[bobbinka]

velvetypoliticaldodo

Makar just got 6yrs @ $9mil :pokerface:

[RiceIntegraRS]

After the Heiskanen n Makar deals, i feel like Hughes will get alil more than he would of gotten before those deals were signed. Benning has alot of work to do, signing Petey, Hughes, Garland, Dickinson. And possibly moving Holtby, Schmidt and finding a 4C and Right side D

[6thGear.]

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/canucks-place-jake-virtanen-unconditional-waivers-purposes-buyout/sn-amp/

End of shotgun Jake

[whitev70r]

Jake, don't spend the buyout $$ ... you may need it in your civil suit.

[6thGear.]

Some team will give Jake a shot. Too much untapped potential. I honestly rooted for the guy hoping he'd pan out. When he's on his game he's arguably the best player on the ice. Such a waste of talent if he doesn't sort his shit out

[CRS]

Some team will give Jake a shot. Too much untapped potential. I honestly rooted for the guy hoping he'd pan out. When he's on his game he's arguably the best player on the ice. Such a waste of talent if he doesn't sort his shit out

No team in the NHL will take him given his current civil situation.

He best go to the KHL where he can be friends with Leipsic.

[mb_]

What a waste of talent, the skill was there but it was no one's fault but his own.

[6thGear.]

No team in the NHL will take him given his current civil situation.

He best go to the KHL where he can be friends with Leipsic.

Never say never. Evander Kane with his issues still has a job. Patrick Kane after his Taxi incident and his rape case still played. Granted those 2 players gave on ice results. Like I said if he sorts his shit and gets his act together someone will give him a shot

[Hondaracer]

The problem is, everyone knows he’s too dumb to ever reach his full potential. He’s not the type of player that just has to go shoot pucks in his garage to take his game to the next level. He’s likely already peaked

So you’re signing a player you know is going to be a bottom 6 forward who is also a defensive liability

[CRS]

Never say never. Evander Kane with his issues still has a job. Patrick Kane after his Taxi incident and his rape case still played. Granted those 2 players gave on ice results. Like I said if he sorts his shit and gets his act together someone will give him a shot

There's no way anyone signs him this season.

[68style]

Bergevin should sign him as a mentor for Mailloux

[mb_]

Bergevin should sign him as a mentor for Mailloux

:lawl:

[highfive]

Looking at the kraken. How they could’ve picked up Dillon who was traded for 2 x 2nd rounders or Jake bean 1x 2nd rounder. I wonder if Seattle got blackballed by the rest of the gms after Vegas draft.

[pastarocket]

Vegas trades Fleury to the Blackhawks.

I guess the Golden Knights couldn't trust Fleury anymore in the playoffs especially with the puck mishandling in the West Final against the Habs? LUL

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/golden-knights-trade-marc-andre-fleury-blackhawks/

[whitev70r]

^ Woe ... where is the respect for a vet? His salary is a bit on the heavy side ... $6M. If Fleury retires instead of going to Chicago ... there must be recapture penalty for Vegas, right?

[6thGear.]

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/golden-knights-trade-marc-andre-fleury-blackhawks/sn-amp/

Fleury traded to Blackhawks

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/vancouver-canucks-nate-schmidt-rejects-trade-to-winnipeg-jets/wcm/0d547aa6-89f6-466f-ad0d-9666c99b2d5c/amp/

Schmidt rejects trade to Jets. How weird it would feel in the locker room come the start of the season with his teammates knowing he doesn't want to be there


Also sounds like Luke Schenn coming back for a 2nd stint. Reported 2 yr deal

[whitev70r]

^ JB gave Schmidt a NMC list of teams? Brilliant!

[pastarocket]

Interesting. :considered:

Elliotte Friedman
@FriedgeHNIC
One thing to watch here: there were rumblings Marc-Andre Fleury might choose to retire if traded from Vegas — for family reasons. Not certain how it will all play out

[Hondaracer]

What’s with the Schmidt situation like you sign this deal and instantly want out? Guy seems like a clown

[CRS]

Sounds like Canucks are going to buyout Holtby.

Garland sounds like he'll get a 4.95 million for 5 years.

I'm down for both of these. hahaha

https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/1420057188534427649

[6thGear.]

Didn't Schmidt sign his contract with Vegas prior to being traded here? His NMC would be given to him from Vegas

[6thGear.]

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/canucks-holtby-oilers-neal-sharks-jones-waivers-buy/sn-amp/
Holtby on waivers for buyout confirmed

[Hondaracer]

I think aqualini finally said enough floundering snd we have to get fans engaged again or else the tail spin would continue.

Not to say these signings will push us over the top but it’s a start

[Infiniti]

Another cap recapture next year and a Petey offer sheet incoming..

[68style]

What’s with the Schmidt situation like you sign this deal and instantly want out? Guy seems like a clown

So much agree, obviously we don’t know what’s happening in the background but everything we can see shows this guy is a fuckin 2 faced flake

People forget real fast about his “I’m not guilty!” PED scandal and playing in Switzerland for awhile because of it too… seems like a selfish bitch

[murd0c]

The Garland signing is such a massive win. Getting him under 5 is incredible!! Best part is if we signed Toffoli last summer this wouldn't of happened. Garland is younger, a lot quicker and has so many intangibles that Toffoli doesn't have it makes it worth not signing him now.

[murd0c]

^ JB gave Schmidt a NMC list of teams? Brilliant!

That list was already there when he signed his contract with Vegas before the Canucks traded for him last summer.

[murd0c]

Another cap recapture next year and a Petey offer sheet incoming..

I really think Seattle is going to sign Petey to a massive offer sheet which the Canucks won't be able to match and I have been saying that this entire time. Talk about a perfect way to start a rivalry and to get a star player.

[pastarocket]

Dim Jim better get move quickly and talk to Petey's agent!



Show Petey the money! Get a deal done for Petey.



Don't give the Krak heads an opportunity to give an offer sheet to Petey.

https://media4.giphy.com/media/7B71Ci4KE3m0/giphy.gif

[6thGear.]

Didn't the Canucks already qualify Petey? Can he still get offeersheet?

[68style]

Didn't the Canucks already qualify Petey? Can he still get offeersheet?

Yes qualifying offer just prevents you from becoming a UFA... he has to sign the offer to be ineligible for offer sheets.

[murd0c]

Didn't the Canucks already qualify Petey? Can he still get offeersheet?

That is correct, being qualified basiclly means nothing other then they are still trying to work out a deal. In the mean time any team can jump in with an offer sheet.

This is how the numbers work on offer sheets

$6,166,097 - $8,221,463 - 1 First Round Pick, 1 Second Round Pick, 1 Third Round Pick

$8,221,464 - $10,276,829 - 2 First Round Picks, 1 Second Round Pick, 1 Third Round Pick

$10,276,830 - 4 First Round Picks

Since these numbers and picks have come out every team has matched an offer sheet a player as signed. I love Petey have a jersey of his but man the way Seattle looks it might be worth it not to match an offer sheet if we would get the next 4 first round picks.

[punkwax]

I could see Miller’s grumpy ass not mixing well with Schmidt’s goofball act.

I have no sauce or insight but my gut feeling is that Miller has probably told him to shut the fuck up a time or two after a loss :lol

[pastarocket]

The Capitals showed the money to their captain:


https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/capitals-re-sign-alex-ovechkin-five-year-47-5m-contract/


5 year deal, 47.5 million.

Salary Cap hit: 9.5 million US


Alex Ovechkin

@ovi8

IÂ’M BACK DC !!!!! #ALLCAPS

[Liquid_o2]

The Garland signing is such a massive win. Getting him under 5 is incredible!! Best part is if we signed Toffoli last summer this wouldn't of happened. Garland is younger, a lot quicker and has so many intangibles that Toffoli doesn't have it makes it worth not signing him now.

I still don't know much about Garland, but what are the intangibles that he has over Toffoli? Toffoli seemed to be the perfect fit for the Canucks on the second line. And he signed for less in Montreal.

[6thGear.]

That is correct, being qualified basiclly means nothing other then they are still trying to work out a deal. In the mean time any team can jump in with an offer sheet.

This is how the numbers work on offer sheets

$6,166,097 - $8,221,463 - 1 First Round Pick, 1 Second Round Pick, 1 Third Round Pick

$8,221,464 - $10,276,829 - 2 First Round Picks, 1 Second Round Pick, 1 Third Round Pick

$10,276,830 - 4 First Round Picks

Since these numbers and picks have come out every team has matched an offer sheet a player as signed. I love Petey have a jersey of his but man the way Seattle looks it might be worth it not to match an offer sheet if we would get the next 4 first round picks.

As much as getting high picks back I feel not matching an offer sheet and letting Petey walk may fracture the psyche(sp) of the team. They let it known how unhappy they were losing Tanev and Marky. Maybe this is where the Sedins step in and convince Petey to take a bit less and stay and build a contender much like they did themselves

I still don't know much about Garland, but what are the intangibles that he has over Toffoli? Toffoli seemed to be the perfect fit for the Canucks on the second line. And he signed for less in Montreal.

For 1 thing he's much younger and much easier to trade given his cap hit and age if he doesn't work out

[highfive]

^Garland is a better skater. Toffoli is not as fast I believe.

Top 6 now is a lot faster than before. Only weak skater is boeser and/or pearson if he plays there.

[6thGear.]

Boesers skating may be a bit behind but I feel his hockey smarts makes up for it. 19/20 season where he scored "only" 16 goals he worked on all his other areas and it made him that much better in 20/21 when his shot was back

[Mike Oxbig]

Trade schmitd

Get josh manson

[pastarocket]

Pierre LeBrun’s tweet:

Canucks have to replace Holtby now. Hearing that pending UFA goalie Jaroslav Halak in among Vancouver's shortlist of targets
@TSNHockey @TheAthletic
8:49 AM · Jul 27, 2021


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[68style]

As much as getting high picks back I feel not matching an offer sheet and letting Petey walk may fracture the psyche(sp) of the team. They let it known how unhappy they were losing Tanev and Marky. Maybe this is where the Sedins step in and convince Petey to take a bit less and stay and build a contender much like they did themselves


I've found it strange how Petey has said numerous times he's never even met the Sedins... not sure they have much influence over his decision making

[sonick]

Makes sense that he's a risk to hold out on an offer sheet. Have you seen Petey's wrist game? AP Royal Oak Chronos don't come cheap.

[Hondaracer]

I could see Miller’s grumpy ass not mixing well with Schmidt’s goofball act.

I have no sauce or insight but my gut feeling is that Miller has probably told him to shut the fuck up a time or two after a loss :lol

I’m sure it’s an act that wears thin quickly

[Infiniti]

Makes sense that he's a risk to hold out on an offer sheet. Have you seen Petey's wrist game? AP Royal Oak Chronos don't come cheap.

Thats what I'd be doing if I was Petey.

[Alpine]

It's ridiculous that Petey has not been signed yet. He should be priority #1. JB is probably trying to get him to sign a 5-6M bridge contract like Boeser did.

[AzNightmare]

Wow, one of the best players this franchise has had in a really long time and there is consideration Canucks might lose him?

FFS
:facepalm:

[68style]

As little faith as I have in GMJB, I am sure it's pretty much the only thing he's working on right now.

Remember the last big Sedins contract? Last minute flight to Sweden to make it happen.

[AzNightmare]

I thought he's busy trying to trade Schmidt.
Probably a higher priority for Jimbo.


and there's this
https://twitter.com/taj1944/status/1420147852416745472

[sonick]

Credit where credit is due, I was impressed by the Garland/OEL trade he pulled off. Despite a lot of non-vancouver hockey circles saying Canucks lost the trade, a lot of Vancouver media is saying it was a solid move and significantly upgraded the Top 9 by adding in Garland.

[highfive]

Credit where credit is due, I was impressed by the Garland/OEL trade he pulled off. Despite a lot of non-vancouver hockey circles saying Canucks lost the trade, a lot of Vancouver media is saying it was a solid move and significantly upgraded the Top 9 by adding in Garland.

What I noticed are former players or former executives likes the deal for the Canucks and feel it's a complete win. Even some media members feels the same. Then there are the regular media folks who talks about the end years of the OEL contract.

How I see it is this.

Taking Edlers $6 mil and Sutter $4.6 mil ($10.6) for Garland $4.95m and OEL $7.25m ($12.2M). At the same time take away $12m of dead capspace of Louie, roussel, and beagle. for draft picks.

Team is better overall. Just need to refine the back end.

[6thGear.]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1420156656856469506?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcam p%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Meanwhile lol.

Schmidt waiving nmc wonder what we're getting back

[Obsideon]

Schmidt already refused a trade to the Jets when he was on the Golden Knights. I guess it's telling that he was willing to accept the trade to Vancouver.
I can see that he doesn't want to stay in Canada anymore, true bred MURICA!

[pastarocket]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1420156656856469506?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcam p%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Meanwhile lol.

Schmidt waiving nmc wonder what we're getting back


We just get a draft pick from the Jets. LUL

Once complete, the Jets send a 3rd round pick in 2022 to Vancouver for Schmidt.

Darren Dreger
@DarrenDreger
Pending the trade call the Winnipeg Jets and Vancouver Canucks are completing a trade that sends Nate Schmidt to the Jets. Schmidt has to waive his NTC to facilitate.


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[sonick]

Amusing/insightful tweets

https://twitter.com/ThomasDrance/status/1420158205942931462

https://twitter.com/ThomasDrance/status/1420158469135474688

https://twitter.com/j_mcelroy/status/1420158493546336260

[Obsideon]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1420156656856469506?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcam p%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Meanwhile lol.

Schmidt waiving nmc wonder what we're getting back

Well this is confusing, he repeatedly said he didn't want to go there... lol this will be very interesting...
Looks like a 3rd rounder coming back.

[AzNightmare]

Amusing/insightful tweets


https://twitter.com/j_mcelroy/status/1420158493546336260

Jimbo and that CTRL+Z

[highfive]

They need to sign a top 4 right side dman. Should throw some money at Hamilton! I wonder if we have enouhg space for him

[6thGear.]

Well this is confusing, he repeatedly said he didn't want to go there... lol this will be very interesting...
Looks like a 3rd rounder coming back.

His choices were either waive and leave here to Winnipeg or sit in the dressing room the whole season where no one likes you

[Expresso]

hahahah this is hilarious. Imagine living in WPG...

His choices were either waive and leave here to Winnipeg or sit in the dressing room the whole season where no one likes you
They wouldn't have sat him. He's still capable of playing.

[68style]

^ He would have still sat in the dressing room with the guys in every game he played

[AzNightmare]

I thought he hated them, not the other way around.
But who knows.

[bobbinka]

yea, but maybe that means he really wanted to GTFO of here

[68style]

Where there’s smoke there’s fire:

“I’ve been through some trials and tribulations in my life, especially the last couple of years, and even for someone who thrives on being positive,” admitted Schmidt. “The other day, Millsy (J.T. Miller) said he didn’t want to be around me anymore, but in a good way. He said: ‘I can’t help you today, I’ve got to move on. I need five minutes from you.’”

[sonick]

Where there’s smoke there’s fire:

“I’ve been through some trials and tribulations in my life, especially the last couple of years, and even for someone who thrives on being positive,” admitted Schmidt. “The other day, Millsy (J.T. Miller) said he didn’t want to be around me anymore, but in a good way. He said: ‘I can’t help you today, I’ve got to move on. I need five minutes from you.’”

I remember seeing a tweet somewhere (or was it a post here?) how serious JT Miller probably was in no mood for Schmidt's joking antics after losses, probably just clashing of personalities.

[punkwax]

I could see Miller’s grumpy ass not mixing well with Schmidt’s goofball act.

I have no sauce or insight but my gut feeling is that Miller has probably told him to shut the fuck up a time or two after a loss :lol

You read it here. Called that shit.

Personally I don’t think it’s too positive of a thing that Miller’s attitude can drive players away. He probably needs to be put in his place a little as well. Where’s Pat Quinn when you need him?

[Obsideon]

From the outside looking in I would prefer someone who takes losses (too) seriously rather than someone who was laughing it off. But I can also see how it can be bad for morale.

[Obsideon]

Well for one thing, all these off-season moves gave me a small itch to possibly grab the newest NHL game.
Or maybe I'll dust off my old one and just update the rosters since it's the same same every year. I wonder if it still works ...

[whitev70r]

Schmidt's schtick ... his constant non-stop talking/chirping can get on people's nerves after a while. I bet it's not only Millsy.

[punkwax]

^you’re probably right but Miller is the surly one that can’t internalize it :lol

[rb]

Last EA NHL game I touched was NHL06 and that was because I worked on it. I remember we worked til late after the draft to input Sidney Crosby into the game with the correct jersey and info. #coolstorybro

[pastarocket]

Latest free agent signings:

Brandon Sutter will return to the team, according to multiple reports, but at a reduced rate from his previous contract. The new contract, which was reported by Thomas Drance of The Athletic and confirmed by TSN’s Bob McKenzie, is a one-year deal worth $1.125 million.


The other free agent signing is Jaroslav Halak, according to ESPN’s Kevin Weekes. The 36-year-old Slovakian is set to sign a $1.5 million contract to replace Braden Holtby as Vancouver’s backup goaltender. The deal, Weekes reports, also carries $1.5 million in potential performance bonuses.


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[68style]

^ That's really good, they were reporting Halak would be $3M+ straight salary cap hit yesterday!

I'll take Sutter as the 4th line C for $1 mill... he performed pretty well last year

[CRS]

Hamonic back for 2 years at 3 million per.

[Hondaracer]

I’ve been fine with Sutter the last couple years as he is a reliable, useful, player that can play in multiple situations. Even if he was overpaid at least he was a utility player. Fine to have him back as I don’t think there were too many Better options especially at that price for a 3/4 C

[68style]

Hamonic became pretty much our best defensive dman toward the end of the season... 3 mill is a bit pricy but I think he's necessary given the type of other dmen we have

[highfive]

Wow...you know what as much shit as aquaman takes. He is spending the money.

Nic Petan 750/450 2 way deal.

He would get paid $450k to play in Abbotsford?

[6thGear.]

Well Hamonic was on a show me deal last season.

Hughes Hamonic
OEL Myers
Rathbone Schenn
7th D??? (I know I'm missing someone)

[6thGear.]

Wow...you know what as much shit as aquaman takes. He is spending the money.

Nic Petan 750/450 2 way deal.

He would get paid $450k to play in Abbotsford?

1 thing Aquaman can't take flack on is spending money and as much as people say he's a meddling owner he's got a right when he's opening up his cheque book.

[highfive]

Well Hamonic was on a show me deal last season.

Hughes Hamonic
OEL Myers
Rathbone Schenn
7th D??? (I know I'm missing someone)


Hughes Hamonc
OEL Myers
Juolevi Poolman
Rathbone Schenn

[SumAznGuy]

Well Hamonic was on a show me deal last season.

Hughes Hamonic
OEL Myers
Rathbone Schenn
7th D??? (I know I'm missing someone)

Poolman and Juolevi

[Hondaracer]

Dunno about Poolman, seems like a typical JB move to pay a player 120% of what they are worth..

Although Schenn is kinda lumbering and slow I don’t mind the addition, a veteran bigger body

[6thGear.]

Poolman and Juolevi

Right..Juolevi forgot about that guy

Dunno about Poolman, seems like a typical JB move to pay a player 120% of what they are worth..

Although Schenn is kinda lumbering and slow I don’t mind the addition, a veteran bigger body

I think Schenn is back just to get Rathbone settled. Hughes already stated how much Schenn helped him when they were paired

[pastarocket]

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[Teriyaki]

1 thing Aquaman can't take flack on is spending money and as much as people say he's a meddling owner he's got a right when he's opening up his cheque book.

Agreed. Guy is basically writing a blank cheque at this point with all the multi million buyouts. Can't fault him for not spending the bucks.

Benning sure is showing up to play ball this off season. Some people crumble with their job on the line, or they go into destruction mode to make their replacement look worse.

[highfive]

Dunno about Poolman, seems like a typical JB move to pay a player 120% of what they are worth..

Although Schenn is kinda lumbering and slow I don’t mind the addition, a veteran bigger body

Same. Money is ok but I don't get the term?

I would've paid $1 mil more for David Savard. But then I haven't watch poolman enough to say otherwise.

We do need some grittier bigger dman to defend. Look at the habs with weber, edmondson etc...

[Alpine]

I think Schenn is back just to get Rathbone settled. Hughes already stated how much Schenn helped him when they were paired

I don't think these types of comments are taken into consideration enough when GMs make trades. Synergy is real, and sometimes you just can't replicate chemistry, even if on paper, another player is superior/better.

Poolman played 22-24minutes on WPG, so from the looks of it he has the stay at home D for the first or second pairing... hopefully he plays well with OEL or Hughes..

[Durrann]

Kings have signed Alex Edler to a 1-year deal at $3.5M

Goodbye Edlers

[6thGear.]

I don't think these types of comments are taken into consideration enough when GMs make trades. Synergy is real, and sometimes you just can't replicate chemistry, even if on paper, another player is superior/better.

Poolman played 22-24minutes on WPG, so from the looks of it he has the stay at home D for the first or second pairing... hopefully he plays well with OEL or Hughes..

Maybe...guess we'll never really know

Kings have signed Alex Edler to a 2-year deal at $7M

Goodbye Edlers

1 yr deal
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/veteran-defenceman-alex-edler-agrees-one-year-contract-kings/

[sonick]

Benning stupid like a fox, has offer sheet covered

https://twitter.com/BatchHockey/status/1420483399974719488

[68style]

Sigh… Benning… nothing like telling other teams to fuck you just for fun

[whitev70r]

Holtby signs with Dallas for $2M ...one year. He did well, he'll be making like $6.5M including his buyout $$!

[pastarocket]

Big raise for Brayden Point.

Eight year, 76 million US contract extension.

9.5 million per year.


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[highfive]

Holtby signs with Dallas for $2M ...one year. He did well, he'll be making like $6.5M including his buyout $$!

I see both suter and holtby signed with Dallas. I wonder would they have more money since they're in a no tax state including their buyout money?

[SumAznGuy]

Dougie Hamilton 7 year 9M with NJD. WOW.

Biega to Toronto for 1 year league minimum.

What a crazy first day to Free agency

[68style]

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I feel with the disparity in taxation laws from place to place AND the currency differences, the salary cap should only count a form of post-tax dollars against the cap.

Vancouver, for example, literally has to pay someone 40% more than Tampa Bay would if the player was looking strictly at his bottom line (and I couldn’t fault him if that was the case to be honest).

[SkinnyPupp]

Benning stupid like a fox, has offer sheet covered

https://twitter.com/BatchHockey/status/1420483399974719488
Isn't he just stating the obvious? Not like he's going to say "We'll match offers but only to a certain point, I think Petey is kinda overrated actually"

[68style]

I liked Burke’s method better, threatening teams who might dare to offer sheet saying it would be open season on their players in return hahaha

[Mike Oxbig]

Isn't he just stating the obvious? Not like he's going to say "We'll match offers but only to a certain point, I think Petey is kinda overrated actually"

A true RW playing on Center banking on center money

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[SkinnyPupp]

I liked Burke’s method better, threatening teams who might dare to offer sheet saying it would be open season on their players in return hahaha
I don't know much about what goes on between GMs, but I wonder if there's some sort of unspoken agreement not to fuck with each others' RFAs.

[RiceIntegraRS]

I don't know much about what goes on between GMs, but I wonder if there's some sort of unspoken agreement not to fuck with each others' RFAs.

Fully expect Carolina to offer sheet Suzuki, Caufield or Kotkaniemi when they need new contracts.

Canuck signings

Halak - I like it
Schenn - I like it
Hamonic - Not bad
Sutter - Meh
Poolman - wtf is this shit

[AzNightmare]

I don't know much about what goes on between GMs, but I wonder if there's some sort of unspoken agreement not to fuck with each others' RFAs.

There probably is somewhat, "what goes around comes around."

But at the same time, "it's just business" can be applied too.

But so does "Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones".
Or whatever that saying is, lol.

[Alpine]

Hamonic - He was actually recovering from his injuries last year and as others have said, he was becoming one of our top D at the end of the season. 3m is fabulous for a 2nd pairing dude, especially vs. what some other D got. (elder at 3.5, Goligoski at 5 to name a few.)

Sutter - Can't go wrong with 1M for a 3rd/4th line C and PK. This is the type of $ we should be spending on our 3rd/4th line. Much better than the $3m beagles/roussels/etc...

Poolman - That's my reaction too lol. It looks like he played a lot with Morrissey which would account for the high # of minutes over the last few years. But according to WPG fans, he's nothing more than a 3rd pairing D... if that's true then he's the new JB special lol.

Also, some depth signings with Hunt, Dowling, Di Giuseppe, all on min contracts (thankfully).

[Alpine]

There probably is somewhat, "what goes around comes around."

But at the same time, "it's just business" can be applied too.

But so does "Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones".
Or whatever that saying is, lol.

Mutually assured destruction? lol.

[whitev70r]

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I feel with the disparity in taxation laws from place to place AND the currency differences, the salary cap should only count a form of post-tax dollars against the cap.

Vancouver, for example, literally has to pay someone 40% more than Tampa Bay would if the player was looking strictly at his bottom line (and I couldn’t fault him if that was the case to be honest).

I believe that all contract dollar terms are in US dollars so no currency difference, just the taxation in different countries/states.

[6thGear.]

Fully expect Carolina to offer sheet Suzuki, Caufield or Kotkaniemi when they need new contracts.

Canuck signings

Halak - I like it
Schenn - I like it
Hamonic - Not bad
Sutter - Meh
Poolman - wtf is this shit

AQ - OK Jim, I'll let you have 1 bad signing this season..

JB - OK I have contract already made up for Poolman

AQ - Who..??

JB - :badpokerface:

[punkwax]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-lvRYpHjbaE

[murd0c]

I must say this last week of hockey has been incredible. I'm beyond impressed with Benning right now, he wasn't stubborn owned up to his mistakes got rid of the players that needed to get rid of and signed players for mostly under value money which he hasn't done at all..

Also I'm so impressed the Canucks signed Danlia Klimovich who they just drafted in the second round, he even says he will be there at training camp and wants to make the team. When's the last time you saw a freshly drafted rookie say that?

[Infiniti]

I must say this last week of hockey has been incredible. I'm beyond impressed with Benning right now, he wasn't stubborn owned up to his mistakes got rid of the players that needed to get rid of and signed players for mostly under value money which he hasn't done at all..

Also I'm so impressed the Canucks signed Danlia Klimovich who they just drafted in the second round, he even says he will be there at training camp and wants to make the team. When's the last time you saw a freshly drafted rookie say that?

Yeah, he's not off the hook in my books and still deserves to be fired (my memory long). Those "mistakes" you are referring to should've never been made in the first place and need I remind you of his previous off-season.

[pastarocket]

If Benning can get contracts done for Petey and Hughes, he will be less of a “Dim Jim” to me. :lawl:


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[AzNightmare]

Also I'm so impressed the Canucks signed Danlia Klimovich who they just drafted in the second round, he even says he will be there at training camp and wants to make the team. When's the last time you saw a freshly drafted rookie say that?

Who's that? Is there some sort of hype for him?

[68style]

^ There was a big article after the draft with an interview from Ian Clark saying he thinks he can turn the guy into a NHL level goalie in like 2 weeks and that his intangibles are off the chart.

[68style]

I believe that all contract dollar terms are in US dollars so no currency difference, just the taxation in different countries/states.

Doesn't change the fact Canadian teams have to convert their less valuable currency to pay them

[Tim Budong]

Great Dim Jim moves, filling out the team and all the contracts are reasonable.
Even better if he gets the Huggy, EP and OJ thing done at reasonable dollars.

Let's not forget that Brock is entering the final year of his contract. A great asset.

[TjAlmeida]

^ There was a big article after the draft with an interview from Ian Clark saying he thinks he can turn the guy into a NHL level goalie in like 2 weeks and that his intangibles are off the chart.

Isn’t klimovich a forward? The goalie is koslenvuo I think.

[68style]

Isn’t klimovich a forward? The goalie is koslenvuo I think.

Shit you’re right my bad haha… interesting that he’s so gung-ho then

[spoon.ek9]

so the forward group is looking better than what it was. i think they indicated all along that the bottom 6 was going to be the big shake up. fully agree that sutter in the 4C slot with a lot less money is totally worth it and we will get full value and beyond on that contract.

boeser - petey - miller
garland - horvat - hoglander
podkolzin(?) - dickinson - pearson
motte - sutter - (?)

seems to be there's really only 1 unfilled/rotating door spot to fill on the 4th line.

[invader]

Hoglander will be on third pairing, Pearson got the big contract least year for a reason

[snowball]

Great Dim Jim moves, filling out the team and all the contracts are reasonable.
Even better if he gets the Huggy, EP and OJ thing done at reasonable dollars.

Let's not forget that Brock is entering the final year of his contract. A great asset.

Out of all the youngins we have, I feel like Brock will be the odd one out and be our 2022 trade deadline bait. :QQ:

[Alpine]

I think brock has fallen off of his original pace of development and we might be able to sign him longer term for 7-7.5m. At that price point I feel like he’s worth it. If we were to lose him we would have to replace him anyways, and we wouldn’t be able to replace him easily.

[Liquid_o2]

Brock led the team in goals and points last season. He has 94 pts over the last 113 games (2 seasons). Everyone is enamored with Petey and Hughes, but Boeser is one of the most important players we have. It would be a huge mistake IMO to even consider trading him.

[Hondaracer]

Yea Brock might have had one of his most effective seasons this past one

[highfive]

I wouldn't trade Brock, but his qualifying offer is $7.5 mil?

Plus who are the pure shooters for Petey? Look at the wingers Mcdavid got stuck with over the years.

[Alpine]

Brock is a great young player and he may have led the team in points but he isn't dynamic or a creator like hughes or pettersson are. Hughes and Pettersson are worth throwing everything and the kitchen sink at but Brock should be one tier below them (although I'm sure some team will offer him 9 if he were ever to hit the market as an UFA).

At this point it feels like JB is trying to get Hughes and Pettersson on a bridge contracts... I hope JB just gets it done without pissing the future of our team off but that Makar signing did him no favours...Rantanen too...

[Obsideon]

So is this Poolboy the new Roussell/Beagle of the team?
Seems like the signing came out of left field, all these great moves by Benning then he caps it off by throwing another 4-year contract at a relatively unknown plug.

Call me a casual but I have no idea who this guy is. A quick google has most sites had him pegged as a 3rd pairing stay-at-home defensemen at best, a dime a dozen in the league. What warrants the $10mil payday?

[AzNightmare]

Jimbo needed a stay-at-home and right hand shot dman.
When he saw Poolman fit those 2 criterias, he probably had an orgasm already without looking at anything else about him.

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/005/574/takemymoney.jpg

[highfive]

Hey. Gudbranson is still available lol

[68style]

I felt a lot better about Poolman after I saw Del Zotto sign for $2M a season

[BlackV62K2]

Dont like the 4 yr term for Poolman. Surprised DimJim didnt throw in NMC/NTC lol

[mb_]

https://twitter.com/KevinWeekes/status/1420786764160159745

Marian Hossa of 2020's? :troll:

[spoon.ek9]

Tampa better not fucking win a third cup lol

[Alpine]

Tampa better not fucking win a third cup lol

Any team with a top 3 goalie, a top 3 defenceman, and a top 5 forward has a pretty damn good chance in a playoff setting.
And I'm being extremely generous, as I think Vas is the best goalie, Hedman the best defenceman, and Kucherov is the 2nd/3rd best forward (after McDavid and tied with Mackinnon). Throw in Point who's probably top 10.

[68style]

Point gets underrated cuz he kinda half-asses his way though every regular season (you know he's capable of so much more)... then it's balls to the wall in the playoffs.

[MG1]

Halak looking forward to working with Ian Clark



This thread moves too fast, lol. It was probably mentioned before. Happened two days ago? Damn, one year deal......... cheap, cheap, cheap........

[whitev70r]

^ I think Halak will provide solid backup work and get maybe 50-75% of wins. This is the kind of goalie that JB should have been aiming for last year instead of Holtby ... but he used Aqualini's money to buy himself out of that gaffe.

[MG1]

Back to the Evander Kane story. I'm not sure what the background story is with the wife, but good on her for drawing attention to her husband's gambling addiction. Not sure if there's malice there or some hidden agenda, but man, when you have a child and your finances are in ruin, you have to get help somehow. For the sake of the child(ren). If she was family or a good friend, I'd try to convince her to leave the guy. Love him or not, bottom line is, it's going to be a nightmare to go through life with someone who has no control. It's an addiction like any other. It's a form of mental illness. I hope he gets help. He's probably an asshole in real life, but still, he's hurting........... himself and others who care about him.

[BlackV62K2]

Lol Oilers sign Nurse to 8 years for 9.25 mil per year :lawl:

[whitev70r]

^ yah ... when I heard that ... was there really a demand for Nurse at that price, looked like a JB move.

[BlackV62K2]

Inb4 DimJim overpays cause he be like "No one can overpay players in the NHL except me"

[RiceIntegraRS]

Its crazy how much these defencemen are getting. Now were even more fucked cause Hughes camp will look for even more money. And Petey will want more cause hes arguably better than all theses guys. Even if they sign a bridge contract, the AAV has gone up now.....

[68style]

Nurse has ONE good statistical season riding McDavid's immense coattails every shift to an inflated plus/minus and points well above his norm... and the Oilers, based on that, send it?

Jesus... you watch the guy play he can't hit the net to save his life and makes horrible decisions with the puck in his own zone.

Edmonton really is committed to fucking up.

[spoon.ek9]

yeah that's very likely a contract that won't age well lol...

man, GMs are paying up the butt for defenseman this off season.

[whitev70r]

Ken Holland is getting senile.

[highfive]

https://twitter.com/canucks/status/1424155458235822083?s=21

It’s been a year. I do kinda miss tequila.

[AzNightmare]

Its crazy how much these defencemen are getting. Now were even more fucked cause Hughes camp will look for even more money. And Petey will want more cause hes arguably better than all theses guys. Even if they sign a bridge contract, the AAV has gone up now.....

Is there a reason why Benning is basically going to wait right before the season starts to lock up the contracts?

All this waiting just allowed time to see how over inflated other players are being signed now.

[pastarocket]

Vancouver Canucks General Manager Jim Benning announced today that the club has re-signed defenceman Olli Juolevi to a one-year contract at a value of $750,000.

“Last season was an important step in Olli’s development as an everyday NHL defenceman,” said Benning. “We’re glad to have him signed and look forward to his game progressing further next season.


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[RiceIntegraRS]

Awesome to see OJ re-signing but hes 8th in the depth chart atm......

[whitev70r]

Jon Cooper named Canada's Olympic head coach for Beijing. Good, no more Babcock!

[Alpine]

Lots of chatter about Pettersson's "I want to play for a winner" comment but I for one love it. It's refreshing to see someone upfront about a player's intentions, especially when it aligns with the fan base. As a bonus, if he wants to win, then he should also understand that he needs to take a little bit less than he should to build a winner.

[6thGear.]

Horvats comments are echoing through the team. Everyone's sick of losing but yet half the fanbase was ok with another throwaway season just to get Ericksson,Beagle and Roussell off the books.

[winson604]

Horvats comments are echoing through the team. Everyone's sick of losing but yet half the fanbase was ok with another throwaway season just to get Ericksson,Beagle and Roussell off the books.

I know personally I'm pretty sure I've made the comment on here that I was "ok with" another throw away season but really it was less "ok with" and more "expect and content with" because up until it actually happened I had zero faith in the ability of Jim to be able to get rid of those contracts on his own but shit I was proven wrong.

Not bugged by Peteys comments and I don't think anyone should take that as indication of not wanting to be here. I mean realistically unless someone trades a big contract away what winner has the money to even get him. Excited for the new season let's go boys!

[68style]

It's stupid for people to criticize his comments... what's a professional athlete supposed to say? "I just want to get paid a lot of money, I don't care if we are winning or not"

Imagine the shitstorm if he said that lol... but somehow I feel like some people are ASKING for him to say that

[Alpine]

Imagine being ripped by “fans” saying you want to win as a competitive athlete lol.

[whitev70r]

No issue with what Petey said, the BIG question is whether he thinks this is the team where he has that good chance of winning? The roster is better than last year for sure but is this team 3-4 years away realistically to contend for SC? And if he is willing to be part of the process. I mean look how Giannis stuck with it with the Bucks. Look at McDavid who hasn't even sniffed 2nd round playoffs ... not to mention all those 'star' players in Toronto who have more games under their belt than Petey. How long for Ovi before he won ... how many disappointing playoff exits?

[Alpine]

He doesn’t mean a guaranteed win, he means to be able to compete against the best (ie. make the playoffs and be competitive in them).

Giannis’s team made big moves to try and improve, and they were one of the top teams in the league. Same thing as Ovi. He always had a competitive team that was always at or near the top of the conference.
The McDavid or the Toronto situation is what Petey wants to avoid - a team that can squeak into the playoffs, but doesn’t really stand a chance.

I think JB’s bold moves this off-season is a step in the right direction for someone like petey.

[RiceIntegraRS]

I have no issues with what Petey said at all. Its pretty clear that this is about term. Petey wants options and GMJB doesnt want to let him walk to FA without buying UFA years. Pettersson is a pretty smart guy so he probably doesnt have that much faith in GMJB to make this team as competitive as he wants the team to be. But u dont have to be smart to figure that out. A major percentage of the fanbase thinks Benning is a terrible GM, u think petey is blind to this?

[6thGear.]

Management must realize they can't be wasting the prime years of this teams stars anymore. Who's to say that once Miller and Horvat contracts are up they won't walk if the team still stinks and Petey is stuck here with a bunch of plugs. I'd say good on Petey to speak up and to show his competitiveness

[68style]

Great little story of Jagr preparing to play next season at 50 years old...

https://www.si.com/hockey/news/jaromir-jagr-only-god-will-judge-me

My favourite line: "It's not easy anymore, believe me, because mostly during my career, I felt that if I wanted to score a goal, I would score. But suddenly, this doesn't work. I have to practise, pay more attention to it and not gain 120kg again"

What a boss. Imagine being so completely good at something that even at a professional level you just assume you can beat everyone if you decide to at any given moment.

[Mike Oxbig]

Shouldve traded Virtanen for Nicolas Deslauriers to protect the young core

We just need to get rid of Tyler Myers for a legit top 4 RHD and we will be true contenders.

[Infiniti]

We just need to get rid of Tyler Myers for a legit top 4 RHD and we will be true contenders.

Let me get this straight, you think the Canucks are legit contenders for the SC if they replace Tyler Myers with a top 4 rhd?

[spoon.ek9]

Let me get this straight, you think the Canucks are legit contenders for the SC if they replace Tyler Myers with a top 4 rhd?

:lol

[murd0c]

Shouldve traded Virtanen for Nicolas Deslauriers to protect the young core

We just need to get rid of Tyler Myers for a legit top 4 RHD and we will be true contenders.

Umm really? You know this isn't NHL 2021 right? lol

[Mike Oxbig]

Umm really? You know this isn't NHL 2021 right? lol

Tell me about Tyler Minors

[whitev70r]

Thornton 1 year to Florida Panthers .. chasing that dream.

https://www.tsn.ca/joe-thornton-florida-panthers-1.1681232

[68style]

Hahaha might as well go to Florida walk around shirtless all year not giving a fuck

Dirtbag Joe hahaha

[murd0c]

He's going to Florida to retire, can you blame him?

[spoon.ek9]

Dickinson signed for 3 years $2.65M AAV. According to capfriendly, that leaves us with $10.65M to split between Petey and Hughes. With Brock making $5.8M, that definitely doesn't seem fair for two cornerstone players of our franchise. Benning needs to fix this mess before we lose either or both of them.

Word is that term is the main issue outside of cap problems. Petey and Hughes want a contract that walks them to free agency. JB obviously wants to lock them up long term.

[Sw0op]

Dickinson signed for 3 years $2.65M AAV. According to capfriendly, that leaves us with $10.65M to split between Petey and Hughes. With Brock making $5.8M, that definitely doesn't seem fair for two cornerstone players of our franchise. Benning needs to fix this mess before we lose either or both of them.

Word is that term is the main issue outside of cap problems. Petey and Hughes want a contract that walks them to free agency. JB obviously wants to lock them up long term.

That number isn’t right as it includes like a 24 man roster without petey and Hughes signed…if they want to run 22 players they got about 17.3m not including ferlands cap hit…they can do at least one long term…maybe both but it’ll be tight

People are freaking out but not looking closer at the numbers

[spoon.ek9]

oh hey, you're right. welp, I'm still concerned lol. btw not concerned about petey's recent comments in that interview. absolutely nothing wrong with a guy wanting to win.

[Sw0op]

their agent also said that theyre talking >5 years for Hughes and <5 years for Petey....that would not walk them to UFA's exactly...Hughes would be a UFA in 5 and Petey in 4 right now...it sounds like Hughes wanted something longer like 7-8 years and they were looking at the Barzal deal as a comp @ 3 years for Petey....but thats prob all changed now that there's got more cap space and a definite number to work with

I wonder if a long term deal can be had for Petey @ ~9.5M and Hughes @ ~8M

[bobbinka]

with both EP and QH, we'd have 26 players. if you send 3 league minimum guys down, that's 2mil freed up, add ferland's 3.5mil, and the 10.5mil space we have left right now, that's 16mil for both players. I think that's very doable.

I really don't think money is the issue, it most likely is a term problem. If you look at the roster and see who got signed/extended this year, and who has NTC, it's easy to figure out which players are the only ones that could be moved in order to make cap space. EP and QH would know that asking for too much would mean Bo/Brock/JT might get moved, which would not help their chances of winning.

[spoon.ek9]

Next year cap is still an issue too, don't forget. We have cap recapture on the buyout of Holtby and Jake. Luckily, Luongo's recapture is finally over in '22/'23 season.

[CRS]

I was listening to Dickinson's interview on 650 and he talked about what number he was going to wear. He mentioned that he always wore 11 but for obvious reasons he's not going to wear it.

I looked into it because I didn't know what the obvious reason was then came to this wiki:

The Vancouver Canucks claimed Maki in the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft. The feisty winger caught on with the team and became one of the franchise's first stars, being among the team's leading scorers both of his full seasons with the team. Maki played two-and-a-half seasons with Vancouver until being diagnosed with brain cancer in December 1972. He died on May 12, 1974, aged 29. The Canucks unofficially retired his number 11 jersey until Mark Messier, who had worn number 11 with the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers, joined the team in 1997. The Canucks allowed Messier to wear the number over the protest of Maki's family.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Maki

Props to Dickinson and just cements how much of a fucking asshole Messier was/is.

[MG1]

Fucking Messier. Such a douche. There's a special place in hell for assholes like him. Gawd, I hate that cunt. What he did to Trevor Linden and the Canucks. Then for the Canucks to hire Keenan and bring that dipshit here, adding insult to injury.

Hate is a very strong word and I only hate a handful of people. Messier and David Suzuki at the top of the list.

[68style]

Slow clap for the Hurricanes getting revenge on the Canadiens by offer sheeting Kotkaniemi lol!!

I love the $20.00 signing bonus too. Aho's number is 20... and Kotkaniemi wears 15 which is also the ending amount of the offered salary... just crazy trolling by Carolina....................

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/thought-joking-best-reaction-kotkaniemi-offer-sheet/

[MG1]

Canada and USA tied 2-2 in the women's gold medal game. Third period. It's on TSN

[MG1]

Captain Canada!!!!!!

The drought is over!

[SkinnyPupp]

Wish I could have watched.. Good for them!

[MG1]

3 on 3 with no shootout in overtime.

The two teams were evenly matched. The US had history on their side, but today was Canada's day.

[Tim Budong]

It's a great day for Canada, and therefore, THE WORLD

CHAMP BABY

[fsy82]

NHL is going back to the Olympics in 2022!

[whitev70r]

^ don't hold your breath, there's a lot of time from now till then, lots can change in a month, let alone from now to Feb ... and in China, of all places.

[Razor Ramon HG]

I have a friend that plays in the KHL. They scouted him from UBC to play for the Red Stars so he would be eligible to play for China in the Olympics.

He said he's pretty excited to play in the Olympics, but at the same time he knows they're going to get their ass pummeled. His pool has Canada, USA, and Germany.

:lol

[AzNightmare]

^ don't hold your breath, there's a lot of time from now till then, lots can change in a month, let alone from now to Feb ... and in China, of all places.

Hopefully NHL players can play.

I didn't even bother watching the last one. Just didn't give AF.

[6thGear.]

Montreal letting Kotkaniemi walk

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.tsn.ca/montreal-canadiens-decline-match-jesperi-kotkaniemi-carolina-hurricanes-1.1689689%3ftsn-amp

[spoon.ek9]

Not a big surprise with Kotkaniemi. They healthy scratched him in the finals. Apparently he had spoken to someone after signing the offer sheet saying that he had felt that he had already played his final game in a Habs jersey.

It'll be interesting to see what MTL does next. They absolutely need to fix their depth in the middle now. Probably going to be a big trade coming soon.

edit: ok, not a big trade but MTL trades picks for Christian Dvorak :lol

[68style]

Dvorak is a great pickup, lots of teams were interested in him and (just my opinion) he’s way better than KK

[spoon.ek9]

yep, you aren't the first person to say he's a better defensive centre than KK. I was more laughing at myself because i was expecting something bigger by MTL.

[Expresso]

yep, you aren't the first person to say he's a better defensive centre than KK. I was more laughing at myself because i was expecting something bigger by MTL.

Just admit you wanted a Pettersen offersheet lol!

[spoon.ek9]

Haha i actually hadn't really thought about that. there was some wild speculation that they might try and get a deal done for Eichel.

NOTD: Virtanen to KHL for one year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[6thGear.]

Haha i actually hadn't really thought about that. there was some wild speculation that they might try and get a deal done for Eichel.

NOTD: Virtanen to KHL for one year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Guess I was half right that someone will take a chance on JV:pokerface::pokerface::pokerface:

[spoon.ek9]

100% Benning's fault on this. Wasted money on retaining JV, let Toffoli walk. Cap issues and couldn't keep Toffoli? Also Benning's fault.

[68style]

^ I agree from that time... but if we had Toffoli, we probably wouldn't have been able to do the OEL/Garland trade with salary dump too... nor would we be able to afford both Petey and Hughes without the salary dump...

I mean nobody knows how all that stuff would have turned out, but I think this team is better structured now than it would have been even with Toffoli being a great player.

I WILL say though... that if we had kept Toffoli... I would have hoped Pearson would have been gone...................... but I wouldn't give Benning that much credit.

I would definitely say our team would be better with Toffoli instead of Pearson if that scenario had been allowed to play out.

[Obsideon]

I can't believe his stock fell THAT far that he has to go overseas.

[trip]

joke virtanen

[AzNightmare]

lol, JV gets to play with Petey's brother, Emil.

[CRS]

I would actually be fairly surprised if JV ever came back to the NHL.

[Tim Budong]

he can go prove himself in the KHL, he's still "young"

u better hope he doesn't get into trouble over there too

[EvoFire]

Can JV18 leave Canada with pending charges? Or do allegations don't count?

[68style]

I don’t think there were any criminal charges? Just a civil suit.

[6thGear.]

I think its fine as long as he shows up for court? JV probably comes back with multiple Russian wives lol

[highfive]

100% Benning's fault on this. Wasted money on retaining JV, let Toffoli walk. Cap issues and couldn't keep Toffoli? Also Benning's fault.

I think JB wanted to keep both but needed to move money. If they were able to do OEL deal that year, they could've kept one of the ufa's...(ie move louie/beagle/roussel).

Basically Garland is our Toffoli now...

but if JB ever let JV go especially after shotgun jake season...fans going to riot.

[SumAznGuy]

I can't believe his stock fell THAT far that he has to go overseas.

I don't think any team will take JV with that civil suit pending.
I bet his agent reached out to all teams and he had no choice but to go KHL for one season.

Maybe by next year his civil matter will be over and another team might take a chance on him.

[EvoFire]

How far can that civil suit go with no actual legal charges?

I agree that no team would take on that baggage if they don't need to, especially with the ongoing #metoo thing. JV18 isn't good enough for that, and even if he's say Eichel level of talent I'd hesitate to say any team would pay him market for the negative PR.

[whitev70r]

So Petey and Hughes STILL not signed ... what's the hold up ... how many options can there possibly be ??!!

[winson604]

So Petey and Hughes STILL not signed ... what's the hold up ... how many options can there possibly be ??!!

Not abnormal, there are other players in the league in the same situation. Horvat and Boeser came down to the wire as well. Probably fighting over hundreds of thousands at this point.

[bobbinka]

17 days from pre-season games!

[RiceIntegraRS]

So Petey and Hughes STILL not signed ... what's the hold up ... how many options can there possibly be ??!!

I believe Ferland has to come to camp and not be medically cleared to play and be placed on LTIR so he can still be paid. Then we would have the cap space to sign Petey and Hughes. Thats what i think is going on. We have 10.6mil in cap space and another 3.5 from Ferland. 14mil between Hughes and Petey sounds about right on a short term deal.

[punkwax]

A lot of people bitch about many of the Canucks’ signings under Benning and somehow Ferland is usually forgotten. That was a mistake from day 1.

[RiceIntegraRS]

No one talks about it cause Ferland was brought in to protect Petey and also teach Jake how to be a power forward. Concussions got the best of him. Was it Bennings fault? I can see both sides of the arguement but im not pretend and say i knew this was gonna happen from the get go

[punkwax]

Concussions already had the best of him.

[6thGear.]

I really wished Ferland was 100% healthy. The few games where he played his style he would've made the Canucks that much tougher

[68style]

I can't believe he (Benning) wasn't fired SOLELY for failing to get insurance for Ferland's contract

Acquilini is on the hook for the whole thing from what I hear

[CRS]

I can't believe he (Benning) wasn't fired SOLELY for failing to get insurance for Ferland's contract

Acquilini is on the hook for the whole thing from what I hear

Knowing Aqua, he likely wasn't willing the pay the premium for the insurance. If anything, it'd be on him.

[6thGear.]

If that's the case Aquilini is at fault for all the bad contracts since he signs off on all of them

[whitev70r]

I heard Chara signed with Islanders for a year. Really Zdeno ... Isn't it time to hang them up?

[68style]

Good 6th/7th guy… islanders were his original team… wind up year for him free of Covid bubbles and seeing all the cities good for him

[6thGear.]

I heard Chara signed with Islanders for a year. Really Zdeno ... Isn't it time to hang them up?

Sounds like for the love of the game much like Jagr

[sonick]

OEL doing line rushes.. ooof: https://twitter.com/passittobulis/status/1441098650151645192

[murd0c]

You have to love a good bag skate to start off training camp, OEL hurting that hard is not something to be worried about what so ever right now.

[blkgsr]

no kidding, that's not lack of skill that's lack of conditioning and being ill prepared.

that's why the coaches are doing it, shake them all out and see who needs to improve or who came in ready to roll.

[bobbinka]

if Greener ever benches him, they should make him switch to #21

[68style]

Hoglander is wearing 21 now

[bobbinka]

yes

[CRS]

https://twitter.com/SeanBrownTM/status/1441139802980581377

Juolevi is also one of us.

[murd0c]

When I played jr hockey it was common that the players would throw up during a good bag skate during tryouts. That is the whole point of the early season bag skate beat the fuck out of your cardio to get you ready for the season.

[CRS]

When I played jr hockey it was common that the players would throw up during a good bag skate during tryouts. That is the whole point of the early season bag skate beat the fuck out of your cardio to get you ready for the season.

Stetch did this in previous years and Garland kept the tradition going this year!

[eclipseman]

Anyone know if Sundays kraken game is televised anywhere?

[AzNightmare]

So still no news on Petey and Hughes?...

damn.

[68style]

They said talks picked up after the Dahlin and Kaprizov signings

[RiceIntegraRS]

^yup they probably want more more money after those signings.

[pastarocket]

https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/1441098202275475462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1441098202275475462%7Ctwgr% 5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsnet.ca%2Fnhl%2Fart icle%2Fgut-churning-conviction-conor-garland-pursues-canucks-top-winger-role%2F%3Ftemplate%3Dbasic

The bag skate is brutal! Completing a conditioning skate in four intervals of forty seconds or less for the players.

-definitely do not eat a big breakfast like a Grand Slam at Denny’s during training camp. LUL


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[blkgsr]

https://twitter.com/SeanBrownTM/status/1441139802980581377

Juolevi is also one of us.

haha that's awesome seeing a pro-hockey player laying on the ice exactly like we all would be

[6thGear.]

^yup they probably want more more money after those signings.

Wasn't it said it's the term that's the issue? Hence Peterssons comment about playing for a winning team. The impression is/ was on the 650 was he's concerned about signing long term and potentially still be on a losing team here. With a short term deal if the team is still bottom dwellers he can leave once his contract is done.

[RiceIntegraRS]

^of course term is the issue but when u got Kaprizov and Dahlin getting what they got and imo Petey and Quinn are better than these guys, there bridge deals just got more expensive.

[teggy604]

Wasn't it said it's the term that's the issue? Hence Peterssons comment about playing for a winning team. The impression is/ was on the 650 was he's concerned about signing long term and potentially still be on a losing team here. With a short term deal if the team is still bottom dwellers he can leave once his contract is done.

That is pretty sad. Shows his commitment and faith in the Canucks organization as a whole.

[pastarocket]

Bo getting mic’d up during training camp.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUOUXD0tn7a/?utm_medium=copy_link


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[68style]

That is pretty sad. Shows his commitment and faith in the Canucks organization as a whole.

I didnt take it that way... Horvat said pretty much the same thing in the exit interviews after the season... better start winning or I'm outta here

What professional athlete doesn't feel the same way?

[Kilinim]

Anybody find out if the game tomorrow will be televised? I'm jonesing.

[MG1]

Channel 626 on Shaw. It shows as scheduled to be recorded on my PVR. No idea why........ I guess setting from last season?

Going to watch it because Kraken.

[spoon.ek9]

Seattle is icing what's considered to be their full NHL Roster tonight (minus one player). So if you're watching tonight, we're likely going to lose lol. Half of our roster is in Calgary for tmrw's game and of course, Petey and Hughes still aren't signed.

side note: the game will be on streams tonight

[mj_39]

Playing on channel 355 on Shaw (root sports)

[Razor Ramon HG]

626 if you don't have that channel. NHL Center Ice.

[RiceIntegraRS]

lovin how rathbone plays

[bobbinka]

Hockey!! :awwyeah:

[spoon.ek9]

gg

[winson604]

Ohh boy might be long season for the Kraken.

[murd0c]

The best part last night was Seattle's announcers as the end, talking about how great they looked and if they keep playing the way they did they are going to have a real promising season... I guess they didn't realize the Canucks had 4 NHL players when they had basically their entire team playing lol

[Kilinim]

Silovs and Rathbone looked good

[highfive]

The best part last night was Seattle's announcers as the end, talking about how great they looked and if they keep playing the way they did they are going to have a real promising season... I guess they didn't realize the Canucks had 4 NHL players when they had basically their entire team playing lol

c'mon man! they have to promote the team somehow. especially with such a dud expansion draft for them vs the vegas expansion.