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[Lancer]

Probably all sent down just for cap reasons:

General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that D Guillaume Brisebois, F Jonathan Lekkerimäki and F Max Sasson have been assigned to Abbotsford (AHL).

https://twitter.com/canucks/status/1879 ... Rc7-srCNGQ

All about the accrued cap space.

[Strangelove]

Debrusk was a solid target

That you Jan?

[Meds]

Blueline help feels close. McWard, D-Petey might be ready now, Kudrayatsev is an intriguing puck moving prospect, and Willander will probably get signed and be in the lineup by April.

If EP moves, it would have to be for a haul of assets...it does not have to be for a center as discussed in the media, because they might be looking at Raty being close as a 2/3 pivot for that spot…

Both of D-Pete and McWard are bottom-pairing NHL’ers. At least for the first season or so. Willander is not Hughes, and we have to remember this. He has just as much a chance (if not more) of being a bust at the NHL level as he does a career top-4. I’d say all 3 of those guys are at least 2 years away from being meaningful NHL contributors in the roles we hope to see them in.

Raty didn’t look like a guy who was going to move the needle in the top-6 by next season.

Management fucked this up royally in the age spread and contract commitments. I’m smelling Aqualung impatience all over this right now. They saw where we were going into December last season and rolled the dice on Zadorov, and the Lindholm a couple months later. Double down on an already struggling, and yet holding out, young center, and then got bit by injuries in the playoffs.

Shot was shot. Wasn’t a bad shot considering the odds at winning in this league.

Now they have two options. Triple down on their decisions and sell the fuck out of the future, or recognize that hitting on 18 busted and that this iteration of the team is on the cusp of becoming what the 2013 team was…..too old to re-tool around the core. Right now they can make some SMART decisions and re-tool (not rebuild) around a few in-house pieces, most notably Hughes.

[Lancer]

Blueline help feels close. McWard, D-Petey might be ready now, Kudrayatsev is an intriguing puck moving prospect, and Willander will probably get signed and be in the lineup by April. So, I figured that they didn't want to give anyone (anyone=Zadorov, who had the secret sauce and unfortunately knew it) term as a free agent D but this is the result, a hodgepodge that doesn't really gel or feel viable. We may have a wasted year because of this. I can also imagine some miracle run and minor retooling but it is looking more like this was the experimental year before they got it right.

This team just feels off this year at the top of the roster - Hughes excepted. Just so much bad joo-joo and drama hovering around the team like a cloud. They could pull a 180 before the Trade Deadline and make it all a cathartic exercise. Been a fan too long to hold out much hope there.

Maybe this is a step-back year after last year’s two steps forward. In that event, just let the season play itself out. Keep the picks and play it quiet at the deadline unless management has an opportunity to decisively remake the core or remove what they determine what’s holding the team back. Use the offseason to address what went wrong this season. By that time, Willander and/or D-Petey will be ready to contribute next season and we can launch Juulsen into the sun.

This just doesn’t seem to be their year, this season.

Now watch them go on a tear….

[Meds]

This from a Sportsnet article…..

While it may be easier to move either, or both, of Miller and Pettersson in the off-season, it's not impossible something could happen before March 7. If it does, keep an eye on New Jersey for either player. They have assets and player pieces the Canucks could find attractive, and at the moment are on track to have about $7.469 million in deadline day salary cap space, according to PuckPedia.

I hadn’t heard much of anything about NJ being a destination for either of them. I’m not sure what the attractive pieces are for the Canucks, but if you’re hoping to keep the current build around Hughes, gotta think brother Luke would be the most sought after piece in any return. He’s not a RSD, but he’s a young guy that should be a top-3 for years to come.

[Lancer]

This from a Sportsnet article…..

While it may be easier to move either, or both, of Miller and Pettersson in the off-season, it's not impossible something could happen before March 7. If it does, keep an eye on New Jersey for either player. They have assets and player pieces the Canucks could find attractive, and at the moment are on track to have about $7.469 million in deadline day salary cap space, according to PuckPedia.

I hadn’t heard much of anything about NJ being a destination for either of them. I’m not sure what the attractive pieces are for the Canucks, but if you’re hoping to keep the current build around Hughes, gotta think brother Luke would be the most sought after piece in any return. He’s not a RSD, but he’s a young guy that should be a top-3 for years to come.

Miller and Pettersson for the Hughes bros. Were it only so simple???

[Meds]

This from a Sportsnet article…..

While it may be easier to move either, or both, of Miller and Pettersson in the off-season, it's not impossible something could happen before March 7. If it does, keep an eye on New Jersey for either player. They have assets and player pieces the Canucks could find attractive, and at the moment are on track to have about $7.469 million in deadline day salary cap space, according to PuckPedia.

I hadn’t heard much of anything about NJ being a destination for either of them. I’m not sure what the attractive pieces are for the Canucks, but if you’re hoping to keep the current build around Hughes, gotta think brother Luke would be the most sought after piece in any return. He’s not a RSD, but he’s a young guy that should be a top-3 for years to come.

Miller and Pettersson for the Hughes bros. Were it only so simple???

Haha. Right.

I’d do it and toss in a first.

3 guys to build around for the next 10 years.

[2Fingers]

I’m worried management will make a trade just to make a trade. They don’t seem to a patient leadership.

I predict RT will be gone by end of January if a few more wins don’t happen.

I think they've been very patient in this.

11 months since Pettersson was a top-line play driver. They extended him and tried to find a winger for him. They've let him try and work this out.

Miller has been off since September.

Soucy, Desharnais, Myers, Brannstrom, Juulsen, and Friedman, have been a disaster.

Heinan took a while to find his footing.

The team that won the Pacific Division last year, and lost to the eventual SC Finalists by virtue of injuries to the starting goaltender, top-line winger, and the psychological collapse of their top-flight center, is now 1 point outside of the playoff picture and barely treading water.

While injuries are indeed part of the reason for this, I think that many management groups would have made a move by now.

Hey Mëds, they have to be patient, a lot of this mess is on them. You have great points of which I agree on. My concern that they make a bad trade. Do not move the 1st unless 23 or younger player comes back. No rentals.

I prefer to miss the playoffs and be sellers at TDD for once to get as many picks they can.

[dangler]

Blueline help feels close. McWard, D-Petey might be ready now, Kudrayatsev is an intriguing puck moving prospect, and Willander will probably get signed and be in the lineup by April. So, I figured that they didn't want to give anyone (anyone=Zadorov, who had the secret sauce and unfortunately knew it) term as a free agent D but this is the result, a hodgepodge that doesn't really gel or feel viable. We may have a wasted year because of this. I can also imagine some miracle run and minor retooling but it is looking more like this was the experimental year before they got it right.

This team just feels off this year at the top of the roster - Hughes excepted. Just so much bad joo-joo and drama hovering around the team like a cloud. They could pull a 180 before the Trade Deadline and make it all a cathartic exercise. Been a fan too long to hold out much hope there.

Maybe this is a step-back year after last year’s two steps forward. In that event, just let the season play itself out. Keep the picks and play it quiet at the deadline unless management has an opportunity to decisively remake the core or remove what they determine what’s holding the team back. Use the offseason to address what went wrong this season. By that time, Willander and/or D-Petey will be ready to contribute next season and we can launch Juulsen into the sun.

This just doesn’t seem to be their year, this season.

Now watch them go on a tear….

Yeah the more this season goes on the more i think Petey and Miller are both trying to play through injuries.
I also advocate keeping the picks and letting the season play out.
If playoffs become out of reach our 2 C's should be excused to properly heal and rehab for next season (unfortunately it'll never happen)

[Meds]

Blueline help feels close. McWard, D-Petey might be ready now, Kudrayatsev is an intriguing puck moving prospect, and Willander will probably get signed and be in the lineup by April. So, I figured that they didn't want to give anyone (anyone=Zadorov, who had the secret sauce and unfortunately knew it) term as a free agent D but this is the result, a hodgepodge that doesn't really gel or feel viable. We may have a wasted year because of this. I can also imagine some miracle run and minor retooling but it is looking more like this was the experimental year before they got it right.

This team just feels off this year at the top of the roster - Hughes excepted. Just so much bad joo-joo and drama hovering around the team like a cloud. They could pull a 180 before the Trade Deadline and make it all a cathartic exercise. Been a fan too long to hold out much hope there.

Maybe this is a step-back year after last year’s two steps forward. In that event, just let the season play itself out. Keep the picks and play it quiet at the deadline unless management has an opportunity to decisively remake the core or remove what they determine what’s holding the team back. Use the offseason to address what went wrong this season. By that time, Willander and/or D-Petey will be ready to contribute next season and we can launch Juulsen into the sun.

This just doesn’t seem to be their year, this season.

Now watch them go on a tear….

Yeah the more this season goes on the more i think Petey and Miller are both trying to play through injuries.
I also advocate keeping the picks and letting the season play out.
If playoffs become out of reach our 2 C's should be excused to properly heal and rehab for next season (unfortunately it'll never happen)

I don’t buy the injury thing.

If playoffs are the goal, you don’t bring back the guys you need until they are ready.

Just like last season, I don’t buy the knee tendinitis story. Playoffs were locked up? Then you sit an injured star player to let them rest and recover so you’ve got them as close to 100% as possible for the post-season grind.

If EP40 is actually hurt (again) right now then sit him til he’s healthy and then ship his ass out. You need core players who you can count on to be available.

[Argay Ham]

Debrusk was a solid target

That you Jan?

I'm way behind the loop on this one. I just understood this.

Wow crazy people man. Don't they have hobbies? Or like...proper hobbies? Hobbies that aren't a misdemeanor?

[Chef Boi RD]

The trail mix ain’t right in the Canucks dressing room. Somebody put to many cranberries in. The ratio between dried fruit and granola ain’t right. Alvin needs to get his mixture right plain n simple. You don’t need to look any further than that

[Cornuck]

“I don’t know,” says J.T. Miller when asked why his ice-time trended downwards on the road trip.

“Probably could play a little better, I don’t know.”

Sure sounds like a committed player!

[Carl Yagro]

"I had knee tendinitis since January. It requires no offseason surgery, just rest..."

6 plus months dealing with a nagging injury that required no missed games when a spot was pretty much locked up?

Gunning for a Menthos, the Excuse Maker commercial...

The attitudes of the two top forwards and the huge missteps of the management on the defensive depth... what is the Captain thinking for his own future?

[Cousin Strawberry]

“I don’t know,” says J.T. Miller when asked why his ice-time trended downwards on the road trip.

“Probably could play a little better, I don’t know.”

Sure sounds like a committed player!

Saving it for the payoffs then thou switcheth shall be flippethed