no
- Brooks_Light

Why not? What better replacement for Elder or Tanev than Karlsson. Arguably 2 of the best Swedes in the game right now.

big time!

I think SJ will have about 25 mil in cap space with really only Timo Meier and LeBanc that are RFAs - not sure if they're gonna let Big Joe and Pavelski walk or not. So they can probably make EK an offer. He'll be 29 when his new contract kicks in - ?X8 years...those are the scary kind of contracts.
- Brooks_Light

Big Joe is done. He will retire with or without the cup. This is the last kick for SanJoe. If they come up short or have an early exit it will be break up time.

Why not? What better replacement for Elder or Tanev than Karlsson. Arguably 2 of the best Swedes in the game right now.
- thundachunk

Term and dollars.

Some of you need some of this;

https://youtu.be/ErvgV4P6Fzc

Term and dollars.
- Marwood

That's fair but in the sense of having one of the best defenseman in the league on your team it is very enticing.

Trade skill for toughness.
- manvanfan

Skill and toughness. Junkyard Dog.

That's fair but in the sense of having one of the best defenseman in the league on your team it is very enticing.
- thundachunk

It would be ok for a year or two but it's Luongo all over again that contract would end up killing us long term.

Skill and toughness. Junkyard Dog.
- VanHockeyGuy

Not opposed to the term, but giving a 35 year old free agent 7 million aav just seems so counter-productive towards becoming a younger/faster team. Not to mention, Pavelski's numbers, albeit impressive, are surely inflated due to playing on a pretty stacked team and pretty good PP.
- Codes1087

Adding another PPG player plus Hughes and another high draft pick this year doesn't make Van a stacked team?

Skill and toughness. Junkyard Dog.
- VanHockeyGuy

That might be the most sought after combination in hockey.

Rumour is that he’s looking for a Canuck contract. Positioning himself to get noticed.
- bloatedmosquito

This didn't get the attention it deserved

Adding another PPG player plus Hughes and another high draft pick this year doesn't make Van a stacked team?
- manvanfan

i just disagree with how we get to the end goal is all. I don't see shortcuts being the way to do it, and as good as a player as Pavelski is, his age and in my opinion, his inflated stats, aren't worth the $

Miroslav Svoboda on waivers. Nashville goalie. ECHL goalie to AHL star with the Comets

Rick Dhaliwal
‏ @DhaliwalSports

Petrus Palmu on SN 650 and leaving Utica to go back to Finland : "I didn't get a reason as to why I didn't get ice time in Utica. no one really talked to me. I tried to do my job when I played, I didn't get very big minutes which was tough for me." #Canucks

Not a good sign

i just disagree with how we get to the end goal is all. I don't see shortcuts being the way to do it, and as good as a player as Pavelski is, his age and in my opinion, his inflated stats, aren't worth the $
- Codes1087

Short cuts? Are you waiting for Van to draft an entire team of star players? As JB mentioned that teams like Wpg have about a dozen drafted players on the team. That leaves 11 others that have to come from other places.

Rick Dhaliwal
‏ @DhaliwalSports

Petrus Palmu on SN 650 and leaving Utica to go back to Finland : "I didn't get a reason as to why I didn't get ice time in Utica. no one really talked to me. I tried to do my job when I played, I didn't get very big minutes which was tough for me." #Canucks

Not a good sign
- NorthNuck

So it's the entire organization that doesn't talk to their players. Not just JB, Johnson is in on it too.

So it's the entire organization that doesn't talk to their players. Not just JB, Johnson is in on it too.
- manvanfan

Palmu : "I am going to have a good year here and then have a good summer and I will show that coaching staff there that I can play there. My main plan is to play in the NHL.

At least he's being positive about it

Short cuts? Are you waiting for Van to draft an entire team of star players? As JB mentioned that teams like Wpg have about a dozen drafted players on the team. That leaves 11 others that have to come from other places.
- manvanfan

its impossible to have a team entirely made up of kids who were drafted into the organization. free agents and trades are obviously apart of the process of building a team. However, I just disagree with giving term and high $'s to what will be a 35 year old free agent. I don't expect the Canucks to be a highly competitive playoff team next year, even with Hughes. Its going to take more than him, and I am not sure supplementing him, or the team, with older free agents is the way to do it, just my opinion.

Term and dollars.
- Marwood

Common and sense

Rick Dhaliwal
‏ @DhaliwalSports

Petrus Palmu on SN 650 and leaving Utica to go back to Finland : "I didn't get a reason as to why I didn't get ice time in Utica. no one really talked to me. I tried to do my job when I played, I didn't get very big minutes which was tough for me." #Canucks

Not a good sign
- NorthNuck

He sucks at hockey

Palmu : "I am going to have a good year here and then have a good summer and I will show that coaching staff there that I can play there. My main plan is to play in the NHL.

At least he's being positive about it
- NorthNuck

He is done

its impossible to have a team entirely made up of kids who were drafted into the organization. free agents and trades are obviously apart of the process of building a team. However, I just disagree with giving term and high $'s to what will be a 35 year old free agent. I don't expect the Canucks to be a highly competitive playoff team next year, even with Hughes. Its going to take more than him, and I am not sure supplementing him, or the team, with older free agents is the way to do it, just my opinion.
- Codes1087

Other teams are doing it. Good teams too.

Palmu : "I am going to have a good year here and then have a good summer and I will show that coaching staff there that I can play there. My main plan is to play in the NHL.

At least he's being positive about it
- NorthNuck

Why use a 6th round pick on a player and then don't bother to try and develop him?

Another stupid move by Canucks management.

Other teams are doing it. Good teams too.
- manvanfan

just a difference of opinion. I understand why good teams do it, but i don't think we are a good team, which is why i don't want to do it.

Why use a 6th round pick on a player and then don't bother to try and develop him?

Another stupid move by Canucks management.
- manvanfan

You are so clueless it’s fun. He wasn’t good enough to play a regular shift. So he was banished to Finland. At his age, and given his poor performance, he can be writtten off as a future prospect.