[Friedman] There is word this afternoon that Vancouver has granted Conor Garland permission to talk to other teams about a potential trade. Tight cap situation, see if there’s a better fit around the NHL. (Conor Garland just changed agents to Judd Moldaver)
There is word this afternoon that Vancouver has granted Conor Garland permission to talk to other teams about a potential trade. Tight cap situation, see if there's a better fit around the NHL.
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) October 10, 2023
by PaperMoonShine
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I’ve seen this movie before.
A player seemingly wanting out in the first full season with the new staff is not a great sign in my opinion
Fine…. We’ll take Makar
The ultimate Canucks outcome is we trade him to CBJ for Gudbranson.
Honestly, Garland fits Tocchet’s system really well and seemed to play better under him. Unless we get a really good offer, I’d rather deal another winger and keep Garland as a steady middle 6 piece.
ETA: If it’s true that Garland requested the trade himself, then that changes basically everything I just said. I thought he’d be fine with his situation in Vancouver but ig he really wants to lock down a guaranteed top 6 role elsewhere.
With Garland it’s just hard to see how his role evolves beyond 3rd line minutes and PP2 duty. And $5M is a lot to spend on that role.
And that’s the kind of minutes you ideally want guys like Lekkerimaki, Raty, Hoglander, etc to be able to step into over the next 2-3 seasons.
So you’ve played the best hockey of your career under Tocchet, and you’re opening the season playing on the wing with Elias fucking Pettersson.
I get the team wanting to clear up space but what does Garland think is gonna be better for his career than that?
I like Garland and will be sad to see him go, but I get it. He wants top 6 minutes and the writing is on the wall that he likely ends up on the 3rd line for a good portion of the season.
This would seem a lot worse if garland didn’t switch agents. I want him to stay but sounds like he wants a better opportunity… oh well at least this isn’t because of the cap because we are under the cap with him.
Canucks go one day without drama challenge: impossible
Maybe time to pair Hoglander or Pod with Garland for a slightly overpaid RHD. Someone do research on 4-5 million dollar RHD league wide.
Friedman talking about Garland on D&D now
https://x.com/donnieanddhali/status/1711816660578173112?s=46&t=7fabqgtgp69dNA1d51vxFw
What a shame we have to trade him for that scrub Victor Hedman right
Really hope there is something to work out with CBJ for one of their dmen. They could use some right wing depth behind Laine. Would open up cap space for us.
If we could land some variation of Peeke for Garland that would be awesome. Same term on the contracts but we reallocate the money to D and clear 2.2mil. With that extra cap space we could probably sign Bear.
That would make our RHD depth.
– Hronek
– Bear
– Peeke
– Myers
– Juulsen
– McWard
I’d definitely have more confidence in that dcore than our current one.
The 120% *real* reason Garland is requesting a trade is because of that Joshua scrum in the preseason.
Thanks Benning
Ever since JR took over, it seemed like Garland was never going to have a home in Vancouver. He had some pretty good metrics early on in the first season and 60 points was well within reach after the seasons he had in Arizona, but it just never worked out here.
I think he still has some value and can work as a middle 6 player where a team has more size and can utilize his offense a bit more. Hopefully we can get defense without paying another pick.
Hes a good player on an ok-ish contract.
Worst case ontario i think the canucks get a 3rd or something for him.
Funny enough, i could actually see him back in arizona.
You can be top line and PP1 in San Jose. Goodbye sweet prince.
Weird timing after finally getting another chance in the top six