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If the price doesn’t benefit Miller, keep him. We’re seeing the long-term effects of what trading away numerous high draft picks for mid-level at best players can do to a team, and it really appears Rutherford and Allvin have a plan, which is more than we can say about Benning, because even if there was a genuine plan, it wasn’t good. Kent - While we only hear bits and pieces of how close they got to dealing Miller, I do kind of like they seem to be sending a message that there isn’t an easily fleeced GM running things in Vancouver anymore. The whole reaction by Lou and Allvin after the fact makes it seem obvious something happened, but the fit feels a bit awkward on the whole. Are they really a team on the brink? It’s possible they bounce back, but it seems a bit risky. I'm also not sure what kind of fit Miller would have been with the NYI. If we could somehow get Noah Dobson, that would have been great. Their first seemed the obvious option, but clearly that didn’t materialize. Markus - I’m not sure what meaningful assets the Islanders could realistically give up. Only then can Allvin sign Miller to a team-friendly 5-year deal that includes Cale Makar abandoning fake Rocky Mt glory to take his place by the calming shores of the Salish Sea with Huggie. Rumour vs Rumour was settled on the draft floor - it’s rumours that make the media frenzy wheel go wheeeee! So I was told by a reliable source who knows his draft - beer.Īs far as I’m concerned, the JT trade/no-trade rumours need to cycle through every NHL GM’s rumour mill - multiple times - until Friedman’s iPhone explodes. Jimmi - When I heard the rumour that JT was going to the Isles, I thought what?! But soon enough that rumour was quickly followed up by the rumour the rumoured trade was quashed. And if you were to trade for a player, it should have been for one of their top two defensemen (which is not realistic) Besides Barzal, there is no young forward I would want from that team. Westy - I never thought of the Islanders as a trade partner. Let’s have your thoughts on what could have been, and whether it should have been.

Miller with the New York Islanders, but it fell through. There was almost a draft-day deal for J.T. So Lou, still looking to move heaven and earth for a top-six forward? Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesĢ. I also like the upside with Kirill Kudryavtsev considering he was a seventh-round pick. Still, there don’t seem to be any ‘wtf’ moments in this draft for the Canucks.īeggsy - Firmly in wait-and-see mode, although Lekkerimaki’s profile suggests that he was a good value pick at #15.

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This is long-term stuff however, as the real need is to use trades and free agency to repair the mess heading into next season. Lekkerimaki could end up being a bit of a steal, and Ty Young has a lot of upside as a goaltender of the future perhaps. Kent - While moving up would have been nice, as there were a couple players available after the top 5 that would have been nice to welcome to the fold, overall I think this is a decent performance from the new management group. For the prospects, it’s kind of a wait and see deal. I want to see more action on the non-draft stuff - namely Miller, of course - but I’m willing to be patient (though for how much longer, I’m not sure). The consensus seems to be a bit mixed, though widely positive on Lekkerimaki, as I detailed last week. Markus - Hard to say, not being a prospects guy myself. I’m still thrilled we picked in the 1st round - and thankfully, selected the best scrawny Swedish teenager available. he also signed another bone-rack Swedish kid with a wicked shot. If that’s not enough to give Patrik 2 thumbs up, well. However, Allvin performed a drafting miracle he signed another Elias Pettersson!!! Not making it up. Jimmi - I neither analyze or scrutinize prospects, players, coaches or GMs. I would have liked to have seen Miller traded.but if he didn’t get the asking price, I guess having Miller around is a good thing. We really won’t know how well Allvin did for another 5 years. Westy - There are a lot of writers that spend time analyzing players before the draft and then grade teams based upon the players drafted. Well, this was the first draft for Patrik Allvin as GM of the Canucks. The 2022 NHL Entry Draft and free agency happened over the last week, so we’ve pulled the crew away from lavish vacations and various assorted lollygagging to discuss this and some other stuff.ġ. Sometimes they play it straight, sometimes it’s Westy and Jimmi, but you’ll always get the unvarnished opinions on the Canucks here. We get our writers together and ask them a number of questions about the state of this team we’ve been cursed to follow. It’s time for another edition of the Nucks Misconduct Roundtable.

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