Indeed. His career line isn't all that inspiring. He posts great 4th line numbers on a 3rd line salary.Blob Mckenzie wrote: ↑Mon Jul 21, 2025 8:22 pmI think it's adorable that you are the only one on the board having a meltdown over the departure of Dakota Joshua.Tciso wrote: ↑Mon Jul 21, 2025 8:05 pmKane wasn't brought in for the 3rd line, right?dangler wrote: ↑Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:46 pmMaybe you didn't hear. Canucks acquired Evander Kane making Joshua expendable and redundant. The cap space allows the Canucks to try and make a deal for a center without having to try and shed cap from a position of weakness. Hellooooooo!Tciso wrote: ↑Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:59 pm Part of the problem with trading Joshua is that we are weaker without him, contributing to the need to make a big trade. But, moving him didn't free up all that much cap. Certainly not enough to afford the center Blob et. al. are hoping for. Instead, we have to trade Chytil as well, -plus- the assets to make up the difference.
So, we trade Joshua, Chytil, and either a 1st, or Willander for Mason McTavish, and Karlsson fills in for Joshua. Is that what has you people sopping wet between the legs?
And, that still relies on Anaheim coming to the dance with a bucket and a mop.
I hope that there were better reasons than hope to trade Joshua. Was it his dink stirring JT's drink??
The Canucks do need to find a replacement for him, and one that is more of a cantankerous prick who makes half the salary. Honestly, I would have preferred the Canucks to flip Joshua sooner and then have used the salary to grab Perry on a 1 year deal.