PhillipBlunt Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 17 minutes ago, Grinch said: What are we trading the 6th for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 46 minutes ago, Grinch said: What are we trading the 6th for Lawson Crouse, here we come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 5 hours ago, Coconuts said: So what you're telling me is the Canucks don't have any studs I don't know. Canucks legend Mark Messier was banging Madonna for a while in the 90s. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 11 minutes ago, Kevin Biestra said: I don't know. Canucks legend Mark Messier was banging Madonna for a while in the 90s. The following scene from "A league of their own" immediately came to mind when I read this post (about the only time I laughed at a joke Rosie O'Donnell made): 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sell.the.team Posted December 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2023 14 minutes ago, Kevin Biestra said: I don't know. Canucks legend Mark Messier was banging Madonna for a while in the 90s. Madonna or Maradona? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Just now, Sell.the.team said: Madonna or Maradona? Don't wanna know either way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Sell.the.team said: Madonna or Maradona? Mark don't care, he'll bang whatever. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted December 16, 2023 Author Share Posted December 16, 2023 5 hours ago, Provost said: When little trades like this happen, I wonder what bigger trades have probably been bandied about between the two parties at the same time. The Sharks were talking about Myers earlier in the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conquestofbaguettes Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Lemon Face said: Coin has 2 sides.Drafting and trading.Sadly trading side is painful And the trading side was primarily a product of being a rebuilder with a "stay competitive" mandate on the table from ownership. Paying too much, too many years, signing guys they arguably shouldn't sign... that is if your goal is to maximize every asset and open a window for contention arguably faster and for longer (in theory) like a "rebuilding team" is supposed to do. But that's the risk. I see most the moves from the regime being a product of circumstance more than anything else tbh. Few were ever meant to be long term pieces. Some were reclamation projects and the hope they would become long term pieces to build with, and none really panned out there...but oh well. Either way most the veteran signings were there to ice a product to sell at that moment in time more than anything. And the market dictates you're paying more to get a guy to play for a losing rebuilder. Even Kyle Burroughs, a 7th/8th calibre dman (on a good team) got himself a 3 year deal in San Jose. Stuff comes with the territory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conquestofbaguettes Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 11 minutes ago, Kevin Biestra said: Mark don't care, he'll bang whatever. Poor poor Webster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammertime Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 5 hours ago, DrJockitch said: I was actually thinking earlier today that it had been 2 weeks since PA made a trade and with trade freeze coming he was probably going to do something. ‘He must hate the day after the trade deadline. What does he do Polish's the coconut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Hammertime said: Polish's the coconut Don't think they have coconut palms in Poland Edited December 16, 2023 by aGENT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conquestofbaguettes Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Crabcakes said: It really hurts to give Benning credit for anything even if he deserves it Which is a fairly immature statement, no offense. Not sure why we need to make Benning some all or nothing affair here. There was bad... but there was also obviously some good. We can just leave it at that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Face Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 16 minutes ago, conquestofbaguettes said: And the trading side was primarily a product of being a rebuilder with a "stay competitive" mandate on the table from ownership. Paying too much, too many years, signing guys they arguably shouldn't sign... that is if your goal is to maximize every asset and open a window for contention arguably faster and for longer (in theory) like a "rebuilding team" is supposed to do. But that's the risk. I see most the moves from the regime being a product of circumstance more than anything else tbh. Few were ever meant to be long term pieces. Some were reclamation projects and the hope they would become long term pieces to build with, and none really panned out there...but oh well. Either way most the veteran signings were there to ice a product to sell at that moment in time more than anything. And the market dictates you're paying more to get a guy to play for a losing rebuilder. Even Kyle Burroughs, a 7th/8th calibre dman (on a good team) got himself a 3 year deal in San Jose. Stuff comes with the territory. Good thing for new regime is wish to be proactive.They dont wait trade-line.Second i think Aqua man has no say in what they doing.Benning went over his head to please owner.Pushed for result hence reckless.I dont hate Benning tbh,just enjoy new fresh approach and of course result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammertime Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Just me or does the new guy kinda look like Darcy Tucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 I do have to admit one thing with this management team. It's not boring in terms of the number of trades we get to see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conquestofbaguettes Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 31 minutes ago, Lemon Face said: Good thing for new regime is wish to be proactive.They dont wait trade-line.Second i think Aqua man has no say in what they doing.Benning went over his head to please owner.Pushed for result hence reckless.I dont hate Benning tbh,just enjoy new fresh approach and of course result. I'm with you in that I think Aqua has taken a step back from dictating. Rutherford knows what to do and how to do it... in the league for over 5 decades in every position imaginable, won multiple cups, and frankly too old for bullshit. I have a bit of a different take when it comes to the previous regime as to what happened and why everything happened the way it did, but we don't need to get into that here. There's a whole other thread I started for that fun stuff.lol But I'm with you. I really like Rutherford and Alvin and the rest of the management staff... and coaching staff for that matter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conquestofbaguettes Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, The Lock said: I do have to admit one thing with this management team. It's not boring in terms of the number of trades we get to see. I heard recently that of all the trades that have been made over the past 2 years the Canucks have been involved in over 50% of them. Trader Jim. Pens fans weren't kidding! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 6 hours ago, Sharpshooter said: Or with others down the road, like TDL. If the pace of winning continues there’s no reason not to make a push by acquisition at the TDL or just before it. I like that management is thinking, potentially, a step or two ahead and potentially positioning themselves for some real talent acquisition. Ya, if you listen to ex GMs they often say that trades sometimes take a couple months and a number of conversations to percolate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromeslab Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Pretty much a nothing burger move,but still a move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeDoctor Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Super impressed with Allvin and how he has made consistently better trades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Face Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Provost said: Ya, if you listen to ex GMs they often say that trades sometimes take a couple months and a number of conversations to percolate. So our started last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHL97OneTimer Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Thinking this saves money in the minors ($750,000 vs $80,000) not to mention adds size and youth on the backend. I was wondering if this is to free up someone in Abby to come up to the big leagues with a small salary, but then I was looking at Cicek's +/- in the minors which is atrocious.....so it's an interesting move nonetheless. Perhaps this is more about giving a player a chance elsewhere, shedding some money in the minors and getting a pick than it is about getting a prospect that they can shape into an NHL role one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 2 hours ago, conquestofbaguettes said: Which is a fairly immature statement, no offense. Not sure why we need to make Benning some all or nothing affair here. There was bad... but there was also obviously some good. We can just leave it at that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthy animal Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 6 hours ago, conquestofbaguettes said: Too true. Benning's core lighting up the league really takes our breath away doesn't it. Too bad Bennings name isnt gonna be in the cup when Rutherford Allvin's team wins it all Keep crying all you want Benning fanboy, nobody is gonna remember Jimbos name the next 5 - 10 years other than the poor idiots that have a benning poster in their bedroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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