Panarin + 18th overall > 10th overall
- Nucker101

Logic doesn't work here 😂😂

I was with you on the Fox idea, not that I had high hopes but you have to try all possibilities.
- Shuswap Wap

Erik Karlsson - 1 year, 20M

Free Gillis!

I did make suggestions . I suggested he forget about Fox
- VANTEL

I will when NYR sign him lol

Jamie Benn's older, slower brother?
- dbot

He has a nice beard

Fabbro for 2nd + 3rd?
- Nucker101

Here is a new one . OS Kyle Connor 8.1 mil cost a first second and a third

lol, i never said otherwise. My opinion on what the Canucks should and shouldn't do is about timing, rather than the absolute of exploring a player in free agency or unplugging your phone line and call-blocking your pro scouting department. You guys are taking my opinion out of context 100%
- Codes1087

Define timing?
Timing is when a UFA is available & Panarin is not Schaller 😂😂

He has a nice beard
- VANTEL

via GIPHY

Here is a new one . OS Kyle Connor 8.1 mil cost a first second and a third
- VANTEL

Stealing my thunder lol
Watch out bro proactivity pisses in the tankists corn flakes 😂😂

Van will get quality UFA's by overpaying. Pass.

Define timing?
Timing is when a UFA is available & Panarin is not Schaller 😂😂
- Nighthawk

Schaller was a smart signing that didn't turn out well. He did have 12 goals the year before. He was suppose to add toughness and chip in 10 goals . Signings don't always work out.

don't get me wrong, I like Panarin as a player, and if the Canucks were a little bit more well-rounded in their roster, a player like Panarin (cap permitting) makes sense, I just personally don't think the time is right to land him, just my opinion.
- Codes1087

I get that we're a couple years away from being a competitive team, but I'd wager he has many productive years left in him. If by some miracle he was willing to sign here you have to go for it. One more piece in place for when you're ready to compete

Panarin + 18th overall > 10th overall
- Nucker101

He will never sign here but this is true

He will never sign here but this is true
- NorthNuck

He'll go to FLA

He will never sign here but this is true
- NorthNuck

He won't but someone will

Define timing?
Timing is when a UFA is available & Panarin is not Schaller 😂😂
- Nighthawk

The Canucks don't have one or two holes to fill, they have multiple. They are trending in the right direction, but I don't think at this specific stage of the Canucks "rebuild", going after a top end UFA is the way to build. Again, its just my opinion, not sure why you have to know it backwards and front and why lol. I don't want the Canucks to make trades that will fill holes by creating new ones, I don't want the Canucks to make a similar mistake like they did with LE, and I don't think the timing is right (just my opinion) to go after high end UFA's.

Take Panarin away from CBJ & what do you have?
Nashville

If we had Panarin are we a PO team? Probably
Would he mess up our cap? Hardly
Do we need more core pieces? Yes

I get that we're a couple years away from being a competitive team, but I'd wager he has many productive years left in him. If by some miracle he was willing to sign here you have to go for it. One more piece in place for when you're ready to compete
- NorthNuck

i get your reasoning, and respect your opinion, I just see it differently

He'll go to FLA
- VanHockeyGuy

Warm weather, low taxes, competitive team, and no annoying media? Seems better than Van to me

Schaller was a smart signing that didn't turn out well. He did have 12 goals the year before. He was suppose to add toughness and chip in 10 goals . Signings don't always work out.
- VANTEL

Schaller is a filler while we build nothing more. Yes it hasn’t worked out but he is only $1.9m

i get your reasoning, and respect your opinion, I just see it differently
- Codes1087

I get that we're a couple years away from being a competitive team, but I'd wager he has many productive years left in him. If by some miracle he was willing to sign here you have to go for it. One more piece in place for when you're ready to compete
- NorthNuck

This is my thinking as well.
It's not like Vancouver has ever really been a hot spot for high end UFA's to sign (like NYR's), although we have landed some local boys like Willie Mitchel and Hamhuis.

It's not practical to expect that once the team is 'ready' in a few more years that there will be high end UFA's waiting to sign here.

He will never sign here but this is true
- NorthNuck

That goes for 30 teams after he does sign lol

Take Panarin away from CBJ & what do you have?
Nashville

If we had Panarin are we a PO team? Probably
Would he mess up our cap? Hardly
Do we need more core pieces? Yes
- Nighthawk

I think you need to let go and realize he will sign with his old coach in Miami with a great lifestyle, a strong Russian Community and a place his wife will absolutely love.

It is okay to dream big but Panarin to Vancouver is not happening

The Canucks don't have one or two holes to fill, they have multiple. They are trending in the right direction, but I don't think at this specific stage of the Canucks "rebuild", going after a top end UFA is the way to build. Again, its just my opinion, not sure why you have to know it backwards and front and why lol. I don't want the Canucks to make trades that will fill holes by creating new ones, I don't want the Canucks to make a similar mistake like they did with LE, and I don't think the timing is right (just my opinion) to go after high end UFA's.
- Codes1087

Panarin fills 1 big hole...presto
LE is not nor ever was a Panarin nor suggesting Panarin is a mistake is beyond funny lol

This is my thinking as well.
It's not like Vancouver has ever really been a hot spot for high end UFA's to sign (like NYR's), although we have landed some local boys like Willie Mitchel and Hamhuis.

It's not practical to expect that once the team is 'ready' in a few more years that there will be high end UFA's waiting to sign here.
- dbot

Yep, gotta take those swings when you get the chance.

Hopefully if there end up being any UFAs of this caliber over the next few years Van will be attractive enough to give us a chance at signing them