RakuRaku Posted Monday at 08:52 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:52 PM Bit of an overpayment for Desharnais at $2M when we already got Juulsen and Forbort?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz-Pix Posted Monday at 08:52 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:52 PM 19 minutes ago, CurtFraser24 said: Always like him. Another monster for the blue line. Not many brave souls will stand in front of Demko. Uhmmmm.... Demko and Silvos are gonna have a hard time seeing shots with these guys standing in front of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted Monday at 08:53 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:53 PM Fun fact. In 2014-2015, Vincent Desharnais played for the Chilliwack Chiefs of the BCHL... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted Monday at 08:53 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:53 PM Big guys but I worry they don't skate well or move the puck up the ice fast enough. We saw in the playoffs that pressure and forecheck really blew teams up. Florida did such an amazing job of evading Edmonton's forecheck and it was their defencemen who skated and passed the puck up ice so well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted Monday at 08:53 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:53 PM 3 minutes ago, Roger Neilsons Towel said: Absolutely. Warriors respect warriors. Always good to have more truculence in the lineup. Yep. There are a few notable exceptions like Brash and Zac Rinaldo, but in general there is a lot of mutual respect among the guys who drop the gloves a lot.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip The Mesh Posted Monday at 08:53 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:53 PM (edited) The Vancouver Canucks have added some depth to their blue line on day one of free agency as the team announced they have come to terms with defenseman Vincent Desharnais on a two-year contract worth $2-million per season. Desharnais, 28, appeared in 78 games last season with the Edmonton Oilers, tallying 11 points. The 6-foot-6 right-handed defenseman landed 135 hits and blocked 122 shots. Desharnais was in and out of the Oilers lineup during their run to the Stanley Cup Final, finishing the postseason appearing in 16 games. Desharnais has plenty of experience killing penalties and looks to make an impact within the Canucks bottom-two pairings. Desharnais gives Vancouver another towering presence on their back end as he’ll join forces with 6-foot-8 Tyler Myers and 6-foot-5 Carson Soucy. Desharnais was originally a seventh-round pick, 183rd overall by the Oilers at the 2016 draft. He’d spend parts of the last two seasons with the Oilers before now moving further west to the rival Canucks. Desharnais should get a chance to become a steady penalty killer with his new team, likely on the second unit. Edited Monday at 08:55 PM by Rip The Mesh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted Monday at 08:54 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:54 PM Struggled to keep his spot on one of the worst bluelines in the history of the league. Not optimistic about this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NoCupSyndrome Posted Monday at 08:54 PM Popular Post Share Posted Monday at 08:54 PM 34 minutes ago, HKSR said: Size. Bottom pair. We have a towering D group again! Hughes-Hronek Soucy-Myers Forbort-Desharnais Solid day by mgmt. Tons of flexibility, good age range across the lineup, and no bad contracts. I expect mgmt will add a top end scorer at some point during the year. Comfortable starting the season with this lineup. 2 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coryberg Posted Monday at 08:55 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:55 PM 33 minutes ago, Master Mind said: 2m for a guy who lost his spot on a weak Oilers blue line. Poor signing. Did he lose it or was he injured? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris12345 Posted Monday at 08:55 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:55 PM 33 minutes ago, HKSR said: Forbort is our smallest bottom 4 defenceman now at 6'4" 216lbs LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Elias Pettersson Posted Monday at 08:55 PM Popular Post Share Posted Monday at 08:55 PM 3 minutes ago, Darius said: It’s a big punishing D.. got to like that imho at some point in the next couple years they need to add more offence in the second pair. Either a transition player with great passing ability or someone with a cannon from the point. Soon, my friend, soon... 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz-Pix Posted Monday at 08:55 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:55 PM We got a lot of size and shot blockers on the back end, not sure how mobile any of them are. Somebody is going to have to retrieve the pucks and get it out of our end, if Hronek and Hughes play together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted Monday at 08:55 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:55 PM (edited) 3 minutes ago, King Heffy said: Struggled to keep his spot on one of the worst bluelines in the history of the league. Not optimistic about this one. They were 1 win away from a cup no matter how hard you try and discredit them Edited Monday at 08:57 PM by canuck73_3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris12345 Posted Monday at 08:56 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:56 PM Just now, Coryberg said: Did he lose it or was he injured? He was terrible, but I like the addition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanOriginal Posted Monday at 08:56 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:56 PM 1 minute ago, Coryberg said: Did he lose it or was he injured? Lost it to Broberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LillStrimma Posted Monday at 08:57 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:57 PM 24 minutes ago, Conscience said: Gross zadorov (5)>> myers(3) and this guy (2) It will be fun to see wich of Myers and Zad goes winning out of the battle. They will orobably meet a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted Monday at 08:57 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:57 PM 7 minutes ago, HKSR said: Too bad we couldn't keep Zadorov... imagine Zadorov instead of Forbort lol True. But at $5 million, it's $3.5 million we saved in order to get Desharnais and also have room for maybe another forward... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted Monday at 08:57 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:57 PM 2 minutes ago, King Heffy said: Struggled to keep his spot on one of the worst bluelines in the history of the league. Not optimistic about this one. Did the Oilers win, or lose? Was it on Desharnais or the way the EDM team was too heavy built on the Forwards or Dcorps? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted Monday at 08:58 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:58 PM 1 minute ago, VanOriginal said: Lost it to Broberg Due to injury or not though? You don’t know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Crossbar Posted Monday at 08:58 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:58 PM 39 minutes ago, HKSR said: Size. Bottom pair. We have a towering D group again! Hughes-Hronek Soucy-Myers Forbort-Desharnais Not bad at all. That's an adequate fill on the bottom. Good, solid rebound by management. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Shackleford Posted Monday at 08:59 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:59 PM 13 minutes ago, Pickly said: I think the Canucks are trying to emulate the Florida method where you rely on depth and having your best players perform when it matters most. They took steps last season but there’s a lot of room for improvement. I mean let’s be honest the panthers D last season was full of good not necessarily great players (OEL was manning the PP). We have Hughes and Hronek and a bunch of sturdy stay at home types I think that’ll suffice just fine. Great point. They also had the same formula for defense in Pittsburgh and went for back to back cups. PA just said in the press conference that they do believe Desharnais has another level. Here's hoping he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Elias Pettersson Posted Monday at 09:00 PM Popular Post Share Posted Monday at 09:00 PM 1 minute ago, Sharpshooter said: Did the Oilers win, or lose? Was it on Desharnais or the way the EDM team was too heavy built on the Forwards or Dcorps? Desharnais was the least of their problems on defence. Nurse and Ceci were the main contributors to that. In fariness though, their PK was the #1 PK in the playoffs. Desharnais is a good penalty killer and so is Forbort... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Junkyard Dog Posted Monday at 09:01 PM Popular Post Share Posted Monday at 09:01 PM PA said when VD talked with Foote they both felt like he had another step to go. VD also said that the fans passion during the VAN/EDM season helped attract him here. This guy is a late bloomer and will be playing his 3rd season with us. 2nd full season. If the coaching staff can find another gear which isn’t outside the realm of possibility then we have our Joshua on D. Potentially a 4/5 D. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted Monday at 09:01 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:01 PM 2 minutes ago, Sharpshooter said: Did the Oilers win, or lose? Was it on Desharnais or the way the EDM team was too heavy built on the Forwards or Dcorps? He still struggled to get playing time on a group that was only icing one NHL quality player. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris12345 Posted Monday at 09:01 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:01 PM 6 minutes ago, King Heffy said: Struggled to keep his spot on one of the worst bluelines in the history of the league. Not optimistic about this one. He is legit terrible and for some reason I like him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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