Canucks News N Notes 2020-2021

[Chef Boi RD]

With next season being an odd one, I wonder how much of that goes into decisions. There is a chance, remote one I know, that they may not even have playoffs. With all the talk about second wave being worse how will that impact the league?

Not being a disease experts is the timeline for a second wave starting now and ends in 6 months or starting now at the bottom and peaks in months from now? This is why I prefer to wait this off season and not take on any bad contracts as we have no idea on the 2021

Covid ain’t going away, Thumbs. Not until their is a vaccine that works and is widely available. It’s here to stay, but to your point yes I believe some of that to be true.

[Mickey107]

With next season being an odd one, I wonder how much of that goes into decisions. There is a chance, remote one I know, that they may not even have playoffs. With all the talk about second wave being worse how will that impact the league?

Not being a disease experts is the timeline for a second wave starting now and ends in 6 months or starting now at the bottom and peaks in months from now? This is why I prefer to wait this off season and not take on any bad contracts as we have no idea on the 2021

Covid ain’t going away, Thumbs. Not until their is a vaccine that works and is widely available. It’s here to stay, but to your point yes I believe some of that to be true.

IMO., It is still the best idea to field the best, most competitive team we can. Anything short of that is irresponsible to the fans and the league.
What if everyone did that? Then even the TV and streaming revenues take a big shit.
Did people generally enjoy the bubble playoff? Ya. Even I got right the fuck into it and I didn't think I would.
Besides; that's not what you want the elite players on the team to go through........

[ukcanuck]

I wouldn’t say over achieved this year. I’d say they discovered how good they were this year in the first ten games of the season but it took until the bubble to figure out how to play team defense.

I know it’s all about the free agency stuff, but mark this. They figured out how to play team defense by collapsing. This reduced out of position fire drills but took its toll on possession and outlet options. The former is by design; the latter can be addressed but it isn’t so easy. Canucks will need to figure out the latter for this system to work as the rope a dope.

Yeah by the last three games against the knights you are right. They did collapse too much but I think that was because they still are not a complete team and it’s a learning curve but I think it’s reasonable to think that they took a huge step as a team and that Holtby and Demko will be less fire drill than Markstrom/ Demko saw.


Lol or at least that’s what I tell myself when I rock myself to sleep at night

[Cousin Strawberry]

Hoglander is struggling to start the season. No goals in 4 games but has apparently played well.

Probably best to pump the brakes on this kid taking a job next year barring some sort of rapid acceleration in his development. Likely 2 years away minimum

Did I say he was taking a job next year. It’s just nice knowing he’s property of your Vancouver Canucks? Anyhow Benning can’t stop gushing over him. Most everyone else except Brown Wizard see him as an excellent prospect. Take a gander at some of those top 50 nhl affiliated prospect lists out there BW, stop being a douche bag

Nothing like overreacting

Suggesting pumping the brakes on expectations because hes not NHL ready quite yet is hardly dooshbaggery

[ESQ]

I expect a rookie dman on the team this year, leaving space for a UFA RD and possibly Toffoli.

I'm wondering if Jake getting qualified signals that he could be given the opportunity to be Toffolis replacement.
With roughly $4mill in cap space left there might only be room for a RHD

I don't think it's $4 mil cap space, it's $8 mil, less the $1.7 mil in bonus overage, plus $2.4 mil if Baertschi and Loui are demoted, plus $3.5 mil if Ferland is LTIRed.

Where does $4 mil come from? I've seen it a few times here.

[Cornuck]

I'm wondering if Benning is confident on Tryamkin's return? That would make the loss of Troy easier to deal with (cap wise and personnel wise)

[Chef Boi RD]

Hoglander is struggling to start the season. No goals in 4 games but has apparently played well.

Probably best to pump the brakes on this kid taking a job next year barring some sort of rapid acceleration in his development. Likely 2 years away minimum

Did I say he was taking a job next year. It’s just nice knowing he’s property of your Vancouver Canucks? Anyhow Benning can’t stop gushing over him. Most everyone else except Brown Wizard see him as an excellent prospect. Take a gander at some of those top 50 nhl affiliated prospect lists out there BW, stop being a douche bag

Nothing like overreacting

Suggesting pumping the brakes on expectations because hes not NHL ready quite yet is hardly dooshbaggery

C’mon ole Wooly Socks of the North. You were being a Debbie Downer. I hear the people of the North suffer from LDD Light Deprivation Disorder. Apparently they make screens representative of the sun to sit in front of while reading and drinking your morning Folgers

[BCExpat]

Hoglander is struggling to start the season. No goals in 4 games but has apparently played well.

Probably best to pump the brakes on this kid taking a job next year barring some sort of rapid acceleration in his development. Likely 2 years away minimum

Did I say he was taking a job next year. It’s just nice knowing he’s property of your Vancouver Canucks? Anyhow Benning can’t stop gushing over him. Most everyone else except Brown Wizard see him as an excellent prospect. Take a gander at some of those top 50 nhl affiliated prospect lists out there BW, stop being a douche bag

Nothing like overreacting

Suggesting pumping the brakes on expectations because hes not NHL ready quite yet is hardly dooshbaggery

C’mon ole Wooly Socks of the North. You were being a Debbie Downer. I hear the people of the North suffer from LDD Light Deprivation Disorder. Apparently they make screens representative of the sun to sit in front of while reading and drinking your morning Folgers

Have you ever been to Alberta? We get waaaaay more sun here than you do in Vancouver, even with the shorter days. Hell, quite often when it is -20 deg C here, there is not a cloud in the sky.

[Cousin Strawberry]

Hoglander is struggling to start the season. No goals in 4 games but has apparently played well.

Probably best to pump the brakes on this kid taking a job next year barring some sort of rapid acceleration in his development. Likely 2 years away minimum

Did I say he was taking a job next year. It’s just nice knowing he’s property of your Vancouver Canucks? Anyhow Benning can’t stop gushing over him. Most everyone else except Brown Wizard see him as an excellent prospect. Take a gander at some of those top 50 nhl affiliated prospect lists out there BW, stop being a douche bag

Nothing like overreacting

Suggesting pumping the brakes on expectations because hes not NHL ready quite yet is hardly dooshbaggery

C’mon ole Wooly Socks of the North. You were being a Debbie Downer. I hear the people of the North suffer from LDD Light Deprivation Disorder. Apparently they make screens representative of the sun to sit in front of while reading and drinking your morning Folgers

Hey dont attack my folgers man. Water boiled over the woodstove in the morning then into the giant mug of joy is a smell and taste you cant buy in those fancy 8 dollar a cup cappuccino bars on commercial....you can just taste the carcinogens flowin

[Mickey107]

I'm wondering if Benning is confident on Tryamkin's return? That would make the loss of Troy easier to deal with (cap wise and personnel wise)

His numbers in the KHL are not anything that jumps out and sais "That's the guy!".
1.7 for Stecher is a good deal. This is a ball drop, IMO. Maybe they try Rafferty but that's a major step up for him and I'm not sure if he's
a regular NHL guy.

TSN Radio Vancouver@DhaliwalSports
"Canucks called Stecher today, he could've been back in Vancouver but they were in on Tyson Barrie, Stecher's camp couldn't keep waiting, it was a timing issue not a money issue."11:40 AM · Oct 10, 2020

Guess there's only one phone. I don't buy ^^^^^^ this .

[Strangelove]

And even TB has to be somewhat reasonable, if there is such a thing right now, (F**king flames). A Pietrangelo get will be very big (8-9 per)
and 7 + years with a NTC or MTC.

7+ years eh.....

Where?

It's like I keep saying, there are ways.

For example Vegas is right up against the cap and yet they are hot +heavy after Pietrangelo.

This means they have other trades they can pull the trigger on any second.

They tell other GMs: "If we sign Pietro, we'll pull the trigger on these trades."

I'm sure Jimmy has a trade on the table to dump Loui/Rooster/Beagle if need be.

He'd rather not, but if Pietro was begging to come here he probably would.

People who say "We can't afford" this trade or that... aren't looking at the big picture.

There are always trades on the table we don't know about.

Jimmy would no doubt prefer to wait a year before dumping Loui/Rooster/Beagle because the sweetener will be less.

And a lot can happen in a year.

[Meds]

7 plus Eh Doc?

[Strangelove]

Now Stecher will probably be re-signed to roughly the same as he was making. That's what a UFA can do. Decide his own destiny.
We'll see.

Well if he can decide his own destiny, why doesn't he demand $10M-per?

Rick Dhaliwal @DhaliwalSports
Canucks are in mix for Stecher, there have been talks.
9:39 AM · Oct 10, 2020

No Doubt! We were not going to give him a 3.5 or higher deal but now we can sign him for around the same as he was making.
Think this was always the plan?

The plan was always to dump Stecher without looking too much like dinks in so doing.

Management decided a long time ago he wasn't worth near his qualifier.

I'll never understand the love you and Doyle shared for the runt...

[Strangelove]

7 plus Eh Doc?

Oh shit!

Missed that...

[Mickey107]

I'll never understand the love you and Doyle shared for the runt...

Name your six regular defense men for next year and, (make it easy on ya), your first 2 call-ups if needed.???

You are not entitled to say "I'll answer that when training camp ends.

I'll help you out and say (on your behalf)--not Benn, he's way fat and can't stay in shape.