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VanHockeyGuy
Location: “Who are we to think we’re anybody?” - Tocchet. Penticton, BC
Joined: 04.26.2012

Apr 24 @ 12:25 PM ET
You old people always hanging onto every word then disappointed after.


You should look into analytics, your eye test is clearly failing you.

- manvanfan


Thankfully we have millennials to guide us.
neem55
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 02.02.2012

Apr 24 @ 12:27 PM ET
Myers and Boeser should be traded imo. Although he produces offensively, Boeser is slower and not physical at all, not to mention the salary conundrum Benning created with his QO.

Myers is a train wreck most nights, something crazy happens every game when he’s on the ice. Too much salary tied up in OEL and Myers.

Pearson and Podkolzin are essentially the same tweener players, you don’t need both guys, Podkolzin is obviously cheaper.

Dickinson isn’t physical, he’s slower, and, he doesn’t bring any offence. He needs to go as well because he’s a waste of cap space.

Lots of unraveling to do

If someone offers you a boatload for Miller….he gone!!

- LeftCoaster

Those are the two trades i would like to see most. Rebuild the D from there.
LordHumungous
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Greetings from the Humungous. Ayatollah of rock and rolla!
Joined: 08.15.2014

Apr 24 @ 12:52 PM ET
11 AM start for the Oil...

Let's f'ing go!!

Marwood
Location: Cumberland, BC
Joined: 03.18.2010

Apr 24 @ 12:54 PM ET
11 AM start for the Oil...

Let's f'ing go!!


- LordHumungous

Wrong thread.

Not the brightest poster.
Bettmanhatesus
Joined: 08.10.2016

Apr 24 @ 12:55 PM ET
Thankfully we have millennials to guide us.
- VanHockeyGuy

Could be dangerous lol
NewYorkNuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: New York, NY
Joined: 07.11.2015

Apr 24 @ 12:58 PM ET
Agreeing with a Flyers fan is about as bad as an endorsement from Marwood
- manvanfan


Keep biting the hand that feeds you all those Athletic articles
LordHumungous
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Greetings from the Humungous. Ayatollah of rock and rolla!
Joined: 08.15.2014

Apr 24 @ 1:02 PM ET
Wrong thread.

Not the brightest poster.

- Marwood

Whoa! Easy there...

LeftCoaster
Location: Valley Of The Sun
Joined: 07.03.2009

Apr 24 @ 1:03 PM ET
I have never been overly dramatic in my entire short not even over the hill yet life.

Most playoff teams make changes too. It's just the landscape these days. Keep your core of players and the rest is just moving parts.

Developing the rest of the players Benning has given the Canucks is essential. Just going to need a bit of patience

- manvanfan

If Miller would sign a five year deal for 8.5 I’d re-sign him and then start by trading Boeser and Myers. That’d speed up the process, being able to keep Miller.
manvanfan
Vancouver Canucks
Location: MB
Joined: 01.21.2012

Apr 24 @ 1:05 PM ET
I think one of the 1st moves the Canucks make, is buying out Poolman. Saves about 1.3m next year and over 2m the last 2 seasons of the contract.
The team has no choice but to start cutting somewhere, as they have a QO coming up in 2 years that is over 10 million.
Does the team want/need that contract from a player that gets hot for 32 games per season and is somewhat invisible the other 50 games?
Tough decisions to be made as it appears just about every contract, other than Bo, Miller and Demko is at least a 1 million dollar overpay.

- Reubenkincade

Would make just as much sense to put him on waivers for next season.
manvanfan
Vancouver Canucks
Location: MB
Joined: 01.21.2012

Apr 24 @ 1:07 PM ET
Keep biting the hand that feeds you all those Athletic articles
- NewYorkNuck

I haven't got one of those things in months
LordHumungous
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Greetings from the Humungous. Ayatollah of rock and rolla!
Joined: 08.15.2014

Apr 24 @ 1:09 PM ET
If Miller would sign a five year deal for 8.5 I’d re-sign him and then start by trading Boeser and Myers. That’d speed up the process, being able to keep Miller.
- LeftCoaster

Boeser you can possibly move how do you move Myers?
manvanfan
Vancouver Canucks
Location: MB
Joined: 01.21.2012

Apr 24 @ 1:11 PM ET
If Miller would sign a five year deal for 8.5 I’d re-sign him and then start by trading Boeser and Myers. That’d speed up the process, being able to keep Miller.
- LeftCoaster

Can only imagine Miller saying, "I need a winger" once you've traded everyone away to keep one guy.
Marwood
Location: Cumberland, BC
Joined: 03.18.2010

Apr 24 @ 1:14 PM ET
Can only imagine Miller saying, "I need a winger" once you've traded everyone away to keep one guy.
- manvanfan

Which is why trading Miller is the start of the unravelling.
1970vintage
Seattle Kraken
Location: BC
Joined: 11.11.2010

Apr 24 @ 1:16 PM ET
Can only imagine Miller saying, "I need a winger" once you've traded everyone away to keep one guy.
- manvanfan


You can’t start negotiating with Miller until July (officially). I’d focus on getting Boeser signed to a reasonable number even if you plan on trading him. He’s worth more signed than an RFA with a large QO (or at the very least allow a team to negotiate with him).
manvanfan
Vancouver Canucks
Location: MB
Joined: 01.21.2012

Apr 24 @ 1:24 PM ET
You can’t start negotiating with Miller until July (officially). I’d focus on getting Boeser signed to a reasonable number even if you plan on trading him. He’s worth more signed than an RFA with a large QO (or at the very least allow a team to negotiate with him).
- 1970vintage

Exactly and Jannik Hansen said if they want to stay to win, they will take less like the Sedin's did.

Canucks could sign Miller also. Give him like a 15 team no trade list for a couple years to allow him to control his destiny if a team comes with an offer.
VanHockeyGuy
Location: “Who are we to think we’re anybody?” - Tocchet. Penticton, BC
Joined: 04.26.2012

Apr 24 @ 1:40 PM ET
Which is why trading Miller is the start of the unravelling.
- Marwood


Unravelling priority should be

Myers
Pearson
Boeser
Garland
Marwood
Location: Cumberland, BC
Joined: 03.18.2010

Apr 24 @ 1:52 PM ET
Unravelling priority should be

Myers
Pearson
Boeser
Garland

- VanHockeyGuy

I think it should start with Miller if he has no desire in staying.
I agree with Lefty that if you can get him to agree to a 4 or 5 year term that won't cripple you financially, then you keep building around Miller with a small window in mind. There's just too many bloated and redundant contracts to make any of this easy.
Benning really shit the bed with desperate trades & signings year after year only to remain a basement dweller. Allvin, Granato & Castonguay have a lot of work ahead of them.
LeftCoaster
Location: Valley Of The Sun
Joined: 07.03.2009

Apr 24 @ 2:03 PM ET
Boeser you can possibly move how do you move Myers?
- LordHumungous

Easy, someone will bite, they always do.
1970vintage
Seattle Kraken
Location: BC
Joined: 11.11.2010

Apr 24 @ 2:10 PM ET
Easy, someone will bite, they always do.
- LeftCoaster


Toronto will probably be looking to upgrade their D and add some size
VanHockeyGuy
Location: “Who are we to think we’re anybody?” - Tocchet. Penticton, BC
Joined: 04.26.2012

Apr 24 @ 2:10 PM ET
Easy, someone will bite, they always do.
- LeftCoaster


Or just let him walk like Benning would.
Reubenkincade
Location: BC
Joined: 11.18.2016

Apr 24 @ 2:29 PM ET
As someone mentioned earlier, all that is left for this season, is the hope that the Canucks can move up via the draft lottery and get either David Jiricek or Simon Nemec.
Either of those 2 would be an excellent choice for the team.
If they stay where they are, I would take Owen Pickering.
LeftCoaster
Location: Valley Of The Sun
Joined: 07.03.2009

Apr 24 @ 2:30 PM ET
Toronto will probably be looking to upgrade their D and add some size
- 1970vintage

Teams in their competitive window are always looking to add.
LeftCoaster
Location: Valley Of The Sun
Joined: 07.03.2009

Apr 24 @ 2:32 PM ET
Or just let him walk like Benning would.
- VanHockeyGuy

Hopefully a President with 40 years of NHL executive experience won’t let that happen anymore.
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Apr 24 @ 2:34 PM ET
As someone mentioned earlier, all that is left for this season, is the hope that the Canucks can move up via the draft lottery and get either David Jiricek or Simon Nemec.
Either of those 2 would be an excellent choice for the team.
If they stay where they are, I would take Owen Pickering.

- Reubenkincade

Thoughts on Chesley?

Sounds like a guy the Canucks need but he’s not the biggest guy for the role he plays
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Apr 24 @ 2:38 PM ET
Apparently Woo has been playing some forward in the AHL?


The WHL curse continues
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