CanucksCorner.com Forums

Keep Boeser, it seems like he wants to stay. Trade DeBrusk.

Hockey Widow wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 11:04 pm Boeser and Debrusk figured it out.

Boeser got back on track once the stress of the trade deadline was past. As long as he doesn't have any drama over the summer, he should be good to go next season.

Debruck? Who knows - hot and cold, and right now the PP is hot.

Boeser can't go through a season without some form of personal drama that hampers his "flow"....

Bore Vat was pushing the isles GM to acquire Brock.

Make it happ'n cap'n

BoS wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 6:24 pm
Blueger should be re-signed.

Hockey Widow wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 9:33 pm
I hope we re-sign Blueger. I mean as long as it isn't Sherwood type deal.

I heard a comment that I liked (during the game?) :

If the Canucks don't sign Blueger, they need to sign someone like Bluegar, so they might as well re-sign the guy they already know fits.

Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 6:35 pm

Cornuck wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 6:32 pm

BoS wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 6:31 pm I don’t see Douglas as a natural fighter. Just a big man who holds on. Nice he got his first goal, tho

Same here. But kudos for doing what he needs to do to stay in the NHL.

I saw a lot of him in the AHL, and he's no fighter.

As long as the heart and the will are there, the skill can be taught.
(theoretically, if the management group managed to think of it)

I think you were one of the few posters to agree with me on that point, Megs.

theman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2026 8:04 am Keep Boeser, it seems like he wants to stay.

Cornuck wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2026 10:30 am
Boeser got back on track once the stress of the trade deadline was past. As long as he doesn't have any drama over the summer, he should be good to go next season.

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2026 2:08 pm Bore Vat was pushing the isles GM to acquire Brock.

Make it happ'n cap'n

Boeser is one of the few member of the old guard I wouldn't mind seeing the Canucks hang on to through the early part of the re-build.

That said, if the offer is attractive, I don't see a driving need to keep him, either.

Ronning's Ghost wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2026 5:30 pm

BoS wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 6:24 pm
Blueger should be re-signed.

Hockey Widow wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 9:33 pm
I hope we re-sign Blueger. I mean as long as it isn't Sherwood type deal.

I heard a comment that I liked (during the game?) :

If the Canucks don't sign Blueger, they need to sign someone like Bluegar, so they might as well re-sign the guy they already know fits.

Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 6:35 pm

Cornuck wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 6:32 pm

BoS wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 6:31 pm I don’t see Douglas as a natural fighter. Just a big man who holds on. Nice he got his first goal, tho

Same here. But kudos for doing what he needs to do to stay in the NHL.

I saw a lot of him in the AHL, and he's no fighter.

As long as the heart and the will are there, the skill can be taught.
(theoretically, if the management group managed to think of it)

I think you were one of the few posters to agree with me on that point, Megs.

I think so, RG.

As Blades pointed out, his grappling game is already pretty advanced. If he can tie up and get the takedown, he can eke out a living that way without getting hurt too badly.

Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2026 6:18 pm I think so, RG.

As Blades pointed out, his grappling game is already pretty advanced. If he can tie up and get the takedown, he can eke out a living that way without getting hurt too badly.

If he can actually get proficient with the takedowns, he can achieve the kind of fighting result that might actually act as a deterrent. Ice is hard, big men fall a long way, and another big man landing on you at the same time compounds the effect.

It won't fire up the bench the way a thorough pummelling would, and it won't win him the "heavyweight champion of the League" title belt, but long term, I bet a few cracked or broken ribs do more to tell the predators of the league to lay off the Canucks young stars than another black eye, broken nose, or missing chicklet.

I do not see Douglas here long term.

Homey FA don't play that.

We do need someone who can take a regular shift on the fourth line and thrown down, tho.

Dougie sure looked better than our "1C" in this game.