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Forum: Armchair-GM24 janv. à 19 h 42
Forum: Armchair-GM24 janv. à 17 h 48
Sujet: rumoured canucks target
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>reelnb</b></div><div>He's not a 7th Dman, he's got legitimate top 4 upside and Montreal just isn't interested in trading him. Your offer is absurd.</div></div>

he averages 15:09 per night in his career, and that number has gone down this year. he is last in average ice time amongst all defenseman who have played a game for montreal thisyear. he just got demoted to the AHL for a month and a half. he doesnt score a lot, doesnt play special teams, and gets the softest matchups on the habs.

Noah Juulsen, comparatively, is vancouver's current 7th defenseman. he and Xhekaj both have similar hit totals (9.99 per 60 for juulsen and 9.88 per 60 for xhekaj) and similar TOI per game (14:50 for xhekaj and 14:24 for juulsen). they both play soft matchups at 5v5 and are defense first players with very little offensive upside. however, juulsen averages 1:20 more short handed ice time per game (he also has the best underlying stats for penalty killing amongst all canucks defenseman), so at least he is contributing in another area than just "big physical defenseman".

if the canucks did aquire xhekaj, he'd very likley be 8th on the depth chart when everyone is healthy.

and its not like xhekaj is 19 or 20 years old. he's 23 this month, no longer can be viewed as a "prospect". the ceiling is very low on this player
Forum: Armchair-GM22 janv. à 22 h 38
Forum: Armchair-GM22 janv. à 17 h 14
Sujet: Retool continued while trying to remain somewhat competitive
Canucks decline. Willander is untouchable, while Garland has been great this year and a major part of the team and won't be moved. Kuzmenko could be moved to make the cap work in a deal like this. Myers has actually been pretty good this year, and Faulk isn't enough of an upgrade on him to justify the extra years of term. Kapanen isn't better than anything we already have and just simply isn't needed in Van.

To summarize, Faulk and Kapanen wouldn't be of interest to Van. There could be something to had around Kuzmenko and the 1st for Buchnevich (probably with the Canucks adding a mid-tier prospect), but the Canucks wouldn't be interested in moving Willander or Garland, and would rather keep Myers unless he's being moved for a major upgrade.