RWJC Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Vancouver Canucks could turn to Devils for defense help by Jonathan Bailey 22 hours ago The Vancouver Canucks still haven’t managed to trade veteran winger Conor Garland, and according to Rick Dhaliwal, the team is aggressively working the phones to reward their players. Ideally, the Canucks will add more help on the right side of their blueline, and the New Jersey Devils might be willing to ship out Colin Miller when healthy. The Devils acquired Miller for a fifth-round pick back on July 1, and since then, he’s struggled in preseason, held out of their lineup for the first few games, and now finds himself on injured reserve. With Simon Nemec waiting in the wings, the Devils would probably be better off moving Miller if they can. The Canucks, meanwhile, can help New Jersey out with their forward depth in the form of Garland. Dawson Mercer has been ice-cold this year, and Alexander Holtz still hasn’t managed to break free of Lindy Ruff’s doghouse. Garland is at least an experienced player and can help fill the void of the departed Tomas Tatar. Miller has a cap hit of only $1.85 million, so the Canucks will have to retain some Garland money if they want any chance at a potential deal with the Devils. In addition, the 31-year-old is in the last year of his two-year, $3.7 million contract, so he’ll be a rental. In terms of value, there’s not a lot in it for the Devils, but they’d probably have something rather than nothing. Miller, struggles notwithstanding, is probably an upgrade over both Tyler Myers and Mark Friedman. Neither the Devils nor the Canucks are afraid to engage in trade talks and mix it up, as evidenced by their two big moves near the trade deadline last season. There’s been no rumors linking the two teams together recently, but they did combine for a Curtis Lazar trade last year. We’ll have to see if Tom Fitzgerald or Patrik Allvin approach one another once again. link to rest of article: https://thecanuckway.com/2023/10/31/vancouver-canucks-devils-defense-help/ 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Garland and Myers for Miller and Holtz. Retain whatever you need to make it happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 NJD don't get any better acquiring Garland. Maybe we could give them Beauvillier 50% retained for Miller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Hronek Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 13 hours ago, RWJC said: Vancouver Canucks could turn to Devils for defense help by Jonathan Bailey 22 hours ago The Vancouver Canucks still haven’t managed to trade veteran winger Conor Garland, and according to Rick Dhaliwal, the team is aggressively working the phones to reward their players. Ideally, the Canucks will add more help on the right side of their blueline, and the New Jersey Devils might be willing to ship out Colin Miller when healthy. The Devils acquired Miller for a fifth-round pick back on July 1, and since then, he’s struggled in preseason, held out of their lineup for the first few games, and now finds himself on injured reserve. With Simon Nemec waiting in the wings, the Devils would probably be better off moving Miller if they can. The Canucks, meanwhile, can help New Jersey out with their forward depth in the form of Garland. Dawson Mercer has been ice-cold this year, and Alexander Holtz still hasn’t managed to break free of Lindy Ruff’s doghouse. Garland is at least an experienced player and can help fill the void of the departed Tomas Tatar. Miller has a cap hit of only $1.85 million, so the Canucks will have to retain some Garland money if they want any chance at a potential deal with the Devils. In addition, the 31-year-old is in the last year of his two-year, $3.7 million contract, so he’ll be a rental. In terms of value, there’s not a lot in it for the Devils, but they’d probably have something rather than nothing. Miller, struggles notwithstanding, is probably an upgrade over both Tyler Myers and Mark Friedman. Neither the Devils nor the Canucks are afraid to engage in trade talks and mix it up, as evidenced by their two big moves near the trade deadline last season. There’s been no rumors linking the two teams together recently, but they did combine for a Curtis Lazar trade last year. We’ll have to see if Tom Fitzgerald or Patrik Allvin approach one another once again. link to rest of article: https://thecanuckway.com/2023/10/31/vancouver-canucks-devils-defense-help/ We're just better off signing Ethan Bear for free rather than going after Colin Miller. Miller won't do much of anything for us in terms of moving the needle. He's not a "defensive defenseman" and he's not the type of guy that you can play with Hughes (i.e. being good enough to the point where you could move Hronek down to anchor a 2nd pairing). Hard pass on Colin Miller. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucklehead44 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) On 11/2/2023 at 9:06 AM, Jeremy Hronek said: We're just better off signing Ethan Bear for free rather than going after Colin Miller. Miller won't do much of anything for us in terms of moving the needle. He's not a "defensive defenseman" and he's not the type of guy that you can play with Hughes (i.e. being good enough to the point where you could move Hronek down to anchor a 2nd pairing). Hard pass on Colin Miller. I am sure we could sign Bear for $1.8 - he is a better player, won’t cost assets, and we know he can play well with Hughes (if ever needed ) Edited November 4, 2023 by Canucklehead44 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Hronek Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 15 minutes ago, Canucklehead44 said: I am sure we could sign Bear for $1.8 - he is a better player, won’t cost assets, and we know he can play well with Hughes (if ever needed ) Colin Miller should be working at BC Ferries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 29 minutes ago, Jeremy Hronek said: Colin Miller should be working at BC Ferries. wow, you must really dislike the guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWJC Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 37 minutes ago, Jeremy Hronek said: Colin Miller should be working at BC Ferries. Guy’s played 466 games with 127 pts as a Dman. GMs and coaches obviously trust him if he’s had a journeyman career. I don’t want him here but he is still a serviceable Dman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Hronek Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 @RWJC @Gurn, I definitely am overexaggerating as to how much this guy sucks. He's a half decent defenseman but he's not going to move the needle for us. We need a top 3 calibre defensive-defenseman whereas Miller is a 3rd pairing offensive defenseman. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Canucklehead44 said: I am sure we could sign Bear for $1.8 - he is a better player, won’t cost assets, and we know he can play well with Hughes (if ever needed ) That new guy we traded for seems to be doing okay with Cole. But is he going to be able to keep playing those minutes? Maybe the plan is Bear (when healthy) to take those minutes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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