamed anywhere?

[Armind]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjuFfgpCzAw&feature=youtu.be

[highfive]

I was reading how Yakupov is worth only a 3rd rounder at best now. Top 5 pick doesn't guarantee success in the NHL. Always need to develop them!

[dbaz]

Columbus has unofficially traded sonny milano per Mckenzie

[highfive]

Seriously...bettman prob gets hard from all that booing... lol

[kunoman1]

The booing haha he doesnt give af

[quasi]

Bettman be like

https://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/dodger-fan-spinning-and-double-birding-angels-crowd.gif?w=1000

[murd0c]

and as projected Matthews is picked first

[murd0c]

https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/746482885520162817

[xxxrsxxx]

trades!!!

[highfive]

wtf? Eller for Shaw basically? lol

[murd0c]

https://twitter.com/Real_ESPNLeBrun/status/746483435305328641

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/746483512492986368

[kunoman1]

My roommate shit herself when Bettman announced Montreal was making a trade (re Subban and the Canucks)

[slicrick]

Another victim to the Chicago cap casualty.

https://twitter.com/MarkLazerus/status/746412227096379392

https://twitter.com/MarkLazerus/status/746413148375179265

[Ch28]

Overpayment for Shaw since they still need to sign him for ~4.5+

[murd0c]

I'm happy the Jets go Laine since they are my second favorite team and all

[bobbinka]

o.... shits going down

[Renthal]

dubois 3rd!!

[Armind]

:pokerface:

[highfive]

OH SHITTTTT who you gonna take EDMONTON!!

[AzNightmare]

LOLWUT?!

[Ch28]

holy fuck

[jdmhaze]

WOW

[slicrick]

Wow.. pretty off the board taking Dubois at 3? Fingers crossed for Puljujärvi to Vancouver

[6o4__boi]

Woooooow...maybe we will trade down after all

[7seven]

mmmm, Canucks might have a shot at Puljujarvi if Oilers are indeed set on Tkachuk

[punkwax]

Well then..

[Infiniti]

wow...poolparty next I guess

[dbaz]

if pulj goes at 4 canucks should trade down. tkachuk doesn't have the footspeed

[Ch28]

Canucks better not be trading down.

You can't go wrong with Tkachuk or Poolparty

[Mike Oxbig]

If canucks picks pulujarrvi that means we never lost our draft lottery position :troll:

[Armind]

Stfu and move on to the picks already. Dying to know before leaving work lol

[jdmhaze]

I will be stunned of Edmonton doesn't pick up poolparty

[XplicitLuder]

What the fuck just happened

[Armind]

No pool party for us

[XplicitLuder]

Fuck. I don't want ktachuk

[dbaz]

tkachuk will be a bust calling it now. too slow

[Armind]

:fuuuuu:

[Infiniti]

Tkachuk a Nuck

[slicrick]

https://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/69057733.jpg

[XplicitLuder]

Let's be honest. Edmonton won the lottery again lmfao

[6o4__boi]

Dammit Jimbo, don't you fuck this up

[kunoman1]

Holy fuck, PoolParty's accent

[Bouncing Bettys]

Announce a trade!

[highfive]

Tkachuck not that bad is he?

[bobbinka]

here we go!

[Bouncing Bettys]

Benning is such a meme generator

[bobbinka]

o.... wow

[XplicitLuder]

Not sure how to feel

[6o4__boi]

Fuck

[Ch28]

WHAT THE FUCK

[kunoman1]

Olli Juolevi eh

[Bouncing Bettys]

wat

[dbaz]

fucking nice

[RCubed]

Wtf

[Ch28]

I'm so done with this team.

We're absolutely fucked as long as Benning is at the top

[Armind]

U WOT M8?

[quasi]

I wonder if he checked with Calgary about swapping picks to try and maybe pick up another draft pick if that was the plan?

[XplicitLuder]

Much rather joulevi than tkachuk but still... Any pick seems a lost since we didnt get dubois

[highfive]

lol watch next year Juolevi rips it up and we all go GOOD PICK BY BENNING!!! lol

[AzNightmare]

you know why we don't need a forward....
cause Lucic is gonna be on this team.

:derp:

Dim Jim's master plan.

[pastarocket]

Olli is a good skater, makes a good first pass,
Good positioning.
-Can read plays well. It is a good pick.

[LsquareD]

https://mobile.twitter.com/mikeFAIL/status/746490898482106368?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp %5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[Liquid_o2]

I called it a couple weeks ago. Dubois or Juolevi. Surprised that they skipped over Tkachuk though, kid seems like he will be a beast, although there are questions regarding his skating.

Juolevi could be the puck moving d-man we don't have. The kid is gonna be a great d-man over time.

Juolevi, Hutton, Tanev, Gudbranson... defense isn't looking so bad for the team anymore PogChamp

[dbaz]

Tkachuck not that bad is he?

his points were inflated by 2 good previously drafted players. one who's probably going to be a star and the other who was 20 in a league where even 20yr Olds who can't get past the AHL can put up 80+pts

to top that he has skating issues. speed and technique.
sure he might have the hockey bloodline but Keith was also never fit and had a bad attitude, which you hope the kid didn't pick up on

once Dubois went at 3 and pulj at 4 the next best was dman

[Ch28]

https://mobile.twitter.com/mikeFAIL/status/746490898482106368?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp %5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

That is the entire Vancouver fanbase jumping ship.

[ed99]

We needed a power forward badly and can't believe they skipped on Tkachuck. Thank god I didn't renew my season pass. So disappointed.

[Mike Oxbig]

Dim Jim's master plan.

why draft tkachuk when he can just sign his clone Ladd.

[Liquid_o2]

We needed a power forward badly and can't believe they skipped on Tkachuck. Thank god I didn't renew my season pass. So disappointed.

Virtanen and Boeser. Both power forwards. We need young highly skilled defensemen.

[Renthal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2K-hjmWwUo

joulevi highlights..

[radioman]

you guys were all wtfing when he picked boeser. smh

[Derek_N84]

Virtanen and Boeser. Both power forwards. We need young highly skilled defensemen.

This.

I like the pick :alonehappy:

[Ch28]

Virtanen and Boeser. Both power forwards. We need young highly skilled defensemen.

Virtanen is never going to real elite skilled status and Brock Boeser is 6 feet and not a power forward.

[slicrick]

https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/746494016032772096
https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/746494147851390976

Flames going to be good next season..

[murd0c]

I'm shocked not sure if I'm happy but I think it's a good move, we as a team needed this and it sucked dim Jim didn't trade down but all in all everyone said he's a stud defensive dman

[AzNightmare]

We needed a power forward badly and can't believe they skipped on Tkachuck. Thank god I didn't renew my season pass. So disappointed.

:lawl: :lawl: :lawl:

You should renew your season pass when we get Lucic. The power forward that Canucks desperately need.

:pokerface:

[7seven]

I was expecting my Sabres to maybe have a shot at Juolevi at 8 as we have a need for D prospects. Not a horrible pick for the Canucks, especially after Dubois went off the board.

[dbaz]

Virtanen is never going to real elite skilled status and Brock Boeser is 6 feet and not a power forward.

virtanen is a better pure goal scorer than tkachuk. he's also a better skater. tkachuk has better vision.

[punkwax]

Hope OJ kills it in the NHL.. LUL

[TjAlmeida]

If Juolevi can develop into a a top 2 defenseman I think canucks made the right decision. Some of the arm chair Gm's in here. Benning has shown he can see talent, you guys harp him for so much and never praise the guy for what he has done.

[Bouncing Bettys]

That's going to interesting having the Nylanders on rival teams. As these two teams progress, they could elevate the rivalry to new heights.

[7seven]

Eichel-Nylander vs Matthews-Nylander

[slicrick]

https://twitter.com/thejustinfisher/status/746473508524462081

:lol

[Ch28]

You'd think that after being in the league for like 20 years that you'd know the first rule of being a GM.

[68style]

Does anything fucking work out anymore? Im not mad we passed on Tkachuk, but DuBois going 3rd? What the fuckkkkkk nothing ever goes right these days!

[JesseBlue]

I'm excited to have the new juice into our team

[Jmac]

Datsyuk will retire a Coyote

[XplicitLuder]

WUT

[punkwax]

Well done, Detroit.

[7seven]

Arizona now have Datsyuk and Pronger's contracts lol

[highfive]

I guess it's gonna be slow till we pick in the 3rd?

[Ch28]

I guess it's gonna be slow till we pick in the 3rd?

That takes place tomorrow.

[Ch28]

Arizona now have Datsyuk and Pronger's contracts lol

Their salary for next season is still only at 45.5 mill so far :lol

[Armind]

Here's to hoping we don't fall asleep come July 1st..

[Jmac]

https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/746494016032772096
https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/746494147851390976

Flames going to be good next season..
Elliott is another Hiller. I wouldn't bet on it.

[TjAlmeida]

I agree, flames made a big mistake in not making a bishop deal work.

[slicrick]

I thought they were going to get Bishop. I still think they will be a pretty decent team next season. However, Elliot is a huge difference from Bishop and I agree he probably won't be a great solution for Calgary, long term at least.

[dbaz]

Elliott is another Hiller. I wouldn't bet on it.


completely agree. he was protected by stl d and good back checking, wonder if it will be the same in Calgary.

not saying he's cloutier, but he's that level of a starter

[EuterVanWasser]

I'm fine with the pick. Benning misses out on the guy he probably wanted (Dubois) so takes the #1 dman in the draft as consolation? :notbad:

[Gumby]

During an interview with Juolevi, they asked him if he followed the Canucks, i.e. Salo and Lumme. He responded with a recap of the play when Salo got hit in the balls, lol!! :lol

[UFO]

Datsyuk will retire a Coyote

Isn't datsyuk technically retired already? The coyotes just acquired his cap hit due to CBA rules, but for all intents and purposes he has retired from the NHL. He wont be getting paid by either detroit or ariz next season. I'm no CBA expert though

[UFO]

I'm shocked not sure if I'm happy but I think it's a good move, we as a team needed this and it sucked dim Jim didn't trade down but all in all everyone said he's a stud defensive dman

Pretty much my thoughts exactly. Nj was able to score an extra 3rd rounder dropping down just 1 spot, and it wasn't even in the top 10.

[Jmac]

Isn't datsyuk technically retired already? The coyotes just acquired his cap hit due to CBA rules, but for all intents and purposes he has retired from the NHL. He wont be getting paid by either detroit or ariz next season. I'm no CBA expert though
He's announced he's playing in Russia next season. He hasn't retired from the NHL yet.

[jdmhaze]

He's announced he's playing in Russia next season. He hasn't retired from the NHL yet.

Surely him returning to Russia can be seen as his retirement from the NHL.

[murd0c]

Tyler Benson drafted by the Oilers second round, I'm happy they drafted him since the Canucks didn't have a chance after trading the next pick away

[murd0c]

The Canucks picked William Lockwood in the 3rd round

http://youtu.be/HGspYmt5PdA

[highfive]

Jeff Paterson said he was ranked for mid 4th round. Bitchford said its the weisbrod influence. But still these guys continue to bitch and bitch everything Canucks do lol

[dbaz]

i would of taken dineen and abramov before this guy. mckenzie had lockwood him ranked 74th, player similarity would be hansen

[Jmac]

Canucks tied for fewest picks midway through the draft with 2. Toronto has already picked 7 players.

[dbaz]

5th rnd. Cole candella. dman. was ranked around 110 by a lot of scouting agencies
6th rnd Jakob stukel

[murd0c]

Jakob Stukel must be going crazy since he's from Surrey and played for the Giants until he got traded to the Hitmen

[dbaz]

Wonder if they will make van fans happy and draft ty

[Jmac]

Leafs and Flames drafting all my Royals :okay:

[Jmac]

Wonder if they will make van fans happy and draft ty
Tyler Soy is leaps and bounds better than Ty Ronning.

[Jmac]

Abols? Meh

[murd0c]

he's 6'5" at least

[dbaz]

brett mckenzie? hopefully he's related to Bob, and Bob decides to help benning

[Jmac]

he's 6'5" at leastSlow, not physical if you've watched him in the dub. Decent skill level at least. He turns 21 on January 5th, so they can't put him in the ECHL/AHL next season (would've had to turn 21 prior to January 1st). Maybe he'll go back to Russia? I can see maybe he can turn out like a Grenier. I just don't see a potential homerun out of it.

Brett McKenzie drafted at 194. I remember last year he was penned as one of the top defensive forwards available out of the OHL. Now drafting him as a 19-year-old. Looks like he developed his offensive game last year.

[Jmac]

Rangers draft Ty Ronning

[dbaz]

overall good first round pick. should of taken dineen in the 3rd meh to the rest.

[Jmac]

overall good first round pick. should of taken dineen in the 3rd meh to the rest. Definitely would've liked us to draft more speed and skill in the later rounds.

We also took too many 19+ year olds who aren't elite junior players, IMO. If they don't have enough skill to dominate their current level, it doesn't give me a lot of confidence that they're going to have a high success rate at the pro level.

[dbaz]

yep. he just drafted low offensive two way players after the first rnd. dineen miss pissed me off. guy has top pairing potential

[Mike Oxbig]

Why didn't canucks draft the Chinese guy cliff pu lol
Could've help the canucks fan base since 30% population are Chinese here


He's pretty good

[bobbinka]

Ohlund to be inducted in to ring of honor

[Ch28]

Ohlund to be inducted in to ring of honor

They revealed that during the draft party yesterday. People were saying that they conveniently did it after the Canucks pick to help deflect some of the attention from it :lol

[Renthal]

BUFFALO, NY – It certainly appears as if the Dan Hamhuis era is over in Vancouver.

Canucks President of Hockey Operations Trevor Linden all but confirmed that news Saturday at the completion of the second day of National Hockey League draft. Despite repeated suggestions from the hockey club over the past few months that there may be a way to resign Hamhuis, the Canucks have now informed the 33-year-old defenseman to be ready to hit the open market after six successful seasons in his home province

[Jmac]

Edler-Tanev
Hutton-Gudbranson
Sbisa-

Tryamkin, Biega, and Pedan to battle it out for the #6 spot.

I find it hard to believe they can't find a spot for Hamhuis on this defense, especially given that Hamhuis has given every indication that he'd be willing to sign for a discount to stay.

Assuming we don't acquire anymore dmen, we're going to have at least 3 guys on the backend who handle the puck like it's a hand grenade plus Edler, where you never know if he's going to do something incredible or something incredibly stupid.

[Devastator]

Didn't Traymkin sign a 1 way NHL contract? If so the top 6 is settled.

[spideyv2]

Edler-Tanev
Hutton-Gudbranson
Sbisa-

Tryamkin, Biega, and Pedan to battle it out for the #6 spot.

I find it hard to believe they can't find a spot for Hamhuis on this defense, especially given that Hamhuis has given every indication that he'd be willing to sign for a discount to stay.

Assuming we don't acquire anymore dmen, we're going to have at least 3 guys on the backend who handle the puck like it's a hand grenade plus Edler, where you never know if he's going to do something incredible or something incredibly stupid.

Cringe worthy D core. On the bright side, at least the Canucks will be a lock for a top 5 pick next year.

[CRS]

Cringe worthy D core. On the bright side, at least the Canucks will be a lock for a top 5 pick next year.

Pretty sure this will be our fate for the next couple years (minimum).

[Ch28]

I think the top 4 D will be more than adequate. The wildcard will depend on whether Sbisa continues to improve and how Tryamkin will do with an actual NHL training summer in.

[fliptuner]

https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/746494016032772096
https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/746494147851390976

Flames going to be good next season..

http://i.imgur.com/ivhkM6w.png?1

[PiuYi]

if there's one thing JB can do it's assess talent, so I'm pretty psyched for OJ

but if there's another thing JB can do it's getting shafted on trades/contracts, so waiting on Lucic's new deal or trading away our first rounder next year or something :(

[Tim Budong]

Why didn't canucks draft the Chinese guy cliff pu lol
Could've help the canucks fan base since 30% population are Chinese here


He's pretty good

don't think this kid was ever in their radars

screw your chinese fanbase crap

[68style]

Fuck me, get nothing whatsoever for both Vrbata and Hamhuis... Asset management fail to the absolute maximum

[Ch28]

Fuck me, get nothing whatsoever for both Vrbata and Hamhuis... Asset management fail to the absolute maximum

Nothing seems to surprise me anymore with this team :lol

[Tim Budong]

Fuck me, get nothing whatsoever for both Vrbata and Hamhuis... Asset management fail to the absolute maximum

Nothing seems to surprise me anymore with this team :lol

not being in the same timezone as you people and waking up to news like this... where Hamhuis will not be re-upped... and then seeing these comments...

https://media.giphy.com/media/smjU7b4fuzHgc/giphy.gif

[nah]

Laughable, Hamhuis not good enough for the Canucks but Stanley Cup contenders were willing to give up a first round pick as a rental?

Management here is a joke with Dim Jim at the helm and Linden is starting to piss me off as well.

[Eastwood]

Laughable, Hamhuis not good enough for the Canucks but Stanley Cup contenders were willing to give up a first round pick as a rental?

Management here is a joke with Dim Jim at the helm and Linden is starting to piss me off as well.

Hamhuis is looking for term. He was 32 when the other teams wanted him for one season.

He's just another depreciating asset. The team is in a rebuild mode, we don't need to sign old players.

[68style]

I don't have a problem with not re-signing Hamhuis... I have a problem with not moving him when they should have. Same with Vrbata, if they knew Desjardins was going throw him under the proverbial bus never playing him with the Sedins, then they should have told him such in the off season and traded him as a 30 goal scorer before the season started.

[Mike Oxbig]

don't think this kid was ever in their radars

screw your chinese fanbase crap

Ilya Kovalchuk and Mike Keenan says ni hao from Beijing

[nah]

Hamhuis is looking for term. He was 32 when the other teams wanted him for one season.

He's just another depreciating asset. The team is in a rebuild mode, we don't need to sign old players.

Someone needs to mentor them...see the Oilers of the past 5-6 years. Hamhuis is perfect for that role and 32 is not old as most good defensemen play up to 38.

[Jmac]

Didn't Traymkin sign a 1 way NHL contract? If so the top 6 is settled.
No, he signed an ELC, which is always a 2-way. He does have an out clause if he's sent down, however.

[AzNightmare]

Guess Edler can mentor the young D cause he's a stud.

:pokerface:

[Ch28]

No, he signed an ELC, which is always a 2-way. He does have an out clause if he's sent down, however.

So essentially a 1 way NHL contract.

[Eastwood]

Someone needs to mentor them...see the Oilers of the past 5-6 years. Hamhuis is perfect for that role and 32 is not old as most good defensemen play up to 38.

We already have quite a few old veterans on the team that are already restricted to NTC.

I also like the way Canucks are going with our defense. We won't be a playoff team next season with or without Hamhuis.

[punkwax]

You guys seem to forget that Hamhuis held all the power. If it were easier to move him, he'd be gone.

[6o4__boi]

Lol Hammer was on record saying he was willing to waive...so yeah that move (or non-move) by Dim Jim was certifiably stupid and indefensible no matter which way u slice it.

So no. We didn't forget. Jim Benning is a certified moron and were pretty much the laughing stock of NHL management league wide. Yes. That includes the coilers.

[Devastator]

By the time Hammer decided to wave his clause it was too late, the other teams already decided to go a different direction and it was too late.

[willystyle]

By the time Hammer decided to wave his clause it was too late, the other teams already decided to go a different direction and it was too late.
Hamhuis wanted to take a few days to evaluate whether to waive his NTC, while other teams were expecting an answer within that day.

He took his sweet ass time to decide.

[dbaz]

also that aquilini wanted more from Dallas because of who the owner was. horrible fucking business man

future isn't tooo bad. under 25 players
prospective top 6 prospects/young players: Horvat, Baertschi, Boeser, Virtanen.(boeser the only one who might have top line potential)
bottom 6 prospects/young players: Cassels, gaunce, lockwood, granlund
top 2 d prospect: juuolevi
top 4d prospect/young player: Hutton, brisebois, candella, tryamkin, gudbranson
pp specialist prospect: subban, stetcher
1g prospect: demko

[Devastator]

And with Vrbata, the guy packed it in long before the trade dead line. Who in their right mind would even give a bag of pucks for him. Sure we could of traded him in the off season. Everyone thought he would be a good team player and just play. But im guessing no one anticipated he was going to pout and just ride his 5 million dollar salary. So let's forget about this "team player" and move on and not mention it

[TjAlmeida]

also that aquilini wanted more from Dallas because of who the owner was. horrible fucking business man

future isn't tooo bad. under 25 players
prospective top 6 prospects/young players: Horvat, Baertschi, Boeser, Virtanen.(boeser the only one who might have top line potential)
bottom 6 prospects/young players: Cassels, gaunce, lockwood, granlund
top 2 d prospect: juuolevi
top 4d prospect/young player: Hutton, brisebois, candella, tryamkin, gudbranson
pp specialist prospect: subban, stetcher
1g prospect: demko

Think it's still early to write off Horvat and virtanen as having top line potential.

[highfive]

It's still early to write off any prospects as top line potential. Remmeber... The Sedins were sisters who would never be more than second liners. Kesler is a 3rd line checking centre at best.

I believe that every player who makes it to the NHL has decent skills and can score at a certain level, it's a matter of their character and their willingness to work hard and make the next step. Every top players out enormous efforts in the offseason to get better. Unless your name is evander Kane.. Lol jk. He does put work in the offseason I think. He's always at Richmond ice centre.

[jeedee]

Unless your name is evander Kane.. Lol jk. He does put work in the offseason I think.

Doubt that he's focused on hockey this off-season when he's being accused of physically harassing 2 women at a bar a few days ago lol

Bylsma not pleased to see Kane back in negative headlines | theScore.com (http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1049742)

[Mike Oxbig]

Kane is destined to be in Las Vegas

[Jmac]

It's still early to write off any prospects as top line potential. Remmeber... The Sedins were sisters who would never be more than second liners. Kesler is a 3rd line checking centre at best.

I believe that every player who makes it to the NHL has decent skills and can score at a certain level, it's a matter of their character and their willingness to work hard and make the next step. Every top players out enormous efforts in the offseason to get better. Unless your name is evander Kane.. Lol jk. He does put work in the offseason I think. He's always at Richmond ice centre.
Kovalev :fuckthatshit:

Anyways, yeah, most players you really don't know what you have until they're well into their 20s.

[6o4__boi]

some tidbits

sources saying Lucic unlikely to sign in Van (thank god)
Canucks have some interest in Vanek...will pursue big names in Free Agency and will circle back to Vanek if unable to land any of the big names.

Have to think Canucks will be going all in Lucic/Eriksson though...doesn't seem to be much interest in Okposo.

[6o4__boi]

Looks like Burr stayin

Higgins on waivers for the purpose of buy out :awwyeah:

[Jmac]

Looks like Burr stayin

Higgins on waivers for the purpose of buy out :awwyeah:
IIRC, when I did the math, we would've only saved about $0.3M by buying out Burrows instead of Higgins because of the contract structure differences.

No more My Higga memes :okay:

[highfive]

Best news today is Glenn Healy and pj stock gone next season! Sportsnet let them go. Lol woooo!

[6o4__boi]

wow they're really set on making HNIC great again

[SumAznGuy]

IIRC, when I did the math, we would've only saved about $0.3M by buying out Burrows instead of Higgins because of the contract structure differences.

No more My Higga memes :okay:

But it makes the most sense of the 2 because Higgy only has 1 year left on his contract while Burrs has 2 years left.
So cap hit wise, the difference isn't there, but for term 2 years for Higgies vs 4 years for Burr's contract.

[6o4__boi]

Pat Quinn into the Hall of Fame today

https://twitter.com/HockeyHallFame/status/747513621773590528


Emerson Etem re-signs a year deal with the canucks
1 year 1 way...$775K

http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=887601&hootPostID=277d83a6fb3599a824e3a3f93f7b7456

[dbaz]

But it makes the most sense of the 2 because Higgy only has 1 year left on his contract while Burrs has 2 years left.
So cap hit wise, the difference isn't there, but for term 2 years for Higgies vs 4 years for Burr's contract.

burrows has 1 year left. but his buyout would be more because of salary. possibly because he's 35+ now as well?

etem qo at 775k is decent.
Brett Connolly didn't get a qo offer from bruins. would be interesting if we could acquire his rights and get him in the AHL next year to centre virtanen

[SumAznGuy]

burrows has 1 year left. but his buyout would be more because of salary. possibly because he's 35+ now as well?

Definitely has nothing to do with his age because the contract was signed before he was 35.
You are right, Burrs only has 1 year left on his contract.
I guess it was a hockey move.

[6o4__boi]

Brett Connolly didn't get a qo offer from bruins. would be interesting if we could acquire his rights and get him in the AHL next year to centre virtanen

what....

u mean Landon Ferraro?

Brett Connolly is a RW
...and a 6th overall pick like that other local boy...
and also injury-prone
:fuckthatshit:

i wouldn't mind Landon Ferraro as a 4th line centre at the right price

[sonick]

what....

u mean Landon Ferraro?

Brett Connolly is a RW
...and a 6th overall pick like that other local boy...
and also injury-prone
:fuckthatshit:

i wouldn't mind Landon Ferraro as a 4th line centre at the right price

:suspicious:

[6o4__boi]

:suspicious:

i meant to quote him when he said acquire Connolly to center Virtanen in the AHL...which was the what

[dbaz]

who the fuck am I thinking of then lol. must of confused with another rfa

[6o4__boi]

who the fuck am I thinking of then lol. must of confused with another rfa

Ben Sexton and Landon Ferraro?
both weren't offered QO's by the Bruins
both are AHL centres imo...Ben Sexton played for the Vees it looks like

[dbaz]

merged my connolly's. was thinking center cuz of Tim connolly. still he wouldn't be bad for the farm team

[Jmac]

burrows has 1 year left. but his buyout would be more because of salary. possibly because he's 35+ now as well?

etem qo at 775k is decent.
Brett Connolly didn't get a qo offer from bruins. would be interesting if we could acquire his rights and get him in the AHL next year to centre virtanen
His buyout would be about the same (~$0.3M like I said) because Burrows had a front-loaded contract while Higgins was paid the same every year.

The cap hit is AAV + Buyout$ - Salary

Higgins had 1 year remaining with a $2.5M cap hit, $2.5M owed in salary. The buyout would be 2/3 of remaining salary spread over double the term (so 1/3 each year for 2 years, or $0.833M

2.5 + 0.833 - 2.5 = $0.833M, which saves the Canucks $1.67M in cap hit this year, but they'll be penalized $0.833M next season.

Burrows had 1 year remaining with a $4.5M cap hit, $3.0M owed in salary. The buyout would be $1M x 2 years.

4.5 + 1 - 3 = $2.5M, which saves the Canucks $2.0M in cap hit this season, but they'll be penalized $1.0M next season.

[blkgsr]

higgins bought out

[dbaz]

mtl signs Shaw 6 years. 3.9mil per. ouch

[Obsideon]

That deal is not too bad he's a proven workhorse and he was asking for north of $4.5?

[jeedee]

3:09

lol Canucks 3rd round pick wasn't present / didn't even bother to show up at the draft?

https://youtu.be/y76Wijvv2fA

[Jmac]

A lot of kids don't come to the draft if they're expected to be a late-round pick (he was projected to be anywhere from a mid-3rd to a mid-7th according to his prospect page). It's expensive to make the trip.

[Ch28]

Canucks now have 11.3 million in salary cap room with today's buyout of Chris Higgins. Freeing up that room for Stamkos

[dbaz]

lol linden "ill call!" prob cut out the next part "see jim, i told you i could do something relative to my position"

[jeedee]

A lot of kids don't come to the draft if they're expected to be a late-round pick (he was projected to be anywhere from a mid-3rd to a mid-7th according to his prospect page). It's expensive to make the trip.

I just got a good laugh at Benning's clueless reaction when he found out Lockwood wasn't there :lol

[Jmac]

Mayor Moonbeam reportedly talked to Lucic about signing in Vancouver.

[6o4__boi]

Mayor Moonbeam reportedly talked to Lucic about signing in Vancouver.

Let me google that for you (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=desperate)

[highfive]

Maybe he will name a bike lane after Lucic. The "milan I'm going to fucking kill you lucic way"

[6o4__boi]

https://twitter.com/Real_ESPNLeBrun/status/747837528456204289

the Dim Jim tax

[elite_baller46]

lol nearly half of the team r kids now. it be interesting to see what happens in the future. doomed

[originalhypa]

Mayor Moonbeam reportedly talked to Lucic about signing in Vancouver.

I was at Kinetic clinics in Burnaby last year for my back injury. They specialize in sports medicine, and have a ton of clients who are NHL players. As I walked out of my appointment, I recognized the guy coming in after me. It was Lucic, and damn, he is a huge man.

It was around the time the Bruins didn't make the playoffs, so I didn't ask him any smartass questions. But he spends a lot of time in the lower mainland already.

It would be cool to see Lucic in a Canucks uniform. But if there is any chance that we could get Stammer, I'd go all in on that.

[6o4__boi]

I don't think that's in doubt.
Everyone would love to see Lucic bring his game and his snarly personality to the Canucks, myself included.

What's making that impossible is the term he's asking for.
I'd be ok with committing a fairly big cap hit to him for a 2-3 year deal, at the most 4 years. He wants a long term (6+ years) big bucks contract that just doesn't fit in with the direction the Canucks should be going. That and I'd be willing to put money that he'll pretty much be an ineffective 4th liner by the time the last couple of years of a long term contract kicks in.

[dbaz]

www.twitter.com/NEWS1130Sports/status/747808917472817152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://i.imgflip.com/16l4qb.jpg

[jeedee]

Hmm...

https://twitter.com/GenePrincipe/status/747826129952718848

[RCubed]

^Demers and Lucic were checking out the new Rogers place building in Edmonton today.

[dbaz]

reports are he has already agreed to a contract with the oilers

[Armind]

They can have Lucic, give us Stamkos! :alonehappy:

[highfive]

Hmm...

https://twitter.com/GenePrincipe/status/747826129952718848

I'm surprised about Edmonton. As exciting as McDavid is, I don't see Edmonton contending for a cup anytime soon.

Still too weak on defence and goaltending is so so.

Play a whole season in Edmonton just to play with McDavid? lol

That being said, it's teams like Edmonton who can give Lucic the term and money he wants on his last contract.

[murd0c]

Edmonton makes complete sense, they just need to move a couple guys which they have been trying and they should be a great team.

[sonick]

Lucic will be a great mentor for the kids.

[Liquid_o2]

The last thing Edmonton needs is forwards. But on the other hand, Lucic is a completely different player than RNH, Yakupov, McDavid, Eberle, etc.

Still no idea who is going to play defense on that team.

It will sting a bit at the start, but I'm sure Canucks fans won't be crying in a couple years when Lucic' production drops and the Oilers are still paying him $6+ million a year.

[6o4__boi]

https://twitter.com/NEWS1130Sports/status/747808917472817152

Vern Fiddler?
lol wtf

[pastarocket]

Lucic is denying that he signed with the Oilers. He says it's "bullshit". :fuckthatshit:

Milan Lucic denies he has reached agreement with Oilers - Sportsnet.ca (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/milan-lucic-denies-reached-agreement-oilers/)

[CRS]

Sportsnet is such a terrible source of information.

Their "insiders" are just as bad Eklund.

[dbaz]

fucking edm rumors are all over the place. former edm journal writer says he was informed they will be signing both lucic and demers. couple other reporters saying the same
boston writer says lucic said its bullshits
stauffer says anah is the place lucic wants to go

[6o4__boi]

Hopefully he signs the long ass deal with the Oilers and that he's only saying bullshit cus it's not July 1 yet

[Infiniti]

Keep the tank going! lets get some more high draft picks..

[Armind]

:fuckthatshit:

Keep the tank going! lets get some more high draft picks..

[UFO]

At least looch knows how to keep his mouth shut. Maybe Benning gave him a tip during their meeting

[nah]

https://twitter.com/Real_ESPNLeBrun/status/747837528456204289

the Dim Jim tax

Aquaman isn't going to be happy with him...you know how many blueberries he'll have to sell to pay that off? PogChamp

[6o4__boi]

interesting bit on Jacob Trouba and the Bruins apparently planning to offer sheet

if they somehow managed to get him signed under $5.4M AAV the compensation is just a first round pick and a third round pick which would be a bargain for an emerging stud dman

in comparison, Seth Jones just signed a 6 year contract at $5.4 AAV
no way Trouba is worth the same as Jones so the compensation for the offer sheet would actually be worth it

[SumAznGuy]

Mason Raymond on waivers to be bought out.

[Nabatron]

I wish more GMs did the offer sheet route ie JB I mean yah we would lose some picks but if that means picking up a stud dman or forward I am all for it!

[Nabatron]

If we couldn't get looch or ericsson what would your guys next best option would be? My pick would be ladd and brouwer! I would like ladd on the team sole purpose would be for him to beat the shit out of kesler every game haha

[Mike Oxbig]

offer sheet lindhom from ducks

[6o4__boi]

Boedker, Okposo or Perron

one of Staal, Backes for leadership purposes if possible
Staal is a bit of a gamble but if he could be had for a decent cap hit, i think the change in scenery might bring back his game
Backes, because...if Lucic couldn't be had, Backes is the next best thing and has better leadership qualities.

[murd0c]

Issue is Backes is hes 32 and has LOTS of miles on his body

[Nabatron]

staal seems like he is done and just plays for the pay cheque, backes a lot of miles on his body and he is 32...don't mind everyone else but not a fan of helm..

[6o4__boi]

i get the feeling that Canucks will strike out on all the big name FA's
and will probably have to settle for the recycle bin of FA from July 2nd onwards

i mean, as a player now i wouldn't want to sign in Van...haha
aging core, front office seem incompetent, no clear plan for the future, a meh collection of prospects, no luck, a meddling owner, fickle fans, and a huge chunk of my paycheque goes towards housing

:fuckthatshit:

[Nabatron]

If I was a free agent and Van was wanting me in my deal I would want my house paid for by ownership lol

[murd0c]

A part of me wants the Canucks not to land anyone big and we have another shitty season so we can build our prospect pool again except knowing our luck Jim Dim will trade away all the draft picks like he did last season.

[tonyzoomzoom]

Agreed. UFAs rarely work out (especially with long contracts that extend well past their prime) for teams that aren't playoff contenders.

I rather just be patient and build through the draft.

[Verdasco]

If I was a free agent and Van was wanting me in my deal I would want my house paid for by ownership lol

this is normal.... they dont want you living somewhere unsafe where you can get injured / kidnapped brah


spending 7 million on a player, i want to guarded at all cost

[604778]

https://twitter.com/CanucksNow/status/748219119644737536

[dbaz]

i really only see 3 options for the offseason

do nothing and tank for patrick

get stamkos, and wait til sedins contracts run out so cap can be spent better + youth playing better +the addition of boeser and maybe juuolevi in the lineup

sign vanek and one of eriksson/lucic. then hope vanek can somehow spark a second line

[6o4__boi]

after this season...i'm not even gonna hold out hope for a top 3 pick even if we tank

We have such a shitty luck with anything that even if we finish dead last in the NHL next season, we'll probably end up picking 4th overall

[7seven]

https://twitter.com/simmonssteve/status/748220020476510208

Leafs walking a very fine line by having Canadian Tire CEO attend the meeting, would be cap circumvention if Leafs arrange endorsement deal between Canadian Tire and Stamkos or raise in any current endorsement deals. Canadian Tire does own the the parent company of SportChek which already has an existing endorsement deal with Stamkos, but any dealings with that business should be conducted separate from meetings with teams.

[highfive]

EDM and NJD appear to be edging closer to completion of a trade involving Taylor Hall. Could be imminent. Not official yet.

Oh shit. Looks like lucic is going to Edmonton!

[7seven]

Rumors of Larsson for Hall deal during the draft almost happening.

Oilers essentially moving out Hall to sign Lucic, to me doesn't seem like a good idea, Hall>>>>>Lucic. If the net result was Lucic & Larsson for Hall, that might be a bit easier to accept for Oilers' fans, if its anything less, that will be brutal.

[dbaz]

for larsson?

[sonick]

@TSNRyanRishaug
The Oilers have traded Taylor Hall

Edit: 1:1 Hall for Larsson according to gene principe

[6o4__boi]

haha awesome
looking forward to seeing Edmonton find new creative ways to fuck themselves for another few years

[7seven]

Chiarelli has now traded the top 2 picks from the 2010 draft, Hall and Seguin

[dbaz]

they gotta be moving one of draistal/rnh to the wing then?
lucic-mcdavid-eberle
rnh-draistal-pulj
?

[6o4__boi]

edmonton fan boards are lulz right now

[RCubed]

Everyone calling in on Stauffer freaking out haha

[dbaz]

CHED - Edmonton, AB - Listen Online (http://tunein.com/radio/630-CHED-s31157/)
http://player.tsn1260.ca/
listen for the luls

[7seven]

If Oilers end up giving Lucic $6mil + cap hit on 6-7 year deal on top of this, oh my hahaha

[6o4__boi]

would laugh so fucking hard if Lucic ends up signing anywhere else

[Liquid_o2]

Wow. So Oilers ended up trading the player that they shouldn't have gotten rid of. Hall was probably their best forward aside from McDavid. RNH should have been shipped off instead.

I guess with Puljujarvi coming in, they felt that a winger was expendable.

[6o4__boi]

https://twitter.com/RealKyper/status/748242391677681664

PogChamp

[dbaz]

well they needed to get rid of hall somehow. been rumors of his bad attitude in the room for awhile now

[sonick]

https://twitter.com/RealKyper/status/748243295504052225

Subban for Weber

Confirmed:

https://twitter.com/Real_ESPNLeBrun/status/748244992188002305

[dbaz]

new rumor of subban for shea weber

[6o4__boi]

WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Subban for Weber

[RCubed]

SUBBAN FOR WEBER WTF

[7seven]

I like this for Montreal, IMO Weber >>> Subban, Subban cannot be trusted to not make boneheaded plays in his own zone.

[dbaz]

mckenzie saying stamkos will stay in tbay. looks like it was either toronto or nothing, and didnt like it

[6o4__boi]

https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/748244332017238016

wow...what. a. day.

[OGCStrike]

everything is happening today. :drunk:

[highfive]

I don't know if today was more entertaining or the last two episodes of game of thrones