I don’t think anyone really doubted this man’s performance, did they?
I agreed with the choice though – given he wouldn’t have been worth the premium he’ll call for with Mo as our number 1 D.
Especially with his numbers ( I personally believe ) are inflated due to lining with Hughes.
Valace2
Hronek got a raw deal.
In his rookie season, he was very, very good. He became our #1 defenseman, and then the team got worse and worse. He got run into the ground and people started to blame him.
Yes, he is playing with Hughes, but Hronek is a damn good defender. I hope the hype around ASP is worth it.
Ohhellnowhatsupdawg
He’s about to get insanely overpaid to play bad defense and collect points generated by Hughes.
feroshus12
Meh we got ASP out of it so I’m not too worried.
abassassasssin
Im totally content with his departure
_vault_of_secrets
Sometimes he defended well, but some of you have forgotten (or chose to never notice) how he made the most egregious mistakes in the final minutes of a game. I’m glad he’s successful in his role there, I haven’t watched him play at all so I don’t know if he’s improved in his end or not.
Imaginary_Ad5994
He’s a good player but overrated. Most his points came in the first half of the season, Hughes probably gonna win the Norris carried him, flaws defensively, rumours that he wants 8 mill aav.
I know prospects aren’t guarantees and Hronek is top 4 right handed, but factor in Detroit is not a win now team and what I say above. I’d do that trade again.
CD23tol
It was a win win
Hronek wasn’t going to produce or get paid like he has/will be here, Vancouver got the guy they can stick next to Hughes until 2030
We got assets for someone not in the long term plans and turned it into the best defensive maybe best overall prospect in Sweden
Win win
Wakattack00
Yeah I still stand by this trade for us. Getting 2 picks last year I think made us more willing to give up one this year and grab Debrincat. Plus ASP has a lot of promise and Hronek at the end of the day will be overpaid. I don’t think he’s a guy I’d want to invest $6.5-$7 AAV in when you can get a guy like Ghost for half price and same production offensively.
_Kramerica_
What’re you upset about? Look at his last 19 games of the regular season and his 5 games in the playoffs now. Absolute ghost. We don’t have to pay him the inflated numbers he’s going to command, he’s a product of Hughes, and we got a major prospect that I feel confident in saying will be a better player than Hronek when it’s all said and done.
French-BulIdog
Definite win win, the Canucks got a partner for Hughes that’s been a wonderful fit. Hronek gets a fair shot with an elite defenceman and an elite team. We get a mega prospect RHD with several striking similarities to Erik Karlsson (RHD/offensive D, slightly undersized, elite speed and decision making, super smart with elite offensive skill, drafted two spots apart, can/will play through major injuries, are from towns that have had no other defenceman make the NHL)
RateAccomplished8971
Why did you laugh? Do you know nothing about hockey at all?
Holiday-Director-351
Easy to say when our end hasn’t paid off yet. We’re not building a now we’re building a tomorrow. It’s possible for both ends of a deal to work out for each team according to their needs. Glad he’s playing well for them.
Fair-Chipmunk4376
I think most people thought Van got a good player, made sense for both teams. We got to get younger and bring in our own draft pick which may or may not work out (a lot more likely than not in my opinion) and Van got a RHD to pair with their number 1 D. And for people criticizing his defense, he played with garbage pretty much his whole tenure here, don’t think he can be properly assessed.
Abnatural
Canucks fan from Vancouver here and I would like to weigh in. Hronek was good throughout the regular season though in the second half of the season he dropped off. Looks like he will want to get more than $7M/season but I do not think he is worth that much. Only because he is playing with Hughes have his mistakes been covered up. And I do notice a lot of mistakes on his part defensively. He has a cannon of a shot but always seems hesitant to use it. He defers to Hughes all the time which gets frustrating but I guess when you play with a D man like Hughes, most would do the same. Great on rushing the puck out and good passing but again, you do notice boneheaded passes where you throw your hands in the air. In the playoffs he’s been invisible though, even playing with Hughes. I, personally, would not pay him that much. I would rather keep Zadorov and Myers (at a heavy discount) and then sign Joshua (forward) with all that money. I think he would be a good #2/3 defenseman anywhere and he does deserve about $5 million a season but not more than that. One thing though, he does play with a snarl and won’t back down in a scrum, which I really like.
Direction_Asleep
We got ASP for him.
FuzzyGummyBear
Hronek was not a bad player. He just didn’t fit in our rebuild window. It was a great acquisition for Canucks.
chasegoku
He’s exactly who we thought he was… he was on a better PPG pace when he played with us in 2022-23
slabby
Eh, he had that ultra hot streak at the beginning of the season, but was just okay the rest of the time. I know Nucks fans are pretty hesitant about the contract he’s going to ask for.
Clint_Bonjour
You know how much a right handed UFA defence man costs in the trade market right?
fabianberkley
I’d rather they pay ASP $8M than Hronek
MajorasShoe
We got a great return. This was a win/win trade for sure. would have been nice if we had Hronek this year – but it’s most likely more impactful to have Pellikka in the long run.
Isphet71
That trade wasn’t about the end of last season or this season. He’s going to hit FA this off-season, and that doesn’t sound negotiable, which is why Yzerman traded him in the first place.
It’s very unlikely he goes back to Vancouver, because he’s not going to do it at a discount. They only have 17 players on the books and $8.5 mil in cap space. Hronek is gonna cost about that on his own.
Yeah he has been awesome for Vancouver, but was it worth a first rounder+ if they only had him for a year and a half?
Mac6298
Many players play differently when traded, but eventually fall back in their rut
Extreme_Repair6003
Nucks won’t re-sign Hronek, too much dough. Allvin and Rutherford are Real NHL managers and they’ll look to re-sign Zadorov instead, who’s having a monster playoffs.
JiffTheJester
Yeah I mean sometimes players need a change of scenery. Happy for the guy, he’s also playing with Quinn Hughes. Anyone would look good pairing with him now.
OkProfessional6077
Just think, we could have drafted Quinn Hughes instead of Zadina too.
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I don’t think anyone really doubted this man’s performance, did they?
I agreed with the choice though – given he wouldn’t have been worth the premium he’ll call for with Mo as our number 1 D.
Especially with his numbers ( I personally believe ) are inflated due to lining with Hughes.
Hronek got a raw deal.
In his rookie season, he was very, very good. He became our #1 defenseman, and then the team got worse and worse. He got run into the ground and people started to blame him.
Yes, he is playing with Hughes, but Hronek is a damn good defender. I hope the hype around ASP is worth it.
He’s about to get insanely overpaid to play bad defense and collect points generated by Hughes.
Meh we got ASP out of it so I’m not too worried.
Im totally content with his departure
Sometimes he defended well, but some of you have forgotten (or chose to never notice) how he made the most egregious mistakes in the final minutes of a game. I’m glad he’s successful in his role there, I haven’t watched him play at all so I don’t know if he’s improved in his end or not.
He’s a good player but overrated. Most his points came in the first half of the season, Hughes probably gonna win the Norris carried him, flaws defensively, rumours that he wants 8 mill aav.
I know prospects aren’t guarantees and Hronek is top 4 right handed, but factor in Detroit is not a win now team and what I say above. I’d do that trade again.
It was a win win
Hronek wasn’t going to produce or get paid like he has/will be here, Vancouver got the guy they can stick next to Hughes until 2030
We got assets for someone not in the long term plans and turned it into the best defensive maybe best overall prospect in Sweden
Win win
Yeah I still stand by this trade for us. Getting 2 picks last year I think made us more willing to give up one this year and grab Debrincat. Plus ASP has a lot of promise and Hronek at the end of the day will be overpaid. I don’t think he’s a guy I’d want to invest $6.5-$7 AAV in when you can get a guy like Ghost for half price and same production offensively.
What’re you upset about? Look at his last 19 games of the regular season and his 5 games in the playoffs now. Absolute ghost. We don’t have to pay him the inflated numbers he’s going to command, he’s a product of Hughes, and we got a major prospect that I feel confident in saying will be a better player than Hronek when it’s all said and done.
Definite win win, the Canucks got a partner for Hughes that’s been a wonderful fit. Hronek gets a fair shot with an elite defenceman and an elite team. We get a mega prospect RHD with several striking similarities to Erik Karlsson (RHD/offensive D, slightly undersized, elite speed and decision making, super smart with elite offensive skill, drafted two spots apart, can/will play through major injuries, are from towns that have had no other defenceman make the NHL)
Why did you laugh? Do you know nothing about hockey at all?
Easy to say when our end hasn’t paid off yet. We’re not building a now we’re building a tomorrow. It’s possible for both ends of a deal to work out for each team according to their needs. Glad he’s playing well for them.
I think most people thought Van got a good player, made sense for both teams. We got to get younger and bring in our own draft pick which may or may not work out (a lot more likely than not in my opinion) and Van got a RHD to pair with their number 1 D. And for people criticizing his defense, he played with garbage pretty much his whole tenure here, don’t think he can be properly assessed.
Canucks fan from Vancouver here and I would like to weigh in. Hronek was good throughout the regular season though in the second half of the season he dropped off. Looks like he will want to get more than $7M/season but I do not think he is worth that much. Only because he is playing with Hughes have his mistakes been covered up. And I do notice a lot of mistakes on his part defensively.
He has a cannon of a shot but always seems hesitant to use it. He defers to Hughes all the time which gets frustrating but I guess when you play with a D man like Hughes, most would do the same.
Great on rushing the puck out and good passing but again, you do notice boneheaded passes where you throw your hands in the air. In the playoffs he’s been invisible though, even playing with Hughes.
I, personally, would not pay him that much. I would rather keep Zadorov and Myers (at a heavy discount) and then sign Joshua (forward) with all that money.
I think he would be a good #2/3 defenseman anywhere and he does deserve about $5 million a season but not more than that.
One thing though, he does play with a snarl and won’t back down in a scrum, which I really like.
We got ASP for him.
Hronek was not a bad player. He just didn’t fit in our rebuild window. It was a great acquisition for Canucks.
He’s exactly who we thought he was… he was on a better PPG pace when he played with us in 2022-23
Eh, he had that ultra hot streak at the beginning of the season, but was just okay the rest of the time. I know Nucks fans are pretty hesitant about the contract he’s going to ask for.
You know how much a right handed UFA defence man costs in the trade market right?
I’d rather they pay ASP $8M than Hronek
We got a great return. This was a win/win trade for sure. would have been nice if we had Hronek this year – but it’s most likely more impactful to have Pellikka in the long run.
That trade wasn’t about the end of last season or this season. He’s going to hit FA this off-season, and that doesn’t sound negotiable, which is why Yzerman traded him in the first place.
It’s very unlikely he goes back to Vancouver, because he’s not going to do it at a discount. They only have 17 players on the books and $8.5 mil in cap space. Hronek is gonna cost about that on his own.
Yeah he has been awesome for Vancouver, but was it worth a first rounder+ if they only had him for a year and a half?
Many players play differently when traded, but eventually fall back in their rut
Nucks won’t re-sign Hronek, too much dough.
Allvin and Rutherford are Real NHL managers and they’ll look to re-sign Zadorov instead, who’s having a monster playoffs.
Yeah I mean sometimes players need a change of scenery. Happy for the guy, he’s also playing with Quinn Hughes. Anyone would look good pairing with him now.
Just think, we could have drafted Quinn Hughes instead of Zadina too.