On this BONUS EPISODE of Canucks After Dark, it’s NHL Draft Day! But the Canucks decided to make a trade instead, picking up Conor Garland and Oliver Ekman-Larsson from Arizona in exchange for Loui Eriksson, Jay Beagle, Antione Roussel, and the 9th overall pick.
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If the Canucks win the cup in the next 2 years I’m satisfied by this trade lol
"out of picks"? They have 6 picks left in this draft !!
I’m going to be honest, I’m not so invested in analytics as I was before considering how the leafs have been a failure so far (one of the most stats based team). I believe these models can help hedge your bets to a certain degree, but as of right now they clearly don’t incorporate everything. I think OEL is going be amazing in Vancouver.
Good stuff guys. I like the intro music and in video graphics too 👍
I look at it this way: Instead of taking a risk on a bust in the 1st round, the Canucks essentially got TWO known 1st round level players instead of one unknown AND they dump that $12 million in absolute cap dead weight. Maybe all that gets taken up by OEL and Garland, but I'd rather have those 2 eating cap than the previous 3. You can't argue that at least for the next 3 years, the Canucks on paper are a vastly improved team from last season. As a GM, all you're trying to do is get better every year and work towards the ultimate prize. Would you rather pay that $12 million to 3 guys who probably shouldn't even make the roster on a competitive team? Yes, OEL is 30. But he's got at least 3 quality years left in him if he stays healthy and Garland is only 26 and to me plays a lot like Theo Fleury without the baggage. If anyone watched Theo Fleury play, that alone is a huge win to bring him in. Sure, they have to sign him, but I figure anything less than 4.5 on hopefully a long term deal is a good one for Garland at this point. With cheap as chips youngins like Juolevi, Rathbone, Podkolzin and Gadjovich ready to take on full time, cost-effective roles with the big club, the Canucks will be a competitive team for years, and perhaps be a contender before we know it if Thatcher progresses and the Canucks pick up something for Holtby and Schmidt. Cap space for Holtby, hopefully a defensive defensemen for Schmidt. And then we can circle back on Hamonic, and he's a more than capable 4-5 defensive defenseman on a short term deal. On paper, the Canucks got significantly better for the next 4 years at least – and all they gave up was a 2nd, a 1st, both of which may not even pan out AND they dump $12 million in salary for next season. What really hurts is the cap recapture for Luongo. Ouch. And Buying out Virtanen won't come cheap either.
No man Tyler Myers is great analytically because I analyzed him scarying the poop out of Minnesota and boom the Canucks won that series.
Conor Garland wasn't the only real bright spot on the Arizona Coyotes. The emergence of Jakob Chychrun made Oliver Ekman-Larsson expendable. Outplayed him while logging more minutes against teams' top competition, including better defense and offense (18 goals). Jakob Chychrun>Conor Garland.