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Dec. 30, 2020 at 6:16 p.m.
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This is a team that's hard to predict for this upcoming season.
I think not giving Markstrom a 6X6 contract is good. I know he's a very very good/elite goalie but he's 30 and Demko has starter potential. I think signing BH to a 2 year deal will turn out to be a very good move for them. He is a veteran, has won a cup and is still a nice goalie.

The D-core is where it gets interesting. Schmidt is better than Tanev but Stecher wasn't replaced. When I look at their d-core, I see 3 penalty killers I 100% trust: Myers, Edler and Schmidt. Someone needs to step up and fill that 4th spot. I don't believe Hughes is the right fit here, since he's very offense minded. Benn may be this player but IMO it should be Juolevi (if Benning doesn't add a guy like Hamonic).

I really struggle to see their offense as being more than average. I love their top 6, with EP, Boeser, Horvat, Miller, Pearson and Virtanen. Their bottom 6, however, is very weak. Sutter is overpaid and isn't much more than a 20 pts guy (proportional to an 82 games season). I like Roussel and McKewen but they're not game breakers and Beagle and Motte don't bring anything in terms of offense. And I like Gaudette a lot but can he carry a bottom 6 90% on his own? I'm reallyyyyy not sure bout that

The x factors for them are:
-the goaltending holding up
-their depth at defense panning out
-someone stepping up in their bottom 6 to provide secondary scoring.

Here's how I'd build their lineup:
Miller-Horvat-Virtanen(I know this line is a bit weaker than the 2nd one in terms of offense but Horvat should take on the other team's top line)
Pearson-Pettersson-Boeser
Roussel-Gaudette-Sutter
Motte-Beagle-McKewen

Hughes-Schmidt
Edler-Myers
Juolevi-Benn

Demko
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Dec. 30, 2020 at 6:34 p.m.
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Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward
This is a team that's hard to predict for this upcoming season.
I think not giving Markstrom a 6X6 contract is good. I know he's a very very good/elite goalie but he's 30 and Demko has starter potential. I think signing BH to a 2 year deal will turn out to be a very good move for them. He is a veteran, has won a cup and is still a nice goalie.

The D-core is where it gets interesting. Schmidt is better than Tanev but Stecher wasn't replaced. When I look at their d-core, I see 3 penalty killers I 100% trust: Myers, Edler and Schmidt. Someone needs to step up and fill that 4th spot. I don't believe Hughes is the right fit here, since he's very offense minded. Benn may be this player but IMO it should be Juolevi (if Benning doesn't add a guy like Hamonic).

I really struggle to see their offense as being more than average. I love their top 6, with EP, Boeser, Horvat, Miller, Pearson and Virtanen. Their bottom 6, however, is very weak. Sutter is overpaid and isn't much more than a 20 pts guy (proportional to an 82 games season). I like Roussel and McKewen but they're not game breakers and Beagle and Motte don't bring anything in terms of offense. And I like Gaudette a lot but can he carry a bottom 6 90% on his own? I'm reallyyyyy not sure bout that

The x factors for them are:
-the goaltending holding up
-their depth at defense panning out
-someone stepping up in their bottom 6 to provide secondary scoring.

Here's how I'd build their lineup:
Miller-Horvat-Virtanen(I know this line is a bit weaker than the 2nd one in terms of offense but Horvat should take on the other team's top line)
Pearson-Pettersson-Boeser
Roussel-Gaudette-Sutter
Motte-Beagle-McKewen

Hughes-Schmidt
Edler-Tanev
Juolevi-Benn

Demko
Holtby

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Good points. Although I disagree with the PK part. Benn was our best PK defenseman last year. Both Edler and Myers were bad on the PK

I would keep the Miller-Pettersson-Boeser line together because they carried the offense. Horvat got thrown to the wolves last year as the shutdown centre when hes not meant to be in that role. He shines when he can play offense freely. I expect Petey to get a bigger role defensively this season to help out Bo. I also think (memes aside) Loui should be in the lineup. Hes a good defensive forward who is good on the PK. Overpaid, yes; bad, no. Ideally Pearson and Virtanen are bottom 6 players, but they play top 6 minutes because the Canucks have nobody else. Getting rid of Beagle would be very helpful. Hes bad everywhere 5v5. and the "pk specialist" was replacement level on the PK. The only place on the ice where he provides positive value is the faceoff dot. Trading him to another team would honestly be best for the team. id rather sign a guy like Nick Shore from free agency to be the 4th.

Im not confident in the blue line as you said. Schmidt is a huge upgrade over Tanev, but nobody really replaced Stecher. Juolevi was excellent defensively for 2 games, but its just an extremely small sample size. Hopefully he can step into the top 6 and be a good defenseman for us. You left off Myers from your lines and put in Tanev. not sure if that was intentional or not, but it would also be best of we got rid of him.

Benning needs to be locked in a cage away from the rest of the world on free agency. I dont know how he will afford to sign Petey and Hughes
Dec. 30, 2020 at 6:51 p.m.
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Good points. Although I disagree with the PK part. Benn was our best PK defenseman last year. Both Edler and Myers were bad on the PK

I would keep the Miller-Pettersson-Boeser line together because they carried the offense. Horvat got thrown to the wolves last year as the shutdown centre when hes not meant to be in that role. He shines when he can play offense freely. I expect Petey to get a bigger role defensively this season to help out Bo. I also think (memes aside) Loui should be in the lineup. Hes a good defensive forward who is good on the PK. Overpaid, yes; bad, no. Ideally Pearson and Virtanen are bottom 6 players, but they play top 6 minutes because the Canucks have nobody else. Getting rid of Beagle would be very helpful. Hes bad everywhere 5v5. and the "pk specialist" was replacement level on the PK. The only place on the ice where he provides positive value is the faceoff dot. Trading him to another team would honestly be best for the team. id rather sign a guy like Nick Shore from free agency to be the 4th.

Im not confident in the blue line as you said. Schmidt is a huge upgrade over Tanev, but nobody really replaced Stecher. Juolevi was excellent defensively for 2 games, but its just an extremely small sample size. Hopefully he can step into the top 6 and be a good defenseman for us. You left off Myers from your lines and put in Tanev. not sure if that was intentional or not, but it would also be best of we got rid of him.

Benning needs to be locked in a cage away from the rest of the world on free agency. I dont know how he will afford to sign Petey and Hughes


-EP is pretty bad in the faceoff dot, I wouldn't want this guy in a defensive role
-yeah lol I made a mistake I meant to put Myers in there
-they'll trade Eriksson along with a sweetener
Dec. 30, 2020 at 7:02 p.m.
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-EP is pretty bad in the faceoff dot, I wouldn't want this guy in a defensive role
-yeah lol I made a mistake I meant to put Myers in there
-they'll trade Eriksson along with a sweetener


Petey isn't actually bad in the faceoff dot, Miller is just excellent at faceoffs which is why he takes them. Pettersson is also really good defensively and matched up against the ROR line in the playoffs and did really well.
Dec. 30, 2020 at 7:05 p.m.
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Looks pretty good although I'd really like the idea of signing Hamonic. I also think Hoglander makes the team and I'd switch Sutter and MacEwen
Jan. 1, 2021 at 11:32 p.m.
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Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward
-EP is pretty bad in the faceoff dot, I wouldn't want this guy in a defensive role
-yeah lol I made a mistake I meant to put Myers in there
-they'll trade Eriksson along with a sweetener


Miller takes the faceoffs on that line. Hes good at taking faceoffs so he will continue to take them. Petey is great defensively

I would rather trade Beagle and Sutter/Rossell (in 2 different trades) than Eriksson. Hes better than both of them combined
 
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