Canucks Young Guns

[Chef Boi RD]

The two Giant Redwood Trees Will make the Canucks that much more difficult to play against. The Russians are coming!!!

[Chef Boi RD]

Yeah the Russians will likely make there way over for the 2021/22 season lol seems so far.

But Podkolzin got listed in the KHL site now at 192cm pretty much 6'3" dude sprouted over the summer! At 202 lbs, he's already a bit more built than 6'3 195lbs Malkin.

With Tryamkin at 6'7" we gonna bring over some russian power after next season!

Canucks trending to be Tampa West...if they can dress a legit NHL defense by then

The Chef has it covered. Chatfield, Razor Thin Olaf, Cafferty and Ratbones are all ready for prime time, 20 min a night.

Hey it was Benning who expresses his excitement over the D in the pipeline, don’t shoot the messenger

[Cousin Strawberry]

The two Giant Redwood Trees Will make the Canucks that much more difficult to play against. The Russians are coming!!!

Beagle-Roussel are here a year too long and the ruskies are there a year too late....alll because the Pettersson and Hughes development curve took a decidedly team friendly turn in the right direction.

[Cousin Strawberry]

Heres a half decent scribble about the Rathboner. Thats a sneaky good prospect Benning locked up holy fuck. A 4th rounder tracking to be a top 4 NHL dman within a year or 2. Nice

https://www.si.com/hockey/news/vancouve ... noteworthy

[Cherry Picker]

Right now they have:

Hughes
Edler
Juolevi
Rathbone

signed on left side. That’s pretty good.

They also have Benn who probably slots in as the eighth D. He’s a left sided D who probably plays better on the right side.

On the right side then they have

Myers ......... and deep down the roster .... Benn. That’s pretty much it. This is not good.
Rafferty, Woo, or Tryamkin could provide right side depth some day, but they are all probably at least another season away from being in the top six if they ever make it. Maybe they could go with Chatfield but I think he is AHL depth.

The Canucks need to sign two top-six right-sided defensemen before next season. Best bet is they are named Tanev and Stecher. I think Benning will end up defaulting to resigning both of them, and hoping Defensive improvement happens on the left side. Benning doesn’t have cap room to get many good UFAs for which he’d have to overpay. Stecher is an RFA so his contract should be reasonable if he wants to stay in Vancouver. I think he will be signed. Tanev will be tougher. Benning will either have to not sign Markstrom, or move other contracts out to sign him, but in the end I think he will return on a short term deal.

[Chef Boi RD]

Right now they have:

Hughes
Edler
Juolevi
Rathbone

signed on left side. That’s pretty good.

They also have Benn who probably slots in as the eighth D. He’s a left sided D who probably plays better on the right side.

On the right side then they have

Myers ......... and deep down the roster .... Benn. That’s pretty much it. This is not good.
Rafferty, Woo, or Tryamkin could provide right side depth some day, but they are all probably at least another season away from being in the top six if they ever make it. Maybe they could go with Chatfield but I think he is AHL depth.

The Canucks need to sign two top-six right-sided defensemen before next season. Best bet is they are named Tanev and Stecher. I think Benning will end up defaulting to resigning both of them, and hoping Defensive improvement happens on the left side. Benning doesn’t have cap room to get many good UFAs for which he’d have to overpay. Stecher is an RFA so his contract should be reasonable if he wants to stay in Vancouver. I think he will be signed. Tanev will be tougher. Benning will either have to not sign Markstrom, or move other contracts out to sign him, but in the end I think he will return on a short term deal.

Signing Tanev is a must. Let Toffoli walk give Jake another chance, he will come much cheaper than Toffoli. Ride out Boeser, Virtanen, MacEwan, Lind on the right side until Podkolzin arrives

Trade Stecher to save some money and see what Rafferty can do on the 3rd pairing RS. Benning needs mining the field for RS D-men

[Cherry Picker]

Rafferty didn’t look ready in training camp before the bubble. If Stecher isn’t resigned Benn slots in as the top six right side D unless another UFA is signed or a trade is made.

[Cousin Strawberry]

They need a legit top 4 righty not named stetcher to take the next step. Regurgitating the same d core will be a step back.

Troy at a mill as a 7-8 defenseman is where he needs to be

[Mickey107]

Rafferty didn’t look ready in training camp before the bubble. If Stecher isn’t resigned Benn slots in as the top six right side D unless another UFA is signed or a trade is made.

Benn isn't really fast enough for the NHL game. He had one decent spell in Montreal but his strides are really getting short and he's struggling
to keep up with the play. Maybe a long term injury issue. Maybe that's just what he is now. Barely NHL level.

Rafferty has some fine offensive skills but hasn't to date shown anything near NHL caliber defense man even in a bottom pairing role.
Maybe it changes, I don't know. Like Mega, I watched a ton of Comets highlights.

Make a bold prediction and say: Get ready to hear the name Jack Rathbone in the 20/21 Canuck's starting defense men.

[Richardstroker69]

Rafferty didn’t look ready in training camp before the bubble. If Stecher isn’t resigned Benn slots in as the top six right side D unless another UFA is signed or a trade is made.

Benn isn't really fast enough for the NHL game. He had one decent spell in Montreal but his strides are really getting short and he's struggling
to keep up with the play. Maybe a long term injury issue. Maybe that's just what he is now. Barely NHL level.

Rafferty has some fine offensive skills but hasn't to date shown anything near NHL caliber defense man even in a bottom pairing role.
Maybe it changes, I don't know. Like Mega, I watched a ton of Comets highlights.

Make a bold prediction and say: Get ready to hear the name Jack Rathbone in the 20/21 Canuck's starting defense men.

Are we shifting Hughes to the right side? I don’t know if rathbone can play the right side.

[Mickey107]

Rafferty didn’t look ready in training camp before the bubble. If Stecher isn’t resigned Benn slots in as the top six right side D unless another UFA is signed or a trade is made.

Benn isn't really fast enough for the NHL game. He had one decent spell in Montreal but his strides are really getting short and he's struggling
to keep up with the play. Maybe a long term injury issue. Maybe that's just what he is now. Barely NHL level.

Rafferty has some fine offensive skills but hasn't to date shown anything near NHL caliber defense man even in a bottom pairing role.
Maybe it changes, I don't know. Like Mega, I watched a ton of Comets highlights.

Make a bold prediction and say: Get ready to hear the name Jack Rathbone in the 20/21 Canuck's starting defense men.

Are we shifting Hughes to the right side? I don’t know if rathbone can play the right side.

LOL, that'd be a killer pair mm? He can take fantenburg's spot to start.

[Curmudgeon]

Heres a half decent scribble about the Rathboner. Thats a sneaky good prospect Benning locked up holy fuck. A 4th rounder tracking to be a top 4 NHL dman within a year or 2. Nice

https://www.si.com/hockey/news/vancouve ... noteworthy

I really expect he'll have a spot to lose at next camp. I'd rather they do that than sign Barrie or someone similar for a few years even though they play different sides.

[Richardstroker69]

Heres a half decent scribble about the Rathboner. Thats a sneaky good prospect Benning locked up holy fuck. A 4th rounder tracking to be a top 4 NHL dman within a year or 2. Nice

https://www.si.com/hockey/news/vancouve ... noteworthy

I really expect he'll have a spot to lose at next camp. I'd rather they do that than sign Barrie or someone similar for a few years even though they play different sides.

I think of all our dmen I think green may be comfortable playing Hughes on the right side, and if he does that really opens up that left side. Hughes and edler, Tanev and rathbone, and Myers and joulevi could be interesting. If rathbone can come in and have a season like his old partner fox did that will really help us out.

[Curmudgeon]

Heres a half decent scribble about the Rathboner. Thats a sneaky good prospect Benning locked up holy fuck. A 4th rounder tracking to be a top 4 NHL dman within a year or 2. Nice

https://www.si.com/hockey/news/vancouve ... noteworthy

I really expect he'll have a spot to lose at next camp. I'd rather they do that than sign Barrie or someone similar for a few years even though they play different sides.

I think of all our dmen I think green may be comfortable playing Hughes on the right side, and if he does that really opens up that left side. Hughes and edler, Tanev and rathbone, and Myers and joulevi could be interesting. If rathbone can come in and have a season like his old partner fox did that will really help us out.

I wouldn't be surprised to see that but they're going to have a tough decision to make on Stecher. Local boy, heart and soul type player, and extremely popular with the fans and his teammates. It does mean something and they need to be sensitive to it.

[Cherry Picker]

I doubt Benning wants to pencil both Rathbone and Juolevi to two of the top six spots. Benning would want two rookies fighting over one spot and the other practicing and coming in off the bench when there is an injury or poor team results. I don’t think Benn should be in the top six either. So that means the Canucks need to sign or trade for one or two right-side defensemen If they don’t sign Tanev and/or Stecher.