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I don't know how you can look at the Hamhuis deadline move and think that dick-around was respectful.SKYO wrote: Benning and Linden have done a fine job of delicately moving vets out with respect.
Island Nucklehead wrote:I don't know how you can look at the Hamhuis deadline move and think that dick-around was respectful.SKYO wrote: Benning and Linden have done a fine job of delicately moving vets out with respect.
Benning has been completely business-like in his handling of players. I'm fine with that, but let's not call it player-friendly.
Where are you creating this dick-around story from?Island Nucklehead wrote:I don't know how you can look at the Hamhuis deadline move and think that dick-around was respectful.SKYO wrote: Benning and Linden have done a fine job of delicately moving vets out with respect.
Benning has been completely business-like in his handling of players. I'm fine with that, but let's not call it player-friendly.
Quit making stuff up.Hamhuis explained Monday that, although he and his wife, Sarah, needed time last week to consider a trade, he told the Canucks last Wednesday that he would go to Chicago, then doubled his trade list on Thursday to include Dallas.
The timing of this is significant because it has been reported that Hamhuis’s indecision turned off the Blackhawks. Instead, it appears Chicago made a hockey decision and decided simply that their resources were better spent on a winger like Ladd than a defenceman like Hamhuis.
Just as the Stars chose Russell over Hamhuis.
Hoping for a last-minute bargain after acquiring Russell, the Stars’ deadline offer for Hamhuis of a late draft pick and a minor-leaguer with little chance of playing in the NHL was rejected by Benning.
The Los Angeles Kings never materialized as the serious bidders for Hamhuis that they were expected to be, and a late push Monday by the Boston Bruins was doomed because Hamhuis said he wasn’t waiving his NTC to move to the Eastern Conference, far from his wife and three children.
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The resolve to ramp up his conditioning and skating with an intense and cutting-edge program brought him to this point. He not only turned back the clock with a remarkable return on Feb.4, he expects to extend his career and his first choice is to remain in Vancouver, where he took a pay cut to join the club six years ago.
Dallas and Chicago showed interest at the trade deadline and Hamhuis could command both market value and a long-term contract in free agency to increase his expiring $4.5 million US salary cap hit. But he’s not wired that way.
“If you look at it from a pure hockey aspect — if I was chasing the money — leaving would be the best option to have the most exposure, if I was traded to a top-end team,” he said prior to the deadline. “But there’s more to it than that in my decision. I look at it that it’s a great situation in Vancouver for me and for my family. I certainly would consider what that would do to the family, too.
“I want to be a part of this team and I feel privileged to be part of a rebuilding situation and possibly mentor and help develop younger players.”
The vet's and assistant coaches probably have more influence than the head coach. Horvat sited Daniel's help recently when commenting on working his way out of the slump he had this season, also recall him expressing gratitude towards Burrows last season for helping him along. With the vet's they have now they have a pretty good group of mentors there for the next generation of players.micky107 wrote:
Honestly I did not see as much development as I'd hoped this year. Hutton made great strides, that was very notable but I'm not willing to give WD much credit at all and I think most of the guys, Horvat in particular, just started figuring it out on their own. Sorry, not a WD fan, maybe bad on me but that's what I saw.
No system, confusion, bench minors, just not a clear enough picture to follow.
I would agree with that...dangler wrote:The vet's and assistant coaches probably have more influence than the head coach. Horvat sited Daniel's help recently when commenting on working his way out of the slump he had this season, also recall him expressing gratitude towards Burrows last season for helping him along. With the vet's they have now they have a pretty good group of mentors there for the next generation of players.micky107 wrote:
Honestly I did not see as much development as I'd hoped this year. Hutton made great strides, that was very notable but I'm not willing to give WD much credit at all and I think most of the guys, Horvat in particular, just started figuring it out on their own. Sorry, not a WD fan, maybe bad on me but that's what I saw.
No system, confusion, bench minors, just not a clear enough picture to follow.
Actually, I'll go one step further and say that when his career is over, Burrows has an unbelievable hockey IQ and would probably be a stupendous teacher...micky107 wrote:I would agree with that...dangler wrote:The vet's and assistant coaches probably have more influence than the head coach. Horvat sited Daniel's help recently when commenting on working his way out of the slump he had this season, also recall him expressing gratitude towards Burrows last season for helping him along. With the vet's they have now they have a pretty good group of mentors there for the next generation of players.micky107 wrote:
Honestly I did not see as much development as I'd hoped this year. Hutton made great strides, that was very notable but I'm not willing to give WD much credit at all and I think most of the guys, Horvat in particular, just started figuring it out on their own. Sorry, not a WD fan, maybe bad on me but that's what I saw.
No system, confusion, bench minors, just not a clear enough picture to follow.
I don't think $ 3 million is severely low balling Hammer. His play has dropped off. Yes, his last 25 games were OK, but they were not $4.5. $4.5 is top 60 in the league (general fanager), and Hammer is not a top pair Dman. As a 3/4 man, he should be in the $3 to $3.75 range. I'm comfortabe with $4 for 2 years.Hockey Widow wrote:I don't see Benning as the type to low ball a player. I don't think he low balls Hamhuis. Term is what will be at issue if they want him back. 4-4.5 for three years, maybe two years, is what I see them offering, if they offer anything. I don't know that they have decided yet.
Something we're all forgetting, that world turney at the end of this summer and I can potentially see a few moves by teams after said event, you never know....Tciso wrote:I don't think $ 3 million is severely low balling Hammer. His play has dropped off. Yes, his last 25 games were OK, but they were not $4.5. $4.5 is top 60 in the league (general fanager), and Hammer is not a top pair Dman. As a 3/4 man, he should be in the $3 to $3.75 range. I'm comfortabe with $4 for 2 years.Hockey Widow wrote:I don't see Benning as the type to low ball a player. I don't think he low balls Hamhuis. Term is what will be at issue if they want him back. 4-4.5 for three years, maybe two years, is what I see them offering, if they offer anything. I don't know that they have decided yet.
His leverage is pretty simple though. If he goes somewhere else, who the heck do we get to replace him???
More over priced than the contracts you dislike.Blob Mckenzie wrote:I honestly don't care at this point. I was throwing in my two cents
Personally, I haven't met any fans that could handle an Oiler type rebuild but if you know of any, send them over to my place and I'll put them straight, or somewhere else...........Hank wrote:So if Miller, Sutter, Dorsett etal hinders high-caliber UFA signings, why the heck do we want to re-sign a clearly diminished Hamhuis for another 2-3 years at that cap to be a bottom-pairing D?
It couldn't be the non-performing old core with their expensive contracts, NTCs and their right of refusal that's keeping the already quick rebuild from being even faster, could it? Let's keep Burrows and Higgins as top 6 to finish out their careers here cause they're good guys. Let's honor the shit contracts of the previous regime. Damn the business side, it's about respect!
Hey, there might be a #1 Dman out there we could sign if it weren't for Miller! Marky is clearly ready to handle the load of 60+ games with Bachman as the backup. His limited numbers as an NHL backup proves that he is just as good as a vet with years of #1 experience. Cause he's never shown his PTSD and had to be sent to the minors for an entire year.
If the goaltending implodes, no biggie. We've seen that this town and the "fans" can totally handle an Oiler-type rebuild!
micky107 wrote: Personally, I haven't met any fans that could handle an Oiler type rebuild but if you know of any, send them over to my place and I'll put them straight, or somewhere else...........
