[PGT] Holy Cow we did Things!! - Free Agency Thread - July 1st

[Ghostsof1915]

5 minutes ago, Nucker67 said:

Damn, Duhaime goes to Washington

What the literal eff are they doing? Where are they going to shed cap space?

[BTueyCanucksFan]

Just now, RupertKBD said:

 

TBH, I don't know that much about his game....but I suppose that's an option.

Boqvist is an option too 

[Jayinblack]

2 minutes ago, HarbularyBattery said:

great buy low candidate but plays the left side, no?

Listed as playing both.  Would be good if either Forbort or Juulson need to sit or if we have to adjust for an injury.

[Seventy7]

Soucy Myers is not a sufficient 2nd pair.  Especially once injuries occur to Soucy… 

 

at least Hughes Hronek can absorb 25mins/night

[Snoop Hogg]

Schmidt is still out there…

[VegasCanuck]

6 minutes ago, Nucker67 said:

Hughes - Hronek

Soucy - Myers

Forbort - ?

Brisebois

 

I wonder if they're leaving it up to Juulsen, Friedman, McWard and Woo to battle for that bottom pairing RD spot. 

Again, 3 hours into a 3 month cycle, patience!

 

[NoCupSyndrome]

T Drance is so obnoxious

[Petey O]

Just now, Ghostsof1915 said:

What the literal eff are they doing? Where are they going to shed cap space?

Trying to squeeze every last bit of juice out of Ovechkin. That organization is pretty much committed to getting him the goal record more than anything else.

[DeNiro]

Not that I want it to happen but I could see management moving Garland now.

 

With the additions of Heinen and Sherwood and Hoglander being an option for the third line it could make sense.

 

8 mil spread out into a top 4 defender and a cheaper 3 million dollar guy like Skinner might make us better overall.

[Combover]

19 minutes ago, Moose said:

How is Miller, Petey, Suter, Blueger, Aman, etc not decent centre depth? Nothing wrong with that 

Disagree 

that’s not strong down the middle

after miller petey it’s a Grand Canyon dropoff to the next guy. 
pk/faceoff specialist that can still play up when/if needed. 

So that excludes all three of the Depth guys you mentioned. And that’s not on them, I like all three of them they just aren’t good enough. 
I thought we wanted to upgrade and improve I didn’t realize status quo was the objective. 

 

We had all those guys and added lindholm for a reason. 

we aren’t good enough down the middle 
middle six wingers we got in spades 

as we do 6/7 d men. 

 

[CaptainQuin]

I was just thinking about this as well 

 

 

 

[DrJockitch]

1 minute ago, Petey O said:

The D is fine as is. Myers has proven he's fine in a top 4 role.

 

The biggest concern for me is getting another winger for Pettersson.

Whether that's now or at the deadline, I don't mind. I think the team, as is, is good enough to make the playoffs, but I'd like more offense from the EP line.

What he proved last year is he can be better with less minutes and the right partner. 
This D is still a dogs breakfast. Need another everyday lefty and a second pairing righty to really be a championship contender. 

[BTueyCanucksFan]

1 minute ago, Snoop Hogg said:

Schmidt is still out there…

Schmidt burned that bridge when he left

[Provost]

As it stands (still time to go and the secondary trade/signing market)… our team isn’t as strong now as the end of the year.

 

The best we can say is that we likely won’t regret any signings from today.  Decent signings and decent dollars.

 

A lot of teams who made bigger moves will have fared worse in hindsight.

 

We will miss having three reliable D pairings.  With guys like Cold and Edmunson getting big dollars, Zadorov is worth the $5 million he signed for.

 

[RupertKBD]

1 minute ago, BTueyCanucksFan said:

Boqvist is an option too 

 

Yeah, it's hard to tell from his stats because he played for a couple of bottom feeders, but a 24 year old RHD UFA definitely might be worth a look

[Jayinblack]

Just now, BTueyCanucksFan said:

Schmidt burned that bridge when he left

I hated Schmidt the whole time we had him (both his play and his personality)

[Ghostsof1915]

Just now, RupertKBD said:

 

Yeah, it's hard to tell from his stats because he played for a couple of bottom feeders, but a 24 year old RHD UFA definitely might be worth a look

Yeah he's the mystery box of defencemen.

[Grinch]

Good news is canucks have not called a presser yet… 

 

must still be working 

[Provost]

Just now, DrJockitch said:

What he proved last year is he can be better with less minutes and the right partner. 
This D is still a dogs breakfast. Need another everyday lefty and a second pairing righty to really be a championship contender. 

Exactly.

 

You can cover his shortcomings with another solid pairing.  With the current players we will need Soucy-Myers to play more than 20 minutes a night and that is a recipe for a lot of bad nights.

[Ghostsof1915]

Just now, Jayinblack said:

I hated Schmidt the whole time we had him (both his play and his personality)

Whooop! Guess he's going to the broadcast booth?

[DrJockitch]

1 minute ago, Provost said:

As it stands (still time to go and the secondary trade/signing market)… our team isn’t as strong now as the end of the year.

 

The best we can say is that we likely won’t regret any signings from today.  Decent signings and decent dollars.

 

A lot of teams who made bigger moves will have fared worse in hindsight.

 

We will miss having three reliable D pairings.  With guys like Cold and Edmunson getting big dollars, Zadorov is worth the $5 million he signed for.

 

Dumba got term and 5.5M so yeah, 5M not a bad ask for Z. 

[BTueyCanucksFan]

Defense-wise, it is possible that Woo finally takes a step forward as well. If he can have an amazing camp he could be a solid option also. Still would like a legit top 4 RHD though

[Jayinblack]

Just now, Grinch said:

Good news is canucks have not called a presser yet… 

 

must still be working 

 

I feel like there's a trade coming to bring another top 6 winger in (Necas ?)

Would likely mean Garland's $$ going the other way

[Phil_314]

18 minutes ago, Pears said:

Skinner and Boqvist then move Podkolzin for a D prospect of similar value? I'd look at dumping Suter and have Åman as the 4C for cap savings too

 

Skinner - Miller - Boeser 

Höglander - Pettersson - DeBrusk

Joshua - Blueger - Garland

Sherwood - Åman - Heinen

 

Hughes - Hronek

Soucy - Boqvist

Forbort - Myers

 

Demko

Silovs

 

Easily a better team on paper than last year. 

Yes to Skinner for the right price, but I'd rather not dump Suter who's been serviceable (agreed we could trade Podkolzin if we won't be playing him), and I wouldn't lock Boqvist in so soon, not sure he'll live up to that upside if he couldn't even do so in Columbus.

[DrJockitch]

Just now, Ghostsof1915 said:

Whooop! Guess he's going to the broadcast booth?

Does Botox count as a PED in that world?  just trying to help him get off on right foot