Canucks News N Notes 25-26

[Cornuck]

3 games left for Hronek to overtake Petey for the scoring 'race'.

[Madcombinepilot]

SO chit chatting about the upcoming offseason, and had an idea..

Rutherford needs to hear this.
JR needs to go to the owners, and ask if he can purchase a couple more draft picks for the future, to speed the rebuild. Then, send a prewritten message to agents for July 1st. The message is "Vancouver is willing to overpay by 2-3 million for FA's for 1 year contracts with the intent to trade with retention to contender. Please include your 10 team NTC with contract proposal'. Sign a 6 million dollar guy for 8.5 (or whatever), with 7.5 (whatever the max is) of it being signing bonus. Receiving team gets a guy on a discounted cap space with pretty much zero cost (like actual dollars for receiving owner) attached.

I Mean, everyone pretty much knows what a player is worth in free agency, so just overpay, and make no bones about what your doing. Retain on the couple guys when we trade, and get more draft capital.

[theman]

So Drew O’Connor is now the Canucks union rep with Zeev Buium as alternate.

[Ronning's Ghost]

SO chit chatting about the upcoming offseason, and had an idea..

Rutherford needs to hear this.
JR needs to go to the owners, and ask if he can purchase a couple more draft picks for the future, to speed the rebuild. Then, send a prewritten message to agents for July 1st. The message is "Vancouver is willing to overpay by 2-3 million for FA's for 1 year contracts with the intent to trade with retention to contender. Please include your 10 team NTC with contract proposal'. Sign a 6 million dollar guy for 8.5 (or whatever), with 7.5 (whatever the max is) of it being signing bonus. Receiving team gets a guy on a discounted cap space with pretty much zero cost (like actual dollars for receiving owner) attached.

I Mean, everyone pretty much knows what a player is worth in free agency, so just overpay, and make no bones about what your doing. Retain on the couple guys when we trade, and get more draft capital.

There might be some reason why you don't want that in writing, but otherwise, yes! -- absolutely.

[donlever]

SO chit chatting about the upcoming offseason, and had an idea..

Rutherford needs to hear this.
JR needs to go to the owners, and ask if he can purchase a couple more draft picks for the future, to speed the rebuild. Then, send a prewritten message to agents for July 1st. The message is "Vancouver is willing to overpay by 2-3 million for FA's for 1 year contracts with the intent to trade with retention to contender. Please include your 10 team NTC with contract proposal'. Sign a 6 million dollar guy for 8.5 (or whatever), with 7.5 (whatever the max is) of it being signing bonus. Receiving team gets a guy on a discounted cap space with pretty much zero cost (like actual dollars for receiving owner) attached.

I Mean, everyone pretty much knows what a player is worth in free agency, so just overpay, and make no bones about what your doing. Retain on the couple guys when we trade, and get more draft capital.

There might be some reason why you don't want that in writing, but otherwise, yes! -- absolutely.

MCPilot will not need to put it in writing if we all just keep quoting the post in response.

It will be permanently etched into our minds ad infinitum.

[Hockey Widow]

Chatter out there that Canucks want to re-sign Blueger and he is on a short list for next captain.

[Nuckertuzzi]

Before last night, no.

After last night, yes.

Been a very long time since I've been proud of a Canucks' player for doing something that's above performance related (..even longer for something performance related ). So nice to see some jam for once. Zeev, too, a few weeks back and a few others last night besides Bluegs. Could the culture be changing??

[Lancer]

Bluegers is not an obvious choice for Captain, but he’s one of the better options out there. Has always played the right way, capable 3rd-/4th-liner. Not a big personality, but he has a ring and experience playing with winners like Crosby.

He also wants to stay - even after management was undoubtedly shopping him at the TDD. He’s kind of at the right age at 31 to be around for the rebuild but ready to retire when they have to name a captain from the new core.

[Tciso]

Bluegers is not an obvious choice for Captain, but he’s one of the better options out there. Has always played the right way, capable 3rd-/4th-liner. Not a big personality, but he has a ring and experience playing with winners like Crosby.

He also wants to stay - even after management was undoubtedly shopping him at the TDD. He’s kind of at the right age at 31 to be around for the rebuild but ready to retire when they have to name a captain from the new core.

Yeah, a 3 year contract for Captain Transition sounds about right

[Madcombinepilot]

Bluegers is not an obvious choice for Captain, but he’s one of the better options out there. Has always played the right way, capable 3rd-/4th-liner. Not a big personality, but he has a ring and experience playing with winners like Crosby.

He also wants to stay - even after management was undoubtedly shopping him at the TDD. He’s kind of at the right age at 31 to be around for the rebuild but ready to retire when they have to name a captain from the new core.

Yeah, a 3 year contract for Captain Transition sounds about right

I have said for years that in this market, the best player on the team CAN NOT be captain. Media fucks with their heads. If Blueger is on the list, and we resign him, he will do.

[Lancer]

Bluegers is not an obvious choice for Captain, but he’s one of the better options out there. Has always played the right way, capable 3rd-/4th-liner. Not a big personality, but he has a ring and experience playing with winners like Crosby.

He also wants to stay - even after management was undoubtedly shopping him at the TDD. He’s kind of at the right age at 31 to be around for the rebuild but ready to retire when they have to name a captain from the new core.

Yeah, a 3 year contract for Captain Transition sounds about right

I have said for years that in this market, the best player on the team CAN NOT be captain. Media fucks with their heads. If Blueger is on the list, and we resign him, he will do.

A couple of other points in his favour:

-He's been here a couple of years already, so he should have a good understanding of the personalities of the room, as opposed to bringing in someone from the outside.

-He understands where this room has been without being involved in the cortex of drama; he doesn't carry any baggage that way.

-I don't think he can kick the Dickless Swede into gear, but I don't think he'll make Petey more pouty - if that was possible.

I mean, outside of Hronek and MP3, what are the other internal options? Can't name one of the kids; wrong time and none have earned consideration IMO. Forget Boeser; DeBrusk seems like he's still disappointed he didn't move at the deadline; and I can only imagine the Dickless Swede getting the C if management wanted to get fired.

[Megaterio Llamas]

Bluegers is not an obvious choice for Captain, but he’s one of the better options out there. Has always played the right way, capable 3rd-/4th-liner. Not a big personality, but he has a ring and experience playing with winners like Crosby.

He also wants to stay - even after management was undoubtedly shopping him at the TDD. He’s kind of at the right age at 31 to be around for the rebuild but ready to retire when they have to name a captain from the new core.

Yeah, a 3 year contract for Captain Transition sounds about right

I have said for years that in this market, the best player on the team CAN NOT be captain. Media fucks with their heads. If Blueger is on the list, and we resign him, he will do.

A couple of other points in his favour:

-He's been here a couple of years already, so he should have a good understanding of the personalities of the room, as opposed to bringing in someone from the outside.

-He understands where this room has been without being involved in the cortex of drama; he doesn't carry any baggage that way.

-I don't think he can kick the Dickless Swede into gear, but I don't think he'll make Petey more pouty - if that was possible.

I mean, outside of Hronek and MP3, what are the other internal options? Can't name one of the kids; wrong time and none have earned consideration IMO. Forget Boeser; DeBrusk seems like he's still disappointed he didn't move at the deadline; and I can only imagine the Dickless Swede getting the C if management wanted to get fired.

So, Scooter it is then!

[Nuckertuzzi]

Bridge/placeholder C for Cootes or Dupont.

Age could be an issue tho if a 3 year extension plus plus before a kid is ready. Will he even be playing in his mid 30s let alone captain a team?

[JelloPuddingPop]

Rumour out there by Nick Kypreos is that if Rutherford does decide to can Alvin - that Minny might be interested in bringing him on.

That would be some awesome maneuvering, on Alvin's part, and we might all be seeing the greatest hoodwink in the modern era!

Trade the best player you have to a rival, then head on over yourself.

These fuckin' guys.

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[Carl Yagro]

Does this somehow tie in to why Allvin’s role as GM was usurped when dealing with Guerin?