Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov are two big Canucks UFA’s that need deals, but it’s important not too give them too much money. Elias Pettersson needs a winger, we go over all that in the video
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tbh theres no winning here. Theres just not enough room to keep everyone and what about joshua and blugar? they are both beast on the pk and have great chemistry with the team.
Canucks have to dumb mikeyeve and trade hronek to keep everyone. Hronek wants too much and teams are desperate for a RHD
Petition to get sqoucy out the roster
Zadorov will make a killing in advertising in Vancouver so I get the discount
Dillon could replace Big Z and not brake the bank.
I can’t see Lindholm being on the third line while people are still pencilling in Suter in the top 6. Yes we have 3 centers over 7 mil, do they all need to play center every game? No. Lindholm is a top 6 player. If not then he’s the best 3C in the league
what should the canucks do? move to another city for starters
sign zadorov let boston have lindholm he was not all that impressive in the season
What bugs me the most about losing Lindholm is the loss of the great young D man Hunter Brzustewicz
You can’t chase sunken costs. If Lindholm’s price is to high as the third center, then you just move on. 7 for 7 seems like a lot to me but maybe that’s just new bar for the NHL now. I didn’t think the Lindholm trade was worth it, and I still don’t. But he did give the, good service in their playoff run. Fans enjoyed it while it lasted.
I don’t understand why not put JT miller on the wing? He played at least 2 seasons on the wing
Get rid Soucy & Hronek. Get rid of Suter, Dries & Blueger. That way you can have Zadorov and Myers. Then you can keep Lindholm cause he was great towards the end of the playoffs and we didn't get to see him play fully. If you get rid of them 2 on D. And then 3 off center position, cause Canucks have a few lines of just centers. Then bring up some talent you drafted a few years ago and stop trading prospects away. But this is only my opinion. I don't expect you all to like it. I don't expect you to get it. But with this, you can free up some cap space to sign Zadorov and Elias and potentially do a proper job bringing up players instead of leaving them down in the AHL or trading them off.
Let Lindholm walk…easy decision.
The moment they disbanded the Lifeline, around the time of the Allstars game, everyone on our team started doing worse.
Only way to recommend signing Lindholm is if the plan is to trade Petey now.
There's also the fact that Pettersson can play on the wing, he's done it on the Lotto Line, and he did it late in the playoffs.
Don’t tell me how to feel
As much as I like Lindholm, if Petey can get back to normal he can fill the void left by him. Blueger is much less and was our best penalty killer in the playoffs. Hronek and Zadorov are priority *in my opinion.
Keep Lindholm. Get rid of Patterson, he is overpriced. Definitely keep Nikita.
Nah he wants more than 7 million? Take a hike. He was poor all regular season. sure he was good in the playoffs but not point per game good. He wasn't a top 3 player either. He was a top 5 player and that was just in line with expectations not surpassing them. So in other words dude underachieves badly in the regular season than simply does what is expected and we're just supposed to throw money at him? Hell no.
still talking about losers canucks
They can sign Lindholm and have Lindholm and Pettersson play hybrid wing/centre on the same line and each alternate to take the face offs on their strong side.
Lindholm did play wing in his first season in Calgary on a line with Monahan and Gaudreau with Monahan as centre for that line. He didn’t play centre in Calgary permanently until Monahan’s injury. That’s when he was bump back to his natural position at centre between Gaudreau and Tkachuk. Backlund was 2C during the majority of the time when Lindholm was in Calgary.
Lindholm would be a nice luxury to have as it is easier mix the lines depending on the opponent we play against. If we play against a stronger/deeper team, we can roll with Miller, Pettersson and Lindholm 1-3C. If we need to load up on offense against lower tier teams, we can have Lindholm/Pettersson as hybrid centre/wing.
If you grab a natural winger in the UFA market to play with Pettersson, you don’t have the option of the hybrid centre/wing option. And if that winger is Guentzel, he is going to cost more than Lindholm.
I am not against signing Lindholm. In a way, Lindholm help fill the void after the departure of Bo Horvat.
I kept saying they really over paid for Lindholm
Stop giving away the first round
They need to find under valued players who need a system to excel, like myers did.
Yes sign Zadorov and pull out all the stops to get Necas out of Carolina . Petey needs a bonafide winger for him to succeed . Let Lindholm walk .
I think the team would be better off trading for another rental. Who knows, if Pittsburgh has another bad season Crosby might be available.
I hope we keep lindholm I’d do 5 years 7 million
If everyone takes a small discount they could add a whole extra player or two
others will get traded perhaps podkolzin or even other players wont be around. Boesser or even defense maybe mikhaev to open up space.
they have to resign bluegers
sign zadorov and lindholm. trade pettersson and mikayev for a boatload of picks and young center prospect that can play 3rd line (maybe kent johnsson?). use the cap savings to sign more free agents like toffoli and tanev. petterson simply isnt a tochett style player and lacks the fire to be the play driver.
Trading away this year's 2nd rounder to get Mikheyev fully off the books may end up being the best play to make here since we're starting to see how the rumour mill is suggesting a lot of 1st round picks are up for grabs in the pre-draft market, which suggests to me that this year's draft could be quite weak down the stretch and so we may be better off with giving away the pick as a bargaining chip.