One-on-one with Jim Benning: On the Canucks’ cap structure, contract talks and his trade deadline shopping list
4 years, 11 months ago

One-on-one with Jim Benning: On the Canucks’ cap structure, contract talks and his trade deadline shopping list

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The Vancouver Canucks will go into the All-Star break with the best point percentage of any team in the Pacific Division. The one thing, though, is that it’s going to be hard to add, because I’m not going to be trading any of our good young players away. We’ve won 11 of our last 14 games and it seems like we have a good fit in our group — experienced guys with young players. I think every year you’re going to see one or two of these young players that can step in and play on our team going forward. I think we’re heading in the right direction and I feel like our young players are continuing to improve and get better.

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NHL trade grades: Canucks make big splash with Elias Lindholm addition
11 months, 1 week ago

NHL trade grades: Canucks make big splash with Elias Lindholm addition

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By Eric Duhatschek, Shayna Goldman and Corey Pronman The trade Canucks get: F Elias Lindholm Flames get: F Andrei Kuzmenko, a 2024 first-round pick, D Hunter Brzustewicz, D Joni Jurmo and a conditional 2024 fourth-round pick Eric Duhatschek: There is a quaint notion in the NHL that fierce divisional rivals won’t make trades with each other, a fact that has …

What NHL offseason trades, signings and other moves would we like to see? One pick for each team
1 year, 6 months ago

What NHL offseason trades, signings and other moves would we like to see? One pick for each team

New York Times  

NHL trade season is upon us, the draft is coming Wednesday and free agency opens July 1. https://t.co/woPbP6bZ6n — Fluto Shinzawa June 7, 2023 Upgrade the defense: Whether it’s via a trade or unrestricted free agency, the Sabres could stand to upgrade their blue line. And if the price is too steep for Carolina, what could Pesce fetch in a …

NHL trade deadline moves: Full analysis of 42 deals from our staff
1 year, 10 months ago

NHL trade deadline moves: Full analysis of 42 deals from our staff

New York Times  

With the NHL trade deadline on Friday, Shayna Goldman of The Athletic provided instant analysis on the major moves as they happened. Red Wings get first-rounder from Canucks for Filip Hronek To Canucks: D Filip Hronek 2023 fourth-round pick To Red Wings: 2023 conditional first-round pick 2023 second-round pick It’s the trade no one saw coming. Lightning swing big for …

Drance: Why Canucks’ successful trade deadline hinges on the Luke Schenn return
1 year, 10 months ago

Drance: Why Canucks’ successful trade deadline hinges on the Luke Schenn return

New York Times  

Vancouver Canucks defenseman Luke Schenn is back in Vancouver with his family, awaiting a trade. That’s largely because Schenn represents the last traditional bullet in the Canucks’ chamber of assets in the leadup to the 2023 NHL trade deadline. No, once Schenn is dealt and the return for him is added to what the Canucks netted for Bo Horvat, Vancouver’s …

Canucks trade deadline targets: 9 problem contracts they should consider
1 year, 11 months ago

Canucks trade deadline targets: 9 problem contracts they should consider

New York Times  

Editor’s note: This story was published prior to the Vladimir Tarasenko trade. It’s a testament to just how truly stuck the NHL trade market has been on the whole since Sept. 1 that, among all of the NHL’s 32 member clubs, only the Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes, New York Islanders and Chicago Blackhawks have been involved in even a single …

Mirtle: How the Maple Leafs can find a way to make a blockbuster deadline trade
1 year, 11 months ago

Mirtle: How the Maple Leafs can find a way to make a blockbuster deadline trade

New York Times  

The debate has been raging among Maple Leafs fans and media for much of the season. I’m not going to get into the two sides of the argument here — in part because I think they both have merit but also because I want this post to be more of a look at the mechanics of what the Leafs can …

NHL trade grades: Bo Horvat moves to Islanders. Is it a lose-lose deal?
1 year, 11 months ago

NHL trade grades: Bo Horvat moves to Islanders. Is it a lose-lose deal?

New York Times  

The trade Islanders get: Center Bo Horvat. The thing that’s odd about the Islanders is that two of the big-name players they’ve been interested in recently — Nazem Kadri and Bo Horvat — are both centers. The Islanders’ window is now with this core, and this move put even more emphasis on that — especially with what went back Vancouver’s …

What Vancouver Canucks’ perfect 2023 NHL trade deadline could look like
1 year, 11 months ago

What Vancouver Canucks’ perfect 2023 NHL trade deadline could look like

New York Times  

Perfection is unattainable in the NHL. Treat expiring restricted free agents like unrestricted free agents It’s not enough for the Canucks to just take care of the obvious trades before the deadline. Pursuing the ‘get out of LTI’ route could limit the Canucks’ ability to extract value at the deadline, and one suspects the club might be better off instead …

Why Andrei Kuzmenko’s new Canucks contract may not make sense for the team long term
1 year, 11 months ago

Why Andrei Kuzmenko’s new Canucks contract may not make sense for the team long term

New York Times  

Andrei Kuzmenko has brought precious joy and happiness to Canucks fans. That would have made a player like Kuzmenko, who’s scored 43 points in 47 games while on an entry-level contract that every team in the league could afford, a very unique asset. They traded Tyler Toffoli for a package including a first-round pick and then turned around and used …

Scouts, players and staff weigh in on the 2022 NHL Draft class in our final draft survey
2 years, 6 months ago

Scouts, players and staff weigh in on the 2022 NHL Draft class in our final draft survey

New York Times  

Follow our live coverage of the 2022 NHL Draft. Joakim Kemell, Marco Kasper, Jagger Firkus, Juraj Slafkovsky, David Goyette, Matthew Maggio, Lucas Edmonds, Owen Beck, Danny Zhilkin, Ben MacDonald, Jack Hughes, Owen Pickering, Nathan Gaucher, Mattias Havelid, Jimmy Snuggerud, Frank Nazar 2023 NHL Draft prospects who received a vote: Connor Bedard, Adam Fantilli, Eduard Sale, Jayden Perron Wheeler: I think …

The Canadiens’ path forward: New GM Kent Hughes outlines how the next 8 months could go
2 years, 11 months ago

The Canadiens’ path forward: New GM Kent Hughes outlines how the next 8 months could go

New York Times  

The term is being bounced around by anyone talking about the Canadiens these days, but has anyone ever looked at what the word “rebuild” actually means? “But clearly, your timeline is shortened when you pick up prospects instead of draft picks.” Hughes’ words must sound good to Gallagher, who said when Gorton was hired two months ago that he might …

The top 8 players NHL teams should target with an offer sheet this offseason
3 years, 5 months ago

The top 8 players NHL teams should target with an offer sheet this offseason

New York Times  

Please, Hockey Gods, bring us chaos. Vancouver may just move Nate Schmidt to alleviate things, but an offer sheet on the team’s best player would still put the Canucks in a real bind. Kevin Fiala, Minnesota Wild $6.15M x 5 years The pressure of an offer sheet might make it easier to pry Fiala loose and as a borderline first-line …

For the Canucks to make the playoffs, these 5 players need to step up
4 years, 10 months ago

For the Canucks to make the playoffs, these 5 players need to step up

New York Times  

It’s do or die time for the Vancouver Canucks as far as their playoff aspirations are concerned. “You have to be great, you have to have everybody going.” With the Canucks’ 14 points since February worse than every NHL team except the lowly Detroit Red Wings, it’s abundantly clear that the team doesn’t “have everybody going.” Thatcher Demko, who’s given …

Analyzing 4 trade deadline targets that would improve the Canucks’ blue line
4 years, 10 months ago

Analyzing 4 trade deadline targets that would improve the Canucks’ blue line

New York Times  

In examining the strengths and weaknesses of the Canucks, there’s a relatively unanimous divide. Benn/Myers: 38.7 CF%, 37.8% expected goal share, outscored 5-2 Fantenberg/Myers: 42.2 CF%, 43.1 expected goal share, outscored 13-6 I do think the Canucks would be better off with Stecher alongside Benn and Myers back with Edler, but regardless, there’s room for improvement when considering how tough …

Pronman: 10 NHL prospects who could be on the move at the trade deadline
4 years, 10 months ago

Pronman: 10 NHL prospects who could be on the move at the trade deadline

New York Times  

What follows are a few players outside the NHL on teams’ reserve lists that are buyers I think could be moved at the trade deadline. I know scouts who pick apart his hockey sense, and while I don’t think it’s great, I think it’s good enough to make plays in the NHL. I still believe in the player as someone …

5 trade targets that would improve the Canucks’ top 6 forward group
4 years, 11 months ago

5 trade targets that would improve the Canucks’ top 6 forward group

New York Times  

The Vancouver Canucks, currently top-10 in the NHL standings, have a very unique opportunity sitting on their doorstep. Ondrej Kase, Anaheim Ducks Age: 24 Contract: Two years left at $2.6 million Boxcar numbers: 46 GP: 6G, 15A, 21P Ondrej Kase is a player I’ve highlighted since the summer as a potential acquisition and I still believe he would make a …

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