Canucks News N Notes 25-26

[theman]

Hurtyl is hurt again.

He has another hurtle to overcome it seems.

[dangler]

I would actually be open to re-signing Blueger in the summer. He’s an ideal 4th liner who brings it every night, and is a good influence on the kids.

Hopefully they can get a 3rd for him before the deadline.

I loved Bluegers in the bottom-6 when this team looked on the up-and-up in 24. The kind of bottom-6 centre a team wants in the playoffs.

This is not that team anymore. It's not a matter of cap, but a matter of giving the guy another chance at winning a Cup (even though he has a ring) rather than adding to the collection 'Granlunds' this team will have moving forward until the next core comes along.

Let him go at the TDD if you can get something for him, or let him go in the offseason. Between Raty and Sasson there are younger, cheaper options in the bottom six. If Kampf wants to come back at league minimum, he wouldn't be bad insurance.

There are always decent options available in the August-September rag sale of free agents.

They do need to keep some vets though.
If they decide to move on from Garland before his new contract kicks in, then Bluegers is a good option IMHO.

[Cornuck]

They do need to keep some vets though.

This is going to be really tricky moving forward. Deciding who to keep, who to bring in - how long to sign these guys for (and how much) - will be a huge part of the rebuild.

Current management doesn't have a great track record of evaluating NHL talent, so there's a good chance this will go sideways fast. If they have more "Peteys" than "Garlands" - we're fucked.

They also need to decide on the culture they want this next era to have. Right now, we seem to have 20 individual players wearing the same uniform.