- Nucker101

If the Krak don't need a Highmore/ZacMac in their line up. Then a B prospect deal to take Holtby would save a buy out and clear cap, in time, for a draft day trade and free agency.

Lordy's a nice fella, but none too bright. Jesus, just look at Beagles stats, he was terrible in the playoffs that year. He was expected to defend and his Corsi and Fenwick were so terrible to go with his 11 shots in the playoffs and 2 points.

Everyone with an ounce of intelligence could see that goaltending carried them in both the Blues and Knights series, they'd have lost four straight if it wasn't Markstrom and Demko. St. Louis's goaltending was just awful in that series, the Canucks beat them despite being outshot 229 to 165 and Binnington had a .851 save percentage to Markstroms .920

Things were even worse in the Vegas series, the Canucks were outshot 271 to 164 and Demko had a save percentage of .985
- DraftandDestroy

lol ouch. I do love a good bottom 6 picnic in here. just drop Beagle, Sutter and Rousell's names and in about 12 posts they are all here lol

The' bottom 6 picnic crowd'...I'm liking that...

LH also said Toffoli is not a playoff performer so there’s that.....
- golfingsince

I'll give the guy credit he looked stale and right out of it for a round and a half but good on him for bringing his game around. Would love to se the Habs bounce Gary's team. We took Vegas to 7 last year...I think the Habs can win this.

LH also said Toffoli is not a playoff performer so there’s that.....
- golfingsince

Prior to this year he had 11 goals and 14 assists in 54 playoff games. 38 point pace.

LH was correct if he was referring to Toffoli’s perform prior to these playoffs

lol ouch. I do love a good bottom 6 picnic in here. just drop Beagle, Sutter and Rousell's names and in about 12 posts they are all here lol
- LordHumungous

Yeah, you’re gonna need more food if you think that any fan that doesn’t agree with a $10 m 4th line is at a picnic.

I like your coping mechanism though. Why question yourself when you can just pretend it’s all about something else.

I'll give the guy credit he looked stale and right out of it for a round and a half but good on him for bringing his game around. Would love to se the Habs bounce Gary's team. We took Vegas to 7 last year...I think the Habs can win this.
- LordHumungous

So what you’re saying is that we won one playoff round in all the years of those contracts in a year that we might not even have made them without a play-in.

Oddly enough, we also had Taney and Edler during those playoffs playing more impressive minutes but for the past 4-5 years it’s been get rid of them from you.

I guess we’ll now refer to you as the 975k defence crowd.
- golfingsince

They took Vegas, cup favorites, to 7 games and 5 mins left of round 2, defeated the previous cup Champs. They showed that they can battle and win in the playoffs by bringing their game up a notch. Once they get a real bottom 6, not just a couple players propping up some has-beens, they will compete for a good while.

Hi,

A small Montreal aside in the new blog – Alex Burrows content — but it's mostly about the blue line and wondering if the defense can improve with what the Canucks (mostly) have on hand...

https://www.hockeybuzz.co...ut-big-changes/194/112049

They took Vegas, cup favorites, to 7 games and 5 mins left of round 2, defeated the previous cup Champs. They showed that they can battle and win in the playoffs by bringing their game up a notch. Once they get a real bottom 6, not just a couple players propping up some has-beens, they will compete for a good while.
- Retinalz

This team showed that they can elevate their game in the post-season

Prior to this year he had 11 goals and 14 assists in 54 playoff games. 38 point pace.

LH was correct if he was referring to Toffoli’s perform prior to these playoffs
- Nucker101

He had 2 bad playoff years when they were bounced 1st round with 1 point in 9 games. Aside from that he’s been good in the playoffs including 4 in 7 last year.

I guess you have to support the guy that thumbs ups every one of your troll posts though.

lol ouch. I do love a good bottom 6 picnic in here. just drop Beagle, Sutter and Rousell's names and in about 12 posts they are all here lol
- LordHumungous

Well they're ALL effectively gone now. But there are plenty of UFA vets that can perform better going forward, at short term low AAV, this off season. You could have many bottom 6 combos like below.

Motte, Tyler
$1,225,000
LW, RWUFA - 1
Wennberg, Alexander
$3,500,000
EditCUFA
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Podkolzin, Vasily
$925,000
RWRFA - 3
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Highmore, Matthew
$725,000
LW, RWRFA - 1
Gaudreau, Frédérick
$1,500,000
CUFA
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MacEwen, Zack
$825,000
C, RWRFA - 1

As shown by the numbers the Canucks can try to make big moves. JB has stated this too. This wait another season narrative only applies if Canucks miss out on their top player targets.
- NuckUp

As shown by the numbers??? Petey and Quinn aren't signed...

They took Vegas, cup favorites, to 7 games and 5 mins left of round 2, defeated the previous cup Champs. They showed that they can battle and win in the playoffs by bringing their game up a notch. Once they get a real bottom 6, not just a couple players propping up some has-beens, they will compete for a good while.
- Retinalz

Ok well that’s kind of contrary to the notion that those has been a carried us. Like lefty said and anyone who watched knows goaltending carried and continues to carry us.

lol ouch. I do love a good bottom 6 picnic in here. just drop Beagle, Sutter and Rousell's names and in about 12 posts they are all here lol

The' bottom 6 picnic crowd'...I'm liking that...
- LordHumungous

Bro, you bring up the 6 million dollar 4th line vs 975k 4th line thing up yourself every single day lol.

Well they're ALL effectively gone now. But there are plenty of UFA vets that can perform better going forward, at short term low AAV, this off season. You could have many bottom 6 combos like below.

Motte, Tyler
$1,225,000
LW, RWUFA - 1
Wennberg, Alexander
$3,500,000
EditCUFA
undefined
Podkolzin, Vasily
$925,000
RWRFA - 3
undefined
Highmore, Matthew
$725,000
LW, RWRFA - 1
Gaudreau, Frédérick
$1,500,000
CUFA
undefined
MacEwen, Zack
$825,000
C, RWRFA - 1
- NuckUp

No physical or doctor has put any person on LTIR yet. Ferland COULD pass his physical and be play eligible. Same goes for Beagle. No one is effectively gone until they are deemed gone by professionals.

He had 2 bad playoff years when they were bounced 1st round with 1 point in 9 games. Aside from that he’s been good in the playoffs including 4 in 7 last year.

I guess you have to support the guy that thumbs ups every one of your troll posts though.
- golfingsince

His production went down in the post-season, LH would’ve been correct prior to these playoffs.

Good on TT for stepping up

He had 2 bad playoff years when they were bounced 1st round with 1 point in 9 games. Aside from that he’s been good in the playoffs including 4 in 7 last year.

I guess you have to support the guy that thumbs ups every one of your troll posts though.
- golfingsince

The funny thing is that Toffoli can do nothing from this day forward for the next 3 seasons and his contract is perfectly justified (according to the LH logic.)

Hey if a handful of games justifies multi-years of overpayment, Toffoli should be negotiating an extension right now.

His production went down in the post-season, LH would’ve been correct prior to these playoffs.

Good on TT for stepping up
- Nucker101

And the Canucks would have a real banner if they won game 7.

As shown by the numbers??? Petey and Quinn aren't signed...
- Codes1087

Reports are, even by agent, they're getting bridged. Range combo $12M. Cap scenarios for making moves take this range. Cap shuffle moves carried out after new player additions.

Look for Petey and QH signed before draft. As posted and reported July, mid-late, will be a very busy month. Sure until then everything we post is speculation. But the info we do have gives us a direction.

His production went down in the post-season, LH would’ve been correct prior to these playoffs.

Good on TT for stepping up
- Nucker101

In 3/5 years his production was similar...almost identical. So yeah, not so much.

The funny thing is that Toffoli can do nothing from this day forward for the next 3 seasons and his contract is perfectly justified (according to the LH logic.)

Hey if a handful of games justifies multi-years of overpayment, Toffoli should be negotiating an extension right now.
- RealityChecker

I can’t believe there are people making an argument that they’d rather have beagle and Roussel than toffoli.

Oh wait, yeah I guess I can.

The funny thing is that Toffoli can do nothing from this day forward for the next 3 seasons and his contract is perfectly justified (according to the LH logic.)

Hey if a handful of games justifies multi-years of overpayment, Toffoli should be negotiating an extension right now.
- RealityChecker

I can’t believe there are people making an argument that they’d rather have beagle and Roussel than toffoli.

Oh wait, yeah I guess I can.

In 3/5 years his production was similar...almost identical. So yeah, not so much.
- golfingsince

I mean I guess if we always write off a player’s 2 worst playoff seasons then almost every player’s playoff production must be solid

Reports are, even by agent, they're getting bridged. Range combo $12M. Cap scenarios for making moves take this range. Cap shuffle moves carried out after new player additions.

Look for Petey and QH signed before draft. As posted and reported July, mid-late, will be a very busy month. Sure until then everything we post is speculation. But the info we do have gives us a direction.
- NuckUp

The Canucks have a shade over 14 million in cap and even if they hypothetically get them at 12, how are they able to go after anyone in free agency without a doctor approval to either play or not play. You can't buy into free agency with money you are banking will go on LTIR without the player actually going on LTIR